Chapter 344.2: Side Story : Beastmen's Land II

Editor: Makoto

Side Rigdalfa

"Excellent work, as ever. To build such a wall in such a short time."

"Oh, Lord Rigdalpha. You too, thank you for your hard work."

In front of me, the young man who was smiling is of the human race, Lysius Laurentia. A member of the branch of the Laurentian royal family that perished in the famous Laurentian tragedy, he is one of the court sorcerers of our beastmen nation. Speaking of Lysius of the Great Wall, he is also known as one of the best earth magicians on this continent.

It's unthinkable that this softly smiling figure could raise the earth and bury hundreds of enemy soldiers in the blink of an eye. However, I know that behind that smile is a strong fighting spirit. He is the same age as me, and he is also a friend who has also fought on the battlefield with me many times since the first battle 30 years ago.

"I think you've gone through quite a lot, haven't you?"

I'm sure they're using the art of the Great Wall to build these walls, but I've heard they use quite a bit of magic. Furthermore, if he is to battle, his consumption must be tremendous.

"How can it be hard? I am merely doing this for the sake of protecting my place in this world. The Laurentians are now famous for being descendants of evil masters. It is a mockery in every country. It's only here in the beastmen countries that people dare to fully accept me."

"Is that so."

"Yeah. And I think you're reckless too. The White Rhinoceros' heroic breakthrough was visible even from the top of the city walls. I didn't think we'd go into the enemy lines with hundreds of infantry."

"Fu ha ha. Because I can't show my brother a pathetic fight now that my brother is gone."

My name is Rigdalfa. I am the brother of Goddarfa of the Vajra Wall, the chief of the White Rhinoceros tribe and a close associate of the Beast King. And I am also the second-in-command for this battle against Bashar Kingdom. It is my natural duty to take the lead and inspire my allies.

"So, how can I help you? It's not like you would bother to visit us on the battlefield just to warm up old friendships, right? So, is there a problem?"

"You're sharp. Take a look at this."

"This is......"

Lysias looks over the letter sent to the command center. As he read on, a strong sense of bewilderment and a slight feeling of impatience appeared on his face.

I know how you feel. Because it was the same for me.

"The Krishna royal family, was it? I'm afraid I've never heard of such a name."

"It seems to be a royal family that reigned over our beastly kingdom 500 years ago. But it says in this letter that they've suffered a rebellion from the current House of Narasingha and have been usurped from the throne."

I've also spoken to my commander, the general, but I don't care if this story is true or not. Or rather, it does matter, but it's useless to argue further on that point right now.

Of course, I don't think it's an outright lie.

There are certainly some dubious aspects of the situation at the time of the Narasingha royal family's ascension to the throne. However, he is a good King for us now, and to be honest, I don't want him to step down now.

But in wars between nations, it was routine for such past events to be brought to light and be used as justification for vindictive actions. And that's what you can't fool around with. Post-war processing and so on will have a creeping effect.

I don't know if 500 years ago is short or long. It's definitely a time long past for us beastmen but to some of the long-lived species, it's possible that they may still consider it as a recent event that it wouldn't be surprising that some of them might still remember it.

However, if the Kingdom of Bashar really had at least one person from the Krishna royal family with them and they were planning on bringing that person out of the shadows, it is almost certain that they will raise complications in post-war negotiations and such. Depending on how the Bashar Kingdom intends to play out their story, there's a substantial chance, one that we will be unable to ignore, that the surrounding nations won't be on our side of this conflict.

"What's more, it says that she is now an evil person..."

"Yes, that's right. It seems like the former head of Krishna family, facing the dire situation in the past, turned to the evil god for help. Thus, as she was helpless against the onslaught of the usurpers, she had no choice but to dedicate herself to the evil god and has since become the evil god's maiden..."

"They plan to thoroughly denounce the Narasingha royal family as usurpers and are content with emphasizing the play of a woman of Krishna's blood being made into a sufferable victim of the circumstances."

"It also says that they have no choice but to lend a helping hand because they were indebted to the Krishnas' in the past. And they also say that it is their duty as neighbors to denounce the usurper royal family and to restore the rights to the rightful royal family."

It is tempting to question whether Bashar's kingdom is sane enough to join forces with an evil person, but it may be that the odds were stacked against them. Besides, it seems that this letter has been distributed not only to our country, but to other countries as well.

A number of inquiries have been sent from our neighboring countries, which were addressed to the Commander. We'll have to take care of that too. Each country seems to want to gauge the wind and take a careful look at the situation before doing anything else. Apparently, the same story has been circulating to other countries through channels other than the letter, and so far none country seems to think that the letter is complete bullshit, or rather, they couldn't simply brush off this news as a complete joke.

"To meddle with the power of an evil god would be nothing but a foolish thing to do, in my opinion."

"It's very empathetic."

"Well... that's...... I've been struggling with it since I was young. As a child of an evil mage, there wasn't a day that went by that someone didn't throw a stone at me."

"Linford, the wizard huh?"

"He disappeared before I was 10 years old, so I don't remember much about him. Now that I think about it, he must have been mentally ill. He was an old man who always had a creepy grin on his face. I was picked up by the Beast King, but my father was despised for decades as a descendant of an evil mage, so maybe I can't help it, but..."

"You still can't find him?"

"Yes. To begin with, I'm a child from my father's old age, and if he were alive,he would be nearly 100 years old. Maybe somewhere..... he already....."

"I'm sorry. I've been rude."

"It's okay. The reason I'm looking for him in the first place is that I'm going to hand him over to you. Instead of talking about him, let's consult on that letter now."

"Oh, yeah."

It's really annoying when they just say that they have the upper hand on the war.