Prologue
My first child was born during the war.
The day we recaptured the Far Eastern region after a full year and returned from the field.
“Kya!”
A delicate creature that looks as if it will break if I touch it smiles at me.
He waved his two small hands vigorously in the air.
“ah… … .”
I can assure you that anyone who has not given birth to a child will not understand the emotions I am feeling right now.
My first child in my blood.
It seemed like it wouldn’t be a waste to give up everything I had.
“Andy, it’s dad. Now, say ‘Dad’.”
“Kya! Kya!”
“this… … . “It looks like Dad is still having a hard time.”
My wife smiled awkwardly at me.
“It took me exactly 8 months to listen to my mother… … . Ah, after talking about it, I feel sorry again. “You should have felt my emotion right next to me at that time!”
“I heard that usually mom does it quickly, but dad takes a while.”
“what. What’s next? “It felt like 8 years, not 8 months.”
That was when we got to that point in our conversation.
“Papa!”
“… … !”
For a moment, my eyes grew as big as droplets.
My wife’s reaction wasn’t much different.
“Bah, what did you just say?”
“Kya!”
“Try again, say it again. “Did you just say ‘Dad’?”
The child just turned to me and said, ‘Caw!’ I just laughed.
“I heard it clearly too!”
My wife’s somewhat jealous voice penetrated my eardrums.
At that moment, a bright smile appeared on my face without me knowing.
iced coffee.
This is what it feels like to be a dad.
I am overwhelmed with emotions.
It’s so lovely.
They say the happiness of raising a child cannot be replaced with any other happiness.
Now I feel like I can clearly understand the feelings of other parents.
However, I had to leave home before seeing that lovely child for a long time.
Because the war is still not over.
If I had known that the war would last this long, I would have stayed up all night to stay by his side.
Moreover, while I was fighting in the war, my wife died of illness.
Nevertheless, I couldn’t even be with my child, let alone my wife’s funeral.
For a very long time.
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There are many countries scattered across the vast continent of Igrant.
However, there is not a single powerful country that can be called an empire.
Meanwhile, after a long war, our country eventually succeeded in becoming the only empire on the continent.
It’s such a glorious day.
“… … Damn it.”
Long 5 years.
I thought that today would be the end of this tiresome life in the field.
However, what welcomed us back was not a warm bed or loving family.
A sharp arrow grazing the tip of the ball.
The fishy scent of blood penetrates the nostrils.
The tightly closed gates of the imperial palace are a prison that will never exist again for royalties.
Maybe it was a planned result.
The problem must be my status as a mere slave.
Now, he has made remarkable achievements that everyone can recognize and has become one of only four commanders in the empire, but that is all.
Although they appear to respect me on the outside, the nobles have ignored and despised me.
The knights’ extremely polite tone seemed to be congratulating me, but when I turned around, they were busy belittling me.
The respect and courtesy shown to me was nothing more than an arbitrary decency to maintain their hegemony.
You don’t want to accept it.
The fact that they, who were noble from birth, and I, who came from the bottom, stand on the same level.
The reality is that we have no choice but to share that great achievement and glory together.
‘The mana hall does not move. ‘When did you become addicted?’
feel like vomiting.
Thousands of people were surrounding me.
I was afraid something like this might happen, so I didn’t even eat food at the dinner party.
In the first place, most one-time poisons are impervious to the body.
But why did the current situation occur?
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‘The last food I put in my mouth was the dinner I had with my subordinates last night… … .’
For a moment, I stiffened without realizing it.
This is because the word ‘betrayal’ passed through my mind like lightning.
At that moment, a familiar-sized masked person seemed to stand out among the crowd.
“Are you upset? Enslot.”
Soon, I regained my composure as the emperor’s voice penetrated my eardrums.
“… … Why are you doing this to me? “I would have done anything you asked.”
“History repeats itself. “If I had to give a reason, it would be jealousy.”
“jealousy… … ?”
“I am the emperor, and I am the one who achieved the feat of becoming the only empire on the continent, but everyone in the world calls out your name. “They say he is the god of war and the god of war.”
Are you not thinking about the future at all?
If you say these things literally, the loyalty of your subjects will be shaken.
However, the emperor was already going crazy.
What stands before me now is just an ugly, crazy old man consumed by jealousy.
Feeling as if the madness was contagious, I forced my mana to rise.
I immediately felt like my intestines were being torn apart, but it was the same whether I was dying one way or another.
“… … “I’m not going to just let it happen.”
“Don’t do it.”
As I showed my will to fight through action, Western Commander Eisenberg stopped me.
“With your skills, we would also suffer considerable damage. But do you think we only made that much preparation when we came to capture the God of War?”
“What do you mean?”
“If you rebel, not only your subordinates and old parents, but even children as young as five years old. “I will kill them all.”
“… … .”
My eyes became even more depressed.
If you get excited here, you will lose.
“… … You’re shaking with all your heart. “You don’t plan on saving me even if I surrender anyway, do you?”
“Heh.”
At that moment, the emperor, who was just watching the situation, snorted and winked in a specific direction.
The masked person received the signal.
The traitor, who would not be satisfied with chewing, suddenly stepped forward, dragging out a child.
“dad!”
“… … !”
This is a reunion after a full five years.
Nevertheless, I immediately recognized the child.
“Andy… … ?”
“Then, feel free to run wild somewhere.”
Grrrr.
In an instant, a weak heart eats away at your inner self.
However, I quickly shook my head.
This is not it.
In times like these, we need to be more heartless.
‘shit. shit!’
Nevertheless, when the child flashed before my eyes, my body did not move.
If they see me like this, how much will my subordinates resent me?
“Come here and kneel. I promise. “If you just give up, I will save not only the child but also his subordinates.”
“… … .”
“Again, if you resist, the child will die immediately.”
Awesome!
In a situation where my mind went blank, swords flew straight in all directions.
A split second splitting a second into several parts.
I kept thinking about it, but the answer was already decided.
There is a high possibility that it will not be saved, but it is because the brain refused the command to ‘move’.
What kind of father can act rashly when his child’s life is threatened right before his eyes?
Puff poop!
With my body, I received swords pouring down from all directions.
I’m crying.
In an instant, a hole was created all over my body.
It seems like all the blood in the body is draining out.
In this condition, he would soon die from excessive bleeding.
“You idiot.”
“… … !”
Phew!
At that moment, a sharp sword pierced through the child’s stomach, which would not have hurt even if it were put in the eye.
“iced coffee… … bar?”
“… … !”
dump!
The emperor himself pierced my child’s body with his sword.
“ah… … Ahhh… … .”
With my whole body pierced, I desperately crawled towards the front.
“I’m not stupid like you. “There’s no way I could keep alive a seed that could cause trouble in the future, right?”
“Ah ah ah ah ah… … .”
I wanted to shout at the top of my voice right now.
However, my mouth won’t drop.
I want to tear those guys to death right now.
But, my body doesn’t listen.
Pupupupupup!
Countless swords rain down on my back again.
Still, I kept crawling.
Because the dying child was reaching out for me.
Just like the day you first met me.
It’s my child.
That happiness when you were first born.
Do you know that overwhelming feeling you had when you first heard the word ‘Dad’?
I love you so much.
Even now, I just want to give love.
But, I can’t do that anymore.
Someone said so.
The happiness of raising a child is said to be a feeling that cannot be felt by anything else.
If there’s one thing I have a problem with, it’s that I haven’t experienced those emotions properly.
It’s sad, and it’s sad again.
I’m sorry, I’m really sorry.
“It’s miserable.”
The emperor, whose pupils had suddenly lost focus, approached me and gently stepped on my head with his foot.
“Is this guy a military god or something…?” … It’s not even funny. That bastard. “At best, you can be swayed by residual emotions.”
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
At that moment, something snapped in my head.
Then, even as he was dying, he generously squeezed Jinwon’s mana, called vitality.
It’s the last one anyway.
I won’t become an idiot who dies without being able to resist even once.
“… … !”
The emperor’s eyes slowly open wide.
It was as if I had no idea that such a force would radiate from me, who had holes all over my body.
okay.
I was so caught off guard that countless enemies on the battlefield fell to me.
Do you think someone like you who doesn’t know how to fight in the field would dare kill me so easily?
I winced.
“Hey, this guy… … ?”
The emperor took a few steps back from me.
One, it wasn’t for me to just watch it.
Suddenly!
The moment I was on the verge of death, I broke down the wall again.
He was able to overcome the level he had been trying so hard to overcome only after losing his only child.
Soon, an intangible blade was created in the empty air.
The blade cut off the emperor’s neck.
Tuk, degurur.
“Pugh! Pfft… … Kkkkkkk. Hahahahaha!”
Due to the rapid use of mana, blood spurted out of the mouth like a fountain.
Still, laughter bursts out.
My heart is so heavy.
Even though my head is still busy denying reality.
“Your Majesty!”
The prince who was watching shouts and runs towards us.
My photonic spot also gradually grew bigger.
Prince, you too must feel the sorrow of losing your family.
“… … !”
But at that moment, my eyes opened wide.
An expression that you would never have noticed if you hadn’t focused on the other person.
The corners of the prince’s mouth rise subtly as he runs towards him, using the knights as a shield.
Only then did I realize.
Not all people in the world have the same feelings toward family as I do.
‘Was this all what you meant?’
It seemed clear given the circumstances.
“… … Hehe. Ahahahaha!”
It’s funny.
It’s really funny.
Is it because of the grief of losing a child right in front of your eyes?
What filled my mind right now was a kind of ‘madness.’
I laughed and laughed like a half-lost person.
At this moment of death, he became a crazy maniac.
One, emperor.
My miserable ending, going crazy and dying, is better than yours.
Fuuuuuck!
This time, the sword was driven straight toward the heart.
“… … Cough!”
Blood flows back down my throat, incomparable to anything I have seen before.
In the meantime.
Hot!
“Who are you… … you?”
I glared at the opponent who threw the last sword with his heart pierced.
Because the guy who wielded that sword was a traitor.
Just as much as my brother.
As much as blood relatives.
This person whom I valued more than my family.
Who the hell are you?
Spot! Squirt!
“… … “I’m crying!”
There was no answer back.
The sword that was pulled out of my abdomen flew towards my neck again without a single second of hesitation.
Suddenly!
At the same time as that unfamiliar sensation, my world soon turned completely upside down.
