Wortenia Senki (WN)

"Deceased..."

"Yep... it really hurts to see this country die, which has lasted for five hundred years. Especially as my Viscount Gerhardt, who has the brother of the first king as his ancestor..."

If the earlier Ryo Truth question is a treacherous and critical statement, Viscount Gerhardt's answer now can be described as a statement that completely crosses the line.

But Viscount Gerhardt's face has no worries or strays.

From the point of view of the meaning of the released word, that should be called an anomaly.

It is a sign of acceptance of the facts as facts.

Viscount Gerhardt then quietly returns to the table and continues his words as he pours the glass in his hand and mouths the water.

"It goes without saying now that the reign of His Majesty Lupis Roselianus is already terminal. It looks like Martina Lecter, the queen's sidekick, is desperate to fix the debacle, but there's only so much more she can do now. Seems like he beats the butts out of the bureaucrats who work for the royal castle for a long time, but honestly, it's not even first aid..."

That said, Viscount Gerhardt turned his grin to Ryo Shin.

"Not to mention turning a man called [The Devil of Iraklion] against his enemies... no way Lord Lupis' thoughts on intentionally avoiding interfering in the battle against the Earl of Salzberg are not understood, is he?

It's not emotions like malice or ridicule.

In one way or another, would it be a grin full of anticipation as to how to get through the difficulties?

Either way, Viscount Gerhardt seems to know more about the current state of affairs in this country than Liang Zhen thought.

(Much familiar with the situation in the royal palace for having been deposed from the Duke to the Viscount, and having been a stronghold in the southern realm of the kingdom, from Iraq Lion to the peripheral countryside... Is there only a man who has bound the aristocracy to boulders for years...)

At one time it was said that the noble forces had also shrunk considerably, but it seems true that they have recently rekindled.

Where property and territory were restricted, it seemed impossible to completely cut the connections that had been cultivated over the years.

Viscount Gerhardt, who should have drawn to his own territory, would be a testament to the thought of Lupis sitting deep inside the royal castle.

And Viscount Gerhardt is convinced at the same time.

That a man called [The Devil of Iraklion] is not supposed to sit and wait for death.

"Is it [the demon of Iraklion]... notwithstanding what it deserves, it is a great infamy"

"But because of that notoriety, I tasted defeat in the battle ahead. It is also only if that notoriety suppresses the disobedience of the inhabitants that you can thus remain absent from the territory, despite the precarious period that took over the territory of the ten northern families from the Count of Salzberg. Regardless, it will be because they are using a wealth of financial power, not just whips, to give candy. But either way, even your notoriety is in your calculations... wasn't it?

Liang Zhen laughs bitterly at Viscount Gerhardt's inquiry.

Because he himself understood well that it was an indisputable fact.

It is no different in this earth world that the presence of the devil is an eternal villain hostile to the absolute righteousness of God.

And he is also abhorred for supposedly causing natural disasters such as plagues and earthquakes to people.

Sure, not so bad as the words sound.

Shimada Katsuya, alias [Ghost Shimada], one of the ministers under Nobunaga Oda, known as the champion of the warring kingdom, and who supported that championship, was afraid that Yoshihiro Shimazu, who played the divorce of breaking through the enemy lines and escaping after the victory or loss of the battle was decided in the Battle of Sekihara, was [Shimajimazu].

Certainly things are different in ghosts and demons.

However, according to the Japanese sense, the name [Devil of Iraklion] does not even sound like a compliment to the strength and intelligence of the devil.

Moreover, with the exception of a limited number of professional athletes and other industries, it would be more than just a precious experience not to get another person's alias in modern Japan.

In that sense, maybe I can be somewhat proud.

Well, I was only a very normal high school student until I was summoned to this earth world. Try to be Ryo True, you'd feel more embarrassed than proud, one way or the other.

But that's just Liang Zhen's personal feelings, which are Japanese.

Much of the story changes in the underdeveloped earth world.

In this world, where the unknown power known as magic has effect on reality and where the mystery of the gods still exists, the meaning of being a demon or witch is never light.

A cover of a book floated behind Ryo Tru's brain.

I'm sure books are quite expensive in this earth world where printing technology is underdeveloped.

But it was worth it.

That's one of a ton of books Simone Christoph brought to the city of Sailios on Ryo True Orders.

There you will find a history of the aftermath of the mayhem that broke out between the beings called subraces, beginning with Nersios, as a result of the sudden transformation of indigenous religions, which have been finely believed in one rural part of the Western continent, into the largest religious community on the continent, and the delusion that they are rulers of this world who created man as God.

(Devil hunting...?)

Nearly four hundred years ago now, on the Western continent, there is a history that when famine and natural disasters strike, we have sought their cause in the presence of a demon.

A newly-sought enemy by humans who succeeded in excluding the subhumans.

And in the name of purification and salvation, human beings who have been seen as demons have been culpable.

(It seems that eliminating God from being good and the devil from being evil is something that won't change even if the world were different. It's like a medieval Europe where witch hunting was thriving)

Of course, there is no evidence that Liang Zhen clearly existed a demon to the extent that he had read the book.

All there is is history of hanging and executing a demon and a man who was seen as a demon.

That can be said of other books that we bought together.

Also, given that the majority of humans considered demons by demon hunting were people close to the bottom of the civilian class, such as those who utter critical words and actions against the Light Divine Church or small writers who do not have their own land, such as those used by displaced persons and landlords, I don't really think they were actually said to be demons.

(First of all, if the power of the devil written in that book is true, there's no way he's going to be put on trial and executed.)

In the first place, would humans catch a being powerful enough to manipulate the weather and cause a plague?

If they are caught, there is no such thing as the inevitability that they will be executed for accepting adult sentences.

It will be desperate and violent, and even if the worst execution is inevitable, it is natural to do enough to try to use its extraordinary powers to get the perimeter off the road.

For in the doctrine of the Order of the Light God, their demons are the absolute enemies who seek to scatter death and destruction and to suffer man.

The point would have been an excuse to eliminate obstructive existence, or something like a sacrifice to suppress the human mourning and anger of losing his family due to a natural disaster or something.

And that was very similar to the witch hunt that flourished in medieval Europe.

However, this is also only a story of the past in this Western continent.

Fortunately, demon hunting is a relic of a long time gone by in today's western continent.

(I don't know if it's due to the purifying action of the Light Divine Church itself or the idea brought in by the human beings of the summoned Earth again...)

The problem is that the tragic memories of that time are still being passed down to the inhabitants of the continent, who are still descendants.

Still, there are certain things that must be calmed down about the emotions people have about the word demons and witches.

After his expedition to the kingdom of Zaluda, he began to be called [the hero of the Redemption] among the people of Roselia and so on, because of his feat of stopping the invasion of the Ortomean Empire with only a few gestures, but the bad coins still seem to be analogies to driving away the good ones.

Unlike the [white military god of Roselia] or the alias [Red Lion] of Rio, which Elena has, it would be close to an abominable disdain at the same time as being feared.

(Well, even though it was an inevitably pressing choice, it killed all those people. to some extent it was something I was prepared for)

It is an undeniable fact that during the civil unrest ahead, when a formation for crossing the river was built on the banks of the River Tebe, most of the soldiers led by the attacking Kyle Illunia were watered down by strategy, killing the surviving soldiers without disregarding custom and captivating them.

Moreover, it was Liang Zhen's own measures to circulate the facts to villages around Iraq in order to obstruct the conscription of the people and induce the internal division of the aristocracy, and he has ordered the mercenaries who ordered him to spread the rumors to exaggerate the story.

From that background, the alias [Devil of Iraklion], which was given the bright truth, is extremely reasonable, and can only be said to deserve it.

(And Viscount Gerhardt's words are correct)

People have fear of notorious people.

And fear becomes deterrent.

I'm sure Liang Zhen didn't know what the presence of demons in this Western continent meant, but it would be true that he makes good use of the notoriety he has been given.

And Viscount Gerhardt sees through it.

(If you eat poison, it's even a plate...)

To be honest, joining hands with Julio Gerhardt would be a big bet.

Let's join forces with the hostile forces we've been fighting.

In some cases, there is also the possibility of turning the Counts of Bergston on their side because of it.

But it is also true that what can be used should be used, beyond the impractical fact that Ryojin now controls the Kingdom of Roselia by force.

So Liangzhen turned to Viscount Gerhardt for his last inquiry.