Tadashi Tanaka (41) Birth of a Kingdom – ‘Medieval Europe Is Too Harsh!’

My brother's body was transferred to the rear castle.

That's where they get embalmed and transported to Lioncool.

It was Enzo who was Robert's squire protecting the body.

He commands Robert's squire, puts the coffin in the luggage, and backwards.

Their expressions are dark for failing to protect their own Lord on the battlefield.

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What is Embalming?

For the record, I'd like to explain a little bit.

Because it will be a little longer, if you are not interested, I want you to skip reading.

When a noble person dies, the body is not immediately buried.

It is embalmed and stored for a while.

First, the body is cleansed well, then mercury is added from the nose and the aromatic agent is stuffed into the mouth, ear, nose and other holes.

Damaging the body is a sin, but if a prolonged period of preservation is required for reasons such as long distance travel, the gut is torn out in the presence of the clergy.

It seems that the body has also been boiled.

Then stitch together after filling the abdomen with aromatherapy and drain the moisture with some powder (unknown details).

They wrapped it tightly with cloth and sometimes sealed it with wax or something.

Death mask at the end.

You can put a colored mask on your face by shaping it from your deceased dignitary.

The body was delivered to a lead coffin and buried under the church altar and elsewhere.

This is buried in a position where priests can step on it to show penance even after death.

Of course, this is only for noble people, and ordinary people are buried in church cemeteries.

He said the gut treatment was a cluttered thing, but only the heart was treated specially and stored individually.

This is because the heart was considered a symbol of the soul.

The heart was embalmed and placed in a pot.

In the teachings of the Holy Heavenly Church, which prevailed in the kingdom of Amoros, it is said that the dead will be judged by God on the last day of the world, that the righteous will have eternal life, and that the wicked will be punished.

In the Amoros region, burials that do not damage the body in preparation for that time are common.

Cremation, which visibly loses the body, is abhorrent and is also carried out as one of the punishments.

Embalming is also carried out in modern Japan, but of course it is not a medieval embalming process.

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I dropped off my brother's coffin.

I don't really remember losing my next of kin when I was Tanaka.

Would it be about my grandparents...... my grandparents are so-called "old men" and I had no doubts about dying apart.

But my brother Robert is only 21 years old...... he just had a son last year.

I have to learn from this painful experience… yes, what stands on top needs to show my men a vision.

I always avoided fighting with Robert and continued to be ambiguous...... this was my mistake.

With an ambiguous attitude, it is not kindness not to let it be clear.

It would have been a tragedy I might have avoided if I had either staked out with Robert from the beginning or had succumbed in a more discerning way.

... My uncle is brilliant...

My uncle Rodrig lived without defying his brother, Rudolph, and without showing any ability or ambition... a way of life I couldn't live.

With an excellent example nearby, I couldn't imitate it.

… I'm a big idiot…

I cried so much last night… sad, pitiful and overflowing with tears.

... It seems that people's tears are endless things...

I admired the fact that I didn't care.

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Afterwards, when I returned to my unit, Andre welcomed me.

"Dear Barrian, take a rest... last night, because... it was hard"

"Yeah, I will."

Andre's care is comforting to me now.

But now I want to ask you something.

"Andre, did you do any special assignments while I was away?

"No, I keep collecting firewood..."

Andre answers with a little confusion, but that's not what I want to hear.

"Did anyone visit you while I was away?

Andre bites his lip and shuts up.

The main culprit of the brother's murder has a star on his face.

But there's got to be another executor.

Perhaps he who gains if Robert dies.

Those who would be pulled up together if I stood up… My SS, the Brotherhood, is the most powerful.

"What do you say? Can you tell me?

"... excuse me..."

Andre was distressed by the answer.

I guess this is because "the person Andre took care of". I can't tell you.

I don't think Andre killed Robert.

Andre is my type of man.

Being my sister's husband, I wouldn't be bothered if I made a mistress.

To put it badly, he's a Jesuit type servant.

There is no way he would kill Robert against my will.

Perhaps even the Brotherhood's more ascendant allies consigned with the suspect and assassinated Robert.

There would have been other collaborators… for example, those who are keeping track of the movement on Robert's side…

The conspiracy was strewn out in a place I didn't know about.

If you think about it, accidents can easily happen on the battlefield... assassinations have all the favorable conditions.

I just didn't even grasp dozens of my men.

It's a group of humans.

I forgot about it, even though it is normal for all sorts of thoughts to get into it and there are factions and strife.

I was mistaken for a friendly club.

... That's hard... the human population...

It's all my reasoning, and there's nothing to prove.

I can't wait, I want to hold Belle.

I prefer a woman who doesn't ask about annoying circumstances when she feels like this.

Smina is cute, but lately I've been annoyed by her temper... well, she's my wife.

"Andre, don't worry about it. I'm not asking you to forget... it's over."

When I told Andre, I rolled with my helmet deep in my eyes.

If it wasn't my job to find the killer, it would have been a mess.

We are at war now. Even if I make a fuss with speculation, it won't result in loco results.

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Next day

An army came out of Berger Castle.

Perhaps a caged knight or soldier thrust up "abandon our family" because the territory was burned.

The difficulty of Cage Castle.

Stressed soldiers don't know what to do.

If you do poorly, there can even be a rebellion… Sometimes it is one hand to simultaneously drain gas and go on offense.

But there are few enemies, roughly 400.

Rudolph leads 2,200 soldiers.

The remaining 300 guard the rear stronghold castle.

In case you lose, it will be a castle to flee into, so it is the norm to break down soldiers to protect them.

If you get hit properly, the battle begins that you can't possibly lose.

This may be the first battlefield I can afford to think of.

Albert rode up on my side.

I caressed the neck of the riding black (noir) silently.

When I saw Albert's face, I was afraid to say something irrevocable.

"... Variant, I'm not saying forgive me"

I ignored Albert.

I am a child but I don't want to see my face.

Looks like Rudolph is having a verbal match up ahead... but nothing gets in my ear.

"Varian, if you care about Lioncool... you should inherit. Rioncool is poor and weak today. The more you take the wrong helm, the more you perish."

I didn't even care about my attitude, and Albert kept his words to himself.

"Robert's instrumentation was enough to unify Lioncool... but not enough"

Apparently Albert is trying to tell me something.

At some point, I listened to Albert.

"Expand Lioncool, be strong. It's you, not Robert, who can do that...... be strong, Barrian! Show the people of Lioncool the end of the earth!!

Poked his hands against the sky, and Albert roared.

It shivers the air and sounds up to my belly… it's an awesome, thoughtful word.

Then Albert gently proceeded with his horse and murmured, "Trying to get to Yannick".

"Grandpa! Are you going to die!?

Jean felt something and called out to Albert.

"Jean, he's a proud grandson. I'm not looking forward to welcoming the people you killed in the afterlife."

Albert left behind a creepy dialogue like his and rushed out to the enemy line.

...... stupid!? You're going to kill me, Albert!!

"Keep going Albert! Don't be late!!

I screamed.

I'm running my horse at some point.

The move passed to the army like a wave, and a total attack began.

It is an ambush in the middle of a verbal battle.

Rudolph can't hide the confusion either.

"Go on! Go on!"

I ran my horse desperately, but Albert is fast.

I get distanced from Gungu.

Albert entered a line of enemy infantry without slowing down as he did and ran his horse to draw a circle… a technique called ride-breaking.

The line of enemies was disturbed.

Albert was swinging his spear, united in a human horse and rampaged to ruin... but then he disappeared.

I enter and run through enemy lines, too.

If you're riding, you can't go out with a brawl.

The weight of the horse makes you run through the enemy.

I could see Albert being swallowed up by enemy soldiers who would continue to storm like crazy even after they had fallen horses.

…… Albert! Damn it!

But I can't stop my leg.

I was desperate to aim for a thin spot of enemies and ran straight through.

Looks like Dream's horseback squad just broke in.

His horseback cavalry is small but full of soldiers.

Immediately the enemy collapsed and retreated to scatter to the castle.

The Lionkur army pursued, but the Belgian army's lord resisted, and the battle didn't seem to have much effect.

It was the knight Galeo who served in the Belgian army.

Apparently, Dream praised the fight and stopped the pursuit with respect.

What a romantic story with a chivalrous spirit, but I would have gone straight to the castle and settled.

The enemy could not close the castle gate if it was swallowed up by the fleeing enemy and could easily drop the castle.

I was angry at my side for failing to take advantage of Albert's death.

Albert's teachings were more muddy things for victory than chivalrous spirits and such, even when scolded with cowardice.

"To win, be a beggar, be a dog, knights deserve to win"

The teachings pervade every corner of me and keep me alive.

Albert's body, which was later discovered, was injured by a rash, and the final struggle was fought… they may have died.

…… did Albert take responsibility for the death of his brother………?

I don't get it.

But I have to learn from my brother's death and from the death of Albert, my mentor.

"Be Stronger"

I got a new goal.

I was vaguely hoping to enrich the people of Lioncool, and I was given one direction.

"Expand Lioncool, Be Strong"

I chewed up my teacher's teachings.

Jean cut his hair off from Albert's body.