Chapter 93 – Are You a Hypocrite?
Smart.
⋯⋯.
It was the same last time, so it’s quiet this time too.
“If I knock, can’t they come out a little at a time? Fade! Come out!”
Bang!
I knocked on the door with the force to break it, and only then did I feel a presence on the other side of the door.
And after a while, the door opened slightly, and Fade’s face flashed through the gap.
“Can’t I knock a little bit?”
“Without him, is that slaver bastard still alive?”
“⋯⋯. Yes. Who is that man behind you?”
Fade looked at Thomas behind us and frowned.
“Here is a bully from the back alley, but he brought you here because he knew the face of the Black Moon gang member?”
“Did you bring me here to make you believe me because I don’t believe you?”
“Huh. Go in.”
“It’s big?!”
Ignoring Fade, who was standing behind the door, he pushed the door open and, perhaps bumping her nose, stepped back and grabbed her face.
Ignoring her writhing in her pain, he went inside her house and checked her slaver.
It may have been a new bandage, but it was white and clean, but the complexion was still not good. He is as white as someone who is about to die, his lips are blue, and his face is full of sweat.
I dragged Thomas, who was standing hesitantly in front of the room, and showed him the face of the slave trader.
“Thomas, check your face. A member of the Black Moon, right?”
“Ah, yes… That’s right.”
“Did you hear? Can I take him and kill him now?”
“No!”
Fade stood in my way, clutching her red nose, blocking my way to the slave trader.
Oh, that’s really annoying.
“Why?”
“Well, couldn’t that man be telling a story he just made up for money from you guys!”
“⋯⋯.”
Crazy year.
“Why am I even doing that?”
“Isn’t this man just waking up and saying he was robbed by you guys, because he’s afraid the truth will come out?”
“Chuck the stars. Good. Suppose then this man wakes up and he says so. So, are you going to believe this man?”
“Okay!”
“You don’t believe our words?”
“Uh, that’s…”
Feeling uncomfortable with my words, Fade hardened her face and nodded her head.
Yes, he must have realized that it was contradictory after hearing it through my mouth.
“Hmm, you don’t believe our words, do you believe that man? Are you very subjective?”
“That, that’s…”
“There is no specific evidence, but since the man is a poor man with injured limbs, do you accept what he says as true?”
“⋯⋯.”
“And since we have an incident with the corps escort, do you think we’re bad people and everything I say sounds like a lie?”
“⋯⋯.”
“So you’re saying that injured and weak people are good, and we, who are many and strong, are seen as evil?”
“That, that’s…”
“Ha, please. When escorting the corps, you also got 1 more silver as a tip.”
“⋯⋯.”
“Then you’re also an accomplice, aren’t you? Why don’t you stop pretending to be a good person and say something about having a guilty conscience?”
Fade staggers back. You won’t have anything to refute my words. Why? Because I’m just telling the truth!
“You are the same person as me. You have no right to call me a bad person!”
“It’s okay.”
“And, isn’t it too stupid to think that just because a poor person is a good person? Are all the homeless people on the streets good people? Are rich nobles and merchants all bad people?”
“That’s right…”
Fade murmured softly.
“Uh? What?”
“It doesn’t matter if you’re a good person or a bad person!”
What the fuck is this all of a sudden? Was Fade a urologist?
“What is that all of a sudden…?”
“I never once said that because you are bad people, this man who is being targeted by you should live because he looks like a good person! I’m just saying that you shouldn’t kill people carelessly!”
“Huh, leaving that bastard alive puts the three of us in danger!”
“I can’t even run away because my limbs are completely broken anyway! I’ll take good care of you so you don’t have any problems!”
“How can I believe that!”
“This person is also someone’s family and someone’s brother! What the hell do you think about human life?!”
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether this man lives or dies because he’s not particularly dangerous, but I can’t help but open my eyes to Fade’s attitude of pretending to be a noble person.
That’s why I’m trying to let the killing of the slave trader be neglected, so it might be right to say that I kill it carelessly.
But this world is different from the modern Earth I used to live on. It is a world where people die easily, and it is an uncivilized world where the concept of things like law is not clear.
In such a world, just killing a bastard criminal would change how much he would wrap himself around this slave dealer!
Atonement for father? Please, I hope you stop talking about that kind of mouth!
After all, you are just a normal human being who is more important than others! Stop pretending to be virtuous!
I felt the hot energy boiling from below my belly button spreading all over my stomach and melting my intestines.
He took a deep breath in to cool off the heat, then exhaled.
“Huh…”
Stay calm. Keep calm and count the few. A prime number is a solitary number divided only by 1 and itself. Give me courage
“Okay, then let’s pose a problem to Mr. Fade, who knows how precious people’s lives are.”
“Problem?”
Fade made an absurd expression at my sudden words, but I continued without hesitation.
“There are two ships. One person is riding on one side, and five people are riding on the other side. Both of these ships have holes and sink at the same time. And you have a dinghy that can only carry up to six people including yourself. Due to time constraints, only one ship can be rescued. Then which one are you going to save?”
It is a question that Fade changed the question of the trolley’s dilemma, which often starts with ‘a worker is tied to the track’, so that Fade can understand.
Fade jumped up at my question, widening her eyes.
“That, such a forced question!”
“Answer me quickly. Which one are you going to save? Or are you going to force yourself to say that this is nonsense like you are now and then let all six of us die?”
In this savage world where people’s lives are on a par with passing bastards, get a taste of the lofty modern earth question that no one has ever thought of!
After pondering for a while, Fade bit her lip and said quietly.
“All, five people…? What is the original answer?”
“There is no right answer to this question. What you think is right is the right answer. But you said you shouldn’t kill people recklessly, but you did the math and saved them? Well, good The answer you gave yourself now and the presentation of the slave trader are the same problem. If we don’t kill him, we might die. You are the life of one slave trader and the lives of three mercenaries. Which of the two do you think the scales tip more?”
“That question and this one are different! Just because this man survives doesn’t mean you will die unconditionally! But now if I let this guy go to you guys he will die for sure! I have no intention of closing my eyes and giving up on the person I can at least save right in front of my eyes!”
You’re so tenacious Won’t you give up? Give up some!
“This man is a slave trader. What are the sins of those who lived an ordinary life and became slaves and trampled on their lives because of this man? If we let this guy live, he’ll continue to do the same thing and increase the number of victims. Killing this guy could potentially save a lot of people. You’re still going to save this man?”
“His limbs are already broken. I won’t be able to commit any more crimes. So even if this guy survives, he won’t do any more damage.”
Give up
“Then what about the people whose lives were trampled on by this man? They only want this man to die, but you’re going to keep him alive?”
“That is the same as what I just said. This man also has his limbs broken and can’t live a normal life now. This man should rather live atoning for the rest of his life than die. He sees it as more right than killing.”
Give up
“How do you judge that? Are the people enslaved because of this man of the same opinion? If you threw this man in front of them and told them to choose, they would kill 100 out of 100 of them? Can you say that if you get raped by this man, become a sex slave and live a miserable life, you will spare him even if you have the opportunity to kill him?”
“That’s…”
“Look, you can’t answer. In the end, he didn’t go through what he went through, he didn’t see his hardships, so he puts his hands behind his back and pretends to be clean and virtuous.”
Give up!
“You got 1 silver when Dixon’s gang died. You are the same after all Don’t show disgusting pretense, saying you’ll do anything to make yourself comfortable when a difficult situation approaches.”
Fade would have realized if he had said this much. After all, he is also a dirty, ordinary, dirty and messy human being.
Ignoring Fade, who was silently looking at the floor, he approached the slave dealer with the dagger he had borrowed from Roin.
