Orc Hero Story: Discovery Chronicles - Chapter 80.2

The “Descending Heaven” and the “Coming Heaven”. The sky of this land was unstable, but now it was starting to cloud over.

“Humans are a selfish race. For their convenience, for their desires, for their rights, they easily deceive others. As evidence, as soon as they won the war, they belittled other races, imposed disadvantageous treaties, sometimes subjecting them to servitude, controlling them, and in some cases, they might even try to gradually destroy them… Humans should be destroyed. At least, they shouldn’t be the winners of the war.”

“So, you want to resurrect Gediguz and start the war again?”

“That’s right.”

“Even though it could lead to another war lasting thousands of years?”

“I spoke a bit with Demon King Gediguz… He’s an extraordinary man. Win or lose, it won’t end like that.”

With her confident tone, Nazar’s words came to a halt.

“Instead of playing forever, why don’t you seriously consider the country and the world?”

“I have been doing my best to carry your will, sister, in my own way.”

“And as a result, you’ve been expelled from politics and couldn’t participate in making decisions on truly important matters. …Now, who do you think controls the country?”

“Of course, it’s Father.”

“That’s right, but Father is ill. How many years does he have left? After his death, do you think you can take control? Tell me what would happen to someone who doesn’t even participate in crucial decisions…

“……”

“Who supports your international travels? Do you think that person really wants you to become king? They support you now, but soon they’ll start badmouthing you and opposing you in the most crucial areas, trying to dismiss your ideas and creating plausible reasons to reject them, right?”

This gave him a clue: Chancellor Crusader.

In the end, he did what Nazar said, but looking back, he had been tough even on orcs and succubi. In a way, it seemed like he was trying to create a tense relationship between them. He also opposed Bash’s interrogation. He tried to turn the Orc Hero into the culprit and sour the relationship with the orcs. Nazar had thought it was ignorance, but considering how much Crusader knew, it seemed like something else.

“But…”

“Let me make a prediction. Eventually, at the most opportune moment, you’ll be killed. Just like me. And after your death, a race will perish. Whether succubi or orcs… oh, maybe it could even be the trigger for a war with the elves.”

“……”

“And then, many humans will support the war. If our ‘Prince of the Coming Heaven’ Nazar is assassinated, they’ll think that other races should perish too. After all, to most humans, as long as they thrive themselves, they couldn’t care less about the fate of other races.

“That’s not true! We take into account the well-being of every race! We adjust to create a good balance, considering each other’s interests.”

“Yes, that may be true. But there is no one who serves other races selflessly. Think about the interests of others? And if there’s no benefit for them? What would you do then? You might say that you should think about the well-being of that race, even if it means some disadvantage for you, but what about others? Will the people accept it? If by benefiting other races, your people end up starving, can you keep insisting that they should endure the disadvantages?”

“Well… That might be true… but that should be the same for any race, shouldn’t it?”

“That’s right. But humans are good at deceiving. Both their opponents and themselves. That’s how they shape things in their favor. They say justice is on their side, that they fight fair battles.”

“……”

Nazar couldn’t respond further. Because he had started to think that it might be true. Because that’s how humans had managed to maintain their fighting spirit throughout the long war. Convincing themselves by various means that it was for justice, they kept on fighting.

And that hadn’t changed even after the war ended. They found various reasons to oppress orcs and succubi. At first, Nazar thought it was because they didn’t know the true nature of succubi and orcs. Certainly, many ordinary citizens knew nothing about them. They had preconceived ideas about succubi and orcs and knew nothing beyond that.

However, it seemed that the high-ranking officials knew. They knew and maybe imposed martial law to prevent ordinary citizens from knowing.

“What a situation, isn’t it? Those who don’t like their own race always talking about reasoning. In the end, this happened just because they thought their race was beautiful, but when they saw things from a slightly different angle, they couldn’t forgive that it was dirtier than they thought. That’s why I hate people being so idealistic.” Seeing the conversation come to a halt, Carrot let out a chuckle. “…Well, I won’t deny that I’m speaking ill of humans based on my own feelings. There may be mistakes in what I just said. However, it’s true that humans are a race that wouldn’t hesitate to use the corpse of a person they just fought to the death with just to rise higher.”

“Well, it doesn’t matter. In the world dominated by humans, it’s a fact that succubi can’t survive.”

Carrot laughed. The person in front of her was a woman who believed her own race had no pride, that it was just a disgusting race. And Carrot was a woman who believed her own race was proud and beautiful, even though they were currently being kicked around. Two completely opposite individuals, though their goals coincided.

Carrot turned to Nazar.

“So, if we can’t get along… do you want to fight? Or maybe you want to join us? If you go back like this and cry because your older sister is alive, you might get killed too, you know? In that case, you can come with us. First, though, you have to let me taste you a little….”

“……”

Nazar didn’t know what to do anymore. He looked at the woman next to him as if seeking help. Thunder Sonia had an indifferent expression.