The Regressed Mercenary’s Machinations Chapter 678

Episode 678 A Thousand Years Ago. (2)

There was an awkward silence for a moment.

My body is here, but I went to the past. Does that make sense?

Claude, who prided himself on being the most rational person in the territory, asked with a look of bewilderment.

“Jerome?”

“yes.”

“Jerome, along with me, are one of the few intellectuals in the realm.”

“… … .”

“Do you think that makes sense now?”

Jerome nodded with a stern expression.

“I understand your confusion, but for now, this is the most plausible hypothesis. Giselle is currently in the past. To meet the saintess of a thousand years ago, and her companions.”

Jerome’s attitude was firm. He was really convinced that Giselle had gone back to the past.

Belinda asked again in a trembling voice.

“Um… … I think I need a little more explanation.”

“As you all know, the saint said she wanted to meet Giselle again. If that is to come true… … .”

Jerome calmly explained his hypothesis. Everyone understood it without difficulty, since Giselle had already told them a lot about dreams.

When I heard it, it sounded plausible. If Jerome’s hypothesis is true, then all the current phenomena can be explained.

But a hypothesis is just a hypothesis. How can we be sure that it is true?

Vanessa, who had been listening quietly, asked.

“Even if that’s true… … if only my consciousness was moved to the past, how could I meet the saint?”

That was something Jerome had been wondering about for a while now, but he now found the answer.

“It’s ice.”

“Ice… … right?”

Everyone had a puzzled expression. A phantom? Who would believe such a thing?

Jerome continued speaking with a confident attitude.

“Giselle is clearly possessed by the body of our ancestor, the founder of the Magic Tower. As a comrade of the warrior.”

“… … .”

“That is! One of the warrior’s comrades from a thousand years ago… … that wizard was actually Jiselle!”

“wow…….”

Claude let out an exclamation with an openly sarcastic expression. Jerome felt slightly embarrassed.

Others also couldn’t find anything to say, because the stories that were coming out were becoming increasingly unbelievable.

Claude said, clicking his tongue.

“Do you know what the most important part of committing a fraud is?”

“What is it?”

“It has to be plausible.”

“… … .”

“No, what the hell is this! If you fit it into a hypothesis like that, how can anything be nonsense!”

Jerome took out a book from his bosom as if he had expected such a backlash.

“It’s all written here.”

“What is that?”

“This is a record written by the founder of the Magic Tower himself.”

Belinda tilted her head.

“… … Was there something like that? Aren’t all the records from a thousand years ago gone?”

Isn’t it because of that that you just kept wondering and not being sure who your opponent was?

Jerome also spoke with a slightly embarrassed expression.

“That’s right. It’s my first time seeing this too. I’m sure there was no book like this on the rooftop.”

“But… … it suddenly appeared?”

“Yes… … It may be hard to believe, but… … .”

“… … .”

There was silence again. Who would believe that a book that had not existed before suddenly appeared? It would be more believable if Jerome had simply said that he had not seen it.

Jerome also said, beating his chest in frustration.

“Really. I’ve read all the books in the Magic Tower. But this… … I don’t know why I didn’t see it!”

It seemed so unfair. Vanessa, always calm, spoke soothingly.

“Okay, let’s say that’s true.”

“I’m not just saying that, I’m saying it’s true!”

“Yes, I believe you. You’re saying that book is the evidence?”

“Yes! Here are the words written by the founder of the Magic Tower!”

Jerome opened the book.

Since everyone was superhuman, they could see the small letters from a distance. Only Claude leaned in close and read the letters.

[I am the successor to the name of the star, the great Dragon Lord Asterion. I am Astion, the first Lord of the Tower of Radiance who built the Tower of Radiance.

On the advice of a close friend, I decided to write about my experiences in this book.

Born with a mysterious constitution, I was able to accept the existence of a possessed person in my body since I was young.

I was able to gain various knowledge from them and quickly become stronger as a wizard. They also provided a foundation for my friends to become stronger. After that, we went on a journey together… … .]

This was really interesting. If the contents of this book are true, doesn’t that mean that the existence of the possessed person is real?

The book briefly describes how a wizard named Astion, who lived in a rural village, went on a trip with his friends and what happened during the trip.

[… … One day, while I was rescuing villagers who had been captured by bandits, I suddenly encountered a possessed person. Up until that point, everything was no different than usual, but that possessed person was different from the possessed people who had entered my body before.]

At some point, everyone was silent and focused on reading the text. The breathing of those reading the text became faster and faster. The content was truly unbelievable.

[I was forcibly taken over. The possessed person who took over my body was really strong. His level of consciousness had already surpassed that of a superhuman, and he also knew a lot of mystical knowledge. He introduced himself like this.]

Belinda read the following passage out loud without realizing it.

“The Grand Duke of Rutania and the King of Mercenaries… … .”

She couldn’t bring herself to say anything else. Jerome finally couldn’t hold it in any longer and blurted out the name.

“Giselle Ferdium.”

“… … .”

Everyone exchanged glances, dumbfounded. Why was Giselle’s name in the records of the magic tower that Jerome had brought?

Claude jumped up from his seat and swore at Jerome.

“Does this make sense? This, this! Didn’t you just make this in a hurry and bring it over? You want to deceive people by saying that your hypothesis is correct!”

It sounded much more plausible than the contents of the book being true. Jerome was instantly branded a fraud.

Jerome shouted urgently.

“I didn’t make it! It really, really was written here!”

“Isn’t it strange that we have only just now discovered a book that records our lord’s name and past events? There is no contradiction like this!”

“I don’t understand either, I’m going crazy!”

Belinda intervened and stopped them both.

“What does it say on the back? Let’s look at that first!”

When I turned the page again, new content appeared.

[Thanks to Giselle, her friends were able to quickly become stronger. I don’t know why, but Giselle taught her friends many things and trained them harshly. Her appearance was truly… … like that of a devil.]

It was described in quite detail how Jiselle trained them and how she tormented them.

There was a lot of writing about how he had taken away land without permission and given it to others, taken over gold mines, and done whatever he wanted, along with a lot of curses(?).

Belinda looked at it and muttered without realizing it.

“You are my lord.”

Everyone nodded. The more I looked, the more I saw descriptions that were just like Giselle’s.

Jiselle is a talent born once in a thousand years, no, a person who should be born only once in a thousand years. It is hard to find a personality like that.

But people still didn’t believe it. They could easily make it up if they wanted to.

Jerome also knows Giselle’s personality very well. He also had the experience of being locked in a carriage and working tirelessly to create artifacts.

Claude asked with a suspicious look.

“So you’re saying that the lord’s exploits are recorded in this book… … What’s behind it? Since it’s a book from a thousand years ago, shouldn’t the entire story be written there?”

Everyone was curious about the parts similar to Claude. It would probably be written about what happened in the past, who the opponent was, what Giselle did, and what she found out.

Jerome turned the page again, embarrassed.

“… … .”

There was nothing written. The last part was about taking away the territory and the gold mine and training his friends severely(?).

Claude pointed again.

“I gave up! It was hard to make up any more stories! I guess I was planning to commit fraud while the Chieftain was away! I don’t think anyone in the book would be able to confirm who Astion was!”

Erenes left shortly after Giselle’s collapse, as there was no longer any reason for her to be here.

What was important to her was the eradication of the Salvation Church, so she moved to find Gatros and the remaining remnants.

Jerome replied sullenly to Claude’s words.

“I said no… … . I said I didn’t make it up… … .”

Jerome was going crazy too. He definitely didn’t make it up, but as the conversation went on, it really started to seem like he had made it up.

Everyone looked at the book with a puzzled expression. Jerome was not a person who lied and there was no reason for him to do so.

It was right to assume that something had happened that even Jerome didn’t know about.

Vanessa asked.

“Is that Astion… the first Lord of the Magic Tower?”

“Actually, I just found out the name. The name of the first Lord of the Tower was not properly passed down.”

Claude intervened again and questioned Jerome.

“There is one major contradiction in the story that has come out so far.”

“What is it?”

“According to the hypothesis, the lord took the body of the first magic tower lord, Astion?”

“Right?”

“But in your dream, my lord, the wizard was using magic.”

“Right?”

“So that means the wizard was actually the lord… … How does the lord use magic?”

“Didn’t you learn that there?”

“Do you think that’s possible? With your head, my lord? Is magic something that can be easily learned by reading books? If that were the case, I would have learned magic a long time ago. I’m the smartest person.”

“… … .”

It was something Jerome had never thought about. So, when he was unable to answer, Belinda suddenly became angry.

“Our master is smart, but he doesn’t study, so that’s why he’s like that. If he does, he’ll do well.”

“No matter how smart you are, is magic easy?”

Certainly, it couldn’t be said that Giselle was stupid.

Judging from the war fighting skills he has shown so far, Jiselle was a genius in strategy and tactics. That is something that can only be done with a good head.

However, it was a completely different field from magic. Belinda knew this clearly, but still insisted. To her, Giselle was the smartest person in the world.

“What’s not possible! If you study, everything will work out!”

“How many times have I told you that feeling good doesn’t mean your head will feel better!”

“Our master is both physically fit and intelligent!”

The two continued their argument. However, everyone except Belinda was skeptical of Giselle’s claims of having learned magic.

Magic is an extremely difficult subject. Even Alpoy, the successor to the Magic Tower, studied at the Magic Tower for over ten years, but only reached the third circle.

After coming to Fenris and experiencing numerous battles(?) and absorbing the Dragon Heart, I finally reached the 5th circle.

What about Vanessa? Even though she is very talented, she has been studying for over 10 years since she was young.

She also had to absorb the Dragon Heart to ascend to the 7th Circle.

It means that if you want to use magic like Giselle saw in her dream, you have to study magic for several years. But you study with a book in your hand all day? It doesn’t really suit Giselle’s personality.

Everyone was worried. It was unrealistic. But it was too coincidental to ignore.

Gillian opened her mouth with a heavy expression.

“Your Majesty, you can do anything you set your mind to.”

He hoped Jerome’s hypothesis was correct. It was much better to go back in time than to lie unconscious.

Claude clicked his tongue and shook his head. Pointing out Giselle’s shortcomings to Belinda and Gillian would never work.

Vanessa took things one step at a time to put an end to the pointless arguments.

“First of all… … If Jerome’s hypothesis is true… … That means His Majesty has gone back in time and is living there. Then, did he meet the saint?”

“That… … There’s no mention of a saint or a warrior, it just says they’re friends, so I’m not sure.”

“Anyway, that seems most plausible for now. After all, the saint asked us to meet again.”

“I think so too. I went to the past with the saint’s divine power.”

“Why did you call?”

“What… … Could it be that he’s trying to tell us a secret we don’t know? And he might need Giselle’s power.”

“No matter what you do in the past, isn’t the result already set?”

Everyone nodded at those words. The future was already set. They had defeated the Salvation Church and brought peace to the continent.

So no matter what Giselle did in the past, this future will not change.

As I sorted out the situation, I felt like my mind was becoming more complicated. No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t come up with a clear answer.

“First… … I’ll study this book a little more. I’ll look for other materials. There must be a reason why the book was not written.”

Everyone nodded to Jerome’s words. There was no other way anyway.

Just as everyone was about to leave, a commotion was heard outside.

Boom!

One of the knights guarding Giselle ran in and shouted.

“Dark! Dark suddenly appeared! He has something to tell you, so hurry up and tell the General or the Headmaster… … .”

Everyone moved before the knight finished speaking.

Kwaaang!

Everyone was so in a hurry that they had to move by breaking through walls.

“Let’s go together!”

Only Claude was carried on Wendy’s back.