episode_0071
by fnovelpia
“Hmm… .”
I searched the academy for hours, but I couldn’t find any clues.
The knights who have taken care of the situation on the streets are flocking to the academy and digging through the rubble, so even if there is something left, it will be difficult to find.
I thought there must be something left, but did I choose the wrong approach?
In retrospect, it might have been better to look outside the academy.
If someone had infiltrated the academy and worked there, they would have left some traces in the process of escaping.
“… Do you care that much?”
As I quenched my appetite with disappointment as I watched the knights flocking to the academy, Sarah, standing behind me, asked.
“Because something like this happened. The scale of the damage is much greater than I expected.”
“Then shall we tell everyone to leave and investigate further?”
For a moment, I almost asked myself what that meant, but I was dumbfounded for a moment when I realized that I could do anything if I just tried.
For those of us who are connected to one of the highest peaks in the kingdom, it may be impossible to do all day, but it is enough to defeat a knight in a few hours.
Of course, troublesome things might arise later, but I could handle them if I wanted to.
“No, I’ve searched so much, but seeing as nothing comes up, I don’t think I’ll find anything if I do more research. The work behind the scenes is also annoying.”
If you are not careful, you may be misunderstood by the warrior faction as the main culprit or collaborator of this incident.
There is no merit here to continuing the search while taking such risks.
Rather, if there was a clue, it was in the downtown area where the terrorist attack took place.
“The reason the Knights came to the Academy was probably because there was more space on the streets. Let’s find the survivors and ask if they saw anything.”
“Survivor… .”
She looks up at the sky in a voice that doesn’t show the slightest anticipation.
It was less than before, but even though it was broad daylight, the smoke that dyed the sky black did not disappear like a scar and radiated a presence greater than that of the sun.
If the sky is like that, is there really a sane person left on earth?
It is not unreasonable to have such questions.
“Sera Humans are as persistent as mosquitoes in the fall. I’m sure one or two people will survive and tell us about the culprit who led this terrorist attack, his or her level, occupation, etc. ”
“Conscience… .”
“Well, even if it’s not that bad, there’s probably someone who saw something. After making such a fuss, how could it be possible that even a common clue would not come out?”
With that in mind, we conducted an investigation among the Knights Templar, focusing on the district where the terrorist attack occurred, but unfortunately, there was no significant result.
The only survivors that were found were those who were far away, and most of them died in vain after being swept away by the explosion or trampled by evacuees.
Of course, it doesn’t mean that nothing was saved.
An old man said he saw a woman wearing a deep hood casting magic.
It is said that she was a woman with large breasts and that she burned down the main street with a single magic trick, so it is safe to say that she is certain.
However, since this old man was in the middle of running away for a while, there is a high possibility that he misunderstood something, and the mere fact that she was a woman was not evidence of any kind.
A woman with big breasts?
Sarah, who is next to me right now, is also a woman with big breasts.
If all the women with big breasts in the royal capital were gathered together, it would be enough to fill an academy.
“It’s already dark. Let’s go home now.”
“… Yeah, sorry for making you follow me around for no reason.”
As it got dark, we could no longer continue our search.
When I briefly bowed my head and apologized, Sarah smiled and said that it was okay.
“Well, I have to apologize… . But who does Felt think is the culprit who masterminded this?”
“Well… . I can’t say anything because I don’t have a clue, but he is definitely a person with firm beliefs, putting aside good and evil.”
“Belief?”
“You saw how many people died while walking around the streets with the Academy today. The reason he did such an incredible thing must be because he had some kind of belief. Otherwise, it can’t be done.”
At least he wouldn’t have done something like this for trivial reasons like financial greed or sexual desire.
No matter how thoughtless a person is, there is no way he could harm so many people by not being able to control such a basic desire.
There’s no way I could do something like this without a solid reason, such as wanting to fill out an encyclopedia or smelling strong body odor.
“I’m sure he’s a person with a story that we can sympathize with even if we don’t understand it. Otherwise, there is no way that you, a bastard of the world, could do such a shameless and asshole thing.”
“… Well, that bitch isn’t wrong because if she had to kill this many people to summon a demon, she would find another way.”
It is very rare for Sera to make a decision lower than Terezina.
At least this was the first time I saw it.
Even for her, who is half devil, this was a vicious act that went way beyond the line.
“I want to see his face to see what kind of guy he is.”
A bitch or a sly villain.
Which one is it?
*****
“It’s late.”
About an hour after the scheduled time, Terezina glared coldly at the open door.
Given the situation, I tried to say something that I disliked, but when I saw the face of the person with her, I was speechless due to my puzzlement.
Theresina also remembered seeing the face of an acquaintance who came with her several times.
Strictly speaking, she was someone who stood on the opposite side of Theresina and Lang.
The fact that she was with Lang, crying, meant one thing.
“Have you received any pets?”
“Yes, seeing the child about to be slaughtered by his previous owner made me feel sympathy, so I stopped… .”
“Ugh… .”
A woman who held a power that commoners could not dare to touch, even if it was not enough to control the kingdom, was quickly reduced to a pet.
Although she shed tears at the tragic, if tragic, fact, she internally breathed a sigh of relief.
Even if you end up in a dog poop, life is better, and a pet is better than a corpse.
“Uh, why is this happening… !!!”
Those words of complaint that were uttered inadvertently were a sentiment shared by everyone gathered here.
Why did this happen?
That terrorism will occur.
That people will die.
We all knew that among them, there would be nobles from the warrior faction.
The only thing that was unexpected was that the scale of this terrorist attack was so large that it burned down about one-fifth of the royal capital.
“Too, too many people died.”
“… Has the extent of the damage been confirmed?”
“According to our investigation, at least 10,000 citizens, at least 150 noble students including our faction and the warrior faction were killed or disappeared, and at least 50 nobles who were barons or higher were caught up in the terrorist attack… .”
“… … .”
“After comparing it with the warrior faction’s data, it is not much different, so it would be better to think of it as at least this much. And this isn’t a confirmed story yet… … .”
“No, but what is it? There is something worse in this situation.”
“According to our investigation, it seems that Gus Dragonheart has been kidnapped by someone.”
“… Kidnapping?”
“Okay. It looks like he didn’t show up at the academy, but his whereabouts have been unknown so far, so I’m guessing that.”
“The possibility of being involved in a terrorist attack is… .”
“The place where he was last discovered is on the opposite side of the Earth from where the terrorist attack occurred.”
If he suddenly had a whim and didn’t personally go to the area where the terrorist attack occurred while the streets were burning, it is extremely unlikely that he would have been swept up in the terrorist attack.
According to an investigation by an informant from the warrior faction, the academy uniform believed to belong to Gus was lying on the floor in the room where Gus stayed.
It is not impossible that he changed his clothes and left for another place, but seeing that he and another woman’s bodily fluids were left on the bed, it is presumed that he was kidnapped by someone while they were having sex.
“He believes that the warrior faction, or more accurately, that someone in charge, did this to kidnap his son. It’s really funny, isn’t it? What kind of libertine like that… .”
Of course, there was also the paranoia that the prime minister’s faction was behind this.
Considering that the prime minister’s faction had hoped that Gus would be the next successor, it is truly ironic.
Lang had a long lifespan, several times longer than that of an ordinary human, so he looked into the distant future and made plans.
Her goal is to continue the current cold war for a long time, gradually weakening the power of the kingdom and the warrior faction, and then swallowing them whole.
This was corrected after realizing that the same thing would happen if the enemy was pushed too hard in the past.
But I never thought something like that would happen.
Although the power of the warrior faction has weakened compared to its heyday, it is not yet at a level where it can easily be swallowed up.
Moreover, this news has probably reached the Empire by now, so they also need to be on guard.
Therefore, it was necessary to avoid a collision right now… .
“Reconciliation is impossible, right?”
“It may be impossible to avoid the collision itself, but it may be possible to weaken it a little. That’s why I saved your life, so I need to do my job properly.”
As Lang said that, the person who turned his gaze was none other than the academy’s dean, Lin, who was sobbing in the corner.
Lin, who was momentarily intimidated by the gazes of the two people, gently raised her head and said.
“Well, what should I do?”
“All you have to do is falsify a document to say that students from the Prime Minister’s faction were at school that day.”
Fortunately, despite the misfortune, the devil worshipers destroyed the academy so thoroughly that the documents to refute this have already been reduced to ashes a long time ago.
Because many of the professors were dead, there was no evidence to refute her testimony as the dean.
“They were at the academy and were attacked by devil worshipers, but they escaped the crisis thanks to Mr. Felt, who happened to be with them. You know, right?”
“Yes, yes!! Ah, I understand!! So, me and my family, please… .”
“It depends on how hard you work, so please try your best.”
Normally, she might have been a traitor, but she was a factor in the warrior faction, so I would have treated her more carefully, but unfortunately, I couldn’t afford to do that now.
This is a crisis for the faction, no, for the entire kingdom.
If you make even the slightest mistake in choosing the option here, the kingdom will not be able to avoid the path to ruin.
In other words, if we can get over this critical juncture, then it will be the era of the Prime Minister’s faction.
“I don’t know why this happened. You probably wouldn’t know it even if you tried.”
So what you need to think about now is not why this happened, but how to fix it.
“If we get over this hurdle, it will be our world. I hope that you will keep that in mind and not be pessimistic. We have especially high expectations for Dean Lin, so please do your best. If something happens that disappoints me… .”
As Lang clenched his fists, a strange pressure began to surround him.
Rin, who had a premonition of his own fate under that pressure, nodded desperately, shedding a tear like a jade bead.
“Yes, yes!! I understand!!”
“That’s a good thing. Then, next time, we will gather together with the others remaining in the capital and have a meeting. Let’s disperse for today.”
“Okay, should I call Felt then?”
“Yes, it would be better to call it. He is not in our faction, but there will come a time when his power will be needed in the future, so there is no harm in recruiting him in advance.”
“Power… . Will there be a war?”
“It will happen. Obviously.”
The future of the kingdom is dark.
While everyone was deeply aware of this, those behind the scenes also began to move.
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