Chapter 610
In just a few days, everything had changed.
A sudden uprising.
A brutal massacre.
“The Empire’s fate is sealed,” Louise murmured, sitting quietly on the terrace with Heinrich.
“What do you mean, sealed?” he asked, puzzled.
“Do you think an empire can endure when its own people turn away from it?”
“Well... the Empire is strong. Isn’t it possible?”
“It might endure, but only as long as it can justify its existence,” Louise replied, her gaze fixed on the snow piling up around them.
“Justify?” Heinrich asked, raising an eyebrow.
Louise nodded in response. “Even you, right now, believe the Empire’s actions were unavoidable, don’t you?”
Heinrich’s eyes widened. If the Empire were to fall, everything would be lost. He feared that if the Empire’s harsh measures, including the uprising in the refugee camps, led to its downfall, humanity might face extinction. Despite the cruelty and horror of it all, he couldn’t help but see it as necessary.
“That’s what justification is,” Louise continued. “It’s making others accept certain actions as inevitable. Whether it’s war, resurrecting the dead, or committing such atrocities.”