Chapter 12: Street Inspection (2)
Bad Ending: [Crime of the Commoners]
The Demon King’s army attacked, contaminating wheat fields throughout the Empire with a deadly plague, causing an unprecedented famine.
Asella allocated the remaining wheat supplies exclusively to the Demon King’s expedition forces, ignoring the commoners who were starving to death.
When the starving masses gathered outside the palace, pleading for bread, Asella mocked them.
But instead of the typical, “Let them eat cake,” she said something even worse:
“In truth, it was I who cursed the wheat fields. Wretched commoners like you deserve to starve and die.”
The commoners, too weak to revolt, withered away, and the Empire collapsed.
Only later did we learn the full extent of it. The despairing Hero abandoned the expedition, and darkness engulfed the world.
As that ending clearly showed, Asella harbored no good will toward commoners.
‘So, her resentment toward commoners is built up through small incidents like this street inspection?’
I could understand it to some extent.
If I were enjoying a peaceful moment and some thug tried to shake me down, I’d probably start feeling pretty hostile too.