Hakai no Miko

"My right name is Tutu Tata Toto. I was once a harpooner by a tyrant."

Tutu spoke of himself as if he were someone else.

Azure horses who have been exposed to new facts and information instantly frowns at them without being able to understand them. For the time being, Azure horses thought that they should confirm each fact, and first asked Eladia.

"When electing an emperor in the Empire, I only know that the current head of one of the three electorate houses in the Empire, the Grand Duke of Baguldacca, is the son of a human god, but what kind of person is he?"

“I've never been lucky enough to see her face in person. However, I've heard that I don't like that notoriety."

Eladia is disgusted with her voice.

“The Grand Duke of Baguldacca was originally the descendant of a mighty horsemen who collaborated with the founding emperor of the Empire. Therefore, it is said that its sexuality is rough, it likes blood and color, and it is capable of tyranny.

And Kloo's father, Bartle, was also a fierce man who was still called a tyrant.

Imposing heavy taxes and hard labor on the territory, if there is a woman who likes it, whether it is only the territory or the wife of the subordinate, and if you defy it, you will execute not only that person, but all the rangers of the clan. There will be no day when the winds that blow through the realm will not carry the voice of the grief of the people, and the rain that falls on the land will be mixed with the blood and tears of the people. That's how it is. "

However, Bartlett left the world shortly before forty years ago, wondering whether his luxurious life had harmed him. After that, it was Grand Duke Kurou, who was twenty years old at the time, who succeeded him.

"The tyrannical Bartle is dead, and life is better now. The locals who thought so soon said with their mouths aligned.”

Eladia took a short time to say the following words:

"'The previous Grand Duke was still kind.'"

The heavy taxation and hard work that Kloe imposed on his territory was terrible for putting his father in a circle. His father, Bartle, squeezed the territory for his own luxury, but in Kurou's case, it seemed to have the aim of tormenting the territory.

Resisting or failing to pay taxes, the landlords were captured and tortured to death as Kloo watched while tilting his cup. If the landlord escapes from the territory because of bad governance, Kurou will drive the horses and kill them all by calling them "hunting." When it was terrible, he broke into the territory of a neighboring country and found and killed the fled territory.

“That kind of lawlessness is possible because Kurou is not only the head of the Grand Duke's family, but also the three holy priests as the sons of the human god.

No one can stop Kurou, the supreme authority of the Empire and the supreme ecclesiastical authority. Even the emperor is a ruthless traitor. A tyrant who dominates the Empire from the shadows. The Grand Duke of Fresh Blood, the tyrant, the Grand Duke of Crowe Khan Bhagrudakka. ”

As Eladia's words struck me, the scene was silent.

Among them, Eladia turns to Pearlshire, the third son of Jahangir, who was left alone in the room by her two brothers who followed her father out.

"Moreover, he is not just a man of power and authority." Perhaps Lord Pearlshire is familiar with it. "

In response to Eladia's words, Pearlshire had an awkward look on her face that no other race could understand.

Asked what it meant, Pearl Shire hesitated for a moment and opened her heavy mouth.

If you were that [Tyrant], you'd be an enemy to us.

An enemy is an unusual word. Pearl Shire tells with a bitter smile to a pale horse who wonders what happened to Jahangil's parents and children.

"Have you forgotten, Your Majesty? We lost the battle against the Empire, we were enslaved, and we were driven to this western land.”

The pale horses were surprised to discover the meaning of Pearlshire's words about their defeat.

In other words, the tyrant was the one who defeated Jahangir's parents and children in the battle.

But in any case, this is hard to believe. Anyone who knows that Jahanghir would think so.

"Of course, he and his father didn't fight from the front." But there's no doubt that his spear shot him down. "

Pearlshire turned the sky upward, looking back at the past.

"I was the same. I can't help but be surprised when I think of it now. A spear was thrown through the gap of a few enemy soldiers in a turbulent battle involving enemy allies. When I realized it, I had already eaten it before I could avoid it in front of me.

Later, when I heard that his favor was "I will never take off the spear I threw", I thought it made sense.

My father and brothers were just as deeply wounded as I was, so they threw ropes and nets, ravaged them, and pulled them out in front of him. So he looked at us and he said,

So Pearl Shire gnawed his teeth in remorse.

"'Their necks are nothing but worthless rubbish. But it seems more interesting to be reduced to slavery."

It is an honor for a samurai to take the head of a strong enemy. It was also an honor for the warrior to be considered such an honorable leader.

The anger of the parents and children of Jahangir is immeasurable because they were completely denied and made into slaves.

Either way, we will defeat that Jahangir in battle. It seemed that he was not just a man of family and power, said Azure Horse, and changed his mind.

You were a slave to that tyrant, weren't you?

Tutu nodded firmly after being swayed by the pale horse.

"Exactly. I was once a slave of the tyrant - no, a winged livestock."

"Wings?"

No coloring.

It was Pippi who answered the question that the pale horse had asked.

Pippi said, looking at Tutu's chest and the purple feathers on his feet.

"The person's feathers are purple. In many races, it is a colour that is forbidden to be used except by royalty or its equivalent - a colour known as forbidden colour. The Imperial princes and nobles cherish our Harpoon feathers as ornaments, but aren't they worth a forbidden feather that is rarely born to Harpoon royals?”

Tutu affirms Pippi's words.

"Exactly. I was born as the son of a chief of a tribe, and I was cherished for the color of my feathers, but my tribe was destroyed by a tyrant who was still a prince at that time, and I myself was dropped on a livestock bearer with feathers that served as ornaments for his clothes."

So Tutu narrowed his open eyes like a thread as usual.

"Excuse me, if the color of the wings doesn't fade in the light of the sun, maybe it's because I've been trapped in a dim dungeon for years, my eyes are fading, and if I don't narrow my eyes like this, I'll be blurry and invisible in front of me."

After telling Tutu that he didn't care, the pale horse encouraged him to continue the story.

“I was exactly a livestock. As the wool of a sheep is mowed down, so the feathers are cut off when they are grown, and the wings are cut off when they are grown. Twelve years later, the colour of my feathers, which were glorified as the most beautiful in the family, began to fade. That's what he said to me."

I wonder if Tutu remembered the humiliation at that time, clenching his legs like a bird's.

"'If you lose the beauty of your feathers, you'll be a worthless piece of garbage.'"

Seeing Kurou not here, Tutu said with a steep expression.

“But that was the moment I was waiting for. I instantly told him to cut off my wings if that's the case. I'd be more valuable to you if I lost my wings. Because I will never forgive you for taking Harpuane's life. I will take my revenge. Over the course of my life, I will kill you, exterminate the Grand Duke, and destroy the Empire.”

Tutu says with a dark smile.

"Besides, he said:" That's funny. "

And Kurou said that when Tutu cut off both wings, he was banished.

Tutu laughs bitterly when Azure Horse says that Kurou's behavior of letting go of the interesting opponent who vows to take revenge on himself is half dumb and hard to believe.

"That's what he says." Overwhelming pride. You are the absolute winner, and there is nothing you can't do. For someone who doesn't believe in it, it's nothing but entertainment, such as the rebellion of a loser. ― ― And Damia here was in a similar situation.

In response to Tutu's words, Damia began to speak faintly about herself.

"I was also the daughter of a tribe that the tyrant destroyed in half fun." I was less than a dozen children, and I was forced to fight against adult gladiators and beasts as a girl gladiatorial slave along with my fellow daughters of my age. "

Even though it was a sword fight, it was a girl who was not old enough. In fact, rather than killing each other, it was just a brutal gesture of killing young girls without any trace.

"As many of my daughters died, fortunately, I had the talent to be a gladiator and became a fancy gladiator in the arena. But when I was forced to kill my own kind, I refused to kill them. So he discarded him as" a worthless piece of garbage, such as a gladiator who can't kill people. "I was saved by Tutu-sama."

"It was convenient for me, too."

Tutu told Damia to block his words.

"No matter how hard I stretched, no matter how wise I turned, I was helpless, such as the lost winged Harpoon." Instead of revenge, it's hard to even live.

But if there's a genius girl in the dungeon, a gladiator might survive. So, if it's worthless, I provoke it to me, and it just worked. ”

The two exiled men escaped to the west while avoiding the pursuit of Kurou's unleashed pursuers.

“With Harpuane's legs, which weren't meant to be walked for long, that escape would have been impossible. When I managed to sail into the west, I broke my knee and was no longer able to walk. Also, Damia is just a young girl, if not a skilled woman. It was the people of this country who helped me when I was at a loss, not knowing how to live in this western region."

A wanderer fleeing from the Empire. And a people who are inordinate. Tutu and his people, in similar circumstances, will help each other to survive.

The Tutu people were given a base and strength to help them, and Tutu was given the means to educate them, organize them, and provide them with life as an intelligence organization.

"That's more than twenty years before we came to this place..."

Azure horses rejoice at the words.

According to the story, Tutu is in his forties-perhaps he's over fifty years old. Due to the characteristics of Harpuane, the human Azure Horse looks like a boy, but Tutu's face, which speaks of his age, always seemed appropriate for his age.

"Those who were the people who helped us, now, thanks to His Majesty's warmth, can live a truly authentic life little by little." Now that we have returned our debt to them, we must do our part. ”

"That's right," said Tutu in a clear voice, as the pale horse asked.

"To find a hero."

I said, "A hero?" Tutu nodded vigorously to the pale horse in his mouth.

"That's right. -The way the Episcopalians and the Empire used it is imposing. For this reason, there is also great dissatisfaction and revulsion with the Episcopalian Church and the Empire. One day there will always be heroes who rebel against the way of the Church and the Empire. I will destroy the Empire along with its heroes, corrupt all nobles, including Kurou, into slavery, and enslave those who were. That is my purpose - my ambition."

It is the overthrow of the Empire and its system.

The word itself is simple, but the Empire was too big to actually say it.

That was all Tutu's determination.

I see. That's how you got your eye on Soma.

Tutu said with a bitter smile to Seymour, who admired him for "seeing Soma as a hero is quite eye-catching."

“Shemul, I'm not a hero.”

Tutu agreed with the words of the pale horse.

“Like you said, His Majesty Soma is not the hero I seek. Let your chest be sore that many heretics are licking bitter acid. However, we will not attempt to invade the Empire and save them."

The pale horse nods clearly.

"Of course, I can't let my personal feelings bring the millions of people of El Door to the battlefield."

Azure horses that have become kings are no longer allowed to act on their emotions. Even if they resent me, they can't easily set things up with the Empire.

Besides, Tutu took it for granted not to blame the pale horse.

"As a king, I think it's the right decision." And that's why you're not the hero I'm looking for. "

That being said, Tutu continues to say, "Yes, but".

"Whatever the origin, whatever the race, have the right to freedom and equality, and whatever the doctrine, whatever the claim, unless the law is broken, I recognize it.

I am convinced that this country of El Door is the budding soil of the era, the hero I seek. That's why I'm looking for a place in this country where I can find heroes and power to help them. ”

Tutu said that with a quiet enthusiasm.

As those present watched what judgment the pale horse would make, the pale horse lifted up the ceiling and contemplated silently.

Azure horses who turned back to Tutu after a while said in a clear voice.

"Very well, Tutu." As you wish, I will make you my immediate subordinate as the spy chief of the Erdoğan Empire. "

Eladia interrupts Tutu's words of gratitude and happiness, saying, “Please wait!” he exclaimed.

"Soma-sama, please reconsider." This person has no allegiance to Soma. If you find a hero that this person says is a hero, you risk pushing him up and turning a flag against Soma. Even if you take such a person, you will be avenged with your grace. "

Eladia, who wanted to speak out against further opposition, raised her hand and dominated.

"I understand that he has no loyalty to me. - But I'm sorry about what happened this time, but this country is weak in intelligence. I can't imagine how much time and money it will take to develop such human resources, and above all, I have no knowledge of such technologies and methods. So the existence of a tootu who already possesses that power is precious."

Azure horses are fair enough. Eladia was indifferent to the objection. Azure horses smiled at Eladia, her face clouded by anxiety.

"I also understand Eladia's anxiety." I just think I'm over-blessed now. There are so many capable and loyal people like Eladia and the others, including Siemul.

But if you think about the whole country, no one can be loyal to me. Many of them have only a temporary interest, and many of them are reluctant to follow me for fear of my power. "

So the pale horse sighs exaggeratedly.

“The bigger this country is, the more people we need. Yet it is impossible to bring all of them together by those who are most loyal to me. Even if I know that I am obedient, I have to use them - no, I have to use them manually. This Tutu kind of person, right?"

If His Majesty is so prepared and willing, then I am ready.

Eladia could not retract any further advice.

Azure horses, knowing that Eladia was thinking about herself and advising her, continued to say that she was sorry she had to end up with that.

"I can do that because there are people like Eladia who worry about me and are loyal." I'd appreciate it. "

Oh no. Soma-sama got better at mouthing sometime.

Having said that, Eladia laughed happily.

After all, it was a stupor. When the pale horse's cheeks were red, he suddenly felt his gaze around the back of his head. In retrospect, Seymour stares at himself. Azure horses, perceiving what she wanted to say, said in bewilderment.

"Um... it goes without saying to Siemul, though."

Shemul nodded vigorously to say that she was right, but she spoke with a grim expression on her face.

"But your sister also said that." I know that [Fierce Fangs] are important to me, but sometimes I want you to show them in words. "

Garam and Shishur's husband, who was also furiously upset after being exposed to the couple's intel, raised their hands and surrendered.

“All right, all right. - You're my first minister, half-bodied. It is better to suspect the sun rising from the east than to suspect its loyalty. How about this?"

“Hmm. I don't mind if you say it a little more emotionally, but I don't want to say luxury. Thank you.”

"I don't think you should thank me for forcing me," the pale horse, who smiled bitterly, turned back to Tutu.

"Now, I have officially received you as a minister of the kingdom of Erdoğan. Now you're going to tell me about the one who planned my assassination and brought chaos to this country?”

Tutu nodded firmly in response to the pale horse's question.

"The one who caused a lot of chaos in the land of El Door, and delivered the toxic blade to His Majesty Soma with it. That's Cesar Baldbourne, King of Baldbourne."

Until then, the identity of the worst poisonous snake that had been lurking in the darkness of the western region had finally become known to the pale horse.