87 Episode 28: Escape from Slavery Theo Grune (2/2)

”What does that mean?”

You'll see soon enough.

Since then, Judo has stubbornly stuck his mouth and advised Theo and the others to eat the food.

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That afternoon, each and every one of them is asked what style of attack they prefer and put on standby at the log house.

When Aquid gives me one book each,

”It's a book of magic. Perform simple activation training after entering into a contract”

”Ma, the Book of Magic?

A book of magic, a book of miracles that imparts the power of magic to something without magical talent. Naturally even the Empire heard that its preciousness is national treasure class.

”There will be doubts, but now I want you to follow as you were told”

Confirming that they all nodded, Judd has instructed the cover of the Book of Magic to touch with his right palm.

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Gaining the miracle of magic in the rest stop, among his fellow citizens boiling in joy, Theo was blurry and reminiscent of this insane phenomenon.

Magic is proof of the strong in this world. That is an undeniable fact because what has successfully handled the miracle of magic has always dominated the history of this world.

At the same time, magic generally had the disadvantage that it was believed to depend strongly on talent and that there were only a few things that could be handled.

Especially the Raddles, compared to other countries such as the Empire, have extremely little that can handle magic. More precisely, time is dwindling from time to time.

In the war with the Empire ahead, there is no doubt either that all that could be used was ace handling.

So Theo and the others know how many miracles this book of magic is.

Have multiple exorcisms and give it to something you haven't known for a while. It's easy to imagine how insane that is.

No, it's not just the book of magic. That gun is also a weapon that transforms the war itself. Before that weapon, such as an infantry lined up, it's just a purpose, and if we're to move forward helplessly, we'll be building a pile of corpses in no time. From now on, action in small units will become recommended.

Judo said I should know a guy named Gray Ines Navarro whoa whoa whoa, but on the contrary, I had no idea.

Exactly, the kind of boy who gathers more of the irrationality of the world. If he's serious...

When Jude shows up at the rest stop,

”I'll show you home today.”

With that word, Judo carries Theo and the others to a certain city.

Beautifully paved boulevard with regular standing buildings. Every building window was made of an incredible transparent plate, which made it possible to peek inside.

People crossing the boulevard also had a variety of figures, from people wearing luxurious clothing like luxury and nobility, to peasants who had finished farming with their faces muddy.

Is this development a rumoured imperial capital?

Judo walks down the boulevard to the four-story mansion behind the front.

(Oh, is that a demon?

In the mansion, a beautiful boy with clear wings was hit by a counter.

”Hi Judd, what can I do for you today?

”Oh, is there a village chief?

”Yeah, I'm still glittering in my room with paperwork.”

”Sounds like that guy. I need you to catch me as soon as you can.”

”Yes. Pleasure!

The boy wings and goes up the stairs.

”He... what?

I lose the implicit pressure around me to ask questions and speak out questions.

”He's Mm. I'm an employee of this Toto Village Hall.”

Village or bureau? You think this developed city is a village?

No, now there's something more important than that.

”Is he a demon?

”No, it's not a demon, it's a clan called Fairy. Be careful when you treat demons in front of them.”

”Oh, oh...”

Nodding somehow. Theo asked, of course, in the sense that he was human.

But that boy named Mum couldn't even feel the humility or anything like the Laddle people. Even from the soft and gentle response around him, which is incredible, I guess he is considered compatriot in this village.

Both empires and kingdoms have thoroughly abused the Raddles, who are the same people. I don't think that's odd. Because the same is true of any country, such as the treatment of heretics. It is rather unusual to have a city that welcomes an outsider boy as a compatriot and lives together.

He said, ”I'm going to the reception room immediately, so he wants you to wait.”

”Copy that. Then let's go.”

Jude goes upstairs with Theo and the others with short heads on their asses.

”Thank you for waiting.”

After a while, the weary, gray-haired old man shows up and takes a seat at the table across from Theo and the others.

”Village chief, they are the Laddle people of the example”

”Right. of Lord Zem's hometown they were talking about Moss...”

The old man, called the village chief, scratches his bald head, yet sees Theo and the others with a strange face.

”So, village chief, can you keep them for about a day from this evening until tomorrow? I thought it would be more exciting for them to live in this village than for the Sagami Chamber of Commerce.”

”Hmmm... I guess so”

When he nodded loudly, the village chief called an official and pressed his sentence on the paperwork, he began his old story.

That's the story of a village gasping for impoverishment.

Goblin raids kill many young people in the village and make it impossible to even cross the winter. On top of that, there was a priest in the village named New Year's Eve, through the Lords' side, who laid oppression. It seems that it was the Lord's Palace that appeared precisely at the bottom of despair.

The Lords banished the priests, the New Year's Eve, and gave this village some instructions and advice to this day.

I mean, the ultimate incredible story of how ordinary children with no authority whatsoever, who are not lords, developed a village of poverty that is not strange at that point in time. But the mayor's face was serious and the words did not appear to contain lies or falsehoods.

”Nong et al. have been in a similar situation for years, so we are not in any position to say what would otherwise be great. But I dare you to tell him. Now is not the time to step on it. Now with that one, run to my samurai!

When he gets up from his seat and slaps Theo and the others hard on their backs, he leaves the room.

I'll show you the village.

Judo rises up and makes such a thankful suggestion to Theo and the others who are distracted.

”Please.”

Finally squeezing that word and getting up.

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Then one day, Theo and the others spent in the village of Toto.

The village of Toto held an incredibly high level of agricultural, commercial and urban defence, all of them.

First of all, agriculture. I was just briefed, I didn't understand half of it, but it seemed incomparable with the productivity of Ladle's fields.

As for commerce, there was a point of view between the presence of luxury merchants and aristocrats in the land.

The windows of all buildings are fitted with a transparent plate called glass, which gives you a glimpse of what's going on outside, even in cold weather, with the doors closed.

The inn has facilities for hot water and feels great on the big floor. Besides, the dishes served are also tear-free and delicious.

A bed of sharks in the inn's private room and a heating device called a 'stove' warm up its cooled body.

The shopping district was lined with products like watches, which were time-charging devices, cosmetic products that kept the women's skin clean, glasses that cured eye blurring, and so on that Theo and the others had never seen before.

Healthcare facilities have also been set up that can be accessed at low rates and, incredibly, there are often therapists called at least two doctors.

In addition, dozens of magicians specializing in combat are always on the defense of the village.

A nostalgic village that combines tremendous economic strength with defense, but also tolerates even outsiders.

This village of Toto reminded Theo and the others of the kingdom of heaven, which is coming precisely to Migawa.

And with their mouths shut, the villagers proudly told Theo and the others that the development, arguably an anomaly in this village, was attributed to just one boy called Gray.

”I'm sure that you are the King of Mountain Wisdom who will save our crisis!

One of my countrymen speaks the name, but no one pinches an objection. Instead, when we left Toto Village, everyone started to say its name.

Mountain Wise King - one of the most familiar heirlooms for the Raddles. God's use supposedly sent from heaven to save the earth in the crisis of Raddle.

Nothing. They are not believers. Instead, he was laughing with his nose at the seniors mouthing the inheritance. Yet they all genuinely regard the Lordship as the Mountain Xian King who saves the crisis in Radl.

I think the last two days have been a shocking experience enough to make them believe that.

Judd waited for us when we went to the first floor of the Toto Village Inn, where we met.

”What do you say? Do you have any idea who the Admiral is?

”I don't like it.”

The Lord's Palace is the kind of person who invents that weapon called the rifle, gives it a book of magic, and besides, creates this world of dreams. He has sworn to victory. Two letters of defeat that I naturally took for granted have disappeared from my head.

”Then you know what I mean when I say that if the Admiral wins the battle against the kingdom, he will make Ladle the world's highest industrial, academic city, right?

”Absolutely.”

In the village chief's explanation, the lord's palace was only hiding the management of this village of Toto from its original lord. In other words, I wasn't really working on it from the standpoint. Perhaps even the development of this heavenly earth is only the bare minimum necessary for the Lord's Palace.

And Ladle is his own territory to the Lordship. That is, a land where development can be carried out freely without any constraints. And there will be so much development promised that that lord's palace will say the best industrial, academic city in the world.

”Wouldn't you like to see it? Where is the Admiral going?

”Right.”

It's probably an ideal home, not an empire or a ladle.

”Then let's walk together”

to Jude who puts out his fist,

”Oh!”

Theo also lightly punches his right fist and looks at Gurli and his compatriots.

”You heard me.”

”” ”” ”Oooh!!” ””

”I'll convince my countrymen to go crazy on death!!”

”” ”” ”Ohh!!!” ””

The roar shook the inn, and Theo and the others moved their determination to their hearts.

It was the moment Raddle slipped out of his destiny slavery.