Abandoned Priest at the Hero’s Party

Falling has no wings

blinded by the emperor. I was fascinated by the light of the throne.

When he woke up, there was nothing left, only his hands were full of blood.

I don’t even know if the resentment in the blood eats away at my flesh and causes me to rot.

‘I just wanted a crown.’

From a young age, I thought I was good.

From the age of 5, he swung his sword and heard that he was a prodigy of swords, and he developed a golden eye that always enabled rational thinking by strongly inheriting the royal lineage.

I was always called a genius, and everyone said I was the next emperor. I was arrogant and mistaken for pride.

The naive and clumsy older brother, the foolish younger brothers,

‘Cause you’ll never be my opponent Because I am the one who will become the next emperor.

I am not like my weak father or brother.

It’s different from idiots who can’t even dare to rebuild the fallen emperor.

I’m Ardain A woman who wins if only war is waged.

A woman who brings splendid victories to the empire and raises the authority of the imperial family.

The day I become emperor, the empire will be great again.

‘The eagle that flies towards the sun will eventually lose its strength and fall.’

It wasn’t until I realized that all that greatness was actually a mirage that I was no longer great.

No, now that I think about it, my feat was unstable from the start and I was just holding it down with my authority.

I fell first before the pressure burst, but if I hadn’t, I would have exploded someday.

*****

“The Treasury bonds issued by Jeoha during the war are slowly returning to maturity. Unless you’re telling the bankers to double up, a big war is unreasonable for the time being.”

From some point on, the finance minister has been living with the saying that there is no money.

In a world where power is superior to money, it’s okay to say that if you don’t have money, you’ll double it.

However, this happens only once or twice, and if you use it too much, the country’s credibility collapses immediately after the founding of the country.

What kind of banker would lend a loan to a country that has come out proudly saying that it is a double right after the founding of the country? If the flow of funds is tight and the flexibility is not properly done, difficulties will blossom whenever you start a big business. I knew about that too.

And my pride was too great to pay off the debt.

“Cut the belly of the rich who break the law. All illegally amassed property must be confiscated.”

“…Do you think you can run a country with the money you earn that way? really?”

“It is a natural sound to say that gold accumulated by negligence builds mountains, and silver flows like the sea.”

In fact, I don’t think I even took the issue seriously.

If you beat up those who have accumulated wealth illegally and confiscate them,

Because I thought that money would be enough to run the country.

The Minister’s concerns were not heard by me. I always thought he was a pathetic person, because then my authority was at its peak.

“Lowering. We are not some kind of predatory tribe. A ship of this great empire could never operate this way. The money used by the country is different from the wealth of a single wealth in terms of units.”

Even when I heard that there was no money in the country, the people next to me were adorned with splendid jewels,

He wore gilded clothes and spent a lot of money on each prom.

So, I thought that I could use that money for national affairs. My failure is that if I try to do my job properly, the amount of money that goes into it is endless.

And that I did not stop the war.

Whenever I tried to start a war, the finance minister raised a match and opposed it.

“As long as I keep my eyes open, there will be no war. never.”

I thought he was against my trying to establish the imperial power as a member of the nobility.

So I got angry and fired him. Then I sat my entourage in his place.

He is my will, my will and no one else’s,

He agreed to the war and burned money. I found out later

How much burden did I put on the Empire because I wanted to save my authority?

When war breaks out, soldiers must be conscripted and sent to the battlefield.

That alone consumes a huge amount of money and administrative expenses. Sending them to the battlefield like this is not the end. Now is the start.

You may be asked to bring your weapon from home. But then you shouldn’t expect quality.

You can also ask them to buy shields and leather armor at their own expense. Then I wonder if there will be one out of ten people wearing cotton clothes or not.

Ultimately, in order to guarantee combat power, all combat gear must be supplied.

Another billion-dollar expenditure is required, and the next one is more problematic. Without food, man cannot live, and without drinking, he cannot march. Even if we were to distribute one rye bread to a thousand soldiers, we would need a thousand rye bread. Three meals a day is three thousand, and a week is twenty thousand.

Originally, they were people who would have taken care of themselves at home, but

Because I can’t tell you to bring food from home to eat during the war.

However, even the food that the person will eat cannot be taxed on the requisition board.

A farmer was also taken away, and since that person stopped eating at home, if you ask him to pay the cost of the meal with taxes instead, the people will start a riot.

Besides, if I told the soldiers to fight with only rye bread, would they be morale?

At important moments, even pigs must be caught and fed, and chickens or orphan chicken broth must be fed to gain strength. Since the weapon is a consumable item, it will break or have teeth frequently, and it may rust and corrode even while marching.

You also have to bring weapons to replace them, and it is impossible for a person to carry these many supplies.

You should also bring a cart pulled by cattle. Since it is not possible to have a high-end power such as a war horse pull a carriage, a large number of livestock that could normally be used for productive work must be requisitioned.

There’s really no answer. If your opponent is a human or other race, you may be able to make up for the loss by plundering something like this in a war.

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Maybe you can benefit from receiving war reparations.

However, our main enemies were the northern monsters or barbarians who had nothing. What the hell can you do with such things? Stone ax used by goblins? Or is the skinned rabbit roasted over the fire?

What you get is the name of victory.

Losing is everything else.

Someone who somehow managed to finance all of this.

I pursued him with my own hands and sent him into exile. I can’t even apologize now.

Because he served in exile.

‘After all, what I did after returning my whole life was to revive only a small amount of authority.’

Even that didn’t work.

One day, my skin started to peel off white,

After a few years it started to rot.

God has cursed

Everyone said so.

No matter what temple you visit, no matter who you meet,

Everyone just shook their heads. Some even screamed.

“Leprosy is a disease that cannot be cured by divine power. It is the wrath of the goddess, the punishment of the goddess, and the greatest proof of your immorality!”

It is a representative force that does not want the imperial power to increase from the beginning of the temple.

When they caught the number, they started attacking. It was expected.

What I didn’t expect was an attack from behind me.

“Ardain claims to be a war hero, but his achievements are nothing but plundering the majors of his subordinates. Here is a document of her vices.”

“Lowering. Sadly, I don’t think I’ll be able to accommodate any more. I hope you understand.”

“The princess is just a deceiver! Goddess has proven it!”

“Get the lepers out of the imperial court! Let’s ask the emperor to drive out that filthy thing!”

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My men, no. Those I thought were my subordinates,

He suddenly changed his stance and bit me. Then I woke up from a beautiful dream.

To accept that I wasn’t actually the Emperor’s vessel,

I had to fall a little more.

*****

“That’s something Jim can’t allow. That child is my daughter and the enemy of the imperial family.”

“your majesty. Goddess Haona punished her. If you keep the princess, the goddess’ wrath may come down on the imperial family.”

“Sirs, please stop discussing this matter. The burden will not be allowed.”

When people I thought were on my side bit me, people I didn’t even thought of surrounded me.

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My father, who always thought I was weak and ignored him. His Majesty the Emperor did not remove me from the family register, in spite of seething opposition.

“Ardain. I have had some conversations with the cardinals and the nobles.”

“For now, step back from work and warm up a little. There will be no more attacks. They must have already been satisfied.”

“okay. I have decided to step down from the position of a prince. Now I am nothing more than a prince, not a prince.”

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My brother, who I always thought was an idiot who could only laugh with the nobles,

He gave up the place of the prince for me. The imperial sect became gloomy, and the aristocratic sect and the temple sect laughed.

They really didn’t bite me anymore. I found out then

What they really feared is that I didn’t become emperor.

Barking dogs are not scary. The really scary thing is a dog that bites at random.

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My brother was always smiling, never giving a reason,

He hid the knife in his laughter and took action only with the cause behind him.

All but those loyal to the Empire feared that he would become emperor,

I was the only one who didn’t know that, didn’t know the subject, and was coveting the position of the emperor.

The moment I found out, I despaired. Then he grabbed his brother’s pants and cried.

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My brother did not hate me, who had already become dirty and disgusting.

Even though I have so neglected and despised him,

He just hugged me softly.

“Ardain. Falling has no wings.”

That was my first and last hug with my brother.

“It was a decision I made from the moment I gave up the throne, but I probably won’t live long. There are so many brothers and sisters who want to have this position.”

no. Do not lie. Even if my body rots, my head is still intact.

You think I don’t know that it’s not our brothers and sisters who really want to kill your brother?

Temples, local nobles, and central officials are all waiting for your brother’s death. Because they don’t want an emperor they can’t control.

But why did you give up the title of prince yourself? Why…?

Why for something like me, for this little brother who didn’t say a word?

Have you given up your place and endangered yourself?

That said, I was going to ask.

I can’t even ask because I’m afraid to hear the answer, because I’ve never been able to hear it.

“The first prince, the first prince, please open your eyes! Hello, bring in the Imperial Family and Archbishop Armata! hurry!”

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My brother was poisoned before long as he had predicted,

The light in my heart also broke and disappeared.