chapter 52
Chapter 52-Justice?(2)
Chapter 52-Justice?(2)
“It must have happened a lot.”
“There were so many that I had to cool my head for a while. It is never something to be taken lightly.”
I didn’t even have to radio. Serenian, who first interrogated the captives and appeased his fellow countrymen who were angry, put them in an underground dungeon with ants and went straight to the herb pot.
I also saw her movement and hurriedly came into her herb pot and waited for her, and thanks to that, we met like this.
“I can guess what happened just by looking at your voice or expression, but I want to hear more. What the hell were they talking about, what was going on outside.”
I told her to tell me more about what was going on. All I know now is that the elves who migrate here escape the oppression of the ‘traitors’ who have joined hands with humans, and that Serenian will try to save more of his people, even if they go to war.
People in the other world also have complicated circumstances, but I heard little about them. In the first place, Serenian didn’t know much about the situation with humans or what happened outside the Great Forest.
So, while capturing human prisoners this time, Serenian must have wanted to hear those things too.
“It’s not that different from what I said last time. Even though the war with the Pandemonium is over, clouds of war still hang over the continent. It was said that the humans who were making powers here and there on the continent were also divided among themselves and engaged in a war of nerves, and other races were holding hands or antagonizing each other. It is said that the one who leads the atmosphere is the human hero Orca, who was once called the strongest hero outside of the hero.”
“It’s so… dizzy.”
At most, if everyone worked together to end the war, they would disperse again and live as before, but they couldn’t.
A human hero named Orca created his own faction, rapidly increased his power, and aggressively spread his influence.
The elven heroes who took control of the elves of the great forest, and the king of human forces who joined hands with the elven heroes. They are doing these things to gather the strength of the elves to check the power of the Orca.
“I’m not the person involved, so I don’t know. Is it a reasonable cause in your opinion?”
“Even if it is true, it does not change the fact that the method is wrong.”
When I asked for his opinion on that fact, Serenian gritted his teeth and shook his head.
“It is understandable to increase interaction with humans. It was also true that we irresponsibly fell behind and did nothing in the great war against the Demon Realm, in which countless people fought with all their might. I didn’t even think of it. So it would not be wrong to say that we can survive the waves of the world only if we change. But even if I were…”
Serenian frowned and spoke openly even in a gloomy voice.
Even if the Central Council, which had become a power organization, could concede after thinking twice about enforcing various systems and behaviors that went against the customs of the elves, some elves could never tolerate the forced conscription of their families.
“Why do you say you took them by force? Without even an explanation?”
I also asked carefully. If the worst case I think comes out, it will be impossible to dry it.
“The captives testified that it was to take talented elves to the human kingdom and teach them human-style magic and martial arts. I will thoroughly train them in a human way and train them to be people who cooperate with the human knights. Perhaps that was the condition humans demanded.”
“Uh…”
And the answer was a bit different from what I expected. As for how I felt, I thought for a moment that this was better. But when I thought about it, it was crazy even considering the customs and common sense of the elves.
“Leaving aside everything else, why didn’t you tell me honestly? Well, to put it in the extreme, it’s not like selling them as slaves, if you’re proud.”
“Because none of the elves will agree.”
When I asked if I couldn’t understand, Serenian shook his head with an expression of frustration. Looking at those eyes, it seemed that there were many emotions crossing over.
“Teaching us human things? Humans? Right now, even I was the only one who thought that humans were barbarians without fundamentals until I was exiled. Probably most elves are like that. Even asking them to leave Daesurim, their hometown, is fatal. For us, that is no different than abandoning our roots.”
The reformist elves, led by Elder Ersilla, risked everything for only one result. It was determined that only then could the elves survive in the cold reality and bring about dramatic changes. Literally, the sacrifice of a cow for the great.
‘That sounds like sh*t.’
My mood also went cold. I know there is no right answer in my head, but if I become a cow that is sacrificed like I once was, I will hate the majority and the world.
“There were also elves captured, what are they going to do?”
I just changed the subject. Even if they are going through chaos, Serenian will not forgive them anyway.
“Among them, there is a man named Ethan. He was once he was my friend. The moment the civil war broke out, he finally betrayed me, and it was he who whipped me when I was banished. I was expecting Since he was a child, he had longed for Erscilla, who was her hero.”
“Kuhm.”
But this time, there was a story that I was a bit reluctant to talk about openly.
On the other hand, unlike me who became uncomfortable, Serenian spoke rather calmly. As if there were no emotions.
“Good. I know roughly what the situation is. But Serenian, I don’t think your heart will change.”
“Right. My heart is still I will punish traitors and save my people. Perhaps the traitors who believe they are right will say that I am wrong, just like Ethan, who just tried to convince me. That I’m stupid and foolish but we know Because this is not all we have.”
Serenian said that if he had just been banished, he would have accepted that they were right and had no choice.
But he also said that from the moment he met the spirit, he got rid of his mind.
The enemies aren’t crying out for strength. Faith and justice have their true form only when there is the power to support them. So, Serenian believed that this mysterious spirit of the sky, who helped them migrate to these pots, was the power to deny the faith and justice of the traitors.
“Please tell him. I’ll do anything to take care of us like now. Only then can we fight.”
She raised her hand to her own chest and looked at me with clear, transparent green eyes that did not hide her feelings. Those moist eyes flickered somewhere.
That’s how desperate it is. The lives and fates of many people depend on them. It’s in those eyes
“Too… Taken for granted.”
Looking into her eyes, I unconsciously raised her hand and grabbed her shoulder. Both I and she flinched in surprise, but that was all. Come to think of it, this was the first time we had touched each other’s skin since we held hands at our first meeting.
***
“Chief…”
“Ren, go and tell the grown-ups what I have to say.”
A small forest built next to farmland. Elves voluntarily banned entry, and Ren, who was the only one allowed to enter, was waiting for Serenian.
Ren laughed faintly at her red face, which seemed to have loosened up somewhere, but Serenian, who came out of her herb pot, changed her expression in one breath and gave a low voice.
“Uh, what do you mean?”
“The divine spirit said that he would personally punish the outside villains who dared to harm us. I want to show the idiots who still believe that they are the only true justice, who is the real justice in this world.”
Serenian, who did not treat her Ren as her boy after she volunteered to take on the role herself, spoke terribly without hesitation.
Flinching at the force, Ren swallowed her dry saliva and hurriedly turned her around and ran toward her village.
‘It’s not very pleasant, but what can I do? They asked me to show you my overwhelming and awe-inspiring power.’
And while looking down at them like that, Seunghyeon got up from his seat and brought something from the junk box in the corner of the room.
A very large, thick, convex camera lens. It was an object that, if used well, could burn the paper by concentrating sunlight into a single point.