lmost a suicide mission.

“You traversed the kingdom under civil war to reach Casemaian just for that reason?”

“I don’t deny that I had a personal interest, but it’s too late now.
The situation has gone so far that it cannot be settled.
I don’t know what you want from the kingdom, but I would be happy if you could at least wait until things are settled in this crisis.”

Things got strange.
The two sides have mutual interests in noninterference, but on the other hand, there is no benefit to the relationship between the two sides, including the future.
This makes it difficult to deal with the opposite.

“As long as you don’t touch Casemaian and the subhumans, we have no intention of harming you either.
If there is anything we ask for, it is the protection and handover of the subhumans who have escaped within the kingdom.”


“As far as we know, the subhumans have taken refuge in our territory.
They are in a relatively safe place and can be transferred at any time, but they will have to cross the battlefield to do so.”

The large military truck Ural is in my storage right now.
Then the question is whether the number of people can be accommodated.

“How many?”

“Ninety-seven.
I heard there are two pregnant women, but they are in good health.
No one is injured or sick.”

I don’t think it’s feasible to transport them in a single truck.
Depending on the distance, we thought about asking them to endure being crammed into the truck, but even if they stood up, 97 people would still be impossible to carry.
In the first place, I don’t think the southern territory is such an easy distance.

“How far is it from here to the marquis’s territory?”

“It is about three hundred miles.
It would take at least ten days by carriage.”

Yes, it is completely impossible; it is almost 500 kilometers.
We could either use trucks to transport them in five or six separate trips, or we could go back to Casemaian and form a convoy with the Humvee and the Torajima-go.

This time we were just going to do reconnaissance.

“So, what are the conditions of their delivery?”


“Conditions? You think we’re in a position to make conditions?”

“From what I’ve heard and what I’ve seen, it’s hard to believe that the kingdom’s nobles have been protecting the subhuman race up until now.
What I want to know is why.”

Young Marquis Kylie Yerkel shakes her head with a smile on her downcast face.

“The reason…? I would venture to say that it was redemption.
It was a while ago that I thought they needed protection.
We had a little trouble.
We admit our mistake and ask for forgiveness.”

I nod my head at the marquis’s words.

From the look on her face, it seems that what she is saying is not simple and clean.
I didn’t feel that she was trying to curry favor with the people of Casemaian because they had become more powerful.
Something happened, and they made their own decisions and acted accordingly.

The question is, what is it…?

“Protection for redemption? Mistakes, by whom and for what kind of mistakes?”

“The truth is that we have only been able to protect 97 people, but there were several more than that in the former southern territories.
But a royal decree went around, and subhumans from the southern noble territories were sent to the royal capital.
At first, many of the lords thought they were getting rid of the subhumans, but gradually they began to feel uncomfortable.
None of the subhumans who had gone to the capital returned, and no more news was received.
The subhumans in the southern nobles’ territories became aggressive toward humans due to anxiety and distrust.
Relations deteriorated, and frequent clashes broke out.
The only way was to suppress them by force, but even that had its limits.
We cannot kill them all just because we don’t like them.
I know what you think of me, but at least on the surface, the kingdom’s laws guarantee that subhumans have the same right to be treated as humans.”

“I don’t need to go into the trouble of the preliminaries.
What happened to the subhumans gathered in the royal capital?”

At Myrril’s questioning, Yerkel looked at us with dark eyes.

“It was about two months ago.
I received a report from the spy.
The subhumans were sacrificed for the summoning of heroes.”

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