BDAW ss8 Shimei

The movement of the black dragon stopped.
However, the power of destruction on the body remains the same.
You can’t approach carelessly.

――Some day… Hand in hand……――

“……!?”

Again.
I heard a voice again.
A woman’s voice with a soft sound.

“What, what is this voice…?”

I’m not the only one.
Everyone is confused.
This voice that seems to be poured directly into the head seems to be transmitted to everyone who gathered here.

I heard that dragons have the ability to speak.
Does this phenomenon depend on its power?

――Perel… Connecting hope……――

The voice is getting louder and louder.
Something suddenly came into my mind.

(……What is it? ……Is this……?)

What came into mind is scenery.
It was hazy, but it gradually began to appear clearly as an image in my mind.

A young lady with black hair and black eyes wandering in the forest.
An encounter with a young man.

The two call each other “Oine” and “Perel.”

(Is this … the young hero king, Perel …?)

The distance between the two of them is shrinking little by little.
The beginning of warm days.
Indignation at the exiled country that spreads bad governance.
Oine and Perel stood up.
All of this runs around my head with a feeling of reality.

……It’s strange.

This is completely different from the origin of the kingdom I know.

Oine, the witch who founded the demon kingdom, had the power to turn into a black dragon.
It is the so-called “Black Dragon of Destruction”.

The dragon should have done it’s best to destroy our Perel Kingdom that had just been discovered, and then it should have been defeated by the hero king Perel.

However, this video that is unfolding in my heart now is probably Oine’s mental landscape.
The witch is fighting hard to save the people, hand in hand with the hero king.

(……The past is……twisted……?)

I don’t know.
It’s difficult to judge.
What is true…
But the feelings of these two people in my mind disturb my mind with an overwhelming sense of reality.

――……Connect hope……――

Oine’s mental landscape slowly erodes.

The end of the struggle.
And a new budding chain of hatred.

I see.
Is that so…?

I understood everything.
It will be the same for everyone.

The corrupt exiled country was defeated by the crowd who stood up with Oine and Perel.
This will bring peace to the country.
Everyone thought so and hoped so.

But that didn’t happen.
The crowd, which had been on the side of being oppressed by the evil governance until now, began to violently oppress the former royalty and nobles who were nesting in the exiled country.

It was as intense as a witch hunt.
Oine and Perel lamented it.

And Oine moved to the withered land in the northeast with the former royal nobles who lost their place, and built the demon kingdom, Oine.

Someday, she believes that hatred will disappear from the people of both countries and there will be a future where we can hold hands together …

――……Hope,……――

Oine’s voice began to move away.
But instead, someone’s voice echoes loudly.

――……I hate it. ……I, the Kingdom of Perel is…

Is this the thought of the witch, Inedit?
Apparently, this black dragon has taken over the witch.
If you pay attention, there are certainly six magic balls floating around the dragon.

There was anger swirling among the witch.

The thought tightening my heart is a lament.
The indignation of the people she loves being overrun by invasion.
A feeling of helplessness that can’t do anything for the people who are starving and dying.

Inedit’s heart was filled with such suffering similar to guilt.

――……I’m… I’m…――

Her sorrow, the wailing, hits me straight in the heart.
Before I knew it, a teardrop was running down my cheek.

 

“…………”

The gathered knights were all at a loss for words.
Someone murmured.

“……What are we fighting for?”

I don’t know who muttered those words.
But everyone shared the same feelings.

The black dragon that had stopped its activities wriggled.
It was Kilkenny who noticed it as soon as possible.

“Everyone! Rebuild the defense line!”

He goes around screaming.
The knights who were stunned, including me, regained themselves.

“While you can now! If you don’t do it soon, the dragon will start to move again!”

I build a team quickly.
The remaining forces are the Golden Knights, 1,500 and the Royal Dragon Knights, 600, a total of 2,000.
It was less than half of the original.
With a small number of soldiers, we will build a defense line in a hurry.

“……Guruo”

At the same time as the defense system was somehow in place, the black dragon began to move forward again.

――Destruction… Destroy the kingdom…! ――

I understood the feeling that Inedit hates the kingdom.
But that doesn’t mean I can sit down and enjoy the destruction.

When I look around, the dragon knights under me are depressed by the chain of sadness that continues from the past and the indignation of the witch.

This can’t be done.
Everyone has already lost sight of the significance of fighting the demon kingdom.
Now that I’ve learned everything, I feel the same way.

The kingdom should make peace with the demon kingdom.
That will be the answer of everyone who gathered here.

However, the fierce and crazy black dragon resumes the invasion.
Even if we try to join hands in the near future, if we don’t protect this place, the kingdom itself may be destroyed.

“Knights of the Kingdom! The soldiers who chose to stand up without running away! Now is the time to inspire!”

Everyone paid attention to me.

“You guys saw it too! The truth of the kingdom and the demon kingdom!”

Point the black dragon with the tip of the sword.

“That will be the end of our mistakes! A symbol of the sin that must be redeemed!”

The sinking knights looked up.
Everyone looks straight at the dragon of disaster.

“It’s up to us who gathered here to draw the curtain on a terrible battle that continues more than the past!”

The knights, the soldiers, stood up.

“No matter what, we will repel the dragon and open up the future of the kingdom and the demon kingdom!”

The black dragon opens its mouth wide.

“Gru-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!”

However, there is nothing to be afraid of anymore in the roar that shakes the atmosphere.

“Everyone, follow me!”

Under the order given, the battle started.

 

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Well, now we know the real story behind what happened between the two kingdoms.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you for reading!