episode_0095

Regardless of whether it was a gas attack or not, victory or defeat was decided.

The shrine lost.

Lavender proudly achieved victory, and Shingung became our prisoner.

And now.

[Kill it!]

We were greeted by a blonde man kneeling naked in the center of the colony’s VIP room, with a white towel and a kitchen knife placed in front of him.

“What do you think should be done, Instructor Cloud?”

Captain Edmund, who had taken a seat in the academy’s conference room, asked in a relaxed voice.

“Shall I kill you?”

“Wouldn’t it be a shame to just kill him?”

“What are you two talking about!”

Vice Principal Stella, sitting at the head of the conference room, screamed.

“I thought my ears were going to drop. Even if you don’t scream, you can hear everything, Vice Principal Stella.”

“It’s a shrine! You can’t kill them!”

“Why doesn’t it work?”

“Yes?”

“If this is a war, Shingung is a prisoner we have captured. Even if we impose international law, the Space Federation Act, or any other law, it will not work in the current situation.”

It is natural for prisoners of war to be treated humanely.

“Under normal circumstances, it is normal to liberate the shrine. But not now.”

However, times like now when the entire universe is experiencing chaos are a slightly different story.

“Now, our Starlight Colony is in an unprecedented situation. The entire universe is targeting this place, and we have a huge debt of 500 trillion credits.”

“…….”

“You just let go of the pervert who recklessly attacked me just because I had a paladin? It is against fairness. Many space pirates put in the brain mattress will become dissatisfied and will come back to attack the colony after being liberated. Or they are trying to carry out a slander operation.”

“So let’s kill him?”

“It is also the cleanest solution. It can be said to be an example.”

I pointed to the sword that Shingung himself had placed in front of him.

“If Shingung wanted to kill himself, he could easily be killed with that plastic knife. You can either break the blade and stab it in the neck or die somehow.”

“…….”

“The shrine is currently protesting. On the outside, he shows off his pride by putting on a samurai show of suicide by committing seppuku, but on the inside, he hopes to be treated as the special ace pilot of the Sagittarius Colony.”

“Of course, he is an ace pilot.”

“So, you are expressing your opinion. Principal Stella.”

I spoke to Vice Principal Stella in a more serious voice than usual.

“If you kill Shingung, other ace-level pilots will not recklessly try to attack Starlight Colony. By setting a radical example, we can prevent not only other colonies but also space pirates from advancing recklessly.”

“…….”

“Yes. They are taking advantage of the perception of ‘Kill the shrine?’ We are clearly showing the entire universe that we will kill any enemy, even a shrine.”

“It’s like…”

Vice Principal Stella narrowed her eyes.

“Oppression through fear and force… It seems to be the present of the Taurus Colony or the actions of the former Jupiter Alliance.”

“If we go back a little further in history, it can be said to be similar to the case of the imperialist powers or Nazi Germany.”

“Well, I’m sorry, but it’s such an old story…”

“Hahahaha!”

Captain Edmund burst into laughter, but I tried to suppress the feeling that was slightly boiling inside.

‘It’s because the colony superintendent doesn’t know the story of Earth.’

Humanity did not advance into space from Jupiter or Mars, but everything began on Earth. Wouldn’t it be better to pay a little more attention to Earth?

“…Their actions are ultimately something we learn from history. In any case, the rule of fear has been effective for generations, and our Starlight Colony has as many as three overwhelming forces.”

“Genesisoo.”

“If you touch it, you die. We can clearly declare that by killing the shrine. Since he is asking me to kill him too.”

“…….”

Vice Principal Stella lowered her head with her hands clasped together.

“Principal Stella. The decision is up to the vice principal. Because you are the one in charge of the academy.”

“That’s….”

“Chairman Yggdrasil…Excuse me.”

“No, it’s okay. It doesn’t matter how you express it, it seems like he wants to be called Chairman Yggdrasil. These days, it seems like he even calls himself ‘Odin’.”

For the time being, the chairman and principal who would have taken overall responsibility are not here.

This is because he is a person who cannot make humane judgments, and he leaves most of what happens at the academy to Vice Principal Stella.

“Ugh, damn it. Why me…”

“That’s right, the student took him prisoner.”

“…….”

“Because it was not the Colony Defense Force that captured the shrine, but Lavender Whitely, a student at Starlight Academy.”

Why is the Academy addressing the issue of treatment of shrines?

Even if it is an educational colony, is this issue worth dealing with at the academy?

“If you ask me, I think you can go to the chairman over there and ask him directly.”

“Keu, ugh…!”

“Principal Stella. Accept it. You have to get used to it. Sometimes situations arise where you have to make a decision with a ruthless heart, and now is that time.”

“The instructor is….”

“I am literally an instructor.”

“You’re a paladin.”

“It is the ghost of history. We apologize for unintentionally causing any inconvenience.”

I am a being of the past after all.

As a disciple, a senior as a Genesis Beast Rider, and a former member of the Galaxy Unit, I can give advice.

But it ends there.

I don’t intervene.

If we intervene, it will only be a problem that Starlight Colony cannot solve.

For example, before Starlight Colony was liberated, I stepped forward when the Red Moon opened a barrier.

“…I think it is impossible to kill him.”

After much deliberation, Vice Principal Stella made a decision.

“I think you can gain more by keeping it alive rather than killing it.”

“What are the benefits?”

“I called two people here to discuss this…”

Captain Edmund grinned, and I also shrugged my shoulders.

“… Since you don’t seem to want to give your opinion, I guess I should tell you what I think. Good.”

Vice Principal Stella spread two fingers.

“One is to liberate the shrine. By treating them as leaders, we are establishing friendly relations with the Sagittarius Colony.”

A more solid proposal emerged than expected.

“If possible… of course. How about setting the liberation amount for hostages at 40 trillion?”

“…….”

“Well, don’t look at it that way. I also know how ridiculous the amount of 40 trillion is for one shrine. But…”

“Let’s settle the debt with the shrine?”

“Yes.”

Liberate the shrine.

Instead, it doesn’t just liberate it, it eliminates the debt that the Sagittarius Colony has.

If the debt is 20 trillion, the price of the shrine will be 20 trillion.

If the debt is 20 billion won, the price of the shrine is 20 billion won.

‘2 billion is too cheap.’

It is a bit problematic to express the amount as an appropriate amount in return for liberating a special ace pilot, so if you think about the appropriate amount, it would be approximately 100 billion credits.

At least in the days when mankind played ball with pure muscle and weight before becoming stronger with augmented humans, etheric muscles, and genetic manipulation, the estimate should be about the annual salary of a world-class soccer player, the best among them.

“I don’t know what the Sagittarius Colony will think, but it’s good. So what are your other opinions?”

“Second. We…use it.”

“Write. what? Really, a shrine?”

“Yes.”

Chairman Stella responded with a very serious expression.

“That man is a prisoner. Although he is a little strange, he is someone who thinks seriously about dueling. Even though I lost to the Lavender student and lost my pride, I have not completely given up on myself yet.”

Shingung was only defeated and taken prisoner once, but he did not give up everything.

“If he really wanted to die because he was defeated, he would have caused the aircraft to self-destruct. Before you get captured by us.”

“It seems like Lavender used Fenrir to control the explosion before it exploded…”

“And now, he would have been dead a long time ago.”

“I can’t deny that.”

The shrine is Wapanese.

If he was going to die by seppuku, he should have used a plastic bread knife to cut into his stomach a long time ago.

“The shrine is probably Starlight Colony, and you probably don’t want to leave this place.”

“Why do you think so?”

“There is you, Paladin, there is Lavender, Paladin’s disciple and the person who defeated him, there are three Creation Beasts, and there is one missing pilot whose pilot is not yet known to the outside world.”

“…Aha.”

This is an unexpected perspective.

“Interesting. So now the shrine is…”

“You will want to handle the Genesis Tree Emerald yourself. Since he lost by a blow, he wants to be defeated once again.”

“Indeed.”

Only we know that the creation tree, Emerald Yggdrasil, is putting all its effort into recycling Starlight Colony’s energy resources.

Externally, it seems that the perception is that Starlight Colony was secretly hiding the Genesis Tree Emerald and building up a huge slush fund.

“Which do you think is better, Instructor Cloud?”

“Thirdly, let me make a suggestion. It could also be said to be a combination of the two.”

“What is it?”

“It’s simple.”

I showed a photo to Vice Principal Stella through the terminal.

“…over there. It’s a shrine.”

“Yes, it is a shrine. A person who is good to use, is also a hostage, and it is a shame to just throw away that ability.”

“…Hahaha!!”

Captain Edmund just laughs again.

“Let’s put it in the brain mattress and then put it in the Rafale. As a special skill, attaching your favorite arrow to the bottom of a fighter jet.”

“How are you going to name it Kamikaze?”

“…….”

The Rafale has a self-destruct function, but that’s a bit much.