Chapter 88: 15-year-old Inglis and Hyrule Menaces' Disease (9)
「The circumstance of the Highlanders’ politics, is it?」
Raphael glinted his eyes.
「Exactly, Sir Holy Knight. Similar to how the Midland is split into different nations, there are also factions based on different ideological beliefs in the Highland. However, we are still a mono-geopolitical nation, so it is difficult to discern from the outside.」 「In short, the Followers of Faith did this to hinder your work as a member of the Archduke Party?」
Prince Wayne inquired Special Envoy Theodore. As expected of someone who had studied in the Highland, he seemed to be familiar with the situation up there too.
「That is correct, Wayne. Although you can’t say that it’s a personal attack. We of the Archduke Party are approving bestowal of modern Artifacts, Flygear and Flygear Carriers. However, the Followers of Faith strongly opposed that decision. They are afraid that in the future, those technologies will bite back on us.」
In the last incident, even Faris who had become a Highlander was plotting to assassinate the Special Envoy Myynti. This caused a series of conflicts behind the scene regarding the bestowal of power towards the Midlander.
The conflict must have been quite fierce, owing to the fact that it involved assassination. It made quite a sense to Inglis. A Highlander assassin targeted Myynti, his neck was also the aim of the anti-Highlander guerilla organization, Ironblood Chain Brigade, and he even aggravated an assault from Knights of the Kingdom. What a busy person he was. Even if Inglis wasn’t on the scene, his doom would’ve been the same.
「… So they’re using us as pawns in their internal conflicts? I became a Hyrule Menace to protect Midland from the Magic Stone Beasts——not for their stupid dispute!」
Eris was enraged. It was happening to her companion, another Hyrule Menace like her. No one could blame her.