Ex Strongest Swordsman Longs For Magic In Different World

686 Walk The Former Strongest, Unchanging Sacred Capital

The contents of the letter sent by the Empire to the Holy Capital were to be known during the other countries three days later.

Because similar letters had been sent to other countries at the same time.

Furthermore, since he even politely announced it as an official protest, it would surely have been widely conveyed among the general public that the Holy Capital was poked by the Empire with something almost identical to a declaration of war.

This world is not so well developed in means of information transmission, but because of its magic and magic aids, it is good at means of information transmission in emergencies.

And the information that there may be a war between the Holy City and the Empire is worthy of urgency.

Given the likelihood of influence among the general public, it would spread without concealing it, and in fact the information was intentionally circulated in the Holy Capital.

At least only to the Sacred Capital, even children would already know about it.

As a result, compared to before, the state of the Holy City...

"Hmmm... it's amazingly the same..."

Souma shrugged as she casually looked around.

Did you hear that voice, Hildegard, who was walking next door, turning his gaze and leaning his neck?

"Yeah? What is it?

"Ten days after receiving the declaration of war from the Empire. After so much time, nothing has changed about those in the Holy City."

Yes, it's already been ten days since that day.

Those who live in the Holy City, or those who do not, should, by the way, have communicated the current state of the Holy City.

Even so, there is no anxiety in the faces of those who go to the city, and there is no sign that the street will ever be interrupted in the first place.

As before, there are followers of the Holy Divine Church in the Holy City.

That was strange to Soma.

"Oh... that's natural. War doesn't start immediately because you declared war, because technically you didn't get a declaration of war in the first place. Even if there's actually a war going on, it won't be much further... but above all, this is the Holy City, right?

"Hmm...? Whether this is the Holy City or not, I understand it without being told... what does that mean, is? Sure, there wouldn't be a country to go to war with the Holy Capital if it were normal, but they've already declared war. And it would actually be possible if the Empire"

As I've touched on before, taking in the Holy Capital is synonymous with taking in the Holy Divinity.

As I have already said, there is no such thing as being recognised by neighbouring countries because the impact of this is too great, but in fact there is only one exception to this.

That's the Empire.

It is not unlikely that it will change where holy divinity is taken in because it already has the same or more influence as holy divinity......

It is in the part where the Empire exerts influence that it does not overlap with holy divinity.

If that empire takes it all the way to holy divinity, it's not something I've figured out how big a power it would be.

It is naturally a story that we want to prevent at all costs from other countries… but whether it is possible in reality is another story.

The magnitude of the Imperial influence consists only of one factor after all.

That is a vast history that the country has built up since it was interested and up to now.

The size as a country, to be honest, is not that great.

Not small, but Veritas would be extra large, at least in terms of area.

But having a history also means that you've been with countries for so long.

If you are a small country, you may owe more for it, but there is no way that the country will last a thousand years.

It is not borrowing but lending that the Empire has in other countries, and that leads to the magnitude of influence.

In addition, the Empire is building up national power as well as history.

Some of them naturally include force, which is what the most prosperous countries are said to have.

There is undoubtedly no country at the top if it is to be compared by country, and there is no country in line.

And those are the only exceptions to empire.

If you put it in a nutshell, you can't stop the empire in another country.

Alternatively, it would not be possible if all countries other than the Empire could join hands even temporarily.

But it's unrealistic.

Because some countries are as hostile to each other as Veritas and Radius, while others are closely connected to the Empire.

It is very difficult to wrap around for an end against the Empire.

Above all, it is deadly that no country exists that brings other countries together and takes the lead.

I just tried to wrap it up, and while I did nothing, I can only see a future that would divide from within and make things worse.

How can we not stop the Empire under the circumstances?

For those reasons, only the Empire can wage war on the Holy Capital.

"No, that's not what this is about... we're talking about whether the Empire really comes into the Holy Capital in the first place. Instead, we might be talking about whether the Holy Metropolitan side continues to resist that much."

"Uh... I see. Is that what you're talking about..."

I finally understand what Hildegard is trying to say, and Soma nods.

If you think about it, sure, it was natural.

Again, I've touched on this before, but the Holy Capital is a place that doesn't belong to any country.

For this reason, the Holy City is synonymous with being protected from everything around it, but at the same time it also means that it cannot escape anywhere.

Yes, if we're not choosing a total anti-war, the loss will be confirmed by the time the Imperial Army gets here.

"I mean, it's the safest place to be."

"Though the great nomenclature for war with the Holy City is certainly on the imperial side, if we really attack the Holy City, the followers of Holy Divinity won't shut up either. It's not just another country, it's inside the Empire."

"Hmmm... is that why we are what we always are"

"Well, that's not what I meant. I don't think that's why you haven't talked about it. There's so much more to talk about, and it doesn't change what we do when we find out that this isn't a battlefield."

"You're absolutely right..."

By the way, Soma and the others were walking around the city in this way simply because they were free.

Satya is sleeping today and Eleonora is at work.

I read all the books I was given, and although the Eleonora and the others had a lot of books that Soma had never read, there was nothing else that attracted my interest.

Regardless of what might be useful, you should look through everything you've never read, but Soma spent all of that time reading here recently when she was free.

It would be natural to feel like it's time to do something else.

Nevertheless, nothing else like what Soma would do existed in the temple.

Though it is extremely unlikely that this place will be a battlefield, it does not mean that it will not resist, and preparations for war should be steadily underway.

But it's Eleonora doing it, not being able to help Soma.

I decided to try walking out of the city because I was out of hand.

It is not clear to Soma why Hildegard is walking with him.

When Soma went outside, he followed him with a normal face.

Well, Soma doesn't have the right to restrict Hildegard's actions, and it doesn't matter again.

I can also predict that I will only get tired answers when I ask why.

For this reason, I didn't hear anything in particular, so I left it alone.

Anyway, that's how Soma went out, but what do you care about going out there for the first time in the last ten days?

He pulled all the way because he didn't have to and didn't have a chance, and that's why he was surprised that there was no change at all in the state of the city.

"Well, isn't it better to be as usual than to look anxious"

"Bye."

I'm not anxious from the bottom of my heart, but it's not something I can do right now.

Then Soma moves on with her legs that she should be able to do her errands without worrying first.

That said, Soma doesn't have any specific business.

Blah, blah, blah. I'm just hanging around wondering if there's anything interesting about it, so I'm not busy looking at it like you are.

Now, I was wondering if there would be anything, just a glimpse of the surroundings...

"Ahhh!?

And it was then that such a loud voice reached my ear.

Though much annoying in the crowd, Soma tilted his neck there because he felt like he was somehow a familiar voice.

That's why I turned my gaze in the direction I heard my voice... and I narrowed my eyes.

What I saw in my vision was a vibrant red that woke up.

Two chunks bracketed by the side of his head shake, eyes in the same color as his lightly opened hair.

The finger you're poking at definitely shows you who you are, and Soma blinked a few times at meeting an unexpected person.

"Eina......? Why are you here?

"Why is that a dialogue over here...! Why are you walking around like this normally...!?

I'm not sure why, but apparently she's angry.

Soma leaned her neck as she watched Aina walk in staring at this one with her sharp, hung eyes.