Chapter 148

Retice Kingdom, killed Commander Saran and tried to use us .

At that time, if I had not escaped, around this time, I would’ve met my end just like Commander Saran .

Or I would undoubtedly be used in some way .

In fact, if it weren’t for my classmates that had been left behind, I wouldn’t even want to hear that name .

「I’ve heard most of your conversation . Your conjecture should be correct . You’ve guessed it, haven’t you? Which country wanted that document to use as a pretext for war . …it’s the Retice Kingdom . 」

When Kurou entered my room, he collapsed onto the sofa in the room .

Even though both Latisneil and I were standing, as expected, it’s because he was past his prime, wasn’t it .

「For the time being, I won’t ask why the demon is here . 」

Kurou said this and glanced at Latisneil .

Latisneil was fidgeting around as if feeling uncomfortable, and I had no response to those words .

Kurou didn’t have『Eye of the World』, so he shouldn’t have known that Latisneil, who seemed to have the same amount of magic power as humans due to『Magic Concealment』, was a demon, but perhaps they knew each other .

Perhaps he knew what I was thinking or maybe he didn’t, but Kurou naturally continued the conversation .

「For now, do you want to hear about Retice Kingdom’s current circumstances? Your acquaintances are over there as well, right?」

「Rather than acquaintances, they’re more like people from the same hometown… . 」

Those guys were more than acquaintances, but we weren’t friends .

Since there was no word for ‘classmate’, it was hard to explain it .

Or rather, were there any schools here in this world .

「In fact, I don’t really care about those guys, but if they died, I would have a guilty conscience . 」

「I see . …unfortunately, I don’t have any news about the summoned people within the castle . However, it seems that they’re not dead . The amount of food being delivered to the castle hadn’t changed . 」

At those words, I unknowingly let out the breath I was holding in .

It seems that I was more concerned about my classmates than I thought .

That day, I did not regret leaving by myself after being falsely accused, but I thought that I should have gotten rid of the curses that had been inflicted on my classmates .

At that time, I was desperate, and Commander Saran’s death shocked me, so my judgement was impaired .

I thought that Zeal-san was in the castle, so things wouldn’t devolve into the worst case scenario, but now, both the hero and Zeal-san were not there .

What should I do .

I didn’t know how the hero and the others left the castle, but at the very least, they probably resented me .

「It’s not necessarily a good thing that they didn’t die . What’s more? There’s information that indicates that Retice Kingdom wants to start a war, isn’t there?」

When I asked that, Kurou, with a grim face, gave a solemn nod

「Aah . You, when you were in the castle, was there a rumor that the king wanted to resurrect a deceased person?」

I thought about it a little and nodded .

Come to think of it, I feel like I had heard about it from Commander Saran in the castle’s library .

His beloved wife passed away, so he wanted to bring her back to life all the while ignoring his daughter who was still alive or something like that .

Would I be like that as well if okaasan or Yui died .

However, even in this world where you could use magic, that kind of thing was impossible, so I ignored it… .

It was impossible for someone who had died decades ago to be brought back to life even for Amelia’s『Resurrection Magic』, so it’s just a fairy-tale in the end .

「However, that sort of thing is an impossibility . What does that have to do with wanting to start a war . 」

If dead people could come back to life, the people of this world wouldn’t be afraid of death .

However, there was a grim look on Kurou’s face .

「If, for argument’s sake, that was possible, what would you do?」

With Kurou’s words, the temperature of the room seemed to have rapidly dropped .

『Oi, you’re joking, right? Dead people coming back to life, it’s not possible . 』

Dumbfounded, Yoru muttered this .

However, I knew that even if there was a catastrophe, Kurou wouldn’t joke around .

But, if that were true, would Kurou revive his younger sister .

「Unfortunately, it’s true . …however, it seems that one would need to sacrifice thousands, millions of lives . I wanted to know if there’s someone you want to resurrect even if you need to go to such lengths . 」

Those words made me speechless, but I was also a little relieved .

It seems that Kurou didn’t think of doing such a thing .

「How would you do it? One person does not equate to the lives of thousands, millions of people, right?」

Why was it necessary to pay such a price even though only one person died?

「That, I don’t know, but it seems that in order to revive a single human using the skill『Exchange』, one would need a large number of lives . That’s why, the king of Retice wants to start a war . In the beginning, they tried to go to war against Yamato which is also situated in the human territory, but it seems that Zeal-boy and the chivalric order put a stop to it and it ended without incident . 」

I see .

So that’s why Zeal-san was discharged from the chivalric order, huh .

I don’t know which country was stronger, but either way, there would’ve been many casualties .

Why didn’t the citizens of Retice Kingdom oppose it .

Or was it that there were people who did object to it, but the king turned a deaf ear to their objections .

Or rather, the『Exchange』skill, huh .

It’s a worrisome skill .

Did it mean that if there was an appropriate compensation, you could do anything?

Regardless of whether it was in combat, or in one’s daily life, it was a skill that was highly versatile .

「So, where did you get that kind of information?」

This was something that I’ve always wondered .

No matter where he was, or where he went, Kurou would get a hold of information from somewhere .

Kurou ruffled my hair when I asked that and left the room .

「It’s a secret . 」

Every single one of his movements were handsome .

Even though he was an old man at the end of his lifespan .