187 Episode 175: The Beginning Of Collapse
Five days after visiting Edelstein.
I have gathered information to take my feet many times to work out the operation.
Information gathering went well.
Since Celica is familiar with the local geography, and Edelstein is home to many beastmen, she could have any questions answered if Megna spoke to the beastman.
Kaika Village morning.
After breakfast, I gathered Celica, Megna and Lapisia into my room.
I sat on the bed and opened my mouth.
"I've had a lot of research done over the past few days. Thanks for your hard work, especially Mea."
"Mm-hmm. Nothing"
He answered with his mouth and put his head on his knees about to lie next to me. A thin, long tail is shaking with joy.
says Celica, who sat in a chair.
"Looks like things have changed in the last few days. They're forcing people into the mountains to find new mines."
"Even though it's time to make money because they cut taxes because of it, it would increase the public's dissatisfaction to be deprived of the workers for free"
"And the salary cuts for officials and the abolition of cookouts for the poor. It is rumored that the borough has finally begun to appear."
Mea says softly on my lap.
"Yet the army's salary was not lowered. Wonder."
"If the Royal Army flies an anti-flag, there won't be a single one, so the soldiers will be left untouched. But military preferences further aggravate people's grievances."
"But it was good for the Beast Man. Because more than half of the Royal Army are beasts."
I open my eyes by accident.
"That's my first ear. And even the Queen is the Beast Man. You'll look like you're only treating beasts from a human being."
Celica pays melancholy for the blonde hair hanging on her face with her fingertips.
"It's going to create a conflict between the people and the soldiers."
"Interracial rivalries will also overlap, accelerating dissatisfaction between the two"
"Yeah, there were people already working to free Edelstein from the Demon King's Army, but it seems to be rapidly increasing the number of endorsers here lately"
"The village on the border was abandoned. The poor villages were abandoned, and only the capital was blessed"
"What the hell will happen..."
I got up. Megna, who was on her lap, lands supple.
"We're joining the resistance now. And we're gonna get our country back."
Celica clouded her face.
"Again, you're going to be fighting among the people... even though it's a life born and raised in the same Adelstein"
"Huh. I thought Celica would. Don't worry, it's probably not going to be a civil war"
"Is that true? That's Kaika."
"Well, I hope it works. Even if you win a civil war and get your country back, it's hard to rebuild a country that's exhausted in battle. Because it's still a country where people are."
"Thank you, Kaika..."
Celica was thrilled to moisturize her blue eyes at what I said about the people first.
I approached him and gently stroked his head. The glossy blonde hair is pleasant.
- and.
"Ki!
Lapisia suddenly screamed. Until then, I was sitting in the corner of my room, staring at me with my round eyes.
"Again."
I mean, I feel like Rapisia's been watching me lately.
Lapisia leaps forward, flapping her hands and jumping around.
"Hey, hey, hey!"
"Don't ring like a bird - shall we discuss this for a moment? Celica and Mea need to get ready to meet the resistance."
"Okay.... Migna, let's go"
"Mm-hmm. You can use the Beast Man to cross over"
They left the room talking lightly.
Be alone with Lapisia.
I pounded next door when I sat in bed.
"Well. Come here."
"Ki!
Lapisia runs and sits next to her. Momentum turned the white piece on and I saw a thin leg.
I landed off my butt, so the sheets rang pompous and small.
Talk while I think about how to convince you.
"I think lies have good lies and bad lies."
"Ki?
Lapisia tilting her neck. Blue twin tails flow sideways.
"Uh-huh, suppose you had a sick mother, for example. The child was attacked by demons and died. Lie to the mother that the child is well in a distant country. If I tell you the truth, I could die of shock, is this a bad lie?
"Mmm! Mmm."
Lapisia roared with her face exaggerated as she put her arms together.
"Or so are plays and picture books. That in itself is the author's thought lie story. But nobody gets hurt. Bad lie?
"The picture book... a good lie? Is it really the same as saying there's nothing there?
"Right. The fantasy isn't really anything. But there is."
"Geez."
Lapisia worried as she twisted her body with a crease between her eyebrows.
- That would bother you. It's a difficult problem.
I mean, "void" is such a difficult question, why did the mother Rupertia set it up?
Isn't it too early for Lapisia?
"Well, void, fiction, falsehood, void have many bad meanings, but not everything is bad. If you're lying about the other person, it's also kind."
"Hmm. But void is void. - There's nothing in the empty box. Lies have good lies and bad lies. Uh-oh!
Thoughts were short, or suddenly I raised my odd voice and bounced on the bed.
"Even if I think too much, I'm just tired. That's what makes it so annoying."
"See you soon! It's annoying because there's nothing. Lies are annoying. If you lose your stomach, it's annoying."
"I can't think of an answer, so I'm annoyed, I don't know. Well, let's get back to it. I do prioritize my reasons for wanting to be a god, but I didn't forget about Celica or the others. I don't know, my lies are to facilitate the operation or turn the relationship around well, it should be."
At the end of the day, I was a little less confident, so I avoided being definitive.
"A good lie, a lie that helps people. That too, kiddo."
"I have to behave as a brave man. Sometimes I say something different to what I mean for that. But it's all for people who want brave men."
"Lies for everyone. It's a lie, but there is."
Rapissia nodded furiously as she glanced at her face.
Apparently, you didn't convince me.
But the level up light did not emit.
I got out of bed.
"Come on, if you know what I mean, let's go."
"Go away!
Lapisia jumped off the bed, spreading her one-piece skirt.
And he came to my side, so he held hands and left the room.
Adelstein on a plateau surrounded by mountains.
We were climbing a valley road in one of those mountains. It is aimed at the mining town of Graben, built behind the valley.
The noon sun was weak and cold. The soil was frozen where it was in the shade.
I climb up with such dirt thundering.
The trees that grew in the valley were withered with leaves, and cold winds were blown away.
It was just better without snow.
The mountains visible from among the branches are white and shining with snow at the top of the mountain.
Even when it came to dirt roads, they were wide. So much so that the carriage can afford to be different.
Besides, there were rails at the end of the road. They haven't used it for a long time, and it was red and rusty.
Speak to Celica walking beside her as she climbs the gentle slopes relaxed.
"Is this rail a trolley?
"Yes, I am. They used to run a bunch of cars... but by the time I got around, it was already abandoned."
Celica, wearing a red headscarf, looked far away and stared at the end of the road.
"Is that the mining town after it was abandoned? It's true that the resistance is hidden, but it's the opposite of what stands out."
"Perhaps so. I'd be suspicious if there were a lot of people living in a town where few people were supposed to be."
"You've always been safe. Maybe he wasn't really considered an enemy."
Talking about that, Megna walking behind said.
"Kaika, brother, that's different"
"What do you mean?
"Most of the Resistances said they live in abandoned pits."
"I see. There are plenty of corridors if you're an abandoned pit, and it's easy to escape and hide - you even told me that before we met, the Resistance guys."
"Mm-hmm. That's different, too. I heard about the Beast Man of the Royal Army."
"Hmm? You think the country already knows where it is?
"So today, he said he was going to attack the resistance."
"Really? That's tough - 'cause hey! Not if you're walking relaxed, that's it!
Mea moved her thin legs smoothly and came out before me.
"I won't attack until the siege net is complete, so it's okay. There's so many exits, it's still gonna take some time."
"Hmm - but you're in trouble"
"Rather chance"
Megna's cat ears moved with pleasure.
How you expect something.
I put my hand on my mouth and think.
- You mean you can sell thanks if you help someone in need?
That would make it easier for me to get my point. Counting backwards from there, you need to master the resistance first. And wage an intelligence battle against Queen Cheesha.
So, I guess Megna's expectations are that I'll be active.
I looked at Migna and I said:
"You've become quite a woman."
"Kaika, I can do this for your brother."
Mea turned her breasts away, expressionless but good at it. My tail is standing perfectly.
I say as I think further.
"First, mastering the resistance. Then it's an intelligence battle."
"Is it an intelligence war?
Celica tilts her neck.
"Yeah, I hear half the soldiers are beasts, but to increase that ratio. Plus, we hide our existence for a while."
"And then what happens?
"If we know that the brave are coming to Edelstein, we will anticipate the presence of Celica and Megna, who have always acted together. Then we might be able to put in place measures. So secretly - Mea first."
"What?"
"Go to the mine first and find a place made up of only Beast soldiers from the Royal Army."
"That's all?"
"Uh, right. Sneak into contact and let them pretend they didn't fight and lose when the resistance came., and let him report up there," The numbers were so much stronger than expected. "
"Mm, okay."
Mea nodded gently, dropping her knees and building up her legs on her thin feet.
At the next moment, I flipped my white sleeve and ran away like the wind.
I'm curious, I turn to Lapisia. He looked up to me.
"Ki?
"Lapisia, I'm going to show you a good lie now. You should study."
"Shit!"
Lapisia took the lead as she skipped.