Hakai no Miko

Three days had already passed since the civil unrest, which would be known in future generations as the "uprising between Appius and Mendax".

Logistics, which had been hampered by Mendax, had also recovered, and the Wang capital, Holmenia, had regained its vitality as early as before.

That is not only because a party of the Mendax who planned the rebellion were originally small, most of them with little damage to the King's capital itself because they were directed towards the domination of the Royal Castle. It is important for the Ethereal Horse, who recaptured the Wang capital, first and foremost to restore the life of the people, and also thanks to his dedication to the reconstruction of the Wang capital.

In any case, the faces of the people of the King's capital crossing the city were bright, to such an extent that it was unlikely that civil unrest had just broken out the other day.

One or two carriages carrying Pompius, known as the Grand Chancellor of the Holmeer Country, were slowly running throughout the streets of King's Capital, which regained such vitality.

Stop the carriage.

When the carriage was near the central square of the king's capital, Pompius commanded his lord to stop the carriage. And when he drew his reins, the horses stopped their legs as they were little. When the carriage stopped with a slight impact, Pompius peered out the window of the carriage.

Then, a small group of people (one or the other) was seen in a square filled with human beings and cluttered species such as Zoan and Dwarf.

It is a gathering of people who see the neck of Mendax and Padax exposed as masterminds of this rebellion.

The two sins that once swore an oath of subordination to the Ethereal Horse but rebelled and tried to decease even the old lord, Princess Walina of the Royal Holmeer, were not very forgivable.

When the truth of the rebellion was revealed after a harsh interrogation, Mendax and Padax were brought to trial in public. So when the death penalty was confirmed, they were sentenced to beheadings in the square of the King's Capital immediately under public scrutiny.

At that time, Mendax continued to beg for his life in an ugly manner until the time his neck left his torso, but no one was alone to respond to it, he said.

Thus were the two condemned to beheading: their necks were exposed to the square of the king's capital until the flesh had rotted and become bones, and their bodies were left in the wilderness to feed the beast.

Though it was a severe punishment, sardines and pity and other colors were not felt shards from the people of the Wang capital who looked at Mendax, who had only his neck.

It is a Mendax that was not originally popular with the people. Even though he came there and murdered Princess Wallina and was looking to take over the royal family, it was like an assessment that had fallen to the ground had been buried further into the ground and reached the swamp of Genovanda. For this reason, the eyes of the people, who looked at the two exposed necks, no longer said, "Look at Za 'a."

In addition, the men of the Mendax clan, with the exception of the two, were expelled from the country because their lives had not been taken, but because they had confiscated all their territories or all their household possessions. Still, only the cost of living at the moment was left by the least favor of the Ethereal Horse.

The Marquis of Apius, who was the mastermind of the same rebellion, compared to the punishment for those Mendax, was treated politely as an enemy general because he had yet to show his subordination to the Ethereal Horse. The twisted neck was stitched up by the body and buried in a clan cemetery in the territory.

Nor were their families punished. Exactly, although the right to govern the territory was taken away, he was allowed to continue naming his family as the Marquis.

The people of the Wang capital greatly praised the fair and generous treatment of such Ethereal Horses.

It was a manifestation of the fact that the people of this country were embracing the dominion of the Son of Destruction.

It was complicated in the chest of Pompius, who had devoted his whole life to the Holmeer country, even though he could show it differently as a form of people.

But I guess this is also the time of a new era.

Yes, Pompius leaked in his chest.

As the young bud sprouts after the fall of the giant tree, so that the invincible lion is deprived by the young lion of the throne of the king of the meadow, so too will the great power that thought it was a bedrock perish, and then the young power will rise again is the reason (proverb) of the world.

Pompius, who convinced himself so, leaked one sigh and buried his little body deep in the seat (cushion) laid in the carriage.

"Already, good. Send the carriage to the royal castle."

In the words of Pompius, your man gently whipped the horse, and began to run the carriage again.

What Pompius thinks as the wheels feel the small shock of slamming the cobblestone path is going to be.

Pompius had repeatedly received requests from the Son of Destruction to take up key positions in a new country.

In and of itself, I think it would be gratifying to have such an old bone.

But still, Pompius was not willing to serve the Ethereal Horse.

I don't think my abilities are inferior. However, if I am old and short, I will instead leave a problem behind. And above all because I want to remain a minister of the Holmeer country until I die.

The rest of us will laugh boringly.

But when he dies without a single stretch of will, he has no face to match his friend who passed away earlier.

Pompius, who once stood alongside King Sadma, now remembered the face of his late friend, smiled in his mouth.

There is no longer only one thing I should be able to accomplish, being a minister of the doomed Holmeer nation.

In this great swirl of change, it is to leave a signpost to help only a small part of those who were the people of the former Holmeer nation who would have been manipulated and hurt.

Pompius, who entered the royal castle with such determination, turned to Eladia, who was grasping the royal castle as chief woman as early as possible, and asked where the Ethereal Horse was.

Then it is said that the Ethereal Horse, who has already completed his administration, has invited Princess Wallina to an afternoon tea party.

If you ask Eladia, she says that after the civil unrest, Ethereal Horse is thus inviting the princess to a tea party as every day, in an effort to keep some intimacy between her and Princess Warina, who is due to head to the mausoleum of the Royal Family of Holmea in the near future.

Besides, Pompius stroked his chest down in a ho.

As for the subordination of the State of Holmea, the fate of Princess Wallina is one of the major concerns. Because of the rebellion between Mendax and the Marquis of Appius, who were under the same ministry, he feared that a crack might arise between the Son of Destruction and Princess Warina, but it seemed to be a matter of concern.

Considering such a pompius chest, Eladia tells in a casual tone.

"It used to be only via Master Shemr, but these days you two have been exchanging words in person more often"

Pompius thanked Eladia, who had told her not to worry.

Then when Pompius offered to worship the Ethereal Horse, Eladia said, "Then why don't you join us at the Tea Party? is proposed."

That was something I didn't even wish for Pompius. Especially the story I'm going to bring to the Ethereal Horse, it would be more convenient if Princess Wallina, who doesn't show her face much in the official setting given her current position, were present.

Pompius said if it could be done, Eladia turned the woman to install the acknowledgement of the Ethereal Horse.

Pompius was guided to the corner of the garden of the royal palace by a woman officer who came back some time later with words of recognition from the Ethereal Horse.

In line with the preference of the Ethereal Horse, who prefers an open outdoor to a dim indoor with no lighting, a tea party is held in a building with only columns and roofs like the Higashiya (Azumaya) set in the corner of the Royal Palace garden.

Pompius, who was led there by a woman officer, was small and astonished.

Because as I approached the East Room, I heard Princess Wallina laughing.

A feminine and modest laugh of the royal aristocracy, but still it is unlikely in the royal palace of the former Holmeer country that that drawn-in princess will raise her voice and laugh.

When Pompius arrived in the East Room warming his chest that it was a good trend, there the Ethereal Horse, Shemr and Princess Warina were about to greet him with a smile.

"I can't thank you enough for inviting me to a tea party like this, even though it's a sudden visit."

Pompius first expresses his gratitude to the Ethereal Horse, to which the Ethereal Horse responds with a smile.

"If you're Mr. Pompius, you're always welcome. For one thing, you don't mind working with me like this, do you?

Pompius bows his head with a bitter smile on a pale horse luring him in a light tone.

"Something old makes me miss my sleeping table more than my desk. Forgive me for all that."

Pompius also jokes and resigns to the Ethereal Horse, who invites him to joke about whether or not to serve himself. This was the usual interaction between the Ethereal Horse and Pompius these days.

Pompius then goes on to say his greetings to Princess Wallina as well. Then Princess Warina also returned her greetings with a flamboyant smile.

There will no longer be anything for me to worry about the future of Her Royal Highness Princess Warina.

Lies To Princess Wallina's smile without falsehood, so convinced, Pompius chats for a while before throwing an inquiry to the Ethereal Horse to fulfill his last duties.

"Has Master Soma changed your mind about our aspiration to build a country where all people can still live equally?

"Absolutely."

The Ethereal Horse replied instantly.

"Now I'm just stuffing with everyone to see what form the administration will take for it"

In the meantime, I was going to have representatives elected from all races and to set up a parliament by those people to run the country. And I envisage slowly electing members of parliament not by race, but by election by all citizens, as in modern Japan, but everyone reacts badly. The Ethereal Horse felt as if his concept was not well understood.

But it is nevertheless an important first step for a new country.

Whatever difficulties were known to await, the Ethereal Horse intended to tackle them carefully and calmly.

Having finished talking about those concepts and his own determination, the Ethereal Horse concluded with the following words:

"I know it's a big deal, too. Can't you see that's what I want to do with my cat? Anyway, I'd like to borrow an old man's hand."

The rhetoric of a cat's hand didn't really make sense to Pompius either, but I know that an old man's hand is one that puts itself in the wrong place to refuse to take a key position. Pompius thought "unexpectedly, persistently," while the occasion smiled and misled.

Then when you correct your residence while sitting in a chair, you change your body orientation so that the Ethereal Horse is directly in front of you. And I say it with a serious face, staring into the eyes of one and a pale horse.

"I think the idea of setting up a country where all people can live on an equal footing is invaluable. Now, I dare you to complain about this old bone. Dear Soma-"

Pompius made it clear, so as to separate word for word.

"I can't be king"

The area calms down.

In it, the Ethereal Horse, who had been surprised by the patchy eyes for a while, turned the confusion into a bitter laugh, and then said:

"I can't be king, can I?