Great Fire of Hanyang (6)

To put it plainly, this Great Fire of Hanyang was far larger in scale than the Great Fire of Hanyang in the original history.

This fire burned 18 percent of Hanyang, and the estimated death toll reached 1,200.

From what I heard, if Queen Soheon and I had not responded desperately, the damage would have been twice as great.

Others praised me, saying that I had handled things exceptionally well and had no reason whatsoever to feel guilty, but I had seen that horrific scene with my own eyes...

‘Of course I feel guilty.’

I came to understand all too well why firefighters sometimes suffer from PTSD.

“Do you truly intend to torture them personally, Lord Jegum? You must not. This is no ordinary horrific and cruel business; how could someone as esteemed as you do such a thing yourself?”

It is not as though I approve of torture, either.

Twisting a man's legs until his shinbones are exposed, or piling several millstones onto his thighs to crush and shatter the bones in his legs, is unspeakably cruel.

Well, in a case like this, they are doing it to bastards who genuinely deserve to die, so even “cruel deeds” would naturally be permissible...