EP.286 Blessed Country, Cursed Human – 9
“This person’s name is Yuel. He is the same person as Cheontong Eimeder and is the head of the Three Six Great Walls brought by Warlord Valiorant. And even after he died, he is also a great man who created this country. In a word, the hidden king of the military!”
“…don’t call me king.”
“He sees me as a savage! I’ll sing it to my heart’s content! Anyway, if you have any questions, ask this person! I’ll explain everything from the birth of the military to the ideology! It’s finally time to make your wishes come true!”
Yuel glared at me with wide eyes. It seems like she didn’t even want to see her face a little while ago, but now there’s only me to look at.
If you turn your head, there is a princess on one side and Shiati on the other. Both are children abandoned by the military. The things that the saintess put aside to carry on the maintenance of the warlord came to her far away.
“…Did you bring the two of us with this in mind from the beginning?”
“no? How can I know the future when I’m not even a prophet? I didn’t even know who you were until I came here in the first place.”
The real prophets have abandoned everyone. Well, whenever there was a situation favorable to me, they asked me if I had predicted all of this. You have to sound sensible.
“But it doesn’t matter if you know the future or not. Those two have a huge wish. That wind drove them all the way here, and in the end, they faced you face to face. Of course, if I hadn’t been there, I might have had an accident on the way.”
“You don’t have the ability to make humans follow you anymore.”
“Because I don’t have that ability. It doesn’t matter if it’s power or authority. how many times do you say It is they themselves who have led them this far.”
Right now, those two are walking towards this place without me using my hands or cheating. He walks with a weary gait on the hard stone floor, but his eyes are straight.
“And you are the one who made them. It is inevitable that Shiati and the princess will come here. You may fail or you may succeed. It doesn’t matter either.”
Unfortunately, I can ask questions and get answers, but I can’t draw conclusions for them. In that sense, it was a very good choice to bring these two, who had a real business.
Shiati, who took a long stride, approached first. I stepped aside and assumed the role of an observer.
ruler. show me. What are you going to do with this saint?
I was watching with a little bit of excitement, but for some reason, Shiati looked at me instead of Yuel and asked.
“Is that corpse over there Gunung?”
“He was once a warlord. Although now it is only a corpse.”
“Why does that woman have it?”
“Isn’t it more accurate to say that they were buried together rather than having them? This looks like the basement of a temple… But wait a minute. why do you ask me Ask that person.”
I brought him to ask instead, but why are you holding on to the wrong person and making a fuss? I can read Yuelle’s thoughts, but I can’t make her answer. I mean, mind reading has been discovered.
When I showed a reluctant attitude, Shiati shrugged and said,
“How can you trust the words of that openly dubious woman?”
That’s it too.
Well, it would only be embarrassing to tell Shiati, who had fled the chaos underground, that this person is a black man out of the blue.
Shiati is normal like everyone else. She sees only what is in front of her. Whether or not that is true, it is too big a truth for Siati to see at a glance.
“Do you believe me?”
“Comparative.”
“Thank you for that.”
Shiati laughed and muttered with a detached face.
“And now it doesn’t really matter. Who was the true black man in this country and what was he plotting? It’s so complicated that it gives me a headache.”
“uh?”
what’s up Where did the anger that seemed to set the whole country on fire? I know you were frustrated when you saw a communications soldier younger than you, but did you give up revenge just because of that?
“Can I? Revenge against the military?”
“As you said, I didn’t know the military. Even in the midst of getting to know it, my thoughts only get complicated, but I can’t come to a clear conclusion. Who is bad and what should I take revenge on. It gradually became a wander.”
Siati, who has been through all kinds of things, has grown as a person. But human growth means giving up something.
It’s a disappointing ending for me, who listened to the wind and guided me this far.
“Isn’t that woman younger than me too?”
“no way. You look older because you’ve been through all of the prenatal trials, but you’re older than me.”
“under. Still, I don’t think so. I didn’t even know who that woman was, but she’s the first one I’ve seen today. Even if I kill you, who in the world will know?”
It’s different from the way he ran like crazy until now. A sense of heterogeneity is felt in the appearance of Shiati, who muttered openly.
“City…”
‘That’s right. What’s right in front of you is more important than anything else! You noticed…!’
The princess was moved and looked at me with teary eyes, but I wasn’t very happy to see Siati’s liberation.
“What kind of wind blows?”
Shiati replied with a bitter smile.
“I hid in the room earlier and met the communications officer. Was it Ian? He said he was the same age as me. If the children who died in Hameln grew up, they would be exactly that age. I’m the same age as someone, but one drowned in the water. The other has become the command’s hidden power. however.”
“however?”
“…he didn’t look particularly better than me.”
Suddenly, Shiati dropped something dented. It was an empty can of canned beans. It’s tasteless, but it’s rich in nutrients and has a good compression rate, so it’s the most efficient meal for ‘survival’ purposes, apart from everything else.
It was also the least popular meal.
“The rich eat canned beans. Staying locked up in a dark room. What’s the point of that?”
The details of the signal soldier are classified, but some secrets have been unlocked for those who have already entered the module. For example, about the working conditions of signal soldiers. That’s information you can get by just observing.
As a result, how much Shiati was a communications soldier…
“I don’t even feel sorry for him.”
He realized that he was a coward.
Because you suffer more than anyone else, you are free from the blame or responsibility of others.
I pointed to Yuel and said.
“This person here. This guy made the communications soldier right?”
“…I guess so. A little annoying though. This person doesn’t look any different.”
There are no common cooking utensils or food ingredients. Even the bed is just a layer of cloth over a sarcophagus, and the only thing that looks warm is a corpse.
Shiati didn’t know what the saintess ate, but she knew she was suffering too.
Shiati looked down at Yuel. The encounter between the monster that created the military and the monster created by the military was surprisingly peaceful.
“I just don’t get angry anymore.”
It’s an unexpected reaction. This was the same for us as well as for UL. Yuel, who had expected that Shiati would attack at any moment, was caught off guard by a completely different reaction.
“…do you sympathize with me?”
“Maybe.”
The signalman knows everything. This is because information is obtained from dozens of golems and information is received from hundreds of signalmen.
at the same time know nothing. Because they are locked in a windowless room.
Communication soldiers have no life, so they have no responsibility. So there is no sin. who can blame them I would sympathize
All of this is UL’s arrangement. In the first place, communication soldiers were created for that purpose.
However, when Yuel became the object of sympathy, she felt a strange displeasure.
“Thank you Resistance. If you know enough, why don’t you give up and go back? If you stay by the princess’s side, your life will be saved. Just like before.”
“I have never regretted my life. Until now.”
Shiati stretched out her prosthetic arm. A prosthetic arm made of steel could not hinder the saintess’ prayers. The saintess also believed in it and watched it quietly.
The place where Siati’s prosthetic arm was headed was not U.L.
The corpse in Yuel’s arms slid out. Shiati grabbed the corpse by the collar and pulled it out at once.
A corpse is not a praying saint. It can also be pulled out with the power of Shiati. Yuel, who was praying in the right posture, opened his eyes and took away his precious traces.
“iced coffee?”
“Still, I got one good thing. Huey, is this Gunung? Wealth of this country?”
“It is.”
Oh right. that was a corpse
To me, a thought reader, a corpse is nothing more than a thing that was once human. I couldn’t even put it into my consciousness because I couldn’t feel it.
Shiati seems to have found usefulness in the corpse. Shiati looked over the corpse and asked me.
“It looks good for a corpse. Is it really a corpse? Not a single wound.”
“I would have been poisoned. So there won’t be any hurt. The best thing about a corpse is that it’s because he pampers and takes care of it.”
“anyway. People who have made a name for themselves in the military will recognize this person’s face, right?”
“I don’t know about other places, but since this is the Inner Circle Command, there must be quite a few old people with high ranks who have a hard time standing on the frontlines. Those old soldiers are quite recognizable, right?”
“Good. If you use this, at least a few people will notice.”
‘Maybe I have one last thing to do.’
Shiati tried to drag the corpse like a piece of luggage. At that moment, Yuel stopped praying that seemed to last forever. She reached out hastily and grabbed the hem of the clothes the corpse was wearing.
“What are you going to do with him?”
“I don’t know.”
“He’s already been put to rest! What are you going to do with the body!”
Shiati said calmly.
“Even if it’s a corpse, I wouldn’t be quite shocked if I cut Gunung’s head.”
It’s also Shiati. It’s because I do things I couldn’t imagine without hesitation.
Well, going out with the body of Gunung, who was said to have died 20 years ago, wouldn’t create a huge repercussion. But for just one person, Yuel, that would be a terrible insult that is hard to even imagine.
The Celestial Church encourages cremation, but not all. If it is a saint or a high-ranking priest, they are enshrined in the temple as they are, and the saint blesses and manages them regularly.
What Yuel did is part of that. It was full of personal feelings, but anyway, U.L has been doing that for over 20 years.
“I’ve been trying to take my anger out on things I can’t even see. But what? A dark secret no one knows? It’s not even funny. I’d rather look at the god who made this world and curse it.”
“So… you’re going to take your anger out on his corpse?”
“A corpse has no emotions. But at least if I carry this… At least those who know Gunung’s face will listen to me.”
Shiati grabbed the corpse by the hem of his trousers and dragged him away. The body is dragged along like a piece of luggage. In the direction away from UL.
Yuel jumped up and clung to the corpse. Shiati hesitated at the weight of the corpse.
“Leave it! He doesn’t deserve to be treated like that by the likes of you!”
“When I was alive, I was treated like material. What about a corpse?”
kya Even in death, that man is still fighting a tug-of-war between two women. If you saw this scene in heaven, you would be happy…
No, the reason why you died in the first place was that you were cut off during a tug-of-war, right? Then it wouldn’t be very pleasant. Rather painful.
Whoa, I shouldn’t be like that.
The sight of Yuel whimpering and trying to retrieve the corpse was more pitiful than anything else. Falling in love with Shiati pulling at the hem of his pants, Yuel couldn’t bear to grab his neck and all he could do was hold onto his body with both arms. It was obvious that he didn’t know what to do for fear of being damaged.
How could someone who was once a saint come to that point? Shiati murmured.
“I just got one more reason to use this corpse.”
“oh!”
The confrontation, which seemed tense, came to an abrupt end. As soon as Shiati gave her strength, Yuel’s body turned ugly. It is impossible for a saintess who has been locked in for over 20 years to defeat the strength of the resistance leader.
Shiati looked down at Yuel, who had fallen, and laughed.
“If you don’t like it, there’s no reason to quit. keep an eye out there How do I use this corpse?”
“You!”
Realizing that she could not win with brute force, the saintess cowardly put her hands together and prayed. The saintess has tremendous power, but she doesn’t have the easy-to-understand power to strike down the person right in front of her.
Instead, Yuel spat out lines like a third-class villain and tried to call an angel.
“Cheerful…! Are you acting like you are anything just because you were lucky enough to come this far?!”
The sacrifice is oneself. It’s a bit of a big price to use to protect just one corpse.
But to Yuel, the corpse is everything in this small world. I was determined to die anyway. Yuel finished preparations to become a sacrifice without hesitation.
“Siaty! Stop for a second!”
Fortunately, the princess intervened before the angel descended. Shiati followed the princess’s words and Yuel, who acted like he was going to kill him right away, tempered his anger for a moment in front of the princess.
The princess who stopped the quarrel appealed to Shiati.
“Siaty. I still have something to ask. His corpse could be the answer to my question. So could you wait a minute?”
“Wait a minute.”
Shiati obediently placed the body. The leg he was holding onto hit the ground without any movement, and Yuel flinched as if his leg had been hit.
The princess stood in front of Yuel, who had become contemplative. Yuel said to the other intruder.
“…You said you had a question for me, Princess Grandiomor.”
“yes. Did you say that Yuel? There was something I really wanted to ask the military or you.”
Yuel gestured as if asking a quick question. After clearing her voice a few times, the princess confessed the question she had been harboring.
“I have been watching the military for a long time. so i know How strong and rich the military is. The resistance has been stealing or stealing a lot of material for a long time, but the military has not suffered much.”
“He proudly says that he stole and stole until now.”
“Ah… I apologize for that. We’re also tired of living in hiding… Uh anyway! The military was such a great country! Both the system and the scale! It was so huge that it couldn’t even compare to the kingdom!”
The princess rhymed with her own aristocratic style of speech, but Yuel maintained a cold attitude.
“I didn’t expect to be praised by the Resistance who came this far. I heard your complaint well. Then why don’t you surrender?”
“I don’t mean that! I just wondered what it was for!”
The military is rational and efficient. They exploit humans to extract maximum value under given conditions.
Of course, it was something that had to be done, but the princess threw a question about ‘why’.
“A country must be able to take care of its people and be kind to them. The kingdom couldn’t do that, but the military nation that was born after destroying the kingdom could do that, right? If you reduce your work a little bit, if you take care of people a little bit, if you’re a little less harsh. This military nation would have come closer to paradise on earth.”
“….”
“But… the military seems to be deliberately avoiding it. Why? After all, everyone is military. Are you reluctant to give to the military people?”
Yuel didn’t answer. Presuming that the question was a bit ambiguous, the princess recalled the question inside her more specifically.
“It’s not even about being extravagant! If you did, you’d be enjoying even greater luxury! They would have been cared for in a grand palace rather than with a corpse in a cramped room! But it’s not like that. For what purpose are you pushing humans into a hellish bondage?”
“…peel.”
“yes?”
Yuel struggled to open his mouth.
“Because the blessed nation he and I created must continue forever.”
