I Became a Childhood Friend With the Villainous Saintess - Chapter 161



161 – Gamigin (3)

[Saint, the reverse harem is impure! Excerpt from Volume 3, page 54]

As I fell asleep and my consciousness entered a dream, the sound of horse hooves sounded as if they would trample the whole world.

What you soon hear is the sound of a spear blade piercing flesh.

Life was trampled in vain, and screams erupted in merciless violence.

The sad truth is that those who committed the murders were human beings just like me.

No. It would be better if we were just human.

It was a heavily armed knight who had just stabbed the unarmed old man with his sword.

The knights who were supposed to protect the weak and uphold honor were brutally murdering the helpless.

This was because they were a separate race called the ‘Demons’.

‘This is so horrible.’

The village that is burning down now must have been their precious home.

They just looked a little different. To me, the demons just looked like people living peacefully.

The knight on horseback swung his sword towards the sobbing girl.

The woman who must have been the girl’s mother died while trying to protect her child with her body.

A girl who lost her parents right before her eyes. Now there was no one to protect her.

I couldn’t bear to see the end, so I closed my eyes tightly.

I knew it.

The truth is that we humans are a species that sometimes makes the cruelest decisions.

It was a world I thought was just paradise.

But how could that be? I just didn’t know because there were so many warm people around me.

The shadow of humanity has been present everywhere, past and present, and here, the age-old war was like that.

‘Because it was the same in the world I lived in.’

There was a history there of people being treated like livestock simply because of their skin color.

They would load people onto large ships and transport them like merchandise, and they would kill people or make them slaves because of their religion.

Going back a bit further, there were also suspicions that a subspecies of modern humans was wiped out.

In my eyes, those demons all looked like the same people.

They live in a small village, peacefully, and parents love their children.

That alone seemed to be enough evidence that he was human.

The really fortunate thing is that what I saw is not what is happening right now.

– You look tired. Did you have a hard time sleeping? There was a lot of cold wind last night. If you want, I can tell the attendant to light more fire.

– No, that’s not it. The room was very warm. But… … I’ve been having nightmares a lot lately.

– A nightmare? That’s a big deal. Do you happen to know what it was about? If it’s so painful to recall, there’s no need to overdo it.

– I feel like I keep having the same dream. Some knights are raiding a village and killing demons. But the scene is so brutal that it stays in my memory.

– I keep having the same dream… … This happens occasionally to saints and saintesses chosen by God. Perhaps Asirel is giving me an indirect hint.

I have only recently become a saint.

Achilles said that if I were to face God directly now, there would likely be a huge backlash.

Moreover, the God of Light is so powerful that he expresses his intentions indirectly.

When I asked Karzan, he said that the Empire had not attacked the Demon Territory recently.

Well then, it’s probably something from the past or the future.

Karzan said that the Empire usually does not strike first against the Demons.

If we really look at the precedent, it was about 2-3 years ago. I think it was when the Grand Duke of Illencia began to take control of the dead Demon King’s territory?

I heard that he made a lot of money by developing the mine in Majokryeong.

Somehow, I thought I saw a military flag symbolizing the tip of a spear in my dream.

* * *

Sirien moved the quill with graceful movements.

The words are written on light tan paper with ink on it.

I watched the scene quietly from behind.

– Sirien Illencia of the West respectfully addresses the Sun of the Empire.

– Today, the fourth Demon King, Gamigin, came to visit in person and expressed his desire to have an audience with His Majesty the Emperor.

– According to what Gamigin has told us, they are going to discuss reconciliation between the two races.

A hand that stops for a moment.

Sirien frowned.

A faint sense of discomfort seeps from her back.

Sirien only calmed down after I consoled her.

West and North.

For a long time, the two regions adjacent to the Demon Tribe have treated the Demon Tribe with feelings close to hatred.

It was a very natural thing. Their siblings, parents, lovers, friends. If we look a little more broadly, even neighbors and colleagues.

Living in an area where there is conflict with the Demon Tribe, it is inevitable that you will lose someone around you.

Can we forget the grudge of losing our parents?

What about the pain of not being able to protect your lover?

‘Just now, Sirien and I lost our fathers to the demons.’

In the western part of the empire protected by Sirien, the conflict with the Demons was a history full of wounds and resentment.

The Illencia Grand Duke’s family is no exception. As you go through the family lineage, there are many stories of people being killed by demons or dying in battles with demons.

Some demon lords even went so far as to abuse the corpse.

Moreover, there was not much to be gained from the war with the demons.

A war that was literally nothing but wounds.

The weapons and horns used by the Demon Tribe are quite valuable, but the Demon Tribe itself is extremely dangerous, so it is not a structure that can generate any profit.

If you deal with the Demons properly, the money you put in is much greater than the money you get out of it.

It was in a similar vein that the Grand Duke of Illencia had been running the Merchant Corps for generations, and the northern part was defended by the regular army of the Empire.

It’s something that someone has to do, but what can you do if it doesn’t pay off?

There is a reason why the greedy emperor leaves the influence of the Grand Duke of Illencia unchecked.

It is too much power for a single noble to possess, but without it, the border with the Demon Tribe cannot be properly protected.

‘If it was such a lucrative business, hundreds of mercenary groups would have been hanging around, even if it weren’t for us.’

I don’t go on expeditions without a special reason.

There were no places to pillage here and there like in a human country, and the colony on the Demon Territory side was clearly different from a human village.

Wouldn’t it be more accurate to view it as a training camp rather than a village?

There is no such thing as a village of demons who live and laugh like ordinary people.

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If you wanted to see a somewhat developed society, you had to go to the castle of the high-ranking demon lord.

Even there, the relationship would be closer to that of an absolute dictator and his slaves than that of a lord and his subjects.

I guess I’ve been absent-minded for a while.

When I looked back, I saw Sirien writing down words one after another.

– The message that Gamigin has conveyed as a spear aimed at the West is extremely bold, but the fact that the Demons have mentioned ‘conversation’ like this is considered a big change.

– I would like to ask the Empire’s intentions, as I suspect there may be divisions within the Demon Tribe or that the Demon Kings have other intentions.

– Illencia will defend the Empire’s territory without fear, no matter who the enemy is.

Sirien, who had written up to this point, let out a groan of pain.

Now, if we just relay this to the wizard, a direct report will be sent to the capital.

It seems that he was agonizing over the matter until the very end, as it was a serious matter.

He asked me to look at the content too, but I’m not sure.

Although I started studying recently, I still have many shortcomings.

Still, I was able to see a little bit of something.

For example, instead of asking directly if he would meet with Gamigin, he changed the subject to something like the division within the Demon Clan.

It is not only the Pantheon that does not consider the Demons as people. Even in Imperial law, the Demons are not treated as people.

Since you can’t say to the Emperor, ‘The leader of the beasts wants to meet you, are you really going to meet him?’, you should consider it a bit of a beating around the bush.

Honestly, if I had written it, I don’t think I would have been able to write it this neatly.

Sirien grabbed my sleeve and kept asking me questions.

“Isn’t it okay…? Surely the Emperor won’t just accept that you’re crazy?”

“Well, I don’t know.”

It was accepted in the original.

– Since I couldn’t say that, I decided to reassure Sirien a little.

As I rubbed her thin shoulders, her worried expression slowly relaxed.

Anyway, I’ve always said that you have a strangely spoiled personality. You’re going to laugh at me so quickly.

After massaging my shoulders, I received my own reward.

He gently pressed Sirien’s cheek with his finger.

The skin is soft and the cheeks are plump and sticky to the fingers.

It was so addictive that if I didn’t come to my senses, time would disappear in an instant.

“It’s okay. No matter what happens, I’ll be by your side.”

“Ugh… … . Hmm. How long are you going to touch it?”

“Why? You don’t like it?”

“It’s not that I don’t like it… … Ah, don’t let go. Keep going.”

“okay.”

Two days later.

The letter from the royal family made the back of Sirien’s neck tingle.

The content was long, but the meaning was simple.

– The decisions made at the previous meeting are as follows:

– Permits the entry of Demon King Gamigin and his five attendants into the system.

– The timing is… …