"Your big sister?" I asked Mercedes.
Hearing my question, Mercedes looked scared. Her body curled up between the sofa and buried her face.
I immediately approached Mercedes and sat beside her.
The fact that Mercedes had a big sister was new to me.
"Is something wrong, Mercedes?"
Yes, I know this is the wrong question. If Mercedes is scared, it means her "big sister" is an abnormal creature like Chiyuki.
Luckily, my experience with Chiyuki has slightly weakened my brain's logic wall. So the small surprise that might happen doesn't surprise me.
"My big sister.."
"She is a crazy Elf who intentionally poisoned the Elf village's water source to test the effects of the poison antidote she found."
Hmm.. this sounds normal to me.
There is nothing wrong with testing the poison antidote by feeling the poison. The sensation of recovery and pain flowing through the blood vessels is valuable data. Like testing a vaccine with a developing virus, there is nothing wrong with that.
"My big sister is…"
"She is very confident that her poison antidote will work well."
"For that.. she cunningly sold a bottle of poison antidote with rare raw materials from the Elf village. After her rotten scheme was exposed, she disappeared…"
I didn't know that the Scammer Elf was so scary.
A big question arose in my mind.
What made this crazy Elf stay in the Flora Kingdom?
What made this crazy Elf settle there?
"Mercedes, are you very sure that she is your big sister?" I asked to make sure.
"I'm not sure but her actions mirror my big sister nature."
"Eh?"
"Master Karl, my big sister is very obsessed with unfounded knowledge. Lately.. she has been developing magic activation to control corpses. The Flora Kingdom might be a heaven for her, considering.. the many corpses scattered there and the strange policies implemented."
"Strange policies?"
"Although from the outside it looks like a strange policy, the materials needed give a clear indication of what she's doing."
"And that... Controlling corpses?"
"Even in the middle of a kidnapping mission… ah… I mean a mission to pick up dead prisoners, we passed through an incomplete magic circle to controlling corpses."
Wait… something's strange.
"Just looking at the activation conditions, I can see that it's magic that summons an undead army. However, the sheer number of them scares me. It's a forbidden magic, but… if we're talking about my big sister… she doesn't care about the written rules and is dedicated to perfecting that forbidden magic."
Hearing this conversation, the hair on the back of my neck suddenly stood up. A terrible threat was about to happen.
I could feel it!
"Mercedes… what's our current relationship with the Flora Kingdom?"
"Normal… I guess?"
"Well, what if… some noble of the Flora Kingdom has a petty grudge against us and hires your big sister to create an army of corpses and invade our territory?"
"Ahahaha! Master Karl. That's so funny, why would they do something so ridiculous?"
"This is just my rough estimate. But.. The Flora Kingdom once attacked us with their main force but failed. But.. if the ones attacking us are undead. How do we defeat them?"
"Ahhh~ undead. Their movements are indeed slow but the terror they produce is enough to make a kingdom panic. My big sister would never accept such a ridiculous job offer, unless-"
"Unless.. The Flora Kingdom has the raw materials and resources needed to make it happen?"
"Exactly, Master Karl!"
"Well, good news for you, Mercedes. They already have the raw materials, I think…"
"Eh?" Mercedes was surprised.
"We have been monitoring the Flora Kingdom's trade routes just in case, recent reports have been that they have made large purchases from seven different kingdoms with materials that you can probably see from our intelligence reports."
"I-I will make sure, Master Karl!"
Mercedes left me.
In the end... The decision to leave the Flora Kingdom to survive defeat was a big mistake.
[...]
"What just happened?" I asked as I entered the Academy grounds which were flooded with blood.
Right in the middle of the flood of blood, Chiyuki stood and smiled at me.
"Ah! Onii-sama!!" she waved her hand as if calling me to hurry towards her.
I don't know what happened, it seems our special guest has been well served by Chiyuki.
"Hehe.. how is it?" Chiyuki asked.
"What do you mean? I don't know what's going on here."
"Uhuk!" a hoarse voice was heard.
"Ah! Are there still survivors?" Chiyuki turned her face to look for the source of the voice.
"Why are you guys so persistent in surviving? What's so hard about accepting death?" Chiyuki said as she took out a gun from under her short skirt.
Oh.. this.
I think I know what happened.
A gunshot was heard, but it wasn't Chiyuki who did it. The sound came from another line that rained bullets on the sinful body.
Seeing the disgusted reactions etched on their faces, I didn't bother asking about this incident.
"Ah! Attention everyone! Just in case make sure to make this trash die, okay?" Chiyuki ordered.
"Of course, Chiyuki-sama!" they replied enthusiastically.
For these nobles, even death feels good enough for them. I don't mind what crimes they committed, but...
If it's related to something horrible involving children and women. Even my rational mind would try to postpone their deaths. Death is too good an escape for them.
This noble was responsible for taking care of the health equipment. But, what happened so they choose as living shoot target? Well... This noble eroded the funds and used inadequate health equipment. That make Several cases of sudden deaths of the Flora Kingdom's people, if traced back the root, it would lead to this rotten noble.
High tax rates, slashed health services, poor sanitation, and unsafe food hygiene. All of those conditions are terrible, but.. why is the Flora Kingdom still doing well right now?
Several young couples whose died added to the social downturn that occurred.
Well, most of it was our war fault.
However, the Flora Kingdom had military guarantees to support families who died on duty. It was another story when these pigs easily cut the funds to fill their stomachs. Their crimes were above ours.
I never thought that such crimes existed in this world.
Putting that aside, even some women were deceived and blackmailed to survive. Just imagine, there was someone who claimed to lend us money and then we were forced to pay it without knowing the amount and the truth.
That was a very barbaric robbery.
The longer it went on, the desire to clean up this trash grew stronger. As usual... Chiyuki did the cleaning without inviting me.
How is this call? Part of me demanded justice.
"Oh yeah, Onii-sama. I almost forgot. There is one special pig, especially for Onii-sama."
"Hm?" I was a little surprised when Chiyuki left one of her hunted meats.
"This person... Ah! Sorry! This pig is very special. He sells women and tricks children who are victims of war into becoming his slaves."
Okay! Enough!
Lately, I've been busy with unimportant things. But.. now there's a stress relief waiting for me.
"For that... Onii-sama" Chiyuki approached me and handed me a knife.
"Think of it as a humanitarian donation," Chiyuki said with a smile.
"Children! Please pay attention! Right now Onii-sama will be performing a rather useful interrogation technique on you!"
Wait...
Why did it become interrogation by me?
"Onii-sama, please.. show us," Chiyuki pointed at someone tied to a chair.
It seems... I've seen this person before.
But when and where?
His face feels very familiar.
But.. if he's sitting here then there's only one reason.
Well.. whoever he is. I'll see the report later...
[...]