63 Episode 63: Old Truth and the Treasure Library (1/2)

”Ugh...”

In front of us was the figure of the King of the Sky, dragged down from the throne and seated on the floor.

Mr. Rex said it would be troublesome if there were other defensive features on the throne, which is a magic item.

”Now tell me why you named your royal family.”

”Hino!?”

Before the Sky King, who had just roared from earlier, the helmet of a golem made into two pieces is thrown.

If you don't know Mr. Rex's character, you look like you're saying this is what's gonna happen next.

Yeah, and Mr. Rex feels a little rougher today than usual.

Well, maybe this kind of cool doesn't feel too bad about being imposing.

Oh, it's just a general theory, isn't it?

”Wow, our ancestors were people who once lived on the sky continent...”

He finally noticed, and the Sky King starts talking.

”It seems that the Sky Continent was raided by the enemy at the end of the battle against the demons. It was rumored that they were carrying secret weapons to take down demons in the sky.”

”So you're saying that the sky continent was destroyed by demons?

Mr. Rex hears the mystery of the collapse of the sky continent with a serious face.

On second thought, this is an historic discovery, isn't it?

I'm starting to get a little excited.

”I don't know the details. It is also said that the sky continent was used as a material for anti-demon weapons, even if it was hit by another sky continent, the base of the demon, but no details were given in the ancient documents left by the ancestors”

So you don't know exactly why the continent collapsed, do you?

”So why did you fool the royal family?

”... Hino!

Before the Sky King, who even tried to remain silent, this time a broken sword pierces him.

Yeah, it was broken, but I stuck it on the floor.

”Wow, our ancestors are refugees fleeing a collapsing space continent! Ancient documents said it was necessary to create a new royal family to bring together anxiety frightened people in order to stabilize their lives on barely escaped empty islands!

”Cheng Cheng, that's not as rare in itself. I'm not sure if past history is really royal, because there are many stories of self-proclaimed royalty standing up to the royal family that lays down its domination.”

Unsurprisingly, Mr. Rex didn't say anything to blame for knowing that the Sky King was a fake royalty.

”Humans are neglectful of anything but the land they live on, so I guess the royalty of a country they don't know is a good way to put everyone together.”

”Why don't you know it's a country? Wouldn't that be a better country to know?

Mr. Rex laughs bitterly at my question.

”Uh, if we do that, we're gonna have another problem this time.”

”Saying?

”The royal family of the nations you know has destroyed this continent because you didn't do your job properly, because the spearhead of anger can be pointed at you.”

Oh, well, we screwed up where we lived.

Then I'll be angry. Even I get angry.

”And for naming a royal family in some country, even if there were a human being in a country that was hostile to that country among the refugees, it would still be a source of trouble. Then you'd better make it a country you don't know.”

Uh, that's certainly troublesome, isn't it?

”But you're okay in the name of the royalty of a country you don't know? They ask me where it is, and I think if someone lived near it, they'd find out.”

”Maybe, but wasn't it set to be the royalty of a small country living on another empty island, not in the sky continent at the time? I think you misled me by saying you came to another country for diplomacy.”

Heh, I can think of that a lot.

”The rest would not have been difficult to create a fictional royalty if the leadership of the refugees at the time had worked together to manipulate the information. As long as it wasn't as charismatic as putting the group together, there must have been collaborators. Perhaps the descendants of his collaborators are the nobles of this country today.”

When Mr. Rex saw the king of the sky, he was flabbergasted with his face, saying how he had figured that out.

Apparently, Mr. Rex was right in his reasoning.

I mean, I'm familiar with the history of the time, like a scholar, but who is this guy really?

Being a warrior and a wizard, you can use healing magic to fix and make magic items, you can even build a house, and you're even more familiar with history with scholar-face defeat.

Um, who are you really?

Your parents seemed like normal villagers.

Oh, with that said, Mr. Mina and the others were training in Mr. Rex's village.

I think I'll listen to you around here.

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Hmm, although I was in the whirlpool of cases, it seems that your ancestors were ordinary people, so I don't know the details.

All I know is that demons have raided the sky continent and then the sky continent really collapsed.

Um, is this the limit to the information you get?

And then there might be some material left in the fort at the time, but I guess there won't be any busy information left because the armaments deployed are old equipment that has fallen in shape even then.

I think maybe this empty island was treated like a remote island or a frontier land.

I think we should stop getting involved in this country now and go to the next one.

Whoa, let's hear about that for once.

”Speaking of which, why are we calling ourselves astronauts?

Yeah, I was just wondering about this.

”Why?

”Yes, why. Looks like you were being respected on the ground saving the people of a town that was attacked by demons, but you don't have to go all the way down to the ground to live on this empty island, do you? It doesn't look like we're trading. I thought it was a food shortage, but this empty island is a lot of land I haven't pioneered for naming my country. I think if we pioneer it, we can feed ourselves enough.

I'm not challenging the ground to fight, and that's not why I'm exorcising demons with good intentions. 'Cause you're about as good as getting a tribute.

But for that matter, the contributions are just groceries, and I don't know why.

”That's... because our country is experiencing a serious food crisis”

”A serious food crisis?

I was just surprised by the unexpected answer.

This empty island doesn't look like such a food shortage.

”Besides this empty island, we had a forest-covered empty island with many animals to call Mori Island as our territory. By that time I could only live with the food I get in Morijima and the fields of the empty islands, but one day suddenly a black, giant demon appeared. The demon seized Morijima, and the fields of the empty island began to strike at its roots.”

The Sky King continues the conversation as he moves his arms wide like a theatre, like wings.

”Naturally our ancestors challenged the demons. But even with the power of the magic items of the sky continent, he couldn't fathom the demons, and even other demons came to Morijima whether he was attracted to them or not. As a result, Morijima became the dominion of the demons.”

It's the end of the story. Was the hunting ground that was fed taken by the outside enemy?

”Didn't you expand the field on this empty island over here?

To Ms Liliera's question, the Sky King exaggerates and sighs.

”Let's just say we tried. But the demons attacked as soon as the field got bigger. Because of this, only a critical amount of food can be produced on an empty island today that no demons have attacked!

Maybe when the field gets bigger than a certain size, the demons will recognize it as food.

There's plenty of food.

On the contrary, does it feel like ignoring that it would be troublesome to go out of your way if you had a small amount?

”Therefore our ancestors sought to interact with the earth. I made a deal with the ground to get food.”

Hmm? Trade with the ground? Then why are you in a relationship like this now?

”Then somehow the humans on earth mistake us for the use of heaven. It just so happens that my predecessors wrote in their diary that the town was attacked by a bunch of demons, and that's what held it back.”

Oh Cheng Cheng, if you were in trouble and praying to God, and suddenly feathered people came from the sky, then you'd be mistaken.

”We were also fortunate that the demons on earth could be defeated with our magic items. There is no industry that can be used to trade, and we have succeeded in entering into a trade to gain a contribution by protecting people on the ground.”

What a truthful and stinking truth.

Well, maybe reality is such a thing.

You were also lucky that the magic item was feather-shaped.

”Hey, how's it going?”

Was there such a circumstance behind the events on earth?

”So, what's the name of an astronaut after all?

”That's because the use of the mysterious God who lives in heaven is more haphazard than honestly answering with the same man who lives on an empty island...”

Well, I had a feeling about that.

”Well, good about that. Looks like we're gonna have each other.”

”Well, I'd appreciate it if you could say that.”

Or if I tell them the truth here, they'll lose their rice seeds.

Though I wasn't fooling the people in town, it sounds like it's true that I was protecting them from demons, so I wouldn't even have to make waves.

Hmm, now I don't really want to hear anything anymore, and I think I should just go home.

Then it is unlikely that he will be able to put in an apology for attacking us. Instead, it would be an extra expense to get involved any more.

It doesn't have to be this island for an empty island sightseeing.

”Then that's what we do.”

”Hey, what!?”

I've made up my mind. I'm going to encourage Mr. Liliera to go home.

”Ma, wait! Please help us!!”

Mr. Carm and the others will stand before us.

I just want you to at least listen to the Lord before you do.

”Even if they say so. Don't even ask me what's going on here. They're attacking us.”

”Ugh, that's...”

”I heard what you wanted to hear, and I'm not staying on this island for long.”

Yeah, I haven't seen nobles and knights in a long time, so there's no shard of willingness to help.

Oh, I wish I had done this the old days, too.

”Please! If I had the power, I could cross with that demon!

”Even so, there's no reward we can offer from there, is there?

”Ho, the reward!? Even though the rest of you, the king, are asking for it!?”

So you're still in the king's mood?

”The only people who get through that are these empty islands who believe you're the king. It's none of our business.”

”Become!?”

”Les, Lord Rex......”

Mr. Carm and the others are going to talk to us about leaving the room again.