Cave King – 135
“To think someone was able to escape my notice like this. The people of this island never cease to amaze me.”
Though, I wasn’t surprised that father had missed Mappa.
I couldn’t count the number of times Mappa had appeared out of nowhere and startled us.
Father accepted the robe. It was clear that he was puzzled by Mappa’s stange attitude.
“I thank you… By the way, why are you so offended?”
Mappa pointed at his beard and at his body as if trying to explain something.
I watched this and interpreted it for him.
“I think…he’s saying that you have a similar physique and clothes… No, he’s mad that your beard is bigger…I think.”
Father’s white beard was longer and fuller than Mappa’s. And perhaps father exposing his torso had been the last straw.
“Hmm… That is regrettable indeed. I am sorry.”
“You’re going to apologize for that…”
I muttered as father put on his robe again.
Once he was finished dressing, he turned to me and said,
“If I cannot make you obey me by force…then it cannot be helped. I will have to make someone else my successor.”
“Then I am…”
“You have built your own country, have you not? From now on, we will be equals in standing.”
I was no longer a lord over Sanfaris territory, but the head of a separate country. He was acknowledging this.
And if we were equals, that meant this relationship between king and lord was over.
“…We might be enemies, or we might be allies.”
“Indeed. However, you are still the founder of a new house that derives from the royal family. And as family, we should try and avoid any conflict when possible. This bloodline must not end.”
“…Why can’t you just be decent and suggest we form an alliance, if we are family? Why are you always like this?”
He was always harsh and would never indulge anyone. And I had always hated him.
He answered.
“Heal… The path of a king is a lonely one. The more you gain, the deeper that loneliness will become.”
He probably considered that a warning. And I understood what he was trying to say.
However, part of this had to do with Sanfaris’s tradition of deciding a person’s worth based on their crest.
Perhaps I and my brothers could have gotten along, if such a tradition had not existed. Maybe Oren wouldn’t have become the person he was now.
I wanted to say all of this to him. However, he turned away from me.
“As this land is not mine, I must leave at once. While I do not know if we will be allies, I shall discuss the matter with Balpas, and we will decide how to negotiate with this country in the future.”
So saying, father repaired the ship and boarded it.
That’s when the stunned Balpas suddenly turned to me and shouted.
“Heal! Let’s form an alliance! We will be your friends forever!”
He said immediately. Though his expression was very stiff.
I’m flabbergasted that he just walked away like that. There is no way he is giving up on Heal though. He will probably just send all of his other children after him and leave him as the only one capable of leading Sanfaris. Now that they don’t have to worry about being killed while they sleep we can worry about the rest of the world and it’s dangers. I am looking forward to seeing what else is out there besides dragons.
Cant wait to see the development of sheorl empire hahahaha
Thanks!
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Bookwhyrm has used “Imakuni?”.
Bookwhyrm is now confused!
I didnt expect the king to retreat :0
Anyway,the.Sheorl Empire was acknowledged
Thanks for the new chapter! That was a weird chapter. I’m not sure why you want Heal to lead Sanfaris when his power is limited to caves.
My guess is the king was actually testing Heal and the residents of the island. Remember, beside Heal the rest are all monsters (well, not humans at least), yet the king didn’t start a slaughter.
Nevertheless, a muscle old man with mysterious powers, yet also feels like a tsundere… I just can’t like him.
Also, Oren did a lot of bad stuff, but wasn’t reproached or stopped, so bad king is bad.
[by Mappa’s stange attitude] -> {by Mappa’s strange attitude}
Hard to say anything good about this king old man since as a parent he’s trash.
Thanks for the chapter! Awesome translation! God bless you!
I see a lot of people hating on the king but, let’s be honest, if you consider that Sanfaris values their crest instead of the ONE holding it, as it was exemplified by Oren, as no matter what he did, due to his crest it would all be ignored, then it all makes sense that it’s king is like he is. So, he grew up to BE a KING, not a father, not a caring person, but one that grew and was BUILT, as in being taught everything ONLY related to ruling, and as such he ONLY knows how to rule, to make a empire flourish, and only that. He doesn’t need to show afection nor does he need to show he cares about his people, all he need to do, as a king, is make it so that his people are happy and flourishing. To me, he is more of a “artificial human”, as in other than ruling he knows nothing more, like a machine.
Ugh.
“My super power is that my power is better then every other power and only people with my power can oppose me since its best!”
-Every five year old who can’t win a game involving imagination
What next, will Heal get King Crimson :/
Heal’s father was just terrified with Mappa up to the extent that his mind completely ignored Mappa’s presence and automatically become humble talking to him instead. The power of our old man Mappa is immeasurable…
Thank you!!
He retreated because of Rienna?? What is Rienna??! 😲
Thanks for the chapter~💕