Gachan.
Inorganic sounds echoed there, and I lost the temper to count several times already.
After spending the night there, they woke up and are now almost silent.Even when the sun went up, the dark space had only tiny windows fitted with iron lattices.When they woke up, they understood their situation to the point where they hated the shackles fitted into their hands and feet, and they gradually began to get used to the weight.
It's already been more than half a day since I woke up.I had time to clear my ears, and I had time to reflect on my position.When they woke up, they screamed, hurried, and thought of a way to escape, but now they're just leaning against the wall.
It has not been cleaned thoroughly. I feel sick when I breathe there, and I am not aware of my breathing now.However, only the information that came in through the hearing in the diving vision was new.
"... which one do you think?
One of them opened his mouth for the first time in a few hours.
Young people look only at their own questions thrown at them in a long silence.If you raise your face slowly and silently, the person who threw it will still lie down.
Either way, I never asked the question that was thrown.As for "either", the two ears that were already quiet and cut off sounded annoying from the other side of the cell.Before answering the question, he remembers the words that were first bathed by the guards after he woke up.
Are you awake?... you guys did something stupid.I've completely turned the Duke against me. "
Instead of underestimating the voice, it had a strong tone of distress and embarrassment.
At first, they didn't know what had happened, but they woke up from the collapsed state, looked around, and checked the limbs of the shackles, finally remembering what they had done and what had happened just before.
The guards were confused, and the voices of the guards answering the excuses and what was going on were even cold.They were caught in flagrante delicto and captured by serving knights who have already reached a point where escape is impossible.In response to this problem, the school also said that they had been "expelled from school".Each time they were told, they froze and stopped breathing.
When I finally remembered what I saw just before I lost consciousness, it was a glance that burned in the anger of the knight who attacked one girl all by herself and witnessed her trying to restrain her.When the knight saw me, the next moment he recognized me, his consciousness flew without knowing what had happened.We still don't know what kind of attack it was, whether it was a knight's special ability, or whether it was attacked by someone from another direction.So much so that the knight who caught them attacked the electrolithograph itself.
Pradest is a new institution that the royal family of Japan has been working on individually.The school is under the jurisdiction of the Marquises, but the former territory, including the surrounding area, belongs to Duke Crawford.Violating the law in school is synonymous with shielding the Duke.Besides... you're going to have mud on your face. "
What the guards said indifferently was not a threat or anything, but a fact.
These two, who are eighteen this year, have also heard of the Duke's family.In the kingdom of Freesia, a large country, the duke who was entrusted with a part of the castle was famous in their workplace after school, even though the mansion was surrounded.It was clear to them that the school was on the premises and that they were adults of age.No one knows his name and power as he works and lives in the castle.The Duke was able to establish a new institution, the school, on his premises and indirectly entrust "jurisdiction" to the Marquis.
And they set up an incident in the territory where the fate of the house could be said to have been in their hands.And within the royal institution, less than a month after it was founded.If the royal family knew about it, it would undoubtedly be those in power who were entrusted with responsibility.
When the guard told the fact, they could no longer come up with an excuse.Originally, it was done after they realized that if they found out what they had done, it would be a terrible thing.However, he was thrown into jail, shackled, and his throat dried up when the guards who had been protecting him until now were able to point the facts from behind the fence.I couldn't even apologize because I couldn't say anything, and I couldn't even apologize properly.
Now that you are awake, I will also report.I'll let you know what's going on, but be prepared for punishment.... in the unlikely event of a "handover to the Duke".…………
From there, the guards didn't tell me.
Rather, the guards who seemed to have clogged the words left the scene with other guards to report it upwards.After that, they remembered the same thing at the same time in a quiet cell.They, the common folk, have little in common science or knowledge.
But they were friends from before they went to school, and their grades and classes were the same, and just a few days ago they heard about national penalties in school law classes.
They have only a limited amount of information they have heard about the law and the penalties.And only the rough content to know what kind of sight the captured sinner will face.According to the laws of the country, those who commit it are punished accordingly.
Execution or permanent imprisonment, if the punishment is severe.As a special measure, a subordinate contract.And if it's the lightest, it's a few days in jail or a fine.There are many types of crimes, but they are never minor when it comes to acts harmful to others, such as violence, imprisonment, or kidnapping.Light whipping, and even burns, wounds, and physical impairments to prevent a return to the original life as evidence of the guilty.The kingdom of Freesia is a slave-free kingdom, but that is why justice for sin is heavy.
Afterwards, they were whipped on their back just for the sinners, but I don't think this is the only way to end it.
If you are a major sinner, there is a disposition of permanent "imprisonment" to suffer for a long time, but it is not possible to prepare a lifetime of imprisonment or meals for other petty criminals.More than that, the indelible wounds that others see with white eyes as sinners deserve to be punished for being thrown into the field.
If the victim's position is due to an attempt or an order from another person, the punishment may be lighter.But they still don't know so much about the lack of science.That's why I was convinced that the punishment, such as the bamboo marks that the teacher had just taught me, would surely fall on them.
And the guards know that their sentences will not be commuted for "attempting" to defile the Duke's name.Rather, there is still salvation if it is done with a burn mark or physical defect.At least we can go home alive.But the guards, who had been ordered by the Duke to report to them when they woke up and regained responsibility, knew that they would have more hell to wait for.
A sinner is only a sinner. They can't even see the "people" until they pay for their sins, but if they decide to punish the duke himself, the guards will have to hand them over.
And at that moment, it was also visible that they would be disposed of inside without being punished as they could say.The decision rests solely with the Duke, who was entrusted with the territory.
The Duke of Crockford himself is not a black power.However, those who are entrusted with territorial management and policing, including tax collection, as lords, are not allowed to simply follow the rules as long as they are in a superior position.It was natural that processing and responsiveness outside the "rules" should also be required on an ad hoc basis as the maximum person in charge in the territory.
It is therefore their duty to maintain law and order and to protect the lives of the "sinful people".It is their role to work and produce results that meet or exceed expectations.And then...
"You know that.... they'll kill us.There's no escape from the Duke. "
They knew that, too.
It's not classes or studies.For those who have lived as people for nearly eighteen years, it is "common sense" that they know from experience.If you sin, you will be punished.Turn the powerful into enemies and they will be buried in darkness.They could not have been unaware of that level of knowledge.
The respondent was not surprised by the response.No matter how many times I thought of miracles, I came to the conclusion that I would not allow my thoughts to escape already.I can't allow it, I can't help it. We're not even students anymore, we're not even people in the Kingdom of Freesia.
Instead of being hit by so much despair, I didn't cry.It's just that the fact that they're going to die is heavier on their bodies than their shackles.
"... I'm sorry, Ben.I will. "
"I did the same thing on board.... I knew this would happen if they found out. "
Young people with knees and questions squat.
In contrast, the young man, who clearly stated his fate, looked at him with his horizontal eyes only.I don't feel comfortable. Because he is a criminal as well as I am.
Ben and his two friends in the form of a corrupt relationship with a young man who had been so bad for a long time became friends simply because the different brother and sister became friends.Chad, his brother and middle-class Ben, who had never been lucky enough to get caught, repeated the evil and misdeeds that could make him a petty criminal, and his sister got along, that's all.
It was Ben and his sister who invited the two brothers to school to make Chad's job a reality when they found out the school was open.If you go to school and acquire real work skills, you can get out of your current job.If you really want your brother to live, you should do the same.After persuading them, the four of them decided to enter the school.
And they were the ones who spent a lot of school life at first, but the biggest temptation came in.
"Privileged student program".
"Hey, Ben, you know what I mean?In the second year of middle school, there was only one stupid student. "
Unlike my younger brother and sister, who had long been able to study, they did not learn because they got a job early.However, for younger siblings in the second year of secondary school, there is the possibility of special students.
Chad thought that if I became a special student here, I could make my brothers and sisters have a good life.And in order to do that, one must first crush the possibilities.And it has been rumored since before the announcement of the special student program that in the second year of secondary school, there was only one talented female student who exceeded even the students of higher school.
After the aptitude test, they compared their answers with those of their younger siblings, and well understood the unusual excellence of the rumored second graders.Chad also understood that if she targeted the special students, there would definitely be one fewer room for three.
That's why I can't take the exam............! Is that a crime?!That's what happens when they find out. "
I'm not saying I'm going to kill someone else.I heard about it in high school, but only the silver hair is strong, and Jeanne is a small country girl.If we both threaten, we'll shut up about fourteen women, and there's no proof.... you want Ann to be a special student, right?
"Why do you think I put you in school?"
At first, of course Ben wanted to stop.
It is not hard to imagine what punishment you will receive if you commit a crime.Even now, I can earn a living by myself and my parents.
Chad doesn't get along well with his parents, but it's the same.Life is as good as ever, even if you don't get your hands dirty on the crime, even if you try to escape the special students.You don't have to cross the dangerous bridge.But still.Ben couldn't stop Chad at that time.
To make a lover of the same age.
It was because I remembered Jeanne's words, which I overheard in the staff room.
Ben, who transported the materials to the staff room to help the teacher, was listening to Jeanne, who happened to be summoned by his teacher.
It was just after I asked my teacher, "Should I put the materials here?"
The reason I came to school with a smile and a smile is neither for study nor for the future.I just want to find my lover.Therefore, she declared that she was not even interested in the flying class, and even more, she looked like a stupid girl who told a dream story that would appear in a picture book if she was asked what kind of lover.
Even though they are thinking about the future and spending all the time they need to come to school to change their lives for work, the girl is only smart and intends to take it up to the special students.
From the rumours Chad heard from high school students that Jeanne was targeting promotional students, that he was trying to get three more promotional students involved with two more boys, and that his grandfather was overprotectively spoiled as he grew up in the mountains.
So when I thought I had time and space to study, I couldn't help but remember jealousy and hatred.If we were to scratch our feet and try to change our lives with the intention of setting our nails on fire, and find out that such a light-headed girl would take away a precious ticket that the royal family had taken the trouble to give such a student a chance, but that only three students of each grade would be allowed to do so, then we wouldn't be surprised.Even if my sister and Chad's younger brother can't become an honorary student, I just don't want to give Jeanne that right.
Furthermore, recalling what happened in the staff room at that time, Ben also remembered that the teacher was just telling him where to store and hang the "lockable classroom key" when he said, "If it's an empty classroom key upstairs, it's there."An empty classroom with a high school lock.Even if you lock up a student for a little while, you can't find him first if you just lock the key.I didn't mean to hurt him, but I thought that I only had the right to go to a "deserving student" to receive a special student, so I put a magic in his heart.
As we were saying, their grades are limited to men and women!In the meantime, you just need to catch Jeanne!As far as I'm concerned, silver is the only thing that's broken in high school!
"So where do we get him?" "Even though the guards are watching the knights now, we can take him out of school." "If he's on campus, he'll find us a student or a teacher..."
I was invited to Chad again, even if I took the time.
I refused once, I refused twice, and after I left school, I was asked to listen to me before I went to work.This time, the presence of that empty classroom came back to life in my head.
Error, jealousy, resentment, for my sister, for my friend's invitation, for my bad friend not to do too much, wrong sense of justice, self-righteousness, victory.There are countless ways to say it.There were also many reasons to press Ben to commit a crime.
Still, it was Ben who weighed the troubles, what would happen to them in the worst case if he couldn't get his hands on crime, and various things and possibilities, and Chad who was not confident that crime in school would succeed alone.
"Isn't school for the disadvantaged?
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Remembering the words of that time, Ben shook his head.
No, it doesn't matter.That was just a coincidence.It must be a crime that they decided and committed at their own will.Instead of putting the blame on Chad by doing so far, it is wrong to put such a burden on others.Ben thinks it's time to accept his sins correctly.
And the day. "If someone sees you, give up." "Don't let them find out." "Don't let your younger brothers get involved." "Don't let them get hurt."Implemented under the promise of confinement and threats, it was surprisingly conveniently successful.As usual, if Ben came to the staff room with the help of a teacher, Jeanne's class would be a mobile classroom.And she conveniently passes in front of an empty classroom.It was too easy for teachers to steal keys while they were in a hurry to prepare for the exam.Ben knew that he would never know where the key was or which room it belonged to.
And Jeanne acted alone, and her tiny body brought herself into the classroom.All I had to do was lock the door and lock the girl who thought she could get anything else until the exam was over.
"What are you doing?"
Until the knights who stumbled upon it found their crimes.
So they lost consciousness, were captured, and when they woke up, they were thrown into a jail in the territory.
I thought this wasn't supposed to happen many times.
I didn't mean to kidnap you, I didn't mean to rape you, I didn't mean to hurt you.
Ben and Chad had no intention of causing any further harm to her, even though she could not deny her desire to see a little pain in her eyes.Chad knew that it was not a difficult family situation for her to miss out on the special students.
But still, judging by the law, what we did is a crime.There is no evidence that neither of us intended to do any further harm to Jeanne, so that there is no evidence that Jeanne was imprisoned, no matter how noisy he may be, unless he is found by a knight.It can be judged that they intended to kill Jeanne afterwards or to sell it because it ended in an attempt.Ben and Chad knew that well.
And even if you regret it, it's too late.
The Duke of Crockford is coming soon.Don't be rude to them all. "
"I've been expecting you, Lord Crawford."
And who's next door...?
They were still listening after being whipped, and the guards' voices were heard.
The fact that they woke up led to the Duke's arrival.If you only try with a fixed punishment, there is no way the Duke will come all the way.It is decided to inform the guards of the verdict only.I understand that the appearance of the Duke himself was judged to mean that "ordinary punishment is no longer enough".
Chad was convinced that they would be taken over by the Duke's house from now on, before he closed his ears with fear.I can still give up what will happen to me, who has done evil until now.But unlike myself, Ben, who lived seriously, would be disposed of.And at the same time, your brother's friend loses his brother.
This wasn't supposed to happen, it was supposed to be just as bad as before.I don't feel painful or itchy about quitting school.Chad didn't understand the seriousness of his sins much more than Ben, who was truly alive.No matter how many times Ben took it, he said it was a crime, but I didn't think it would turn out to be such a big deal of a small crime as before.
Tongue, tongue, and footsteps are approaching.
The sound of the guards' footsteps was different, and the two shook with their mouths shut.There is only one reason why footsteps are approaching this space, which has been silent until now.I understand that the executioner doesn't want to pick us up right now.
I want to escape, I want to let go, I want to start over, I want to see my family at the end, and I want to see it again and again at that moment.
But we no longer have the right to choose ourselves who are shackled and watched by strong guards.Even so, it's enough to bite your tongue before you suffer any more torment.You can't escape the end.
It was just a little malice."The devil sent me" and the words were enough.
For my sister, for my brother, I tried to attract the most convenient development by the means we could to live in an unfavourable environment.That's all.But the end of it is.
"No, the boulder is Sir Crawford.I can't help but feel my head down. "
I have to take an apprenticeship, too.
A bright voice with an unusual suppression echoes unevenly.The two fell down to a voice that sounded too loud and raised their faces simultaneously.
It was apparent that two men dressed in fine clothes were walking with their escorts.They stare at the existence of living in a world beyond their reach with their wet eyes open.
The long light blue eyes photographed them.