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When the sun went down
Yukikaze returned at dinnertime
"Sorry, I haven't finished my investigation yet, I'm off!"
She just came to eat dinner.
After finishing the meal as fast as she could, she headed towards the lake again.
Then I talked a little with Rion and others and went to bed.
I feel uncomfortable after a while
"…Wince"
"...I'm awake."
Someone is watching us through the tent.
"Three people?"
"Looks like it"
Rion and the other three are already asleep.
Tenrei went to look around the lake.
"I'll be back"
"Yes, if I judge it to be dangerous, I will let those three escape."
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As I said with Wince, there are three people.
They were watching from a place about 1 km away from the tent.
"What do you want? Chief?"
One of the three is the Chief Nyin Noon.
The other two were also bodyguards who were right next to the chief.
"…I have something I would like to ask you about."
"Let's hear it."
"What purpose did the Empire have in coming to solve the problems of the Principality?"
"This is to determine whether the people of the Principality can work together with the Empire."
"Are you demanding subservience?"
"No. Even if we part ways, if there is no harm, it will just mean non-interference."
"What if it's good now, but a threat in the future?"
"We'll decide then."
"You might have gained great power by then, right?"
"Do not underestimate the Empire. If it wanted to, it could wipe out the human race from this continent, that's the Empire."
Of course, there is no such option.
But we could do it if we wanted to.
"Don’t you think it would be easier to destroy everything and then build?"
"The power of the Empire was not stored up for use against mankind, not on this continent."
"Are there any beings that cannot be confronted with having such power?"
"There is."
"…………"
When the chief heard my response, he dropped his knees to the ground on the spot.
He put his hands on the ground and begged.
"Empire's Commander-dono. Please save us, Isalka!"
"...You were hiding something from us, right?"
"Yes. It was hidden from everyone in the family for two generations before my generation."
With these words, the chief handed me a letter.
The contents of the letter were
"It contains the conversation we had when I first met you."
"Yes, that was two months ago."
The chief looks as if he is about to cry and reveals his feelings.
The Isalka people are possessed by the Five Eyes
It always resides in one member of the Isalka tribe.
If that one person dies, the Five Eyes will reside in someone else.
So who does it reside in now?
"I... I don't have Five Eyes."
"Then what is this letter?"
"Fifty-five years ago, the chief from three generations ago."
But the chief
Since the person who possessed the Five Eyes died, no one had given them a new one.
Anxiety spreads throughout the Isalka tribe.
To find the Five Eyes.
To choose a new chief
For the survival of Isalka
To live
To take the chief's place
To kill the Five Eyes in secret
Various intentions intersect, and a gruesome killing spree began that was never revealed to the public.
"At that time, a letter arrived from my predecessor."
It was a letter that foresaw the future.
Rainy day
The day the beast attacks
The day the principality was invaded
Method of invasion
Details of the traitor
The letters kept coming at the exact time they wanted the Five Eyes.
Those letters continue to this day.
"Who brought the letter?"
"No one has seen them."
That must be the person with the real Five Eyes.
Why not become a chief?
Are you going to hand over the letter to the current chief's family without even mentioning your name?
"This is the newest letter."
Saying so, I look at the letter handed to the chief.
-The time has come-
-Pray to the lake-
-Go beyond the full moon night-
-The time of our salvation will come with the morning sun-
"…What does this mean?"
"We don't know either, it's just..."
"Just?"
"Since this letter arrived, the contents of the letter have been spreading among the Isalka people."
"Have they seen the letter?"
"That's impossible. All of the past letters have been burned, and I always have the ones that remain."
The chief says that the people of Isalka, who are muttering the words of the letter, seem to be intoxicated by the sight of the lake.
Others say they are becoming more anxious when they see them.
"Please save us."
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