## Chapter 1210 – Strength

“Unwavering faith in oneself!!! That is what has made me strong! A heart that believes in this love! And a heart that believes in friendship! Add to that a heart that loves peace!!! Hope for the future! Oh! Glorious peace!!! Beautiful love!!! I am living solely for that!!!”

I am Kim Kat, a man who cannot stand desolate silence. I can’t allow the conversation to die while I’m alone with this crazy person. So, I walked alongside the Swordmaster and let my mouth run.

“That’s why I love myself so much!!! After all, only those who can truly love themselves can sincerely love everything else!!! Isn’t that right, Swordmaster!!!”

I spewed out my passionate words, staring into the Swordmaster’s eyes.

“Ah, well. That’s right.”

She looked into my eyes for a moment, then subtly avoided my gaze and turned her head forward again. She acted like someone who was happy to meet an old classmate after a long time, but the classmate suddenly started talking about serious religious matters.

“Love is a good thing.”

Yes!

As she said, love is a good thing!!!

Could it be that my words are getting through to her!

“Indeed!!! It seems that the Swordmaster also knows about love! What a joyous occasion! If the Swordmaster, the strongest in the Karga Kingdom, knows this, then the peace of the country is as good as secured! Hahahahahahaha!!!!!”

Laughter burst forth!

Ah! How delightful!

“W-wait a minute, Paladin…”
“Originally, I was a wandering lamb!!! When I had no strength, I had no time to think about myself, and while I was building my strength, I agonized because I knew that my power was not yet complete!!!”

The old me was a weak human.

The past me was petty.
A small-minded person.

So, my ideology was also unstable, and my beliefs followed suit. But now I am a half-finished human. Because I have built up so much. That’s why I’m on the verge of completion.

That’s why I am now one of the five great saints of humanity.

“But! By accepting the power of love and making it my own!!!!”
“Hey, you.”
“I have refined my spirit and completed perfect faith and belief!!! Kuaaaaaaaa!!! That is who I am, Paladin Kim Kat!!!”

ㅡFwaat!

I jumped forward intensely and took a stance.

ㅡFwaaaaang!

Power erupted from behind me, creating a brilliant white explosion!!! Right now, I! Am lecturing about love in front of the Swordmaster!!!

“Ttaradatta today too!!!!!!”

Kim Kat has made it!

Who else would sing about love in front of this crazy serial killer!!! This person is an enemy of love! I could sense it! But if I don’t say this, who else will speak of love in front of her!

ㅡPachichik!

Reinforcement of belief.
Practice of ideology.

With that.

I felt like I had grasped a thread of the truth of power that I didn’t know well.
That’s the feeling I got.

“I’m only thinking about you today, I’m Your Man!!!”

In fact, rather than walking around with this person and having some nonsensical, unpleasant conversation or discussing murder, it would be more constructive to discuss love in this way.

“Growth!!! The Swordmaster must also know!!! The completion of ideology and belief that comes with growth!!!”
“Y-yes. If you grow drastically in a short period of time… your ideology and beliefs can change. It’s a natural phenomenon that everyone experiences.”
“It’s not changing! It’s completion!!!”
“Completion… I suppose that’s true too.”
“By completing ideology and belief! I complete my own power! That is the answer and truth that I have found!!!”
“…”

The Swordmaster just mumbled something at my explosive eloquence, but didn’t say anything. She just remained silent for a moment.

“…”

Did I overdo it?

Soon she opened her mouth.

“…That was a good story. Indeed. A new generation of talent? I guess you could say that. It was a conversation where I really felt the generation gap. Is that what young people think these days?”
“Hehe, how wonderful would it be if all young people thought like me.”
“Is that so? I don’t really know what’s going on these days… But Paladin seems to have been greatly influenced by… religion. Is it the teachings of the Verdian God?”

I wasn’t particularly influenced by the Brass Celestial Angels.

“Half of it is. But after all, even if you receive teachings, it is up to you to accept them. I received teachings, but I realized more on my own.”
“I see.”
“Ah, so that’s what I’m saying. The Swordmaster must also understand this love that I’m talking about! Right?”
“L-love…”

The Swordmaster kept trying to choose her words at my continuous questioning.

“Hehehe.”

Look at this Sword-Ajumma, who always acts cool, getting flustered. I did put on a passionate act about the power of love on purpose, but I didn’t expect her to be this flustered.

It was as if she thought of me as some kind of fanatic.

This is what you call psychological warfare through words, Swordmaster.

You must have thought I was an absurd madman. But that was just an act I put on. This Swordmaster person is very suspicious. I can’t read her true ideology at all. In that case, it’s not bad to go out like this and shake things up.

“Well. It’s hard to give a definite answer.”

At those words, I immediately changed my attitude and asked in a calm tone.

“Is that so? Then what is the answer that the Swordmaster has found?”
“Hmm… That’s…”
“Someone of the Swordmaster’s caliber must have completed their own firm answer! What is it!!!!”
“Hey, Paladin. How about lowering your voice a little?”
“My voice?”

ㅡKkwak!

I immediately grabbed my head, widened my eyes, and opened my mouth wide.

“T-this rudeness…!”

I made the palace too noisy!

“I was too excited to be discussing power and belief with the great warrior Swordmaster. I’m sorry. Is this going to be a problem?”
“It wouldn’t… be a problem, I suppose.”
“That’s a relief. Anyway, what is the Swordmaster’s answer?”
“Answer, huh.”

She touched her chin and seemed to ponder for a moment.

“I’ve never really thought about that seriously.”
“Heok!”
“No. It’s not that I haven’t thought about it. Rather, I’m doing it on a daily basis, so there’s no need to think about it seriously.”
“I’m curious!”

ㅡDeulseokdeulseok!

I shrugged my shoulders and expressed my curiosity.

“No, why are you so excited?”
“I don’t know!”
“Seriously… Haa. Anyway, it’s about striving for a higher level. That’s my answer. Is that enough of an answer?”
“I see. That’s a good answer too. Yay! I feel like my eyes are opening a little more because I’m talking to the Swordmaster! Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity to talk!”
“…”
“So, what’s the main point?”

There must be a fundamental reason why this person came to see me.

“It seemed like you called me because you had something important to say.”
“…”

At those words, the Swordmaster looked at me with an unknown expression.

“…No.”

Words coming out after silence.

“I didn’t call you for any particular reason. I just happened to be in the palace, so I wanted to have a chat after a long time.”

That wouldn’t take precedence over meeting the princess. Anyway, it seemed like she got tired of me running my mouth. Yeah. Keep thinking that way. I’m a person who hates having normal conversations with strange people.

“I see. Ah, but I came here today to have an audience with Princess Einpel. Is that okay?”
“I’ll guide you.”

The Swordmaster, who said that, walked away without hesitation as if she didn’t want me to talk to her anymore. Of course, I don’t let her off the hook. I followed her and brought up the story of the power of love once again.

“Kim Kat Freedom! Ppabamppa! A world full of love! Kim Kat Freedom!”
“H-hey…”

That’s why you shouldn’t have sent me killing intent.

* * *

Princess Einpel was still wary of me.

“The Swordmaster grabbed me on the way here. So I was a little late.”
“Is that so? It doesn’t really matter.”
“So. What’s the reason you wanted to see me again?”
“Because I wanted to talk a little. It ended a bit ambiguously last time, didn’t it?”

I can tell she’s wary of me at a glance. Her posture seemed relaxed, but to someone like me, a person’s psychological state is obvious.

She’s really worried.

For royalty, a superhuman like me is truly an object of wariness.

“What’s ambiguous? I said everything I wanted to say.”
“Really?”
“Yep.”
“Yep?”

No.

“No. It’s a habit.”
“Is that a habit?”
“Pretty much. Anyway, really.”
“You really just flew in the sky for fun? Not to show off your power?”

Strictly speaking, it was showing off. I am a warrior of love. And soon I will become an icon of the concept of `the power of love`.

So, I showed it in advance.

ㅡThe hope of humanity is just like that.

This Kim Kat is the existence in which the hope of humanity has taken concrete form.

It is necessary to engrave these things in people’s minds.

This princess is just worried that I’m showing off my power to build my own power and jump into the kingdom’s political world, but it’s completely different. Why would I do such a troublesome thing?

“Showing off is fun. I heard the Saintess said it well.”
“She did.”
“That’s right. I don’t really have any serious intentions like that.”
“Seriously?”
“Yeah. No, I’ll just ask you the opposite. What are you thinking?”
“…”

Silence.

Invoking the right to remain silent?

“Don’t worry. I don’t have any intention of doing anything to the people of the capital. I’m not interested in the kingdom’s affairs or politics. I’m only interested in myself and those around me. Rights and territories. They’re good, but I don’t want to take them in a way that makes people uncomfortable.”

She should understand by now.

“You just got stronger. It means your thoughts haven’t changed from before, right?”
“You understood right away.”
“You don’t have any intention of joining hands with the royal family?”

Is she thinking of compromising with that?

It seems like she wants to form an alliance with me after all.

“What exactly do you mean by joining hands?”
“The meaning is as it is. It means maintaining a good relationship with the royal family.”
“Tell me exactly. Is it a relationship where obligations come and go?”
“It seems like you have a aversion to the word obligation.”
“I hate troublesome things. I also hate being told what to do. No. I just hate feeling forced. I’m a person who does what I want to do.”

And.

“Above all. I belong to the Brass Celestial Angels before I join hands with the royal family. It’s not a problem for me to say anything.”
“Hmph… Then.”
“It seems like words won’t work.”
“What? Wait.”

ㅡSeueuk.

I immediately got up from my seat and put the chair in.

“W-what are you trying to do!”
“What? Why are you wary?”
“Huh? No. Nothing.”
“I’m just going to show you my determination.”

After standing in place and taking a stance like that.

ㅡPuhwaaaaaaaaak!

I exploded power from behind me, emitting a brilliant light, and then.

“Haap!”

ㅡChwareureureureuk!

I made the fragments of light that spewed out like a fountain into hearts and made them fall around me. ㅡHwareureureuk! The heart effect emitted extreme power and flew in all directions. With that, the power of love bloomed in the room.

ㅡRomantic.

And a beautiful sight.

Hearts burning in white. Floating in the air, they create my power.

“…”

Princess Einpel was looking at me and the hearts surrounding me with her mouth open.

“Look closely. At my innocence. And these pure white sincerities.”
“…”
“I see now. Einpel, you are wary of me, who has become powerful.”
“…To be honest.”

She’s finally being honest.

“That’s why I’m making an alliance proposal.”
“Tell that alliance to the Brass Celestial Angels. As you can see from this sacred power, I am a warrior belonging to the order.”
“…I see.”

ㅡPacheutsut.

Soon my heart went out. The princess still had an unconvinced look on her face, but I had already conveyed everything. I have no interest in an alliance with the royal family. I’m just going to live the way I want to live.