
I stayed in the tent for a while to take care of the girls. Mainly, I moved the dead and applied first aid on the remaining girls to make sure they didn't die.
Some girls were injured so they could die at any time, so, I had to spend a little of my mana in it. I did not bother to heal it completely, instead, I had to spend a little bit of my mana in it. I did not bother to heal it completely, I just took care of his life-threatening injuries and handed the rest over to the people who would take care of him later.
When I finished, I let out a complicated sigh. Although I feel sorry for these girls, I also understand how normal things are like this.
When there is war, many terrible crimes are committed.r*rape is just one of them, and soldiers who rape innocent women are common. Of course, many commanders disliked him, but most of them pretended not to know to let the soldiers vent it.
It was not only happening in this world, but also in a world that was much more developed than this. When there is war, many atrocities are committed. Hell, you would be surprised to know that even things like ordinary human experiments are visible.
I remember I was reincarnated in an ability-based civilization. This civilization has a high level of technology, and some people among them have something called ESP capability.
Funnily enough, this ability is found in laboratories whose main research topics are related to human experimentation.
Thousands of people died during the experiment.
Living things are greedy, and surprisingly, smarter living things are more voracious. As powerful people pursue more power, the ultimate victims end up being powerless people who are incapable of self-defense.
Just like this time. The reason why these girls suffered this fate was because they were too weak to fight back when people stronger than them wanted to harm them.
Are they bad people? Maybe not. Do they deserve this? I don't think so.
Once someone tells me, weakness is a sin.
And after a few lifetimes observing many worlds, I knew how true his words were.
But at the same time, I confirmed something else.
When you're strong enough, you really don't care how wrong you act.
one time, I was a fighter for justice.I fought for the weak against the strong, trying to make the world a better place.
Unfortunately, now I know there's no happily ever after.
… And ironically, I'm still looking for my happiness forever.
I smiled wryly. It's been a long time since I was so emotional.
… Maybe because I saw her recently. It made me think of some things I had long forgotten.
Huh, how troublesome…
After making sure all the girls were okay, I left the tent.I then looked around and found Katherine sitting on the ground outside the camp.
"Are you okay?" I sat down next to him and asked with a worried look.
“... Don't worry about me. I'm just a little surprised.”
I let out a breath. "It's not your fault, you know that, right?"
"I knew. It's just.. This... This shouldn't have happened..”.
I fell silent and stared at the ground.
“I heard it from teacher Tear. He told me that the real reason the emperor refused to send reinforcements was because he wanted to achieve something with this situation. He doesn't care how many students die if he achieves that goal.”.
"… Maybe." I said.
Katherine looked at me with a complicated expression. "Do you know about the reason?"
"… Why do you want to know?" my spoken.
“I just want to know what is so precious to sacrifice so many students.”
I chuckle softly. "You won't like my answer then."
Katherine turned around and grabbed my hand. "Please tell me."
I looked straight into Katherine's eyes and sighed.
“!!!” he's surprised.
I looked at the forest and smiled calmly.
“This expedition is a ruse to disguise my death. Well, daemons were something unexpected, but even without them, this expedition was destined to turn into a tragedy. ”
Katherine turned pale. He took a few steps back and looked at me with a surprised look.
“T-But you.. Ka-You... A-Is....”.
"A prince? His son?" I smile. “You are Principal Evelyn's student and Dina's friend. Have you heard rumors about Dina and me? Even if we are the children of the emperor, we are thorns in the eyes of other imperial families.”
Katherine's expression turned even paler, then, she seemed to understand something.
“... Is that why you hid your powers?”
I smiled without answering.
When Katherine saw that, she bit her lip and walked towards me, holding my hand again. "… I'm sorry."
"Do you feel sorry for me?"
“T-No, a-I.. I-It's just..”.
I smiled and hugged her waist, placed it on my lap. Then I stole his lips again.
But this time the kiss was not as short as before.
Instead, it was a long kiss filled with passion.
Katherine tried to struggle in the beginning, but after a few seconds, she closed her eyes and decided to accept it.
Unfortunately, he did not allow me to use my tongue. When I tried, he bit her.
"Ouch!"
Katherine blushed and lowered her head. “... Don't go too far.”
I smile. Fortunately, my body was quite strong, so Katherine's bite didn't hurt in the least.
"You don't have to pity me, Kathe." I stroked her long green hair gently. “I don't care about my father's annoying thoughts or my two stupid brothers. Besides, I also want to kill most of my family, so we are balanced.”
“... Huh!?” Katherine was so shocked by my words that she ignored the fact that I called her Kathe.
“Why are you so surprised?” I laughed again and pinched her nose, making Katherine frown unhappily.
“Let me tell you something, Kathe. You're angry for the student who died here, right? But what can you do about it? There aren't. Because you are too weak. Can you kill the emperor? Or kill all the daemons that invaded this forest? you can't, so you can only survive."
"But if you're strong enough, then no matter if it's an emperor or a daemon, you can kill them if you want." I said.
“... Are you strong enough?” said curious.
"I? Mmm. My situation is a little more complicated. For me, it's not a matter of strength anymore.”
"Huh?"
I laughed softly and put a finger on Katherine's forehead. “I'll give you a gift as your future husband, Kathe. Maybe, you can find a way to be really strong through it.”
Then, I gave him certain information.
It was a technique suitable for Katherine. A technique that could carry most of his talent.
When I finished, Katherine held her head in pain trying to make sense of the new information in her mind.
Meanwhile, I stroked her delicate hair while daydreaming.