That's like asking if the military leaders of dictatorships support autocracy or democracy. Alion's rule is based on the tyranny of the goddess, discrimination, and militarism. The military naturally needs to support this ideology, lest the order collapses. So, yeah, the soldiers have to be either scumbags or perfectly willing to look the other way when others behave like scumbags.
You are certainly not wrong, that's a good point. But man, I'm just a bit sad because this makes them fairly one-dimensional to me. Not that this story needs a high level of intricacy, but it kinda makes it a bit boring when you know what to expect.
I don't know about that. Beyond likely about to be violently raped (and the trauma that entails), this is a world shattering destruction of her perception of how the world works.
That she is capable of appealing to the "Goodness of Humans".
That the goddess's desire for war is only because of some misunderstanding that can be explained.
I think it was spoiler'ed in a previous chapter by someone on the boards that in the novel,
She goes into a deep trauma and just tries to flee instead of fighting.
You chose that path and drove our boy away. Now try to be smug like you have been doing.
"I'll definitely make sure we achieve a peaceful resolution." "I'll make it work with my negotiating skills!"
Oh, you clearly owned it with that one!
That person is taking Abe's advice too seriously.
She deserves what's coming for her. Not because she was cossetted and naive. Naivete can be tolerated and Idealism is understandable in better circumstances. It's that she took Touka's warning and arrogantly ignored it utterly. Dismissing it as him trying to manipulate them for his own designs. She accused him of using them like tools. If she said "I understand your worries but I want to see for my own eyes their conduct before compromising on my values to combat them" it would totally be fine. She was a hypocrite champagne idealist who took hostile enemies as negotiable equals, and well-meaning concerned warnings as duplicitous manipulation. If she was universally naive, she'd just be an idiot. However, she was infinitely worse; she was selectively Naive and arrogant, so she goes beyond the pale of idiocy into dangerous negligence, an active threat to her own people indistinguishable from actual malice.
painful to read. but the author already developed the character ayaka sogou, so suicidal self sacrifices may continue.
i just hope this doesnt descend into overextended torture scenes.
the victim blaming in the comments is suffocating.
pity? none at all, it is getting what mc told would happen.
I don't remember if it dies, but it would be a pity if it doesn't suffer some consequences.
I wasn’t mistaken.
That fly had decided that these people were untrustworthy.
However, that fly was only saying that because these people were a hindrance to him.
That was close.
We had almost gotten ourselves into an irreversible situation.
[I’ve always dreamt of the day when we could hold hands with the humans like this.]
[Yes…… To be honest, I’m surprised too. I never thought that the citizens of the Faraway Country————]
His eyes relaxing, Mikhail smiled back.
[————-would be so stupid.]
With his body weight pressed down on me, Mikhail…… punched me on my face.
[I’m going to ask you one more time.]
I felt a twinge of pain shot up from my nose.
[For example———– Is it possible for you and I to have sex?]
Hearing such a question again, something within me snapped.
[———-Y- You’ve got to be kidding me! Do you even know what you’re saying!? Get off me! Now, quick! I won’t talk with you anymore! I want to talk with someone dec———– Bghuooo!?]
Bam!
He started punching me again.
[Ghafuuu———– Wait a mo…… Ghaak! Stop i———– Bfuuuu…… Ghoook!? You are———– Ghafuuu…… Gehook! Stop foo———– Bghuuuk! That’s eno———– Gbuuuukk!? Gehook……!? Ghagheefuuu———– Bfuuuh!? Gahhh……! S———–]
The beating stopped.
[Stop…… Please———– stop already…… Stop…… sniff…… I’m sorry…… That’s why…… Please don’t hit me…… Uweehhh…… No more…… No……]
[Is it possible?]
Disheveled, I feel like my face is blotted with blood and tears.
Trying to shrink my body as small as I could, I answered.
[I don’t know…… I’ve never…… done it before———– I’m sorry…… Please don’t hit me……]
Fearing for what he’ll do next, I sobbingly pleaded.
Hearing what I said, Mikhail let out a small sigh.
[Why the heck are you their Prime Minister? Useless trash. Well, whatever. I’ll benevolently keep you as my pet. Well, until I lose interest, that is. You should be honored.]
...
[We could use this Prime Minister of theirs as a hostage though.]
[Even if that’s so, kukuku……]
[What’s the matter?]
[No…… It’s just that these fake humans to even have this so-called “Prime Minister”…… It’s so pathetic that it looked ridiculous……]
[I agree.]
[………………….]
Even with all the insults I heard, I didn’t say a word.
Not a single word.
I’m afraid after all.
However, there’s one thing that popped within my mind.
With these humans’ actions, I have a bad feeling about something.
Unable to keep this thought away, I asked.
[Messeger……]
[Hoohh…… You can still talk huh.]
[……W- What happened…… with the messenger……]
[We obviously shot her dead with arrows. If we had known that she’s no danger and wouldn’t be able to resist at all, we would have captured her and enjoyed ourselves instead.]
[Uuuuu…… Sniff……]
(I’m sorry…… All of this is my…… my……)
[Ahh, that’s right, Mikhail-sama. While you were discussing with that fake human, a message arrived from the rear.]
... ...
[……Why?]
[Hmm?]
[We’ve shown you…… that we don’t have the intention to fight…… We should have shown you……]
[You’re still going on about that nonsense? You’re beyond help, brat. You’re funny as hell, kid.]
[U- Uuuu…… Sniff……]
I didn’t know.
What I know is that I made a mistake.
I had been overconfident———– I trusted my abilities too much.
I was the one who was wrong.
The words of that fly———– the Fly King were right.
However……
It’s too late.
It’s already too late.
Everything is already———–
One can speculate if the author is playing 4D chess or if this being so contemporary is just an accident. It certainly seems very familiar to a Westener of today.
