I Reincarnated as a Villain of an RPG, But I Want to Survive

You can't even give it back to me as soon as they say 'like', can you?

Even they were quite motivated and prepared to enter the resistance.

Even what I say is convenient for the winner if you change your mind. It's just a self-defense.

"You're not doing well with your activities, are you?

"Gummm!?"

Mr. Leader was the first to catch his breath on the allegations from me.

"I hear it's hard to get collaborators. I can't help it either. The swallowed people are generally satisfied with the reign of the Empire."

It is tantamount to just changing potted pots, such as changing rulers for the people at the bottom.

Doesn't mean more than the tax shipping address changes.

If so, there will be no particular dissatisfaction if taxes are not increased than before, even if they are invaded and the name of the country is changed.

Rather, if taxes were lower, they would happily follow the invaders.

"We are proud that our empire is doing well around here."

Send investigators to new dominated areas to accurately measure the breadth of agricultural land output to determine commensurate tax rates.

I hear that many areas have a lighter tax burden than before they were invaded because of it.

It was all thanks to the emperor's good partition.

This didn't happen in the game.

In "Beast Fantasy 4" by this time the emperor had already been invaded by the beast demon mind to the bone marrow, losing his sanity and turning him into a murderer whose only brutality and ferocity remained.

Naturally, there can be no decent government, and the Empire was following the path of devastation of the incorporated ruling nations.

And that's why the resistance made sense.

A land in decline due to the tyranny of the empire.

Food is scarce and taxes continue to rise. If that happens, people will get dissatisfied too.

If the dissatisfaction is extreme, you will want the collapse of the empire.

So the hope was the resistance.

In the game Beast Fantasy 4, many people were cooperative with the resistance in such a stream.

If the empire falls, life will surely be better.

With the hope that it would be the only way to achieve the demise of the Empire, he put his hopes on the Resistance.

But not in this world right now.

By virtue of my sanctimonious witchcraft, the beast demon temper has been suppressed, and the still sane emperor Herod has laid down enough good governance so far.

I will not starve the people, nor will I make them dissatisfied.

How many people in the world want an unscrupulous change of government in this situation?

"Being here will still be those who suffer a direct war disaster and cannot forgive the Empire. But hatred doesn't last forever. Feelings also weather."

Today's interests, more than past causes.

There are so many people out there who don't care about yesterday's grudges as long as they have dinner to eat today.

How long a grudge can last depends on the strength of an individual's mind.

Not many people have that much heart.

"I'm sure that's why you and the others are struggling to find collaborators."

You'll be left behind in time.

"I am one of the Twelve Apostles. The Emperor has given me quite a lot of authority. If you talk to me, you'll get the most out of your sins. Why don't you make a choice to open up a new era?

"WOW, WOW, WOW...!?"

Whether he was cramped with objections, the leader of the resistance just roared.

My head must have understood my logic.

Only the mind is rebelling.

I wonder if it would be too soon to fall for this minute.

"I am……."

In it, a voice still sounded with the hardness of rejection.

Unsurprisingly, it came from Cyril, my own body.

"I don't like it, I will defeat the Empire"

"Cyril......"

"I don't want to fight your brother. But the Empire guys who attacked my birth village and killed my father and mother will never forgive me. Only the Emperor who gave such an order..."

The despair of when we once just met is still in this child.

"… I met the Emperor in person. Thanks to being a twelve apostle, I was allowed to do that."

"Huh?"

Not only did Cyril react to my words, but so did many of the resistance members who were there.

I can't be unresponsive. Because the emperor is the final boss for them looking to defeat the Empire.

"He was nothing but a wretched man. I reached out to a force I shouldn't have touched in order to fulfill my responsibilities. I lost everything for it. Everything but the mission entrusted to me."

It was the great Behemott Empire that built ahead.

There are many people there who should have mercy on themselves... no beloved wives, no children, no friends.

And the body from Mizu is also eroded by the beast demon, and one day it will surely collapse.

The only thing I can do with Ji Sacred Arts is delay in progression, and root healing is impossible.

"He will continue to suffer until he dies. I didn't have to be punished by you, I already continued to be punished every day. And you will continue to be punished until you die."

"Still............!

I couldn't pay off Cyril's dark grudges.

A dark heart held only by those who have lost their flesh parents. I can't say anything more because I don't understand.

"……… Okay, that's enough for today"

"Brother......"

"I just wanted to see your face today from the beginning. I wasn't willing to talk serious so far, and I would have been suddenly confused by what they said. You don't have to give me an answer right away. I just want you to think slowly."

"Yeah……………."

In fact, it's good to see Cyril's cheerful face today.

That is the best harvest.

Looking back, the people of the surrounding resistance also trembled greatly.

... I'm scared.

"I'm going home now, but don't worry. I will not report this place. I already have permission to negotiate with you. It's all my business."

"Such a thing......, is it really possible?

"That is the power of the Twelve Apostles."

Anyway, as long as I'm around, I won't let the Empire do evil.

In the game, an emperor who was attacked by a beast demon burned down the rebellious people from village to village or made them feed the beast of warfare, but as long as I'm around, I won't let that happen.

The emperor himself is still decent in the first place.

With them we move on to a new era.

And everyone has a happy ending.

I believe I can be.

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That's how I left the Resistance Ajito...

I ran into unexpected people when I went outside.

Twelve Apostles Seventh Zelimgaia.

Twelve Apostles, eighth quassary.

"Why are you here?

This is what I had to say the most about opening.

Why are my colleagues from the Twelve Apostles here?

"Why? I've been following you!

"Hey, what?

Why would you do that?

"I saw you talking to Master Greiluga! The moment I saw you would do something again, I knew it!

"That's why I followed you sneakingly. I'm not thinking about spilling it."

He was a member of the same Twelve Apostles, but two of them were unfamiliar to me.

Selene is my sister.

Forte and Saraka are wives.

Gashi, Seki, and Ray are friends of the same time, and they like it when they say something from Greyluga.

He has no contact with the two of them.

We were at war with Bresden for two years. We were on the battlefield with each other, but we didn't have much to talk about.

"If there were twelve of us, there would be one or two of those relationships..."

"Ugh! Even in the Bresden War, all of your associates were active, and you didn't stand out!

and says Zelimgaia, a child-faced beauty.

The gender is female.

You look like a girl, but you must be older than me.

"We're not in a hurry, to be honest. Now that the Kingdom of Bresden is gone, there is no chance of a new war effort. I don't know if I can make it to the Resistance. You've taken us to a very good place. Wow."

Quasari was a luscious beauty with an exotic atmosphere, like Fortesalaka, who was from outside the country.

Both sides, the glamour is full of charm, but I couldn't really make it in the war ahead.

That's why the shadows are still thin, right?

"But! If you crush the resistance here, that's a lot of skill! Your Majesty the Emperor must praise you too!

"Will you give Mr. Gillatt a hand? Is that okay? I've noticed a lot of scattering, so could you hem it up a little bit? And the sequence of the Twelve Apostles is up here, and you listen to us, right?

No, no, no, no, no, no...!

I came here to negotiate, but what are you going to do if you guys go in the opposite direction?

The trust you might gain from this would be smashed!?