A survivor of the extinct Jupiter family.
As I had seen in my dreams, I had been sharpening my sword of revenge for a long time against those who had taken everything from me, and I had finally achieved my revenge.
'Belona, if you were here, how would you feel right now?'
Would I have been happy to see Ernest become a different person overnight and say that I had succeeded in my revenge?
Or maybe you felt sorry for him like I did.
'Ernest is also a victim...'
When the rebellion broke out in the House of Jupiter, Ernest was just a child.
It is unlikely that a young child who loves to play would have thought deeply about rebellion and destruction.
All they did was silently watch the adults make their decisions.
To her and to Ernest, this whole situation was like a bolt from the blue.
'I don't want to do anything, including revenge.'
I just wanted to live quietly and normally like everyone else.
It was while I was repeating meaningless wishes to myself.
The carriage that had been running smoothly stopped again.
'Are we going to pass through the checkpoint again this time?'
It wasn't wrong to say that Carsis was searching for me with his eyes wide open, the carriage had to pass through checkpoints that appeared at random times, and each time, I had to use .y powers.
And whenever the carriage stopped, Ernest would come and take off the things that were restraining me.
But today something was different.
“There’s something you need to see, Ellie.”
Ernest removed my blindfold and gagged with a familiar movement of his hands and led me out of the carriage.
My muscles were stiff from not moving for so long and my body was staggering.
I, who barely managed to pull myself together despite feeling like I might collapse at any moment, followed Ernest.
“Open your eyes, Ellie.”
I, who had been frowning due to wearing an eye patch for a long time, opened my eyes at his command.
Then what unfolded before my eyes was...
“Here...”
It was a village.
No, is it really a village?
The place where I was standing was desolate as if a huge storm had passed through.
Corpses that had not yet been recovered were strewn about here and there, giving off a foul smell, and crows were enjoying their prey, emitting ominous cries.
But what was more horrifying than the horrifying sight before my eyes were Ernest's words.
“How is it? The work you made.”
“What is that...”
I asked back as if was afraid to know the truth.
Ernest, who had been smiling faintly at my appearance, pointed with his finger to the huge mountain range behind the village.
“Just beyond the Uros Mountains is the land of the barbarians, Callicula. As you know, their land is so desolate that it is impossible to cultivate crops. So they always obtain food through pillaging. The village where we are standing now is one of the villages that suffered great damage from the barbarians.”
“...”
“Have you ever thought about what would happen if the nobles who could stop them were killed by the rebels?”
Ernest led me closer to the corpse lying on the floor.
It was already so rotten that it was difficult to even recognize its face, but one thing was certain.
She was a mother who threw her whole body into protecting her young child.
In the end, she failed to save her child.
My body began to tremble slightly when I saw that.
“Your rebels only killed the nobles who were committing corruption. But that was all. You didn’t think about protecting them. As a result, everyone here was killed by the barbarians who invaded the village. It was because you took away the shields that could protect them.”
Ernest's words took my breath away.
'This all happened because of the rebellion I started..?'
It was a hassle.
I had difficulty even breathing because the heavy weight of guilt was pressing down on my chest.
She vowed that the moment His Highness the Crown Prince usurped the throne again, she would spit on the traitor's severed head.
But when she saw the woman in the corner, Valletta's eyes, which had been burning with fire, quickly became quiet.
As I had seen in my dreams, I had been sharpening my sword of revenge for a long time against those who had taken everything from me, and I had finally achieved my revenge.
'Belona, if you were here, how would you feel right now?'
Would I have been happy to see Ernest become a different person overnight and say that I had succeeded in my revenge?
Or maybe you felt sorry for him like I did.
'Ernest is also a victim...'
When the rebellion broke out in the House of Jupiter, Ernest was just a child.
It is unlikely that a young child who loves to play would have thought deeply about rebellion and destruction.
All they did was silently watch the adults make their decisions.
To her and to Ernest, this whole situation was like a bolt from the blue.
'I don't want to do anything, including revenge.'
I just wanted to live quietly and normally like everyone else.
It was while I was repeating meaningless wishes to myself.
The carriage that had been running smoothly stopped again.
'Are we going to pass through the checkpoint again this time?'
It wasn't wrong to say that Carsis was searching for me with his eyes wide open, the carriage had to pass through checkpoints that appeared at random times, and each time, I had to use .y powers.
And whenever the carriage stopped, Ernest would come and take off the things that were restraining me.
But today something was different.
“There’s something you need to see, Ellie.”
Ernest removed my blindfold and gagged with a familiar movement of his hands and led me out of the carriage.
My muscles were stiff from not moving for so long and my body was staggering.
I, who barely managed to pull myself together despite feeling like I might collapse at any moment, followed Ernest.
“Open your eyes, Ellie.”
I, who had been frowning due to wearing an eye patch for a long time, opened my eyes at his command.
Then what unfolded before my eyes was...
“Here...”
It was a village.
No, is it really a village?
The place where I was standing was desolate as if a huge storm had passed through.
Corpses that had not yet been recovered were strewn about here and there, giving off a foul smell, and crows were enjoying their prey, emitting ominous cries.
But what was more horrifying than the horrifying sight before my eyes were Ernest's words.
“How is it? The work you made.”
“What is that...”
I asked back as if was afraid to know the truth.
Ernest, who had been smiling faintly at my appearance, pointed with his finger to the huge mountain range behind the village.
“Just beyond the Uros Mountains is the land of the barbarians, Callicula. As you know, their land is so desolate that it is impossible to cultivate crops. So they always obtain food through pillaging. The village where we are standing now is one of the villages that suffered great damage from the barbarians.”
“...”
“Have you ever thought about what would happen if the nobles who could stop them were killed by the rebels?”
Ernest led me closer to the corpse lying on the floor.
It was already so rotten that it was difficult to even recognize its face, but one thing was certain.
She was a mother who threw her whole body into protecting her young child.
In the end, she failed to save her child.
My body began to tremble slightly when I saw that.
“Your rebels only killed the nobles who were committing corruption. But that was all. You didn’t think about protecting them. As a result, everyone here was killed by the barbarians who invaded the village. It was because you took away the shields that could protect them.”
Ernest's words took my breath away.
'This all happened because of the rebellion I started..?'
It was a hassle.
I had difficulty even breathing because the heavy weight of guilt was pressing down on my chest.
I turned my head away from this horrible reality.
“Remember it well, Ellie.”
But Ernest as if trying to make a clear impression on me, grabbed my chin in his hand and turned me to face him again.
“The faces of those you killed.”
I felt like my stomach was going to turn.
It wasn't because of the pungent smell of corpses that stung my nose.
To myself, trapped in a greenhouse created by KlCarsis.
I was thinking too casually about treason and war.
Why were they so sure that if a rebellion broke out, only those who had truly committed crimes would die?
'Bellona.'
I kept asking Bellona questions in my mind.
'Is this really what you wanted?'
Bellona Jupiter.
She may have been a victim in the past, but now she was simply the perpetrator.
And it was me who possessed that body.
Ernest grabbed my shoulder, which was trembling like an aspen tree.
Then he whispered softly in my ear.
“Get some rest today. You’ll be busy starting tomorrow.”
And then a few days later.
I arrived at the survivors' fortress and was imprisoned there. I was turned into a dog that used my powers at Ernest's command.
Imperial Palace Sollerian.
In Carsis's office, only the suffocating air hung tensely.
“You still haven’t found her.”
"...Sorry."
Jason lowered his head as Carsis spoke in a low voice.
That's understandable, it's been almost a month since Ellie went missing.
Despite the passage of considerable time, the whereabouts of Ellie and her captors remain unknown.
Because of this, Carsis' mood was getting worse and worse day by day.
Even though it was midsummer, the cold surrounding him was chilling.
'It's so hard to find.'
As soon as Ellie's kidnapping was discovered, a thorough search and inspection was conducted at all entrances and exits of the surrounding areas, including the city gate.
A messenger had already been sent out to notify anyone with blonde or green hair to catch them.
No matter how fast a horse runs, it is not faster than a messenger bird.
Still not even the slightest clue has been found.
At that moment, Jason's heart was burning.
His savior appeared.
“The Crown Prince must have gone south.”
The two people's gaze turned to the door at the unexpected voice.
Isaac came into view, standing with his back to the entrance.
Carsis's eyebrows twitched as he discovered Isaac.
“What evidence is there that he went south?”
“There was no point in closing the gates in the first place. Now that they have the power of obedience, there is no place they cannot pass through.”
The Crown Prince was a man who had been studying the science of kingship since he was young to become the Emperor.
And of course, in that science of kingship, he also learned about the powers of the five ducal families, the conditions for using their powers, the price for using their powers, and other information about the powers that were kept strictly secret.
“Ernest is the one who knows the most about the powers now that the Emperor is gone. He will probably be able to use what he knows to fully utilize the young lady’s abilities. As proof of this...”
Isaac handed the parchment he was holding to Carsis.
“The mood in the southern region is a little strange.”
The southern region was adjacent to the lands of barbarians that even the empire had abandoned.
Thanks to the barbarians invading every day, Carsis was also one of the places that was difficult to occupy carelessly.
“They could build a fortress there using the barbarians as a shield and gather the remaining remnants there.”
The
Crown Prince set up base in an area he would never have visited because of the barbarians. He thought it was a cunning idea that the Crown Prince would come up with.
“If you use the power of obedience, you will be able to easily subdue even the barbarians. However...”
Isaac's face hardened and his words trailed off.
“I can’t guarantee the young lady’s physical condition.”
Cuenca, the fortress of the survivors.
Cuenca in the south was a place where people who had lost their families and homes due to the rebellion gathered.
And so was Valletta, who was living there doing odd jobs.
“Valetta, take these to the warehouse.”
Miero, who worked in the kitchen, handed Valletta hard bread and cold soup that no one would eat no matter what was given to them.
“Yes, I understand.”
Once a day.
Delivering meals to an old warehouse at set times was one of Valletta's chores.
One day, the Crown Prince returned and brought home an unidentified woman.
It was her job to bring the woman these foods that were absolutely inedible to humans.
As she approached the guard standing in front, he opened the door for her as if he was familiar with it.
Then, a rather dark interior was revealed despite it being broad daylight.
'Who on earth is that woman?'
The villagers all unanimously declared that the woman sitting on one side, with her whole body tied up, was a dangerous person.
It makes sense, since the Crown Prince, who was always kind and affectionate to everyone, treats this woman so harshly.
'You don't look very well.'
But Valletta felt so sorry for that woman.
Because, a while ago, she thought of her dead younger sister.
Her precious younger sister Melanie, followed the Crown Prince to the capital but never returned.
According to Cullen, she infiltrated the palace to retrieve important items but was caught and did not survive.
Moreover, it was a righteous death that revealed no information about them until the end.
'What kind of righteous death is this? It's just a dog's death.'
In the hands of a ruthless traitor.
Valetta bit her lip as the pain of the past came to mind.
“Remember it well, Ellie.”
But Ernest as if trying to make a clear impression on me, grabbed my chin in his hand and turned me to face him again.
“The faces of those you killed.”
I felt like my stomach was going to turn.
It wasn't because of the pungent smell of corpses that stung my nose.
To myself, trapped in a greenhouse created by KlCarsis.
I was thinking too casually about treason and war.
Why were they so sure that if a rebellion broke out, only those who had truly committed crimes would die?
'Bellona.'
I kept asking Bellona questions in my mind.
'Is this really what you wanted?'
Bellona Jupiter.
She may have been a victim in the past, but now she was simply the perpetrator.
And it was me who possessed that body.
Ernest grabbed my shoulder, which was trembling like an aspen tree.
Then he whispered softly in my ear.
“Get some rest today. You’ll be busy starting tomorrow.”
And then a few days later.
I arrived at the survivors' fortress and was imprisoned there. I was turned into a dog that used my powers at Ernest's command.
***
Imperial Palace Sollerian.
In Carsis's office, only the suffocating air hung tensely.
“You still haven’t found her.”
"...Sorry."
Jason lowered his head as Carsis spoke in a low voice.
That's understandable, it's been almost a month since Ellie went missing.
Despite the passage of considerable time, the whereabouts of Ellie and her captors remain unknown.
Because of this, Carsis' mood was getting worse and worse day by day.
Even though it was midsummer, the cold surrounding him was chilling.
'It's so hard to find.'
As soon as Ellie's kidnapping was discovered, a thorough search and inspection was conducted at all entrances and exits of the surrounding areas, including the city gate.
A messenger had already been sent out to notify anyone with blonde or green hair to catch them.
No matter how fast a horse runs, it is not faster than a messenger bird.
Still not even the slightest clue has been found.
At that moment, Jason's heart was burning.
His savior appeared.
“The Crown Prince must have gone south.”
The two people's gaze turned to the door at the unexpected voice.
Isaac came into view, standing with his back to the entrance.
Carsis's eyebrows twitched as he discovered Isaac.
“What evidence is there that he went south?”
“There was no point in closing the gates in the first place. Now that they have the power of obedience, there is no place they cannot pass through.”
The Crown Prince was a man who had been studying the science of kingship since he was young to become the Emperor.
And of course, in that science of kingship, he also learned about the powers of the five ducal families, the conditions for using their powers, the price for using their powers, and other information about the powers that were kept strictly secret.
“Ernest is the one who knows the most about the powers now that the Emperor is gone. He will probably be able to use what he knows to fully utilize the young lady’s abilities. As proof of this...”
Isaac handed the parchment he was holding to Carsis.
“The mood in the southern region is a little strange.”
The southern region was adjacent to the lands of barbarians that even the empire had abandoned.
Thanks to the barbarians invading every day, Carsis was also one of the places that was difficult to occupy carelessly.
“They could build a fortress there using the barbarians as a shield and gather the remaining remnants there.”
The
Crown Prince set up base in an area he would never have visited because of the barbarians. He thought it was a cunning idea that the Crown Prince would come up with.
“If you use the power of obedience, you will be able to easily subdue even the barbarians. However...”
Isaac's face hardened and his words trailed off.
“I can’t guarantee the young lady’s physical condition.”
***
Cuenca, the fortress of the survivors.
Cuenca in the south was a place where people who had lost their families and homes due to the rebellion gathered.
And so was Valletta, who was living there doing odd jobs.
“Valetta, take these to the warehouse.”
Miero, who worked in the kitchen, handed Valletta hard bread and cold soup that no one would eat no matter what was given to them.
“Yes, I understand.”
Once a day.
Delivering meals to an old warehouse at set times was one of Valletta's chores.
One day, the Crown Prince returned and brought home an unidentified woman.
It was her job to bring the woman these foods that were absolutely inedible to humans.
As she approached the guard standing in front, he opened the door for her as if he was familiar with it.
Then, a rather dark interior was revealed despite it being broad daylight.
'Who on earth is that woman?'
The villagers all unanimously declared that the woman sitting on one side, with her whole body tied up, was a dangerous person.
It makes sense, since the Crown Prince, who was always kind and affectionate to everyone, treats this woman so harshly.
'You don't look very well.'
But Valletta felt so sorry for that woman.
Because, a while ago, she thought of her dead younger sister.
Her precious younger sister Melanie, followed the Crown Prince to the capital but never returned.
According to Cullen, she infiltrated the palace to retrieve important items but was caught and did not survive.
Moreover, it was a righteous death that revealed no information about them until the end.
'What kind of righteous death is this? It's just a dog's death.'
In the hands of a ruthless traitor.
Valetta bit her lip as the pain of the past came to mind.
She vowed that the moment His Highness the Crown Prince usurped the throne again, she would spit on the traitor's severed head.
But when she saw the woman in the corner, Valletta's eyes, which had been burning with fire, quickly became quiet.
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