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Chapter 236

Leon's Succession

While discussions on Pyongyang Special Autonomous City were taking place in Seoul, Leon was leading a somewhat boring daily life..

North Korean and South Koreans who will work as workers for the development of Pyongyang. A plan to allow them to become residents of an autonomous city and at the same time maintain their South Korean nationality..

How will the city be developed and the issue of disposal of existing property rights in Pyongyang, etc..

Developing a new city and declaring it an autonomous city requires a lot of work. Those who would become the leaders of this city also needed something to leave behind..

There was so much that needed to be done, so much to be done.──

"hmm."

Surprisingly, Leon had nothing to do..

Urban development plan? Yappy does it.

Cleaning up the surrounding area? The knights do it.

When it comes to political issues, President Ahn is coordinating them with the National Assembly, and Leon only appears occasionally as a face..

After the demon lord of chaos and his forces were wiped out, there were only minor gate raids. Even that raiding party wasn't something that Leon would have been willing to go out on his own..

In short, there is nothing worth doing for Leon himself..

The reason why I've been so focused on socializing with the Black Dragon recently is because Leon basically has nothing to do..

[Leon, don’t you have anything to do??]

"There's not much to do these days.."

Leon shrugged his shoulders at the goddess's oath. Because it actually was like that.

"But isn’t this also proof that it is a peaceful era? If the king is bored, it means that he is a cancerous person or that the country is at peace.."

[There is no room for my knight to become a cancer soldier..]

"That's right."

Leon doesn't even think of himself as an outstanding military commander..

Even when he was in power as the Lionheart King of Lionheart, he was not very competent in government affairs..

Because in history, the current military has never accomplished an ingenious and memorable feat for the people..

He just worked hard at what he was good at..

Kill the orcs. Demon hunting. Warlock Torture.

Most of what Leon did inside and outside the kingdom involved punishing his enemies by force..

Even now, what Leon is doing is suppressing the black dragon that others cannot handle and teaching him things to do to help the pantheon as a dragon..

If it weren't for Leon, the black dragon would kick out my teachers by force..

[If you're bored, how about going to Beatrice's workshop??]

"Are you talking about Bice??"

Leon tilted his head at Ariana's suggestion..

[Yes, it might not be that easy for a woman to work alone. Moving heavy things······.]

"Goddess, Viche is the priestess of dreams and death. It's like moving a heavy object, even with bare hands.──"

[Hehe, since when did my knight start criticizing your goddess’ words like this?.]

Leon didn't complain any more about what the goddess said. I leave the Ryugyong Hotel suite in silence and walk down the hallway..

As soon as you leave the suite, the interior becomes deserted. The interior of the Ryugyong Hotel, which had been under construction for 50 years, revealed a clear lack of budget..

"I was going to leave it to the wise men of the forest who will soon be born, but I still need to do at least some interior work.."

[Since the roots of the world tree are down, you will also need to take care of your furniture..]

"you're right. Treemen and elves hate furniture made from wood.."

Because of that, the dwarves, who used firewood and developed forests, had a close relationship with the humans. Conflicts arising from differences in species occurred everywhere, so it was the role of the Lionheart King to coordinate them..

[How about leaving it to Yappy??]

"Sir Spinner??"

Leon thought about Yappy's work method, but was worried that it would clash with the elves and tree men..

Isn’t Yapi the epitome of a highly developed civilized society? They probably have no interest in protecting nature or harmony..

[That's how Ahae ends. All you have to do is say one word. If you tell them to care about eco-friendliness, they will take care of it..]

"That's true too."

Yapi manages the pantheon's finances alone. Although raising the treasury is the basis of national affairs, Yapi's role was limited to some extent..

If YAPY focuses on producing virtual currency right now, it will be able to swallow up the world economy in one go..

However, due to Leon's vague request to pursue the right method, isn't there a healthy increase in wealth even by human standards?.

That's because there are almost no failures thanks to the overwhelming computing power of strong artificial intelligence..

"Hehehe······."

[why are you smiling so much?]

"I just imagined what it would be like if Sir Spinner became the Lionheart King..]

[[······!]]

Ariana wasn't the only one who was shocked by Leon's lightly thrown topic..

Not only Petos and Poma, but even Heto, the guardian deity of Demera and Yapi, was frightened and tried to dissuade them..

[Leon, my lighthouse. Don't even say that for fun.!]

"It's not just a joke.."

Heto intervened in Leon’s answer..

[Sounds like a big deal! He is my blacksmith, but when he becomes king, he will transform my people into cyborgs! They will force implant modification through the constitution, saying it is efficient and all.!]

"Cyborg transformation isn't all that dystopian, though.?"

[He's the guy who created the Matrix.!]

"······."

Leon thought about the future in which Yapi becomes the Lionheart King, and it occurred to him that he might really do that..

[Yappy, she's not a bad kid.······.]

"Doesn’t Demera like it too??"

Even his kind mother reacted that way, and Leon also seemed surprised and asked,.

[It looks like apartments will be developed on farmland and food will be filled with artificial food.······.]

"ah······."

This was quite possible in the civilized world of Yapi..

Livestock, agricultural and marine products were eliminated through criminal factory development, and citizens were filling their stomachs with artificial meat.······.

"Then Lord Vulcan──"

[[He can no longer do that.!!]]

A stronger backlash was heard than before..

[The main woman is the opposite of the Lion-Hearted King who pretends to be holy when she's bored.!]

"Sir, Lord Vulcan is not such an unusual knight.."

[Leon, are you saying that after seeing Fetos holding evangelical meetings in military academies around the world??]

"······."

Leon had heard that Petos, the patron god of Vulcan, was always suffering from insufficient faith..

So, doesn't holy power continue to be sent through a staff obtained from a priest who serves a god who is said to be Maltak, obtained from the demon world?.

The gods are worried that if Vulcan becomes the representative of all gods, all the gods will suffer from a lack of holy power..

Vulcan does not have the spirit of timely frugality like Leon..

"hmm······."

Leon went down the stairs and looked for candidates to become the next Lionheart King..

I thought I had enough power and qualities to become Yapi, Vulcan, or the Lionheart King, but it seems the gods didn't think so..

'Then Bichena Carina. Koo Dae-seong remains..'

But Koo Dae-seong lacks experience. It was common for the Guardians of the Holy Grail to be succeeded by the Holy Grail Knights, but Koo Dae-seong was too young and had little experience..

The other Holy Grail Knights will protest, and Vulcan will immediately object..

Karina's problem is the dragon's heart. In order to transplant a lion's heart, you must first pass on a dragon's heart to the next Grand Duke of Dragonia..

Like Leon, he could maintain both hearts for a while, but that was only possible because he was Leon..

What if I give birth to a successor who will pass on the heart of a dragon?······.

'Damn, I don't think they'll see that..'

I feel jealous just thinking about the boy my daughter will marry. As long as Leon was alive, she hated seeing him behave like that..

'then······.'

"Oh my, Your Majesty. What's going on? Today is not Black Dragon’s education day.?"

Leon met Beatrice in front of the room set up as her workshop..

"Ah, Bice. Where are you going to drink??"

"Yes, for an experiment.."

Leon looked at the large bundle Beatrice was holding. She was somewhat unbalanced to hold with her delicate hands, but as her priest master, her strength would not be lacking..

Above all, she is an excellent magician, so there is no need for her to have a hard time with a heavy burden..

"Give it to me. I will carry your burden."

"You don't have to do that.······."

"It is a gentleman's duty to carry a lady's luggage.."

"If that's the case······."

Leon lifted Beatrice's luggage and felt a familiar energy in it..

"It's the energy of a dragon.."

"Yes, I processed what I received from Black Dragon as an exam fee.."

Leon and Beatrice were teaching the black dragon together.

Leon is good at hand-to-hand combat, and Beatrice is good at using magic power..

Dragonia, the god of gold and contracts, was not pleased with the situation where humans were teaching dragons, but he acknowledged that there were very few people in this era capable of teaching his descendants..

Beatrice also received exam fees from the black dragon, and those are minor by-products of the dragon..

"Where are you going with this??"

"There is the gate I asked for before, right? It’s near Nampo.."

"Hmm, it's quite far. Stallion."

Leon summoned the Divine Beast of Light. The White Heavenly Horse is a noble beast that only carries the Lionheart King on its back, but surprisingly, it surrenders its back to Beatrice as well..

"Take Jim's hand."

Leon climbed into Stallion's saddle and held out his hand to her..

"gladly."

* * * *

Over the central part of the Korean Peninsula. If you travel down the west coast, you will arrive at Nampo City, North Korea's second largest city..

It is the second largest city in North Korea with a population of close to one million people, but just as Pyongyang fell into the hands of the devil and was destroyed, Nampo City was no different..

The people who took over this city, which had become desolate due to lack of people, were the Kikkiruk people who came all the way from Mokpo and occupied the coast..

Strictly speaking, Nampo City is not included in the Pyongyang Special Self-Governing City currently being discussed, but North Korea is now equivalent to Muju Commune..

The Kikkiruk people, who traveled north with the Dominator-class submarine aircraft carrier, annihilated the North Korean Navy and occupied the empty city, naturally took over the city as their own..

Strictly speaking, they are also South Korean residents, so it is difficult for South Korea to evict them..

Meanwhile, a gate appeared on the coast of Nampo City, and Beatrice gave a temporary halt to the Kikkiruk attack team that was trying to clear the gate..

"I heard it was for an experiment, but what exactly are the plans??"

A gate that appears on the coast of Nampo City. Leon, who was helping Beatrice with her work on the sandpit, asked.

"Are you familiar with Dragon Fear??"

"This is the energy that a dragon naturally exudes.."

"Yes, I felt it before when I went through the gate to the Dragonia Empire. Even most hunters would be unable to move if they received the protection of strong faith.."

It is the energy of the strong that blooms just by existing. The higher the status of existence, the more power there is to oppress lower beings..

It is not something that can be resisted by strength alone, so it is similar to how similarly strong S-class hunters or members of the Holy Grail Knights react differently even if they witness the same superior being..

"Even if the dragon's scales or by-products fall off the dragon, their energy still remains. That too is quite powerful.."

"exactly?"

Leon, who was driving a stake, suddenly remembered that there were no Kikkiruk people around him..

They had come to say hello to Leon when they had just landed, but they hurried away as if something was bothering them..

"Did you avoid the energy flowing from Yongrin?."

"Yes, because they are under the protection of the gods, they also want to avoid the dragon's energy. then······."

What about monsters??

Leon's eyes lit up at that question..

"Monsters will avoid the dragon's energy?"

"That's right. That's why I asked you to stop Gate's attack.."

Beatrice intentionally caused a dungeon break and wanted to see how the monsters that came out of it reacted to the dragon's energy..

"That's a fun method. It's an unexpected idea during Jim's reign.."

That was also natural. In Leon's reign, the dragon was an enemy that had to be defeated..

However, since Dragonia entered the pantheon and chose to coexist, the dragons that will be born in the future must also choose to coexist with Lionheart..

In that case, you can get as many dragon scales as you like..

Beatrice foresaw such a future and studied ways to utilize the dragon's power..

"Well then, since the dungeon break won't be long, let's spend some time here.?"

"Since you've come to the sea after a long time, why don't you play some games??"

"That... I'd like to refrain from doing so. It's embarrassing to expose bare skin...."

It was a natural reaction since Beatrice hated swimsuits so much..

"What Jim was talking about was boating.?"

"ah······."

At Leon's sly reply, a red flower bloomed on Beatrice's cheeks. But Beatrice soon gently changes the subject..

"By the way, Fleur asked you to stop His Majesty. What were you talking about??"

"Ah, it's nothing. I'm talking about the lion-hearted king who will succeed Jim. Bye, you too are a strong candidate.."

"······!"

Although Leon said these words lightly, Beatrice was startled and grabbed Leon's hand..

"No way."

"······Bice?"

Beatrice looks up at him with sad eyes..

please. Kkook.

The delicate hands were giving strength as if they might run away..