Volume 1

Chapter 8 – All Leaders Are Bad Guys

As you can see Diden I am indeed not human so knowing all of this what do you think you want to stand with us or do you want to put your life’s in the hands of a filthy king.

…

I will give you some time to think it over uh… two days would be sufficient I would assume. So, on the second day at this time, I want you to meet me here (pointing at the map) if you are with us… and if you don’t want to be with us don’t come it's your decision to make.

… (Diden sits still in silence)

Ok, guys we better get out of here before someone finds us.

***

On the path back to the cave…

Mr. Storm are you sure about what you said.

How dare you question Master’s methods you old bat!!

OLD I AM IN NO WAY OLD WOLF GIRL.

Okay just settle down you two you don’t need to worry about him.

If you say so but uh… I had a question what happens after we take the throne from Lionel?

One of two things the first we make Lionel our personal puppet and two you take over the throne.

WHAT!! Why me I mean I am not of a bloodline that could take over the throne.

Don’t go crazy over it you would be a good fit. You would be the Queen of Estelle. I mean when you think about it people of this city trust you… and you are a really capable mage.

But still… why not you become the King I mean you are really strong Mr. Storm and not only that you have a strategic mind I am sure you could win the nation over in no time.

No, that’s not possible I have things that need to be done. Besides I don’t I would be a good leader not anymore at least.

*out of nowhere it begins to rain*

*drip**drip*

Master, should we take shelter under the trees?

Yes, let’s get under the trees.

This is certainly an odd time for it to begin raining. It’s not even the season for rain.

(Storm’s sitting in a corner sighing to himself.)

Hey old bag why do you think Master does not want to become King?

I don’t know and I am not an old bag.

Do… you want to ask him about it??

Do you want to ask him about it??

What if we just asked together?

Alright… let’s ask him then.

*clears throats*

Mr. Storm… we would umm… we want to know about why you don’t want to become the King of Estelle. If you could tell us that would be great??

If you really want to know I don’t mind telling you. Where should I start now? “Some time ago I was a leader a captain… we were attempting a raid to catch some bad guys who were leaders of a bad group. I hated the group because my family… was killed by them. We were just innocent people passing by… but then out of nowhere, we were in the middle of a fight that the Suzuha’s started. They killed hundreds of people for fun on that day, I was lucky to survive… but my family was not. I saw the death and destruction they caused and vowed that I would end them for good. A few years later the raid I mentioned was led by me. The raid began and was about to end in dismay because we thought they ran away. That’s when I did it, that’s when I decided to spread out. I knew that it was a risky plan and not beneficial at all but all I could think about was my family and revenge I knew what I was doing was just putting their lives on the line but I convinced them that it would be safe and they followed my orders. I walked around hopelessly throughout the building and after some time, went back to the meet-up spot. Where I saw and realized what I had done I saw human bodies severed, broken, and crippled seeing that made me realize I was not fit to be a leader. I was selfish… and I was the one who held the hand of these poor people and pushed them into a volcano.” since that day I consider myself to just be the bad guy. *sigh* Well, would you look at that it has stopped raining? We should get on the move!!

Mr. Storm, I want to tell you something… I believe you are a great leader.

I think the same Master.

… (Storm stares in silence)

I believe a good leader is one who holds the hand of his men and tells them to ride to their deaths. I am saying this… because I know that no soldier would ride to their death on command if they believed that their deaths would be meaningless.

I agree with the old hag as well!!

*chuckles* So you are basically saying that all great leaders are monsters?

I… *sighs* I guess I am, because if you think about it your main goal was to avenge your family, but you also wanted to make sure that families in the future would never have to go through what you did.

(I literally feel like the MC of an isekai anime. An MC that is going through a mini character development arc.)

Master, I think that this might be the perfect opportunity for you to repent.

Repent now how should I do that?

!!You can repent by saving the lives of all the citizens residing in Estelle and after Estelle, you can save the lives of everyone in this world!!

(That’s a very overused goal to have. I really hope the writer of this has a better goal for me in mind.)

*chuckles* You know what we should start by taking over the capital. After we have done that, we can decide who is going to become the next “leader”.

(All leaders are bad guys huh sounds to me she really believes that.)

(In some terms she is right, I mean the leader of a group is the one who decides who lives and who dies. The leader is the one who decides whether to fight and die for a better future or to live and fight in the future. Also, what happened to you Myu were you out of energy or something, it has been so long since you last said a word.)

(I was not out of energy or anything I just… “chose not to talk”.)

(… really just because. You just couldn’t have talked to me about how your life is and random things like that.)

(I live inside you your life is my life.)

(That’s right I kind of forgot you are a voice that is inside me. We should talk to each other occasionally though.)

(I guess we can.)

***

A Few Days Later…

Do you think he will actually show up Storm?

How would I know all I can do myself is wait and watch…?

*crack*

So, you’ve actually come Diden. What will it be??

I will accept your offer only if you guarantee that all of my brethren will have complete freedom.

– END