Became an Academy Spearman

864. [Western Front] – The greatest value of truth (140)

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Sreuk.

Cheonseong left the inner room with the sound of the door closing. Arcia gently winked at Shiffrin.

And at that gaze, Shiffrin gently crossed her legs and slightly blinked her eyes.

“… … “It’s amazing.”

The conversation was short.

The conversation lasted less than an hour.

However, it was a time when many things could be inferred and confirmed again.

Sreuk.

I suddenly raised my head at the presence of Arcia cautiously approaching my side.

“What does it look like to you?”

“I think it’s pretty prudent.”

“okay? Well, I lost my attitude of trying to lie along the way, but I think my senses are really sharp. You may not know my characteristics, but you must have vaguely guessed them. “That’s about the kind of power I have.”

Tuk. Even as I touched the cold teacup, my eyes were focused on the red tea.

‘But it’s not just prudent.’

“Mr. Shiffrin.”

“say.”

“I made a promise… … “Are you sincere about what you said?”

Arcia’s strangely resounding voice contained disbelief.

And I also understood why they asked that.

Actually, it was unplanned.

When meeting important people, he makes plans for everything, even the smallest actions and words, and even more so when meeting directly, he acts so as not to waver in the direction of the plan, but this time, Han Cheon-seong was a bit of an exception.

As the other person changed their attitude, I had to change as well.

So the word that came out was ‘promise’.

“Arsia, do you think what I say is sincere?”

“How can I understand Master Shiffrin’s sincerity?”

The corners of her mouth rose slightly at the sound of Arcia’s voice avoiding an immediate answer. Then, I gently turned my head and caught sight of Arcia standing next to me.

A woman in her late 20s with an unwavering expression could be seen between her short blue hair. She looks about the same age as me now. It would be no exaggeration to say that he was my most ideal guild member.

So he was also one of my closest members.

He grew up very well the way I wanted him to, and he believes exactly what I say. Rather than trying to think about something with my own personal opinion, I try to carefully ask for my opinion and let go of my personal opinion.

Each and every one of them was the type of talent I wanted.

however. Arcia now expressed her doubts to me.

Very small question.

“… … “I’m serious.”

So this time, I calmly told them the answer.

“… … !”

I made eye contact with Arcia, whose eyes were momentarily shaken, and gently stretched out my hand.

Sreuk.

And then he held Arsia’s cold hand.

“As you may have heard, I have faced thousands of people and tried to predict their minds or future actions. Is it a being that will be harmful to the empire or not? “And we have judged in advance whether it is a seed that will cause great trouble or conflict in the future and removed it if we thought it was harmful.”

“… … yes.”

“Still, I don’t think you can understand people’s hearts. No matter how much I can know about a person’s external appearance and various secrets and characteristics, I cannot easily predict the most important thing: a person’s heart. Do you understand?”

“I understand.”

Seeing Arcia immediately regaining her composure, I slowly touched her cold hand.

As I raised her, as I instilled in her, Arsia puts the empire first.

But there was a crucial difference with me.

Just as no one in the empire could replace me, there was nothing I could do about the characteristics I was given.

“But among those thousands of people, there are very rare people who occasionally shine. “We are obviously all the same people, but there are people who have completely different feelings.”

“… … “Aren’t such people geniuses who could become key figures like Major Anastasia?”

I nodded slightly in response to the answer that seemed to guess what was to be said.

I also liked Arcia’s attitude.

When speaking publicly, do not answer other than ask questions.

However, when I enter a private area like now, it automatically guesses what I am going to say and saves my words.

“yes. So she felt it even when she first encountered Anastasia. Although I was at the center of the situation and felt that I was not a person to be looked down on, I also felt that I would grow beyond that. And now Han Tiansheng feels almost the same to me.”

“Are you saying he will also be a key player?”

“I can already be sure of that. Because she is showing a genius comparable to Anastasia. But more than that, I felt his character.”

“Character… … .”

Arcia muttered absentmindedly and her eyes blurred for a moment.

The main premise is that we cannot understand the human mind.

However, there was a contradiction that understanding a person’s character meant understanding the person’s heart to some extent.

So it was more difficult.

The human mind is completely unpredictable, and there are many clues that can be used to infer the mind.

But he was thinking that way without even realizing it.

‘I can know this person’s heart.’

That is the biggest mistake and the biggest risk factor for making mistakes.

There were times when I had that same mistake, too.

“Tell me about Han Tiansheng you saw.”

Even as he spoke, he smiled softly.

Rather than giving all the answers, I wanted to hear them first.

I wonder how far our Arcia, who I think is the best, can see.

“It is said that Shiffrin took the lead throughout today’s conversation. Han Tiansheng tried not to be dragged away, but he realized his shortcomings and immediately tried to change his attitude. So I think he didn’t lie along the way. Rather, an attitude of not wanting to show any more gaps by facing the truth. And in the end, I think he even showed a compromising attitude due to Shiffrin’s sharp insight.”

Continue speaking without hesitation.

And I quietly nodded as Arcia continued calmly.

In general, what I heard was satisfactory.

This is because Arcia has this level of insight and insight even though she was given a characteristic that corresponds to the ‘force type’ rather than a characteristic that penetrates the same essence as me.

However, there is no evaluation of the important Han Cheon-seong.

“so?”

I smiled and asked again.

“… … Han Tiansheng seems to be very quick in judging the situation. I think he was able to judge his pros and cons in a split second and tried to show his best attitude while doing so. Without being swayed by Shiffrin’s suggestion, I maintained the point and asked again to find out the answer. so… … “I also understand what you said about liking Han Tiansheng.”

After taking a short breath, the evaluation of Han Cheon-seong continued.

It’s safe to say that it pierced my heart to some extent.

So, out of 100 points, I was able to give it about 80 points.

“It’s a good idea.”

“… … sorry.”

This time I continued as I looked at Arcia who carefully lowered her head in response to my words.

“Since you have spent a long time with me, you have enough insight to infer my thoughts. However, just as you cannot know Han Tiansheng’s mind, your answer cannot be considered complete.”

Tuk.

He gently patted Arcia’s hand, while slightly calming his eyes.

“The reason why Han Tiansheng accepted my promise as is, the reason why he did not raise any objections to my opinion, and the reason why I said that the promise I made to Han Tiansheng was true. Those are hard to guess, aren’t they?”

“… … yes. Honestly, I can’t give you a satisfactory answer yet.”

Even as I watched Arcia honestly admit it, I thought that was natural.

Because that is the area that is close to people’s hearts.

“The answer is simple. Because Han Tiansheng tried to treat me with the truth.”

“ah.”

When Arcia paused for a moment and blinked, I laughed.

The answer was right there in the process.

The moment Han Tiansheng erased the lie to me and began to treat me with the complete truth, I also began to treat Han Tiansheng with a certain degree of truth.

That was the biggest change.

“So the promise I also offered was true.”

“… … sorry. “I couldn’t think of any more.”

I slowly shook my head as I looked at Arcia repeatedly apologizing.

This was a bit of a difficult area.

It’s been almost a year since we went on a mission together like this, and it’s an area that cleverly overlaps with the human mind.

From the beginning, I didn’t expect a complete answer.

“I don’t think you are lacking. “Because Han Tiansheng is that abnormal.”

Tuk.

As I let go of Arcia’s hand that was caressing me, I also thought that conversation was not that easy.

In the first place, it is usually impossible for anyone to do it like Han Tiansheng.

“… … It means treating people sincerely. “It’s a lot harder than I thought.”

For the first time in a while, I felt a bit shaken by the fact that I was treating Han Cheon-seong with my sincerity.

Treating someone with sincerity rather than lies is like putting down the shield that protects me.

“I’m serious.”

I could still see it as I looked at Arcia who was cautious.

Arcia knows me well, but she is careful and wary of me.

I know that, not in a bad way, but in a good way. However, for that reason, it could not be seen as Arsia’s true form.

So this too was a pretense.

“Even though today is the second time Han Tiansheng has met me, he has shown his sincerity. And that too for quite some time.”

The initial conversation, which mixed lies and truth, lasted about 10 minutes. The conversation that lasted over 30 minutes was always conducted with the truth.

He was clearly wary of me and assumed I had some ulterior motive. That was visible in many attitudes.

Even if his position was lower than mine, it would have been more difficult for him to treat me.

Usually, the more it happens, the more people tend to show the other side of ‘pretense’.

To look better to others.

Acting as someone other than your original self.

‘Be kinder, try to show yourself higher… … .’

Or anything else, they try to lie to make the other person think positively of themselves.

Such a change in lies was actually not a bad thing.

Because that is basic human nature, and it is also consideration for others.

however.

Han Tiansheng had thrown it away along the way.

He treated me with sincerity, as if revealing his true face.

“So I just treated him sincerely. Arsia, please continue to think about the conversation between me and Han Tiansheng today.”

“… … “I will keep that in mind.”

“Stop leaving.”

“yes. then.”

As Arcia, who politely showed her respect, soon left the inner room, I strangely kept laughing.

In fact, even after having a small talk with Arcia, even now that Arcia has left.

In my eyes, Han Tiansheng’s appearance began to glimmer little by little.

“Is that why I found it even more amazing?”

Each human being, originally called the main axis, has a unique presence.

Just as I see a strange light in the current emperor, light exists in each of the beings called the main axis and other beings who exercise enormous influence.

I thought it was their unique light.

The light I saw in Anastasia in the past could be said to be a ‘mighty light’ that was brighter than anyone else’s.

It was easy to predict that his presence would become overwhelming, like a huge sun illuminating the world.

However, the light I felt while looking at Han Cheon-seong was completely different.

The more we talked, the bigger and brighter his light seemed.

“… … It was really pure and upright. And a transparent mind that can eliminate lies on its own.”

You may think it’s easy at first glance, but almost all people I’ve met naturally show a sincerity in their dealings with others.

Everyone wants to hide some part of themselves. No matter how much you love your partner or your family, you don’t want to show everything about yourself.

So, paradoxically, I could believe it.

That was the meaning of the word promise.

As I began to treat the truth with sincerity, those words naturally leaked out.

“There was no need for any special compensation.”

I was suddenly convinced that I had encountered the truth.

-The most necessary being in this empire.

That was not Anastasia, who is currently said to be the strongest in the empire.

It will soon become ‘Han Cheon-seong’.