Chapter 188: Crime

"Do you know...the information from the north?" The little girl opened her eyes wide. "Have you secretly sent out a private spy?"

"I know a lot," Ash Rufate replied. "Because the magician and the excellent spy... there is almost no intersection between the two. The scouts and spys also have to pass the message through the magical messaging scroll."

The little girl couldn't understand what Ash Rufate was hinting at all, but she was not interested in these minor matters for the time being. "You just said, a big picture?"

"The last invasion of the barbarians... Groney's civil strife... Byron's suicide... etc. Maybe everything is part of a big picture, as if a hand is quietly manipulating in the invisible darkness. For example, it is like a piece on a chessboard. Although it seems to be in a chessboard, it has nothing to do with each other. But since they are in a chessboard and are placed in the chessboard, they cannot be viewed in isolation. I said, I already know some things... Although it is still some broken information, all this should be a very large layout. Even Byron is one of them. If I am not wrong," said Asu Ruffat. "You will soon receive news that the northern castle is lost... No, if I am that chess player, will the castle fall happen for a while? The reaction should be news that the castle is solid and the barbarians cannot break the city for a while."

"Is this... related to us, and the matter between Fornoros...?"

"Someone... or some existence has written a script about Groney's demise."

"How to perform this script...?" The little girl found that her voice was trembling. Speaking of the incredible, inexplicable, completely out of common sense logic, she should have jumped up and refuted and denied it loudly, but she found that she believed what Ash Rufate said.

"I won't say much about what has happened so far. If I guess correctly, first of all, the northern border is stable, and the barbarian army is trapped under the strong city and cannot advance. And that strange 'plague curse', something that the church is extremely afraid and worried about will suddenly disappear. Maybe it won't disappear, but it can be confirmed that this force will not be placed on the main battlefield, but will be used to disrupt the interior of Groni, or to deal with some small, strong, but not particularly important castles. We will have plenty of time to mobilize troops... Like all the invasions that have happened before, the king will have plenty of time to mobilize an army to prepare for counterattack."

"And...and what?"

"Then, reinforcements set out to drive the barbarians back to the wilderness. But this war that everyone thought would win was mixed with many factors that we did not know, and the possibility of failure was very high."

"Why did it fail?"

"I don't know...but there should be absolute certainty. Maybe it's the traitors who have penetrated the army long ago - this is not even an accident. Maybe they can instantly break through all the cities that are "unbreakable for a long time" before the decisive battle, thereby greatly boosting morale. Maybe some... have been hidden combat power as trump cards. Maybe before the war begins, the plague curse will turn the entire army into patients, or before the war begins, our army has been depressed due to the domestic rebellion, and the soldiers have lost their confidence in victory." Ashu Rufate said. "But I believe in the last possibility. But I believe in the last possibility.

The biggest thing is that because other things are difficult, the only last move is the simplest and most practical, especially when it can be used with any other move to achieve greater effect. And the last move, at least I can be sure that Fornoros is an important arrangement, if it is not the core. All the elements of a large-scale rebellion have been gathered here... A group of people full of anger and hatred, a hidden flag, a group of external forces that are subdued on the surface, but can be echoed at any time. It is like a powder barrel, and only one Mars can explode."

"You can imagine that if you gathered all your troops to the north to fight against the invading barbarians... At this time... a large-scale and completely uncontrollable rebellion broke out in the south... What kind of impact would this have? It's like a snake stuffed into your body... no one knows what kind of damage it will cause."

The two looked at each other and remained motionless for several seconds.

"You..." The little girl suddenly vibrated. "Can such a thing be possible?"

Ashu Rufate slowly took off his helmet and revealed his original appearance. Because of the cover of the helmet and the angle, the little girl had never seen his expression. Now she found that Ashu Rufate was actually smiling.

It was a sad smile.

"Of course it's taboo," said Ashu Rufate.

"Can I object?"

"Yes. It's his own business for a man to jump onto a fire. It's his own business for a man to let the red viper bite his neck. It's his own business for a man to sit naked on the bush and say that he doesn't hurt at all. It's his own business for a king to destroy his kingdom. But," said Ashu Rufate. "You must remove me from my position and deprive me of my title. Otherwise, I will do this."

"... Give me some more time to think about it..." Seeing Ash Rufate's smile, the little girl suddenly felt an indescribable heartache.

Ashurf nodded.

...

The candlelight swayed by the desk, reflecting the long dark night outside the tent. It was quite quiet outside at this time, with only a faint voice coming from the vaguely sounds of the patrol team and sentries.

Because at this time, there was an extra guest in his private tent, a guest who came uninvited and refused to reveal his true identity, and could not be looked down upon. To be honest, there was really no place to arrange such a guest besides his own tent. Because if he arranged a place to live independently, it would definitely attract other people's attention.

Like all generals, Ashurufate's private tent is relatively large and has much better furniture (ordinary soldiers generally do not have furniture), including a bed.

Now, the little girl was sitting on the bed, boredly fiddling with the candlestick. Ashu Rufate had just received an emergency and left the tent. But she was not very far away.

The little girl had known that Ash Rufate had extraordinary dark vision (this should be a abilities obtained by strict exercise), but she did not expect that he really did not have the habit of lighting the lights at night. Because the candlestick placed in the tent seemed to have never been used at all, and even the candles inserted on the candlestick were covered with a layer of gray. Ash Rufate never handled any military affairs at night? Or could he read in the dark effortlessly?

At this moment, there were only two people in this tent, Ashu Rufate and the little girl. There should have been one Lalia, but Lalia refused to be with the little girl. She would rather sleep alone in the wilderness than stay overnight in Ashu Rufate's tent. When she was in Eagle City in the past, the little girl noticed that Lalia and Ashu Rufate seemed to have some special relationship before, but this time she really confirmed it.

Lalia was afraid of Ashu Rufate. The Lalia, who was called "Blood Rose", the Lalia, who was regarded as a legend in the Eagle City and everyone was afraid of, and the Lalia, who saw the ruthless murder of dozens of gangsters in the warehouse with her own eyes, was actually very afraid of Ashu Rufate, so afraid that she would not even dare to approach Ashu Rufate - even if both sides were standing on the same front at this time.

Is Ashu Rufate really that scary? The little girl still remembers what happened when she first met. At that time, Ashu Rufate didn't know her true identity. However, although he had a bad attitude, he could not be said to be vicious. And after all, there was a chivalrous spirit who was helping him, and took the initiative to help the little girl in trouble. On the contrary, the situation when she first saw Lalia was terrible. In that warehouse, Lalia's sword light was as bright as snow, and human bodies were shattered and split under her sword light, almost leaving a lifelong psychological shadow on the little girl. But now, when the two were together, she absolutely did not feel "fear" because she knew that the two were standing together. As an enemy, it was terrible, but as a companion, it was very reliable. This is the so-called position issue.

But why is Lalia afraid of Ashu Rufate? The little girl was thinking about this strange question. When she was thinking this way, she was shocked to realize that Ashu Rufate had come to her at some point.

"How...how...how?"

Ash Rufate shook his head gently. He didn't speak, but his expression had already explained everything.

This was the agreement between the little girl and him, that is, to find the two grandchildren of Byron who were hidden in two days as soon as possible. They are just ordinary children with no resistance for the time being, but as long as they are placed in the right place, they will become a flag that no one can ignore - no matter who the flag is placed in his hand.

Ashu Rufat sat in front of the candlestick, his back slightly arched back and his head drooped, looking a bit like an old man, a little ridiculous. If he changed the environment, the little girl might laugh.

But the little girl found that she couldn't laugh at all. Suddenly, she found that she understood Lariya a little. In front of her, Ash Rufate was the murderer who could turn the prosperous market town into a bloody hell without hesitation. No matter how heavy he seemed to carry, he would still do this. This is... the little girl couldn't tell what it felt, but although he looked heavy at the moment, he was a complete man.

"Ash Rufate...have you... thought of being forgiven?"

"How could that kind of thing be forgiven?" Ash Rufat replied softly. "Others can't understand this feeling of being stained with the blood of thousands or tens of thousands of innocent people in his hands! Even if I can lie to others, can I lie to myself?"

He paused for a moment, and the weak tone just now disappeared, becoming cold and cruel. "But this is necessary! Because there must be a person who chooses the endless Shura path in order to allow more people to survive!"

He suddenly found that the little girl grabbed his hand and held his hand tightly with the maximum power she could achieve.

"You don't have to bear that much, let me..."

"No, the queen must have a pair of clean hands." Ashurufat gently pushed the little girl's hand away. "I am a soldier. Although I don't remember the past record, I think I should have killed many people, some of whom I personally killed, and some who were killed because of my orders. Since my hands were covered with blood, it doesn't matter if they were too much." He chuckled. "Do you still remember the records in the book? All the books said that the orders for massacre and robbery were issued by Garunas, not King Markremiz. I think... this is because these plans were conceived by Garunas. King Markremiz could not do such a thing. Give me some final dignity. I don't want to commit any crime, but I defended it with the reason I didn't believe it."
Chapter completed!