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"Oh, I died in an accident when I made a joke on the ski giant Snowglide Sentipide."

"Hoo, accident."

"Oh, it was an accident."

When Iris raised her eyebrows a little and checked, Madison nodded without changing her expression.

Is the accident accidental or man-made?

... there's no need to pursue it.

I made it look like an accident and killed him! Even if they say, "I almost killed you, so I killed you," it's troublesome to handle.

Considering the situation, even if you didn't actively do it, you didn't try to rescue me when you had an accident, right?

"Hey, I understand this is a selfish argument, but can you help me? To keep my family safe, I couldn't refuse a job I didn't like."

"That means rescuing injured people and supporting them down the mountain, right?

"Oh, of course, I'm not going to escape punishment. If you can get home safely, do whatever you want."

I do not intend to blame myself for giving priority to the safety of my family over others.

If that's a crime - in this case, it's a little delicate to call it a crime because you just followed the lord's orders - I understand your desire to protect your family, and I can't help but prioritize it.

... I'm not tired of being targeted.

Well, we didn't get hurt, and even if we swallow it, there are other problems.

"Hmm...."

When I roared and looked at Iris and Kate, they looked back at me like they were in trouble.

Lorea tends to hesitate to open her mouth to us like that.

"Um, can you do something about it?

"Hmm, Lorea is kind. I almost got killed."

"That's true... I wasn't directly attacked, and I didn't feel too dangerous..."

Lorea gazes at me as she wanders her gaze and moves her hands together.

As the same civilians, do you feel sympathetic to them who cannot defy the nobles?

Well, myself, I'm in a slightly better position now, but until a few years ago, I was close to the bottom of society.

I will not forgive you if you are attacked, but if you raise your hands and surrender, I don't think I will have any discretion.

But for that, there are problems to be solved.

It was Iris who pointed it out on my behalf.

"But, Lorea. Attempting to harm the alchemist, even if it is an attempt, is quite a felony, isn't it? Most of the time, it's a death sentence."

"Really? Of course, I know you can't help killing me anymore..."

In fact, how guilty would this be?

Taking into account the provocations against the ski giant Snowglide Centipede in advance, Madison's objective behavior was to be chased by the giant and rub it against others.

It is quite a malicious act, but this alone will not make it a capital offence.

There are some differences between the nobles ruling the land where the incident took place.

But the situation is different when the opponent becomes an alchemist.

Even in a pure accident, there is a good chance that the death penalty will be carried out.

If it is done systematically, even if it is attempted, it will be sentenced to death in nine quarters.

This is because the Alchemist is registered as a resident of the King's City, and it is the national law, not the territorial law, that applies.

However, this is slightly different from favouring the alchemist, and depends largely on national circumstances.

After all, the alchemist is the property of the country, raised by the country with a lot of money.

If you try to hurt it intentionally, you will inevitably be more guilty.

"By the way, Iris is noble. It's not that small."

"Yes, but I'm still..." Kate, isn't "even this" terrible?

When Iris answered Kate, Kate shrugged and sighed.

"Well, Iris, can you say with a big heart, 'I'm a noble lady'? I'd be glad to hear that.

"- Mm-hmm. But I'm noble. Death is guaranteed if you are punished. In some cases, the family will be brought together."

Iris remained silent and continued to speak as if nothing had happened.

I don't see any plans to improve it.

However, behind its flat tone, its contents are quite eggy.

It is a terrible crime for civilians to attack nobles, but Madison didn't know about Iris, and as he looked at it, his blood was drawn from his face, and even his pale face got worse with the cold, and he was closer to the earthy tone.

"Normally, the responsibility for what a soldier did - or at least what he was ordered to do - rests with the person who gave the order… Do you think he will be held accountable? Warrant Baron Kirk.

………

Madison answers Iris's questions in silence.

I'm sure he understands that he can't be held responsible.

There is no way that such a winner could be assassinated.

"Shit! Either way, we were discards!!"

Madison waves his fist down into the snow with regret, but the soft snow doesn't catch it, it just soars up quietly.

The lack of response led him to kick the ground in disgust.

"It is possible that they were going to destroy all of us and destroy the evidence. Didn't they say that?

"I can't say no to a job like that, but I figured I'd run away. At least I'm not listening. I don't know about the dead son."

"Maybe you were going to tell me and let me do it in the last place. If they don't kill us all, they'll execute us, including our families."

"Gunu...."

Moving away from the land where ordinary civilians live involves major difficulties in terms of safety, income, etc.

Instead of killing us, even Madison, who thinks about it, looks painful. If his family's life is at stake, he can't say he didn't do it.

Looking at him like that, Lorea leaned her head.

"But you're completely wrong about force analysis. If all of us aren't dying in the battle against the ski giant Snowglide Sentipide, it doesn't make sense to force all the soldiers to fight. It's easy to fight back."

Madison's bitter expression turned into a sad expression that lowered her eyebrows and buttocks in the mouth of a pre-adult girl without a lid.

"Ah, young lady, we're still a soldier who's trained in some sort of battle..."

"But can you beat Sarasa and the others? I'm totally out of combat, but Kate wasn't actually in the fight for the ski giant Snowglide Sentipide, and Sarasa didn't use any magic."

"If you use flashy magic, there is an avalanche danger. If it's dangerous, I won't hesitate."

The danger of avalanches and nearby weapons attacks.

It goes without saying which should be the priority.

In addition, as Lorea's bodyguard, there are walnuts.

You're on alert, but now you're hiding in Lorea's hood.

"Isn't that right? Can you fight with us who can run normally on snow in the first place? Maybe even my legs can escape.

Lorea says, "Even on my legs," but her feet, trained in the countryside, are quite mastery.

If she runs around in snow boots, no matter how well trained a man is, she won't be able to catch up with her hips buried in snow.

Not to mention Mr Kate, who is accustomed to fighting.

If you shoot from a little distance, about ten or twenty people are just a target.

When Lorea explained it lightly, Madison dropped his shoulders tired.

"That's right... I'm not going to tell you to make a plan so you can kill me, but it's a sham. I didn't hear you were so strong...."

Madison took a breath because he was long and deep.