Satou's here. There's a saying, [Understand everything from only one part], but I think one needs to [Study 1000 times, review 10000 times] in order to embody that. If you don't have a foundation on anything, you'll notice that you won't make it once you enter the society.
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"--Emperor, I have a slightly complicated thing to talk about. Could we talk in private if possible?"
"Very well, come several steps forward."
The emperor said some flag-raising thing, but since my Trap Detection and Crisis Perception skills aren't reacting, it should be fine.
After walking several steps ahead as instructed, the ground around the throne began to descend.
Looks like the throne and its surrounding is an elevator.
"Don't you think you're too careless?"
"There is nothing to fear. My good luck knows no adversary."
I see, it looks like the weasel emperor is absolutely confident in his Unique Skill.
This elevator seems to continue outside the map.
It probably connects to the City Core.
The descent speed is slow, so I decide to talk about the taboo while we're descending.
"--Do you know that science, particularly communication technology and railroads, violate the God's taboo?"
"Of course."
The weasel emperor nodded at me.
"Then--"
The weasel emperor raise his hand to stop me from pressing on.
"We started precisely because we've done the preparation."
"Preparation? Are you talking about your experiment with a small country? Or maybe it's about the nuclear weapons in Brains?"
The weasel emperor bursts into laughter after hearing me.
"Do you know about Kakyo?"
The weasel emperor suddenly asked that question once he was done laughing.
He ignores my bewilderment and continues on.
"Spreading around the world, permeating their own culture on every part of the world to preserve it."
"What about it?"
I still don't understand what he means.
"That is precisely the role model. My kins have spread throughout the world, thus our culture and blood would not come to an end even if Weasel Empire were ruined by the Gods."
The weasel merchants whom I saw not only in Shiga Kingdom but the whole world flashed in my mind.
Regardless of which country they were, they did business with their own culture.
"--You're already sure of your destruction?"
"A wise ruler has to prepare many hands."
Several images floated across my mind.
"Like the parishes and Dejima Island?"
"That's right. The parishes of where only the pious believers and priests are gathered have none of the science, and Dejima Island which is estranged from our empire most likely won't be subjected to the god's wrath."
Yet he's sending a subjugation army on Dejima Island--no, that's why he assigned an incompetent general huh.
But that means he won't save even 10% of the empire.
"Are you going to sacrifice the majority of your subjects?"
"What kind of statesmen abandon their people. Those are simply insurances in case we lose to the Gods."
The weasel emperor laughed down at my critic.
"Do you think you can win?"
The emperor had a vicious smile that looks like it's cursed when he heard my question.
It appears he really intends to win against Gods.
"Chances are high that you won't win against Gods even if you use nuclear weapon y'know? Or maybe you're going to use it to threaten the Gods?"
"An anecdote from an ancient king huh. Have you read the slates in the 『Room of Truth』?"
Oh, some enigmatic words came out.
"Room of Truth?"
"It's a storage housing the records of The Sage who continues to carve the truth since an age older than the ancient times."
I see, I don't know who this [Sage] is, but that [Room of Truth] looks to be the weasel emperor's source of information.