I Surrendered My Sword for a New Life as a Mage: Volume 1 by Shin Kouduki

Author:Shin Kouduki [KOUDUKI, SHIN]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club

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Before there was such a thing as a devil, there was great conflict between the different races of the world.

However, when dwarves were driven to the brink of extinction, everyone realized that if the fighting continued, it would result in their mutual destruction.

The interbreeding of dwarves with other races was one factor in their near-extinction, but the largest factor was that so many had been killed in battle.

“Basically, they wanted to stop the fighting, so they made up ‘devils’ to be an enemy of all mankind.”

“Ah... How foolish of them.”

“Honestly...”

The concept of “devils” had been deliberately created. Some of the devils had probably done things to warrant it, but it had been mostly for the convenience of the people in power at the time.

That wasn’t why Soma called it foolish, however. It was for a more fundamental reason.

That meant the war hadn’t come to an end. It had just paused temporarily.

With a common enemy in the devils, the other races had decided it wasn’t the right time to fight amongst themselves and had signed a truce treaty.

The people who’d created this situation had probably known it was all a farce, but the truth didn’t matter to them.

They’d used it as an excuse to gather military forces and turn the brunt of them on the devils—and also on other countries and races, almost as an afterthought.

Especially unforgivable was the fact that the human race had been the most active in attacking the devils.

They’d deliberately created and preached this concept of “mankind,” yet they never really believed in solidarity with other races at all.

It seemed the other races had also adopted that stance, however, so the feeling was apparently mutual.

The question, then, was whether one farce could make allies of parties who had been fighting for so long.

In a sense, it was natural.

The scope of the conflict had decreased from what it had been, so the effort hadn’t been entirely meaningless, but it was foolish nonetheless.

And the most foolish of the countries was Veritas—a kingdom which proclaimed itself to be the oldest country with legitimate human lineage.

That was the country that Soma’s more diverse country, Ladius, had split off from.

“Hearing this makes me glad that we declared independence.”

“Couldn’t agree more.”

“One question... If we know that that’s why things turned out this way, why do we still use ‘mankind’ as an umbrella term?”

“Simple. It’s already been made official. It’s not so easy to just take that back.”

“What a bother...”

Nobody needed it anymore, and yet it couldn’t be taken off the books. How bothersome international affairs were.

“So, why did I need to know this? Am I even meant to know this?”

“Oh, of course you aren’t. Only a few people in each country know.”

“That begs the question of how you know, and why you would tell me...”

“How I know is a secret, but the reason I told you is simple. Your role in all this is more complicated than you think.”

“Hmm?”

This was probably what she meant. Soma didn’t officially exist at the moment, but they couldn’t erase the truth, however hard they tried to deny it.

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