Chapter 202.1
As expected, I was surprised to hear a name that I had not expected to hear. High Priest Leppe, on the other hand, also looked surprised but for another reason.
Did you know Juliane-samas name?
Well, yes.
I see. You are also close to Her Royal Highness the Second Princess Laura, arent you?
I was not lying about knowing her name at least. For now, I would not deny his misunderstanding.
In the first place, the Royal family Weinzierl is actually not a noble house from this region, you know.
Is that so?
Yes, its a long story
At this point, I slightly regretted not changing the subject. I had a feeling that it was going to be a long story. And these bad predictions usually come true.
For now, to summarize the early part of the story, the first Demon King appeared in the north. With the appearance of the Demon King, the capital of the ancient kingdom in the north disappeared, and at that point, the ancient kingdom entered a state of anarchy. Furthermore, the Demon King ate and absorbed people and plants, transforming them into demons and increasing their numbers, thereby preparing his forces.
Meanwhile, the nobles of the ancient kingdom who had survived when the capital disappeared fled to the south and started defensive battles while building a stronghold for their lives in the south. Leppe-san expressed that the stronghold they built was now the Great Church of Finnoi, but it might have been called the Finnoi Fortress at that time. Somehow, I get the impression that the emphasis on strength, or valor instead of intelligence started to increase around that time.
(T/N: From now on, we will be using the Great Church of Finnoi to make everything more consistent.)
The trouble with this story, however, was
How did the capital disappear?
According to the teachings, it was Divine Wrath.
Whether Leppe-san himself believed it or not, that was probably what was conveyed in the church. But this really bothered me. Almost all the advantages of the Demon King and his army against humanity were written as nothing more than Divine Wrath against Humans. Anyway, I have to continue listening.
At that time, the current royal family, the Weinzierl, was actually one of the noble houses who fled from the north. It appears that this was the reason why the royal residence was located a little out of the center of the city. However, apparently they also had a good number of soldiers, and they had established a foothold in the south by their own efforts, having made a good number of achievements in the battle against the demon army.
Even though their original country was ruined, they did not give up fighting demons. It was because of such a spirit that Saint-sama was born in the Weinzierl family, I suppose.
I see.
Heaven helps those who help themselves, I guess. I found this a bit ironic. In fact, it may have been just a coincidence, but I suppose it was more convenient for both the Royal Family and the Church to have a saint born into a family who was well known.
However, there was no reason to doubt his stories outright. So, I continued to listen to the story, accepting that this was simply how they have written it in their records.
Saint-sama, with the help of the oracle, brought to the world of humans magical techniques that were said to have been used only by the demon army.
At the risk of sounding disrespectful, how could others accept this?
So, magic was previously only used by the demon army? It also confirmed that the demon armys side was the original source of magic.
But still, I think that one wrong move could have caused a witch-hunt, since they were basically using the power of the Demon Army. Leppe-sans response to my question was strangely cold.
At that point, it seems like humanity was driven to the point where they had to use what they could, or they would perish.
Is it because of this past that magic is somewhat undervalued?
I cant deny that aspect.
Hmmm, I wonder what might be the reason for this slight discomfort I was feeling. Anyway, I should put this aside for now and continue listening to the story.
With Gods blessing, humans who have been now able to use magic can now fight with monsters from the north on more than equal terms, and balance has also started to be established between the nobles who fled from the north and the powerful people from the south. The power of healing magic is truly magnificent.
Hmmm.
With the demon army present, there was no time for fighting each other. A political handshake must have taken place during those times. But what the heck, historically if that was the case, the southern side of the continent, which was once fighting with the north, had to work with the norths former nobles armies, right? It must have been quite a complicated situation for the nobles who fled from the north to face.
And then, when the southern side had prepared its forces and settled down to some extent, a great change occurred in the northern side, which had become the territory of the Demon King. The almost whole northern side submerged into the sea after being corrupted by the Demon King. After some time, the Demon King came ashore from the sea with a huge army. The human side also gathered at the Great Church of Finnoi, and a decisive battle followed.
I see.
Was it Nature that transformed creatures into monsters? I wonder if this had anything to do with the fact that the magic stones use the power of nature.
And among the volunteer soldiers who gathered at Finnoi, there was Yorg, the Hero who later defeated the Demon King. Him meeting Saint-Sama was said to be the result of divine guidance.
Wait, Volunteer soldiers?
Id like to ask you to keep this confidential, but although they are called volunteer soldiers, they were actually slave soldiers.
What?
A former slave soldier in a noble society became a hero who defeated the Demon King? That seems like nothing but trouble for those in power. Perhaps that was the reason why his burial ground was never even known.
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