Hakai no Miko

The man who named him Toe still seemed to be making his legs worse. Supported by a woman named Damia, she says she's just standing, but even then, her knees are about to collapse.

To this the Ethereal Horse hastily urged him to sit in the chair, and ordered the Elf woman to change the table and chair arrangement so that Toe could face himself even as he sat in the hand-held car.

After reiterating his gratitude for those considerations to make sure Tutu lowered his back to the chair, Aoi Horse asked Joash who he was.

"He is, at best, a man who lives in the Holmeer country."

Joash's answer to the question of the Ethereal Horse was oddly ambiguous. When the Ethereal Horse frowns suspiciously, Joash tells him with a bitter smile.

"To the south of the Wang capital, there is a settlement in the riverbed where the river snakes heavily. He's a settler there."

To this the Ethereal Horse only received the word of Joash as it were. For this reason, it was only a feeling to the extent of "Really?".

But there were those who reacted strongly to this word of Joash.

"Is that true, Master Joash?

It is Eladia, the chief woman.

But this was an unthinkable word and deed from her usual.

Eladia, who intends to support the Ethereal Horse from behind as a female chief, never tries to stand out in these places. Even if the Ethereal Horse suffers a perilous demerit, "I fear, Master Soma," it is often reserved to first erect the Ethereal Horse and then, with its recognition, to offer advice.

It was no exaggeration to say that Eladia would suddenly speak to Joash, the guest, without the consent of the Ethereal Horse in this way.

Moreover, Eladia shows clear anger by reversing her willow brow (Riubi).

And I don't say anything back just to smile bitterly about whether Joash, who was directed at it, also feels any burden again.

A blue horse surprised by this asks Eladia.

"Mr. Eladia. What the hell is wrong with you?

Besides, Eladia turns her attention to the Ethereal Horse with her Willow Eyebrow upside down.

"... Dear Soma. Normally, I don't say anyway. However, there is no need to honor the call when you have a guest, however private."

Pointed out that it's been noticed from time to time, the Ethereal Horse gets stuck in words. And then again, "What the hell, what's going on?," he asked.

But Eladia keeps staring at the pale horse silently.

Though the Ethereal Horse was bewildered, he finally notices one cough before saying.

"Eladia. What the hell is going on?

Eladia then nibbles and smiles back at Willow Eyebrow, who was standing upside down.

"Yes, Master Soma. I'm afraid I can answer that."

Forward with a slightly bounced voice because of her mind, Eladia turns her attention to the toe.

"As far as I can remember, it is in the land that Joash said he now lives in that he is called the Bitch."

Bitch - It's about people who are placed at their bottom in the identity system and are discriminated against and persecuted.

They are those who for any reason have been disqualified or disqualified from being a territory and their descendants.

Ineligibility of the people is synonymous with their lack of rights as people in this age. It's not just that you don't get asylum such as power or the law. Really, they treat you as something that doesn't exist.

For example, there is no law to control crimes against sluts. Because if you're not someone like a territory, you can't be guilty of anything that's not the property of someone else, like a slave.

For this reason, it was the constant means of the powerful to hunt bitches to make up for the shortage of people, such as dangerous mines and battlefields. Nor is it uncommon for even ordinary inhabitants to raid the sluts' settlements in depression.

In order to justify such acts, they have also been regarded as a dirty being who is not a person to many people as a bitch.

In this era, where such discrimination is deeply rooted, it was tantamount to being introduced to the bitches being offered dirt in front of them and being told to get along with this.

It is also natural to show anger that Eladia was insulted by the Ethereal Horse.

But, although the Ethereal Horse himself is baffled, it was more about Eladia's reaction than Tutu being a slut.

That's not impossible either.

Even in Japan, there was once a discriminated class known as Takata (eh) and Inhuman (Hinatsu), and tribal issues and so on remain problems that are still not easily touched upon in modern Japan.

However, Aoima, who was only a very normal high school student in modern Japan, had never come into direct contact with such discrimination issues. For this reason, even if we knew the issue of discrimination as knowledge, we lacked understanding as a practical experience.

Also, even if I understood it, it would surely have been the same attitude if Ethereal Horse rebelled against the ecclesiastical practice of eliminating non-human species as inferior species.

That's why Eladia strongly criticizes Joash.

"Master Joash. Isn't it too sweet for Master Soma's generosity to call you to introduce you without properly explaining that you are a slut?

Joash apologizes to the Ethereal Horse with a low head.

"What the chief lady says is most sincere. I was too sweet for Master Soma's generous willingness. My deepest apologies."

But Joash goes on to say "but".

"Be sure to listen to this toe. Be sure to do it for Master Soma."

To Joash's deep apology once again for his usual mild demeanor, Ethereal Horse sees Eladia as asking forgiveness on his behalf. Plus Eladia put her hand on her chest "as you please," and lowered her head small.

The Ethereal Horse grins with a ho relief before turning back to Joash and Tutu.

"Mr. Joash, please raise your head. And, Mr. Tutu. If you're offended, I apologize. I don't care who you are, so please feel free to talk to me."

And to Joash, who praised "Master Soma is generous," Eladia muttered "an empty face" in her heart.

Naturally, Eladia also knew the Ethereal Horse would say this. But if you suddenly have the kind of mane to meet the bitches, no matter how much they introduced you, recklessness and dirty deeds and pale horses will be criticized by the people around you.

So it was by first letting Joash face to face with the facts lying low, creating a flow of Eladia's painful criticism of it and then Ethereal Horse's forgiveness, that this face was structured as a generous treatment of Ethereal Horse.

But even if the honor of the Ethereal Horse is preserved, Joash does not spare the sleigh of arrogance. Eladia became interested in a man named Tutu, whom Joash, a reputation-minded merchant, wanted to introduce even then.

As Eladia blinks her ear to the conversation as she disguises herself as an unfamiliar face, the toe introduced by Joash greets the pale horse once again.

"First of all, I would like to express my greatest gratitude to Master Soma for his generous willingness to meet with things like me and even give us the opportunity to talk like this. - Again, I serve as a roundup for those who are called bitches near the Wang capital, my name is Tutu."

To a deeply bowed toe, he first nodded his head up, and then the Ethereal Horse asked, "Are you a compiler?," he asked.

"Yes, we must give up the food of the day to live with the bitches. To do this, I will do anything. Disposal of dead livestock, cleaning up the city's filth, executioners and other things that ordinary people don't like to be dirty about -"

So Tutu keeps saying it only slightly before continuing the word.

"Sometimes, to the point where you can't really tell people"

The pale horse's reaction to this was a painful expression.

But if that reaction was unexpected, Tutu frowns faintly. Then I coughed up small enough to delude myself into putting the confusion on the table before continuing with the words.

"But if we keep doing that to the wildlife, we'll have more good enemies and instead destroy ourselves. We do things like coordinators to avoid that."

The Ethereal Horse is convinced "I see".

Now I know where the man named Tutu stands. But the problem lies ahead.

"So, did you even ask me for anything?

It shouldn't just be a greeting, because this is how Tutu, who should be bothering to wait outside the royal castle until Joash calls him, is here to take his place as a whore.

The anticipation of such a pale horse was not off.

"I will impress you with your wisdom eye," Toe said, bowing one head before continuing.

"As a matter of fact, there was a plea motion to Master Soma, and this is how I overcame my disrespect with knowledge. It's..."

Tutu dared to cut the words here, make them for, and then say the next word.

"Restoration of the territorial rights of us bitches."

It is a plea for the restoration of territorial rights - that is, the abolition of the bitches and their making them ordinary inhabitants.

"Even if I called you a bitch in one bite, there are different people at my place. Some of them, as many of the inhabitants say, deserve to have committed a sin but have been taken away with their territorial rights for it.

But the majority of them are vulnerable people who had to be bitches for nasty reasons, such as those who were evicted from their land without being able to pay the heavy taxes that their lords could impose, those who could no longer be on their land for any reason, those who were dumped for lip service, and those whose parents had to be bitches simply because they were bitches.

But even these weak people have been turned into bitches, wronged and abused. "

Some bitches naturally want to get out of those situations.

But he is discriminated against just because he is a slut, and even if he is capable, he cannot hold a decent position. Even if they let me work, it is also normal for people to rebuff their original promises and pay only unfairly low wages, or just make them work.

"Please save us! We can no longer but be merciful to Master Soma!

The Ethereal Horse is puzzled with surprise by the toe that lowers his head with momentum that could punch his forehead on the floor.

Whatever the former Holmeer country was, it was because I couldn't believe that such outrageous discrimination still existed in my own domain, which had already promulgated new laws.

Eladia, who perceived the bewilderment of such a pale horse, softly ears.

"The bitches are in those who are driven out of the law. Perhaps they were also treated as being removed from the mercy of Master Soma's law?

"I see," the Ethereal Horse convinced him.

Until now, the Ethereal Horse did not know the existence of the Bitch. Naturally, the Ethereal Horse doesn't even mention bitches word for word in the law. For this reason, many of them responded as usual to the bitches.

This was my fault, and when the Ethereal Horse slapped me on the forehead, I urged him to lift his head to the toe.

And the Ethereal Horse assures Tutu.

"Let us abolish here and now the system of bitches and promise those who were to have the same rights and protections as other inhabitants"

"... ho, are you sure?

Too much Ethereal Horse agreed to it lightly, but instead Too seemed perplexed.

"Of course! Let's swear in my name!

The pale horse slapped himself in the chest and undertook.

But soon you'll look sorry.

But all of a sudden, it can't be unconditional.

Toe laughed a small, bitter laugh just knowing this. But it also crumbles away lightly into the words of the next Ethereal Horse.

"I would like you to work there first as we will be doing construction work on a massive road soon"

"Construction work on the road...... is it?

The Ethereal Horse nods forcefully to the toe that asks the bewildered less oomph return.

"Yes! If you're a man, work hard. If you are a woman, prepare meals and wash in the kitchen. If you're a kid, you can just pick up simple stones. Anyway, let's make a track record of saying we worked, and let's take the form of paying taxes to the state as an executor."

Aside from the sunshine, the Ethereal Horse hastily adds an explanation, mistaken for what he thinks will just make him work, as before, even though Toto has been silenced by deepening confusion.

"Of course, you're not asking me to give you everything. Really, just a small part of it. 'Cause after the construction, you have to get your wages back in place so you can just lay the foundation for living as a normal resident. Naturally, wages are the same as those of other inhabitants.

What I want is a form of paying taxes, just like any other inhabitant.

All of a sudden, I think if we treat the people who were bitches the same way as the inhabitants, we'll get dissatisfied. Then I paid my taxes first, just like the people of the inhabitants. So it's harder to be dissatisfied with those people and treat them the same way as the inhabitants, and the certainty between the inhabitants and those who were bitches is somewhat lessened, isn't it?

"... I sincerely think what you are saying. But are you sure?

The Ethereal Horse assures me against a toe that wrinkles between my eyebrows and seems suspicious.

"I try to equalize non-human races that are not treated as human beings by the sacraments - to make all races the same person. Isn't it natural, then, to treat the bitches, who have never been treated as people, as the same people!

Saying so, the Ethereal Horse deepened his confidence and chest even though he has proudly nodded over and over again, with Shemr arm-wrapped in front of his chest and "That's my 'you under the umbilical'".

But still, I can't flatter Toe's face. Rather confused and suspicious, clouds his face even more. Then, to name but a few that were not sure whether to say or not, Tutu tried to tell the pale horse something by no means.

But on the brink of it, he grabs his knee from the top of his toe-toe long garment.

"Yo-ho! That's Master Soma. That's merciful of you!

While grabbing Toe's knee, Joash praises the pale horse with a cheerful voice. In his voice and eyes demanding Joash's consent, Tutu swallowed the words spoken in his mouth and deposited the body that was at his forehead on his back.

No way. Being made aware that he was too excited. Toe exhaled small and sinked his excitement, once again expressing his gratitude to the pale horse who had decided to rescue the bitches.

Joash shakes another topic to a pale horse who seems to shine with toe gratitude.

"By the way, Master Soma. How are you feeling about the northern lords of the former Holmeer country?

Besides, the Ethereal Horse clouded his face.

The northern marquises, with the Marquis of Appius as the Alliance Lord, were the troubled Tane of the Ethereal Horse.

Already, in future generations, it is about six months since the end of the battle known as the Battle of Holmea. In the meantime, Aoima was proceeding with the process of war disaster reconstruction, while also embarking on building the foundations of a newly built state.

However, the Marquis of Upius and the other northern marquises still only scolded the Ethereal Horse as the leader of the rebel slave, or even ruled that the transfer of Princess Wallina's Holmeer country was an unlawful act by force, flying the flag of reclaiming the land and rescuing the royal family from this unlawful invader and recruiting soldiers.

Of course, until now, the Ethereal Horse has not left the Northern Marquis unattended.

Through the old ministers and lords of the Holmeer country who surrendered to themselves, they have become corrupt in their attempts to set up negotiating seats with the northern queens.

But the old ministers and lords of the Holmeer country, who set up as messengers, were also scolded by the northern queens as infidels and traitors to the invaders, and they were driven back without a particular island to even negotiate.

Then I have thought about putting Solon, the best arbiter known to Ethereal Horse, up on the messenger and preaching it down.

But there's also a case of Michena, no matter what, Solon is like the home affairs imperative of the Ethereal Horse. Even though Solon was in the King's Capital, he was still a restraint to such people as the obedient abdomen (Menjoufuku yes).

It is important to mention that such a solon was used as a messenger to the northern lords, even if it was killed by mistake.

For this reason, the Ethereal Horse wanted to negotiate with the Northern Hordes, but he had no talent to be a proper messenger and was stuck.

When the Ethereal Horse reveals such a status quo without covering it up, Joash puts his hand on his chin and makes him try to nod small and several times.

Then I looked into the eyes of a pale horse, and said:

"How about that? May I take over the messenger to the Northern Gorges?

To this the pale horse brightens his face.

This Joash suggestion was just a boat across the street.

If Joash first, then his bargaining power comes with origami. Nor did I have to worry that Joash, who was brilliant at his profit, would betray him at the present time when his dealings with Ethereal Horse accounted for the bulk of his business

Even if you go further as a Messenger of the Ethereal Horse, there is little fear that Joash will be harmed by the Marquis of Appius. Joash, who somehow escaped from Jeboa's merchant guild, but his brother Daniel is one of the ten commissioners. If you harm him, the worst will happen to the Jeboa Nation and the Merchant Guild turn to the enemy. I did not think that the Marquis of Apius, already hostile to the Ethereal Horse, would take the foolishness to turn against the enemy even further to Jeboa.

In view of all that, it seems best to ask Joash for a messenger.

"Right. - Then I'd like to ask Mr. Joash to send a messenger to the Northern Marquis."

To the words of the Ethereal Horse, he slaps one on his chest, and then Joash raises his cheerful voice.

"Yo-ho! I'll take care of it, Master Soma"