Normal Emotions is the 425th chapter of the Kingdom manga.
Summary
An Elderly noble named Kaku Kei claiming to be the nephew of the late king of Qin from three generations ago but is instantly killed and bisected by Han Roki who did not care and asks his soldiers to make sure to verify him after cutting his head.
Meanwhile over at Rou Ai's side, his soldiers inform him that the battle outside the city has been contained by the Juuteki Army. The fire inside the city is spreading.
The ongoing battle remains fierce as the subjugation army is having more troubles in taking down the Ai Armies than originally thought. They do not know if this due to their commander's individual strength or the skill of his soldiers.
This person is revealed to be Juuteki. He says that he waited 100 years for this day. Accumulating power on one hand and sharpening your claws on the other hand. The Juuteki Tribe was conquered by Qin over 100 years ago. He tells that for Qin, they were just an extra handful of tribesmen, but for them, it was far from that. Everything happening in this city right now is just doubled payback for what their grandfathers had to go through. He states that they cannot dispute this as they were the ones who stuck first.
Shin, along with some other Cavalry are still headed for the Royal Harem. However, he does not know the way to the harem. Suddenly he sees some Royal Palace guards. He asks them where the rebels went and where the shortcut to the harem is. They tell him the location as the sudden Shin is stabbed by a spy from the Ryo Fui Faction. He says that Ryo Fui will win as then Shin kills him. However, Shin is not out of danger yet as Den Yuu sees a group of archers are targeting Shin. They shoot as Den Yuu uses his body as a shield.
Meanwhile the conversation between Ryo Fui and Ei Sei continues as well. The former asks the latter if something wrong as the king does not look so well. He asks if he is enraged with what he said. Ei Sei says that Ryo Fui's method will not eliminate wars. Ryo Fui agrees. It will not eliminate them aside from his method. It does not matter which method is suggested, you will not be able to eliminate wars from the face of humanity. Ei Sei asks on what bases he states that. He tells when he was young, he dabbled in weapon making money. Consequently, he got to see and experience different types of battles. The people putting their lives on the line to fight all had different hopes and dreams. Some people fight for an honorable name, some fight for comrades, some fight for love, some fight for selfish gains, some fight for revenge. And they were all correct. Everyone was acting and relying on completely normal emotions. Therefore, wars will always continue to repeat. However, if you deny those emotions, you are denying humanity itself. If you want to eliminate just one person's mentality for revenge, it is harder than getting into heaven. He states that someone who lived in Kantan, the king should be aware of that fact.
This statement shocks everyone. Ei Sei then tells that is no problem as then the king is surrounded with purple light orbs.
Characters in Order of Appearance
Qin
- Royal Palace
- King Shou (mentioned)
- Rebel Subjugation Army
- Hi Shin Unit
- Shin
- Ka Ryo Ten
- Den Yuu
- Kyo Gai
- Unidentified soldiers of Sai
- Unnamed others
- Shou Kaku Army
- Shou Kaku
- Unnamed officers
- Unnamed members
- Hi Shin Unit
- Unidentified Army
- Unnamed commander (flashback)
- Unnamed members (flashback)
Ai
- Royal Palace
- Ai Army
- Rou Ai
- Unnamed officers
- Han O Ki Army
- Han O Ki
- Han Roki
- Unnamed officers
- Unnamed soldiers
- Juuteki Tribe
- Wa Tegi
- Unnamed officers
- Unnamed members (flashback and main story)
- Han O Ki Army
Chapter Notes
- Kaku Kei claims to be the nephew of the king of Qin from three generations ago but is killed by Han Roki.
- The battle outside the city has been contained by the Juuteki army.
- Qin annexed the Juuteki tribe 100 years ago.
- Shin is stabbed by a guard working for Ryo Fui.
- A group of archers are targeting Shin.
- Den Yuu uses his body as a shield to protect Shin.
- Ryo Fui talks about the reasons people wage war.
- First appearance of Kaku Kei.