Chapter 67 (2/2)
However, Emperor Hakan fearlessly smiles and shakes his head.
「No, considering the dark clouds that are presently covering the empire, Hakan's temperament is truly reliable. Anyway, the chief magistrate of the Alda prefecture of the west reported absurd things like the invasion of the kingdom ended in one day with everyone being slaughtered… Though the magistrate has already been executed, he said that the plan of leading the kingdom n.o.bles by their nose has been successful.」
TN: I checked the raw and he really said Hakan and not Torga. Author is probably confused.
Veins floated in Torga's face upon hearing what Hakan said.
Torga is beating the floor with his fist while his lips trembles in anger.
「Fool! I can't believe we have been defeated even with the plan we have prepared carefully and being superior in number! That incompetent one probably lead the plan to that by being unable to utilize anything!」
Hakan nodded deeply to Torga's barks.
「What the general said might be the case. I appointed a leader of a mercenary team, which is famous for being undefeated, as a general but his record must have been a fluke. If you think about it, he must have only strike when he has the advantage of number or if they are in an advantageous position. It seems that he was not able to do that when he became a general. He was a coward who rely on siege even on a slightly disadvantageous war.」
Hakan said so and shrugged his shoulder. Karim knit his eyebrow and opened his mouth.
「Hakan-sama, I'm saying this with fear but Leonid, the general of the west, was a valuable talented person. We should be wary that Leonid had suffered a crus.h.i.+ng defeat…」
「Military affairs minister! I know that the military minister has brought up that mercenary but it is necessary to ascertain reality accurately.」
When Karim tried to give a frank advice, Torga interrupted and denied Karim's opinion.
Karim quietly turned his eyes down and lowered his head looking at Hakan nodding in sync with it.
The next day, Galland Empire begins to move its forces to conquer the country of the dragon knight, Einherjar.
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「Prime minister! Is Earl Villiers secession true? 」
A low voice of a man echoed across the east gate of the kingdom's capital.
In the castle gate there were more than 200 soldiers, two luxurious horse-drawn carriage, and an elderly man wearing a gorgeous robe standing in front of the horse-drawn carriage, uniformly lowering his head toward the outside of the city gate.
There, a man in his thirties is riding a beautifully decorated horse.
The man was a muscular man with wavy blond hair that extends up to his shoulder and is wearing a s.h.i.+ny white cloak.
「Your Majesty, King Creivis. You must be tired from your long journey. 」
The man called King Creivis was irritated in the elderly man's reply. He descended for the horse and looked at the elderly man.
「Yuta, it is not the time for greetings! In the east, the war situation was finally brought to a stalemate. However, there is no meaning to that because the margrave territory, which is the point of defence on the west, has become independent! 」
Creivis openly yelled at Yuta with anger, the elderly man called Yuta looked up at Creivis with fierce eyes.
「What a silly question, Your Majesty. Up to now, the eastern empire has been taking over our territory because of Maeas working behind the scenes. If the west becomes brittle, the empire will take away the west with pleasure. Maeas will probably lend hand to the empire too because of the high chance of success. 」
When Yuta responded, Creivis became more frustrated because of Yuta's buoyant att.i.tude.
「If you know that much, what have you been doing! 」
When Creivis yells again, Yuta looks at him with blaming eyes.
「Being hasty and being impatient are different things. Calm down first, Your Majesty. The enemy has been acting to sc.r.a.pe off Rembrandt Kingdom that has grown to the left and right until now. If that is the case, is it really correct to lead a large army and run straight to the west? 」
When Yuta said that, Creivis gritted his teeth and and pulled back his chin.
「…I got it, Yuta. Let’s be calm and hurry. So, does this mean that Yuta is against the militarisation in the west? 」
「No, Your Majesty. I said that there is a possibility.」
「Ei! Which is which Yuta!」
Creivis yelled at Yuta's vague words again. Yuta nodded and gave out a shallow breath.
「It depends on how you receive the rumor of the Dragon Knight’s country.」
「Such a thing, isn't Earl Villiers behind that rumor!?」
「Is Earl Villiers lying?」
Even if the angry Creivis was not shaken, he asked Yuta to verify it.
Creivis nods roughly and opens his mouth.
「It’s natural. Even if they become independent of Rembrandt Kingdom, with the current situation, they'll be devoured by the empire. Therefore, he use the name of the dragon knight. The story of the 80,000 troops of Galland Army being annihilated must also be a lie or dramatize.」
When Creivis said so, Yuta tilts his head.
「Well, indeed, it is possible that Earl Villiers fabricated that story since it was transmitted from the west. So, are you absolutely sure that everything was a lie?」
「What do you mean? Are you saying that a dragon knight really appeared?」
「No, I don't mean that much but I think that there is a high possibility that somewhere, a different power other than Galland Empire and Rembrandt Kingdom exists.」
「Why?」
Creivis, who became somewhat calm, asked about Yuta's speculation.
Yuta looked at his eyes and slowly spoke to arrange the information in his head.
「First, it’s time. In order to make a lie like a dragon knight, it is necessary to fight of the army of the empire and annihilate them in a dramatic manner. If you're preparing for independence and the empire sends approximately 5,000 to 10,000 troops by chance, will you be able to annihilate them with little to no damage? It will be quite difficult. In addition, if the empire really wants to invade the kingdom, they will move at least 100,000 soldiers. If we're talking about the combat capability of the Galland Empire, it is possible.」
「Ah, that’s enough! All right, let’s decide to act a.s.suming the existence of the Dragon Knight first.」
To Yuta's long speculation, Creivis shakes his head left and right.
However, Yuta straighten his eyes and opens his mouth.
「Your Majesty, I have not told you to admit the existence of the dragon knight. I also thought of the number of soldiers Earl Villiers could have. If the empire really invaded, that land should have already be a part of the empire.」
「So what do you want to say? Is there a dragon knight?」
When Creivis asked, Yuta shook his head.
「My guess it that they hired mercenaries to rival the 100,000 troops of Galland Empire.」
「… What?」
To the words that came from Yuta's mouth, Creivis froze and gave out a stupid voice.
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