Magi - Labyrinth of Magic 242

Night 242: hakuryuu’s determination\\
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inserted: the chaos still lingers in the kou empire’s capital, rakushou…!!\\
f1
b1: well then~~~.\\ I wonder what is happening in our capital after my king has recaptured it…\\
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f6
b1: prince hakuryuu has fought back against the usurpers.\\
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f1
b1: exactly. He is the legitimate successor to the great emperor hakutoku. He should be the new emperor.\\
f2
b1: however, did he murder his own mother and empress? Could this be considered an usurpation…?\\
b2: don’t say reckless things. We are under the martial law.\\
b3: a civil war, huh…\\
b4: prince kouen’s western subjugation army will surely react to this, right…?\\
f3
b1: no, we are not wrong. we are the regular army after all.\\
b2: because the two old generals who were the right hand men of the great emperor hakutoku are now on prince hakuryuu’s side!\\
f4
b1: oh?\\
f5
b1: magi.\\
b2: you cannot leave his majesty’s side.\\
f5
b1: you have sworn loyalty not to all the notorious metal vessels of the kou empire,\\
b2: but only to his majesty hakuryuu. Just like we did\\
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f1
b1: general of the right\ ri seiryuu\\
b2: general of the left\ shuu kokuhyou\\
f2
b1: so even those two stern geezers are your subordinates now, huh. Everything just went as we wanted, right\\ hakuryuu?\\
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f1
b1: you magi have it easy. You can just float in the air when you want to forget about your troubles, and no one says anything to you if you waste your time doing nothing.\\
b2: don’t get caught in the moment, you bastard. I went to check the situation in the streets in your stead, you know?\\
f2
b1: everyone is saying that you are the legitimate successor and that you should be the new emperor! You should be happy!!\\
b2: even if you have used any possible mean to get at this point.\\
f3
b1: but half of the soldiers in the castle have run away, right?\\ almost all the troops in our army are on frontlines, in kouen’s west subjugation army after all, right?\\
b2: we will win. Now that I have obtained a power capable of defeating gyokuen, I will not lose not even to kouen.\\
f5
b1: your majesty hakuryuu!\\
b2: we will obey you, your majesty!\\
b3: we will do just as you say, your majesty!\\
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f3
b1: power you say?\\ could it be that you used those two new metal vessels of yours to even make the magicians in “al thamen” into your allies?\\
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f1
b1: they are nothing more than puppets that you manipulate now. would you call something like this your allies?\\
b2: hakuryuu, there is almost no one who really believes in you and follows you by his own free will, you know!\\
f3
b1: well…\\
f4
b1: I have some idle curiosity in you after all…\\
f5
b1: yeah, I know.\\
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f2
b1: sister, we should get back this country together!!\\
b2: that is the reason why I have survived until now!!\\
f3
b1: it’s impossible, hakuryuu…\\
b2: the empire is a single thing. Just give me a little of time… I’m sorry, hakuryuu…\\
f4
b1: sister…\\
b2: sister…\\
f4
b1: my 5 years old sister and hakuei and I…\\
b2: have born in a small country in the extreme east, know as kou.\\
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f1
b1: after our birth, our father became the king of kou who subjugated the entire extreme east, ren hakutoku.\\
b2: the people acclaimed him as the person who put an end to the wars that lasted for ages. He reformed the different countries he has unified into the “kou empire”, and decided to make them start anew.\\
f2
b1: my two brothers, hakuyuu and hakuren, already served under my father and fought several times on the battlefield even when I was still an infant, and helped him a lot during those wars.\\
b2: they were two promising princes who especially inherited their father’s severity and valour, and who perfectly resembled the great king who in just one generation subjugated the entire continent.\\
f3
b1: they thought that…\\
b2: the kou empire’s future was bright.\\
f4
b1: until that woman…\\
b2: called the “organization” here.\\
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f1
b1: brother yuu! Brother ren!\\ when hakuryuu will grew up, he will become just like the two of you!\\
b2: … but I cannot become better than the both of you, so I will become like you, but with moderation.\\
f2
b1: … our father has passed away. Officially he was assassinated by some refugees from Gai, but… shit!\\
f3
b1: hakuryuu, if something will ever happen to the two of us, you should…\\ no, I don’t want you to bear this weight alone. If only I will be able to do something about this…\\
f4
b1: I don’t know how my brothers got so close to the darkness of the “organization”.\\
b2: but the both of them were eliminated in a false incident, just like my father.\\
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f1
b1: when I woke up from that fire, everything was already settled. The throne was given to the emperor’s younger brother, ren koutoku.\\
b2: at the time my succession rights were superior to that of koutoku, but…\\
f2
b1: because I was still a young child, and because I was between life and death for two whole months without waking up because of the scars of the great fire,\\
b2: the seat of the second emperor of the kou empire was given to that vulgar person. The one who lead to such a thing was the organization, and that woman behind it…\\
f4
b1: I will kill you…\\
f5
b1: at that time I was just a fool, controlled by the resentment toward my mother who killed my family, and I shamelessly surrendered the country to koutoku.\\
b2: I still feel regret,\\ every time I think about it.\\
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f1
b1: didn’t I abandon my duties?\\
b2: I knew that the usurpers corrupted by the organization unjustly stole the country, and yet I just surrendered and let them have it.\\
f2
b1: I have to restore the true form of the kou empire no matter what.\\
b2: but how am I supposed to do that?\\
f3
b1: I was the neglected son of the previous emperor, I did not have any proper rank, position in the military, as a prince I did not have any territory under my control and nothing was given to me.\\
b2: I was being controlled, and I was in a corner of the castle, spending my time by just polishing my skills with the spear and studying.\\
f4
b1: my sister was just like me.\\
b2: however there was a turning point.\\
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f1
b1: my sister hakuei was invited by judar, and obtained a “metal vessel”.\\
b2: they had a great opinion of her because of the power she attained, and even if they continued to observe her, they entrusted her with an army.\\
f2
b1: I have to obtain that power as well. But without the help of the “organization”!\\
b2: there are magis outside as well. I have to get out of this country full of my enemies. If there are still people who acknowledge the legitimacy of my heritage, after the seat of emperor was stolen from me by koutoku, I have no other choice to search from them outside of kou!\\
f3
b1: for several years I continued to be obedient to koutoku, and continued to pretended to be the fourth price who only had interest in academic matters.\\
b2: and finally that troublesome fellow of koutoku decided to let me go to study abroad. And after passing through several lands…\\
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f1
b1: I finally arrived to the kingdom of sindria.\\ the country were the wielder of 7 metal vessel, king Sinbad, and the magi aladdin were.\\
b2: however…\\
f3
b1: this is goodbye.\\
f5
b1: I should have not searched for help after all.\\ no… even if someone lent me his strength…\\
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f1
b1: I shouldn’t have searched for people to understand my circumstances.\\
b2: right now if I defeat the empress and kouen, no one among the people of the kou empire would desire to start a civil war once again.\\
f2
b1: and yet…\\
b2: I have to do it no matter what.\\
f3
b1: because I already know what will happen to this country if the “organization” will continue to manipulate it.\\
b2: they will exploit the country just like they did with my father and brothers and erase it once it will get in their way.\\
f4
b1: the scene the civil war that princess from mustashim showed me in “zagan”…\\
b2
b1: what was the objective of the “organization” then? If it was only to make wars and tragedies happen in the world, then…\\
f5
b1: one more reason,\\
b2: to not let that woman live.\\
f6
b1: aren’t you saying that it is just your personal grudge, hakuryuu!!?\\
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f1
b1: that’s right, it is my grudge, alibaba. But I am not wrong!!\\
b2: you probably have several things that afflict you as well. But you walk a different path then mine, because you never tried to take balbadd back from ren kouen…\\
f2
b1: I will fulfil my objective.\\
b2: and in order to do that I…\\
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f1
b1: if you even intend to curse your destiny, I will take your hand.\\
f2
b1: now it is the right time.\\
b2: give me your power as magi, judar!!\\
f3
b1: as you command, my king.\\
b2: … or rather, remember that I will not forgive you if you are not determined enough. What do you desire, hakuryuu!?\\
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f1
b1: kill gyokuen\\
f2
b1: kill kouen\\
f3
b1: and get back,\\
b2: the kou empire.\\
inserted: hakuryuu is determined in order to fulfil his objective… their revolution begins…!!\\