A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

282 – Great Depression Disorder (3)

I conducted the experiment myself and received indirect confirmation from Platinum Sutra.

And through some reasoning, I was able to deduce what the false gold dream was.

Past.

Memories buried in gold.

Memories of a world lost due to regression.

If it doesn’t completely disappear, if it remains somewhere, it’s probably still inside the false gold.

As soon as I assumed that the problem was the memory of this lost timeline, I started to get impatient.

If you drink false gold, you can see traces of the past world as a dream.

If so, someone will be able to see the life of traitor Gray, right?

If that were to happen, wouldn’t the blade pointed at the emperor actually become meaningless?

It’s dangerous.

All the secrets I have kept until now will disappear, and there may be a situation where I will lose all the weapons I have.

A situation where the Habsburg emperor might realize ‘my ultimate purpose.’

So I thought about controlling it thoroughly-

“Master. The results of cross-checking the dreams of myself, Sir Carlos, and others at the orphanage have been obtained.”

“What are the results?”

“The times in my dreams are all different, but I feel like I’m dreaming of the same world.”

Something miraculous happened that I was too thankful for to hide my secret.

“Was my mother Queen Carmen even in your dreams?”

“Yes, as it happens.”

“Queen Naria was my sister?”

“Yes.”

“What about you?”

“…”

As a result of Sir Robert entering the false Golden Dream, he experienced life as a lowly knight, Robert Seville.

“It was a terrible experience. It was a moment where I realized how much I had grown thanks to you, Master. My God, this Robert was not a sword master, but just an ordinary knight!”

“That’s possible.”

If I had not chosen Robert and raised him by my side, Robert would have had to grow up on his own and his limit his would have been to become an intermediate knight.

“Any other information?”

“I couldn’t find out more about me because I was only remembering information about you and the Gibraltar family, but one thing is clear.”

“What?”

“We were at war with the empire.”

“…”

Content that overlaps with the dream of the article William Taille.

“Even Sir Carlos died during the war with the Imperials. As soon as he woke up, he was touching his heart.”

“Does he remember what killed him?”

“It is said that he was pierced to death by the Imperial Army’s new musket. Thanks to that, as soon as he woke up…He grabbed the false gold and threw it against the wall.”

“I see.”

It is different from white silver.

White silver allows the user to enjoy a dream world that they have set up at will, but false gold also shows the real self in another world.

“For some it is a better world than it is now, but for others it is a worse world than it is now.”

The turning point was probably my father’s choice.

“What should we do? Should we collect all the false gold?”

“It would be best to hide it as much as possible. At least… Until it spreads.”

First of all, I confirmed that other people also dream of the world I dreamed of.

Some people may be able to see the world before my return, but at least according to the data I obtained, there was no ‘traitor Gray’.

Rather, it only stands out more as the guardian of Nostrum.

“Really. Don’t you think that the Nostrum of the dream world is too much? Sirene betrays, the royal capital of Toledo is occupied, and Gibraltar becomes the guardian fighting by establishing a southern front against the Empire.”

“That’s right.”

In the dream world, Nostrum was at war with the Empire.

While the Count of Seirene opened the strait, the imperial navy landed and took over the kingdom.

“As expected, you are the young master. Nostrum is maintained thanks to you even when the royal capital is occupied.”

“It’s a bit unpleasant because he looks so much like the guardian of Nostrum, but at least I’m glad that I’m showing such abilities in my dreams.”

“It’s sad that I’m not with you…”

“There’s nothing to be so sad about because of a dream.”

And his father died, and I fought against the Imperial forces as Margrave of Gibraltar and defender of the kingdom.

“Master. Did this really happen? Or is it something that could have happened like this?”

“Well, whether it’s the miracle of the Golden Dragon or something else, it’s so unknown that we can only guess.”

“Master, don’t you care about the past?”

“I’m worried. Of course.”

I wonder if there are one or two people watching the life of traitor Gray.

“But the important thing is the present. The past is the past, and what ifs are just what ifs. Just as Sir Robert Seville Madrid, who is in front of me now, is my counselor and sword master.”

“Master…”

“What is this? Should we really create something called the Welcome Knights? Of course, you will be the leader.”

“I’m happy just to hear it! …At the same time, I’m a little worried.”

Robert scratched his cheek.

“You can see another side of yourself through false gold. People will start looking for gold just out of curiosity to experience that miracle.”

“Yes. There are so many problems piled up in reality right now, but I’m worried that everyone is chasing their dreams.”

The experience of the dream world was so enchanting that even Robert and I were briefly entranced.

“Boy, how did you wake up? I swing a sword, but I woke up shocked to find that I couldn’t use the sword any more than I do now.”

“…”

There is one difference between me and others.

“Sir Robert. Did you move as you please in your dream?”

“No. I just watched myself move in my dream.”

“I see.”

“Was it different, Master?”

“I was lucky, I was able to control myself.”

Through Baek Eun, I was able to move as I wanted because I awakened the Lucifer Dream and the superego that can freely manipulate dreams.

“Wow…! Then isn’t it like experiencing a separate dream world? How did you escape?”

“Longing for reality.”

“Longing… ?”

“Astasia was not in my dream.”

“Ah.”

Robert nodded loudly at my answer.

“I see… Oh, this is really just a coincidence, but you shouldn’t get angry when you hear it.”

“If it were a question that would make you angry, it would be that question. Would you have loved Astasia even in your dreams?”

“Well, that is.”

“…I’m answering because it’s you.”

If other people had asked this question, they would have been criticized outright.

“If I had known Astasia, I would have loved her, and if I didn’t know her, I would have probably loved someone else.”

“…”

“Of course. If you didn’t know Astasia, how could you love Astasia?”

“…From the princess’s point of view, it must have been fortunate that she came here at the age of 13.”

“Well, coming to the academy at the age of 17 was a given, so I might have seen it in passing.”

“But in my dreams…”

“…”

The part where Sir Robert rarely opens his mouth.

Because I couldn’t confirm it either, that’s the part where I woke up from the dream even more clearly.

Did she wake up because Queen Carmen had big breasts like Mother Charlotte?

No.

I woke up because Astasia was not there.

“It’s okay. I have a headache and it’s complicated, so I need to go cool off first.”

“Are you taking a bath?”

“No. Digging…Where are you going like that?”

Sir Robert is a sword master.

However, my awareness, speed, and skills are not good enough to escape pursuit.

“Young master, I don’t think it’s a good idea to use the Sword Master to just dig up the ground.”

“Huh? Are you saying that the spirits of Gibraltar, who are currently lying in the underground morgue of Gibraltar Castle, did something in vain?”

“Well, that’s not it…” ” !”

“Or do you think it’s pointless to eliminate the canyon and establish peaceful relations with the Empire? Because in the dream world, it would lead to war with the Empire?”

“…”

“I guess it’s that way.”

There is one reason why Sir Robert was wary.

“We thought that if we dug down the canyon and dug a hole, the imperial army would start a war there. Right?”

Although it was a dream, the empire and kingdom were at war.

“Well…You can’t care, right?”

“Yeah, but it’s okay.”

I patted Sir Robert on the back.

“We have Sir Robert, the leader of the Welcome Knights and the Sword Master, right?”

“…Then.”

Sir Robert cleared his throat and pointed outside.

“Would you like to take another Sword Master with you on the way? First of all, he is in charge, and he could be someone who became a Sword Master thanks to you, right?”

“…”

“Lord Mente, if it weren’t for you, young master, would you still be a high-ranking knight of Morgania? You couldn’t grow as tall as Queen Naria, and you’d be the same height as Lady Lettar now.”

“Well.”

If I hadn’t recruited him, he wouldn’t have been a senior knight of Morgania but a sword master of the Empire.

“It may be like in a dream, but we are our people now, so we can’t just play around. Let’s go. Prepare the magic automatic ship.”

“What about airships?”

“You want to take that short distance on an airship?”

“…”

“Not bad. Get ready.”

“Loyalty!!”

* * *

When you drink false gold, the golden dragon covers your five senses and invites you into a dream world.

Although I tried to control it, this control is not easy to achieve.

It was close to impossible to block all information.

There were those who abandoned William Thail and ran away, and although William Thail is now in Gibraltar Castle, there are Gasols who manage him, and there are those who willingly swallowed false gold like Sir Robert for the sake of an experiment –

Above all, there are shadows of the empire that watched from the sidelines and overheard.

The shadows of the empire are not completely absent from Gibraltar Castle.

They are merely acting to protect Gibraltar, and most of what happens in Gibraltar is directed to the Imperial Intelligence Department.

And that means that information can leak not only to the Imperial Intelligence Department, but also to other places.

Imperial intelligence is everywhere, and they sometimes work directly under the emperor or take orders from another shadow beneath the emperor.

“Oh my god.”

It was a short distance, but the moment I arrived at the Rift Territory after driving the golden airship, I saw something I could not bear to see as soon as I landed the airship in the vacant lot near the orphanage.

“Lord Mente. How has this happened…”

“I don’t know what to say.”

When I arrived at the scene of the incident, I ran to Sir Mente, who was managing the scene, but Sir Mente could not do anything and just covered his face with his hands.

“There was a rumor going around. A rumor that if you drink false gold, you could experience a different version of yourself. A rumor that you could experience a completely different version of yourself than you do now.”

“…”

If there was one problem, it was that rumors about what happened when the false gold was ‘drank’ were spreading faster than we expected.

“Who spread the rumor?”

“I caught him. But he had nothing to do with William Taille.”

“Well, what?”

“Another case. The rumor was spread by someone who drank false gold with a different intention than William Thail.”

Lord Mente’s incident report truly sent chills down my spine.

“I thought it would be good for my body if I burned the gold, which was a trace of a heroic spirit, in water and drank it, but it made me see a different side of myself.”

“…Why are you drinking that?”

“Do you think it will be good for your health? Or… Do you think it is an incredible mana solution that will make you a hero and a sword master?”

“…”

“Then he said. In reality, he was an ordinary commoner, but in his dream, he was a nobleman, a high-ranking knight. He is one of the people lying with me over there.”

“…”

Gradually.

People who cannot distinguish between dreams and reality began to appear one by one.

It was like watching people addicted to silver.

“The world is going crazy.”

The Golden Disaster.

It started to show another direction.

“It’s not like it will go away if you drink it… Huh?”

If it wasn’t a mistake.

“…Doesn’t the false gold seem to be shrinking?”

Every time those who covered up false gold took a ‘gulp’, the gold seemed to be decreasing somewhere.

A situation none of us have ever experienced.

Like.

Like sweetly swallowing a fantasy in a dream.