flstandardbreds Chapter 177 The City Where People Live: Emma Deslinger 2
Chapter 177 The City Where People Live: Emma Deslinger 2
Amadeuslin is a kingdom of medium size, neither the best nor the worst.
Any traveler who knows anything about the kingdom will not easily set foot in it; they would rather find a place to rest and be exposed to the elements than enter the country.
However, most passersby know nothing about it. After all, the kingdom's high-level intelligence and propaganda are very effective. Under normal circumstances, you will never come across any negative news about the kingdom unless your friend happens to be from there. Otherwise, it is difficult for you to understand the dark side of the entire kingdom.
Monica was born there.
Leaving that kingdom requires a huge amount of exit fees, an expense that would bankrupt any normal family. Ordinary people would have to stay in that kingdom for their entire lives.
Monica's family was poor, and she had never met her mother since she was a child. However, her father was a doctor at the central hospital of the kingdom, where doctors were often very wealthy due to the kingdom's circumstances.
Because this kingdom completely prohibits unnatural death.
Whether it's homicide, suicide, or euthanasia—these are all considered blasphemous acts against death by the kingdom's higher-ups. In this kingdom, there is only one way to find release—natural death, specifically, dying of old age or illness.
As long as this person has a breath left, we must do everything we can to save their life.
No matter how much pain he has to endure while he is alive, if he cannot die, he cannot die. Doctors must do everything they can to save him. If they find that he has any bad or negligent thoughts, he will be executed.
Any act that blasphemes against death will be punished with the death penalty in this kingdom.
Therefore, being a doctor in this kingdom is the most prestigious profession.
Because of them, in order to minimize the suffering of their sick family members, a continuous stream of wealth will come to them.
They are also the profession most prone to mental instability.
Every day, I'm in the ward with people who are constantly sighing and lamenting, yet unable to die and forced to live a life of painful struggle. Anyone with a slightly weak will could easily go insane.
They are the ones who see all the darkness in this kingdom. This darkness is completely at odds with the kingdom's propaganda that "being alive is the best thing."
So when he saw that Monica had magical talent, the words this father said to her most often were: "Get out of here. I don't want to see you. And don't ever come back here for the rest of your life."
Even if he had some wealth, that money could only allow one person to escape the kingdom.
He adored his daughter, who was pitifully obedient no matter how much he scolded her. After his wife passed away from a terminal illness, she had become his only solace. But more than that, he hoped that Monica, who had the opportunity to make great strides in the magical world, could escape the hell that his ancestors had been unable to escape.
Magician...
What a prestigious profession! Neither he nor the child's mother possessed magic, and the fact that Monica possessed magic was an extremely rare occurrence. Therefore, he felt that Monica should cherish her hard-won good fortune.
He always acted coldly towards his only daughter so that she could leave without feeling guilty and not care about him.
When she was ten years old, after spending some time and effort to pull strings, Monica was sent away from Amadeuslin and, thanks to her magical talent, successfully went to study at a magic academy in a neighboring kingdom.
This time, it will be a final farewell.
What this father didn't expect was that Monica would return ten years later.
Because of his death.
No matter how cold or harsh he was in front of Monica, the intelligent Monica already knew what he was thinking—the father and daughter might have always been playing opposite roles.
So when she received a letter from the Almadeslin authorities informing her that her father's crimes would result in "exile," Monica chose to return to the place where she was born.
She somewhat disappointed her father's expectations.
She hasn't passed the witch exam to become an apprentice witch yet because she's not that interested in magic. Although she has considerable magical talent, someone unwilling to strive can't possibly be a match for those who are desperately trying to become witches.
After all, how much less magically talented were her rivals?
His father’s sin was the greatest of all the sins in the kingdom, without exception.
In the city of Almadeslin, where people live, there is only one major crime—murder.
Her father secretly concocted unidentified drugs that caused the deaths of many patients, which was a serious violation of Alma Deslin's laws.
His actions would be an irredeemable capital offense even in other lawless kingdoms, let alone in the Amadeus people who place extreme importance on death.
So, unsurprisingly, he was sentenced to "exile".
Because Alma Deslin forbids unnatural death, the death penalty does not exist, so execution is not an option; only exile is permitted.
But any sensible Amadeus resident knew what exile meant. To banish a person to a field of deadly spider lilies and leave them to fend for themselves—that was exile.
The so-called exile was nothing more than a whitewashing of "death" by the kingdom's high command. It was as ridiculous a pretext as "the killer was not me, but the soldier."
besides……
"Your father has been exiled for intentional homicide, and as his daughter, you should also bear the enormous compensation he should have paid," Judge Emma Deslin said.
If Monica doesn't return, this compensation payment will likely become a dead debt.
After all, the world is vast and the cost for the Alma Deslin to cross borders to arrest people is too high, so they usually put it on hold for the time being.
But now that Monica has returned, she should be the one to repay the compensation that her father should have borne.
“But we know your financial situation. How about this, you become our kingdom’s exclusive magician to repay the debt?” the judge said. “We know you hate your father, and indeed, who wouldn’t hate a murderer like that? But we have great faith in your character, and we believe that you left the country because you couldn’t stand your father’s despicable nature.”
Any magician would be respected.
Even in Amadeuslin, this was no exception.
“Okay,” Monica replied indifferently.
No one knows what she is thinking.
Nobody cares.
……
"Is this Amadeuslin?" Saya, still not quite sure what was going on, wandered aimlessly through the streets of the kingdom. She would never forget this kingdom that had left such a deep impression on her.
"Are you the witch sent by the Magic Integration Association to handle the serial murder case?" Saya suddenly saw a familiar person greeting her.
Yes, he was the official who had hosted him back then.
She went to Amadeuslin because the association had been commissioned to handle a serial murder case there. As a witch who needed to be trained, she was sent by Sheila to take on this task.
"Could it be that time has reversed?" Saya murmured.
"What are you talking about?" the official asked, puzzled.
"Nothing, where's Monica?"
"Huh? That good-for-nothing who can't even handle such a simple case? How would I know where he is?"
"Say that again?" Saya stared coldly at the indifferent official. "Who are you calling trash?"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I apologize," the official said honestly.
But he was only forced by the witch's tyranny. He thought Monica was a good-for-nothing. As the kingdom's dedicated magician, she couldn't even make any progress in a serial murder case, and the kingdom had no choice but to issue a commission to the Magic Integration Association.
Posting a commission costs money.
This good-for-nothing who does nothing but eat and do nothing.
"I have to find her no matter what." Saya didn't want to deal with this guy and quickly began searching the kingdom.