In the anime, Kira Yoshikage longs for a peaceful life

"Let's go, Saber."

"Eh? Where are we going?"

At Kira Yoshikage's call, the girl followed him, holding her staff, somewhat at a loss.

“It doesn’t matter where you go, what matters is the scenery along the way.”

"Is that right?"

"Yes."

"Ok."

The girl seemed to understand something, but she seemed to be just obeying.

The girl suddenly exclaimed, remembering something, and walked forward quickly:

"Oh, I forgot to ask, what's your name?"

"Kira Yoshikage."

"Well then, Kira-kun."

The blonde girl quickly stepped forward to block Kira Yoshikage's path and said seriously:

"My name is not Saber, my name is Vivian."

Kira Yoshikage stopped and looked equally serious:

"Okay, Caster."

"Um! I'll say it again, my name is Vivian!"

"Okay, Lancer."

"What weird names are these!"

"Is it weird? Saber is a swordsman, Caster is a magician, and Lancer is a spearman. It's normal."

"Then you should just call me Caster!"

Vivian raised the wand in her hand and explained seriously: "This is a wand, not a sword or a gun."

"you're right."

Kira Yoshikage smiled and nodded, then walked past her and continued forward.

"Hmm~!"

Vivian puffed up her face. She was clearly recognized, so why did she always feel angry?

There’s more!

Why on earth did she want to go with this human?

We just happened to meet on the road, so there is no need for us to travel together, right?

Vivian stared at Kira Yoshikage's back with resentment. Seeing that he did not respond, she angrily kicked the pebbles on the roadside.

The two of them walked along the road, and the moment they reached the top of the hill, Kira Yoshikage stopped.

Vivian didn't have time to react and couldn't dodge in time, bumping directly into Kira Yoshikage's back.

"Hmm~ Why did you stop suddenly?"

The girl covered her forehead in pain, muttering softly as she followed Kira Yoshikage's line of sight towards the bottom of the hill. Her eyes suddenly became dull and even her breathing stopped for a moment.

There was a swamp below the hill, and in the open space next to the swamp, dozens of corpses were lying in all directions.

“哑——！”

Under the bright sunshine, hundreds of crows lazily basked in the sun, and from time to time they leisurely landed on the corpses to gnaw the rotten meat. Flies and maggots also crawled out of the corpses and shared this feast with the crows.

None of these bodies were intact, not because they were eaten by crows, but because they were already mutilated when they were alive. Most of them were missing arms, a few were missing legs, and some were even headless. The bodies were also covered with scars left by swords, spears, and halberds.

The girl looked at the hell-like scene in front of her in disbelief, and murmured unconsciously:

"Why are there so many...dead people?"

“When a person is killed, he dies.”

Vivian couldn't help asking:

"But why kill people?"

"There can be many reasons, national hatred, family hatred, love and hatred, even a small matter like charging you a penny more when buying vegetables can be a reason for killing. But in the final analysis, it is because resources are limited."

"Limited resources?"

Vivian was a little confused.

"Look at those two crows."

Kira Yoshikage pointed, and Vivian looked in the direction he pointed.

Two crows took a fancy to the same part of the corpse. They cackled and were in a stalemate. Finally, they flew into the sky at the same time and bit each other with their beaks and claws to decide who was worthy of eating that piece of meat.

The other crows were cawing nearby, as if they were cheering or making trouble.

Vivian could understand what Kira Yoshikage wanted to say, but she still found it hard to accept:

"But, there are obviously a lot of corpses..."

“There are a lot of corpses, but sooner or later they will all be eaten. If one of the two crows retreats in the face of provocation, it can certainly go eat carrion somewhere else. But because of its retreat this time, the other crows will think it is easy to bully and will come to bully it.

"In that case, even if there are still a lot of carrion, it will be driven away by other crows and won't be able to eat any carrion, so it will starve to death."

At this time, the two crows finally decided the winner.

The victorious one triumphantly flew back to the corpse it had previously set its eyes on and started to eat the rotten flesh in big mouthfuls.

The defeated one fell dejectedly onto the other corpses and began to gnaw on the lower-level rotten flesh.

"The winning crow can take possession of the piece of carrion it has set its eyes on, but the losing crow has already shown enough threat in the fight. If other crows want to bully it, they must consider whether its claws and beak are sharp. That's why it can enjoy the carrion peacefully like this, even if it loses, instead of being driven away by other crows.

"The strong prey on the weak, and the fittest survive. This is the unchanging truth of nature."

Vivian raised her head and looked at Kira Yoshikage. His expression remained calm the entire time, as calm as if the corpse being eaten did not belong to his kind.

"I don't think this is right."

Vivian felt very uncomfortable and said sullenly.

“If it doesn’t feel right to you, change it.”

“Can it be changed?”

Vivian raised her head hopefully.

"No."

The young man who had just given her hope shattered the girl's fantasy without hesitation.

Vivian was a little unconvinced:

"But didn't you just tell me to change it?"

"What you think is one thing, what you do is another, and whether you can do it is another. You are still at the stage of what you think, and you don't even know how to do it. Why do you think you can change it?"

Kirara Yoshikage's cold and realistic question made Vivian even more frustrated. She felt that Kirara Yoshikage was right. She was just a fairy who had just left her hometown and her mother's arms. Even if she wanted to change the world, what could she do?

Vivian once again glimpsed the pile of cold corpses on the ground, and the air seemed to be filled with the stench of rotting corpses. Humans are so fragile that a little trauma is enough to kill them, and the blood will drain away, leaving only cold corpses.

But what about the goblins?

Fairies are stronger than humans, have longer lifespans, and are more tenacious.

But even if it is a goblin, it will die if it is killed.

If these things that happened between humans also happened among fairies, then...

Vivian didn't dare to think about it any further, and she wanted to close her eyes.

Even though she knew that this was just an escape and nothing could be changed, perhaps she was cowardly by nature.

There's nothing wrong with this, right?

As long as you close your eyes, as long as you see nothing...

"Ah ah!"

Before she could give in to her cowardice, the girl seemed to see something and rushed down the hill with a scream.

"Whoa-!"

The crows were disturbed by the uninvited guest and flew up to the sky with cries to avoid possible attacks. But the girl did not stop in front of the corpse. She just rushed into the swamp and moved her legs, which were deeply stuck in the mud, towards the depths of the swamp.

Finally, she succeeded in reaching with her staff what she saw on the hill—

It was a petite figure squirming in the rotting mud.

Most of it was submerged in the swamp, as if it would sink completely into the swamp in the next second.

But fortunately, before that could happen, Vivian used her staff to pull her to her side, and in surprise caught the thing in the filthy swamp.

"Still alive...still alive..."

Surprise filled Weiwei's body, and a happy smile appeared on the girl's face. She held the thing in her arms and tried to leave the swamp. But she was too far away from the shore and her body was too deep. She was unable to break free from the swamp, especially since she was holding other things.

When she tried to turn around, she found desperately that the swamp had already submerged her shoulders. Only her head was still floating on the "mud surface", but her body was squeezed by the mud and she could no longer breathe, and even her consciousness became blurred.

But even in this situation, the girl was still struggling to grab the thing in the swamp whose appearance she couldn't even see clearly.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah."

Kira Yoshikage, who was standing on the shore, sighed, and the big pink cat floated in the air. He grabbed the girl's shoulders on both sides in the mud and rescued her from the muddy filth.

pat!

The girl fell on the shore in a very indecent posture, and her butt was hurt by the shaking.

But the girl didn't care about much at this moment. She breathed in deeply like a drowning person who just came into contact with the air.

After finally coming to his senses, he regained consciousness.

The girl immediately turned her nervous eyes towards the 'thing' she had rescued.

To be precise, it's not a thing.

Instead, it was a young girl curled up in a ball, her entire body covered in mud. She looked like a black ball of mud, emitting a rotten stench.

But even so, she was still alive, and the rise and fall of her chest proved that she was still breathing.

Vivian hurriedly used both hands to wipe away the mud that filled the girl's mouth and nose, allowing her to breathe more smoothly.

"Very good……"

When she confirmed that the person she had rescued was still alive, Vivian finally breathed a sigh of relief and a happy smile appeared on her face.

But when her nerves finally relaxed, she also immediately realized her situation.

The originally gorgeous clothes were now covered in mud, and the original color could not be seen at all. The dazzling golden hair was also soaked in mud and stuck to the face, and the whole body was covered in sticky mud.

"It stinks..."

Vivian had a sad face and almost cried. She was obviously disgusted with herself now.

Kirara Yoshikage asked from a distance:

"Since you are a magician, you should know magic, right?"

"Eh?"

Vivian finally remembered that she was a magician. A look of surprise appeared on her face, and she subconsciously waved her staff to cast a spell.

However, when she clenched her palms, she found that they were empty.

When she rescued the girl, her staff had already been swallowed up by the swamp.

"Kira-kun, help me..."

Vivian's face turned sad again, and she blinked her beautiful emerald eyes pitifully, seeking help from Kira Yoshikage.

However, when faced with the little hand extended by the girl, Kira Yoshikage not only did not lend a helping hand, but instead took a half step back in disgust.

As the girl looked extremely hurt, the big pink cat handed her the staff that was also stained with mud.

"Eh?"