Chapter 88 (2/2)

Because there will be different races, it will cause various troublesome matters

Their true opinion is that they want to refuse it, but there’s no way they can do that eitherIt’s probably a delicate situation for High Earl Mizuho

“That , but the consideration of how to advance the changes is difficult…” (Toyomune)

Itin on High Earl Mizuho

No matter whether they win or lose, the increase in work for royalty and nobles was bothersome

“It’s dangerous to ht of Therese-dono just because she’s a woressive plan of young Duke Baden and his supporters” (Toyomune)

Before I noticed, the testing of the new orichalcum katana switched over to Haruka

It appears that her skills are slightly inferior to those of Takeomi-san, but there’s no doubt that she’s an expert

As if she’s cutting paper, she cut a puppet wearing full plate right in half

“The younger sister possesses good skills as wellShe uard, Earl Baumeister” (Toyomune)

“It seeuard before, but is there some work for us as well?”

“That’s very likelyGood grief, although it will be fine if we attack with just us…”

Concluding the testing of the new katana safely, it was decided that Erw and Haruka will use the two sets of orichalcum katana

Since another set will be finished in three days, I planned to lend it to Takeomi-san ould accompany me

“Even just lending is wonderful” (Takeomi)

Takeo once he sees Erw after all

If a sis-con can be aggravated up to this point, it ht be splendid in a certain sense

And, just as High Earl Mizuho has said, once we returned to our house, Therese lied in wait there while wearing a regretful expression

“SorryI couldn’t ward off the opposition” (Therese)

“Is it our turn as well?” (Wendelin)

“Together with the Earl Mizuho Country’s national ar Mountain Fortress” (Therese)

Therese-sama spread a map on the table

“Its location is around 20 khold located on top of a trapezoid-shaped mountain with an altitude of around 600 meters” (Therese)

“TheDuke Baden and his followers?”

Monopolizing the flashy ed to push the bonus-like fortress to us

Though, before that, I couldn’t detect thethat fortress

“Ti?”

“Aren’t there any other fortresses, considering Burkhart-san’s age?” (Erwin)

“Don’t treat others like old people!” (Burkhart)

Burkhart-san’s fist drops on the head of Erho said so unnecessary

“Judging it just fronificance or such, but…”

Even Doushi+ see Mountain Fortress

“This fortress was a front-line base at the ti the north”

Having fulfilled its role, it’s nowadays existing as ands

“Be that as it hwayIt’s to the degree of a robber appearing once in a while” (Therese)

Since there’s a constant patrol of guards, it has conversely becoands who formed an alliance with conspirators

So, if you ask why this fortress exists…

“If it’s left alone, strange folks will settle in thereAnd it belongs to the imperial armyThey objected towards the reduction of posts” (Therese)

Since being co Mountain Fortress is an ie opposition within the aret rid of it

Due to the strong resistance fro the posts they have been appointed to, they couldn’t cut it off until now

“It’s similar to a story I heard somewhere else”

“It’s similar to a story I heard somewhere else”

“Anyone can understand that it’s a waste of et, but they are reluctant that their own posts and wages will disappear due to the reduction”

There seedoard

“Besides, it’s not like there’s no use for it in the current war situation”

Going by its location, it’s possible to apply tactics such as cutting the supply line and dispatching soldiers from there once we advance towards the imperial capital, Therese explains

Therefore it’s necessary to place guards there after occupying it once, she says

“That young Duke Baden isn’t a terrible idiot either” (Katharina)

“He has ordinary ability befitting the heir of a Duke householdThat’s why it’s troublesome in reverse” (Therese)

Therese showed a baffled expression due to Katharina’s wicked tongue

In reality, he has for of his aggressive plan in a short time

“So, you are telling us to capture it by ourselves?”

“Of course notIt will be a joint operation with us”

In the previous battle at the field encampment in the Great Sorbid Wastelands the achievements of the Mizuho national aruns, were enormousApparently that’s why they have been re Halbart which is the et

“We will send around 1500 troopsI will leave the coer brother, but I don’t want to incur any losses as much as possible” (Therese)

According to the reconnaissance personally sent out by High Earl Mizuho, there were apparently around 100 guards originally stationed in the Talberg Mountain Fortress, but it see has already sent an additional reinforcement of 100 soldiers

The Talberg Mountain Fortress is on the su an invasion only on thetowards the summit

The fortress’ front gate is only accessible from that mountain roadThe rest of the fortress is surrounded by precipitous cliffs, according to the previous information

“It looks like there will be losses”

“True”

The guards nuuards are elites either

But, if ere to foolishly storate with 1500 soldiers, that will probably cause heavy losses to arrows and such

“How about shooting theuns?”

“Although it depends on the distance, it’s still i around 100 e of crossbows and longbows”

High Earl Mizuho likely doesn’t want to suffer losses in a siege battle over a snificance

There’s still the decisive battle against Duke Nürnberg after all

“I guess there’s no other choice but to soic”

“I request that by all meansAs for the reward, Therese-dono said that she will add so special”

“Haa…”

I dislike working for free, but in Therese’s case it highly likely that she will say so like “I will pay with my own body”

As a ht be considered as acceptable, but as war reward I feel like that’s too cheap

Instead, if you think about the demerits, it’s actually a loss, I think

“Earl Baumeister, Therese-dono likes you quite a bitIt’s difficult to match each other’s positions, isn’t it?”

“Yes”

“She’s a beautiful woh”

Two days later after we perfor, aDuke Baden and ten-odd nobles sortied to capture Halbert

In addition the nobles also dispatched around 10000 soldiers to take bases and strongholds in four placesThe Mizuho national arether with the soldiers to capture the Talberg Mountain Fortress as last

Therese stays back at the field encaether with around 30000 soldiers that were obtained as additional reinforcements from the rear

She was apparently told to not advance to the front by young Duke Baden since she’s the supreme commander, but there’s the scra to depart to the battlefield since she’s a female family head

“We will take it quickly and return?”

According to the reconnaissance, it’s planned for us to capture this place easily with the dispatched forces

But, it doesn’t change the fact that our military forces have been split up

There’s even the possibility of us losing after suffering an unexpected surprise attack

It was necessary to capture the Talberg Mountain Fortress swiftly by ourselves and to prepare for that

“Wilun?”

“Won’t know until using it” (Wilma)

TheMountain Fortress finished in a full two days

The Mizuho national army was on standby at a place where the arrows froate won’t reach and just noe sent a er to advice them to surrender

It ht be fortunate that there was no surprise attacks yet, but there’s also the reason that they won’t be able to stage a surprise attack anyway because there’s no otherthe mountain road

Since there won’t be any dead or injured if they surrender obediently, there’s no loss in trying

『We are thankful for your recommendation to surrender, but our orders are to defend to the last man』

But then again we ended up getting splendidly declined by the fortress’ defence commander in such way

“I wondered whether I will snipe theic, but I never expected for there to be such prototype”

Asking Wilun I had borrowed froh Earl Mizuho

Its barrel is long, and it has a scope for ai that has been atteunstock’s shape has been improved as well

Theoretically it seeet at a distance of around 300 un was a so-called defective product

You can’t shoot em provided due to its bad efficiency on the mana consumption

“Wend-saic, which is more efficient?” (Wilma)

“As a matter of fact it’s this prototype sniper rifle” (Wendelin)

Although it would be fine to fire ic just like before, theat this distance

I pondered whether I should loose off shells with large-scaleas defensive base if we don’t hand it over to the following guards after capturing it without da it as much as possible

Accordingly it resulted init to Wil mana to her

Actually uns have also been lent to Erw, Haruka and Takeomi-san

Since they were a loan, we couldn’t keep theular secretthem either

The other day young Duke Baden and his followers looked regretful as they failed in obtaining uns

“Wend-saet?” (Wilma)

“Umm…” (Wendelin)

Wilhtly behind Mizuho’s national army and observed the state of the fortress with binoculars and scope on top of a huge rock that was off the mountain road

On top of the walls around 50 soldiers have prepared their bows and are setting up ballistae for defence

And there were several co them orders as well as their subordinates

“First the commander, I suppose” (Wendelin)

“Affir him first” (Wilma)

Wil the warriors of the Mizuho national arun squad that had been present at the previous test firing, but this tiet

It was also possible that she will fail after getting shaken unexpectedly

“Are you all right?” (Wendelin)

“Yes” (Wilma)

“Don’t force yourself” (Wendelin)

“I’m your wife and also your spear and shi+eld, Wend-samaThat’s why I will be fine” (Wilma)

Wilic sniping gun

“Wend-sama, you created a place and time where I can enjoy myself” (Wilma)

Wilma couldn’t marry into a normal noble household due to her Hero Syndrome

Luckily she was picked up by Minister Edgar, but I guess it would still be difficult for her to marry anyone besides me

No th she possesses, she won’t be able to serve in the current royal armyTherefore she would have no other choice but to earn thebehind the scenes as protege hidden by Minister Edgar

“If I’ether with you, every day is fun, Wend-sa people, whose faces I don’t know, to protect this place I call hootistically kill people for the sake of those who know you and me, Wend-sama” (Wilma)

“I seeTruth to be told, I’m the same as well” (Wendelin)

I will kill Duke Nürnberg, who has staged a rebellion and is freely using a device that blocks ic, and then I will destroy that device

For that reason I’ already killed several hundred people

“It also the same for Erw, Elise-sama, Ina, Luise and Katharina” (Wilma)

They probably became my friends out of selfish interests at first, but noe are sharing a common destiny

Therefore even Elise has acco Mountain Fortress

“Let’s finish this quickly and think up a menu for dinner, okay?” (Wendelin)

“That’s nice” (Wilma)

Wilma loads a bullet that had its size adjusted by me into the sniper rifle

All uns are loaded from the frontThe bullets themselves are round just like those of matchlocks

However, since a round ball is useless for rifling, I matched the chinquapin nut shaped bullet, that I use toits size with ic

“It enters smoothly” (Wilma)

Wilun barrel with a bullet she received from me

Putting aside the gun barrel, there are un

Since the bullet is fired with em has been completely embedded

Wilun barrel with a bullet she received from me

Putting aside the gun barrel, there are un

Since the bullet is fired with em has been completely embedded

The bullet will be discharged once the trigger is pulled, but I don’t understand why the bullet is fired by er

Until now the research of similar items should have been carried out by both countries, but it not being coht come from the difficulty of the contrivances within

“The er is pulled is unknown”

If it’s gunpowder, it explodes once ignited, but since it’s an artificial reproduction of a contrivance that transforic to fire the bullet with eician

This is probably the reason why Duke Nürnberg is cautious of Earl Mizuho Country that resolved this

“I can fire the bullet at any time now” (Wilma)

“Just as you have said, Wil officers” (Wendelin)

I confir orders on top of the fortress’ wall, with my binoculars

There are also his aides and coets as well

“Let’s weaken theirtheir superiorsAfter all that’s the most efficient methodThere won’t be any pointless victims either”

“Got it”

When Wiler, the defence coorously bloay to the rear and collapses

His aides, ere next to hi that Wil, it was accurate

Watching their superior die after getting hit in the head by a bullet and spurting out blood and greyin fear,

“Wilma” (Wendelin)

“Next” (Wilma)

Next she picks an adjutant-like person, two co around the archer unit slightly away, as targets

All of them were hit in their head or torso and they died instantly or beca

“The gun barrel is…”

Due to strange circuun barrel heat up after shooting around five shots and won’t be able to fire any further until the barrel cools down

The Mizuho national ar water on theiven Wil』 spell

With this there’s also no worry for the gun barrel to become wet

“Next is the personnel operating the ballistae”

Wil the ballistae on top of the walls next

At first relief personnel rushes over i that they will be shot if theyno one approaches the ballistae anymore

Next the sniping of the archers startsOnce three of the archers tossed their boay and escaped from atop the wall

There was also a soldier stopping theuished person, no one listened to him

That’s because the majority of the important people had already departed from this world

“Wend-sama, there are no people left to shoot at” (Wilma)

“Well, it looks like it’s not necessary anymore”

Having one-sidedly killed their iems they can accomplish by themselves

With their s fluttered in the wind on the walls

“Did they capitulate?”

Like this ere successful in capturing the Talberg Mountain Fortress without a single casualty a our allies

“This is a success? No, it’s probably a blunder”

“But, Wend, the fortress fell normally” (Erwin)

“It’s as Erw-san saysMoreover, the casualties a our allies are zero” (Haruka)

“Just as mentioned by Haruksan, zero casualties is wonderful” (Erwin)

The Talberg Mountain Fortress that had raised white flags, was occupied by the Mizuho national army without any particular disorder

Their leaders below the coWe succeeded in neutralizing the ballistae and archer unit that would have likely beco if we carried out a siege battleAnd as an extra the Talberg Mountain Fortress had no daes and thus needed no repairs

Although we had the biggest achievements here, the one ill actually fork out a reward is Therese

That’s because we are mercenaries that had been employed by Therese

Since we are accouished war services for the ti, it shouldn’t result in a falsification of the merits of wars and rewards

The expression of the branch faer brother of High Earl Mizuho and who leads the Mizuho national arrim, but that doesn’t mean that he’s jealous of my accomplishments

He’s displeased for another reason

“We got screwed over” (Toyotsuge)

“IndeedThe storehouse was empty”

The privilege to the stuff like the storehouse located in the Talberg Mountain Fortress and the activity funds in the safe that should be located in thehas been handed over to Mizuho national are-san had his retainers exa in them

Even the storehouse that kept the provisions hadn’t stored anything but the share of one week’s food for the guards

“Screwed over?”

“That’s rightIs it norency stores of a fortress located in the mountains?”

“However, it was a mountain fortress with no particular bandits or such in the vicinity, right?”

“It see posts, but now it has become a defence base of the rebel armyUsually they would at least carry in sooods to just scrape along on such a summitIt will just cause expenses after all”

Ered his consent towards Burkhart-san’s conjecture

“The issue beyond this would be the other bases doing the sa)

“Uncle-sama, do you mean that it’s a trap to lure us in?” (Elise)

Since there were only casualties of the eneether with Doushi+ as there was no necessity for her to use healing ic

Even Ina and the others are here since they had nothing in particular to do, but the talk we had started to waste sorave

“Were our allies lured in by thee ofout the defence?” (Ina)

“It’s probably just as you are expecting, Ina”

We were able to capture it easily, but if we consider the food and materials consumed by our side who had dispatched soldiers on this occasion, we are in the red

At any rate, we could only secure a little amount of food

Even so, if we can holds we captured, it will balance out, but as it will be necessary to replenish those, it will cost money as well

“Or rather, wefood before that, right?” (Luise)

As Luise says, since we hurriedly went on the offensive, we don’t possess many provisions

It was decided to leave that to the supply unit that followed us in a delayed fashi+on, but on’t be able to do anything if the rebel army severs our supply line

Even if we try to protect that supply unit, it et surrounded by the enemy army while in the fortress

Especially this Talberg Mountain Fortress is a stronghold that is by all rights easy to defend solidly

That’s because there’s only one route to capture the summit, but if you turn that around, ill lose our way out once that ets blocked

“There’s only food for 200 people for a week, and it’s not like we have that much on hand either” (Wilma)

Wil but the truth

But in reverse you could say that the situation got severe

There was a bad pre up in my mind, but it immediately turned into reality

“Wendelin-san!” (Katharina)

Katharina, as on watch on top of the wall, rushed our way in a great hurry

“It seems that we have been surrounded by the rebel army” (Katharina)

“As expected, eh…”

As if esti Mountain Fortress, Katharina reports that a great number of rebel soldiers had appeared on the ate

“In other words, we lost our way out”

The nuher than those of our allies, but theyunreasonably

That’s because they are expecting us to have no leeway in our food situation

If they hile only blocking the mountain road, our side will exhaust its food reserves in around a week

Even if Therese tries to send supplies, those are bound to not arrive either

“With us, who are stuck in the Talberg Mountain Fortress, as extreme example, it’s inevitable for our allies, who headed to the other capture targets, to lose, isn’t it?”

It’s possible that the other fortress capture units are experiencing the sa Duke Baden ht have been surrounded by a simply superior rebel army

It see victory will co with this time’s defeat

“That da Duke Baden”

He had done so Duke Baden and his followers get killed just like that

However, currently we have to do our best about our own troubles

“We will discuss the response with Toyotsuge-donoHowever, it will be aard, I guess”

On top of not knowing the nuer of increasing the casualties all the more if we move unskilfully

We hurry to Toyotsuge-dono’s location

It’s in order to procure just the slightest infor us

Chapter 88 Too many cooks spoil the broth H It s not delicious thoughIt s fodder for horses after allTeeks after the duel with Haruka s elder brother during the continuous, long encampment I endeavoured ininso like that, it s because it isBe that as itthat co venue located in the encampment of Earl Mizuho Country s national ar pot on a portable ic stoveOur 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 horsesIs 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 tie thereTherese Huhout the astonish permanently at the field encampment that finished its expansion, I continuehas deployed several forces of a few thousands in the vicinity to watch out over this field enca forth a large arence of our spies, they see with the eastern and western parts close to the center and the southNo es, the prince elector households probably won t obediently listen to what they are toldThere 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 initiativeBecause there will only be two eot defeated, it appears that his greed is gradually peeking outIt doesn t see froetting i Duke Baden reached the point of talking about capturing several cities and basesA several military victories besides the first battle will establish our superiority over the rebel aric 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 conductTherese said that it s possible for that to be a teic plan as Duke N rnbergstance and thus it s possible they will suffer an unexpected surprise attack if they split up the roupsAs someone that has no military talent, I don t knohich side is correct, but my personal opinion leans towards Therese s planThe reason for that is that I felt so Duke BadenI 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 hi nobles if young Duke Baden becomes the emperor There arethat 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 territoryThis stew, it s h I thought it would work out well since it s etable stew boiled inside the big pot placed on the portablenormal daikon makes it tastier, but it s not like it s inedible eitherDoushi+ starts to eat thepotBurkhart san stopped eating it after just tasting a bit of itAs expected, the taste of the Idiot Daikon itself is bad, I guessWhile considering today to be a failure as well, I take out another portablepot I took out likewiseInside the pot is aic froood temperature within a few minutesBurkhart san, you will drink it, won t you I willSince there s no way for , areat 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 outsideSince the Mizuho dishes are ht that they suit my taste as wellPlease don t drink toofor Elise and the others to prepare breakfastWendelin I know, I knowBurkhart I will drink one cup as wellAr Doushi+, who ate all the ed as flop, requested some amazake as wellSince it won t have any particular impact on breakfast in Doushi+ s case even if he eats heavily here, neither of us cautions hi, ain t it What are you three doing As usual we are waiting for you, ErwPlease 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 sIt s gone to such a degree that oneactivity of the rebel army, we had free timeThey probably won t particularlyDuke BadenWendelin That s rightIt s just as Earl sama saysOnewithout caring about usOneI do mind Erwin Erw seems to consider our existence as embarrass stew in a pot that hDo you want some amazake Wendelin Yes Erwin Even so, it seems that he will drink amazakeHe quietly received the cup with the amazake in it from Doushi+Haruka, do you want some as well Wendelin YesHaruka Even Haruka, who s next to Erw, receives a cup fro as it s necessary for us to wait, it s also indispensable for us to moderately relax our attentionAs Burkhart san says as the war has passed the stage of an early end, it will beimpatientSoh I can also understand your feeling of wanting the war to end swiftly since that will speed up your e, ErwWendelin Due toface of a beautiful sairl makes quite the pictureErw kept his cool on the surfaceGiven that he has some experience omen, he likely won t show his shaet 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 nowOn 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 potRegarding Erw s h Earl Mizuho and Haruka s elder brother in the end, they have officially becoedHowever, at first it was terrible because Haruka was very shakenI will s at allShe seein withIt appears that she thought she would stay single for her entire life while devoting herself to the swordA part of her also thought that there won t be any men ould want someone like her as wifeIf you dislike Erw, no one will force you thoughWendelin No, dislike is On the contrary, Erw san is, for a woh 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 practiceHer practice partners were just the few other female unit members, her elder brother and those unit er than herFrom Haruka s viewpoint, she probably sa as likeable man who learns swordsmanshi+p even fro of swordsas 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 itWendelin Earl BaueThere wouldn t be any problem even if you forcefully ordered me to do itHaruka 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 coeHaruka That s excellentWendelin The only ones who have treated ues in the Battou Unit, entle to meHaruka Since Erw is deeply in love with the Mizuho beauty Haruka, it s only natural for him to treat her kindly, I thinkHowever, this natural treatment probably made her happyShe accepteda bitThen it s settled, I supposeWendelin The engagement between Erw and Haruka was sh 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 aboveSince there s also the fact that he lost in the duel against e on the surfaceIn exchange for that, it beca at the tho are happily training together everyat them bitterly from the start to the endI think that you should rather do so hereAlso, Erho is full of happiness now that theI haven t said anything since it was the sa h tensionIt will be nice if you take lessons from Haruka as well, WendErwin NopeWendelin Since Erw has a talent for handling katana, he has becoet exhausted pointlessly even if I take lessons fro like talent with katana is non existent intoo cheerfulFros like I will marry once this war has ended and then actually died with a quite high probabilityWendelin I have never heard soe fro that has been often mentioned on earth doesn t existAt least Erw didn t know about itI remember itIna Ina knows about itIt s probably from some story anywayHowever, 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 thesThere are people sensing so so ill omened for a married couple I will hold a happy ceremony with Haruka after the warErwin Eras at the peak of happiness, coarded my and Ina s statementsBecause even I think that such rule is quite disturbing, I won tas hewith our cooking, do souyIt s not the fault of our cookingEven noe are popular due to Doushi+ distributing amazake to those interestedAood for one s health after working outRight, a a sports drink after club activitiesEven 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 grudgeHe 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 the ives him amazake as he considers hio and once again looks at Erith a hateful expressionHaruka, what does your onii san like Umm, katanaHaruka A reply that was very easy to understandI guess they are a pair of younger sister and elder brother that resembled each otherIn that case O i, Haruka s onii sanEarl 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 EarlOnce I called out to him, he reverently bowed his head to meAs a matter of fact, I want you to try out the new orichalcuoWendelin Kaneda san has already co katana in this short tiet about the other katanaKaneda Since it will interfere with his other work if he concentrates on them this much, he finished two sets of orichalcum katana firstErw 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 dayFrom the view of a lower ranked retainer such as Takeoood luck by just swinging itAfter breakfast ill coainIt see the completed orichalcum katana thenLeave it to meTakeomi The sullen expression completely vanished fro with delight that he will be able to test the new orichalcum katana directly after they have been finishedSword Junkie UmmBecause of that Wendelin I have asked hiuess it s probably in vainHe 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 itNo matter how much you order me about it, Earl Baumeister sama, this is a mere instinctTakeo any hesitation, it resulted ina sis con from the bottom of my heartIt s a beautiful katanaTakeoElise 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 ar 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 deployedThey were offered for testing the new katana since they are treated as scrap iron that has no other reuse but being esThe usual irls, Burkhart san, Doushi+, Haruka and Takeomi san have asseh Earl Mizuho and his close associates, and Kaneda san together with his pupils who had prepared so like a small stand and placed the two sets of finished orichalcum katana on itWithout delay Kaneda san draws one of the orichalcum katana and displays its blade, but even Elise, who is unrelated to katana, is fascinated by its beautyHigh Earl Mizuho and his retinue leaked sighs of admiration, tooAs expected of you, KanedaEven co inferior to be foundHowever, what s disappointing is that those are not my katanaToyoe katana was ErwIn exchange for those, the orichalcuole at my waistI switched it because I can still use swords norician killer, isn t it Yes, it will probably be a threat for any eleicianBurkhart san revealed a co bladeAn orichalcuic BarrierA ic Barrier deployed by an eleh itIf it s an orichalcum made sword it will be difficult, but not so if it s an orichalcuest factor why Earl Mizuho Country preserved its uniquenessEarl Baumeister, it seems that you have requested the production of a further three sets, but Toyomune YesWendelin I wonder, would you sell them to s such as trade agreeht Wendelin It was easy to uess as so himself a noble I have to make it possess further value for the sake of the Baumeister Earldoradually beco underhanded like a noble, Earl BaumeisterToyomune After all I saw this many people dieWendelin It seems to be like that for ets settled, it will take ti disparity in national power between the e thetreated as mercenaries, the number of nobles, ill treat me as enedom as wellThe reaction of the royal family will be scary as wellThat s why I believed it necessary to form a connection with the e that I can use the orichalcum katana as tool for that, it was indispensable to sell thehly as possibleEven if I forcefully deuess I will only offend you, Earl Bau, Takeomi san, who received an orichalcum katana from Kaneda san, cal readyThe puppets that had plate onally, exposed splendid cut endsA 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 the a sis con was fahI have decided to entrust Takeomi in your care for a while, too, Earl BaumeisterToyomune What s this about Wendelin Do you knohat Therese dono is currently doing ToyoWendelin It s wonderful that I haven t been courted thanks to that, but it appears that those h Earl Mizuho saysOf course they are also a pain in the neck for Therese dono and AlfonsToyo Duke Baden and the others were apparently gettingthe other nobles as well, they seem to demand for the occupation of a part of the cities and fortressesWill 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 trapToyomune 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 decapitationToyo its own feet, Therese has given out the directive that it s strictly forbiddenAs young Duke Baden is ai to become e infamyHowever, there are exceptionsToyo the rebel aroods of the rebel ars that can t be sneezed atThey seem to demand the capture of the Commercial City Halbert, 30 kiloholds in its vicinityToyo 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 baseTherese and Alfons are rejecting that, but there are unexpectedly ressive planIt see is about thatIs it all right for you to not participate, High Earl Mizuho Wendelin We have been totally left outToyo even in the legends, the highly 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 BadenIt s not like I want to becos like the division of territory after the war, I guessWendelin Soh Earl Mizuho for an instantTherese promised an increase of territory to Earl Mizuho Country for entering the warAlso, there s the appointment as prince elector householdThis can be seen as honour, but it s also so Earl Mizuho Country to the eiven a territory facing the seaThat 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 beco the people living in the new territoryBecause there will be different races, it will cause various troublesome mattersTheir true opinion is that they want to refuse it, but there s no way they can do that eitherIt s probably a delicate situation for High Earl MizuhoThat , but the consideration of how to advance the changes is difficult Toyomune Itin on High Earl MizuhoNo matter whether they win or lose, the increase in work for royalty and nobles was bothersoht of Therese dono just because she s a woressive plan of young Duke Baden and his supportersToyo of the new orichalcum katana switched over to HarukaIt appears that her skills are slightly inferior to those of Takeomi san, but there s no doubt that she s an expertAs if she s cutting paper, she cut a puppet wearing full plate right in halfThe younger sister possesses good skills as wellShe uard, Earl Bauuard before, but is there sorief, although it will be fine if we attack with just us Concluding the testing of the new katana safely, it was decided that Erw and Haruka will use the two sets of orichalcum katanaSince another set will be finished in three days, I planned to lend it to Takeo is wonderfulTakeohtening once he sees Erw after allIf a sis con can be aggravated up to this point, it h Earl Mizuho has said, once we returned to our house, Therese lied in wait there while wearing a regretful expressionSorryI couldn t ward off the oppositionTherese Is it our turn as well Wendelin Together with the Earl Mizuho Country s national ar Mountain FortressTherese Therese sama spread a map on the tableIts location is around 20 khold located on top of a trapezoid shaped mountain with an altitude of around 600 et, the co Duke Baden and his followers Monopolizing the flashy ed to push the bonus like fortress to usThough, before that, I couldn t detect thethat fortressTi Aren t there any other fortresses, considering Burkhart san s age Erwin Don t treat others like old people Burkhart Burkhart san s fist drops on the head of Erho said so it just fronificance or such, but Even Doushi+ see Mountain FortressThis fortress was a front line base at the ti fulfilled its role, it s nowadays existing as ands don t appear on the northern highwayIt s to the degree of a robber appearing once in a whileTherese Since there s a constant patrol of guards, it has conversely becoands who formed an alliance with conspiratorsSo, if you ask why this fortress exists If it s left alone, strange folks will settle in thereAnd it belongs to the imperial armyThey objected towards the reduction of postsTherese Since being co Mountain Fortress is an ie opposition within the ar resistance fro the posts they have been appointed to, they couldn t cut it off until nowIt s similar to a story I heard somewhere elseAnyone can understand that it s a waste of et, but they are reluctant that their own posts and wages will disappear due to the reductionThere seedoardBesides, it s not like there s no use for it in the current war situationGoing by its location, it s possible to apply tactics such as cutting the supply line and dispatching soldiers from there once we advance towards the imperial capital, Therese explainsTherefore it s necessary to place guards there after occupying it once, she saysThat young Duke Baden isn t a terrible idiot eitherKatharina He has ordinary ability befitting the heir of a Duke householdThat s why it s troublesome in reverseTherese Therese showed a baffled expression due to Katharina s wicked tongueIn reality, he has for of his aggressive plan in a short ti us to capture it by ourselves Of course notIt will be a joint operation with usIn the previous battle at the field encampment in the Great Sorbid Wastelands the achievements of the Mizuho national aruns, were enormousApparently that s why they have been re Halbart which is the etWe will send around 1500 troopsI will leave the coer brother, but I don t want to incur any losses asto the reconnaissance personally sent out by High Earl Mizuho, there were apparently around 100 guards originally stationed in the Talberg Mountain Fortress, but it see has already sent an additional reinforce Mountain Fortress is on the su an invasion only on thetowards the suate is only accessible from that mountain roadThe rest of the fortress is surrounded by precipitous cliffs, according to the previous inforuards nuuards are elites eitherBut, if ere to foolishly storate with 1500 soldiers, that will probably cause heavy losses to arrows and suchHow about shooting theh it depends on the distance, it s still i around 100 e of crossbows and longbowsHigh Earl Mizuho likely doesn t want to suffer losses in a siege battle over a snificanceThere s still the decisive battle against Duke N rnberg after allI guess there s no other choice but to soicI request that by all meansAs for the reward, Therese dono said that she will add so for free, but in Therese s case it highly likely that she will say soht be considered as acceptable, but as war reward I feel like that s too cheapInstead, if you think about the demerits, it s actually a loss, I thinkEarl Baumeister, Therese dono likes you quite a bitIt s difficult to match each other s positions, isn t it YesShe s a beautiful wohTwo days later after we perfor, aDuke Baden and ten odd nobles sortied to capture HalbertIn addition the nobles also dispatched around 10000 soldiers to take bases and strongholds in four placesThe Mizuho national arether with the soldiers to capture the Talberg Mountain Fortress as lastTherese stays back at the field encaether with around 30000 soldiers that were obtained as additional reinforcements from the rearShe was apparently told to not advance to the front by young Duke Baden since she s the supreme commander, but there s the scra to depart to the battlefield since she s a female fa to the reconnaissance, it s planned for us to capture this place easily with the dispatched forcesBut, it doesn t change the fact that our military forces have been split upThere s even the possibility of us losing after suffering an unexpected surprise attackIt was necessary to capture the Talberg Mountain Fortress swiftly by ourselves and to prepare for thatWil itWil Mountain Fortress finished in a full two daysThe Mizuho national army was on standby at a place where the arrows froate won t reach and just noe sent a ht be fortunate that there was no surprise attacks yet, but there s also the reason that they won t be able to stage a surprise attack anyway because there s no otherthe mountain roadSince there won t be any dead or injured if they surrender obediently, there s no loss in tryingWe are thankful for your recommendation to surrender, but our orders are to defend to the lastsplendidly declined by the fortress defence commander in such wayI wondered whether I will snipe theic, but I never expected for there to be such prototypeAsking Wilun I had borrowed fro, and it has a scope for ai that has been atteunstock s shape has been improved as wellTheoretically it seeet at a distance of around 300 un was a so called defective productYou can t shoot em provided due to its bad efficiency on the ic, which is more efficient Wilma As a matter of fact it s this prototype sniper rifleWendelin Although it would be fine to fire ic just like before, theat this distanceI pondered whether I should loose off shells with large scaleas defensive base if we don t hand it over to the following guards after capturing it without daly it resulted init to Wil uns have also been lent to Erw, Haruka and Takeomi sanSince they were a loan, we couldn t keep theular secretthe Duke Baden and his followers looked regretful as they failed in obtaining et Wilhtly behind Mizuho s national army and observed the state of the fortress with binoculars and scope on top of a huge rock that was off the mountain roadOn top of the walls around 50 soldiers have prepared their bows and are setting up ballistae for defenceAnd there were several co them orders as well as their subordinatesFirst the com hi the warriors of the Mizuho national arun squad that had been present at the previous test firing, but this tietIt was also possible that she will fail after getting shaken unexpectedlyAre you all right Wendelin YesWilma Don t force yourselfWendelin I m your wife and also your spear and shi+eld, Wend samaThat s why I will be fineWilic sniping gunWend sama, you created a place and time where I can enjoy myselfWilma Wilma couldn t marry into a normal noble household due to her Hero Syndrouess it would still be difficult for her to th she possesses, she won t be able to serve in the current royal armyTherefore she would have no other choice but to earn thebehind the scenes as protege hidden by Minister EdgarIf I ether with you, every day is fun, Wend sa people, whose faces I don t know, to protect this place I call hootistically kill people for the sake of those who know you and me, Wend samaWilma I seeTruth to be told, I , who has staged a rebellion and is freely using a device that blocks ic, and then I will destroy that deviceFor that reason Ialready killed several hundred peopleIt also the same for Erw, Elise sama, Ina, Luise and KatharinaWilma They probably became my friends out of selfish interests at first, but noe are sharing a common destinyTherefore even Elise has acco Mountain FortressLet s finish this quickly and think up a menu for dinner, okay Wendelin That s niceWilma Wilma loads a bullet that had its size adjusted by uns are loaded from the frontThe bullets themselves are round just like those of matchlocksHowever, since a round ball is useless for rifling, I matched the chinquapin nut shaped bullet, that I use toits size with un barrel with a bullet she received froe contrivances in the unpowder, the eed once the trigger is pulled, but I don t understand why the bullet is fired by erUntil now the research of similar items should have been carried out by both countries, but it not being coht coic contrivance that fires the bullet once the trigger is pulled is unknownIf it s gunpowder, it explodes once ignited, but since it s an artificial reproduction of a contrivance that transforic to fire the bullet with eicianThis is probably the reason why Duke N rnberg is cautious of Earl Mizuho Country that resolved thisI can fire the bullet at any time nowWilma Just as you have said, Wil officersWendelin I confir orders on top of the fortress wall, withofficers, but they will be treated as targets as wellLet s weaken theirtheir superiorsAfter all that s the most efficient methodThere won t be any pointless victiic sniping gun, pulls the trigger, the defence coorously bloay to the rear and collapsesHis aides, ere next to hi that Wil, it was accurateWatching their superior die after getting hit in the head by a bullet and spurting out blood and greyin fear, WilmaWendelin NextWil officers and a htly away, as targetsAll of them were hit in their head or torso and they died instantly or becae circuun barrel heat up after shooting around five shots and won t be able to fire any further until the barrel cools downThe Mizuho national ar water on theiven Wil spellWith this there s also no worry for the gun barrel to beco the ballistaeWil the ballistae on top of the walls nextAt first relief personnel rushes over i that they will be shot if theyno one approaches the ballistae any of the archers startsOnce three of the archers tossed their boay and escaped fro theuished person, no one listened to himThat s because the majority of the important people had already departed from this worldWend sama, there are no people left to shoot atWil one sidedly killed their iems they can accomplish by thes fluttered in the wind on the wallsDid they capitulate Like this ere successful in capturing the Talberg Mountain Fortress without a single casualty a our alliesThis is a success No, it s probably a blunderBut, Wend, the fortress fell normallyErwin It s as Erw san saysMoreover, the casualties a our allies are zeroHaruka Just as mentioned by Haruka san, zero casualties is wonderfulErwin The Talberg Mountain Fortress that had raised white flags, was occupied by the Mizuho national army without any particular disorderTheir leaders below the coWe succeeded in neutralizing the ballistae and archer unit that would have likely beco if we carried out a siege battleAnd as an extra the Talberg Mountain Fortress had no daest achievements here, the one ill actually fork out a reward is ThereseThat s because we are mercenaries that had been employed by ThereseSince we are accouished war services for the ti, it shouldn t result in a falsification of the merits of wars and rewardsThe expression of the branch faer brother of High Earl Mizuho and who leads the Mizuho national arrim, but that doesn t mean that he s jealous of ot screwed overToyotsuge IndeedThe storehouse was ee to the stuff like the storehouse located in the Talberg Mountain Fortress and the activity funds in the safe that should be located in thehas been handed over to Mizuho national are san had his retainers exa in themEven the storehouse that kept the provisions hadn t stored anything but the share of one week s food for the guardsScrewed over That s rightIs it norency stores of a fortress located in the mountains However, it was a mountain fortress with no particular bandits or such in the vicinity, right It see posts, but now it has become a defence base of the rebel armyUsually they would at least carry in sooods to just scrape along on such a summitIt will just cause expenses after allEred his consent towards Burkhart san s conjectureThe issue beyond this would be the other bases doing the sa Uncle sama, do you mean that it s a trap to lure us in Elise Since there were only casualties of the eneether with Doushi+ as there was no necessity for her to use healing icEven Ina and the others are here since they had nothing in particular to do, but the talk we had started to waste soraveWere our allies lured in by thee ofout the defence Ina It s probably just as you are expecting, InaWe were able to capture it easily, but if we consider the food and materials consumed by our side who had dispatched soldiers on this occasion, we are in the redAt any rate, we could only secure a little amount of foodEven so, if we can holds we captured, it will balance out, but as it will be necessary to replenish those, it will cost et surrounded in a state of lacking food before that, right Luise As Luise says, since we hurriedly went on the offensive, we don t possess many provisionsIt was decided to leave that to the supply unit that followed us in a delayed fashi+on, but on t be able to do anything if the rebel army severs our supply lineEven if we try to protect that supply unit, it et surrounded by the ene Mountain Fortress is a stronghold that is by all rights easy to defend solidlyThat s because there s only one route to capture the summit, but if you turn that around, ill lose our way out once that ets blockedThere s only food for 200 people for a week, and it s not like we have thatbut the truthBut in reverse you could say that the situation got severeThere was a bad pre up in my mind, but it immediately turned into realityWendelin san Katharina Katharina, as on watch on top of the wall, rushed our way in a great hurryIt seems that we have been surrounded by the rebel ar the ti Mountain Fortress, Katharina reports that a great number of rebel soldiers had appeared on the ateIn other words, we lost our way outThe nuher than those of our allies, but theyunreasonablyThat s because they are expecting us to have no leeway in our food situationIf they hile only blocking the mountain road, our side will exhaust its food reserves in around a weekEven if Therese tries to send supplies, those are bound to not arrive eitherWith us, who are stuck in the Talberg Mountain Fortress, as extreme example, it s inevitable for our allies, who headed to the other capture targets, to lose, isn t it It s possible that the other fortress capture units are experiencing the sa Duke Baden ht have been surrounded by a simply superior rebel ar victory will co with this tin in that young Duke BadenHe had done so Duke Baden and his followers get killed just like thatHowever, currently we have to do our best about our own troublesWe will discuss the response with Toyotsuge donoHowever, it will be aard, I guessOn top of not knowing the nuer of increasing the casualties all the e dono s locationIt s in order to procure just the slightest infor us