On this day, a solid book-burning ceremony was held in the square in front of the south gate of the royal capital. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Twelve million volumes of the "evil pagan books" that were considered to have been burned were so numerous that the royal library was completely emptied.

Archbishop Potan shouted in front of piles of books and crowds of onlookers. A knight with an interest in scholarship courageously, or rather unwisely, objected to the book burning.

"Even if it's a pagan book, wouldn't it be a shame to throw all such valuable books into the fire without research? Even if you want to burn it, it's not too late to spend a lot of time judging its value before you start it! ”

"Blasphemer!" Potan trampled the ground.

"If the events recorded in these books are the same as those of the sacred texts of Eyaldaport, then the holy texts alone are sufficient for the enjoyment of the world. If it is written against the Holy Scriptures, then it must have been written according to the good wisdom of the devil, and we must destroy it. It should be burned anyway! ”

"But even the medical books were thrown into the fire......"

There was a hard slap in the mouth, and the knight couldn't help but stagger on his feet.

"Those who respect the god of Ijardabot from the bottom of their hearts will not be plagued by sickness. Those who will be sick must have the seeds of evil in their hearts and will be punished by God! Even if it is the king of a country. ”

Potan shot a vicious gaze at the king, who sat on the throne in the distance, and then shouted in a louder voice:

"Even if the king of a country has the evil idea of marrying a pagan woman, the virus will form a divine battle to whip the arrogant! Those who have evil intentions, hurry up and repent of it! ”

Inokendis VII blushed and shook his loose body, not from fear, but from a violent feeling of unpleasure. Giscar, the younger brother of the king, who was standing aside, was extremely satisfied with how things were going. For him, this should be a sign to be thankful for.

Potan raised a hand, and the mountain of books was poured with oil and the torch was dropped.

Immediately, the flames burst into flames, swallowing twelve million volumes of books into the flames. The records of human thought and sensibility that had been stored up for a thousand years before the founding of Pars were completely buried by the gods of the invaders.

History, Poetry, Geography, Medicine, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Agriculture, Crafts......

The countless amounts of labor and passion that must be invested before a book can be completed have been reduced to ashes in the flames.

Although held back by the ironclad army of the Rusidanian soldiers, the Parsians who watched the entire process of burning the books still let out suppressed voices of anger and sorrow.

Three men wearing turbans that deeply covered their eyebrows mixed in with the crowd to witness the sight. The man of 'average' height among the three whispered in a bitter angry voice: "Whatever the property is plundered by them, even the culture of a country has been burned to the ground. This kind of behavior can no longer be described by the word barbarian. Simply an ignorant ape! ”

"Look at the archbishop who commanded the book-burning! They danced happily. ”

"Let me kill that man named Potan! The king will hand it over to Regulus to settle it, and the royal brother will hand it over to you, Daron, and the fellow will hand it over to me・・・・・・・"

"Okay!"

These three men were Daron, Narzas, and Regulus.

The three of them left the square in front of the city gate without reading the entire process of burning the book, and walked towards the low-lying area that looked like a half-labyrinth.

Anger at the book burning, they must gather information on King Andrakolas and Princess Taiba Mena as soon as possible.

"The so-called Ialdabot means "holy ignorance" in the ancient Rusidanian language."

As he walked, Narzath explained.

According to their mythology, the earth was originally an ever-spring paradise, where people lived happily without distress or doubt, but after people took a bite of the fruit of wisdom, which the gods forbade to steal, humans were driven out of paradise.

For Narzas, this is an unpleasant myth.

Regulus, on the other hand, felt that this was very similar to the Christian mythology, except that the Garden of Eden was changed to a human being, and Adam and Eve were referred to as human beings in general・・・・・・・

Narsas, who did not know Christianity, thought that it was a kind of thinking that reduced people to pigs.

A person who does not have doubts about contradictions, a person who does not feel anger at unhealthy phenomena, is not even as good as a pig. However, why do many religions, including Eagledabot, convince people not to be confused and not to be angry?

"You know what? Daron, the reason why they destroyed Mayam and invaded Pars, can be said to have acted according to what is recorded in their holy scriptures. ”

"You mean their god gave Pars to them?"

The Holy Texts do not explicitly say Pars. However, according to the holy scriptures, their god promised to give the believers the most beautiful and fertile land in the world. So, from their standpoint, a land as beautiful and fertile as Pars is, of course, theirs, and we are unscrupulous occupiers. ”

"What nonsense!" Dalong put his turban back on and naturally pulled back the hair that covered his forehead.

"So, do the Rusitanians sincerely believe in their gods?"

"Well, what is faith? Or did they justify their aggression under the pretext of faith? ”

If it is the latter, perhaps it can be resolved in a diplomatic way from the same position as Rusidania. If it is the former, then, unless all efforts are made to defeat the Rusidani, the Pars themselves will not survive. Either way, one should come up with a way to defeat them.

"There are several ways to manipulate the Parsians." In order to help the prince, who had promised him to be a court painter, Narsas did everything he could to figure it out.

"For example, if the slaves in all the territory of Pars were freed in the name of the princes, and slavery could be abolished by an agreement with them, and one percent of them were armed, an army of half a million could be formed. And in this case, self-sufficiency is a big premise. ”

Reasonable. Daron nodded.

"However, in this way, we cannot expect the support of the lords and nobles who now own slaves. Because there will be no good people who know that we will cause them a loss, but are willing to be on our side. ”

"Aren't you, the lord of Dalam, who also freed the slaves and returned the land?"

"Because I'm a freak!"

It is better to say that Narzas is a little boastful. Suddenly, his expression became extremely unpleasant again.

"Moreover, even if the slaves are freed, it is not that everything is gone, and the rest of the things are difficult! We can't just sit at a table and dream! ”

It was probably Narthas' own experience that made him have such concerns. Dalong didn't ask any more questions. Narsas shook his head, as if to reorganize his emotions, and began to stretch out his fingers to count several strategies to defeat the Rusidanian army.

"You can use the lands of the old Badavsha Principality as bait to lure Sindra into the bait. It is also possible to infiltrate the kingdom of Mayam and encourage the royal party to re-establish itself and sever the connection between the Rusidanian army and the country. Or simply work in Rusidania and let the royal family and nobles who remain in Rusitania covet the throne. Of course, it is also possible to incite Rusidania's immediate neighbors to attack their own country. ”

Da Long couldn't help but look at his friend in admiration.

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