Chapter 334. Murellia’s History

Chapter 334. Murellia’s History

Thanks to Kuina’s Phantom Illusion Matric, Johan is hypnotized. However, this effect doesn’t seem like it will last for long, which means I need to quickly find out what I want to know.

“What is your affiliation!?” Kuina asked.

“Johan! Snap out of it!”

“Vice-captain! You scum!”

“Release us you wretches!” In loud voices, the other knights tried to disturb Kuina.

Kuina tried to question Johan, but the other knights interfered. From their point of view, they could understand that Johan was being manipulated.

“Shut up.”

“——!”

“——!”

With Fran’s Wind Magic, any sounds from the knights were cut off. No matter how much their mouths moved, their voices were unable to reach us. With this, we can comfortably Johan for information.

“I’ll ask you again. Which place are you affiliated with?”

“The Bashar Kingdom.”

“What is the relationship between you and Murellia?”

“Miss Murellia is the benefactor of my country as well as my home.”Yôur favorite stories at novelhall.com

“Let me know more about that. Tell me what you know about Murellia.”

Johan then began to tell us about Murellia’s relationship with themselves. It was a story about Murellia from 500 years before, that was completely different from those told in the Beastkin Empire.

“I don’t know.”

“Murellia said she would create a paradise for the Black Cat tribe, but why? From what I heard from your story, she should have despised the Black Cat tribe...”

“Using the power of the Evil God, it seems she intends to recall the souls of the Black Cat tribe from 500 years ago and grant them eternal torment. She said that she would then use their power to destroy the other beastkin tribes.” Johan responds to Mary’s muttering in an emotionless voice.

Apparently, the story about Murellia was passed on through the Magnolia family and the Bashar royal family. Therefore, he accompanied Murellia in order to repay his ancestor’s debt towards her. In addition, the king decided to ally with Lynford and Murellia as well. All this makes the likelihood of the story being true high indeed.

Not only that, but the invasion of the beast nation is, in fact, more meaningful to Bashar than territorial acquisition.

In recent years, a large gap has formed between the beastkin’s military power and other countries, making even light skirmishes impossible. As a result, many misunderstand and think ‘peace is coming’, but the truth is the opposite. Within the country, underground beastkin discrimination groups were forming, with many among their number being nobles.

As a result, the number of young people instigating hate against the beastkin from the shadows were increasing, and the movement to reject the beastkin was quietly spreading in the country. At this rate, it was possible that civil wars or riots might erupt. However, if a war was started with the beastkin country for the sake of letting out their stress, there was the fear that they might be destroyed as well. Although the current beastkin king is moderate, Bashar’s leaders were fundamentally unable to trust in the beastkin.

That being said, what if they accepted Lynford’s invitation? With their combined power, it might even be possible to win the war and achieve their long cherished wish of colonizing the country of the beastkin. Even if they lose, they could still send the extremists belonging to the radical underground organizations to be disposed of. They could also make the excuse that the beastkin Murellia had used the power of the Evil God to manipulate them as well. Even if they were forced to make reparations, their nation would not be destroyed. And, of all things, the one to propose this was none other than Murellia herself.

“If we put all the responsibility on ourselves, the beastkin nation shouldn’t be able to bring all their strength to bear, is what we were thinking.”

“Is that the benefit of having saved the country twice...?”

“That is correct.”

The knights present here are among the members of the Magnolia family who are particularly patriotic, and who also seem to have great obligation and adoration for Murellia. Their nation had given them the role of a watchdog, but in reality, they were more like Murellia’s escort instead.

“Even if we are wicked, we shall not forget our debt to her.”

Still, this is pretty troublesome. I don’t really care if the other person has stuff like justice or circumstances. To begin with, everyone has their own form of justice. Even the enemies we’ve cut down so far all had their own reasons to fight our justice. It was just incompatible with our’s. If there’s someone worrying about things like that at this point, they shouldn’t have started fighting in the first place.

I don’t really know how true the story just now is anyways. In the end, it’s no wonder that the story of the Bashar kingdom, which favors Murellia, is different from the beastkin nation. Both stories should be taken with a grain of salt. Though, I do think it’s more likely that the Bashar kingdom, where the information remained intact, has the more accurate story.

What I found to be the most awkward part of it all was Murellia’s motives. This is just what I think from my previous live’s experience, but there’s nothing more terrifying than the grudge of a woman’s love. What’s this 30 year old virgin saying, you might ask. Yeah, I personally don’t have much romantic experience, but I’ve seen it enough at work and at school.

A girl who lynches a friend just because the boy she was in love with likes said friend. Or, a certain senior female employee who saw their love interest show kindness to a new employee, and, believing herself betrayed, curses them out of misplaced resentment and attempts to commit suicide in front of their eyes. Or, a colleague who began stalking the person their boyfriend was having an affair with, and murdered their pet cat. Truly terrifying. And they all have in common that, even after doing so many illogical things, they’re still smiling and going about business as usual.

Just like them, Murellia also looks calm on the surface. However, she’s someone who no one can understand what destructive actions she might take. Ordinary women might swing their kitchen knives around, but what if it were Murellia? She’s someone who might cause dungeons to spiral out of control or even revive the Evil God.

To make it worse, those with emotions such as delusions and grudges don’t know how to give up, even to the very end. Fueled by negative emotions, they can continue on without end. And now, she’s the Evil God’s Miko (Shrine Maiden). I have no idea just how twisted and insane her spirit might have become... In that respect, Murellia is really troublesome.