Desire

“Well, what are you doing? ”

Marianne hesitates. Azin doesn't immediately answer, but looks behind Marianne. Marianne's acolyte Yuri wept, holding her brother in her arms. Azin thought about how to answer for a moment. Marianne gazes at him, swallowing her saliva. Azin scratches his chin and replies.

“I was training. ”

“This?”

Marianne spits out her nonsense. She looks back. My nose breaks, my lips burst, and my face is covered in blood. Marianne chews her lips well. Training and whatnot, and that was violence for Marianne to see. She takes a firm mind and looks back at the pain.

“What kind of training is this? ”

“I'm sorry. You've got it all wrong. ”

He did not change his face, but received Marianne's furious gaze.

“I was betting. ”

“Me or a bet? ”

Marianne groans and asks. He nodded.

“I was betting against soldiers who disobeyed orders. I won, and that's it. ”

“What kind of bet...”

“Do I have to explain the process? ”

Azin tilts his head and asks. Marianne hesitates and doesn't say anything. It's because I saw Azin and his soldiers do it on the way here. “What kind of orders did you give?” Marianne barely brings up the question.

“Soldiers didn't listen to the training orders. ”

Azin looks straight at the soldiers and says, The soldiers who touched Azin's gaze shrugged their shoulders and looked at him. Azin sighs, sighing as he looks helpless. Celebrity territory, no matter how rural it is in the outskirts of the countryside, has been a mess since the settlements. Celebrity territory is a territory that belongs to the Celebrity family and has been in the hands of Celebrity nobles for generations. The baron's father, his grandfather, his father.

The same is true of the colonists. Northwestern edge adjacent to the sea, off the capital. Even the location is ambiguous. If it were right next to the sea, there would be strict military forces in case of invasion of the Gallios Kingdom, but nothing like that here. Small territories were already one small society. The Lord has fallen like the village chief, and so have knights and soldiers. There's no privilege left anywhere.

‘No matter how rural it is, it's too bad. ’

On the one hand, it made sense. Celebrity territory was, in a parable, a dead water. Water that lingers for too long. Threats are just occasional monsters. There are no Meritts in the Territory, so no Celebrities in the surrounding territory. The dead water never breaks, so it rots. All the fewer knights are home to Selebrad, so nothing has changed.

“Did you know? ”

Ajin was lucky. Marianne blinks at him. Ajin looks into Marianne's eyes and is troubled.

“Nobles are not guilty of killing civilians. ”

“... all of a sudden...”

“Of course, it's not a sin at all. How is it innocent for a man to kill a man? However, the laws of Gracia are very generous to nobles. If a noble kills a commoner... A noble offends a commoner, if you say so. Without any problem, nobles can be absolved of sins. ”

Marianne looks at him confused. She couldn't figure out why Azin was suddenly talking about noble rights.

“You're standing in a different position. Nobles are higher than commoners and commoners are lower than nobles. Nobles can command commoners. The common man must follow the orders of the nobles. And it's the same in military law. ”

Azin's gaze shifted. He looks at the soldiers standing frozen.

“Laws vary from territory to territory, but the common law and military law of Gracia apply equally to any territory. Knights are higher in military law than soldiers, and soldiers should not disobey knights' orders. If a soldier disobeys a knight's order, the knight can be punished by beheading the soldier. ”

“That's ridiculous."

“What doesn't make sense is this territory. ”

Ajin silences Marianne.

“I'm not Celebrity. He's an outsider. He's from the Zion, he's from the Zion. And then I came to Celebrate as a knight. To be honest, I don't understand why Miss Marianne is looking at me like that right now. Soldiers are the same. ”

Azin laughs low.

“In this case, I've been very merciful. I didn't kill soldiers who disobeyed orders. I made fair and square bets. I've been a little hurt, but no one's been hurt. What the hell is wrong with you? ”

Marianne can't argue with Azin's question, and her lips twitch. Gracias Common Law? A word of insubordination floats through Marianne's mind. Ajin glances at Marianne, unable to speak, and looks over at the glass. The glass was looking at the pain with a pale face. Glass also knew about common law and military law. No, everyone in Celebrity territory knows. Soldiers know.

Nevertheless, they were perplexed because no one, including the Lord, had set the day. Of course, there are crimes in Celebrity territory. Murder, rape, robbery, theft. The basis for punishing such crimes is the common law of Gracia. However, there has never been a major problem within the territory with regard to the relationship or order between nobles and commoners. This was a small community. Too small a society.

“May I do my job now? ”

Ajin looks at Marianne and politely asks. It was a bit rude. Marianne nods her head with a shivering face. Azin glances at the soldiers with a smile.

“The remaining soldiers continue their training, with the exception of the injured. Today is the first day, so let's just do a little physical exercise. Run.”

Azin did not change his face, but ordered it. The reaction did not appear immediately. Seeing everyone standing still, he shook his head.

“Put down what you're holding, and run. Going back and forth until I say no. ”

More specifically, the action appeared. Everyone lowered their clubs carefully and started running. “Enough." Azin gives an order. One, two, my feet stopped. Ajin kicks his tongue and commands again.

“Get down.”

“Yes?”

“Get down.”

Ajin frowns and spits. Hey, scum. Azin swallowed a swearing tongue that soared to his throat. If it weren't for that damn racism, I wouldn't have come to this countryside. No matter how strong the pain is, he cannot turn anything upside down on his own. If you show excellent abilities, you will be excluded. Rivera did. That's why she came to the countryside. To quietly build up the ball and blow him up at once.

“You are so unaware that you are soldiers. ”

Azin kicked his tongue and said,

“If you jump, keep your heat on, keep your feet on. When I tell you to stop, stop one by one, and stop as soon as you hear the command. Who the hell are you people? I can't find a weapon. Yeah, it's worth it. Even the smallest vigilantes fight monsters once a month. ”

Azin mumbles as he walks towards the fallen soldiers.

“This is my experience. Violence is the most important thing in fixing rotten minds. If you pick a few by example, the rest will do just fine. I don't want that for you either. ”

Azin picks up the fallen club and hears it.

“If any knee touches the ground first, I will punish the one beside it. ”

Gulp. You hear the sound of saliva swallowing.

“So hold on. Unless you want to see the guy next to you die. ”

*

“What the hell is that?! ”

Marianne makes a fuss. After listening to Marianne, Baron Frank looks at Valfrid, looking embarrassed. Valfrid, who was holding a table across the street, was also embarrassed. He shares his gaze with the Baron Frank and looks at Marianne, trembling at her hand, unable to overcome my wrath.

“Common law, military law -- what is that? The soldiers were struggling...! ”

“Hmm, hmm. ”

Baron Frank clears his throat. He gives Valfrid a glance. Valfrid sighs at the baron and places his knife in his hand.

“... Marianne. Azin is not wrong. ”

First of all, Valfrid was so unlucky. In response, Marianne turns on the light in her eyes and shoots Valfrid.

“So that's right? I make people throw up, and I swing a club so bloody from their butts...”

“.. but there's no problem with behavior. No one has died like he said. Moreover, it is the Lord's decision to give him command of the soldiers' training. ”

Valfrid glances at the baron Frank. At that glance, the Baron flinches his chin back.

“Well, that's true...”

“Anyway, it is the soldiers' fault to disobey the training instructor, Azin. Moreover, as Azin said, to the common law and military law of Gracia, a soldier must not disobey a knight's order. It's not just about the exhibition, it's also about the training. It's up to the knight to decide what kind of punishment he gets for disobeying an order. In that situation, even if Azin kills a soldier, there is no legal problem. ”

“.. it's ridiculous. ”

Marianne mutters. Valfrid sighs at Marianne. Valfrid was also aware that Selebrid's military skills, nobility, and public consciousness were rotting away. Nevertheless, the reason we don't want to change is because we don't have to. That's all it is.

In the current system, Celebrity territory is moving in a different way than usual. Monster subjugation once a month, even though the soldiers' vigor is a mess, has never been defeated. There are too few crises in this territory. The crisis is also not very threatening.

“... young lady. She eats meat every day. ”

Valfrid opens his mouth. He looked down at the meat on the plate.

“But few colonists eat meat every day. ”

Selbrid is not a wealthy land. But that doesn't make it a poor territory. Around it are forests, and the land is moderately oily. If there is a drought, few of the colonists are hungry.

However, it is a different matter that you can eat meat without going against it every day. In order to eat meat, you have to kill animals. If you're a hunter, you have to go out in the woods and kill animals, and if you're a farmer, you have to slaughter livestock. But Lord, nobles are different. They don't have to hunt for themselves, they don't have to slaughter their livestock.

“You can eat meat every day because you are a nobleman. I can dine here with the lord and the lady... because I'm the chief knight of the territory. You may not have noticed it, but you're living a life unlike any other. You are enjoying the rights of the nobles. ”

“... what's wrong with that? ”

“It's not that different. The girl who enjoys the rights of nobles without awareness, and the azin who gains the rights of self-awareness. Nobles are different from commoners. Similarly, regular soldiers and knights are different. ”

“Did I do something wrong? ”

Marianne frowns and asks. Valfrid nods, sighing.

“It's great for the lady to think of the colonists and the soldiers. But it's also for the territory that Azin is cruelly training his soldiers. Soldiers need to be encouraged and strengthened to overcome the crisis in their territory. ”

“You've been getting over it. ”

“.. there's no guarantee you'll ever do that, is there? ”

Valfrid shrugs as he says.

“If the Orcs of the Mountains or ogres are pushed down the ramp tomorrow, Celebrity soldiers won't be able to handle him. ”

“Don't talk nonsense. ”

“What if, if. ”

Valfrid smiles bitterly and says:

“Well, there won't be any tribal numbers coming down. ”