Night of the Soulless Heathens – 281



#281. Internal crackdown 2

The Senate instead joined in the threat and attacked Korrassar and Bthuma.

Azadin removed the key figures in the Senate who had made that decision and the Senate has yet to recover from that loss.

“If you hadn’t done that we would have mastered that power and become rulers of everything by now!”

“And then you accepted the power of darkness that you didn’t even know existed and became a servant of the ancient god without even knowing it.”

“…….”

Delia did not deny it.

She already knew that Azadin was right.

And in that moment she knew why Azadin had fought back even though he had been abandoned and cursed by his entire clan.

‘To avoid accepting the unknown power of darkness and becoming a servant of the ancient god.’

Because that would obviously be the worst thing that could happen to one’s ego.

The young man before your eyes is not a traitor to his clan.

The clan was a traitor.

But even though I knew that fact I couldn’t admit it. If I did she might have to fight too.

Turn your back on your clan

Abandoning your family

Being cursed by everyone and yet still pushing through the truth.

It was impossible for her.

“These are going to be tough times. We will need to work together. Remember what I said then Delia. I don’t hate you. I don’t hate my clan either.”

“Your clan hates you.”

“Yes. So remember Delia. When a crisis comes and you don’t have the capacity to hate….”

“….”

“I don’t hate you.”

Dilia was speechless at Azadin’s words.

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That’s actually a useless statement.

Because a person’s heart can only be proven by actions not words and not just momentary actions but also by consistent steady actions.

However Azadin declared that he would not hate unconditionally.

‘You’re being too arrogant. I’ll offer you a hand of reconciliation at any time. Is that what you’re saying? But… it’s not bad.’

There is no chance of reconciliation between Azadin and his clan but it is a good story that the choice lies entirely with his clan.

‘No. It’s no different now right? Why do I feel good when I feel like the handle of the knife is on me?’

Delia realized that Azadin’s words were just empty words.

But at the same time he realized that Azadin’s eyes resembled Arael’s.

Yes this young man looked exactly like Arael whom she had fallen in love with.

And when he defeated the Chadra Ogels one after another…

She felt joy.

I felt proud seeing how easily Azadin who had caused great loss to his clan could control the troublemakers that even the Rescue Knights couldn’t do anything about.

‘The guy who gave us such a headache shouldn’t be taken lightly here.’

I think I cheered with that kind of feeling.

As the emotions of that time came to mind Delia felt her heart soften.

‘Appearance really is important. If you were a monster with closed eyes like before I’d be uncomfortable even being in the same room with you.’

The young man before my eyes resembled his twin sister and had a beautiful androgynous appearance.

But what made him beautiful was not his looks but his talent his pride and his unwavering will to make enemies even if it meant turning his entire clan against him.

Yes. All the elements that made Arael fall in love were present in this young man and in Azadin.

Delia realized that fact.

“Well fine. If we can keep hating you then it doesn’t matter whether you hate us or not. We’ll continue to cooperate. But Azadin you’d better start by punishing your subordinates.”

“Subordinates?”

“Yes. There is an opinion among the clan that the recent explosion of Elemental Wailings is mainly caused by those who have visions of destruction.”

“….”

To put it nicely the visions of destruction were originally called doomsday theories lunatics who talked about the age of Jupiter.

Some people call them ‘end-of-the-world bastards’ by anagramming the word ‘apocalypse’… Everyone thought that way because they were people whose lives had already been ruined and were singing about the world going to end.

But doesn’t the name ‘those who see visions of destruction’ suddenly sound cool?

“Brham of the Southeast Rock Fortress was a visionary of destruction. If he died as an elemental wailing you will lose control of the Southeast Rock Fortress. If you lose control after paving the way for it you will be doing someone else a favor.”

“I see. That’s a good point. Thanks Delia.”

“…It is just an inevitable cooperation.”

Delia accepted Azadin’s greeting and clicked her tongue.

No matter what I ended up giving Azadin the best advice I could give him personally.

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As Delia warned Lord Braham of the Southeast Rock Fortress also died from an outbreak of elemental wailing.

Command of the Southeast Rock Fortress was to be given to the Minotaur Knight Selim but in the meantime Prince Kalintz and Lord Jecht had collected bail money and released the dwarven sorcerer Chashan.

It is known that Chashan paid a huge bail amount to release all of his gang members and that he still has a large amount of weapons and drugs.

and….

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Accidents also occurred in areas that Delia did not warn about.

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“I’m leaving because I’m worried about my daughter.”

When Azadin gathered his men together to hold a meeting to discuss countermeasures the alchemist Giacomo declared his defection.

“Don’t make me laugh. You’re a criminal. What are you talking about? You’re alive because the captain is watching. If it were normal you would have been hanged. It doesn’t make sense for you to be alive. If the Knights find out you’ll have to die.”

The Half-Elf Legion opposed Giacomo’s departure calling it nonsense.

But Giacomo’s mind was set.

“The elemental wailing broke out and people were dying. I want to know if my daughter is alive or dead.”

“…With what talent? Do you have a plan?”

“We have to do something. It’s not like we’ll be able to find out where our daughter is just by staying here right?”

Giacomo said that he couldn’t help but worry about his daughter as a parent.

But everyone just laughed.

In Huebris the relationship between parents and children could be affectionate but it was often not.

Looking at those gathered in places of exile such as the Chadra Plateau most of them did not have good relationships with their fathers although they may have known their mothers.

So they saw nothing but that Giacomo was trying to escape using his daughter as an excuse.

However Azadin who had been educated in the Knights Templar since childhood and in fact had studied by reading books until they were worn out viewed Giacomo’s infidelity with a certain respect.

Azadin had no family.

Arael his only blood relative left a deep scar on Azadin’s face and family was a void he lacked that could never be filled.

Of course Aldis gave him motherly love and Kazas’s would be comparable to that of a father.

However if they had a real family it would be the love of others that could be taken away at any time so Azadin wondered and longed for what the bond between blood relatives was like.

But the atmosphere was too bad for Azadin to take Giacomo’s side.

“Rege said annoyed.

“To be honest I don’t think your daughter is alive anymore.”

“Stop it Legion. That was too harsh.”

Azadin stopped the legion.

But even Legion who had always been obsessed with Azadin couldn’t stand this. The dwarf Kalan spoke on Legion’s behalf.

“Captain Azadin. We respect you Captain. But this is not something that can be treated kindly. There has to be a hierarchy in an organization. As a leader I hope you can make sure of that.”

“You should never just let go of someone who says he wants to get away!”

Kallan and Legion were in that mood and even Bernard the blood mage who was closest to Giacomo was against Giacomo’s departure.

“If you just go out without any plan you’ll end up losing control of your magic killing many people and being hanged. If you’re found alive Captain Azadin will hold you accountable.”

“Then… what do you want me to do? Are you going to let me live as a pension slave while making money from Vermillion? And then when I contract Elemental Wailing will you harvest the magic stones from my body?”

I ran away because I hated that.

At Banreung Academy a hypothesis regarding elemental wailing had been established.

It mainly affects those exposed to magic and alchemy.

So they were hoping to spread the elemental wailing by teaching magic to humans under the pretext of having magical knowledge and using them as workers in their alchemy factories.

But now that he has finally escaped from Banreung Academy Giacomo realizes that his situation is no different than before.

“Giacomo.”

At that moment Azadin put his hand into her bosom.

Everyone was surprised.

Could it be that Azadin is trying to punish Giacomo for breaking the organization’s rules?

A dagger shoots out from Azadin’s arms and seems ready to pierce Giacomo’s head at any moment.

Even something as light as a coin could easily shatter a human skull if thrown with Azadin’s monstrous strength.

But what Azadin took out was a vial.

Inside was a prototype of the elemental wailing cure that Giacomo had created.

“Giacomo you didn’t come to me for this medicine even after you entrusted yourself to me. You didn’t even try it when the elemental wailing patients started showing up.”

“yes?”

“Since I have guaranteed your safety shouldn’t you be working on perfecting this potion even further? I guaranteed you a research facility not only to make a profit but also to further refine this elemental wailing potion. You haven’t even taken the potion back from me.”

“Oh that that….”

Giacomo’s head turned bright red even to the point of being shaved.

At the time he handed over the vial Giacomo thought he didn’t have much time left.

Giving Azadin the cure was merely a childish act of atonement for his daughter who may or may not be alive.

If he really wanted to save his daughter he should have improved the medicine while she was still alive.

But Giacomo had no intention of improving the medicine as he had voluntarily chosen the path of pension slavery that he had kicked himself out of in order to prove his usefulness to the new organization he had joined.

In the end his daughter’s illness and his love for her were just excuses.

An excuse to suddenly give justification to an impulse to dodge.

Knowing this all too well the old men like Legion and Callan looked at Giacomo with contempt as if he were an insect.

And Azadin also saw through Giacomo’s shallow intentions.

Giacomo hung his head in shame at the thought of being stripped naked and exposed before everyone’s eyes.

“I was wrong Captain. I said something stupid. I will take back my statement about leaving.”

Giacomo answered and bowed his head.

“Hmm? Are you coming to your senses now?”

“That was a stupid thing to do. You’re a wizard after all.”

Although Legion and Callan were not pleased they seemed willing to accept Giacomo’s apology.

Even Bernard just sighed and kept quiet so it seemed like things would end this way.

however…

Azadin had no intention of ending it here.