Road to Valhalla

Chapter 61: Iris Bergmeier

"Lady, is that the reason you killed Bardock? For revenge?", I asked as we were returning home.

"That's different, Seraph. All the people responsible for that incident are already dead. Bloody Fall happened because people were careless. They underestimated what the enemy was capable of. That's the general story, anyway."

"The general story?"

She nodded, "Naturally, even the stratocracy needs to answer to the people sometimes. This is the story they gave out, weather conditions, bad luck, whatnot. Some officers were removed from their offices and laid off. I suppose that seemed enough to some. All those that died, like I said before, aren't coming back."

"It seems to me that you think Iori was right", I looked sternly at her as we walked on.

"I do think so, in fact. Bloody Fall was a conspiracy."

"Then, Lady, ", I asked, "Why did you kill Iori? You could have let him escape empty handed, couldn't you?"

"He killed the caretaker of that so-called bank, didn't you see? That person wasn't