165 Episode 58: For a choice you wont regret (1/2)
”... Tillis. That's Raini's mother's name.”
”Yes, Raini is a gentle, gentle child, but Tillis had no more grasp, so she was a woman with a winning personality”
”Heh...”
I try to imagine Raini having no grasp and winning, but I don't get the image at all. As a decoy, the impression of Innocence Raini is too strong to imagine for someone named Tillis.
But I hear your face looks just like Raini's, and somehow I got the impression that you're a woman who's going to take a man by the hand. I wonder what the hell the real place was like, a guy named Tillis.
”But why are you telling me this story now?
”The truth that Tillis may have been a vampire is that Tillis can't figure it out any more than he is leaving the world. … but I heard from His Royal Highness the King of Anisphere and thought I had to talk to him.”
”You mean to hear about Filwach?
”Yes, it was Filwach who met Tillis in the first place.”
”Huh?”
Did Uncle Drags and Mr. Tillis meet in Filwach? I had a bad feeling about that fact running through my back for some reason.
”Tillis was a guy who didn't want to reveal his past. Then I was good at getting into people's circles and between them, but I didn't have a catch like Kasumi, and at the time I thought I was a clever woman standing around for a long time. Now I think maybe he was using the power of a vampire.”
”... did you meet that Mr. Tillis in Filwach?
”Yep. However, I only said that I came from the east, not that I was born in Filwach.... Maybe he was born in the Kingdom of Cambus”
”The Kingdom of Cambus......”
The Kingdom of Cambus is a country to the east of the Kingdom of Palletia, beyond the mountain range. There is no active interaction because of the inhibition of rugged nature, but there is no national transportation at all.
It also remains unknown that it is a very small part of the Kambas Kingdom. That is because the Kingdom of Cambus is very clandestine and exclusive. So no one knows the reality of the Kingdom of Cambus.
There's nothing like coming in here, so I have a strong impression that the Kingdom of Cambus is a creepy country.
”How did you know Mr. Tillis was from the Kingdom of Cambus?
”Only once did Tillis slip her mouth about her hometown in a booze seat. He said his place was so boring and horrible at the same time. He said he was on the run because he was going to rot if he was there. I was impressed by the very self-derisive way he spoke, and I still remember him very well”
”Phew...?
Boring, horrible place...?
”But doesn't that necessarily mean the Kingdom of Cambus?
”Yes.... but Tillis said, horrible, Vampires and thoughtful and mysterious figures from the east, alien monsters who say they encountered Master Anis in Filwach and demons unlimited in proximity to people. Why don't you line up like this and the nasty codes will match?
”... Drugsburg”
I accidentally got a low voice. But the eyes of Uncle Drags staring at me remained straight.
”I've been wondering about it for a long time.” Where in the world did the demons of the human form come from? How can you be human, something that has changed from monkey-like demons has settled in? That's what I think when I get older and settle down. ”
”If you're gonna give me a representative example, it's an orga.”
”Yes. Can't you think it's any stranger that demons close to people are running a nation than the actual example of a vampire has been confirmed?
”So what? Uncle Dragus... are you even trying to say that the Kingdom of Cambus is a country ruled by a human-shaped demon, a being that should be called subhuman?
”I won't say that much because there's no certainty, but if there's a vampire out there, isn't that a possible story?
... I can't deny what Uncle Drags said. In fact, if you have vampires, I think it's possible to take control of the country and run it as a country. In fact, Al Kun's rebellion has made this country very convincing because it was on the verge of being ruled by vampires.
We can assume here that it is both natural for the clandestine attitude of the Kingdom of Cambus to become exclusive when we consider it to be a state ruled by the subpeoples. Think that far, I'm struck by the feeling of my spine being frizzy.
”... you talk scary, Uncle Drags. You're gonna get goosebumps.”
”All I'm saying is speculation. However, the Kingdom of Cambus has always remained silent. I hope that's not some kind of foretaste...”
”... I don't think so, but I'd have trouble getting out that easily on such a monster.”
With my hands on my forehead, I exhale deeply. Then Uncle Drags smiled bitterly, too.
”It's a story that doesn't leave the realm of speculation. Just keep it in mind.”
”Maybe you cared?
”Yep. Besides, I didn't want to regret it without talking... so I still think if Tillis had stepped into her more before she left.”
”... but there isn't, is there?”
”Right.”
Regretting doesn't make it possible to redo that regrettable event. So people just have to live with regret in their hearts. With that kind of prayer so we can do better next time.
”That's boring”
”It won't stay. … so please choose not to leave any regrets, as His Royal Highness the King of Anisphere is also well troubled”
”... Uncle Drags?
”You have a hand longer than a man, a leg faster than anyone, and a strong will. That's why I take responsibility, and I carry the lives of others. You can't just follow your dreams, your prayers to protect someone are difficult people included in your dreams.”
To my assessment of Uncle Drags, I get a convoluted grin. My ear hurts, but I can't deny it.