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Chapter 183 – Epilogue
 

“Somehow I feel completely spent.” Vepar muttered with a tired look while tilting a cup with black tea in the lounge of the royal castle after the battle on the plaza.

The plaza, which had been littered with corpses all over, was now spot clean again, and three knights guarded the stone statue remaining in its center, and another five soldiers stood guard at the plaza’s entrance to limit the entry for a while.
The knights, who had fainted from the wind magic-based sound attack unleashed by Origa at the end, had been admitted to the castle’s medical office. The demons, who had collapsed in the same way, were taken home by a unit under the direct control of Vepar, including the corpses of the dead demons.
Right now the leaders were taking a rest under the pretext of holding another preparatory meeting for signing a peace treaty.
Puuse, whose face was as exhausted as Vepar’s, relaxed in the same room with Reni and Zanga, who had been called to the castle without anyone knowing when that happened.

“Everyone, sorry for keeping you waiting.” Imeraria appeared in the lounge accompanied by Sabnak, and sat down on a couch after bowing once.

Tasting the black tea prepared by a skillful maid, Imeraria was calm, if only going by her behavior. However, the traces of tears, which she couldn’t conceal with make-up, and the emptiness of her eyes, which were completely tired out, made everyone present turn worried looks at her.

“It might not be something I should worry about, but are you alright without taking a break?” (Vepar)

“Yes, I am. There are still things I have to do right now. Since those around me have worked well for my sake, I’m fine since I will take a break once we finish speaking.” (Imeraria)

“I see. Then let’s hurry up and get this done, right?” Zanga suggested to begin the meeting to Imeraria who had answered Vepar’s concern while obviously forcing a smile.

Within around two hours of adjustments, Orsongrande, the demons, and the people, who acted together with Reni among the elves and beastmen, managed to finalize a draft for a treaty.
For a few days, each party took the draft with them, carefully scrutinized it, and after adjusting it once more, it was planned for all of them to sign the treaty.
A messenger had already been sent to inform Horant of the situation to some extent, and it was likely that Horant would enter the same treaty.
As for the beastmen, the treaty only affected those who belonged to the planned, autonomous region within Fokalore’s territory under Reni. Once the autonomous region’s establishment were to be completed, several other tribes would probably immigrate there from the wastelands. Reni’s and Helen’s parents should also be included among those.
It was decided for the elves to register in the Tohno Earldom alongside Zanga, but only Puuse would remain in the royal castle upon Imeraria’s strong request.
The demons would have their sovereignty over Vichy and Swordland recognized by the other races, and they would need to devote themselves to rebuilding all of it into one structured country from now on.

“Good grief, I guess we can finally return to our carefree lives with this. Pacing around all over the place, and getting dragged into strife has worn me out completely.” (Zanga)


Zanga and Reni left the royal castle together and headed to the mansion in the capital which Alyssa had inherited from Hifumi. For the present, they planned to use that place as a base and spend their time there until the signing of the treaty.
The group, which was guarded by knights with Knight Vaiya walking at the front, drew the populace’s looks. However, those looks were all kind ones.
Just as Reni had planned, the battle in front of the royal castle frightened the people living in the capital plentifully. Not having expected for mayhem to break out in the center of the capital, the capital turned into a melting pot of chaos. The ones who appeared at that moment were the elves and beastmen around Reni and Zanga.
They helped out with the evacuation by giving precise instructions and guiding the people, and they properly protected the people with the soldiers being confused on how to deal with the demons.
As result, the number of people holding animosity towards the beastmen and elves dropped sharply, at least among the people of the royal capital.

Even while huddling her shoulders slightly out of embarrassment over being watched, Reni murmured to Zanga in a whisper, “No, I think that the hard times are going to start from now on.”

“Oh my, really…? But you’re right, we have to build a city next.” (Zanga)

What a splendid little lady to fully grasp what has to be done, Zanga admired, but the “hard times” mentioned by Reni had a slightly different meaning.

“Building a city will be difficult as well, but…us elves and beastmen have to properly establish a military force.” (Reni)

Not just Zanga, but even Vaiya, who overheard those words, reflexively looked back at her.

“What do you mean by that…?” (Vaiya)

“It’s something I was taught by Hifumi-san.” Renya declared while looking into Vaiya’s eyes, “After the walls between the races are torn down, everyone will properly see the other, and at first everyone will get along without any reservations. However, a short time later they will quickly start to see parts they dislike about each other. And, if there’s some kind of trigger, those unpleasant feelings will easily change into hostility.”

The humans, beastmen, elves, and demons would directly look at each other throughout tens or hundreds of years. Because the existence of the person called Hifumi threw things into disorder, a part of the people would follow his path.

“Right now it’s a period where we will observe each other. But, as that continues for several years or decades, at a time when we gained a deeper understanding of each other…something might happen once again.” Reni said, and added, “Just like at the time when we gained temporary peace after building our own city in the slums.”

“Peace doesn’t mean that it’s not necessary to get ready for war. Because it’s peaceful, one should prepare for the time when the peace comes to an end. That’s what we must do from now on.” (Reni)

At the time when all related parties felt relieved that they had reached a big breaking point with the demise of all strife, only this little girl felt nervous about the great tasks ahead of her.





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