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Chapter 497

Day 111 – Evening, Theocracy, Roads

【middle-aged man’s story】

Ha! I can’t stop laughing, my head feels like it’s about to snap. This is sharper than any joke, cleverer than any tale. Just a boy, Lv. 25, still practically a child. Thin, not tall. And yet, terrifying! Damn it, what the hell is this! Exalted as a Paladin Commander, dressed up as a decoration, stuck here unable to reach the frontiers, all I ever did was train, hunt wandering monsters, fight in countless petty wars. When was it that I started thinking, ah, this is all there is?

Day after lukewarm day of battle. And yet I never wished to fight beastkin warriors. Strong, noble warriors, those I respected. It was the slavers I wanted to cut down. Even when ordered to the frontier, to 「defend」 by attacking villages, I could never agree with that. And so, at some point, I began