Hearing this, Muhan did not change in any way.

He rolled up his sleeves.

"Now, Otoha... Meat, do you want to eat it?"

「...」

"Everyone has a beast in their hearts, but we are different from ordinary beasts, people have hearts, and the more you are biased towards beasts, the more painful they are, and after living in that kind of hell for so long, I know, you are very miserable now."

「...」

No, I don't know what Muhan is talking about.

I just looked at him.

The familiar black field dagger appeared in front of me.

I wanted to reach out and catch it, but this time, no one handed it to me.

"Then that's—"

——

The dagger cut off a whole piece of flesh from my forearm, and as the blood splattered, Muhan handed the cut flesh to me.

——

Blood splattered all over the ground.

And this time, I didn't take a step forward as usual.

I don't know what kind of emotion drove me, but I actually faced the familiar meat and retreated.

"Come, eat! Eat my flesh."

「...」

"Everyone has a time when they deviate from humanity and expose their wildness, people are human after all, no one wants to eat human flesh, we still have reason, the reason why you did not attack the living is the proof that you still have the remaining reason, and this reason is the way that can get you out of pain."

The blood that dripped down seemed to drip into the surface of a calm lake.

Ripples open and diffuse.

——

"Don't- I don't want to eat these things."

——

The emotion called resistance appeared in my unfluctuating heart.

Sharp pain welled up.

While shaking my head, I was hugged.

——

The war in this region has not ended, but has fallen into a long-term confrontation.

And we, the people of this welfare facility, were arranged by Muhan to pass through several combat zones and come to the area controlled by government forces.

Through intensive scrutiny, we received assistance from humanitarian organizations.

Most of the children were scattered and assigned to various welfare facilities.

Although the conditions are not very good, at least they can ensure sufficient food and necessities.

Less than a month after we arrived here, the world began to change gradually.

After the government army introduced the peace system, the U.S. government joined forces with other countries around the world to sign a treaty banning arms sales, and supported the government army with a large amount of material and weapons.

The counteroffensive of the government army against local warlords and terrorists has also officially begun.

It was also during this time that I met an officer who was willing to take care of me.

"My name is Forestry, and the final battle is coming to an end, and when that time comes, I'll be fine... I don't know what to say, but when the battle is over on the front, I'll be able to come back soon."

I didn't expect, nor did I believe anything would change, because no one knew better than me what the so-called war was like.

Just as a flame that can never be extinguished in a short period of time, wars will not end easily.

And the reality is just as I thought, although the flames are gone, the embers are still there.

The battle, called the Last Battle, was called Forestry and lasted more than a decade.

The next time I heard the name of forestry, it was 16 years later.

"Your father, I'm sorry for the sacrifice."

That's how I got an obituary from my adoptive father, who had only met him once.

Along with this obituary, there is also a pension that can be called a huge amount of money.

It was precisely because of this pension that I really started my academic career.

——

I was twenty-two years old, but because I looked close to sixteen years old, I started my studies in high school.

Actually, I didn't have any concept of schooling, but I just followed the will of my deceased adoptive father.

When I was twenty-two years old, I officially entered Kusunoki High School and began my studies.

I thought it was just a place for further study, but the relationship within the school was far more troublesome than I thought.

Even if you deliberately dilute your sense of existence, you will keep getting into trouble.

School life is not good, and the troubles will snowball, getting bigger and bigger.

I was silent, and I seemed to have become the best target of bullying.

The boys' circle is okay, they are not bored enough to make fun of me, as for the girls' circle, I seem to be the most miserable one, and all kinds of weird rumors have not been interrupted.

I don't care about this kind of rumor, and I won't communicate with them anyway.

Relationships in high school are the most boring and useless.

It's okay to ignore them, anyway, I usually deliberately avoid contact with people, ignoring them is not a troublesome thing, plus the strict control of the school, I didn't encounter any trouble in the school.

But only in schools.

"Cute JK over there, would you be interested in going for a drink with us?"

It's the first time I've been surrounded by troublesome people like today.

I looked at the people behind this group of men, and they were several girls from the same class.

Even if you don't offend them, will you take the initiative to trouble me?

The few people who surrounded me didn't look like normal people.

"Sure enough, even in such a peaceful area, there will be no shortage of people who take ignorance as fun and disgusting as pride."

"What did you say?"

"You guys better forget it, this person is used to being sought after by boys, no, should I say that he is used to using boys as slaves? You can try to get on your knees and ask her to give orders."

"So... Your Royal Highness the Noble Princess, come and play with us."

The man who was amused held out his hand to me.

"Do you guys really think that such a thing can be counted?"

"Forget it? Do we think forget it? What are you talking about? Is it because you are too sought after and your brain is burned out?"

"I want to ask a question, why I haven't been in contact with you, and you still come here to take care of my troubles."

"You know, what we call a school is a miniature version of society, and what do you think is the most important thing in this society?"

"I don't know, what is it?"

"The obedience of the weak to the strong, this school, everyone recognizes our status, only you, have been ignoring us, I feel that it is necessary to educate you on the principles of life."

This kind of thing often happens, a group of idiots who plan to be the king and dominate because they have many people or are strong.

I didn't expect such a thing to happen in an aristocratic school like Nanmu.

I really don't know what expressions to use with these people.

A group of students who grew up in greenhouses have a strange attachment to these strange powers and positions.

It is not a good thing to regard the forbearance of others as reverence and obedience.

"And what do you want to do?"

「——」

(End of chapter)