Chapter 922 (2/2)
“Oi, next empress!”
“Isn’t it still possible that Urquhart the 17th will govern himself if he’s alive?” (Therese)
“Haven’t we decided that to be impossible?” (Wendelin)
Even if he’s still alive, no one will follow an emperor as driven out of political power by a coup d’etat directly following his enthronement
Above all, ould be troubling is hianization of the nobles and the pay the war services of the liberation army
If he slighted the nobles, who participated in the liberation arot captured or sided with the rebel army in the capital city, it would develop into a second civil ithout a doubt
“It’s a jokeIt’s fine for thou to come to mine own room at any time if thou wish to mate with me to the best of your ability” (Therese)
“Therese-sama, it’s always the same with you”
“How about finally giving up on that?”
“Being persistent naturally lies in mine own character” (Therese)
Elise and Ina, who quietly processed the docu to Therese’s and mine conversation, calmly cut her off just like always
This had become a natural scene in the last ive up at all
“Being able to receive Elise’s and Ina’s assistance is a great help in decreasing the workload” (Therese)
And in this one-san to my wives
The act of her passing around the docuht to handle herself is a proof of trust in Elise and the others
Even the stubborn Therese understands that on’t side with Duke Nürnberg’s camp no matter how the dice may roll, and thus sets aside and allocates such work to us
“Well then, today’s documents are up to here… “”Excuse me!”
At the sae a retainer of the Duke Philip household plunges into the room all of a sudden
It seeent business
“Has Duke Nürnberg co?”
“No, there’s a shabby, beggar-like group outside…”
Only consisting of men, they are dirty as they apparently haven’t had any baths, but there are also people riding a horseEveryone is ar
Once the guards wondered whether it’s an ene to douard came to ask for instructions how to handle them
Only consisting of men, they are dirty as they apparently haven’t had any baths, but there are also people riding a horseEveryone is ar
Once the guards wondered whether it’s an ene to douard came to ask for instructions how to handle them
“Are they allies?”
Travelling 1500 kilometres within a month is not ihtly sturdier body than the humans on Earth
But, roup ofenemy territory, which also includes mountains and monster domains, was on the side of abnormality
“A disguise, I guess?”
“Maybe there are acquaintances a them? Won’t it be fine to show up there?”
“That ht be true as well…”
Taking along Elise, who knows dom’s nobles than ate of the field encampment
Since they had throay their shi+elds and arnised as royal ar doards, they were a gathering of a great nu dirty clothes
Going by their looks, they appear to benervous
Probably they can’t deny the possibility of the like the remnants of the royal army
“Do you have a commander!?”
Once I yell loudly, the group divides and two men come forth
“Huh? I feel like I have seen them somewhere…”
I have a hunch that I have met them in the past, but for some reason I can’t remember
I don’t recognize the out as well
“Elise, do you know them?” (Wendelin)
“Umm… it looks like I have healed many of them before…” (Elise)
Elise, who healed in the royal capital’s church since her childhood, has, generally speaking, a large, diverse circle of acquaintances
There are alsohealed by herThat was also related to her nickname of 『Saint』
“Elise-sa healed by you in the past!”
“Saint-sao”
Dozens of ratitudes with loud voices once they discover Elise
We still can’t give up on the possibility of it being a disguise, butthem remembered Elise
And, the two men, who came in front previously, call out to me
“Earl Bauot about me!”
“We will be in a bind if you forgot about us after thoroughly defeating us in the dispute”
“Ah, yeah! The for brothers!” (Wendelin)
The two coer brother Christoph who opposedhousehold and who have now beco household
“Seconds!”
“Me too!”
The dirty, bandit-like group that surged into the field encampment were indeed the survivors of the royal arh the middle of enemy territory
After confir for several hours whether they are spies of the rebel arreedily devouring the food that was put out while forgetting their ot accommodated, had their hair cut, their beards shaved and entered a bath
The other soldiers were also in theat another place
“You don’t say, for the for brothers to…”
“Earl Bau that name”
“Our current family name is Fröhlich”
The brothers, who fell frorave household to being retainer and faht household in the capital, weren’t invited overnment officials and ar
“I seeYou say you sent out troops in an attee of the civil war in the empire”
“Earl Bau”
“Right noe don’t have the leeway allowing us to dispatch that many troops”
With Philip and Christoph pointing it out, I realize the fact that they shouldn’t be able the send out military forces with the assets of these two
“Why are you together with the soldiers then?”
“They are froer household”
“Marquis Läger household?”
“It’s a distinguished military family of appointed nobles, dear” (Elise)
Elise quietly tells me who can’t recall the names of nobles well as usual
“Earl Baureat for Saint-dono to be your wife”
Philip turned an astonished expression towards me who doesn’t remember the faces and names of nobles well
“I agree with that as well”
“Let’s get back on topic”
This Marquis Läger household appears to be fa anti-Empire diehards
I’m told that seven family heads had been killed in wars of the past
That means their minds are filled with resentment towards the empire, but since more than two hundred years have already passed since the last person killed in a ith the empire, the actual state of their resentment is doubtful
“Currently, rather than calling it revenge, I think it’s an antithesis towards Earl Ar to the ceasefire perseverance faction”
I knew this as well, but in reality, different from their appearances, these two households were in the moderate faction that wants to maintain the ceasefire
They aren’t negligent towards preparing for war that ht happen at any tio to war if possible
“As for the true opinion of the aruess they are really reluctant about a war”
As Philip says, there’s actually a trend of disliking war as of the army
They can secure their current positions for a set number of years if there’s no warOn the other hand, if they lose once it turns into a war, they will end up driven out fro forced to take responsibility
“The ones desiring a war are a part of the aer household that’s currently disconnected frouess”
“Additionally, the one who drove the Margrave Läger household into a corner is you, Earl Baumeister”
“Me?”
Christoph joins in on the talk and starts saying that I’ wild
“Why h?”
“Lately there has been a tendency towards disarovernment it was an obvious choice, but it’s only reasonable that the ar”
His Majesty was carrying out a gradual disarmament
But, if the share of posts decreases, the military nobles will naturally express their dissatisfaction
“The future of that dissatisfaction changing radically into anti-Empire expedition doctrine also exists as possibility”
The one preventing that is
“You don’t understand? It’s the Pangenia (T/N: probably spelling error: Palkenia) Grasslands and the Herthania Valley”
Since the nuuards to keep up the public order increased, the budgets and posts of the military has substantially increased
Given that their budget grew even without going to ith the empire, almost all military nobles returned to their former ceasefire faction
“That’s nothing the Marquis Läger household should be happy about”
Accordingly they apparently gathered the war advocates to a certain extent and proposed a troop dispatch plan to His Majesty
“Usually it would have ended with a rejection, but there’s the suspension of coht in the north and the whereabouts of the Friendshi+p Visit Group are unknown”
No matter how much they inquired the empire about it, no satisfactory answer came
If one considers the dignity of a state, it was a truth that they couldn’t send out soldiers for the sake of checking the situation
“So?”
“With the Marquis Läger household taking the supreme coantic Crevice”
It would have been great if they had tread carefully while quietly sending out reconnaissance units and adopting a wait-and-see stance, but the incoer split the army into units that occupied the cities and such they discovered through the reconnaissance and a unit to guard the rope-way
“It seeer hi at the head of the forces”
“So you brothers worked hard at pillaging, huh?”
“You are quite blunt, Earl Baumeister” (Christoph)
Christoph’s eyes slanted upwards
Considering the past connection between hted to reunite with me in the far distant territory of the empire
No htAnd I don’t think that Christoph wants to abase himself in front of me either
“We joined the cauess it was for the sake of babysitting the stupid Marquis Läger”
Which rear before
He said that Philip is excellent as soldier
The conditions are harsh, but if he does it skilfully and his achievee
Even his little brother Christoph joined the can as military bureaucrat to obtain achievements
“With the circu like this, ere suddenly considered a burden by Marquis Läger”
“I dare say that Marquis Läger is quite incompetentOnce he saw our personal history, he probably felt very relieved for us to be below him”
Telling them 『You incompetent brothers who lost your family and territory protect the troop headquarters』, he ordered the 500 soldiers of the royal army
There was no other way but to call it irony that they were able to defend against Duke Nürnberg’s night raid exactly because they were in the rear
“So, what about Marquis Läger?”
“He was apparently killed by Duke Nürnberg himselfThe soldiers that ran away said so”
Theapparently let the Marquis’ head fly into the sky with a flash of his oord
With the death of the supreed into chaos
Moreover the other three groups of nobles that split their forces to work hard at plundering becah elimination
“We escaped north while picking up the survivors of the defeated army”
“I look forward to it since I never left outside the village” (Philine)
“As we are right now in the o to overly wonderful places though” (Wendelin)
“That’s okayPhiline will follow master” (Philine)
“Hey, Wend…” (Erwin)
“Master, do your best”
“Currently I’ of the next day after we perforain and return to the field encairl called Philine, as pushed on roup On the way back she was in high spirits while riding a horse together with Elise As it see born, everything she’s see around us appears to be novel to her Happily chatting with Elise, she enjoys the scenery on the hile looking delighted
“What about your parents, Philine?”
“I was told by the village chief that my mother died soon after my birth and my father is somewhere far away” (Philine)
“Is that so? It was difficult to be all by yourself, wasn’t it, Philine?”
The kind elder sister Elise was used to handling children because she looked after the orphans in the church While talking with each other, she extracts information about Philine’s circumstances skilfully And Erho had Philine pushed onto him by me, is in the middle of his deliberation how he should actually explain things to Haruka In e out much because the situation is as it is At ether, I think? Though it’s probably physically i theuy is restraining the two by often repeating 『Right now is a time of war』, but his real er sister and Erw getting along well since he’s a severe siscon
“There won’t be any proble?” (Wendelin)
“I can’t refute as it’s definitely a sound arguing her into his concubine; that’s Ern responsibility I don’t have any tiet carried away, you will pay for it sooner or later, you know?” (Erwin)
“I will bear it in mind as admonition by a loyal retainer” (Wendelin)
We return to the field encampment without any particular issues When I went to Therese to report that we finished the nursing rounds safely, she blurted out so unthinkable just as she saw Philine
“What!? A new concubine?” (Therese)
“Surely notElise took her in” (Wendelin)
“All’s well as I don’t particularly s won’t change, Wendelin” (Therese)
“Please give up on that already” (Wendelin)
“That’s impossible” (Therese)
“Impossible, you say…?” (Wendelin)
Therese presses and I dodge These days even the retainers of the Duke Philip household have reached a state of looking at us indifferently while hiding their criticisot used to it, didn’t they?
“I’m a woman that won’t lose heart” (Therese)
“Make sure to use that will-power of yours for ending the civil war and ruling the eentle on is a killjoyI want thou to entertainabout that in the job description of a temporary staff officer” (Wendelin)
It’s not like Therese has the hobby of enjoying getting verbally abused byin a role si, since I possess a honorary peerage for convenience Of course I turn that down since I don’t have such resourcefulness Only people owning outrageous talent can beco after all Otherwise they would i executed However, that doesn’t e
“She’s a fairly cute girlWhat’s thy age?” (Therese)
“Yes, duchess Philip-sa…” (Therese)
Elise learned various things about her on the way, but Philine appears to actually still be nine years old
Accordingly, contrary to her appearance, her speech and conduct has childish aspects
“In addition, the colour of thy hair is characteristic, too…” (Therese)
Philine had silver hair which we had not once seen in the empire yet
“My deceased mother said that my father had silver hair” (Philine)
“Really? People with silver hair are rare in the eh” (Therese)
Due to Therese’s stateulfed in silence all of a sudden If there are no silver-haired people in the empire, all that’s left is for thedodoht? There’s no friendshi+p between the two countries except for the trading decided by the Friendshi+p Visit Group…”
As Luise says, that means her father is either a merchant, a noble or a e, but even in the kingdo nobles they are few, tooAs far thethem is concerned, there was no one except that person
“It’s Margrave Breithilde-sama, isn’t it?”
“Luise, are there any possible candidates?”
“If it’s li chosen for the Friendshi+p Visit Group, it’s only Margrave Breithilde-sairl’s hair colour is exactly like that of Margrave Breithilde-sama…” (Elise)
Certainly, Philine’s silver hair looks al at Elise, even I couldn’t think of sorave Breithilde
“Philine, there’s so master” (Philine)
“(I’et anywhere even if we talk here, we decide to continue the chat afterBurkhart-san
“What is it? This sirl is?” (Burkhart)
Burkhart-san, who slipped out of the training of theout in cooperation with Katharina, showed a puzzled expression after seeing Philine He’s probably thinking that it’s inappropriate for a young girl to stay at a savage field encaether, had curious looks
“Wendelin-san, is she your neife?” (Katharina)
“No, and, should you be the one saying that, Katharina…?” (Wendelin)
“Hahaha! Earl Bau)
“Doushi+, your h it would have been fine even if Katharina and Doushi+ didn’t coirl?” (Burkhart)
“That old man is scary” (Philine)
As Philine was apparently scared by Burkhart-san who brought his face close to her, she ends up hiding behind Elise
“I believe I’h…” (Burkhart)
“Doushi+-sama isn’t scaryThis oldto scare a still young girl”
“How novel, to be liked by a child…” (Ar)
Burkhart-san revealed an unhappy expression as he was coht be the h In reverse Doushi+ was happy because he wasn’t feared by a child for a change
“As the talk will be long, please have these” (Elise)
“WooowThis looks delicious”
Philine stared at the cake prepared by Elise with shi+ning eyes It was soic is especially useful for such things Philine ate the fruitcake that had a great a it plentifully
“First, this”
I show a copy of an old diary that Philine had with her to everyone At first we thought that the village chief presented Philine to us in order to lower the amount of mouths to feed However, once Elise heard the circumstances from Philine herself on the way back, somehow it actually looks that there is another reason why she was pushed onto us 『Then give us an explanation, you shi+tty village chief!』 is the feeling that wells up within iven that our social standing is overwhelher than his own The most he could do until we return was to let us know that her circu to Philine
“dae chief”
“Well, don’t say thatEven if the village chief of a poor village visits the guest house, where the Friendshi+p Visit Group stays at, while bringing this girl along, it would be norht away” (Therese)
Even if he said 『I’d like to get an audience since I have an illegitidom with et treated as swindler Therese cah I didn’t even ask her to, but she does a proper follow-up for a change I understand that as well, but…
“This tiuess”
“So, he should have told us the circu because of the troubles involved as we are also participating in the civil war, if he says it unskilfullyOr such he erous to send such a sirl to the outside world which is a battlefield?”
“And yet he thought that Wend will be able to let her ave h assessment”
“You know, that’s because you never lost in a war, WendSuch rumours naturally spread to coe persuasiveness fro
“Wend, I wonder, don’t you have to read that diary?” (Ina)
“So I have to read it, huh? For the sake ofsure” (Wendelin)
I think there’s alrave Breithilde’s illegitied on by Ina as well, I decide that I have to read the diary once to check The one copy is soed to Philine’s deceased ned as one of the people in charge of taking care of Margrave Breithilde at the time of the previous Friendshi+p Visit GroupThat’s when she had a love affair with hi the small details of the diary about that part, she returned to that village right after Margrave Breithilde returned to the kingdoave birth to Philine as unmarried mother, but her physical condition declined when Philine was still very young and herjust like that At the end of the diary ritten that she’s worried about her very young daughter that will be left behind
“It see care of the nobles of the Friendshi+p Visit Group”
I explain the contents of the diary in a simple manner to everyone
“Holy cow! Not only a traveller’s journal, but even itiuess that’s because I was all the tiether with just Doushi+ and Therese-sa to uard of duchess Philip-dono?』” (Burkhart)
“I think he said that because you would have been a nuisance for his tryst”
“Thatthat out, Burkhart-san dropped his shoulders crestfallen
“So, do you have any evidence?”
“I do…”
Philine was e chief Inside were the love letters frorave Breithilde addressed to Philine’sthat it’s his child if a child is born despite it having been an affair for around one week and a knife that was decorated with a wonderful ornarave Breithilde household’s faoes that far, I think that it would have been the best for hial wife?
“There’s nothing I want to say in particular, but he’s the worst” (Katharina)
The fairly blunt act of Margrave Breithilde was criticized by Katharina who is in a position that she doesn’t have to hold back on nobles too ician herself It seeree with her, too In that rave Breithilde, who looks like an agreeable liberal arts youth, took a heavy hit
“Love letters, Margrave Breithilde is a liberal arts person even at such ti the contents despite feeling guilty about it, after taking just a look, there are e lines such as 『The sun-like beautiful you』 and 『How should I convey this throbbing excite the contents, Doushi+ and Erw burst into laughter while rolling on the ground due to the overly ees The person himself was probably serious, but seen by an outsider, it’s a public execution as it’s a kind of cohter of the fehter of the male camp was surreal
“Wend, you don’t write many letters, do you?” (Ina)
“That’s because I’h I have more opportunities to do so than Luise” (Wendelin)
“Since it’s difficult for me as well, I hate letters and such” (Luise)
I’I don’t have a hobby of expressly writing unnecessary letters either
“So, this is?”
Next, another copy of a diary appeared, but the things written in there were evenvon BreithildePoe poerave Breithilde hie of the diary It appears that traveller’s journals and si point, but he has absolutely no talent in writing love letters and poerave Breithilde’s dark past If I had written soot leaked out into society, I would certainly consider suicide The quality of the poerave Breithilde-sama is unexpectedly irresponsible, too”
“It’s not a conduct that I can praise overly much”
As it looks like even Elise, who doesn’t bad- soh position since she’s a corave Breithilde as father andthat it would be futile even if he covered for Margrave Breithilde here, Burkhart-san stayed silent without saying anything I guess the sole salvationthe female camp’s sympathy?
“I wonder if a normal woman would be happy to receive such a poem?”
“Umm… I have heard that love is blindTo the bitter end it’s just so at the Margrave Breithilde’s peculiar euistic expressions that ritten in the letters and poems, Ina states her impression in a whisper I think that even Elise thinks that she wouldn’t be happy even if she received this poerave Breithilde-saht have prospect as a coh” (Luise)
“Luise, you…”
It should definitely be a hit if it’s publicly shown at a noble salon, but that’s not because of hih but si apparently ridiculed, his life span as comedian will likely be short But even before that, I’ to be treated as corave Breithilde’s illegitietherPhiline”
“Yes, master” (Philine)
Me and Erw seem to be currently Philine’s side a pure smile A bit of fresh creairl that has inherited the blood of Margrave Breithilde, that made her all the more cute
“Philine, you have cream on you” (Elise)
“Thank you verythe cream wiped away by Elise, Philine looks happy Elise’s special characteristic that is idolized by Wilered by Philine, too
“Well, as the hair colour of your deceased ht brown” (Philine)
“I seeThanks for telling usIf you want another serving of cake, do tell Elise” (Wendelin)
“Yes” (Philine)
Philine herself apparently doesn’t care at all about her own father as she see for the first time in her life It’s definitely not like she’s cold-hearted, rather she probably doesn’t feel anything about it even if her father, who born, is mentioned
“So, e do?”
“That’s, of course, hand her over to Burkhart-san”
“Me?” (Burkhart)
Not expecting to be no in wonder
“I hter”
“Well that’s certainly true, but doesn’t it look like she hates irl, she likes Doushi+ more than Burkhart-san who’s popular omen and children Therefore it was dismissed by him as he wouldn’t be able to take care of her hi ladies over there take care of her”
Burkhart-san apparently wishes to leave the care of Philine to Elise and the others
“Doushi+ is… I guess i able to look after that very person are two different pairs of shoes Besides, given that it will turn into a probleht be best to prevent that frorave Breithilde later
“Philine, the cake is delicious, no?” (Arreat” (Arirl, isn’t she…?”
After all she owns the notable characteristic of being afraid of Burkhart-san, who’s well-received by children and women, and instead not only isn’t she scared of the unpopular Doushi+, but she actually even likes hih her appearance is on the cute side, she sees
“It’s your turn after all, Burkhart-san? Look, it’s a good training for the tihter”
“I will consider that after nantSay, haven’t you entrusted her to Erw-boy, Earl-sama?” (Burkhart)
If she she were a simple commoner, it would have been fine with that, but now that we have confirrave Breithilde, it becoot once again burdened with difficulties
“That’s rightI agree with h he has no official position, the times when Erw calls me lord are mostly when there is soot ya” on his face
“In rave Breithilde-sadom’s south, as maid apprentice is impoliteThere’s no other option but to leave this to you, uess Erw cannot resist feeling happy about being able to use this as excuse to paypushed Philine on him once Due to Philine’s unexpected appearance, I took a trashi+ng as payback
“Erw, try to spell out your real intention”
“No matter how you think about it, no one but you can look after her, WendServes you right” (Erwin)
“I can’t refute that…”
Erw deliberately offered his opinion while respectfully bowing his head, but a bright smile is plastered on his face It was obvious that you couldn’t interpret that as anything but hi happy that he pushed a seed of trouble upon ht s a real problem, there’s no other choice but have you take care of her, Wend”
“Even if that’s so…”
This kind of banter with Erw is no probleo as Wendelin and not as Earl Baumeister Given that even Erw can discern between a private and an official occasion, it won’t turn into an issue either Rather than that, the matter was that she would definitely be forced onto rave Breithilde after having taken care of her
“Once Philine turns 15, Wend, you will be 22 years oldI don’t think that feels out of place at all”
“Moreover, as she’s an illegitimate child, her rank in the succession line will be loellSo there won’t be any kind of proble but sigh due to Erw’s and Ina’s opinions I have no doubt that Margrave Breithilde will say that as well
“Master, aot heated, Philine, who finished eating the cake before anyone realized, asks with her eyes tearing up It looks like she ended up wondering whether she’s unwanted from the flow of the conversation
“There’s no way for that to be trueSince it will take some time to let you meet your father, Philine, I plan to have you learn various things during that time”
“I will be able to n countryBecause it’s not possible to let you meet with him due to the circumstances, I want you to work as maid for a bitElise” (Wendelin)
“Yes”
“Please use your free tiive her a basic education” (Wendelin)
“Understood” (Elise)
I placed ive Philine an education
“The least auess?”
“Since you are probably busy as well, Elise, I don’t h”
Since her father is Margrave Breithilde, it should be necessary for her to have aher meet him We ork out an attire that ht now the end of the civil war is the highest priority
“If it’s about that, I will help out as well”
It appears that the talk about teaching Philine good s She volunteered to participate in Philine’s education
“CakeDelicious”
Wil the cake she received fro it She’s probably believing that she won’t be able to to teach noble h s necessary for a noble without giving upIt’s so use of even nowIt will be fine to leave Philine-san to me with a peace of mind” (Katharina)
“Really?”
“Wendelin-san, do you have any complaints about my conduct as noble?” (Katharina)
“Katharina, your conduct as noble is slightly unnatural”
She’s sticking tooall her strength as she’s always slouching, she ends up appearing as if she has no leeway due to so at her absolute limit Also, I think it’s also a problem that she occasionally spins her wheels with all her heart
“Wendelin-san, you are too obedientBy nature that’s how nobles are” (Katharina)
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I don’t quite understand since I became a noble all of a sudden, but if all nobles were like Katharina, I feel like that would be a problem in itself
“Beside, it will be problematic if Philine obtains a loner characteristic si you, I’m no loner!” (Katharina)
“A loner says that they are no loner”
“Master, loner, what’s that?” (Philine)
“Someone like Katharina”
“Geez, I’m no loner!” (Katharina)
Philine is puzzled due to Katharina’s and ue Luise had re downhearted
“What’s wrong, Luise?” (Wilh she’s seven years younger than her thanasked for the reason by Wilrowth Certainly, if you were to compare Luise and Philine, the majority of people would probably say that Philine is the older one
“But, being set caressed by Wend-sama” (Wilet caressed” (Luise)
“Really? Katharina is delighted when occasionally getting caressed”
“That doesn’t suit her”
“That’s none of your business!” (Katharina)
Leaking the conversation between the two to Katharina, she retorts with a loud voice at Luise’s statement In the end it’s decided to place Philine at my side as a maid apprentice on the surface and to have Elise and the others take turns in educating her Of course it’s a secret to the surroundingsI have Therese keep it confidential, too Given that Therese is a high-ranking noble as well, not allowing her to reveal that kind of inforuaranteed by her as it’s a required etiquette for a noble though her country’s different
“In exchange thou will owe me one favourI wonder how I should have thou pay htly, I ended up cursing Margrave Breithilde who isn’t here
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“Therese-saht the tea”
“Sorry” (Therese)
One week after accepting Philine, Duke Nürnberg should have gathered up his forces and co to Therese, but for so Philine, ore maid clothes that were adjusted by Elise, lived in our house while learning the hter and e to begin with, she was apparently able to handle the barethe work quicker than I expected That Philine pours tea to Therese who had visited our home for some reasonTherese thanks her for that I don’t knohy she ca decent Her speech and conduct being bad for my stomach was, by now, a set fact
“This is classified information, you know… but it looks like an expeditionary force of Hel like that was annihilated” (Therese)
“Haa?”
At first I didn’t co about
“Thanks to that device, the operation of ic airshi+ps and communication seedom as wellThe whereabouts of the Friendshi+p Visit Group are unknown as well『The royal palace of Heldom couldn’t hold back the advocates of a troop dispatch?』 is” (Therese)
“His Majesty…”
To the nobles, who desire achievements and territory, and the military authorities, who aiet, the disappearance of the Friendshi+p Visit Group until now e Infore network is not working with co impossibleSo it’s also possible that they were unable to restrain a call for a limited troop dispatch by the nobles who felt anxious However, this opinion is just a conjecture Without any communication, it was a probleathering inforh carrier pigeons and the traditional fast radation of speed and accuracy of those was considerable after all There’s also theof spiesAt this time it also happened that absolutely no information came in
“It’s not definite informationBut they probably aiantic Crevice once the opportunity showed itself after waiting and seeing” (Therese)
She heard that an estidom’s royal army infiltrated the eh a impromptu rope-way and occupied a part of the eht attack, destroyed the royal arale with a cavalry unit he led hih they are our allies, their weakness is pathetic
“Duke Nürnberg is a great commander if he actively takes part in a normal battle” (Therese)
Apparently he even left behind the slow-footed infantry and perforainst the royal arantic Crevice Even if there’s uneasiness as to coth with just the cavalry, he didn’t want to let the advantage of opportunity get away Youbeing a great commander
“So, what about the royal army?”
“It looks like quite a few nobles were defeatedThough the infor” (Therese)
There ht have been some commanders of the royal army and northern nobles who sent out their soldiers At any rate, the royal ar is heard of them anymore It’s bad that they would have to cross the rope-way even if they tried to return to the kingdoantic Crevice even if they escape
“They have capitulated after giving up, are getting finished off through a hunt for the re down the fleeing soldiers” (Therese)
“Guess so… So that’s delaying the in on us?”
“Will there be another troop dispatch by Heldo away since their troops got annihilated? The rebel ar sure of it” (Therese)
Also, if they leave the defeated soldiers alone, the public order will deteriorate Since it’s possible that the desperate, defeated soldiers will attack villages and cities in their desire for food, Duke Nürnberg has the duty to et the support of the populace as it’s a coup d’etat administration?”
“After all it’s coht have encountered many unexpected difficulties” (Therese)
“I wonder howwith the rebel arh they are thy allies, thou are saying so there” (Therese)
For me the royal army counts as an ally However, in this situation I don’t have the leeway to help defeated soldiers who are 1500 kiloantic Crevice anda half-assed number of troops invade in this chaotic situation is reckless in itself Moreover they ended up throwing the situation for our side into disorder unnecessarilyIf things don’t go well, this ht actually become the main reason for the defeat of the liberation army If he pulverized a royal ar will likely start to talk very highly of his own deeds of arms There’s the possibility that the nu hi that, I didn’t feel an ounce of will to save the royal army whose co our legs
“Maybe the kingdo obliterate the war advocate faction that has become uncontainable?”
As information about the state of the empire’s civil war al a reckless dispatch of troops grew in nuht have developed into so 『Then, for of only those like-ht that it would be a reason for great celebration if they succeeded despite the low probability, and likewise, even if they failed, they would get cleaned up by the iovernantic Crevice to here it’s 1500 kiloht lineThere’s little hope that there’s a corasps the current power distribution of the rebel army and the liberation ar that, systeathers the remnants of the defeated army and escapes up to this place”
“If there was such excellent coin with, I think”
“Being told that…”
“The royal arht attack by Duke Nürnberg, just like the seeds of balsamHowever, it seeot killed in that night raidAccordingly the rebel army seems to hunt down the dispersed remnants of the royal army” (Therese)
The infor won’troyal army in the empire’s south With those circumstances, we decide to seclude ourselves in the field encaain attacked fortresses and cities because of their lacking stationed troops, the et beaten just like in a whack-ame, thus ill obediently stay in the encaree advance the construction of the encaainst horses while at the saanization Given that the nu like a district where athered and in addition it was also necessary to run a red-light district which is an unavoidable part at the front Of course that responsibility has been coht district isn’t really necessaryBut, if we leave it alone, spies will enterAlso, our corief, why does the virgin me have to…” (Therese)
Around half a hed in her office while signing budget docuainst venereal diseases that will be sold cheaply to prostitutes
“I don’t need soh” (Wendelin)
“Wendelin, thou have five wives after all” (Therese)
While looking at a business license of a brothel that had been newly established, I looked for errors in the docuhtly bewildered, but when I actually tried to do paperwork such as this, my memories froht be idiots trying to attack my wives, brothels are a necessary evil, I suppose?”
“That’s a splendid way of thinking for a devoted husbandIf thou like, I don’t mind at all if thou add me into that as well” (Therese)
“Hahaha, that’s a funny joke, you know” (Wendelin)
“Thou have dodged that one s proble thetheir for theoes favourably as well But, it’s a long enca Even if you consider just their food consu in the liberation army are likely at their wits’ end
“The rewards due to distinguished war services are put on holdWe are even asking the nobles, who have some leeway, to provide food andthe central area” (Therese)
She’s going to have to repay the nobles, of who some extras In noble society, words such as volunteer or donations don’t exist No one considers the donations to the poor and the church as genuine donations as they obtain benefits in the form of reputation due to those contributions I will say it one more time; in noble society words such as volunteer or donations don’t exist
“The rebel ar with the national treasury of the central governlance, but that’s carrying on by sacrificing the precious assets of the en, there’s the chance of obtaining profits through the pillaged oods or territory, but since it’s a civil war, the eoods Once the civil war ends, it’s quite likely that there will only be eroup in the treasuries located in the ereat help that thou are here, Wendelin” (Therese)
“Really?” (Wendelin)
“Even the other nobles can’t ask for anything too greedy in front of thou, Wendelin” (Therese)
I have obtained the best deeds of arms within the liberation ar patrols to cast healing s and a Therese as a staff officerI have also provided quite the amount of food and money Since even so conferred the title of honorary Earl, it seems to be a situation where it’s difficult for the other nobles to speak up
“If you don’t provide proper rewards afterwards, it will trigger a second civil war”
“That’s so harsh to sayOf course I will provide satisfactory rewards” (Therese)
It’s probably fully possible if it’s the national power of the eer for a bit due to the heavy burden on its financial affairs It won’t work out unless she creates a neer distribution in the empire with the nobles who participated in the liberation armyFor that reason the liberation ares of the nobles, who participated in the rebel aroes too far with that, it will lead to a second civil war With the difficulty of balancing that out, I was certain that I would immediately escape and seek asylum if it wasYǔ as ruined due to failing in his sharing of the rewards, going by Earth’s tery
“Really, if there was another optio”
“You haveit as if it’s somebody else’s problem? It also concerns the reward for thou, Wendelin”
I still haven’t received even a single copper coin, but with the annuity as honorary Earl and the individual request achieve a decent a due to the collection of metal resources from the abandoned e a to increase my mana amount, it’s convenientSince I can extract icians don’t reach, I didn’t suffer any losses at least Therese is believing the, but since it’s a mountain of treasures for me, it matched the interest of both sides
“Given that it’s a considerable amount of h” (Therese)
“A payood that thou catch up fastI did write up an official docun it if thou desire so” (Therese)
“Let’s see… oi!” (Wendelin)
The contents of that docu herself tostyle in order to show its public validity Once I sign it, Therese will be forned to me
“Oi, next empress!”
“Isn’t it still possible that Urquhart the 17th will govern himself if he’s alive?” (Therese)
“Haven’t we decided that to be impossible?” (Wendelin)
Even if he’s still alive, no one will follow an emperor as driven out of political power by a coup d’etat directly following his enthrone the reorganization of the nobles and the pay the war services of the liberation arhted the nobles, who participated in the liberation arot captured or sided with the rebel army in the capital city, it would develop into a second civil ithout a doubt
“It’s a jokeIt’s fine for thou to come to mine own room at any time if thou wish to mate with me to the best of your ability” (Therese)
“Therese-saiving up on that?”
“Being persistent naturally lies in mine own character” (Therese)
Elise and Ina, who quietly processed the docu to Therese’s and mine conversation, calmly cut her off just like always This had become a natural scene in the last ive up at all
“Being able to receive Elise’s and Ina’s assistance is a great help in decreasing the workload” (Therese)
And in this one-san toaround the docuht to handle herself is a proof of trust in Elise and the others Even the stubborn Therese understands that on’t side with Duke Nürnberg’s camp no matter how the dice may roll, and thus sets aside and allocates such work to us
“Well then, today’s documents are up to here… “”Excuse e a retainer of the Duke Philip household plunges into the rooent business
“Has Duke Nürnberg coroup outside…”
Only consisting of men, they are dirty as they apparently haven’t had any baths, but there are also people riding a horseEveryone is aruards wondered whether it’s an ene to douard came to ask for instructions how to handle the 1500 kilometres within a month is not ihtly sturdier body than the huroup ofenemy territory, which also includes mountains and uise, I guess?”
“Maybe there are acquaintances aht be true as well…”
Taking along Elise, who knows dom’s nobles than ate of the field encampment Since they had throay their shi+elds and arnised as royal ar doards, they were a gathering of a great nu by their looks, they appear to benervous Probably they can’t deny the possibility of the like the remnants of the royal army
“Do you have a coroup divides and two men come forth
“Huh? I feel like I have seen them somewhere…”
I have a hunch that I have met them in the past, but for sonize the out as well
“Elise, do you know them?” (Wendelin)
“Umm… it looks like I have healed many of them before…” (Elise)
Elise, who healed in the royal capital’s church since her childhood, has, generally speaking, a large, diverse circle of acquaintances There are alsohealed by herThat was also related to her nicknarace of getting healed by you in the past!”
“Saint-sao”
Dozens of ratitudes with loud voices once they discover Elise We still can’t give up on the possibility of it being a disguise, butthem remembered Elise And, the two men, who came in front previously, call out to me
“Earl Bauot about ot about us after thoroughly defeating us in the dispute”
“Ah, yeah! The for brothers!” (Wendelin)
The two coer brother Christoph who opposedhousehold and who have now beco household
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“Seconds!”
“Me too!”
The dirty, bandit-like group that surged into the field encampment were indeed the survivors of the royal arh thefor several hours whether they are spies of the rebel arreedily devouring the food that was put out while forgetting their ot accommodated, had their hair cut, their beards shaved and entered a bath The other soldiers were also in theat another place
“You don’t say, for the for aside our past connection, please stop using that name”
“Our current family na candidates for the next fa retainer and faht household in the capital, weren’t invited overnment officials and ar
“I seeYou say you sent out troops in an attee of the civil war in the empire”
“Earl Bau”
“Right noe don’t have the leeway allowing us to dispatch thatit out, I realize the fact that they shouldn’t be able the send out military forces with the assets of these two
“Why are you together with the soldiers then?”
“They are froer household?”
“It’s a distinguished military family of appointed nobles, dear” (Elise)
Elise quietly tells me who can’t recall the nareat for Saint-dono to be your wife”
Philip turned an astonished expression towards me who doesn’t reree with that as well”
“Let’s get back on topic”
This Marquis Läger household appears to be fa anti-Empire diehards I’m told that seven family heads had been killed in wars of the past That means their minds are filled with resentment towards the empire, but since more than two hundred years have already passed since the last person killed in a ith the empire, the actual state of their resente, I think it’s an antithesis towards Earl Ar to the ceasefire perseverance faction”
I knew this as well, but in reality, different from their appearances, these two households were in the moderate faction that wants tofor war that ht happen at any tio to war if possible
“As for the true opinion of the aruess they are really reluctant about a war”
As Philip says, there’s actually a trend of disliking war as of the army They can secure their current positions for a set number of years if there’s no warOn the other hand, if they lose once it turns into a war, they will end up driven out fro forced to take responsibility
“The ones desiring a war are a part of the aer household that’s currently disconnected frouess”
“Additionally, the one who drove the Margrave Läger household into a corner is you, Earl Baumeister”
“Me?”
Christoph joins in on the talk and starts saying that I’ wild
“Why h?”
“Lately there has been a tendency towards disarovernment it was an obvious choice, but it’s only reasonable that the ar”
His Majesty was carrying out a gradual disarmament But, if the share of posts decreases, the military nobles will naturally express their dissatisfaction
“The future of that dissatisfaction changing radically into anti-Empire expedition doctrine also exists as possibility”
The one preventing that is
“You don’t understand? It’s the Pangenia (T/N: probably spelling error: Palkenia) Grasslands and the Herthania Valley”
Since the nuuards to keep up the public order increased, the budgets and posts of the rew even without going to ith the empire, almost all military nobles returned to their forer household should be happy about”
Accordingly they apparently gathered the war advocates to a certain extent and proposed a troop dispatch plan to His Majesty
“Usually it would have ended with a rejection, but there’s the suspension of coht in the north and the whereabouts of the Friendshi+p Visit Group are unknown”
No matter how much they inquired the empire about it, no satisfactory answer canity of a state, it was a truth that they couldn’t send out soldiers for the sake of checking the situation
“So?”
“With the Marquis Läger household taking the supreme coantic Crevice”
It would have been great if they had tread carefully while quietly sending out reconnaissance units and adopting a wait-and-see stance, but the incoer split the army into units that occupied the cities and such they discovered through the reconnaissance and a unit to guard the rope-way
“It seeer hi at the head of the forces”
“So you brothers worked hard at pillaging, huh?”
“You are quite blunt, Earl Baumeister” (Christoph)
Christoph’s eyes slanted upwards Considering the past connection between hted to reunite with me in the far distant territory of the empire No htAnd I don’t think that Christoph wants to abase hin on the order of Minister EdgarI guess it was for the sake of babysitting the stupid Marquis Läger”
Which rear before He said that Philip is excellent as soldier The conditions are harsh, but if he does it skilfully and his achievee Even his little brother Christoph joined the can as military bureaucrat to obtain achieve like this, ere suddenly considered a burden by Marquis Läger”
“I dare say that Marquis Läger is quite incompetentOnce he saw our personal history, he probably felt very relieved for us to be below hi them 『You incompetent brothers who lost your family and territory protect the troop headquarters』, he ordered the 500 soldiers of the royal army There was no other way but to call it irony that they were able to defend against Duke Nürnberg’s night raid exactly because they were in the rear
“So, what about Marquis Läger?”
“He was apparently killed by Duke Nürnberg himselfThe soldiers that ran away said so”
Theapparently let the Marquis’ head fly into the sky with a flash of his oord With the death of the supreed into chaos Moreover the other three groups of nobles that split their forces to work hard at plundering becah eli up the survivors of the defeated army”