Chapter 145 – Chapter 145 ― Just Bad Luck (5)
Episode 145 ― Just Bad Luck (5)
Roan gathered his skills.
People also gradually escaped from the influence of ‘charisma’ as if waking up from a dream.
Confusion, regret, shame, fear, and other emotions made people look like they were about to cry.
It was an expression that was revealed as the body belatedly tried to follow the emotions and messages delivered to the brain through ‘charisma’ and ‘listening’.
Perhaps when they go back to their lodgings and have their own time, they will chew and digest Roan’s words that came into their heads.
Roan, who judged that everyone had come to their senses, looked at the old man this time.
“Ackerman. I am not too afraid.”
And I looked at people.
“This one is too scared.”
This is not Basel.
And in the future, these humans must continue to encounter demons and people who have different thoughts from themselves.
Roan also warned the old man.
“I understand how frustrated you are. I’m about to burst into a tantrum watching me from the side. However, it is arrogance for a person who has no ability to deal with it to act without thinking. They’re not alone. You are just as arrogant.”
The old man, who opened his mouth several times in surprise, lowered his head as if he had nothing to say.
“Perhaps you have been teaching everyone that way for a long time. But take care of yourself. Humans are weak It is weak enough to be killed by the fists of blind demons. So be careful how you behave.”
“This old man has done something reprehensible… I’m sorry… Your majesty. I will be careful with my words and actions in the future…”
The wrinkled old man’s face turned red.
Roan said softly.
“I’m not saying don’t say what you need to say. We are here to learn So you must teach. Clearly convey what we need to know. We know nothing They are so ignorant that they don’t even know what is wrong and what they need to know.”
Roan looked around at the humans.
“You have the responsibility to teach rightly. It is up to the teacher to think about how to make the student follow suit. Now that you have become my teachers, I want everyone to do that properly.”
“Okay… Yes, Your Majesty.”
The old man answered hesitantly, and the humans each thought to accept the emperor’s actions like the demons.
The emperor may be on the side of the nobles,
At least he thought that they knew the meaning of their work.
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“Your majesty. I apologize again. They’re like kids left out on the water, but they end up having an accident.”
After hearing about what happened during the day, the Eastern Emperor apologized to Roan once again.
Roan leaned back in his chair and sighed. Seeing the emperor’s deep sigh, the Eastern Hwangju laughed shyly.
“All of them are guys who don’t know how to respond to harsh words because they’ve grown up with only precious things. I will tell you to pay more attention to human safety.”
In fact, Roan’s concerns were conveyed emotionally through ‘appeal’, and he was persuaded by ‘charisma’.
The emotional delivery of ‘appeal’ is close to forcibly conveying sympathy, which is not easy, with the power of skill.
‘Appeal’ is something that ordinary people have conversations with, understand in their heads but find it difficult to accept emotionally.
Empathy is a skill that allows you to literally share your feelings, so if your logic is clear, words conveyed through ‘appeal’ are almost invincible.
Besides, ‘charisma’ is the power that makes people follow even the wrong words. If the listener can understand the words, the effect is of course doubled.
By now, the demons and humans must be thinking over and over again what Roan said at the inn.
However, there was no need to give this lengthy explanation to the duke. Roan simply nodded his head.
“Hmm.”
When the emperor did not appear to be very angry, the Eastern Emperor brought up another topic.
“By the way, the management is great. It wouldn’t have been easy for a human woman to subdue a demon male, no matter how ordinary he was.”
“Hmm. She’s amazing.”
It seems that the duke had heard various reports about Diobe.
She said, “I heard that you came to the castle and asked the officials to make sure that the humans in the accommodation were not uncomfortable. He also talked about security without being afraid of the knights.”
She said, “She is a woman who would ask you for a sword. She also worked with the demons for a long time. There’s not much she’s afraid of.”
Hearing Roan’s answer, the duke seemed interested. His upper body tilted slightly toward the emperor.
“What was she originally doing? It was surprising that humans could rise to the ranks of officials in the demon society, but seeing the real thing in person, I thought it was worth it.”
Strong curiosity and interest felt in ‘listening’.
Emotions are very favorable.
Roan was a little surprised.
“Before she became an official, she was my exclusive maid, and before that, she was a Merde knight.”
“Ah… Also. Was she a knight?”
No matter how rotten Merde’s politics are, the force displayed by the sword is honest.
The duke, who had fought sword-to-sword with human knights on the battlefield for a long time, nodded as if he could understand Diobe’s actions.
Touching his chin, the duke recalled a faint smile.
“She is such a strong woman…”
The element of force is very important to the demons.
Is the central factor determining her own status,
It is also a standard for measuring someone’s attractiveness.
He treats demons without fear and has a handsome appearance.
She is a woman with great skills.
Any humanoid male demons would be attracted to Diobe.
Sipping hot tea, Roan murmured.
“Anyway, I’m worried that in the future we’ll have to send humans out of the city like this.”
“Isn’t it dangerous for humans outside of Basel?”
The emotions that the demons who live in the area where the emperor directly resides and the demons who live in the outskirts feel about the emperor’s order and about humans will be very different.
The current conflict between humans and demons could certainly happen in other cities as well.
“However, humans have knowledge that we do not have. Worth using and lots of skills to learn. It is to our detriment that Merde, because she is an enemy of us, does not learn the superiority of human skill. Aren’t all humans our enemies?”
“It is a reasonable word. But the war has just stopped. There are still many people who think that humans are enemies. Please give me a little respite.”
“Mmm.”
Roan was lost in thought.
The duke is right.
It wouldn’t be easy for demons and humans to live together all of a sudden. It was only possible because Basel was the capital. If humans hadn’t been much better at farming, they wouldn’t have had to take on such a risky job.
‘Is there no choice but to dispatch a small number so that they can be protected in the castle of the great lord for a while?’
However, I want to hurry up and pass on the skills of accounting, commerce, and agriculture, which are areas where humans are strong, to the demons.
This is also Roan’s wish to improve Evirgio’s situation as soon as possible.
‘In the end, it’s a matter of how to protect the weak.’
The conflict between humans and demons is partly due to the war with Merde, but it is also largely due to the culture of the rule of thumb of the demons, who consider that ‘those with weak power don’t care if they die’.
Although it cannot be said to be a lawless zone, one of the reasons Evirgio’s security is unstable is its culture of the jungle.
Eventually,
That culture has to change.
It’s not something that will happen overnight, but at least by overhauling the law, we can create a basis for changing the culture.
Not only humans,
You will be able to protect demons who have technology but are treated with disdain, and demons who die unfairly.
Roan’s thoughts are further expanded here
It even reached the question of whether there was a way to officially protect the dispatched human beings by force.
‘Should I create a mercenary army made up of demons? Like a direct mercenary or protection unit…’
Suddenly, Roan jumped up from his seat.
The duke was surprised and called the emperor.
“… Your majesty? Suddenly…”
Roan hurriedly ran out of the tent.
The Eastern Emperor left the tent immediately after the emperor.
Roan blew himself off and headed somewhere.
Direction of human lodging.
The Duke frowned as they approached the quarters.
He didn’t even have ‘detection’,
Although the feeling was not as good as that of Roan,
Instead, it had a great sense of smell as well as that of a beast.
The smell of blood flowed from the human quarters.
And, even in the direction the Emperor is running.
“Your Majesty, the smell of blood… !”
“Follow me.”
Roan’s short order, the duke understood right away. The duke started running by the emperor’s side, pointing like a compass.
You can guess the location of the fugitive with ‘detection’, but it’s not as accurate as a duke’s sense of smell.
The Duke’s yellow eyes, shining in the thick darkness, dimly showed a human figure running through a field cultivated by humans and demons.
And the duke doubted his own nose.
That body odor mixed with the smell of blood,
It was very familiar.
The wounded fugitive was soon overtaken by Roan and the Duke.
“Who are you?”
Roan blocked the front, and the duke blocked the retreat.
The cornered fugitive let out a low growl. Sounds like a beast, not a human.
Roan, who had been chasing the fugitive only with ‘detection’ and feeling, opened her eyes wide as if surprised when she realized the fugitive’s identity.
And it seems like you don’t want to miss that moment.
The fugitive suddenly rushed towards the emperor.
“Dare!”
Roan drew his sword and the duke charged at the fugitive almost at the same time.
Roan deflected the fugitive’s sword with a flowing motion. He hadn’t even pulled out his sword. The fugitive stumbled and lost his balance.
And the duke fired a tackle without missing the gap.
Seeing the fugitive fall, Roan seemed to hesitate for a moment.
But the hesitation was short-lived.
Roan drew his sword like lightning and thrust it into the ankle of the one who was rolling on the ground.
“Kuaaaaa!”
A scream resounded like that of a beast.
I saw a small torch flickering and running from far away.
He was already wounded in his side and his blood was seeping out. The knight who cut his ankle there, couldn’t get up and just struggled.
“… Vice-captain!?”
One of the knights who arrived in a hurry with a torch shouted.
I heard the Duke grinding his teeth.
Vice-captain of the Eastern Emperor’s Knights.
The demon with scars on his face,
He was the leader of the knights who guided Roan to the east of Birektum.
I can’t find the intelligence as a vice-captain in his appearance rolling on the ground and screaming.
“Yurus…”
Roan, who actually knocked him down by cutting his ankle, also looked at the knight with a puzzled face.
He knew how to respond to people’s words because he couldn’t resist, but he literally struggled, screaming like a beast.
However, the facial expressions of the people from Donghwangryeong who gathered were quite different from Roan’s.
I feel heartbreak,
An expression that doesn’t seem confused like Roan’s.
Among them, the most calm was the duke.
“Is Yurus coughing?”
None of the knights responded.
Roan was puzzled.
Ever since he accompanied himself, Iza had been coughing occasionally.
But before Roan could even open his mouth,
As if no answer was needed, the duke took a step closer to the fallen knight and said,
“Well, I must have tried my best to hide it… Your majesty. Back off.”
“Duke, why…”
“Contaminated.”
“… What?”
Roan’s face twisted.
