Chapter 175: Class
The woman with deep wrinkles
Her name is Maria.
She used to be a nun.
"To be a nun..."
"Is something wrong?"
Yep
The sword looks surprisingly good
"The guy called Julius called you Mother, right?"
"I picked up an abandoned baby in the forest. That's all."
That's all, huh?
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It is said that the mad soldiers came to Geldaria as well.
They say they were able to delay the invasion, but
They couldn't stop it.
Many soldiers died.
And just when they thought it was over, there was a great earthquake.
The continent collapsed.
The mad soldiers fell and turned to black sand.
The sand covered the ground and crumbled into an ocean.
Although the casualties were great, the battle was over.
In the same year...
It is said that the previous King Geldaria died.
"Was he ill?"
"I don't know the details, but rumor has it that the Queen killed him."
"Where did the rumor come from?"
"We don't know that either. It's been whispered around the country for some time."
It is always better to be skeptical of information you don't know the source of, but...
"When the Queen took power, the country began to fall into chaos."
"Why?"
"The Queen has enacted a new law. The contents were too much."
The laws were truly insane.
The law established a hierarchy within the country.
It was divided into three parts, upper, middle and lower
・The royal capital was at the top.
A citizen born in the royal capital. Affiliated soldiers are treated as a privileged class in the middle class
・Cities that have developed to some extent are in the middle class
They can do anything to people born and raised in the lower class.
"What do you mean, do whatever they want?"
"That's what it means. Looting, raping, murdering, whatever you can think of is allowed."
・Towns and villages not listed in the law are listed below.
Prohibit the possession of weapons, prohibit dissent, prohibit learning, prohibit meat eating, pay taxes on a yearly basis, pay a tax when a child is born, pay a tax when one gets married, pay a tax when a child comes of age, pay a tax when a new human settles in a settlement, pay a tax for virgins to have s*xual intercourse, pay a tax to leave a settlement, Pay a tax when a family member dies.
"Wait, wait, wait!"
"There are still taxes to be imposed, you know?"
"…Is that the queen's decision?"
"Yes."
Is she crazy?
Or just extraordinarily stupid?
"Of course, the lower class can no longer pay taxes."
No wonder
What does she want?
"It's just a rumor, but every day is a festival in the royal capital."
"What about the village below?"
"Would you like to hear it?"
"No, I can imagine."
And the settlements that have reached their limits and are in dire straits are forced to flee by night. On a village scale.
"I saw smoke in the distance. What were you burning?"
"The corpses of our companions. At least not to get eaten by the beasts."
I don't know how the kingdom didn't find them.
They say people are dying left and right with nothing to eat.
Old people who couldn't take it anymore killed themselves one by one.
Still, there is nothing to be done, and eventually, babies and children are beginning to die.
"What are you going to do now?"
"There is a forest ahead. There are nuts and fruits..."
"For that reason, you're absurdly bloodthirsty. What's in there?"
"……The royal army built a fort."
"What is the scale?"
"It's quite big."
"Wait a moment"
I turned my back on Maria. I whisper to Wince and Sedona
"What are you going to do?"
"I'll leave it to Shiro-san."
"I want to help. There are already many children dying."
That's true. It's hard to overlook it
"Hold on. Are you going to take the fort?"
"We can take it. I can't say we can, but we will, because if we can't, we will die."
"Then I'll help you."
"Eh?"
"I take pride in being quite reliable."
"No, it's not that."
"Hmm, is there some kind of restriction?"
"No, but... are you sure? You might die, you know?"
We won't die
Both Sedona and Wince have relaxed faces.
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