How to Survive in the Roanoke Colony

"Heh, L-Lord, dea...not dead... I'm not dea... An-angel. Devil? Hell? Repent?"

He convulsed.

And He just quietly watched that sight. Without saying a word.

Whenever Asuero turned around to look at Him, he would suffer, grab his hair, and pull it out clump by clump. As if the mere sight of Him caused an electric shock.

The soldiers, who were on guard because they didn't understand the situation, unconsciously flung open the gate when He signaled.

Asuero staggered out through the opened gate, still with unfocused eyes.

Endlessly chanting, "An...gel... An-an-angel..."

One of the soldiers raises a gun and attempts to shoot. It was understandable. As far as everyone knew, that guy was an extremely cruel human butcher.

Thinking this, while trying to light the matchlock gun...

Swish.

"Wait!"

His hand, rushing urgently, blocks the hasty soldier. As the soldier feels awe and extinguishes the fire, He said to the soldier.

"Judgment is not our role. What happens next is his own matter."

"..."

"...Anyway, he can't do anything now. Don't worry, everyone."

"..."

At those words, everyone made the sign of the cross in silence.

Meanwhile, Asuero was gradually moving away. He continued to chant and stagger, heading towards a place that wasn't even a road.

Until he became a small dot in everyone's vision.

Until he finally disappeared beyond the horizon.

==

What do Europeans of this era fear most?

Based on my careful analysis...

It's hell.

Specifically, the fear that they might experience endless suffering in an eternally burning hell.

That makes people go mad and also makes them desperate.

Even if they aren't that devout, as long as they aren't among the very few atheists who face execution the moment they are publicly exposed, they basically believe in the existence of God in this era, don't they?

Before an ordinary believer of such an era, I appeared as an 'angel'.

And I revealed his deep, hidden 'sins'.

I thought that Asuero Javier would... at least submit to me, or perhaps have a change of heart...

But he collapsed in an incredibly absurd way.

Spouting all sorts of nonsense, drooling, alternately crawling on all fours and walking on two legs, showing all sorts of looks, he completely disappeared.

I don't know if Asuero will regain his senses or survive safely in this strange land.

But as long as he thinks of me as an angel, he will absolutely never become a threat.

For now, the problem has been solved.

Moreover, it was good that I didn't kill him directly.

He is an outsider, and his crimes also occurred outside. Unless we have the capacity to judge all the crimes and injustices in the world, we can only handle matters within our own community.

If we had accepted him as a member of our community... I would have properly put him on trial and sought an appropriate punishment.

But that wasn't the situation. Asuero was not yet a member of our community. It was an area that couldn't be handled by our laws.

And what if I had ignored the legal system and fair procedures, and killed him in a moment of anger?

How would our community members have responded in the future? Wouldn't they have sought to wage war immediately, saying it was to stop all the injustices in the world?

...It wasn't the time for that.

Not yet.

So, outside the realm of law, I did the best I could.

I attempted to talk to him, and when he refused to talk, I asserted my authority. And he left our community on his own feet.

The side effect was... much more certain than I had thought.

...No, no. There was a more personal reason.

I didn't want to usurp God's name and 'condemn' a person. I didn't want to directly 'judge' him either.

This was completely different from killing people in war or killing people in self-defense.

Yes.

It was a completely different matter.

In that sense, perhaps I am hoping that he will recover his senses.

To recover and repent, or at least to receive punishment under Spanish law.

Anyway.

What I need to worry about right now is not the story of a murderer who has already disappeared.

What I need to worry about is...

"...the situation in the Spanish colony. From what I've heard, it seems much more serious than expected.

Especially Florida."

"..."

"..."

"..."

Soon, the actions of those 'fraudsters' were exposed throughout the colony, and that freed slave named Malco, who had been working with Asuero Javier, also vanished.

However, the shock that arose as their criminal actions became known still had not subsided.

The cruel colonial policies of Spain, which had been widely spread from England for propaganda purposes, had all become prophecies. Just with the target changed from natives to black slaves.

Bacon, after hearing our recording, shut himself in his room, saying he would write a detailed report to the home country, and even Drake, who occasionally visited, became serious-faced.

Because the reason Florida colony became like that was...

"Because of our existence."

Raleigh said with a sneer.

"They fear us, so they are hastily implementing a policy of colonial expansion. As a result, they cannot internally control even the worst elements.

Slaves make up 80 to 90 percent of the population, and a small number of Spanish pioneers monopolize overwhelming force. The colonial authorities lack the capacity to monitor those pioneers."

People who were randomly selected, came to a strange world with overwhelming force.

A situation where such people receive minimal supervision and control.

"Eventually, unless one of us or them disappears, this situation will not end."

Raleigh is right. There are only two answers.

Either Florida crushes us.

Or we crush Florida.

I walked out after finishing dinner with Raleigh, lost in thought.

'Now... I need to change the plan.'

We must now move beyond passive responses like helping individual slaves escape and freeing them.

At first, it was just because of my conscience, I couldn't just stand by, I was only adding small acts of help. But given how things have turned out, I can't just stand by.

We must strengthen our capabilities and weaken the enemy's capabilities.

Until Spain's Florida colony is completely broken.

Yes.

We must clearly break Florida.