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[SouthKorea]

“Therearealsoleaderswho，uoeffitlyremedythedifficultyfacedintheiracademies，bringinamultitudeofteachersfromfarersoftheworld，sothattheyseekoutthemosteffectivemethodtofostersuccessintheirchildren’sacademicgrowth.”

[UK]

“Therearealsoleaderswhorisktheirownlivestoimprovethefinancialandpoliticalstructureoftheirstates，anddietrying.”

[USA]

“Allofthesenationsandleadersandgoversstrivetoservetheonerswhilehavingnomagicpowertohelpthemestablishsuperiority.Yukari，whydoyouseektopossessthispowerwhichiscalledthediviowhatendshallyouuseit?”

Yukari’seyeslookedblankandfusedforthefirsttimeinherlife.Shecouldnotthinkoftheanswer，andifshespokenothingiurn，itwouldreflectpoorlyintheeyesofothers.“IwillbeabletoahemonceIbeethesolesnofthisworld.AndIwillitmyselftousethepowercorrectly.”

“Inthatcase，whyshouldthepowerbeentrustedtoyounow?”

Yukarilookedfidentagain--sheknewwhattosayastheanswerhadbeenabidinginhersinceherbirth.

“Iandmagicpowerthatisunmatchedinthisworld;itsstrengthisinahigherrealmparedtoanyoneelse.Mymightislikethesky，overlookingthepeopleofthisworld.TheonlyreasonforthistohappentomemustbethatIamdestihisworld.Theuniversehaschosenmesihedayofmybirth.”

“Thatischildish，Yukari.Adifferentuniversehasachildren’sbook，whereitsays‘theonlyreasonfortheretobebees，istomakehoney，andtheonlyreasonfortheretobehoney，issothatIeatit.’.”

Kagamisoundeddepressedanddisappointed.

“Yukari，itisimmaturetoseetheworldasifeverythingisaboutyou.Noitisnot，andtheworldwillfunfihoutyouasdingthethrone.Whydidn’tyouthinkthattheuniversegaveyougreatpowersothatyousavepeople，animals，andplantsfromfiresandfloods?Fromearthquakesandvoloeruptions?Sothatyoupacifytheragingelementswithyoursupremamagic?Sothatwhenpeopleenterseeminglyirrecilableflict，theywilllistentoyourarbitrationbecauseallnationsrevereyreatness?”

“Thosearereasonsformetobethemonarch，aretheynot，Kagami?”

“No，theyarenot.Allofthembeaplishedwithoutyoubeingtheruleroverall.Youonlyoperformthetasksthatwouldrequireyourparticipation，sinoneofthemprescribedaroyalprerequisite.”

Kagamitinued，“savingpeoplefromdisastersrequiresyoutocareaboutthemwhenyouhearthenews，andtogoandhelpwithyoursuperbprowess.Itdoesnotateyouhavingtoweara.”

“Yukari，youarenotyetready.Yourvirtuesareinsuffittohavethispowerasyourpanion.Thispower，whichyoubeholdwithyourowneyes，isdivinepower.Itdesirestjoyfullightintoeveryheart，andmoveeveryooloveeachother，untilthewholeofcreationliveinaholyfellowshipofself-giving.”

“Yukari，yousaythatyoudonotdelightinthemiseryofothers，andIseethatyouhavesparedthelivesofmany.Butyouhavefailedtoremovemalicefromtheheartsofyourfollowers.YouhavenotfosteredaloviinRyō.Thisisnotatransgressionofhersagainstyou，butashortingofyourown.”

“Yukari，yousaythatyoutreateveryoneequally，butyouhaveyettoremoveindifferendptfromyourself，letalonefromthosearoundyou，towardtheweak.Youseverelypunishthosewhodonotshowrespecttoyou，butIhavenotusedanytitleforyouinthisversationsiransformedintothisstate，andyouhavezeroprotestagainstit.Youtreateveryoneequallybecausetheyareallweakandallidenticalandalldustacctoyouropinion.AssoonasIdisplayapoweronparwithorsurpassingyourown，youtreatmedifferentlyandfavorably.”

“Yukari，pleaselistentothestoryofamanwhowasmadeaking.”

Kagami’svoicegrewsofter，andtinued.

“IntheuniversewhereIcamefrom，therewasanenormousfloodmorethanfourthousandyearsago.Thevillagechiefsandtribechiefsgatheredtoseekasolution.Theyfoundawiseoldpersonwhosuggestedbuildingdikesaroundvillagesandpreciousfarmfields.Thepeopledidacctowhatwassuggested，andtheflooddestroyedthedikes.”

“Thepeoplewereangry，andtheyexecutedthewiseoldman.Thentheyaskedhissontogivehisopinion，andthesonsaidheoiigatethesituationfirst.”

“Theyoungmantraveledallovertheland，listeningtopeoplefromallwalksoflife.Duetotravelingiditions，hedevelopedalimpfromarthritis，andthelanguagecalled‘walkingalonelimpingandhunchedover’bythatperson’sname.Duetopoorlivingditionsduringtheiigation，hehadpieneandcouldn’thisteeth，andhisteethstartedhurting，andthelanguagestillcalledtoothachebythatperson’snamemorethanfourthousandyearslater.”

“Hetraveled，helistened，hehadversations.Manytimeshepassedrightinfrontofhishouse，butdidn’thavetimetogoinandsayagreetingtohisfamily.Sofortheyearshewasiigatingtheflood，neveroncedidhegointohisownhomedespitehavinghadopportunities.Hethendesignedalstobebuilt，andmarkedhillstobedugthrough.Heworkedalongsideeveryoiltheworkwasfinallypleted.Becauseofthis，alltribeleadersmetafterwards，andmadehimthefirstsnoftheland.”

“Yukari，donotthinkitwaseasytodesignals.Withdikes，eachvillagebuildtheirown，butalshesentofeveryvillagealongtheway.Whatwasoncefertilefieldswillbelostforeverwhenitbeesthebottomofaal.Whatwereoncerichhuntinggroundswillbenomoreasthealwouldbloimalsfromarriving.Whatoncewerefriendlyneighbvillageswillhavestrifebecauseonewillbeeprosperouswithbetteraccesstowaterandtransportationwhiletheotherstandsstill.”

“Theyoungmandidnothavepoliticalpower，orstatus，orsuperiorstrengthonbattlefields.Hehadtovinceeveryohhiswords，hispoliteness，hiswisdom，andhissiy.”

“Heriskedangeringpeopleinaskingpeopletopromiseforthesakeofthewhole.Yukari，willyouriskyourself，yourprestige，andyourreputationinordertgoodotheworld?Orwillyougainimmunitybyina?”

“Yukari，aleaderisnotmadebyhavingmanyswords.”

Yukarifellsilent.Shefeltshameforthefirsttimeinherlifetoday，andaslighthintofbeinginsuffitandinferior，justlikehowshe，earlierforthefirsttime，wasuosupplyasatisfactoryanswer.

Sometimelater，Kagamispokeagain.

“Iamkagami，themirror.Ireflectrealityasitis.Innerdesires，virtuesandvices，folliesandshortings，aremadeplainandvisibletoeveryonebyme.Themightyswordoflightisstrength，themirroriswisdom，andthejewelisbenevolehedivinetainsallofthem，andtheyareindivisible.Thedivinepowerotexistinmightinessalone.”

“Thispowerdemandswhoeverwieldsittomovetheheartsofmillions，withwisdomanddiscretionintheira.Topromotegoodnessinpeople，untileveryoneislikefamilytooneaomovepeople’sheartssoeveryoneshareswhattheyhave，andhelpeachotherwithchoresandwork.”

“Noandfromamonarchachievethat.Noruliforthfromasn，backedbythedisplayofpoweronbattlefields，movepeople’sheartstowardlovingeachother.”

“Yukari，nowIshallpronouncemyverdict.”

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