Ollei Depot (Hard)

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*The battles are becoming more intense, producing more injured soldiers. They’re fighting desperately to protect their homes. You begin to wonder what you can do for them…*

## Summary

The Lord of Avillon hears the complaints of one of the peasants hurt by the war.

## Character List

### Major

* Lord of Avillon
* Charlotte Grace (Earth)

### Minor

* Fram Berge (Water)
* Johan Talede (Light)
* Jac
* Emile

## Content

Fram: That’s one more area down!

"Lord": Charlotte, go ahead and heal any of the enemy’s wounded.

Charlotte: Leave it to me! Luckily, it doesn’t seem like any of them are bay hurt.

Rhodon Soldier: Tch… What’re you doing?!

Charlotte: Stand still for a second! The spirits can’t focus when you’re all fidgety!

Rhodon Soldier: I don’t need yer pity! Can’t believe you’d just come an’ attack a country and people who’re livin’ just fine by themselves…

Charlotte: Living just fine?! These serfs’ families are on the brink of starving to death, and yet your country felt that conscripting serfs to the military was somehow more important! And don’t even get me started on how you literally have SLAVES! Who exactly is “livin’ just fine” here?

Rhodon Soldier: I don’t know nothin’ about al that! I’m just a lowly soldier barely scrapin’ by.

"Lord": Charlotte, may I?

Charlotte: Oh, yeah! Go for it. I’m starting to regret healing him…

"Lord": What’s your name?

Emile: I am Emile, son of a farmer.

"Lord": What is it exactly that you want to say to us?

Emile: If I’m gonna die here anyway, don’t expect me to speak all kindly to ya just because you’re a noble. I ain’t gonna hold back!

"Lord": Nor would I want you to. Speak freely.

Emile: Gettin’ pity from the army who’s invadin’ yer country doesn’t somehow make it better, okay? If anythin’, I think it’s hypocritical.

"Lord": I see.

Emile: If you lot hadn’t invaded, we would’ve gone on livin’ our lives in peace. I’ve got family waitin’ for me when I get home from work, and while I don’t make more than pennies for my labor, our lil’ family of five somehow gets by. But now the lives of everyone here and even my family are in danger because of you.

"Lord": And I doubt you care very much about why we’re here or what we think is wrong with Rhodon that we’re trying to change.
Emile: I don’t know what you think was the problem, but this war isn’t right, not to me or my fellow soldiers, and certainly not to my son Kasel!

"Lord": You’re right.

Emile: What…?

"Lord": War can’t be rationalized. It throws into disarray a countless number of lives. And no matter how hard you try, the moment yu start fighting, you can’t prevent the fact that there will be victims.

Emile: Th-that’s right! Many of my companions have been hurt!

"Lord": I’m the monarch of a nation. I know that the decisions I make affect the lives of a lot of people. I can do all I can to mitigate that, but after making a decision, maybe the best thing I can do is to… remember all of you.

Emile: Remember?

"Lord": I’m going to remember all of you who’ve been hurt by my decisions. And I sincerely apologize for the pain I’ve caused. That is all i can do at the moment.

Emile: Dang it… I hate that my life has to be decided by your decisions, all because I’m not strong enough!

"Lord": I’ve no intention of trying to convince you that my cause is just. You are a victim of my actions, of choices I made despite any alternatives. However, I don’t want to hurt you anymore. That is the truth. I’m sorry for hurting you. I can’t change what’s already been done, and the disdain you have for me is something I will carry with me forever.

Emile: …

"Lord": Emile, son of a farmer. I’m going to remember you.

Emile: Tch… I’ve said everything I wanted. ‘Course, I had no idea I’d get an apology from a monarch… Go ahead and kill me now. Just, please spare my family.

"Lord": Why would we kill you?

Emile: What…? I disrespected you, didn’t I?

"Lord": We just had a conversation, person to person, and you expressed your thoughts.

Emile: Huh…?

Charlotte: What kinda world would this be if people just maimed each other just for saying what they think?

Emile: … …But that’s how things are, isn’t it?

"Lord": Maybe that was true up until now. But I’m trying to make a world where you and others like you can express yourselves freely without having to feel your lives or livelihoods are in danger.

Emile: … …Honestly, I’m not sure what to say. I’ve never been in this kind of situation before. Can I ask you somethin’?

"Lord": Please do.

Emile: Are you Avillonians all like this?

Johan: I would say it’s normal, yes.

Fram: Yeah, pretty much.

Jac: It’s hard to get used to, isn’t it? I’m the same.

Emile: …Is there any way I could become an Avillonian, too?

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