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Side Story 20

Her finger pointed to the two wheat fields, which were divided exactly in half.

"Originally, both of these places had withered from the plague. A few months ago."

Perez's gaze moved to the right.

Unlike the left, which had completely withered, the wheat field on the right was no different from what he had seen before climbing the hill.

Growing high up to the waist, the golden wheat was in a state of waiting only for harvest.

But that place was also damaged by the plague.

"Although Lombardi's scholars have found a cure, I thought it was a little late. Fortunately, it doesn't seem like it."

She spoke as if nothing had happened, but Perez couldn't keep up. And he asked, hopefully, with a strange foreboding.

"Tia, are you going to tell everyone about the cure?"

"Yes, I will."

"Why?"

In the end, the questions that Perez had been holding on, burst out from his mouth.

"How come you don't use it?"

He couldn't understand.

If he had a cure in his hand, he would use it.

A terrible plague that has never been experienced before, and the upcoming cold season.

Everything was perfectly organized.

A plate that can bring everyone to their knees in front of Florentia Lombardi who has the cure.

However, at Perez's question, Florentia fell into thought, saying 'Umm'.

The person who had been answering so easily over the whole empire until now was funnyly choosing a word for this easy question.

Finally, her lips opened.

"Because I can do it."

"Because you... can do it?"

"Yeah, I told you. A lot of people are going to die, and I can stop it."

She do it because she can.

It was her words.

"Umm, is the explanation a bit weak?"

Tia tilted her head slightly and said this with smile.

"Lombardi doesn't destroy the whole chessboard to win one game."

Looking down at the empire that united the western continent like a single chessboard.

It couldn't be help but sounds like Lombardi.

"After this one game, shouldn't we continue to win? In order to do that, the chessboard doesn't look good until it goes bad."

"Then what about the South?"

Perez could not bear it and asked hastily.

"Are you planning to give the cure to the South?"

If this plague continues, it would be the South that would suffer the most.

The wheat production from the vast plains was the sharpest weapon the Sushou family had.

But Tia nodded and answered immediately.

"Of course."

"...Why? Why do you want to give them the cure?" (TN: Honestly, is it wrong to give the cure to others? I'll also do it if it's about the lives of people in the country, especially if I'm rich like Tia.)