This was the first time Olga Marie saw such obvious disgust on Vlad III's face.
Even when Camilla revealed her vampire nature, Vlad III only showed a little displeasure.
To put it into perspective, it’s just like frowning slightly when seeing a work that is completely contrary to the art that you admire.
If he still wanted to irritate him, he might have to include Vlad III, who considered himself not to be in cahoots with other vampires, into the ranks of "vampires" in the traditional sense.
But even then, the negative emotions that Vlad III deliberately aroused would probably never reach one thousandth of the disgust shown on Vlad III's face now.
If she had to describe it again, Olga Marie felt that even if the ugliest and most foul-smelling thing in the world appeared in front of Vlad III, he probably would not show such an expression.
By now, Olga Marie already knew that Servants might appear in every corner of this space all the time.
Behind her, a heroic spirit must have appeared again with the departure of Camilla.
But who is that heroic spirit? So much so that Vlad III, who always maintained an aristocratic attitude, was so out of sorts.
Olga Marie turned and looked behind her. A middle-aged man wearing a scarlet robe and armor appeared in front of her.
He clearly has a Central Asian face, but he gives off an unexpected atmosphere like a Greek philosopher.
Although the outer robe worn outside the armor follows the Byzantine-style decoration and color scheme, it also unexpectedly gives people the impression of the Jinhaori worn outside the armor by Japanese generals.
To be more specific, although the details are different, the function that Jinhaori has in mind should be the same as the purpose of wearing this robe.
majesty.
Judging from the atmosphere alone, this newly emerged heroic spirit gives people a sense of integration from head to toe.
But it is not like the sewn-up monster Frankenstein, where you will feel the violation just by imagining it.
On the contrary, although the middle-aged man who appeared in front of him was mixed with many elements, his whole body revealed a natural sense of harmony.
It is not a rigid gluing of different elements together, but a very natural acceptance of them.
Who says that the Turks cannot aspire to the great achievements of Alexander and Achilles?
However, if he didn't have the disgust that was almost the same as Vlad III's, with a bit of imperceptible fear added to it, Olga Marie would have a better impression of him.
After reading the part about the second singularity in the handbook, Olga Marie was able to more or less guess the real name of the heroic spirit in front of her.
He was the Ottoman Sultan Muhammad II, who was revered as "Fatih", meaning the conqueror.
Although the Ottoman Empire did not reach the peak created by his great-grandson Suleiman the Great under his rule, it still failed to live up to the foundation laid by his ancestors and fathers, and in one fell swoop defeated the long-standing enemy "Eastern Rome" The Byzantine Empire was completely destroyed.
It truly lives up to the phrase "Ceddin Daden" (Ceddin Daden).
From then on, "Rome", which lasted for more than two thousand years, officially became history.
Only the Holy Roman Empire, which is neither holy nor Roman nor an empire, and the "Third Rome" of Tsarist Russia, which considers itself to have inherited the mantle of Byzantium, still retain the last glory of the word Rome.
The Holy Roman Empire would be disbanded by Napoleon hundreds of years later, and Tsarist Russia would also fall due to World War I.
But those are all things for later. After capturing Constantinople, Muhammad fought in all directions, sweeping through other countries around Asia Minor at an astonishing speed, and once extended the Ottoman Empire's sphere of influence to Serbia, Bosnia and Albania. generation.
The Europeans who lost Byzantium, the shield of Christianity, clearly understood the threat of the Ottoman Turks.
It also made the Habsburg family, which ruled Austria, and the Hunyadi father and son, who ruled Hungary, the front line in the fight against Christianity.
It was at this time that the enemy that Franz II Nadasdi would conquer his entire life extended his tentacles to the Ottoman Empire in Hungary.
Not to mention the expansion on the western front of the Balkans, Mehmed II also used Bulgaria as a springboard in the eastern Balkans and transferred his offensive to the later Romanian generation, including Wallachia and Moldavia.
The grudge between him and Vlad III was also forged at this time.
Strictly speaking, although the initial relationship between Vlad III and Mehmed II was not harmonious at first, it was not as bad as it was later.
Vlad III, who lived in Ottoman as a hostage with his younger brother in 1444, was one year older than Mehmed II. Although Mehmet II, who was only 12 years old at that time, had already received the title from his abdicated father Murad II He inherited the position of Sultan, but then under the pressure of the invading Crusaders, he returned power to his father Murad II and became the nominal Sultan.
Two years later, in 1446, Mehmed II abdicated under the pressure of the Janissary "Yenicheri Legion", and Murad II once again became the true sultan.
In 1447, Vlad III's father and brother died at the hands of Hunyadi, who intervened in Wallachian affairs. With the support of the Ottoman Empire, Vlad III returned to Wallachia and became the Grand Duke.
But just two months later, Vlad III, representing the Ottomans, was defeated by the returning Hungarians and János Hunyadi, and fled to neighboring Moldavia.
Until 1451, Murad II died, and Mehmed II, who was only nineteen years old, became the Ottoman Sultan for the second time.
It was also this year that Vlad III, who died due to the death of the Grand Duke of Moldavia, was forced to accept the support of Hunyadi, who had defeated him, and was protected by him.
In 1456, around the time of the death of the "White Knight" János Hunyadi, Vlad III regained the throne of Wallachia with the support of himself and his son "The Righteous King" Matthias Hunyadi. Grand Duke.
And finally, a few years later, he fought fiercely on the battlefield with Mehmed II, who brazenly invaded Wallachia, and completed the appalling piercing.
Even if one or two people were punctured, Muhammad II, who had been tempered since childhood, would not lose his fighting spirit.
However, what appeared in front of Mehmed II was not only the Wallachian light cavalry who were familiar with the Ottomans and often disguised themselves to sneak into his military camp for night attacks, but also not only burned the wheat fields, evacuated the city and hid in the mountains and forests to fight. Vlad III.
What appeared in front of Mehmed II were the corpses of more than 20,000 own soldiers and Wallachian civilians who were believed to have provided convenience to the Turks.
Under the bloody setting sun, even Mohammed II, who already claimed to be ruthless, could not help but think that this was a scene that could only exist in hell.
Not to mention ordinary soldiers, when they see the impaled corpses stretching thousands of miles across the mountains and plains, no matter how strong they are, their defenses will be broken.
Mehmet II withdrew his troops overnight and fled back to Ottoman in such embarrassment, leaving behind his famous comment————
[I am not afraid of anyone, but the devil is another matter]
When the news of Vlad III's victory spread back to other European countries, Vlad III, who had committed such a brutal massacre, was not only not condemned by the church and nobles, but was even celebrated.
Only in the areas surrounding the Ottoman Empire were rumors spread that the Grand Duke of Wallachia was actually a demon from hell.
Afterwards, Muhammad II, unwilling to fail, supported Radu, who had come to the Ottoman Empire with Vlad III as a hostage, and united with the Wallachian nobles who had separated from Vlad III because of the impalement of the nobles. them.
In the end, Vlad III had to turn against his last remaining brother and was once again driven out of the position of Grand Duke.
Even the name "Dracula", who was eventually rumored to be a vampire, is inseparable from the conspiracy of Mohammed II.
Whether it was Hungary or the Ottomans, these two big countries squeezed on both sides of Wallachia were not good things in the eyes of Vlad III.
Hunyadi and his son may have established many achievements and great achievements, but Vlad III, who was a victim of that conspiracy, could hardly praise the names of their father and son.
After being ousted from the throne by his younger brother, Vlad III, who was forced to go to Hungary again to seek support, was imprisoned, and his first wife also committed suicide by jumping off a building.
Although he failed to defeat Vlad III on the battlefield, Mehmed II eventually defeated the man he called the devil.
Even after converting to Catholicism thirteen years later and marrying Janos Hunyadi’s daughter and Matthias Hunyadi’s sister, Vlad III, who was supported again, once again became the Grand Duke of Wallachia. The following year Vlad III was assassinated by nobles who secretly colluded with Ottoman.
Wallachia also became a vassal state of the Ottomans until the 19th century when it merged with Moldavia to form Romania.
Therefore, even though Vlad III did not like Hunyadi and his son, the person he hated most must be Mehmed II.
And if Mehmet II wanted to find someone he hated the most, it would probably be Vlad III.
He made great achievements on the battlefields of Europe, but was defeated many times.
Whether it was Skanderbeg in Albania or Hunyadi and his son in Hungary, they brought several disastrous defeats to Mehmed II.
But neither time did Mohammed II lose heart.
Only Vlad III of Wallachia, and only the "hell" that Vlad III brought to Mehmed II, is something that he still cannot forget.
That is completely outside the scope of war.
Even the evil deeds of "The Hero" are too much.
Mehmet II felt humiliated by escaping from the battlefield in Wallachia, but compared to that humiliation, Mehmet II recalled that hell when he saw the more than 20,000 "stakes" impaling corpses and after withdrawing his troops. When looking at such a scene, what I feel more is anger.
He is cruel to the enemy, cruel to the prisoners, and even cruel to his own people.
It was an evil deed that would have made even Mohammed II angry if he saw it.
"I didn't expect to see a monster like you at this time. It's really unlucky."
Mehmet II frowned and responded to Vlad III not to be outdone.
Now that things have happened, he will no longer stay away from Vlad III out of fear.
Rather, it is precisely because of that fear that Mehmet II was able to have the courage to overcome his fear and stand in front of Vlad III to vent his anger.
"Each other."
Facing Mehmet II who was constantly approaching him, Vlad III held the spear and said without changing his expression:
"If you want to be impaled, just take one step forward."
Countless piles shot out of the ground along with Vlad III's words, and Olga Marie, who was sandwiched between the two, could only avoid the piles protruding from the ground with a face full of despair.
She now understood what happened to Animusfia in the manuscript.
Fortunately, Vlad III's purpose was not to kill the poor dead girl, so Olga Marie easily escaped from the piercing range of the pile and hid beside the two of them to watch what happened next.
Mehmet II's forward steps also froze in front of the pierced stake.
He looked at Vlad III who was close at hand with an ugly expression.
This "pile" that kept piercing and rising, with dried blood, brought back some bad memories of Muhammad II.
"A demon without humanity, it's no wonder you were called a vampire, and it's no wonder you were a loner from the beginning to the end."
"It seems that you want to try this [stub] for yourself today no matter what. Sure enough, I should have pierced you directly from the beginning."
Vlad III lowered his voice and said.
"Oh, a mere loser who can't even sit on the throne dares to say such big words. If you can do it, come and try it."
Muhammad II also drew his scimitar, and the shadows of several giant ships could be seen faintly behind him.
“Wait wait wait wait————————!”
Olga Marie, who had been completely unable to escape from the incident, could only stand up in spite of herself.
If these two people were to fight in such a small room, no matter how powerful her magic was, she probably wouldn't be able to stay out of it.
Therefore, Olga Marie had no choice but to give it a try.
"You are all retired heroic spirits, right? There's no point in taking action here anymore, right?"
Vlad III looked at Olga Marie who appeared between him and Mehmed II again, frowned, but finally put down the spear in his hand.
"Indeed, I did come to this place after being defeated... Are you the master here? Little girl."
Mehmet II also put down his scimitar and said to Olga Marie.
It seemed that he was at least much easier to get along with than Vlad III.
However, since it was Mohammed II who promulgated the famous "Parricide Law", and the Sultan who ascended the throne could legally kill all his brothers and sisters, Olga Marie did not have much expectations for him.
No matter how brutal Mehmet II was, he could only partially reflect the unreasonableness of Vlad III.
"snort."
As if he noticed something, Vlad III snorted coldly and turned around, then casually tossed the note still in his hand into Olga Marie's hand:
"It seems it's time for Yu to return. Thank you for lending me this book. It's been a pleasure getting along with you, if you don't count the disturbing things that appeared at the end."
After saying these words, Vlad III's figure slowly disappeared into the room.
The afternoon sun shining through the window was still as dazzling as before, but the tense atmosphere in the room had completely dissipated.
After confirming that Vlad III had completely disappeared, Muhammad II put away his scimitar with lingering fear.
"Hey, I didn't expect to meet that kind of monster... did it scare you? I apologize to you, little girl. But you haven't seen what that guy did. If you have, you won't. It’s time to understand why I did what I did.”
"No... Mr. Vlad III, at least he didn't do anything to me..."
He even saved Camilla when she looked at her like she was sizing up prey at first.
"Really? But it's better not to take it lightly when facing that kind of monster."
Mehmed II was slightly surprised when he heard that Vlad III did not do anything to Olga Marie, but then he asked again.
"So, are you the master here?"
"...No, I don't know how I got here...The Heroic Spirits who appeared here before said that this is a place very close to the Heroic Spirit Seat."
"Really, have any servants appeared here before?"
Muhammad II's eyes became alert.
"Then how do you know that I was defeated in the Holy Grail War?"
"Eh?......That's, that's because that's what is written in this book!"
Although she tried her best to maintain her majestic state in Chaldea, Olga Marie sadly discovered that she had no majesty at all in front of these heroes who had left their names in human history.
In order to protect herself, Olga Marie could only hand over the notebook again.
"What's written in this book?"
Olga Marie nodded.
“Could it be what I did in [Rome]?”
Olga Marie nodded again.
"Really, that's a lot of work."
Mehmed II took the letter handed over by Olga Marie and read it like every heroic spirit who had ever read this book.
"Oh, isn't this you? You died at the beginning. How miserable."
"..."
Olga Marie could only face her gaffe with a blushing face.
...........
"Ha, even that monster made such a grand exit. I wonder how my achievements in Rome will be recorded."
While flipping to the section about Vlad III, Mehmed II said happily after seeing a fragment that quoted his own name.
Didn't he know what he was doing?
Olga Marie was a little confused when she saw Mohammed II reacting like this.
In her opinion, at least, Mehmed II's performance in Rome was far from a spectacle.
It can even be described as a tragedy.
However, looking at the excited smile of Mohammed II, Olga Marie felt that it would be better for her to remain silent.
...........
"Why did it become like this!!!!"
Soon after, there was the expected wailing.
Observed this way, the Sultan named Mohammed II seems to be an unexpectedly easy-to-get-together person.
But Olga Marie still had to put away the letters that Mehmet II threw aside angrily.
"Why did I leave so perfunctorily! This notebook must have been written down by that Animusfia guy... How dare that guy write it like that!"
"Um, is it possible that what you actually did in the Singularity is different from what is in this book?"
"Of course it's different. I'm a key figure in Rome's singularity! In the end, if it weren't for me, there's no telling whether they could repair that singularity."
A reasonable but unexpected answer came from the mouth of Mohammed II.
"That Mikhail VIII is not as simple as Mikhail VIII at all."
Then, uninvited, Mehmed II began to tell the story of what he had experienced.
It seems that he liked Homer's epics and Alexander very much, and was especially envious of the fact that those Greek heroes could be praised.
"Although that Michael VIII was dominated by the consciousness of Michael VIII, his spiritual base actually started from Arcadius and ended with Constantine XI. "Eastern Rome" was composed of every emperor of the Byzantine Empire."
"Can multiple spiritual bases also do it?"
"No, it's not a plurality of spiritual bases, but every emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire participated in it and formed one spiritual base together."
"Hey, why?"
"The reason is very simple. Most of the emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire did not have enough achievements and popularity to become heroic spirits. Perhaps Basil II, Emperor Alexius and Justinian could appear individually, but they all This time, they chose Mikhail VIII as the main body and became part of his spiritual base.
As for why they chose to do this, I am afraid it was the result of the collective deliberations of the emperors. Under such an opportunity, only Michael VIII was most likely to rebuild their Eastern Roman Empire through the hands of Romulus. Instead of calling him Michael VIII, it would be better to call him [Basilius]. To put it bluntly, that heroic spirit is more like the embodiment of the concept of the Byzantine Emperor.
And I was the servant who was summoned as the terminator of the Byzantine Empire at that time——I was definitely not a helper who was forcibly summoned by the Demon God Pillar. "
As if he was concerned about this deviation, Mehmed II emphasized this point.
"When you Chaldea and the tyrant Nero were helpless against the city that the world longed for, it was I [Fatih] who stood up and blasted away with a huge cannon in the name of my ancestors and father (Neslin Baban). It broke the city wall that is said to be unfallen, and allowed [Basilius] to fly to a place where it was impossible to return even at lightning speed."
"Looking at it this way, you are really important."
"That's of course. After all, how can [Mehamed II] be a small figure that can be ignored?"
"So how did you end up exiting?"
"........."
The question from Olga Marie made Mohammed II freeze for a while, and then he slowly spoke:
"Just after I took the city into my possession, a beam of light and a white giant fell from the sky. Although I tried to resist it with all my strength with my giant cannon, I still couldn't defeat it——————Then... Here it is.”
"Ah...that's it..."
Olga Marie finally understood why the "Animusfia" did not choose to write the story of Mohammed II exactly.
It’s too anticlimactic.
"Oh, it's almost time for me... I'm sorry, although I heard rumors about the other world in my lifetime, but like that Nero, as the king of the outer world, I have no intention of going deep into it. plan, so I don’t know the origin of this space, so I can’t help you much.”
Mehmed II, who had been sitting cross-legged on the floor reading, stood up and said to Olga Marie. "However, this place is indeed very close to the Heroic Spirit Seat - not so much in a physical sense, but in a conceptual sense. I hope this can help you."
Looking at his hands that had disappeared, Mohammed II continued.
Mohammed II was an unexpectedly easy-to-get-together man.
This surprised Olga Marie.
Even now, the heroic spirits Olga Marie has encountered have another side beyond the records and legends.
"Speaking of which, what is your wish that you want to fulfill with the help of the Holy Grail?"
So with the mentality of wanting to know more deeply, Olga Marie asked Mohammed II who was about to disappear.
"My wish? Of course, it is to prevent myself from dying of illness so early and continue fighting. That's what most people think, but there are actually many wishes that I want to fulfill. , and a lot of regrets.
[Parricide Law] is an example. I originally established such a cruel law to prevent civil strife in the country and to strengthen the country. Who would have thought that it would later become a weapon for powerful ministers and harems to usurp power? "
Having said this, Mohammed II showed a self-deprecating smile on his face.
"However, when it comes to the wish that I want to realize most, it is actually to stop myself from using troops against Wallachia. It is obvious that I can do it with strategy, but I insist on using weapons. In the end, even if I failed, I still have to use weapons. It created such a hellish scene, and it was probably because of that battle that Vlad III was stigmatized as a vampire."
"Even I would be angry when I see such hell."
After leaving these last words, Muhammad II also returned to his "seat".
Unlike the persecution vigorously promoted by the Christian world, including the Witch Trials, the Islamic world did not carry out inhumane religious persecution after it invaded Europe. On the contrary, it showed a high degree of tolerance towards aliens and pagans.
And Mehmed II’s tolerance was particularly impressive.
Mehmed II even re-established the Orthodox Patriarchate after the capture of Constantinople, and told the Serbian king who surrendered to him that "every mosque must have a church next to it." The Ottoman Empire could become a huge empire that spanned three continents and had unlimited glory for a while, and it must have been indispensable for this tolerance.
"It seems that no other heroic spirits will come again for the time being..."
After watching Mehmed II disappear, Olga Marie was stunned for a while, and then she picked up the notes left on the ground by Mohammad II in a panic.
She also wants to continue to understand the story that happened next.
