Egret

“Ivoche. Noble lords. Kooluk Kooluk, are you really leaving like this? ”

An old man with a staff followed him to the door and asked:

From the moment I opened the door to strangers who had visited the village for the first time, the inhabitants thought that they would actually be punished.

“No wonder you don't understand us. ”

“ ……. ”

Judas stands at the rainy door and calmly looks back at the old man.

The old man, who felt the coolness in his eyes, smiled to write for himself.

“Yes. In the eyes of the nobles, we are only criminals who dare to harm the nobles. You didn't come here to punish me for my sins? ”

I fell down before the commander to live, and I pleaded with his clothes.

and avenged the brutally murdered families.

The elderly considered this to be an inevitable choice.

For them, justice was a real power, not a law established by the country.

“There are certainly sinners here. ”

Quarrrrrrrrr!

A white lightning bolt envelops the sky and the earth.

It was brief, but the hair that was bitten like the original silver hair shined like the moon.

Judas turned around and walked out into the rain.

“There are no people of Lubarzan. We have no reason to punish them. ”

The old man who heard that was stiff as if he had been nailed to his place. Since the door was open, other elderly people who were listening to the conversation kept silent with strange faces.

Denying them in reverse in a country they have always been denying.

All the people gathered here were old enough to live, but it was unexpected. I should be glad I didn't punish you, but I wasn't happy at all.

But only the cruelty that followed my whole life has kept me strangled.

The reason for this is unknown, but only strange and offensive silence surrounded the inhabitants.

Meanwhile, the group who left town and started to run the rain road on horseback was not in a very good mood.

Sage opens her mouth carefully after getting wet with the rain and pulling out the red hair that keeps clinging to her face.

“Hey, brother. But they are the ones who harmed the nobles. Is it okay to leave it there? ”

“What would you have done then? ”

Judas asked his brother for a road comment instead of answering the question.

“No matter how evil you have been, it is the imperial court that can punish the nobles appointed by the Emperor, and only by national law. ”

“You're absolutely right. What do you want me to do?”

“Therefore, I think that every sinner who violates such a majestic national law should be strictly ruled in accordance with established procedures. ”

“Everything is right. Everything you say can be said to be true. ”

“Why don't you punish them by saying so? ”

Judas raises his eyes for a moment and looks up at the night sky, full of food clouds.

The surrounding area was bright enough for the wizards to run their horses through sight magic, but it was as dark as the sky without a single star.

‘― Hypocrite. ’

On the other side of my memory, I remembered the grudges of those who once asked me for revenge.

The unfulfilled earnestness soon turned to despair and anger.

‘A hypocrite like you who turns his back without seeing the parasitic evil with his power! ’

He knew very well what the consequences of losing his place to go would be.

So I understood the choice of the elderly I met this time. The excuse that I was forced to do so was so obvious.

It was a choice to survive, even after tearing and repeating it with the defendant's flowing breasts.

But just because I understood, I didn't forgive them.

“Force majeure, they're not wrong. ”

Sage was deeply troubled when he returned to answer that he was not wrong either.

Even though he was still only fourteen years old, it was difficult to find a consensus between the two opposing opinions.

Judas calmly looked at his contemplating face.

“There's definitely a problem with the behavior of the ruling class right now. It is not power to push the weak into limbs and pretend that they do not know. ”

“The words are..... Does that mean that even the lower classes are guilty because they are guilty of the ruling class? ”

“For example, if a farmer who manages a paddy field does not find a crop that dries up because it cannot reach the water, and causes it to wither and die, will he not be held responsible for it? Neglect is abuse after all. To put it that way, every ruler in the Empire is guilty of failing to fulfill my responsibilities and obligations. ”

“I can't do that. ”

“That's the weight of power. If you don't correct the skewed hierarchy first, this will happen over and over again. ”

It stopped raining like a lie when I left town and entered a beautifully orderly path again.

Sage accidentally dropped the hood wet with the rain and chewed up the story she heard a little while ago.

But Judas' words were not finished yet.

“And Sage, they're already paying their bills. ”

“Yes? Nobody punished them, did they? ”

“People who spend their whole lives being driven away from their sins as sinners. Do you think they know we're nobles and are afraid? ”

“No! I was so brave. Rather, it seemed like a welcome. ”

“I did. Just like people who waited for someone to punish them. ”

Baikal, who was listening to the conversation quietly, also looked back with bitter eyes.

It looked like a dungeon filled with bushes in a dark forest. Fluvi, who felt a critical atmosphere, lifted his head and cried crouching.

“If you punish them now, you'll only give them a billy to relieve their guilt. For them, life itself will be punished. With your feet tied to that forest. ”

‘And perhaps there are more terrible consequences in the aftermath. ’

I didn't mention it until after.

His brilliant brother was sufficiently convinced and shocked to hear what he was saying.

Judas was able to guess that the elderly thought he was a hero by testifying that he had cast a dragon made of bones.

Fried Giliano, the strongest and worst general-grade commander ever.

Command is different from the spirit that moves for the contractor unconditionally.

If they borrowed the power of the Command, their souls would have already been marked with a mark to pay for it.

The soul offered as a sacrifice of the Command does not feel comfortable when it dies.

Judas, who remembered Empress Saya's last words, swallowed it up without revealing it.

The group just walked out of the forest like they didn't see anything.

At the end of the road, the dawn sky, which was watered with a light purple hue, gradually turned to a subtle shade of red mixed with a reddish hue.

The sun was rising on the cloudy horizon as soon as it left the forest as if it were passing through a dark tunnel.

Then there was a wide plain with small tall trees with spring flowers.

It was a vast landscape with a frowning heart.

“Hey! I'm going to live a little longer. ”

“You must have been uncomfortable with Diolet Forest. ”

“I mean, I almost sweated on the soles of my feet because I was uncomfortable. I'd rather have a monster pop out of there. ”

“Beware of mischievous words. Do you think it is better to be exposed to danger? ”

“…… No, it's not like that. ”

Baikal, who had fallen asleep while trembling for no reason, scratched his head, holding his reins with one hand.

“Of course I have the confidence to protect you. ”

Cristina intrudes into grumbling Baikal and says she doesn't know if monsters exist that would put the Lord at risk.

“You better watch your back. ”

“Argh? Cristina, I was too careful at the time. ”

“And that little Wyvern. ”

“Pee?”

Baikal and Fluvi were the only set of group accidents.

As much as he had been kidnapped in the Turkish desert, Baikal kept his mouth shut.

Most of the group were exhausted as they left the forest all night and travelled to the brightness of day.

However, at the end of the plain, the border town ‘Verdi’ ran straight without homelessness because it was waiting.

As expected, at lunchtime, I was able to knock on the door of the border city outside the plains.

“The border city of Verdi is the easternmost district of the Empire. Behind this is only the soldiers guarding the border, but in fact, before leaving the empire, you can see that the empire is the last free country to come from. ”

Verdi's security was much more thorough than the rest of the city, as was its location.

Though it was easy to step into the imperial workshop with a legitimate camouflage that was carefully crafted, I had a long delay at the gateway because I thoroughly checked close to twenty people.

It was a fortress rather than a city, with walls piled up without gaps, a fortress that could fire magic cannons, and a towering mantle.

Inside, there was a different view from the other cities.

Most of the soldiers who wandered the streets were soldiers in military uniforms.

From the age of nineteen to the age of fifty, even female soldiers were often seen.

In the border city of Verdi, men and women worked to protect the country, and there were noticeable numbers of weapons shops, magic workshops, and medical personnel.

All facilities in the city were optimized for combat rather than residence or tourism.

Even the restaurant that sells fast food that you can order in 3 minutes is dominated.

It looks like we're going to war.

"War? War?"

Tony, who couldn't overcome his boredom and rolled over Judas' head, first responded to Carney's admiration.

It's called "war." Look at the guerrillas raiding so often.

Didn't Lubarzan say he was the strongest?

"Fool. Why is there such a complex world history if humans are a race that unconditionally surrenders to the mighty? What's wrong with the Independence Movement?

Ee…….

The prisoner flew up, pushed his finger in, and Tony tilted his head in the concussion that followed.

"A big, strong country is made by taking something from others. If you hit it with the world of animals, it's a herbal feast. The other thing is, humans don't surrender to that?

Lubarzan was a great nation that took its land through territorial warfare.

It was the empire that dominated the vastest land with the strongest power in history, but not all weak countries fell under its feet.

I desperately want it back. Even though you know you can't.

The guerrilla group constantly attacked across the border.

"I don't understand. You don't get anything from attacking a city like this?

If you succeed in the invasion, you will get enough supplies. They haven't surrendered yet, but they can convey this meaning.

Deliver meaning! What difference does that make?

Do you know Nandles? If you're curious, go ask him yourself.

Hint.

Tony stops questioning in a grumpy manner as he shakes his hand in the nuisance.

And other groups were also commenting on it.

“The guerrilla.”

“From the moment you leave Verdi, it's not your territory, so be careful. ”

In Edan's worrying words, Baikal whistles petrol.

“It must be a completely different atmosphere than it has been so far. ”

“I'm distributing the Empire in a common language, but I've heard a lot of people who haven't learned it yet. ”

There could have been language barriers in other countries.

I grew up with the best education in a good family, but I never experienced it abroad, so no one could predict what kind of immortality would happen.

“Cortoban, have you ever been abroad? ”

Sage looks back at the oldest call and asks.

“Hehe, the subordinate..... ”

I think I know what to say next. Judas sighs a little in advance.

“I didn't want to go after you. He never took a step outside of the kingdom. ”

“If you're a teacher, are you talking about that contemporary Greg? However, there was no record of him acting outside the Empire even in the Great War. Was that..... a patriot? ”

“ ……. ”

Judas turns his head, pretending he has no idea, although he was not confident in adapting to the unfamiliar land.

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It's the beginning of March and the third day. ^ ^

(3 Days... I heard the story of the Independence Movement because it was a war because the main message was a bit silly;; I didn't mean it. (*)

It's not only the beginning of the month, it's the beginning of spring, it's the beginning of the new semester, it's the beginning of the new semester, it's the beginning of the new semester. I hope you have a peaceful stay. Heh.

I'll see you tomorrow at this time!