Chapter 168 – Division (8)

[I would like to make it clear that Fabian’s subjugation of Drek-Psy was not our intention or plan, and was the result of Fabian’s individual actions. And I, too, regret that this subjugation operation has gone back to nothing.

However, with Fabian, who was one of the pillars of Hero’s group, succeeding in killing Drek-Psy, there will be an opportunity for public opinion to rebound in the capital…]

Alexander could not continue writing. Brilliant lighting, delicious food, beauties were waiting in the next room, and his glass was filled with high-alcohol alcohol. But today, he couldn’t feel any pleasure.

Sending an explanation to the nobles, he only felt ridiculous and pathetic. Alexander wiped his face and began to read again. His filthy inner thoughts were revealed as he teased and appeased the aristocrats, and regarded even the death of his colleague as an opportunity for a rebound.

“Fabian…”

Fabian and Alexander weren’t that close. Fabian had drawn a little line with everyone including Wolf. When I asked him for something, he was more than happy to do it, but he seldom talked about personal things.

But even so, the two were colleagues. With the Demon King in front of them, they communicated with their eyes, and always helped each other in moments of crisis. I was drawing a line, but I had a rough adventure that the line was meaningless.

“Why did you go alone? Uh? Can’t do it Couldn’t you just wait a week?”

Alexander asked while looking at the letter lying on the desk. He had no one to answer. Alexander lowered his head with a grim expression. In the urgent news from the north, there was a drastic change in the war situation.

Drek – Psy died

Hero Fabian dies

Alexander drank. I didn’t feel any taste from the alcohol today.

******

“They say Fabian passed away.”

“…Okay?”

Wolf was looking through the photos. Bottles of alcohol were rolling around beside him. Ever since Fabian quietly disappeared, Wolf had anticipated this separation. We ran, trusting each other, but the end was always futile.

“Wolf. Are you okay?”

The attendant asked anxiously. Said Wolf, putting his picture in his pocket.

“Are you okay.”

Wolf nodded his head. But his expression was contorted. He was angry at the reality that there was no one to blame. He was saddened by the fact that Fabian hadn’t left a will for him.

“Are you okay.”

But even if he vomited out his emotions, nothing came back, so he just held back his tears and repeated the words that it was okay. Said the attendant.

“The body of Fabian is said to be coming up from the North.”

“Let the funeral be held as generously as possible.”

“All right.”

The door is closed. Wolf drank from the bottle again and began to sweep through the photos. Fabian did not leave him with any words. Wolf couldn’t understand that. He captured the demon king together and shared the glory. Wolf was the one who freed Fabian from his enslavement and put him in his place.

“Why did you leave without saying anything to me? Fabian.”

Wolf recalled the strange friendships he had experienced as a child. Something like a bug that accidentally lands on your finger or a frog that lands on your head. He thought that he had a connection with him, so all the things he was carrying with him would be chased away by birds or fly away in search of other flower gardens.

The futility came at such times and engraved painful memories in his heart.

“Fabian.”

Even if his name was called, no more Fabian would come.

A light knock on the window. Footsteps like a cat walking. A low-pitched voice that is serious but worried about oneself. The dedication to doing anything for yourself.

Nothing was there anymore.

“What am I supposed to do now?”

Even when Wolf asked a question, no one could answer it.

*****

“Surrender! Surrender! All prisoners will surrender!”

The human soldiers were facing the beasts with disgust on their faces. The white-furred snow leopard fell to his knees proudly and buried his head in his snow. Orland was facing the beast with bandages wrapped around his body.

After the war, Orland, who survived dramatically, spoke to the snow leopard man with mixed feelings of hatred and contempt.

“…I remember you. Snow leopard beast. It was definitely you who kidnapped humans.”

“This is what I did for a living! If I hadn’t done that, everyone would have been killed by Baara!”

Before Orland could say anything more, one of his soldiers shuddered.

“That guy! He is the one who entered our village and slaughtered people! He is worse than a devil, so he must be killed!”

“That’s right! They said that the village next to us was invaded by beasts!”

“Isn’t it a self-evident fact that demons and beastmen are one team! We must kill them all!”

Orlando was also trembling. He still couldn’t forget the horror and humiliation of being trapped among the beasts. The cold that had been tormenting him and the ridicule of the beastmen ran through his mind vividly. The brutality of the snow leopard beastman, who was silently throwing people in, was still good in my eyes.

I still remembered the vivid thumping of the filthy beasts in the tent next door.

“Turn it off… !”

Orland turned his face red and gritted his teeth, and the doctor stopped him.

“Calm down. Orlando Ball. Wounds heal. You are not in a state to move now.”

Orlando saw the bandages tied all over his body. Even the slightest movement caused blood to ooze out, and every time he breathed, his whole body ached. But even in the midst of such pain, he had to decide what to do with the snow leopard beast himself.

“Tell me with your mouth. Do you have any reason to live?”

“We helped and lived in this battle! Or you are all dead!”

The snow leopard beastman opened his eyes straight and shouted. At that, the soldiers averted their eyes and nodded or clicked their tongues. Orlando didn’t even respond. Drek – I vividly remember the cry of the snow leopard beast as soon as Psy died.

[Attack all demons! Drek – Psy is dead! Now these guys are not on our side!]

Then, as if they had promised, the beasts began to attack the demons and surround the humans. I also remembered how the demons who were suddenly attacked in the side screamed in astonishment.

[These traitors! This is why I didn’t believe in the beast man!]

[Shut up! You dirty demons! Long live the humans!]

[The beasts betrayed!]

Orlando shook his head. There was some truth in what the prisoners said. It was the beastmen who brought him out of the heart of the demons after he fell unconscious. It was the prisoners who helped turn over the crumbling wires.

Furthermore, he actively helped with the battlefield settlement, and now he quietly gathered the beastmen and was kneeling in front of Orlando. Said the snow leopard beastman.

“We protected you! Even if there are sins! The reason you were able to judge us here now is because we helped you! Save me! You can be a slave! I may serve you from generation to generation! Give me your life!”

The servile way of speaking and babbling movements aroused a certain subtle emotion beyond disgust. Said Orlando.

“Don’t you have any pride? Do you not have as much conscience as a fingernail? The ghosts that died because you raided the village are still roaming the North! Drek – To betray Psy as soon as he dies! Shame on you as a soldier! What kind of mouth do you ask for help! Die proudly!”

The snow leopard shook his head and shouted.

“It is right to stick to the strong side because you want to live! Weak ones die without saying a word! Drek – The moment Psy arrived! We had no choice but to live or die! What’s the point if you die there! Who knows we’ll die! Honor is nothing! Alive is the best! Surviving is my pride! Save me! I hope you can save me!”

The man next to Orland whispered in a low voice.

“During the last legion conquest, he leaked false information and the army was annihilated. It seems appropriate to comfort those who died with his neck.”

“But, can we kill them here and now? They are still strong and numerous. We are all exhausted, and we can’t even chase the beastmen in the snow. They’re not begging us. It’s threatening.”

As the two whispered in their ears, the beastmen met each other’s eyes. Although the situation had calmed down, the soldiers were still exhausted and could not chase the prisoners in the snow. If the snow leopard beastman wanted to, he could have killed everyone and escaped right away.

His sitting quietly was a kind of bargain and blackmail.

Orlando had a headache. Considering the hardships he had suffered in the North, it was a reasonable punishment to have the snow leopard beastman skinned and then burned to death. However, he had no way of doing it. What would he say if he said that this cowardly snow leopard man would kill him? And if you try to trick him into killing him and fail, what will be the result? It was a situation where I could neither take the risk nor forgive him.

At that time, the man who was talking with the magic communicator in the corner suddenly raised his hand and shouted.

“For a moment! Pause! Stop!”

“What?”

Orlando looked at the man with a spirited expression. The man broke into a cold sweat as he met the sharp gazes of Orlando and the northerners. The momentum of shouting to stop disappeared into the rat hole, and only the Pilbu stood here. Orlando asked again.

“Tell me.”

The man said carefully.

“That that… I’m talking in the capital… It is an order to bring all the prisoners. They say they use it as a worker to make a statue of Fabian-sama, who died this time…”

“Would! Would!”

The snow leopard beast nodded his head vigorously and shouted.

Orlando sighed deeply.