243. Aftermath (3)
“Hiyaa! What a fuss!”
As she stared at Sophia Cathedral in the distance, Alexia let out an exclamation.
She had never seen so many soldiers stationed in a cathedral.
It was obvious what they were doing.
The great sage, as the demons call it, was to find Tilpitz.
However, Tilpitz had already left and could not be found at all, so she was waiting for her to come back.
“So! What were you thinking! Did you do that?”
“Please lower your voice…”
The girl covered in a rug that had been eating bread in front of Alexia quietly muttered.
A little bit of blue hair peeked through her hood, but the girl quickly tucked it in before anyone else in the restaurant could see it.
“Continue! Are you going to keep your mouth shut like that?!”
“·······.”
“Hmm! That would put me in a difficult position! I want you to know! The handsome His Excellency Schluss Heinkel is busy looking for me! It looks like he’s trying to argue about what’s going on with the peace treaty! How do I know? There is none!”
“·······.”
The peace agreement between demons and humans has already been broken.
However, it seems that it has not been announced yet considering the confusion in society as a whole.
Perhaps it was to get an apology from Tilpitz and prevent the war from spreading.
The problem was that it was originally supposed to be the Mine representative, Tilpitz, to discuss the peace agreement with the human side.
But isn’t Tilpitz himself, who committed the problem, unable to act as Mine’s representative?
To re-elect the representative, she had to call a Mine meeting, so Alexia could not do this or that.
“The peace agreement has already been broken.”
“I can still recover!”
“I’m saying this because I have no intention of recovering it.”
“Ah…!”
Alexia was taken aback by her firm answer.
She sure must have been Till Fitz’s mistake, she did and she thought.
She aimed and shot at another enemy, but thought it was just that Schluss Heinkel had been hit.
But Tilpitz was rather calling for war.
Thousands of years ago, the doubt that it was Tilpitz who mediated peace between demons and humans flashed through Alexia’s mind for a moment.
“What the hell are you doing?! I can’t help Tirpitz at this!”
“I don’t need any help. It’s easy enough to subdue humans with just me and the cultists.”
“Well! I don’t think so!”
“I don’t care what Alexia thinks.”
“It doesn’t matter! Depending on Tilpitz’s attitude, I could be on the human side!”
“·······.”
Tirpitz’s bright eyes turned to Alexia.
These eyes glared at Alexia for a moment, then gently closed them.
“Haa… I understand. Let’s talk only to Alexia. You must never tell other demons.”
“Yes yes!”
Remembering that Alexia’s mouth is not usually light, Tilpitz decided to take into account that this too would leak out someday.
“The magician is dead.”
“Oh! Really?! They said they still had about 3 years left!”
“It’s because it wasn’t a natural death. After being murdered, it was disguised as a suicide. And that quietly without a major battle. You know what that means?”
“I don’t know!”
“He was killed by the same demon.”
“I! I am not! I swear I am innocent!”
“I’m not trying to interrogate Alexia…”
While continuing the conversation, Tilpitz suddenly felt tired.
She felt skeptical about whether she needed to convince Alexia, but it was also true that her war would be much more difficult if she stood on her human side.
“It wasn’t by trial, it was the people who killed the people. That’s when there were only five people left. What do you think should be done in this situation?”
“Hmm! We have to find the culprit! Shouldn’t we catch him and punish him?!”
“That’s an impossible situation right now.”
After the magician’s death, the surrounding area was searched for evidence.
I also tried to figure out the alibi of the other demons.
However, in the end, it was only the conclusion that it was impossible to determine who was suspicious and who was innocent.
“I felt the need for strong control among the demons at this opportunity. Just as humans form a society and make and obey laws. However, there are too many obstacles to achieve that society. Humanity is that.”
“What about humans?!”
“Humanity has lived in peace for thousands of years because demons have been scattered and acted individually. However, in the society I’ve built, if I live by abiding by strong rules, who would be happy with that? That would be taken as a declaration of war to them. .”
If you are afraid of human backlash, step on it before that.
I’m sorry, but I couldn’t help it.
For the safety of the demons, the humans had to make some sacrifices.
“And aren’t you afraid? Humans are always developing technology and magic to kill demons. In the past, humans could only stop the advance by surrounding us with piles of corpses, but now they are equipped with a weapon called annihilation cannon. You know. Right now, it can only be mounted on large ships like airships, but if you go later, you might be able to hold it in one hand and launch it.”
“That’s too big a jump-“
“No. It is unconditionally true. Humans are evolving animals. If that happens, what will they do with us? They can easily break a human’s neck to kill them, but should we consider them as interesting animals that live for a long time and let them live? You’re welcome. The moment they decide that they can do it, they will try to slaughter us. Our own people are also a tribe that constantly kills and kills each other.
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Alexia hung her head as she couldn’t find the words to stop.
It wasn’t that she hadn’t thought about it.
All demons must have been the same.
However, Tilpitz decided to take action after the magician’s death.
A plan to completely conquer humanity before it is fully developed.
“The odds! How much do you think?!”
“It’s 100% except for Schluss Heinkel. But if Schluss Heinkel is on it… It’s a bit more difficult.
Till Fitz looked around and snapped his fingers, which shimmered in purple light.
In the dark space inside, the light cracked open, and the handle of a huge sword could be seen dimly from the inside.
Durandal, the sword that cuts through dimensions.
I blew the number of uses of this precious sword once.
There is only one use left now.
I couldn’t attack Schluss Heinkel in the same way.
Now that we know that Schluss Heinkel has the ability to revive even in the dimensional rift.
“I don’t know how strong he is. I don’t expect to win in a one-on-one battle with the demons, but I still have to be vigilant. Of course, if other demons lend me their strength, it won’t be too difficult.”
Starting the war was also to bring out the unity of the demons, albeit for a while.
Although Alexia said she could side with the humans, Tilpitz knew full well that there was no way she would choose a short-lived species that had been with her for thousands of years over her own kind.
In the end, if all the demons unite, they should be able to easily wipe out the human forces.
The human beings were unable to root out even Asylum, a cult group, and were suffering helplessly, so that was a confirmed issue.
It was Tilpitz’s ultimate goal to unite the demons through war and to build a dream society in earnest after castrating all weapons of humans that would be aimed at the demons after the war.
A world where people cannot kill people.
A world where there is no such thing as a weapon that kills demons.
That was the world Tilpitz dreamed of.
“Power. Will you lend me that?”
“I will use my strength to prevent war first!”
“It’s no use. The war has already been fought.”
“But…!”
It was just that they hadn’t declared war on each other.
No, maybe it was a declaration of war in the worst possible way with Tilpitz’s surprise attack.
This state of peace, where the majority of the people may be at war, won’t last long.
It was never to fight each other that mankind gathered troops from all over the place and created an unprecedented tension.
Tirpitz had a hunch that everyone was ready to turn the tip of the spear to the Mine.
“I…! I don’t know yet! I’ll have to give it some thought!”
“How much. Are you planning on doing it for about 100 years?”
“It could be longer than that!”
“Alexia.”
“It’s going to be tough without my help! So while I’m thinking! Tilpitz might as well wait! Listen to me! Never attack humans!”
“·······.”
Alexia jumped to her feet as Tilpitz’s tenacious gaze turned to her.
She then ran out of the restaurant as if she were running away.
Tirpitz is insane right now.
But he wasn’t saying anything wrong either.
Because of that, Alexia was confused about what to do.
‘Alexia looks like she’ll stay hidden throughout the war.’
She went away, saying that she was worried, but it seemed that Alexia would never help Tilpitz.
Having seen Alexia for a long time, Tilpitz could sense it.
‘I’ll have to call a madman.’
On the other hand, as soon as a madman hears the word war, he will jump into the battlefield on his own without asking.
If two demons participated in the war, it would not be too difficult to subdue mankind.
Til Fitz thought as he finished putting the bread into his mouth.