No One Could Judge Me; Not Even the King Had the Right

It's been over a year.

On this day, Meredith suddenly realized that they had been in the [Historical Reenactment] for more than a year. If the time flow in the [Historical Reenactment] was the same as in the real world, wouldn't that mean that they had disappeared for more than a year?

The members of the Bronze Guild realized this and gathered together to discuss it. They concluded that the flow of time in [Historical Reenactment] should be different from the flow of time in the real world.

They didn't know the exact proportion, but they guessed that if they couldn't leave the "Historical Reenactment" before they died of old age, they might actually die of old age in the "Historical Reenactment".

Knowing this, the members of the Bronze Bounty Guild unanimously decided that if they had not found the key figure who triggered the [Historical Reenactment] in thirty years, they would tell the Young Old Man about the bounty quest [The Lost Golden City].

Let the Young Old Man help them overcome their predicament.

Because of the Young Old Man, the members of the Bronze Bounty Guild were not in a hurry to leave [Historical Reenactment].

If we really can't find the key figure to trigger [Historical Reenactment Historical Reenactment] and make it disappear, then it wouldn't be bad to grow old and die with the Young Old Man.

The members of the Bronze Bounty Guild realized that the reason they hadn't panicked for so long was entirely because of the Young Old Man.

In reality, when they do missions with Old Man Lance, they subconsciously rely on him.

When they encountered the Young Old Man in "Historical Reenactment," they still developed a desire to rely on Young Old Man.

The Young Old Man lived up to their trust by arranging jobs for them and teaching them to read and write. In just over a year, they mastered the language of the Ander Kingdom and learned to write the script of the Ander Kingdom.

Back in reality, when they encounter relics related to the Ander Kingdom, they can instantly transform into "archaeologists," able to recount a great deal about everything from clothing, food, culture, and customs to the history of the Ander Kingdom.

As they spent more and more time in the "Historical Reenactment" and with the Young Old Man, they discovered something.

The Young Old Man seemed to have sensed something. One day, while they were having dinner together, he told them to try not to get involved in any emotional entanglements with the people of the Young Old Man Eternal Capital.

If they are not mentally prepared to stay in the Eternal Capital forever, then they should not get involved in emotional entanglements with the people in the Eternal Capital.

Friendship is acceptable, but romantic love is not.

The members of the Bronze Bounty Guild kept the Young Old Man's words firmly in mind.

The Young Old Man wouldn't harm them.

As they interacted with the citizens of the Eternal Capital, they gradually integrated into the Eternal Capital, treating the people there as real, flesh-and-blood human beings with feelings, rather than as fictional beings from an illusion.

When he was a sheriff, Matthews once rushed into a fire with a spray canister on his back and rescued two children and an old man.

Time flies, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye. During these two years, the Young Old Man was transferred to the frontier and even saved a young general in a battle against the Barbarians.

Meredith, Matthews, Jerome, Leisente were taken to the frontier by the Young Old Man Young Old Man and became his personal guards.

Louis, Dalton, Bazel, along with other members of the Bronze Guild, remained in the Eternal Capital.

On one occasion, Matthews, Jerome, Leisente asked the Young Old Man why he had made the three of them serve as his personal guards.

The Young Old Man grinned and said, "I always feel like you guys owe me something. I need you to work to pay it off."

From that day on, Matthews, Jerome, Leisente never again took out a shovel, sprayer, or axe in front of the Young Old Man. That's absurd. How could the Young Old Man from over two thousand years ago have sensed these things? Especially since this is the Young Old Man in "Historical Reenactment."

During his year-long tenure in the northern frontier, the Young Old Man repeatedly used his talent and military strategy to defeat the barbarian Barbarians that harassed the northern frontier.

They fought many textbook-level battles. In fact, all the battles commanded by the Young Old Man have been included in the military textbooks of the northern frontier.

One point that wasn't included is that when the Young Old Man realized that his theoretical plans had flaws, he would take off his white robe, put on heavy armor, grab a big club, and use his bravery to knock out all the Barbarians soldiers who discovered the flaws and throw them aside.

In just two months, the Young Old Man gained the recognition of many generals and soldiers in the northern frontier.

The young general who was saved by the Young Old Man was actually a girl disguised as a man.

Meredith did not tell the Young Old Man about this discovery, as she did not know whether the Young Old Man in "Historical Reenactment" would get married and have children.

The description of the corrupt official in the bounty quest "Golden City" is only one sentence. "The king used the gold and silver jewels embezzled by the corrupt official to build Golden City."

Apart from that, there is no other record.

What if the girl disguised as a boy was the Young Old Man's lover, or what if Young Old Man wasn't? Later, Meredith realized she was overthinking it; the Young Old Man didn't care about the girl disguised as a boy at all.

A year and a half later, the Barbarians who had been frequently raiding the northern frontier signed a ceasefire agreement with the Ander Kingdom. The Barbarians swore to their gods that as long as the Young Old Man lived, Barbarians would never invade the northern frontier again.

They included this in the armistice agreement.

The Barbarians revered the Young Old Man Young Old Man because he had never killed a single Barbarians warrior on the battlefield; he would knock them unconscious and leave them aside for the soldiers to tie up.

Then the Barbarians ransom their tribe's warriors with valuables.

The reason the Barbarians were willing to sign a ceasefire agreement with the Ander Kingdom was also because of the Young Old Man.

That day, the Young Old Man went alone to the Barbarians stronghold, found the Barbarians leader, and said that he wanted to return to the Eternal Capital and asked the Barbarians leader to sign a ceasefire agreement with the Northern Frontier.

Upon hearing the Young Old Man's words, the Barbarians leader agreed without hesitation.

If other generals from the Ander Kingdom were to approach him and ask him to sign a ceasefire agreement, that would be wishful thinking.

The Young Old Man was different; he was too strong, skilled in both literature and martial arts, and most importantly, he had never killed a Barbarians warrior on the battlefield.

The Barbarians, grateful for the kindness shown to them, was willing to sign a ceasefire agreement with the northern frontier out of respect for the Young Old Man.

To put the Young Old Man at ease, the barbarian Barbarians even carved a nearly 20-meter-tall statue of the Young Old Man and placed it on the open ground of the northern border city wall.

They said that as long as the statue of the Young Old Man remained intact, their Barbarians would not cross it.

Eternal Capital, the Young Old Man was transferred back to the Eternal Capital.

This time, the Young Old Man was transferred to the Ministry of Finance.

In the same year, the King of the Ander Kingdom appointed the Young Old Man as the tutor of the first in line to the throne of the kingdom.

The Young Old Man officially stepped into the power center of the Ander Kingdom, becoming a pivotal minister of the kingdom.

With the Young Old Man becoming the teacher of the kingdom's first in line to the throne, many nobles and ministers began to frequently visit the Young Old Man's residence.

The Young Old Man's house gradually transformed from a two-story building into a villa, and then into an estate. The Bronze Guild members who followed the Young Old Man Young Old Man watched helplessly as he embarked on a path of no return.

The Young Old Man became generous, and as the teacher of the kingdom's first in line to the throne, he received gifts from ministers, merchants, and nobles every day.

He accepted anything offered by the kingdom's ministers, nobles, or merchants.

The Young Old Man did not forget them and spent a lot of money to have a top-quality suit custom-made for them.

Prince Andre, the first in line to the throne, became a distinguished guest at the Young Old Man's estate, visiting Young Old Man every day and bringing Young Old Man gifts each time.

And the Young Old Man did indeed treat Prince Andre as a student.

Whether there's something to do or not, he takes Prince Andre out to eat, drink, and have fun. Since being transferred to the Ministry of Finance, the Young Old Man's wealth has grown at a visible rate, with boxes and boxes of gold and silver jewelry being moved into the estate.

It can truly be said that they pluck feathers from a passing goose and leave skins on a departing beast.

Fortunately, the Young Old Man hadn't become so greedy that he had completely lost his conscience.

Three years after the Young Old Man was transferred to the Ministry of Finance, a flood occurred in the Ander Kingdom, leaving most of the province's population homeless, starving, and without proper clothing.

Local officials requested the emergency allocation of supplies, food, and medicine.

The Young Old Man did not lift a finger in this matter; all the supplies, food, and medicine allocated by the kingdom and collected were sent to the disaster area immediately.

He even took some money from his own slush fund to buy food and medicine. In his fifth year at the Ministry of Finance, the Young Old Man was promoted and became the Minister of Finance.

All financial applications from various departments of the kingdom must be approved by him.

In September of the same year, the second in line to the throne returned to the Eternal Capital.

The second in line to the throne is a princess.

Meredith discovers that the second princess in line is actually the girl from the northern frontier who is disguised as a man.

The first thing she said to the Young Old Man was, "The Lance I know... did he die when he left the Northern Frontier?"

The Young Old Man smiled but said nothing.

On the first day the second-in-line princess returned to the Eternal Capital, the old king praised Princess Elsa in front of the kingdom's ministers, and his words seemed to imply that Elsa should inherit his throne.

The arrival of Princess Elsa has stirred up a storm in the peaceful Eternal Capital.

Many ministers of the kingdom support Princess Elsa, believing that she can purge the parasites from the Eternal Capital Elsa.

In addition, the old king's subtle hints about wanting Elsa to inherit his throne led some of the kingdom's ministers to believe that the king had lost faith in Prince Andre Prince Andre wanted to strip him of his status as the heir apparent.

Prince Andre noticed this and often consulted with the Young Old Man Young Old Man for countermeasures, asking him for advice.

Prince Andre was especially terrified when he learned that his teacher, Lance, had saved the life of the second princess Elsa, in the northern frontier.

He feared that his teacher would abandon him and choose to support Elsa. If his teacher, Lance, also chose to support Elsa, then he would truly lose the right to inherit the throne.

Lance, the teacher, is now a very important minister in the kingdom. Even the Grand Duke has to address him as Lord Lance.

Prince Andre asked the Young Old Man if he would abandon him and choose to support his sister Elsa.

The Young Old Man smiled and told him: No.

He would not abandon his students to support Princess Elsa, even though he had once saved Elsa. He would not support Elsa becoming the queen of the kingdom.

While Andre may not be a powerful ruler capable of expanding his territory, he is more than qualified to be a ruler who maintains the status quo.

This is the Young Old Man's evaluation of Prince Andre.

The rivalry between Prince Andre and Princess Elsa intensifies, with Princess Elsa initially being suppressed by Prince Andre.

As the old king grew increasingly fond of Princess Elsa, more and more of the kingdom's ministers and nobles also began to favor Elsa.

From suppression to a stalemate, and then to a disadvantage, Prince Andre's situation worsened.

What puzzled the Bronze Guild members was that, given how bad the situation had become, why wouldn't the Young Old Man abandon Andre and choose to support Princess Elsa? If things continued to develop like this, Princess Elsa would surely become the king of the Ander Kingdom.

Princess Elsa's attitude towards the Young Old Man changed from admiration and attempts to win him over to hatred and disgust.

In this situation, once Elsa becomes the Queen of the Ander Kingdom, she will definitely execute the Young Old Man who has become a corrupt official.

Fifteen years have passed.

The members of the Bronze Guild have been in [Historical Reenactment] for fifteen years.

The key figures triggering the "Historical Reenactment" event have increased from two to three, and the old king can be ruled out.

There are three characters: Princess Elsa, Prince Andre, and the Young Old Man.

Fifteen years have passed, Young Old Man has become a young old man.

On this day, the members of the Bronze Bounty Guild gathered together. Even with the support of the Young Old Man, Prince Andre's current situation was not good.

"Fifteen years have passed. I thought we would never grow old, but it seems I was wrong. If we can't find a way out, we might really die of old age here."

"Dying of old age? Don't dream about it. Our Bronze Party has already been labeled as a corrupt old man. Given the current situation, even Old Man Lance might not live to be seventy or eighty. I estimate that in another year or two, the Young Old Man will be sent to the gallows by Princess Elsa."

"We'll probably die too then. What do you think is the key to breaking this deadlock? Could it be changing the Young Old Man's fate of being executed?"

"At present, this possibility is very high. As long as we can persuade the Young Old Man and change his fate of being hanged, we may be able to leave this ' Historical Reenactment '."

"Meredith, should we talk to the Young Old Man?"

Squeak—

The door to the Bronze Tavern was pushed open, and Young Old Man dressed in a white and gold robe entered the tavern, closing the door behind him with a smile, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

"Young Old Man, old man, stop now. It's not too late to turn to the light. Princess Elsa will not judge you because you saved her life."

The Young Old Man asked Meredith for a glass of wine, took a sip, twirled the glass in his hand, and laughed, "Jud me? No one here can judge me, not even the king."