By Zephyria “Special races, said to be from Bermuda, are occasionally found in unspecified areas outside the territory. The Nargus Sea, a low-pressure sea area, islands near the Reata Sea, sinkholes formed in polar regions, or crevasses formed in glaciers. The Nomitea Islands above 66.6 degrees north latitude, called the ‘Gaps of the White Nights,’ etc. They are rescued from remote areas far from civilization and are incorporated as citizens under the protection of each country every year.”
Arena, the largest area within the northern site of the Council’s Central Headquarters. It is a stadium-shaped space that is even more overwhelming in scale than the Grand Assembly Hall or the courtroom, which are classified as large buildings.
Today, on the eve of the League’s opening, members were summoned here to conduct the Council’s annual history briefing and large-scale lectures.
It was an important event attended by Hugo and other senior commanders, as well as senior officials. Hugo clasped his hands over his thick thighs and stared at the speaker with an indifferent expression.
The lecture continued with the order of the League’s rules, the Council’s role during the holding period, the strengthening of security and the maintenance of public order, and education to conduct a League without discrimination, based on the Council’s core value of ‘fairness.’
In the case of education, it aims to introduce and make members aware of the various types of participants based on the League’s major premise that anyone can participate if ‘human’ blood flows, regardless of race, ethnicity, status, or ability.
Among them, the most focused part was the briefing on those from ‘Bermuda.’ Hugo felt a sense of frustration in his chest every year at this moment.
“It is difficult to pinpoint the time when they first appeared based on the information in the documents that have been deciphered to date. The reason is that the point in human history when the existence of continents other than the one we live on was revealed is not very long ago, and it was difficult to distinguish between people from the continent and people from Bermuda during the period when there was no communication between continents.”
This world is where different races live together, and even within that, there are mainstream and non-mainstream races. Differences in skin color or language were just ‘differences’ between mainstream races that distinguished detailed races. Only when ancestors were mixed with something other than humans, had distinctive appearances, or ate substances that ordinary humans would not eat, could they be said to have truly non-mainstream characteristics.
However, to discriminate against them one by one just because they were different, there were endless points of opposition that could be the criteria for discrimination in the world. Eventually, among the population who did not recognize differences, there were gradually enlightened leaders who realized that it was a meaningless ideology that caused conflicts between groups.
Therefore, if it was helpful to their survival and national prosperity, they recognized a certain degree of difference and repeatedly accepted them as members of the group and assimilated them, at least on the surface.
Until the emergence of the core force of the non-mainstream, ‘Bermuda’ natives, who completely overturned the existing paradigm.
“The word ‘Bermuda’ first appeared in ancient documents estimated to have been recorded about 700 years ago. The exact meaning of ‘Bermuda’ is not described, but the document refers to them as ‘beings who seem different from us but resemble us, and are an unknown race born from the cracks in the world.’
In addition, in older records where similar groups appeared, they are defined as ‘a collection of highly intelligent beings’ and ‘messengers of the judges who will destroy the rotten world.’ This cannot be defined as the actual reason and value of the Bermuda race, but it is clear that it was a stimulating and surprising discovery that caused a great stir in human society at the time.”
Among those from Bermuda, there were quite a few who were brilliant in their brains or showed outstanding abilities in magic power, spells, swordsmanship, and other supernatural powers. In addition, their lifespans were abnormally long, or they presented new hypotheses that would overturn academia. Even if it wasn’t a supernatural ability, people who showed extraordinary aspects in various ways constantly appeared.
Even in the process of Laina Rogia being reborn as a product of brilliant and sacred civilization development over a thousand years of history, they have been with her every moment, accumulating vast contributions.
So, some people believed in the passages close to praise for those from Bermuda found in old records at some point. They distinguished them as a ‘Dominant race’ and sent admiration, and sometimes expressed a sense of crisis in the existence of those who would be distinguished as ‘inferior races.’
“Some claim that they are descendants of the lost ancient continent of Tenebrisia, or a derivative tribe of the ancient Lumineson civilization that was destroyed by the fall of a star. However, no evidence has been presented to confirm any of these claims, and fundamentally, it has not been explained why these Bermuda natives are only found as children or the dying elderly.
The existing human race’s rejection of those from ‘Bermuda’ starts from this fact.”
In that group where no adult women capable of conceiving and no adult men with developed reproductive functions were found at the time of the rescue, how did children and the elderly come to exist? Why was the intermediate layer not found, and why did they all cleanly lose their memories just before being rescued?
The more the facts related to Bermuda were organized, the more questions piled up. Even the academic community, which advocates the theory of evolution most closely related to science, could not easily speak about this phenomenon.
Some speculated that their birth was achieved by other means, not by the providence of nature. In short, it was suggested that those from Bermuda were like human clones created by a giant hand of darkness, like black magic that creates life in an imperfect way.
From ancient times, prejudice and exclusion were easy survival tools for humans, and the hypothesis quickly gained power. From the beginning, those from Bermuda were rescued mainly as children in need of protection, so they had no choice but to be controlled by existing humanity. The hypothesis that they were not ‘the same humans’ relegated their position to that of livestock.
Despicable slaves, playthings for entertainment, objects of exploitation, experimental subjects. The epithets for those from Bermuda became increasingly diverse.
However, they gradually grew by mingling among humanity, developing their intellect and power, and rebelling against their controllers, leading to the devastation of several civilizations. As the world seemed to flow according to the records of literature, the leaders of various countries, feeling threatened, massacred those from Bermuda or expelled them abroad altogether. They imposed a thorough frame of being a different race, continuing intense rejection and contempt.
However, on the opposite side, there were also leaders who showed a different path.
They declared that they would define those from Bermuda as refugees, accept them as citizens under thorough censorship, and repeatedly conduct ideological education to ensure they were loyal and dedicated to the nation.
One of the leading countries that officially chose the latter policy was Laina Rogia, who was the leader of the continent.
“However, over the long years, another peculiarity has been discovered in those from Bermuda. That is, they accept and understand the customs of existing human society strangely easily, and blend in without any sense of incongruity. They do not remember who they are, but from a young age, they fluently use the language of a specific country, or show a strong attachment to certain regions and cultures. It was difficult to accept that this was simply due to excellent empathy or high intelligence.
Even among those from Bermuda, it was common for them to have different skin colors or appearances, use different languages, and often have conflicts and divisions in their thoughts and ideologies.
Society feels a sense of homogeneity from the actions of those from Bermuda, that they are very ‘human’ and not much different from themselves. This gives weight to the hypothesis that they may be individuals derived from existing humanity, not a special race. Of course, even in the midst of this, theories about the messengers of God appearing in theology, or mutants resulting from the mating of demon beasts and humans, have been constantly raised. The areas where those from Bermuda were particularly frequently found were generally areas where demon beasts appeared.”
As the speaker continued, the gazes distributed around Hugo occasionally turned to Loren, the 2nd Division Commander, who was sitting next to him.
Loren was only staring straight ahead, with her arms crossed and her shoulders and waist straightened. Hugo did not look back at Loren, but he vaguely felt the burden she was bearing from receiving so many gazes.
At the same time, he was overwhelmed with guilt to the point that he could not look at her.
It was as if Loren was acting as a shield, enduring all the gazes that should have been directed at him.
Was it because, unlike her, who bravely faced the fate of being from Bermuda, he was living a shameful life?
In this land, Duke Agrizendro could be the illegitimate child of the previous Duke, but he should never be a lowly person from Bermuda. He had faithfully carried out the wishes of his family since he was young.
Covering the sky with both hands, hiding his roots. Even deceiving the world.