The princess can no longer be a king, and this country is not a kingdom. It is a military state ruled by soldiers and enforced peace with guns and swords. It will be difficult for any human to feel responsible in this place where everything is done under the command of the Command.
However, the mastermind who created this country, the only descendant of Grandiomor King and Queen, felt responsible. Toward the remnants of the kingdom that became the resistance, of course, to the entire nation of this country.
He could have heard me as a joke, but when the princess heard the truth, she quickly denied it.
“Don’t try to test me again and again. A place like that should be gone! Even if the other person is a sinner, the hell of eternal torment cannot exist in reality!”
“You are not even a king, but you are very interested in the lives of the people.”
“I don’t think so! I'm just following the rules! In the first place, Huey-sama didn’t feel indignant when he saw what was inside!”
“Oh, I’m not upset about that.”
Savagery is doing everything you can do without hesitation. In contrast, civilization begins by deciding what it cannot do.
Murder is basic, stealing or intimidation, fraud or sedition, apostasy and rebellion, etc. Sometimes a few things are missing, sometimes new taboos are unheard of, but fundamentally, civilization is the castration of something from a human being.
In that sense, if I were to ask if I was savage or civilized, I would definitely be savage, although the wording was not very good. Because I've committed all kinds of crimes I could have committed.
However, I am an individual, and the influence that an individual can have is bound to be limited. Even if it has adversely affected you, stop it if you catch it and punish it.
I was actually punished, so it's a perfect example.
But what about the military?
“There were guys who acted outrageously, putting up all sorts of bizarre excuses for the sake of the cause and for the country. But in any case, they are put together to defend their actions. By the way, this is real. It was done in the name of the country, and it was done for the country. It even feels like the country made it for you.”
Create labor camps that exploit the people. All for the country.
All are governed by a strict law. All for the country.
They make all kinds of inventions and spread them, but everyone knows it's not for the sake of the people.
A hook that pierces through the biometric terminal.
Straitjacket made from clothing packets.
A ritual magic that is cast in exchange for the body.
Compressed canned food that preserves only nutrition.
Chimera beans without taste or happiness in the first place.
Because it spins on its own, a thunder wheel that has to adapt humans to it.
A meta-conveyor belt that was built with blood, sweat and corpses and moved using humans as lubricants.
There are some that the military uses especially viciously, but all of those seven inventions lack affection for humans. After filtering everything, the only thing remaining is usefulness.
The princess also confirmed my words.
“Right. As in other countries, the military is particularly severe. Fortunately, the punishment is severe, and there are no people wearing clothes in the middle… .”
“yes. Especially so. The military does not stand by anyone other than the military to commit a crime. Because only the military can commit crimes in the military.”
“… Yeah? Are you guilty?”
“The military has plenty of room. There must be surplus resources to share wealth or happiness, time or pride. But the military never shares it, it constantly stocks up.”
The princess concentrated on my words, forgetting even the fact that she was angry with me earlier.
“… If so, Huey. Are you angry with the person in power behind the scenes who controls the country with all of that in your hands?”
“I do not know? How could he be upset when it is unknown who he is, where he is, and his existence is unknown?”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I will change the expression. Huey-sama, do you want to find the one who created all this?”
As if she understood now, the princess clasped her hands and slapped them. The momentum that had been bluntly back against me just before disappeared in an instant.
I shrugged.
“About it. But after several months of wandering around the military and living in the capital for several years, so far, they have not found it.”
As a mind reader, my 'discovery' takes a different dimension. Even if he deceived his identity and identity and lived a peaceful life pretending to be a lower class citizen, if he meets me who reads his mind, his identity will be revealed immediately.
Even if he was hiding in a secret base somewhere, if he came out even once. Then if you happen to meet me If I had glanced from a distance, I would have figured it all out.
It doesn't matter if you're not that kind of a mastermind behind the scenes. A person in power inevitably has to relate to a large number of people. If you know anything about him or have any contact with him. I would have grabbed the end of the thread and slowly unraveled it.
… Well, I couldn't find it in the end. It wasn't a big goal to the point of risking my life, so I was taking it easy.
“therefore… You are testing me with the same question as before.”
“yes?”
exam? what test. I'm a problem-solving expert, but a geek at problem-solving. I know everything the other person knows, but I can't even think of things that the other person doesn't know, so when I have a problem, the bottom line is exposed.
When I frankly questioned it, the princess asked me what I meant.
“As a resistance person, I didn’t know what to do if I ran into that ‘someone’. You were testing me in such a way that the existence of the smelter would not be better for the resistance.”
'but. There's no way Prince Shay's comrades could speak so ruthlessly. I'm just taking it seriously for nothing! Yerien Grandiomor, go further!'
take it like this This princess looks at people in a positive way.
After all, deaf ears can't hear but can't speak, and blind people can't express what colors are. It is because you are literally insensitive to what you cannot perceive.
In that sense, a princess who had never been exposed to hostility never learned to beware of hostility. He is a mentally disabled person who lacks a sense of crisis by birth.
No, it would be more appropriate to call it an idiot. 'Cause it's crazy
“You are quick-witted.”
I nodded. Not a bad misconception Originally, I was trying to inspire curiosity in the princess.
By instilling curiosity like this, wouldn't it be more active when infiltrating the headquarters later?
The princess nodded bitterly.
“… Be great. I was amazed at the sight in front of me and couldn't think of anything else, but Huey-sama was not preoccupied with what was happening and was looking at the future… . Please forgive me for my shortcomings. Shouting out loud even though it won't help.”
not. Perhaps the princess would be a huge help.
A power that no one can hold hostility to. One of her bastards who put her cogs in her head almost killed her, and her light faded a bit, but I can't let that filthy deceit rot her deceitful abilities.
and.
“Well, okay. It’s also a story that we can get out of here safely.”
“yes? Are you getting out safely?”
'Isn't all the work to be done here finished? If you take down the smelter and head to the headquarters… Uh, wait? break it down… ?'
I noticed
Here is the trap. Among the traps, the quality is particularly bad.
Because it traps us in a dilemma, not force or physics.
The princess' face turned blue.
'how? How do you break it down? Should we kill all the vicious criminals or free the laborers? Who decides how?'
It is difficult to detect inside the smelter. Because they are the troublemakers. Those who move within the script are as if the world outside the stage does not exist.
So me and the princess needed to get out.
I explained to the princess.
“The Alchemy Steel smelter is a really important facility. In fact, in a sense, it’s a target that needs to be defended beyond headquarters.”
Although alchemy steel is a stocked resource, it is not infinite. And like the Alchemy River, resources consumed in all sorts of places are infinite, even if they are insufficient.
If production is disrupted here, any plans that exist in the military will be delayed. You never want to slow down the cogs, which are the most important things for an army that spins like a machine.
“So the military dug a trap here. We got caught up in it.”
So, I'm stopping it here. Even by putting in a powerful force called the Young Gwe.
… Actually, I didn't realize it, but after reading the thoughts of the Young Kwe, I realized it too late! Hey, I read the script too, is this a big deal? wanted!
“But there were no troops here! Shay-Gong checked before you came!”
“So it’s a trap. Because there was not a single nose bleed in a place where no one was supposed to be. If it is a military that sees even the corps as a consumable item, there should be a delay unit that will hold you back even if it is only a second notice. Even if it's the night that Tyr's time is now.”
In fact, during the day, the delay unit cut off the road and opened fire from a distance. I didn't delay it by a few seconds, but that's the military way anyway.
The princess's head became complicated.
“Well, then. What happened? Did the Musketeer get us into a trap… ?”
“no. Leah's suggestion was right. Instead of overpowering us with overwhelming force and firepower, they try to trap us in a crude trap.”
Historia's strategy is extremely militaristic. It is an effective strategy to hide the history and select strategically important facilities to preemptively strike.
It was just as easy to read as it was efficient. The moment they turned to destroy the wagon assembly plant, the military must have expected their next goal with difficulty.
And above all, Princess, it was your comrade Caropald that got us into a trap… It's Sikhlund, the territory that got information from you? Where do you shift responsibility?
I'm keeping my mouth shut because I can't reveal the fact that I'm using mind-reading.
Well, that's not important right now.
“This is the stage. A route that goes from the entrance of the smelter to the deepest part of the smelter and lets you see the horrors of the laborers before your eyes. The process itself will cause more trouble for the group. Should I kill them all, release them, or leave them alone? Lia and Shay will have a disagreement, and Tyr and Shiati will help, so it will be confusing.”
Historia is a general in the military. With the power to order her death on her own followers, she spares the lives of her felons.
The regressor is moving to prevent the evil that will overflow in the future. Even if she asks her to kill countless helpless workers at once, she cannot immediately agree.
Shiati would prefer to free all the laborers, even to get revenge on the military. Because that will lead to more confusion.
On the other hand, Tyr, who is detached from life and death, is a great person who even provides the option of making it into a guinea pig.
The reason Sikhlund wanted to separate me and the princess, who was able to eliminate the conflict itself, as my advisor, was probably to incite confusion.
After so much time, just before we take action. It will encircle and wipe out.
“Really, maybe! How?”
The princess, who had fully grasped the possibility, said with a pale blue complexion.
“no! Huey-sama, knowing all the facts, why did you come out… ?!”
“Because the easiest way to ruin a prepared stage is to break in from outside the stage.”
“yes?!”
magic and theater. Both of them prepare the stage for the audience. The fact that they both need acting is also in common.
But if there is only one difference, it is the duty of the genre.
Play must eventually live up to everyone's expectations, but magic has to go beyond everyone's expectations. It produces all sorts of differences in the different directions.
Slowly the end is in sight. The concrete exterior wall that seemed to lead to the military border had all come to an end, and we were on the other side of the smelter entrance.
Only after getting there did I stop the carriage.
“A smelter is a building without doors. So, the one farthest from the entrance is the deepest part.”
There are no doors in the smelter. The walls just keep hanging like smooth skin. The princess was puzzled, recalling that she had not found a single side door on her way here.
“Why didn’t they even make a page? What if there is a fire… .”
“Instead, the buildings were separated into zones, right? They must have been trying to separate it with a bulkhead.”
“Then the people in the fire zone would have nowhere to run?”
“The person who designed this building must have thought that it was better.”
The princess seemed shocked by my answer. I let the princess go and jumped out of her carriage. As I walked to the corner of the wall, I pulled out a card and flipped it over. My favorite tool, the Diamond 1 skewer, still welcomed me with a sense of urgency.
“A long time. my friend. Did you miss me a lot?”
“bruise! I don't miss it! Long time no see! Nice to meet you though!”
All human friends come to call a friend. I waved my hand to Aji who was following me.
“… you go and get a butterfly I have work to do.”
“bruise!”
Aji nodded her head coldly and left to collect the butterfly box. In the meantime, I grabbed the skewer with both hands and pointed it at the gray concrete wall.
“Suck!”
Stab with all your might. The skewer, which raised both hands together, pierced the concrete wall violently.
… about 1 cm.
“It’s also concrete. I can't even budge on my own.”
But for times like this, there is earth magic. A skill that was mistaken for divine power because it was trapped under the abyss.
The skewer was sharply drawn. There are small but immoral scratches on the smooth gray wall. Like the graffiti left behind in the historical heritage, it engraved a trace that is irreversible and makes you want to try it more.
“Okay, this is pretty hard… .”
I moved the skewer in a circle to form a closed curve, and then sighed, wiping away sweat. Dust rises from the excavated concrete.
Well, it's time to work. Place your hands against the wall, take a deep breath, and focus. I used earth magic while recalling the vast and distant land and my insignificant existence crawling on it.
snuggle up.
The ground, separated by a skewer, was pushed away as if it had simply been placed on it when pushed by hand.
The earth is always the same and it seems like it will be forever, but in reality it is not. It rises, sinks, bumps, and the skin rises. Her body is a material that fluctuates like a human body.
This is because the Earth Mother, like humans, has a bright red liquid that pulsates hot under her skin.
What we think of as the earth is actually nothing more than a plate on top of the blood, and the plate flows or moves along the lava bloodstream, and sometimes rises as it collides with each other.
… What we call a mountain and look up to it is nothing more than stretched skin from the point of view of the Mother Goddess.
That's why I deserve to be a Demon God.
“You cut the wall smooth with just a skewer… !”
'Huey-sama didn't only have a chance to show his strength, but in fact he was a master of swordsmanship! There was no sound as the qigong had reached its peak!'
Meanwhile, the princess covers her mouth and is surprised. They think that I dug into the concrete with a pore and cut it out.
How do you not have eyes to see? It's land art. If my qigong is to the point where I use a penetrator lightly, would I be doing this?
As I pushed the wall further with both hands, the cut pieces were pushed into the building and fell. A heavy sound was heard from the other side, and black darkness could be seen through the round hole.
great. It's ready here.
“Nyaha… . let go, let go Nya, Nya won't move… .”
“bruise! no! Time to work! No work, no food!”
Aji was dragging a butterfly by the back of her neck, preaching the importance of labor. The butterfly raised her claws to the ground and tried to hold on, but in the face of Aji's power, the butterfly's claws could only resist the level of a plow digging into the ground.
The claws are still sharp. It would be too much to destroy.
“You are ready. I'll go in first, so bring Aji and Nabi with you.”
“yes… !”
'Looks like you have an exquisite plan! If I can help, I'll be happy to help!'
The princess clenched her fists and watched me carefully as I walked through the hole. fufu, good Because the more you think of me, the more you will follow my plans… .
what. But the wall is thicker than I thought. It's almost like a tunnel. Wouldn't that make the hole a bit small… . oh.
“Hey, I got it! Princess, will you push me?”
'… You have a plan, right?'
Are you already in doubt? If you're going to believe it, trust it even more! The expiration date is too short!
“bruise! push! Young, tea! Young, tea!”
“Not you! not you! evil! Don't raise your toenails!”