I’m Not Coming Back to Earth With a Girl Like You

49 – #049 All Humans Are There

After arriving in the northern city of Orlsho.

As soon as I gathered the information, I immediately headed to the village where a large-scale burning ceremony took place.

The village was full of soldiers standing guard.

Among them, there were priests from the church, but they were walking around town with new symbols engraved on them that were different from those of the Vatican-Central Church.

In this world, the thing that represents the goddess is a shape with the same length at the top and bottom, like a regular cross, that is, a ‘+’ sign.

However, their crosses were long with only the upper part sticking out like a knife.

It would be more accurate to call it an inverted cross.

‘Are you completely determined to follow the central and Chuck?’

The fact that the church changed the symbol that symbolizes the goddess means that it will completely diverge from the center.

However, there is no reason to cause trouble with the center.

Rebelling against the center on such a large scale at a time when humanity has no reason to fight each other is rebellion itself.

Now that the Demon King’s army has disappeared, it’s a signal for mankind to fight each other.

‘Crazy bastards.’

We know that the damage in the north is severe.

But even so, it is unforgivable for them to commit witch hunts to their advantage.

Crisp.

Something stepped on my foot.

I tried to sneak into the village through the forest road, avoiding the eyes of the guards, but a familiar figure stepped on my foot.

It was a person.

It was a charred corpse whose entire body had turned black.

“…….”

I’ve seen a lot of dead people in the past two years, but I’ve never experienced many small bodies like this.

Exactly, I’ve never seen anyone burned to death in this way.

If the body is on fire, the surroundings should be full of traces of fire, but there is no such thing, only ‘humans’ burn marks.

As if the flame had a certain will and burned only people without burning other natural objects around it.

‘Gear.’

I reached out to the small body and lightly drew the sign of the cross.

The process of death must have been very painful, but I hope that at least the soul has been healed and left for a better place.

“… Ha.”

Anger began to rise from deep within his chest.

It’s a very rare case, but I’ve seen a corpse like this.

And the corpse was a corpse created by the so-called ‘Friendly Fire’.

The past.

When a fireball thrown by Chae Yu-ri hits a friendly soldier.

When a giant Minotaur caught an infantryman aiming a spear near him and used it as a human shield to block Chae Yu-ri’s flames.

It reminded me of the time when armor and weapons did not burn, and only humans burned to death.

“…….”

I headed straight for the village.

Soldiers on patrol didn’t spot me, so I took a quick look at the situation inside the village.

Tap, tap, tap.

Embers remain on the floor.

It is full of traces that were burned in a natural state and only left behind.

In the town square, there are piles of burned bodies, and they are thrown into the pit one by one as if no respect for the dead matters.

“…!”

Jeobeok, Jeobuck.

Two soldiers approach the place where I am hiding.

Hiding behind a half-burnt wall, there was a possibility of being exposed, but I held my breath as much as I could and killed my presence.

“Ah, damn it. I can’t even do this.”

Click.

Acrid cigarette smoke stings my nose with the sound of something lighting a fire.

“Brother. Is this really okay?”

“I don’t know. I’m just doing what I’m told from above.”

“But what I said above…”

“It’s noisy. We just have to deal with it as directed. And you know that. Everyone here is a heretic.”

One of the soldiers, who seemed to be superior, continued in a cynical voice.

“Even among the warriors, there were people who were cursed by the demon lord. How would ordinary people be different? They are all cursed by the demon lord.”

“Really?”

“So? You can’t believe the words of the Grand Duke right now? Are you also a person who supports and follows the heresy? Or are you the devil’s army’s helper?”

“That can’t be.”

The soldiers were flustered and said it wasn’t me, but I could roughly understand the situation through their words.

The rest is just confirmation.

“Huh?”

As soon as I went outside, the two soldiers panicked, and I stepped in before they could do anything.

“Ehh?!”

The suppression was easy.

As soon as I stunned the person who seemed to be the senior by punching him in the stomach, I immediately covered the mouth of the next successor and grabbed him by the collar.

“Huh?!”

“If you move, you die. Tell me what happened here.”

“I, I don’t know anything…!”

“Do you really want to die?”

I opened the coat slightly, and Titania jumped out from inside, pointed the dagger at his back, near his heart, and stabbed him.

“Should I kill you?”

“If instructed.”

“Kuh, kuh…”

The soldier lowered his head in a pitiful voice.

“I-I don’t know anything…! I just acted as instructed to purify this village with fire, which is cursed by the demon lord…!”

“Really?”

I know that.

The question is, who did that?

“Who set the fire?”

“…….”

“Is the hero an enemy wizard?”

“Everyone, what are you…?”

“It’s over.”

I don’t even need to hear more.

“Chae Yu-ri burned it. And as a secondary task, he set fire to the village.”

“…….”

“Did no one survive? Were you just watching? Or did you even kill those who fled?”

The soldier remained silent.

“Did you kill the villagers?”

Still nothing to say.

“What do you think?”

“Me? According to my judgment, all of these humans killed people. No. If you stab a person who died after burning with a sword, isn’t that considered dead?”

“Okay.”

Should I call it a confirmation kill or a corpse insult?

Either way, these aren’t just ordinary soldiers.

“Titania.”

“…What? If it’s Titania-“

Poo-wook.

As soon as I called for Titania, Titania stabbed the soldier in the back.

“Sigh.”

The soldier collapsed, bleeding from his mouth.

Before he had time to say anything, he fell with his head on the floor.

“Titania.”

“Don’t worry. It pierced the lungs. I just passed out.”

“I thought you were killing me. Save your strength.”

There is no time to go around killing each and every low-level soldier who is instructed by his superiors in the field.

“Go directly to the Grand Duke of the North.”

All the keys are with him.

* * *

At that time.

In the center of the North, the Grand Duchy’s airway ‘Valhalla’ was full of tension.

The faces of people who came out to the streets were full of anxiety, and each of them came out to the square holding the hand of the person they loved.

What they were looking at was the soldiers of the Archduke who had built a high platform in the middle of the square and climbed on top of it, and a man with a rough beard who climbed the platform escorted by the soldiers.

Grand Duke Harald.

If Grand Duke Kay-F, who kept the seal of the palace, was the king of the south, then this man could be called the ‘king of the north’.

“Listen, everyone.”

Archduke Harald began his speech holding a double-edged axe.

“When the demon army attacked our northern region, we had to deal with their aggression with our own strength. In the process, we lost countless families, brothers, and comrades in arms.”

Silence flows throughout the plaza.

Each of the people gathered in the plaza had a sore wound in their heart, and those who did not lose a family member were very rare.

“The Demon King has fallen. But we have not forgotten. What protects us in our most difficult times is not those who lie down there in the warm South, waiting for the war to end. While we fight in front, to the goddess That they weren’t just praying.”

The faces of those who came out to the plaza gradually began to turn red.

“We are the ones who protected us! It’s not the naive people from the South, it’s only us who have lived in the harsh snow fields of the North!”

Archduke Harald raised his axe, and his soldiers stomped his feet in response.

“I declare here! The North will be independent from the Empire, the Continent, and the Church!”

Hwareuk.

The imperial flag fluttering in the square caught fire.

All red flames burned and scattered to ashes, and a new national flag began to flutter in its place.

“From now on, Nerway is a kingdom! We will be independent from that filthy empire! We will no longer pay taxes to those who do not defend us, and what is ours we will enjoy and we will protect!”

Woaaa!!

Cheers resound.

It is unknown if it is the clamor of the windswept scattered here and there, or if it is because of the resentment of the northerners.

But what is certain is that no matter what anyone says, the flag fluttering here is the flag of the Grand Duchy—now the flag of the ‘kingdom’.

“I’m sure you’re worried. They might think of us as heretics and traitors. They’re enough. But I didn’t just stand up with complaints like that.”

A woman appeared behind Archduke Harald.

A woman wearing a patterned dress based on white with red lines that burns like a flame stood next to Archduke Harald.

“The hero of the goddess is with us! The hero who defeated the demon king, the red wizard, is with us! No matter what enemy comes, even if the demon army is resurrected, the red wizard will burn them all!”

As Archduke Harald raised his ax aloft, red flames blazed across his axe.

“All of our enemies will be consumed by the divine flame!!”

North.

The Grand Duke declared independence.

Hero Red Wizard – Announcing a new church with Chae Yu-ri as a saint.