Episode 252
Elf.
An unknown elf was looking at me with a fearful expression on his face.
I walked slowly towards her.
As I take a step forward, she takes a step back.
Let’s take one more step forward, this time take two steps back.
Repeat like that several times.
Toouk-
Her back was against the wall.
A situation that feels somehow familiar.
He raised his hand and touched the mana bindings tied to the elf’s wrist.
While giving strength at the same time.
Kwajik-!
The restraints are shattered.
He lifted his foot and broke the restraints that bound the elf’s feet.
“… …Who are you?”
The elf’s clear voice began to slowly bring back memories of the past.
It wasn’t like I knew who the elf in front of me was or had ever met him before.
just.
Memories of the elf race itself that I experienced.
There was no need to talk at length and there was no need to go far.
I killed all the dragons in the Demon Forest in my previous life.
He freed the alien races from the dragons’ rule and gave them true ‘freedom’.
And I still continued my revenge.
In the process, the orcs and harpies helped me, but some races, including the elves, joined hands with the Tulcan Empire, which I was against.
so.
I dried their seeds.
Tch.
“I try not to have any preconceptions if possible.”
“……yes?”
“Even if you betrayed me and sided with Iskandar in your past life, I really try not to think about it if possible. I wonder if it’s because I’m petty, but it keeps bothering me.”
“What are you talking about… … ?”
He shook his head.
just.
“Let’s do it this way.”
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“How… … is it?”
“At this time, the elves would be preparing for war with the orcs, right?”
“… … How about that?”
He reached out and touched the wall next to the elf.
“You don’t need to know how I know.”
Gulp – The elf swallows.
“It’s true that elves are a harmonious race, but they’re not a sloppy race, and the Forest of Demons isn’t just filled with orcs and harpies, and so on. I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to somehow elevate my race’s status, but the humans have formed a punitive force? I was going to start a war with them, but they suddenly withdrew? I’m going to aim for the back of the heads of the orcs who are drunk on victory… … This must be that bastard Barbara Guido’s plan, so I told her not to do it.”
“……yes?”
“If he tries that, the forest of demons will boil over. It will boil over really big. It won’t be as big as the inter-race liberation wars that happened in the past, but it will be a pretty big war. And that war won’t be limited to just elves and orcs. All inter-races except those two will suffer significant damage. Crucially.”
I paused for a moment and thought of our ‘Charlotte’ who must be fast asleep in her room, hugging Cell.
“Most vampires are dead. I’m giving you a chance now. In the past, elves were famous for returning favors. Now, that meaning has been diluted, but it’s basic. Whether elves can change or not, whether they’re different from the elves in my memories. This is the first and last chance I’m giving you. Do you understand?”
With your back pressed against the wall.
The elf, who was looking back and forth between my arms stretched out next to his face and my eyes, spoke with difficulty.
“……if.”
“if?”
“… … What if the elves start a war?”
I couldn’t even laugh.
I didn’t even intend to laugh.
Right, now that I look at it, I guess I’m definitely narrow-minded.
“One warning is enough. All elves except those who have not yet reached adulthood. Starting with Barbara Guido, all elves will die that day. By my hand.”
“… … .”
“The forest of demons will be stained with elf blood, and the torn corpses of elves will become food for mindless snakes and ground spiders.”
The elf’s two eyes began to tremble.
Elves do not know much about the existence of the country.
There is no need to know.
Just what I’m showing you now is more than enough, it’s more than enough.
“If it sounds like a joke, then do whatever you want.”
Then, he moved his hand and tapped the elf on the head.
It wasn’t meant as encouragement to do well or anything like that.
It’s just the same as the markings on the kids at the academy moving to Ishmael.
He just turned around.
The podium seen from the stage was covered in blood and filled with corpses.
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And there are still ghosts that slice and kill people.
I looked at them for a moment and then turned around again.
The wall visible behind the elf.
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This is the wall I’ve been looking at for a while now.
I reached out again and touched the wall.
And let’s give it that power.
Damn it-!!
The wall splits around my hand.
Yes, I pushed the wall slightly.
Kugugugu-
The wall crumbles and dust rises.
I ignored it and took a step beyond the dust.
As I waved my hand, the dust disappeared, and beyond it a terrible sight appeared.
Beyond the wall is another space.
In other words, it was a ‘waiting area.’
That’s also a waiting room for slaves.
In the huge cage, countless people with shabby appearances were seen.
From childhood, there were so many.
They look at me with fear in their eyes.
Even those who tremble in fear.
They say I don’t look like they’re on their side.
Honestly, that’s true.
I’m not on anyone’s side.
He spoke quietly.
“Did you hear the noise outside? You might have seen a ghost taking shape around you just now.”
What’s the point of talking long and hard?
“You are free from now on.”
“……yes?”
“Freedom, freedom. Is that hard to understand? As of today, slavery has been abolished in the Kingdom of Ishmael.”
I turned my head slightly and looked at Ishmael.
Looks like you’re still having trouble.
I just didn’t care.
As of today, there is no slavery in Ishmael.
If I want it, it happens.
“It seems like a lot of people are flustered because of the sudden situation, but is there a need to overcomplicate things? It’s simple. You guys here, is your future dream to be a slave?”
“… … .”
“Those who were here because they wanted to be slaves, just stay there. Those who didn’t, it’s easy. Just do what you couldn’t do, what you wanted to do. That’s freedom. Isn’t that freedom?”
A few people who have properly grasped the situation swallow their saliva.
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That was when.
Swish swish-
Swish- Swish-
I turned my head at the sound of the floor being cleaned.
And then he ended up frowning slightly.
I thought someone was mopping the floor, and it turns out that was the case.
In fact, the sound was like that and it looked like he was actually cleaning the floor.
The thing that was wiping wasn’t a human.
About 8 years old.
He had tan skin, slightly pointed ears, muscular build despite his young age, and two canines protruding from his lower mouth, with round eyes.
Oak.
He was an orc, not a human.
As I said before, he is at most 8 years old.
“What are you doing now?”
“I’m sorry. I wasn’t being lazy.”
As soon as you take a step forward.
The hands of the guy sweeping the floor became busier.
“I will work hard. Please don’t hit me.”
Buck buck-
Buck buck-
Going one step further.
Just as I was about to tell him to wake up.
“I’m sorry. No matter what happens, I won’t rest, so please don’t kill me… … .”
That was when.
“This orc is an orc born here.”
When I turned my head, the elf from before was looking at me with a complicated expression.
“This orc’s parents died. And it was a long time ago.”
Even though he was talking about himself, the orc was silently cleaning the floor.
“That was the will. To survive, to return to your homeland alive, to tell the king there. Then.”
The elf paused for a moment, then took a deep breath.
“I’ll get revenge someday. It’s a bit embarrassing to say it myself.”
The elf frowned slightly and spoke clearly as if he knew the exact contents of the will.
“If it were ‘him,’ he would tear this whole place apart.”
Him.
It’s obvious who it is.
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You’re probably talking about the orc chieftain, Ton Grynhill.
From an elf’s perspective, referring to him as ‘that person’ would be the best explanation from this little orc’s perspective.
That’s probably not a lie.
At that moment, the orc’s body flinched and trembled.
I crouched down and checked the guy’s face.
Despite his trembling eyes, the guy was smiling.
That too, by force.
“Please… please don’t do this. I have no intention of escaping from here. I’ll keep working hard like I am doing now.”
I guess this orc thinks everything happening around him is some kind of surprise show.
Judging from the reactions around me, it seems like a few people have pulled off similar pranks, even if there aren’t any who’ve broken down walls like I have.
Without hesitation, he reached out and grabbed the orc by the collar.
“Wait… just a moment!!”
The elf tried to stop him, but he ignored him.
He spoke slowly.
“Do I look like someone trying to kill you?”
“Please don’t… kill me.”
He poked his head in.
I looked closer into the eyes of the guy who was forcing a smile.
immediately.
“Return your honor.”
“yes yes?”
The first of the resolutions declared by Orc Chieftain Thon Grunhill when he became chieftain began with three pledges.
“One. Orcs keep honor and faith.”
“One… … five… … protects the honor and faith.”
“Two. Orcs are united by responsibility and struggle.”
“Two. Orcs… … are united by responsibility and struggle… … .”
The corners of the mouth of a guy who is forcing a smile.
Shaking eyes.
Looking at it, he said his third and final pledge.
“Three. Orcs don’t hide their feelings.”
“Ah!” The little orc shivered.
“Where were you born?”
“… … Slave market… … ”
“What’s your name?”
“Kaiser… … yo.”
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I ended up laughing reflexively.
Kaiser.
It’s a name that means emperor, how interesting.
“That’s a good name.”
“So… … are you going?”
The guy no longer hid his feelings.
A long and thoughtful expression.
It seemed different from before when he had asked not to kill me and to spare my life, but this was only a superficial difference.
There was still a faint trace of fear in the guy’s eyes.
“Don’t you want to go home?”
“… … Ah… … No. I don’t want to go.”
Look at this.
Fear, it remains.
“What was the third thing I mentioned earlier?”
“… … .”
“I am not your enemy. I have no intention of killing you or harming you. So you hide your true feelings from me? Well, do you really have to hide them? If you hide them from me, who knows the determination of the orcs that no one else knows, you will live your whole life in hiding. Do you want to live like that?”
“… … .”
“Do you want to live your whole life scrubbing floors, saying sorry, begging to be spared, and just breathing aimlessly?”
Tears flowed from the boy’s eyes.
Then he shakes his head from side to side.
“I ask you one last time. Do you want to go home?”
“……yes.”
The voice that answered was small, even though it was right in front of my nose.
Seriously, it was too small.
I thought it was the sound of ants crawling.
It wasn’t like this when I first met Cell.
“I can’t hear you. Speak louder. Is that all you want to do to go home? Are you going to live your whole life crawling on the floor like a dog?”
The guy’s mouth is tightly locked together.
Ugh-
And then.
“I want to go! My hometown… I want to go!”
I slowly stood up from my seat and patted the guy’s head.
“Then I should go. He said he wanted to go.”
There was no mirror, but I could tell.
I’m laughing right now.
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The elf was looking at me with a complicated expression.
