[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World

[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 38: Awe behind hate

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"It seems ... We missed a lot in these 15 years …"


Noelle muttered in an unhappy voice, Olivia also let out an annoyed expression on her face.


Charlotte wondered what all that meant, but Noelle only explained with an unhappy face.


"This world .. changed too much in just 15 years"


"Eh? "


Charlotte was surprised, Noelle explained.


"All the information we have before has become less useful, only a few things are still the same as before .. It seems .. The current king made a lot of changes"


"Eh? Ahhh .. After being remembered .. The current king is dubbed as the revolutionary king because he made many changes to the kingdom, I remember that he had dissolved and re-formed the order of the Knights … The King also cooperated with the Church and the holy Kingdom of Quinnella to disperse the palladins and form an army of holy Knights … "


Charlotte explained everything in her memory, Noelle listened quietly then asked her.


"Charl, can you explain the structure of these continents and kingdoms? "


"Eh? Ahh .. We are in the great continent .. The Gardiant Continent, then the kingdom of Nothing is located in the northern part of the continent"


"I thought it was too obvious to be in the north"


Ignoring Noelle's spontaneous comments, Charlotte again explained.


"The Kingdom of Nothing is flanked with several other major states, the western part is the state of the Republic of Waldenholt .. Then the east is the Empire of Alacrylia .. Northeast is the sacred kingdom of Quinnella … And several other small kingdoms adjacent to the Waldenholt republic"


Charlotte explained it calmly while taking the map stored in the locker located between the bookshelves.


"Sorry because the map is not too detailed"


Charlotte awkwardly apologized, but Noelle and Olivia just nodded her head and spoke.


"No problem, besides, a detailed map must be very valuable and used for military purposes"


"……… How do you know that? "


"It's a very ancient world, we don't have anything like G00gle maps here .. And the detailed maps must be very valuable because it's difficult to make them fit the geographical conditions of the region being mapped … At least a map with a delimiter is enough to guess"


Noelle explained everything as if it was a normal thing, Olivia just nodded with her unusual serious face. Afterwards, Olivia asked Charlotte.


"Charl .. Mention any kingdom allied with our kingdom .. And which has a conflict with us"


It was just in case, Olivia added.


"Eh? Ahh ... The Kingdom of Nothingnos is allied with the Alacrylia Empire and the sacred kingdom of Quinnella, my father also said that we're going to war soon"


"Ahh .. That's why they hurriedly recruited many adventurers … "


Noelle muttered understandingly and made Charlotte ask in confusion.


"Why? "


"It's not clear, the situation with the Republic has become quite bad lately, and the Republic also borders Margrave Suiren"


Noelle calmly spoke up and showed Charlotte a book. Noelle opened the book and stopped at a certain page.


" ‘An adventurer with D-rank and E has the freedom to choose to follow war or other border conflicts, as for rank-C and above are required to follow the war or conflict related to their region is ’... Based on this, it is clear that they want us to follow the war"


Noelle recited the passage clearly while Olivia and Charlotte quietly listened to it.


"War … "


Charlotte muttered in a sliced voice. Noelle looked at him and asked.


"Charl, do you hate war? "


"……… I don't know, I don't know.. Maybe I hate it, but on the one hand I want it..... Is this my natural desire as a fallen angel? ……… How about you .. Noelle, do you reject war? "


Charlotte spoke in a deep tone and asked Noelle, and Noelle replied.


"Hmm I don't know.. I don't like war, but I don't reject war myself"


"Eh? "


That answer surprised Charlotte. Noelle ignored that while stroking the head of Olivia who was sitting on her lap.


"I'm not against war because you know? I hate humans, of course including myself .. But I admire humans who are able to create many magical and never unexpected things before"


Noelle spoke in a calm voice and her face seemed to have a mix of emotions between sadness and admiration.


For the record, Olivia had applied barrier magic that blocked their voices with wind magic and deflected the light to make them invisible.


"Charl, you know? Humans will never unleash their full potential without the support of certain situations.The times when humans unleash their full potential are when there is conflict, war"


" "………" "


Charlotte fell silent, she focused her ears to hear Noelle. So did Olivia who happily enjoyed the warmth of Noelle's body while listening to her soft voice.


"When there is a great conflict, or war .. Humans will be very serious, they will be very serious in fighting and creating their own weapons"


"War has had an ironically positive effect on technology, medicine, architecture, cultural exchange, and more"


"There are many types of weapons of mass destruction, such as hydrogen bombs, nuclear, biological weapons using viruses and bacteria, and others"


"However, war is still needed .. Because humans will face their own destruction if they remain stagnant and do nothing, but they will accelerate the destruction of the world when they become serious … That's really ironic, a two-way dead end"


"At the end of the day man will only face destruction because of his own actions .. Haha, that's really ridiculous"


Noelle with an ironic smile continued to speak as her hands gently combed Olivia's silver hair.


"That is why, I hate man .. Yet admire him at the same time, and the source of all that .. Is war"


But everything is not that easy, the war will certainly produce revenge and hatred, both of which are the triggers of prolonged conflict.


As long as there is such a thing as vengeance and hatred, the war will never end. There is no such thing as true peace, all that peace is just a deposit that will be taken again someday.


Some wanted to make peace, but that was impossible. Then they turn all that hatred and resentment into a sense of competition. That way, they can reduce a little bit of the resentment that war produces and make progress without having to make meaningless sacrifices.


But it is different from this world. The world needs more conflicts and wars for its development.


As long as there are those who harbor hatred, the conflict will never end.


As much as possible, Noelle wanted to avoid war. Although they are strong, Noelle still does not want to take Olivia to the place where the bloodshed took place.


He is not against war, but he does not want to be involved with it. His only wish is to live as peacefully as possible with Olivia.


If they wanted to live peacefully, then why would they register to be adventurers? This question always crossed Noelle's mind, but Noelle felt that if she had to, if she didn't, she would regret it.


He himself did not understand where the thought came from. She is always drowning in the dilemma of wanting to obey her heart or let go of everything to protect Olivia.


If she followed her heart, the risk of Olivia getting hurt was very high. But if he did not follow that, he would feel so strange that he felt that he would regret it so much later.


It seemed like they were already very detached from the initial topic, then Noelle tried to shift the conversation to dilute the atmosphere a little.


"And also ... They are preparing for ‘Stampede’"


"Stampede? "


On terms she was not familiar with before, Charlotte tilted her head in confusion and finally Olivia showed her a book and opened a certain page.


Olivia tries to help Noelle to change the topic of this conversation and melt the atmosphere.


Olivia calmly explained.


"As the name suggests, 'stampede' is a phenomenon where monsters will invade a city .. On the way to this place, Noelle and I had a chance to face a Cyclops"


Olivia turned the page again and showed a picture of a large creature with one large eye filling her head.


"Here it is explained that Cyclops lived in a swamp or lake area with a high density of mana … Here it is obvious the strange monsters are out of place"


"Uh huh … "


Charlotte nodded even though she did not understand, it was rather rare for Olivia to explain at length, so she listened obediently. Olivia explained.


"And also .. The Cyclops we faced back then was a crown type, a special individual leading a group of monsters"


"Type ... Crown? "


It was a term Charlotte had never heard of. Olivia sighed lightly and explained in a clear voice.


"It was a classification system that humans made .. It was like ranking in an adventurer guild to group whichever one was strong and whichever one was weak .. The crown type was the highest of all the ranks, the crown type was the highest, followed by the general type, then the normal type .. But this classification system is a bit difficult to understand, so the guild may have replaced it with a letter rank as given to adventurers"


Flipping the page again, Olivia spoke again.


"Returning to the topic, it is rare for monsters to come out of their territory .. Especially monsters that live in groups, but what we are fighting is precisely the type of crown that is wandering alone"


Olivia spoke while walking towards Noelle who was already sitting on the chair, after which Olivia very naturally sat on Noelle's smiling lap. Then Noelle replaced Olivia explained.


"Seeing from the direction the Cyclops came from, it was likely that the monsters would come from the south, you will find the mountain where our castle is located .. By the way the mountain has many Wyvern nests"


"Wyverns are not powerful monsters because they only use their sharp claws and beaks to attack or use their whip-like tails … However Wyverns became troublesome monsters because they could fly and they also lived in groups .. And since they lived in the south, there was always a chance that they would attack this place later"


"So … "


Charlotte was uncomfortable with that explanation, because it meant that they could not be in this city anymore and had to leave immediately, the worst possibility was that they would have to fight to defend the city.


Noelle and Olivia are the type of people who are selfish above all else, whereas Charlotte does not have any fighting skills, they are not suitable to fight for the sake of protecting the city.


That's when—


—DING !!


The sound of bells echoing erased the calm atmosphere in the library, signaling midday time.


"Ah, it's my turn"


Charlotte muttered and was followed by Noelle with Olivia.


"All right, let's go"


"Mrs"


Like that, the three of them walked out of the library and towards the colosseum arena for Charlotte's turn.


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