Ashes and Kingdoms

"Dear Elesia! A messenger came from the Second Legion of Deulm. What shall we do?"

The decree rushes over, letting him breathe and ask. Elecia frowned faintly. What kind of messenger are you now? If you want to surrender, I won't see you.

Often thought, she briefly ordered him to "let him through" and let him return the decree. Then, look around to see what's going on. She stands on the western outskirts of Acte.

Not to mention Acte, the city and the barracks were totally owned by the Roflus Dragon Horse Army. Restoration of damaged areas in the over-day battle has been completed, and soil bases have also been erected to consolidate defenses in the western suburbs, that is, in the country.

Originally a barracks built as a national defensive base against Nornicom, the western side is brittle, even if the protection against the east of the riverbank is complete. Elecia let it reinforce there first. Otherwise, once we meet and lose, they push us back all the way across the river.

It turns out how reckless it is for Elesia to go west with no fortifications to be able to temporarily retreat and consolidate her protection. It would still be good if I were alone, but even if the revenge-burning female princess boarded into the Single Imperial Capital and successfully defeated the Emperor, that alone would eventually leave Nornicom's status as a subordinate state.

They had tough eyes without knowing. One of the soldiers who happened to have a good eye saluted him with a grudge. Elecia smiles bitterly as she apologizes, returning a gentle nod. As soon as possible, the squeaky soldier loosened his face.

What else? Whether you want to tie your shiny red copper hair together, wear a special breastplate, and carry the spear of the heirloom, Elesia's charm has not been compromised. On the contrary, the majesty was added to the glamour, and there was a precisely queenly style.

Elesia leaned back and raised one hand. A flame gathers at its fingertips, swelling at once to take on the appearance of a giant dragon. Elecia put her outstretched hand straight on Genshas' hook paw and fluttered up to the universe.

I don't know what the Imperial Army's orders are, but if you're still underestimating this, you have to tell me about yourself.

Then you have to be careful not to fail to land.

Knock, and Genshas laughs in the back of his throat. Elecia flashed her face.

Sometimes I want to hear funny jokes.

"I'm serious about what's a joke. Here we are.

At the same time as I say, Genshas descends to the open place in front of the barracks. Elecia let go of her hand and landed in a flicker. I wonder if it's sad. I can't go down without making a sound like a dragon because I'm a human being. Not only that, but I almost frustrated my legs dangerously because they said weird things.

Elesia stretched her spine with a face she didn't eat and turned to the legion soldiers who were pinned by Nornicom soldiers. As I aim, the messenger blues and flinches his face, busily comparing Genchas to Elesia.

As soon as Elecia approached him, she put on her arms and stared at the messenger.

"Now, if you're begging for mercy, don't ask. If you're here to line up some bullshit, pray my anger lightens up."

He was cut out with dignity, and the messenger was stuck in words. Perhaps "His Majesty the Emperor has mercy on those and other traitors" and so forth. That was crushed by the emergence of Genshas, burned down to the inside of his head, and he couldn't spin out a new word. I sweat cold and want to escape. I still want to keep my legs on the spot.

Elesia smiled sarcastically and soothed all the air around her.

"I am relieved that I was unluckily ordered to use it, and I can't do anything to send it back with my neck strapped. But if there's anything to tell you, be frank because you can't handle the rush. If you've only been entrusted with bullshit, keep turning back."

"... this, Your Majesty the Emperor"

The messenger finally opened his mouth, but his voice was shaking pathetically. I guess I felt sorry for the boulder myself, he tied his lips all the way up against his face and corrected his posture to get in the mood. Then again, say it again in a firm tone.

"His Majesty the Emperor wishes to reconcile with His Highness the Dragon Hou Elesia. War only exhausts each other's people. Nornicom, like before the Genus Emperor, recognizes a high degree of autonomy as a reciprocal position, so I ask you to withdraw your soldiers east of the Tiol River and come to the table for consultation."

"As before?

The tone of Elesia I heard back was close to ridicule.

"That's a good offer! As before, you can always see your entire clan killed in one of the emperor's moods. You don't really think I'm going to listen to this bullshit anymore."

The messenger was frightened by the harsh words, but managed to take them in, showing him the lowest possible attitude, the greatest concession.

"Regarding the previous generations of Emperor Genus's work, Emperor Varis himself officially apologizes..."

"I didn't ask for an apology!

A thunderous drink blocked my mouth. No, Elecia was trembling in anger, making her eyes shimmer. It is as if the fierce fire that barks red can be seen surrounding the body. Towards the messenger every day, Elecia struck an uncontrollable outrage.

"And Genus buried my husband, and my two sons, all the loyal ministers that should be called limbs, without remnants. What kind of apology makes sense for this business! What I seek is redemption. A pointless thing called an apology or something, feeding it to a dog is good!

"Ah... redemption is what"

Trembling, the messenger nevertheless asks desperately to create room for negotiation. Elecia gave me a freezing knob, struck me and said it differently and chilled away.

"Blood for blood, life for life. With the neck of Varys, the son of Genus, we cannot redeem."

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Not all the messengers, Marius and the soldiers, who had heard by his side, were all stunned. But of course, it was one messenger who protested.

"Oh, my God! Something that can make such a senseless request!

"Say what. I said I would forgive you, Varys, with one life. Is it not rather tolerant? Genus didn't kill you alone."

That's all I said, and Elecia smiled. Just lips, no shards of warmth in your eyes, grin like a dragon itself.

"Or do you say that the lives of our sons and husbands, even if combined, are still as light as those of one Varis"?

And the messenger's throat rang. Keep him down from his knees, hands on the ground. Elecia looked down at it and exhaled much smaller.

"Go back and tell him, but it's good. My anger can only be quelled with the life of the son of Genus. And Nornicom is no longer a state or an ally, and he's completely separate from Diatius."

The messenger couldn't get up any time soon, even if he was ordered to go. Nornicom soldiers grab both arms and try to drag them halfway out of the camp.

On his departure, the messenger gathered together the majesty of None and looked back, saying at least with one arrow.

"You're gonna regret this! Lord Nakte and His Majesty the Emperor made an agreement. The Fourth Legion cannot cover them, but rather become a standing wall!

How humiliating it must have been to reveal something to keep secret. But of course, Elecia didn't move at all. On the contrary, he smiles annoyingly, as pitiful as a wet dirty wild dog strips his fangs and roars.

"Above my knowledge. That's the one, watch your back. Because the wall of reliance doesn't seem to move very well."

"... ku..."

The messenger no longer had any words to give back, and he teethed. Marius opened his mouth reluctantly as he returned west, curling in disillusionment.

"Dear Elesia... Is that good?"

Frankly, the soldiers were around a little bit. Some flee for fear of fire powder, while others set themselves up to drag Marius down and shelter him. Elecia smiled bitterly, feeling such an ambient reaction without even looking over.

Slowly turn around Marius and pour the usual serene and warm knobs.

"We should have left room for compromise, I guess. Or do you think you're tired of fighting already?

"No," Marius replied instantly. "I was also murdered by the Genus Emperor, who also spoke of my father. Your Majesty is not alone in seeking redemption. But shouldn't I have let you think over there that you wanted to? And about the Fourth Corps."

"- Oh, you did. He was so miserable, he threw a bone at me."

Jeez, Elecia shook her head. If I let you think this one didn't know about the Fourth Legion trend, there was also a chance that the Second Legion would be brave enough to try to thrust the upset. It might have been better to lure him into it.

"But I don't like trapping and waiting for prey. Attack, drive and destroy is what you want."

From the edge of the word, there is increased warfare, and I feel the flames burning within me increase the glow. Elesia raised her face dauntingly and spread her grin.

"Come on, get ready to go! If we don't hurry, if that messenger returns, they'll set us up soon. We're going to take the lead and remind you of our power!

The exalted mood contagious, or the soldiers frightened until now smiled and answered with a shout. Marius also squeezed his expression and nodded and saluted.

With the soldiers who immediately moved out, Marius also walks out to prepare the horseback riding squad. That's what Elecia called it.

"Marius."

Speaking softly, Marius looked back with a strange face. It's not like I'm trying to give you any instructions. The suggestion was that Elecia was staring at him with a lonely smile.

"Master Elecia?

Marius tilts his neck and kneels back before the Lord. Elesia pinched its head gently with both hands, giving it the protection of the fiery god Gens, before whispering in a very small voice.

"If... if you feel you can't keep up with my vengeance, if you decide it's not for Nornicom, don't hesitate to turn your back on me"

"Nah."

Marius glanced and clogged her voice. What can I say, sooner than protest, Elecia peeks into his eyes and seals the words.

"It's good. I only want to avenge my husband and my children, the slain clan. I can't think about the future ahead, at least not now. So, yes, but you decide. Young people like daughters who were responsible for the future."

Marius blushes all the time when he is told about Ediona. Elecia smiled gently.

"Yes, someone who can dream bright and happy in the future should determine Nornicom's future. I will take revenge, even if I am alone. Even if that is the way of doom. But I'm not willing to take all of Nornicom on the road. So..."

You get it, and I'll push just in case. Marius glanced at her face crooked in pain, taking Elecia's hand and mouthing it to her.

"Whatever you want. But when such a day comes, my soul will go down the path of doom with your wife."

"You idiot."

Elesia grinned bitterly at her love, pounding Marius' head, as the lord's wife once did to the new soldier.

"Your soul will belong to Ediona, by the way. Now, go."

Warmly teased, Marius lay no further words and bowed his head deeply as he stood silently. And then I run away with my eyes open, flipping myself all the time.

Nor did Elesia drop off his back. Turn off the grin and finally turn your gaze west. Beyond Deulm, as if to see even the Imperial Capital.

A cold breeze blowing down from the blue sky brought some powdered snow from somewhere, but she didn't even wander.