Episode 243
“Victor Bilton.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“You have a lot of popularity, but I don’t think that your popularity is so great that you even give it to bandits.”
“Absolutely not.”
I didn’t speak for long.
The part of Dorian’s heart that was sitting with his feet up.
Kwajik-!!
Trampled.
“Take these kids, cut off their heads, and hang them on the wall.”
“yes?”
“From today, any bastard who commits banditry and plunders his fellow citizens will be put to death without exception. Even bastards who let it pass because they know him will be put to death. Even bastards who hide him because they are their friends will be put to death. Even bastards who say that it is too much and shake their mouths will be put to death. Kill every single one of you bug bastards without exception. I will send the troops tomorrow.”
“… … .”
“What’s the answer?”
“Yes, I will do that.”
He nodded.
Then he walked slowly.
Then, as I passed by him, I stopped for a moment.
“But isn’t that it?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Most people who are popular have narrow vision. Strangely enough, the ending is always the same, like a novel.”
“The ending… … are you talking about?”
“Because your popularity is so thick, there are kids who try to take advantage of you and settle down around you. Then, before you know it, you become a perfect scarecrow. When you realize it later, it’s too late. I don’t think you’ve reached that point yet.”
“… … .”
“Be careful and be careful of your surroundings.”
He left that place, leaving only those words behind.
* * *
The soldier who had heard Jack’s words was the man in charge of the guards guarding the walls of the Bilton Estate.
The name is John.
He had a very common name, but he was honest and faithful to the work he was given.
He was also a native of the Bilton estate and was on friendly terms with the Viscount Bilton.
He asked Bilton.
“That kid… …what the heck is that?”
“Well, it’s hard to define him, but if I had to define him, he’s a monster. A monster.”
His expression hardens.
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“A monster, huh?”
“Yes, Jack Valantie, who annihilated the punitive force including the Master Inspector Shusire, who was trying to naturalize as a member of the Tulcan Empire, and captured 99 people and sent them across the kingdom, can’t be called an ordinary human being.”
“Hmm… … It’s a monster, it’s definitely similar to the rumors.”
Of course, since Jack had done something incredible, the rumors about him couldn’t be ordinary.
What, he’s two meters tall and looks like a demon, etc. In fact, he’s not human but a dragon, he’s actually an incredibly kind and heroic man, etc.
Bilton smiles faintly at John’s words.
“What if they are similar? What if he is the devil?”
“yes?”
“That doesn’t mean that the things he did disappear. It’s true that the lives of the people of Yeongji became easier thanks to what he did.”
That wasn’t a wrong statement.
John said nothing, and the other soldiers kept their mouths shut.
A mountain full of silence.
Bilton thought.
‘You can’t rule a territory with popularity alone… … .’
Should I say that these are words that are engraved in the bones?
‘If there is appropriate fear, problems do not arise… … It’s complicated.’
After roughly organizing his thoughts, Bilton waved his hand and gave orders to his soldiers.
Take all these corpses to the territory.
Looking at the backs of the soldiers, Bilton thought.
Jack Valantier, he sure is a curious man… … .
* * *
{Has that ever happened to you?}
Aveiro’s expression looked a little serious.
{According to the information I’ve heard, the Barbarian bandits have been inactive and gone into hiding for several months now. There were also opinions that they may have disbanded, but now I see.}
“If you look at it?”
{It doesn’t seem to have been dismantled. According to the investigation report, there were quite a few slash-and-burn villages around the Bilton estate, but judging from the current situation, it seems that the Barbarian bandits have been raiding the slash-and-burn villages. This is… … my negligence.}
Aveiro blamed himself.
But I know it’s not Aveiro’s fault.
“I’ve absorbed over 30 territories now, and the work isn’t even complete yet. No one is perfect in this world. And this isn’t your fault, it’s mine.”
{My lord… … .}
I just crossed my arms.
Lord Bilton was not on the committee.
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So I thought that if I could just block out the storms that were blowing around, I would be able to lead the territory without any problems. But I guess that was too optimistic.
“How many people are there who can work in the field rather than in an unknown office?”
{If you’re talking about field workers… … you’re talking about a type of ‘combatant’ who uses force directly?}
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“uh.”
{Honestly, there aren’t many. As you know, the nameless organization itself deals with information, so it’s a bit lacking in combat. But if I have to say, there are about 5 6-circle mana users, one 7-circle mana user, and a dragon called Blanc, for a total of 7 people.}
“Death Knight?”
{Excluding the Death Knight who went to escort Dean Gray, 19 out of the remaining 49 are escorting Lady Elizabeth, 20 are acting as the switchboard operator, 8 out of the remaining 10 are watching over Mazar Teslan, and the remaining 2 are escorting me.}
I thought about it carefully.
Of course, that’s not all of the troops.
If you include the Magical Corps, the private organization of the Inspiration, and Valencia, the number could increase further.
But the problem is, Valencia is now crossing the kingdom.
Of course, not everyone was mobilized.
About 30 or 40 people? That’s how many people remained in the Ascendible territory.
Hmm.
What should I do?
A bandit group.
I didn’t even pay attention to it because it was such a sloppy group, but then this thought suddenly occurred to me.
I wonder if they noticed my thoughts and are deliberately keeping quiet.
Thinking about it like that makes me feel really dirty.
It feels like it was read in a water fight.
So I’m trying to organize it all at once.
“Let’s do this. Eight units are too many to monitor Magyar. Isn’t it a waste to assign eight units to such an old man? Let’s assign all eight units to field work. Leave the monitoring to the old man.”
{And?}
“Valencia, where the spirit is leading us, how many people are left now?”
{As far as I know, there are 42 people in total. They said they were on standby.}
42 people. Okay.
“Mobilize them all too.”
{That makes a total of 50 people.}
It seemed like enough, but it just felt like it wasn’t enough.
“Appoint Blanc as the person in charge there, and tell him to kill all the bandits, thieves, and other vicious criminals throughout the entire Teslan Kingdom.”
{Well… … Since humans can be swayed by emotions and deceived by lies, if we put Blanc, who is of a different race, in charge… … As expected, as expected, you are my lord.}
Now, people compliment me even for trivial things.
“Just sort it out and report back. You know my method, right? The bastards who protect, the bastards who block, I kill them all without exception.”
{There’s no way I wouldn’t know. I’ll make sure to deal with it with a really loud noise.}
“Good luck.”
The communication line was cut off.
Then, as if he had been waiting, Benedict, who had been holding the communication device, puts it into his bosom.
Then he asked this.
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“Wouldn’t this be easily resolved if we mobilized the armed forces of the continental battlefield?”
Sure, that’s the easy way.
Because the military power of the continental battlefield is almost as powerful as or even greater than that of a single country.
but.
“I’m not the leader of your continental battlefield, so I can’t just mobilize them like that. Right?”
“That may be true, but I think the Lord Jang would have helped right away. He seems to have a good feeling toward the Confucius.”
It gives me goosebumps.
“Stop making those annoying noises.”
I turned my head.
“Did you say Tilleman?”
A blank-faced Thieleman answered a little late.
“… … Yes, that’s right.”
“What’s with your expression? Even if you can’t hear something, it looks like you heard it.”
“… … Didn’t you just say Dragon? If you’re talking about that guy named Blanc, isn’t that the green-haired guy who smokes cigarettes in the Academy’s technical workshop?”
“Oh, that’s him. Can you see Ana?”
“I know, he’s famous among the kids. There’s a weird guy who eats and sleeps there, comes out every hour to sigh and smoke a cigarette, so he’s probably famous. There’s probably more people who know him than people who don’t know him at the Academy. But that guy… … was a dragon. Dragon, oh my god.”
He smiled faintly.
“Isn’t it amazing? It’s only going to get more amazing.”
Tieleman said nothing.
He looked at me with a strange look and said with a stern expression:
“I won’t tell anyone what I just heard.”
It seemed more like determination than fear.
As if it were a promise to myself.
Actually, it doesn’t matter if you reveal it somewhere else. I just didn’t say it.
Why are you stopping me when I said I would do it?
I reached out and patted the guy on the shoulder.
“When I saw you getting angry earlier, you had a lot of guts.”
“… … .”
“It was quite an interesting experience, wasn’t it?”
“Yes, it was a strange experience. You handled Chain Lightning magic more easily than most lightning magicians. In particular, the color of the lightning was a vivid white, and even in that state, the bandits did not die instantly but trembled in pain. It seems that you have great control. It was truly strange.”
He shrugged.
That’s not what I said.
“Maybe you were attacked by bandits when you were young?”
“… … Yes, I was from a Hwajeon minority.”
He raised his hand and ruffled the guy’s hair.
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I had no intention of comforting you.
What can I say to comfort you?
just.
“You grow up and create a better world to live in.”
This is enough.
“Is this a good world to live in?”
“Oh, it’s a nice world to live in. Looking at it, if I’m lucky, I think I’ll be able to grow from Circle 7 to Circle 8. At least to that extent, I can change my surroundings.”
“… … .”
“If there are many people who change their surroundings for the better, then it will be a better world. That’s the first step, isn’t it?”
Tieleman nodded with a small smile.
“and.”
I almost forgot this.
“Tell the instructor when you go somewhere. Or at least get a badge or something. I thought you were going through puberty.”
“Yes… … I will be careful in the future.”
So let’s send Tieleman back, Benedict asked.
“It seems like you like it quite a bit.”
“Him?”
“Yes. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have said so easily that the man named Blanc was a dragon.”
How should I react in this situation?
“A student who is worthy of Confucius’s attention… I guess I should watch him for a bit.”
“… … .”
“Oh, you don’t have to look at it that way. I’m not looking for any benefit, I’m just curious. What should I say? It feels like Confucius’s actions are like picking a child who will be a future talent.”
And then he laughs heartily.
Hey, I think you’re mistaken about something.
Don’t you know that I’m leaving?
“ha ha ha.”
But he didn’t bother to correct it.
I didn’t want to ruin the mood since you were smiling so brightly.
And so the day came to an end at the Bilton Estate.
And then we set off again.
One day passed, and another day passed.
We crossed the border and arrived in the Kingdom of Ishmael.
