Chapter 88 (1/2)

Chapter 88

Chapter 88 – Too many cooks spoil the broth

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“It’s not delicious though”

“It’s fodder for horses after all”

Teeks after the duel with Haruka’s elder brother; during the continuous, long encampment I endeavoured inin ic today as well

If one were to ask why I’ like that, it’s because it is

Be that as itthat complicated

At a section of the training venue located in the encampment of Earl Mizuho Country’s national ar pot on a portable ic stove

Our most recent subject was the practical application of the Idiot Daikon that has been cultivated in large quantities on the fields by the garrison as fodder for the horses

Is there any way to cook these unappetizing Idiot Daikon into so delicious?

It’s a difficult problem we are unable to tackle successfully, therefore it’s so us to waste time

『Wendelin, thou are doing soe there』 (Therese)

『Hu』 (Wendelin)

Even throughout the astonish permanently at the field encampment that finished its expansion, I continue my trial and error

Also the rebel ar has deployed several forces of a few thousands in the vicinity to watch out over this field enca forth a large army

According to the intelligence of our spies, they see with the eastern and western parts close to the center and the south

No es, the prince-elector households probably won’t obediently listen to what they are told

『There’s someone just like them on our side as well』 (Therese)

The Duke Baden household, the sole prince-elector following our side except the Duke Philip household, seems to have initiated various schemes to seize the initiative

Because there will only be two eot defeated, it appears that his greed is gradually peeking out

It doesn’t see froetting i Duke Baden reached the point of talking about capturing several cities and bases

A several military victories besides the first battle will establish our superiority over the rebel army

The young Duke Baden proposed this strategic plan at the regularand received support from several noble households that have sent out additional troops after being able to invitebecause of the rebel army’s conduct

Therese said that it’s possible for that to be a teic plan as Duke Nürnbergstance and thus it’s possible they will suffer an unexpected surprise attack if they split up the roups

As someone that has no military talent, I don’t knohich side is correct, but my personal opinion leans towards Therese’s plan

The reason for that is that I felt so Duke Baden

I’m sure that he wants to accumulate meritorious deeds until the civil war ends in order to be allowed to hold a fair emperor election between him and Therese

Is there any benefit for the the supporting nobles if young Duke Baden becomes the emperor? There aremilitary achievements

Seeing that it can be considered as definite that the influence of the big nobles will change after the war, it’s the best chance to increase one’s peerage and territory

“This stew, it’s more delicious with normal daikon, you know?”

“Even though I thought it would work out well since it’s miso stew…”

Entrails are prepared withpot placed on the portablesound

“Certainly, using normal daikon makes it tastier, but it’s not like it’s inedible either”

Doushi+ starts to eat thepot

Burkhart-san stopped eating it after just tasting a bit of it

“As expected, the taste of the Idiot Daikon itself is bad, I guess”

While considering today to be a failure as well, I take out another portablepot I took out likewise

Inside the pot is aic froood temperature within a few minutes

“Burkhart-san, you will drink it, won’t you?”

“I willSince there’s no way for , amazake is a welcome alternative” (Burkhart)

It was great that I bought sake lees fro at the encampment of Earl Mizuho Country’s national army to use them with the boiled lees since it’s still cold outside

Since the Mizuho dishes are ht that they suit my taste as well

“Please don’t drink toofor Elise and the others to prepare breakfast” (Wendelin)

“I know, I know” (Burkhart)

“I will drink one cup as well” (Ar)

Doushi+, who ate all the ed as flop, requested some amazake as well

Since it won’t have any particular impact on breakfast in Doushi+’s case even if he eats heavily here, neither of us cautions him

“Here you go”

“This is the best on a chilly , ain’t it?”

“What are you three doing?”

“As usual we are waiting for you, Erw”

“Please stop it because it’s e~~~~!” (Erwin)

At a section where many soldiers and samurai of the Earl Mizuho Country’s national ar stew by using a pot on a portable s

It’s gone to such a degree that oneactivity of the rebel army, we had free time

“They probably won’t particularlyDuke Baden” (Wendelin)

“That’s rightIt’s just as Earl-sama saysOne more amazake please” (Burkhart)

“Please continue your training without caring about usOne )

“I do mind!” (Erwin)

Erw seems to consider our existence as embarrassment

I don’t think it’s necessary for hih

“Do you want some amazake?” (Wendelin)

“… Yes…” (Erwin)

Even so, it seems that he will drink amazake

He quietly received the cup with the amazake in it from Doushi+

“Haruka, do you want some as well?” (Wendelin)

“Yes” (Haruka)

Even Haruka, who’s next to Erw, receives a cup from Burkhart-san

“Well, what to saySeeing as it’s necessary for us to wait, it’s also indispensable for us to moderately relax our attention”

As Burkhart-san says; as the war has passed the stage of an early end, it will beimpatient

Sometimes it’s necessary for an army to wait

“Though I can also understand your feeling of wanting the war to end swiftly since that will speed up your e, Erw” (Wendelin)

Due to ht red

The blushi+ng face of a beautiful sairl makes quite the picture

Erw kept his cool on the surface

Given that he has some experience omen, he likely won’t show his shame openly

“No, since I don’t want to get killed in action because I hurried before the e, I can understand that we have to waitWhat I want to tell you is to not cook things in a pot at a section of the practice ground though…” (Erwin)

“You won’t be able to fight on an e the valid practical use of Idiot Daikon that hasn’t been used for anything but fodder for cattle until now”

“On a first glance that’s a fair argu by your appearances, it doesn’t look like that’s what you are doing here, does it?” (Erwin)

Erw revealed a fed-up expression at the trio of a boy, aat the state of the cooking big pot

Regarding Erw’s h Earl Mizuho and Haruka’s elder brother in the end, they have officially becoed

However, at first it was terrible because Haruka was very shaken

『I will marry?』 (Haruka)

Haruka herself hadn’t realized Erw’s feelings at all

She seein withIt appears that she thought she would stay single for her entire life while devoting herself to the sword

A part of her also thought that there won’t be any men ould want someone like her as wife

『If you dislike Erw, no one will force you though』 (Wendelin)

『No, dislike is… On the contrary, Erw-san is, for a woman like me…』 (Haruka)

Although Haruka was a beauty in the Battou Unit, rude comrades, who tried to make a move on her, had been removed by her elder brother and she was apparently kept at distance by the tea that they wouldn’t like it to lose to a woman in practice

Her practice partners were just the few other female unit members, her elder brother and those unit er than her

From Haruka’s viewpoint, she probably sa as likeable man who learns swordsmanshi+p even from a woman

Even if, for exa of swords more than a reward from Erw’s viewpoint

『Seeing as Erw has said that it’s fine, the rest depends on what you are thinking, Haruka, right?』 (Wendelin)

『Me, you say…?』 (Haruka)

『RightIt’s about what you yourself think about it』 (Wendelin)

『Earl BaueThere wouldn’t be any problem even if you forcefully ordered me to do it』 (Haruka)

『I’m a timid person after allIt would be unbearable if I received a surprise attack by the unhappy wife of my retainerThere won’t be any compulsion』 (Wendelin)

『I seeI think I will accept this e』 (Haruka)

『That’s excellent』 (Wendelin)

『The only ones who have treated ues in the Battou Unit, entle to me』 (Haruka)

Since Erw is deeply in love with the Mizuho beauty Haruka, it’s only natural for him to treat her kindly, I think

However, this natural treatment probably made her happy

She accepteda bit

『Then it’s settled, I suppose』 (Wendelin)

The engagement between Erw and Haruka was smoothly set in stone like this

High Earl Mizuho stated his aristocratic opinion of 『Though it’s fine if it’s a daughter of a retainer with a higher social rank』, but Erw easily drew back by saying that Haruka is fineEven Haruka’s older brother can’t go against an order from above

Since there’s also the fact that he lost in the duel against e on the surface

In exchange for that, it beca at the tho are happily training together everyat them bitterly from the start to the end

I think that you should rather do so here

Also, Erho is full of happiness now that the

I haven’t said anything since it was the sa h tension

『It will be nice if you take lessons from Haruka as well, Wend』 (Erwin)

『Nope』 (Wendelin)

Since Erw has a talent for handling katana, he has becoet exhausted pointlessly even if I take lessons from her

So like talent with katana is non-existent in me

『Don’t get killed in action due to being too cheerfulFros like 『I will marry once this war has ended…』 and then actually died with a quite high probability』 (Wendelin)

『I have never heard so like that』 (Erwin)

『Really?』

『It’s knowledge from some book…』

It see that has been often mentioned on earth doesn’t exist

At least Erw didn’t know about it

『I remember it』 (Ina)

『Ina knows about it』

『It’s probably from some story anyway』

『However, authors wrote it from their past experience and it was also mentioned in documentsIn addition there have even been children born and such…』

I didn’t read thes

There are people sensing so like such a rule even in a different world

『So so ill-omened for a married couple… I will hold a happy ceremony with Haruka after the war』 (Erwin)

Eras at the peak of happiness, coarded my and Ina’s statements

Because even I think that such rule is quite disturbing, I won’tas he makes sure to not be too merry

“Rather than bothering with our cooking, do souy”

It’s not the fault of our cooking

Even noe are popular due to Doushi+ distributing amazake to those interestedAood for one’s health after working out

Right, amazake is health food

It’s no different fro a sports drink after club activities

“Even though he has been told off even by a big shot of the Battou Unit, is there anything you can do?”

Currently Haruka’s elder brother is looking at Erw and Haruka while bearing a grudge

He is properly carrying out his training and work, but it has reached the point that a leader of the Battou Unit has co about this since theworse』

Doushi+ gives him amazake as he considers hio and once again looks at Erith a hateful expression

“Haruka, what does your onii-san like?”

“Umm, katana” (Haruka)

A reply that was very easy to understand

I guess they are a pair of younger sister and elder brother that resembled each other

“In that case… O~~~~i, Haruka’s onii-san”

“Earl Baumeister-sama, I don’t mind if you call me Takeomi…” (Takeomi)

Haruka’s brother throws a reproachful stare at Erho stole his cute younger sister, but he normally expresses his respect to me who took him down in a duel as Earl

Once I called out to him, he reverently bowed his head to me

“As a matter of fact, I want you to try out the new orichalcuo” (Wendelin)

Kanedsan has already co katana in this short time

『Once I got into it, I coet about the other katana』 (Kaneda)

Since it will interfere with his other work if he concentrates on them this much, he finished two sets of orichalcum katana first

“Erw is still inexperienced with katanaThus I’d like Takeomi-san to try out the new katana…” (Wendelin)

“Please leave it to me! No way, for me to try out an orichalcum katana while I’m still alive…” (Takeomi)

I hear that for a samurai of the Mizuho people an orichalcum katana is the most valuable item they want to obtain one day

From the view of a lower-ranked retainer such as Takeoood luck by just swinging it

“After breakfast ill coainIt see the completed orichalcum katana then”

“Leave it to me” (Takeomi)

The sullen expression completely vanished fro with delight that he will be able to test the new orichalcum katana directly after they have been finished

“(Sword Junkie…) UmmBecause of that…” (Wendelin)

I have asked him to not show a displeased expression towards Erw

Though I guess it’s probably in vain

He does his work properlyAnd since it’s not like he’s pointing such expression towards me, I have no basis to actually warn him about it

“No matter how much you order me about it, Earl Baumeister-sama, this is a mere instinct” (Takeomi)

“Is that so…?” (Wendelin)

Due to that answer lacking any hesitation, it resulted ina sis-con from the bottom of my heart

“It’s a beautiful katana” (Takeomi)

“Once you look at it, the blade has a certain char” (Elise)

Having eaten the breakfast prepared by Elise and the others, we once again gathered at the training area located in Earl Mizuho Country’s national army’s encampment

Dozens of training puppets that wore the plate mails and shi+elds of the dead from the rebel army, which had been plundered at the previous battle, have been deployed

They were offered for testing the new katana since they are treated as scrap iron that has no other reuse but being es

The usual irls, Burkhart-san, Doushi+, Haruka and Takeomi-san have assembled in front of the puppets

In addition there were High Earl Mizuho and his close associates, and Kanedsan together with his pupils who had prepared so like a small stand and placed the two sets of finished orichalcum katana on it

Without delay Kanedsan draws one of the orichalcum katana and displays its blade, but even Elise, who is unrelated to katana, is fascinated by its beauty

High Earl Mizuho and his retinue leaked sighs of admiration, too

“As expected of you, KanedaEven co inferior to be foundHowever, what’s disappointing is that those are not my katana” (Toyomune)

The owner of these two sets of se katana was Erw

In exchange for those, the orichalcuole at my waist

I switched it because I can still use swords normally

“It’s usable as ician killer, isn’t it?”

“Yes, it will probably be a threat for any eleician”

Burkhart-san revealed a co blade

An orichalcuic Barrier』

A ic Barrier』 deployed by an eleh it

If it’s an orichalcum-made sword it will be difficult, but not so if it’s an orichalcum katana

I guess this technology is the biggest factor why Earl Mizuho Country preserved its uniqueness

“Earl Baumeister, it seems that you have requested the production of a further three sets, but…” (Toyomune)

“Yes” (Wendelin)

“I wonder, would you sell them to me after all?” (Toyomune)

“Sell, you say? There are various things such as trade agreeht?” (Wendelin)

It was easy to merely sell it at market price, but that’s brainless

But I guess as so himself a noble I have to make it possess further value for the sake of the Baumeister Earldom

“(Is what Elise said, I think)” (Wendelin)

“You are gradually beco underhanded like a noble, Earl Baumeister” (Toyomune)

“After all I saw this many people die” (Wendelin)

It seems to be like that for ets settled, it will take ti disparity in national power between the edom after the war

Including thetreated as mercenaries, the number of nobles, ill treat me as enedom as well

The reaction of the royal family will be scary as wellThat’s why I believed it necessary to form a connection with the empire and Earl Mizuho Country

Seeing that I can use the orichalcum katana as tool for that, it was indispensable to sell thehly as possible

“Even if I forcefully deuess I will only offend you, Earl Baumeister” (Toyomune)

While High Earl Mizuho and I are talking, Takeomi-san, who received an orichalcum katana froetting ready

The puppets that had plate onally, exposed splendid cut ends

“A steel plate mail cut in two equal parts…?” (Wendelin)

“That’s because Takeo swordsht tendency to go on a rah…” (Toyomune)

It see to the degree that even his lord is aware of them

At the sa a sis-con was fah

“I have decided to entrust Takeomi in your care for a while, too, Earl Baumeister” (Toyomune)

“What’s this about?” (Wendelin)

“Do you knohat Therese-dono is currently doing?” (Toyomune)

“I have heard that she’s at a” (Wendelin)

It’s wonderful that I haven’t been courted thanks to that, but it appears that those h Earl Mizuho says

“Of course they are also a pain in the neck for Therese-dono and Alfons” (Toyomune)

Since there was no battle for around onemore and more impatient

Gathering supporters a the other nobles as well, they seem to demand for the occupation of a part of the cities and fortresses

“Will they co our military forces at this point?” (Wendelin)

“As far as the in on us in this month is concerned, it’s necessary to consider the possibility of a trap” (Toyomune)

“What they desire are meritorious deeds and plunder?” (Wendelin)

“As expected, since it’s a civil war, the pillaging of coainst women and children will lead to decapitation” (Toyomune)

Since it’s an act of an octopus eating its own feet, Therese has given out the directive that it’s strictly forbidden

As young Duke Baden is ai to become e infamy

“However, there are exceptions” (Toyomune)

There are the ite the rebel aroods of the rebel army

These would becos that can’t be sneezed at

“They seem to demand the capture of the Commercial City Halbert, 30 kiloholds in its vicinity” (Toyomune)

Young Duke Baden and the other apparently wanted to advance the front to the line of the several strongholds located in the surroundings of Halbert and change this field encampment in the Great Sorbid Wastelands into a safe rear base

Therese and Alfons are rejecting that, but there are unexpectedly ressive planIt see is about that

“Is it all right for you to not participate, High Earl Mizuho?” (Wendelin)

“We have been totally left out” (Toyomune)

The hard fighting of the sahly offensive power due to the icians that isn’t inferior at all; the Earl Mizuho Country’s national army that obtained many achievements thanks to the powerful cavalry in the pursuit battle, was told to hold back this ti Duke Baden

“It’s not like I want to becoh” (Toyomune)

“It s like the division of territory after the war, I guess” (Wendelin)

Soh Earl Mizuho for an instant

Therese promised an increase of territory to Earl Mizuho Country for entering the war

Also, there’s the appointment as prince-elector household

This can be seen as honour, but it’s also so Earl Mizuho Country to the empire

It see the sea

That should be sohtful for the Mizuho people who love marine products, but as it will at the same time increase the territory they have to protect besides the Akitsu Basin, defence will become troublesome

There’s also the proble in the new territory