Rise My Elementals!

Chapter 312 Am I considered as the devil?

Author: M_W Cancer

Grammar checker: M_W Nomral

Hearing Leo's words, Madam Silva can't help shaking her head with a smile, "It seems like even if we strip you of the Commander title it would still be you who is perfectly fitted for the position, hahaha!"

"Indeed," Elder Rain seconded, "Well, the only reason we have stripped him of his title was to show the soldiers that no one can disobey the rules without receiving any punishment, even if it's the Commander himself."

"I did teach him to be as capable as this, so can't argue with that." Queen Olivia chuckled.

"How about this, the same as what we have proposed back at the Southern Fortress would be applied? As long as Leo doesn't join in the battle, he would still be left to handle the command of the army." Queen Maria proposes, "But of course, because we have already officially stripped off his title as the Commander, he could only work in the shadows of someone. Well, he's a member of the Mischievous Lion organization anyways, so working in the shadows is not a problem for him, right?"

"I agree!" Madam Silva nodded in agreement.

"I agree as well," Elder Rain seconded, "As for who's shadows it would be, it will be all of us here." He then formed a smile on his face.

At the side, Leo was soon after very surprised by their reaction. He had only come here to persuade them, but in the end, he actually became the Commander again. Though he was only a Commander in the shadows, that is still a Commander nonetheless.

Leo can't help but thought, "It seems like what I've done wasn't such a big deal for them. Though it should be because I not only completed it very smoothly but I've also brought a new ally with me."

"Since that's another official order, I have no choice but to obey, am I right?" Leo replied with a smile. He then walked in the middle of Queen Olivia, Queen Maria, Madam Silva, and Elder Rain, as he began discussing about the plan.

With that said and done, the discussion about the plan continued.

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Later in the afternoon, it was still raining, but all the soldiers of the Mischievous Blue Sword Alliance have already departed from the Heart city going to the Silver City. The Snow Noble Household has also embarked on their Flyingboats and fly on top of their heads with their own soldiers and a few others from the Mischievous Blue Sword Alliance along with the needed supply for the battle against the Silver royal family and some war weapons, specifically cannons since crossbows were not really that much of a need for this battle anymore.

Rows and rows of tens of thousands of soldiers march on the ground, releasing domineering and dauntless aura to the surrounding and sending small tremors on the ground in every step they take.

In the sky, 50+ Flyingboats formed a straight line horizontally from the back, giving a full view for the entire Mischievous Blue Sword Alliance up in their front.

At this moment, Leo was on top of the leading Flyingboat, specifically, it was located higher than every Flyingboats, watching everything on the ground and up.

Hearing a group of footsteps from his side, Leo then turned his head to see who they are.

"How's the view, Commander?" Cassandra said with a beautiful smile on her face.

"The view should not be the first question, it should be; how's the feeling of getting back the title of a Commander?" Elizabeth corrected.

"Indeed!" Angel nodded in agreement.

"What's there to even ask, can't you see the answer on his face already? Ever since he became the Commander in the shadows, he has been all smiles the moment he returned." Veronica rolled her eyes, but a smile was still formed on her face, a sign that she was happy for Leo.

"With Leo's great capability, that's only a given!" Ash nodded her head, seemingly like expressing that Leo becoming a Commander was only natural.

"Can't argue with that." Charlotte supported.

Hearing their words, Leo just smiled before shaking his head. He then returned back his attention to their front.

"Ignoring us, are you?" Cassandra moved to Leo's side before quickly followed by Elizabeth, Angel, Veronica, Ash, and Charlotte.

"It's not that I'm ignoring you, I just don't know how to exactly answer your questions." Leo replied as he pointed in front of them, specifically to the now seen silhouette of the Silver City.

"You see, the view is good, but this wouldn't last long as the beginning of this battle will soon after destroy it. As for the feeling of having back the rank of the Commander, though it's only in the shadows, it still makes me feel troubled. When my rank as the Commander was stripped, I don't know why, but I felt released. But now that I gained the rank back, it feels like I'm shackled by some iron chains once again. It's like everyone's lives are forced to be in my hands, including those from the enemy. How many will die, and who's a fault it would be, is entirely in these hands?" Leo said as he put up both of his hands in front of him and stared at it. He continued, "Imagine your hands being covered by the blood of tens of thousands of people, it feels so... dreadful, or maybe, the appropriate term is evil. Am I now considered as a devil after this? Or maybe I've long been one."

"In the past, I used to kill a lot of people as well, but the feeling I got from killing all of those people was the sense of justice and the elimination of what caused despair and problems to the people. But in this battle we are fighting right now, it's hard to exactly determine who's right and wrong, who's good and bad, and who's wearing the angel's halo on the top of their heads and the devil's horns instead?" Leo shook his head to express his trouble, "Maybe this is why people console themselves with the words, 'In battle, there is no right and wrong, and justice or evil, because only the winner would decide it all!'. I guess this could also be considered as me fully understanding what it meant."

"That..." Cassandra was rendered speechless with Leo's words. She wants to argue that he's absolutely wrong, that he is not considered as a devil, but thinking deeply, his words were actually correct. In war, there normally doesn't exist any of those he has mentioned. No right or wrong, no justice or evil, and no angel and devil. It was only all about who's convection and beliefs were more powerful than the other, and the way to determine this was through winning the war. This was also the same as what happened to her. She was supposedly the rightful ruler of the Crimson Rose Kingdom and giving her the throne was the correct thing to do when her parents died, but because she has no power to have the throne, she was left with nothing else but to run and escape for her life. Who was the devil? In her opinion, it would be those who lost in the war.

Elizabeth was also feeling the same as Cassandra. Even if Leo indeed wins this war, and hence he should be considered as the good one, with the blood of those lives who had died in the battle in his hands, it was no different from being the devil. It would have been alright if he's just like those soldiers fighting in the order of their Commander, Generals, King, President, Emperor, or simply put, their Rulers. Because in their case, the blood in their hands would only be those they have killed, unlike the Ruler who would be tainted by all the blood their soldiers had killed and their own soldiers that had died in the battle.

"What are you even talking about? Who's right or wrong, good or bad, and the angel and the devil? As long as we see you as good, then you are definitely good, without any argument!" Angel refuted in irritation. What useless words were Leo even talking about? She then continued, "All those words you've mentioned don't matter at all, the only thing that matters is that you believe that what you and the Mischievous Blue Sword Alliance are fighting for is the correct way and that your enemy, the Silver royal family, is wrong, but because both of you can't decide the winner through words alone, that's why you battle it with your fist. And whatever result it would have, it would only be determined out once you dethroned the Silver royal family, show the people that what the Mischievous Blue Sword Alliance believes it should be was correct and that the Silver royal family was wrong. Show them that the rightful Royal family of the Silver Kingdom was the Mischievous Blue Sword Alliance, or more precisely the Mischievous Lion organization, and not the Silver royal family!"

"You..." Veronica, Ash, and Charlotte were all rendered dumbfounded when they heard Angel speaking a lot of words. Normally, she only speaks a few words, but this time she actually went on and on. And her usual cold demeanor was actually replaced by one full of emotion and passion. What kind of situation was this?

Suddenly, Angel continued, "You have already heard my story, right? So you should understand what I meant with my words! That's all!"

It wasn't actually only Veronica, Ash, and Charlotte, who was dumbfounded by Angel, but also Cassandra and Elizabeth, and that goes more for Leo, as he already knows why Angel was in Silver Kingdom, to be exact, a backward and trash territory. With her talent, she could have freely chosen where to go, but she chooses Silver Kingdom, in order to hide from Emperor Yuta, the Emperor of Dragon Horn Empire.

And how was this related to Angel's words? Very simple, her Leucadia Noble Household decision of fighting against Emperor Yuta of Dragon Horn Empire was supposedly wrong due to the fact that the only thing Emperor Yuta did, in all honesty, was that he fancied the person who inherits their legacy. Is there something wrong with wanting to marry someone? Of course, there is not! There is absolutely no wrong in doing that, especially if he has the power to have that. But because they don't want Angel to marry such a lecherous person and have their legacy be tainted by Emperor Yuta, they decided to fight what they believe is correct and prove that their decision to fight against Emperor Yuta was correct.

Hearing that, Leo can't help smiling in self-mockery, "You're right! Once this war is over, we will make the Silver Kingdom prosper more than what the Silver royal family could do. And with that, we will prove that our fighting against them was correct!"

Cassandra, Elizabeth, Angel, Veronica, Ash, and Charlotte smiled the moment Leo finished speaking those words.. Finally, he wasn't feeling troubled about it anymore.