Reincarnation Monarch

"I want to ask you one last time, how did Lennon know there was a tomb of General Gorkos in that place called the Lug Forest?

Gaius began to ask Dalm about the most important matter in this case.

Dalm then began to talk in detail to even the finer circumstances with great fluency.

"Oh, that was testified by a servant of General Gorkos by the name of Lukak. The general was actually away from the army in a group of about thirty people before he was attacked by the dragon for a thousand years, but he buried it in the nearby woods because of what had become an inner circle. But even more so, Lukak disgusted himself and left the group. And they went straight back to the country, distracted by the raid of the dragon for a thousand years. And for six years, he was hidden from the villagers in his birthplace, and he had quiet, sunny, rain-reading days, and suddenly there came a man named Ortes."

"Ortes?... who the hell is that..."

General Gorkos said he was a soldier of the Seventh Corps.

"So that means someone was in Esta during the Thousand Years of Dragon Raid?

"Right. He himself escaped with his life to escape the ordeal, but at that point, he was killed by his best friend in front of him, and yet even his brother went missing. Lucky or unlucky, I'm pretty sure you're an unhappy person."

"... I know that Mr. Ortes is an unfortunate man, but what brings you to Lukak?

"The missing brother was a member of the SS under General Gorkos. What a name... I forgot, he was the only missing person in the SS."

"Only?"

"Yes, it was the only SS I had from twenty. And only General Gorkos and his Ortez brother, plus three of his small-timers, Lukak, went missing in a group of about thirty people who escaped."

"... you mean all the others survived?... Wasn't that an issue at the time? Because the general is the pope's son, isn't he? Well, it's nothing. If you're a SS, you have to throw your life at it, but you have to try to protect the general? Yet only one SS missing person... couldn't the others blame him?

"You're absolutely right. That's why they were all imprisoned after the incident."

"Really? All of them?"

"You're all SS. Other than Lukak, the petty servants and bearers were pardoned for their discretion, but the SS has a job to protect the general. I guess I had no choice but to be imprisoned. But honestly, I think they were really glad it was just jail time, right?

"You mean there could have been a heavier punishment?

"Correct, because the Pope claiming to execute all SS members. Compared to that, five years in high school is like heaven. Oh, only the SS captain had ten years."

"... I see that means everyone has already been released except the captain. Still, five years in prison for the death penalty doesn't make too much difference?

"Oh, that's right. It's a matter of being a general."

"When it comes to being a person?

"Well, to be honest, the general has a terrible reputation. Then people have always hated me for being such an evil outrageous person. That's why when this incident was discovered, the people all had the shoulders of the SS."

"So you're saying it was flown to public opinion?

"Well, yes, but in addition to that, there was a lot of power behind the SS."

"The Powerful?

Dalm spoke the name in a light tone, leaning into small pieces.

"Yes, Calvin, Secretary of Foreign Affairs."