Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

"... I see. You were also on the battlefield as soldiers, weren't you?"

"... yes. Those in this country are basically forced conscripts and driven into battle, men and women alike."

"That's right...."

Even with a sympathetic expression, Strela thinks calmly.I will see if I should fulfill my duty to save the people of Ecleria.

The fact that the humble side of the bargaining table was an enemy soldier is never a good impression for a typical country.Not to mention the soldiers whose opponents killed their own people.But... if we're in a common country, and we're in a common war.

"(It's easy to hold a grudge, but at least none of the Mercurians are dead...It seems that there are not many casualties in Borealis and Demonic realms.....) "

As it stands, there was no fact that there had been war deaths between countries that had so far been free of major clashes, limited to Eclaria and the Kingdom of Mercrio, or Mid-Eden alone.That is why it was not unacceptable to let go of the Ecclesiac people, who are causing so much trouble to other countries, but at least there seems to have been no motive to harm the refugees who have fled Ecclesia in the strella who are here on behalf of the Kingdom of Mercrio and the Republic of Mid-Eden.

She therefore asked indifferently Richard, the representative of the Eclaria refugees, without anger, hatred or pity.

"So can you offer the Kingdom of Mercurio, or Mid Eden, the price for seeking salvation?Or do you just seek salvation in return for nothing? "

In response to her question, Richard opened his mouth a little worried.Since the time he was worried about was not so long, he probably prepared an answer from the beginning.

"... provide combat power"

"... I guess so. It's the only thing you can give up now."

You don't have the funds, you don't have the land, you don't have the supplies.They only have the hand to provide combat power in exchange for their own body.

And what they want in return for being a force is not power, not aid for materiel--

"Instead, I want you to keep women and children in a safe place."

The weak were safe.

"The Eclarian army sends women into battle regardless of gender.Children are similar.They are not sent to the battlefield, but they participate in military training. "

Is that the usual way to talk, Richard stopped talking humbly.Then he walks up to the gap in the tent and looks out at the view.

There were refugee children playing together as children.At first glance, it is a very ordinary sight.But it seemed different for Richard and the ecclesians.It was a sight I couldn't see without running away as a refugee.

When Strela noticed Richard's back trembling small as she looked out, she frowned as she thought.I wondered why Ecleria, who was supposed to have come from the modern world, was living in an inhumane country where even children were deprived of their liberty.

And soon she will realize.Ecleria's disregard for human rights--

"(Ah... because we were surrounded, pressurized, and left unattended forever...)"

--and.