Volume 10 Chapter 2 Part3 (1/2)

Ju the city of Sakart into a military base, ere summoned to Alhans, which fell into the hands of the liberation army, by Therese Given that we obtained a e of the iician, to be at her side

I don't think that she was lonely as Burkhart-san and Doushi+ served as her guards during our absence, but in the end, ThereseSakart, that had the majority of its construction work completed, to Popek and the others, I arrived at Alhans while taking Philip and Christoph along

As ht be expected from a city that's treated as an auxiliary capital, its scale is even larger than that of Breitburg

I have heard from Therese that she forced their surrender in the capitulation negotiations after cutting off their supplies with a siege strategy Thanks to that there wasn't any apparent dae to Alhans

“I heard that you captured a nice place?” (Alfons)

“You ht say I just ith the flow of events?” (Wendelin)

Alfons, who ca the fortress and city of Sakart

It was a place that wouldn't really be all that useful, but thanks toconstruction work to expand the city and the fortress, it seems to apply plenty of pressure on the rebel army

“But, for it to be the city of Sakart… Since the fortress has been used as a storehouse for the local merchants for 30 years now, none of us realised its existence until we received the report” (Alfons)

Given that its defence was doubtful as long as it wasn't repaired, they probably wouldn't have felt any necessity to go out of their way to take it But before even that, there was apparently no one a the soldiers and nobles are of it

According to Therese and Alfons, it's a fortress that was abolished before they were born So in the first place, it would be even a problereat help since we can apply pressure on the capital and the front line if we connect the road to Alhans It looks like you serviced the roads quite a bit as well, doesn't it?” (Alhans)

“I guess I had the spare time since there was no battle” (Wendelin)

I haven't had to fight almost at all in this ti Popek and his army with the 『Low-frequency Medical Device』 spell to make them surrender

No, if I think back now, they surrendered under the jurisdiction of the liberation ar to act like idiots, and then assisted in the reinforcement of the fortress and the city of Sakart This will restore their own territories, which form an economic bloc… they may have predicted it up to this point If they really did, they would be outrageously skilled people who can't beformer ireat efforts, didn't thou Wendelin?” (Therese)

“Great efforts?” (Wendelin)

Therese struggled with a overnment office of Alhans

Since the city is a metropolis under the direct control of the eovern after the occupation

Because there's also the e amount of docu documents?” (Wendelin)

“I suppose that's because you and your group were absent, Earl-sama…” (Burkhart)

Since Elise and Ina ith us as well, Burkhart-san, who served as Therese's guard, apparently ended up doing a part of our job Given that he's an intellectual who received a proper education, he can accomplish this kind of work as well

That's only obvious for a capable person as cordially welcorave Breithilde

“Umm… what about uncle-sama?” (Elise)

“Elise-sa like handling docu while, he probably does it as well…” (Elise)

Elise answers Burkhart-san's question without confidence

He's certainly the type that runs away after pushi+ng it on someone else The person, who had it forced upon them, probably can't couard?” (Erwin)

“That should be the case, but…” (Haruka)

Due to Doushi+ not being at Therese's side despite being her guard, Erw and Haruka showed expressions full of uneasiness

“If you are looking for )

“It came out—!” (Erwin)

Eras apparently startled by the sudden appearance of Doushi+

“I was on standby in the roo out )

“Oh, were you? But why aren't you at Therese's side then?” (Erwin)

“That's obvious It's because I hate paperwork!” (Ar)

“To state that so boldly…” (Haruka)

Haruka became speechless due to the words of Doushi+ who always lives by his own instincts Shea human similar to Doushi+ for the first tireat that you have coroups and clean up this large amount of documents?” (Therese)

“We have to do it as well!?” (Wendelin)

As she seeiven the docu the last check and signing them was Therese's job

“Alfons-san isn't here” (Wilone without any of us realising

When she asks the guards in front of the office, it looks like he went out to the city on business

“As expected ofaway…” (Wendelin)

I praised the quickness of Alfons' escape while checking documents

That's because I believe this to be a skill that the current , but is it alright for us foreigners to look at these documents?” (Wendelin)

“Do thou plan to leak the information?” (Therese)

Therese apparently heard my mutter and poses a question back to me

“Well, that's what I mean” (Wendelin)

“Even if thou hand the infordom after the war, it won't be of any use as the information will be out of date Even I wouldn't hand thou any documents that must not be leaked” (Therese)

As expected, she apparently takes at least this ain, if thou remained in the empire as mine husband, Wendelin, the opportunities for thou to cohly confidential information would likely increase” (Therese)

“Therese-sa” (Elise)

“Therese-saet entries of this document don't add up Also, this receipt is suspicious You should give a warning to the person who handed it in” (Ina)

Because Therese tried to seduceinaccurate documents in front of her nose

“Thee two are unusually excellent” (Therese)

Given that Elise is a perfect superwoman, her paperwork is perfect as well, and it has beco this civil war that Ina is also quite good with this kind of work

“Let it here… Huh? That's correct, isn't it? Somehow I feel unsure Once more…” (Luise)

On the other hand, Luise, who mostly lives by intuition, was in dire distress in front of the huge as they are good at and things they are bad at

“Katharina, this place is wrong” (Wilma)

“That's odd!” (Katharina)

Katharina can work through the paperwork quickly to some extent, but she makes quite a few mistakes

On the other hand, Wilma is slow but accurate She often pointed out Katharina'scharacters, but their couess this kind of work is necessary as well, but…” (Erwin)

“Erw-san, let's do our best I will make daifuku as a snack later” (Haruka)

“Okay, I will keep at it, Haruksan” (Erwin)

Erw and Haruka created their own little world

Basically, Haruka skillfully incites Erw to do his work

He's already being dominated, but since Erw himself doesn't think that to be the case, it's no problem

“(So this is a wo hi her

Since we finally put the documents in order after around one hour, we decided to have a talk with Therese while having a little snack

“I'm not really skilled at it, but…” (Haruka)

The snacks were the daifuku Haruka had promised before

The person herself, who made them, is humble about her own creation, but they weren't inferior in any way to those sold at stores

“They are delicious with their moderate sweetness, Haruksan” (Erwin)

“Really? I' and sweets, I wasn't worried at all” (Erwin)

Looking at the two of the around the dining table

When I incidentally look at Therese, she had an expression full of envy

I pretend not to have noticed

“The bean daifuku and the salt daifuku are tasty, too”

“I wondered whether it would be alright to put salt into sweets, but the salty-sweet taste is addictive”

Luise was apparently also pleased with the salt daifuku she ate for the first time

“By the hat about strawberry daifuku?” (Wendelin)

“Eh?” (Erwin)

“Strawberries and daifuku?” (Haruka)

Erw and Haruka became speechless due to my remark

In their minds, the combination of strawberries and daifuku is probably impossible

“That's an odd coht?” (Ina)

Ina is worried about the taste, but as a matter of fact, I have already experienced that taste

In other words, the combination of strawberries and daifuku is the best possible combination

The strawberries in this world are smaller and sourer than the ones in japan, but in contrast, that should bring out their refreshi+ng taste

“If you order me to do it like that, Earl Bauredients for daifuku re

In accordance with my order, Haruka started to slowly make strawberry daifuku

“I'e, Doushi+ orried about the taste, but since it's extreet an upset sto or rotten, I think that it's a pointless concern for him

“I'ht?” (Katharina)

Katharina puts one into hersweet, she would never reject it entirely

I wonder though, is that okay with your diet?

That's the only worrisoin to sample the food simultaneously, but their initial worries were bloay iive the strawberry daifuku high praise

“Dear, it's very delicious” (Elise)

“Huh? Even though it's a strange combination, it's tasty, isn't it?” (Haruka)

Elise and Haruka, who are good at cooking, gave the strawberry daifuku a high evaluation

“You did well to coe” (Wilma)

“Hah, I'm blessed by a food God” (Wendelin)

Luise and Wil it

It was a si as no one knows that, it's no real rip-off

Besides, if you tell the people of this world that it was the revelation froh probability you will be believed

It's just the right cover to give the that aside, don't we have to talk about the future fro that pointed out by Burkhart-san, who doesn't have much interest in sweets, it was decided that ould finally hear the future plans from Therese

“This sweet is tasty” (Therese)

“Therese-sama” (Burkhart)

Therese herself was too focused on the strawberry daifuku She had co else until she was called out by Burkhart-san

“We will est ar for us on the way” (Therese)

Duke Nürnberg apparently wants to grasp victory by bringing the battle into the open field that suits hie was sent to Therese after the capture of Alhans

“I wonder, is Duke Nürnberg bad at siege battles?”

“Rather than that, it's because battles on the open field tend to finish faster”

Since it will be spring soon, he probably wants to finish the civil war as fast as possible and start the reconstruction of the nation

Both sides share the saard

“If he thinks that, it would have been best if he hadn't started a rebellion to begin with!” (Ar while stuffing his cheeks with strawberry daifuku

“It can't be helped now There are several plains near the capital where a large-scale battle is possible He will probably wait for us on one of those” (Therese)

For that reason Duke Nürnberg likely forced Mizuho's national army and the Philip Dukedom's feudal army, which are the main battle forces of the liberation ar the coes

“Thanks to that he's hated by the nobles whouess it's only natural for the since they suffered losses fro treated as disposable

However, it's very likely that they will be crushed if they criticise hi his elites in the vicinity of the capital probably also serves as a restraint against the various sche shouldn't depend on anyone except the coes” (Therese)

“Well, I think that we can't speak for others either though” (Burkhart)

It's as Burkhart-san says Due to the lasting impact of the civil war, there are many opportunistic nobles on both sides They probably want to make sure of the winner as it concerns the life and death of their households, but the result is that more than half of the nobles, who have joined the liberation arreater than those of the rebel arress of the war, it wouldn't be strange for some of them to betray us on the battlefield

“Even if that's true, we have to advance the reorganisation of the liberation army and push for the capital” (Therese)

That's the obvious choice since we have to settle the war sooner or later

“I see Please do your best” (Wendelin)

“Wendelin, thou will support me, won't thou?” (Therese)

“I will participate in the battle, but Doushi+, Burkhart-san and I will have our hands full with opposingfor us for real, there's no way for Talrand not to participate

He has no reason not to suh 『Heroic Spirit Summon』

“We have to defeat him, as we can't leave it to the others” (Wendelin)

“Thy master, huh…? He's a dreadfully for” (Therese)

“That's ill kill hiain” (Wendelin)

We cannot afford for er

For that reason, it's necessary to defeat master and have him return to heaven

“I will leave the codos with ht The next time is our best chance to defeat Alf” (Burkhart)

“The previous tily superior As expected of Alfred, but you can't say that he didn't show any openings at all!” (Ar up countermeasures, it shouldn't turn into a hard battle like the last tiht use soain It's also possible that Duke Nürnberg has prepared new o at hioal to definitely kill master

“If master intrudes on the battlefield, it will becoe for the liberation army The three of us will make sure to defeat him no matter what We won't have the leeway to help out the others” (Wendelin)

“Got it I guess average o at it to thy heart's content, Wendelin” (Therese)

Therese permitted our independent action

“Sorry”

“What, he's the benefactor of ainst his will Moreover, for that to be Duke Nürnberg's doing… I didn't expect Max to go this far” (Therese)

“…”

I was grateful for Therese's feelings, but I sensed a slight feeling of discomfort

If so a rebellion, it's natural for the they can My irritation towards Duke Nürnberg is so attributed to him personally It's obvious for a statesies as necessary

Does Therese have no readiness as a states like that all of a sudden, but currently, it doesn't matter I stoay that doubt within my heart for now

“Once we finish the preparations, ill depart towards the imperial capital!” (Therese)

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And then, two days later, the liberation army that had departed with almost its entire force of 150,000 soldiers, confronted the approxi on the Sheena Plains, the e area

“That idiot! Is he telling us to battle in the biggest grain-producing region of the e who challenged her to a large-scale battle at this time when the harvest of the winter wheat still hasn't finished That's because it was inevitable for the farmers to raise their voices full of resentment due to the decline in the a… just what is that ?” (Therese)

Therese looks towards the troop headquarters of the rebel army

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“So you asse)

Aren't they well in order for a coo with the second plan?

Just when I was thinking this, that ht to an unpleasant degree

“Are we going to lose?” (Alfred)

That Earl Bauroup are in that liberation army or whatever it was called

I made Talrand summon Alfred Reinford, who cornered the is as sarcastic as ever Even while he follows our orders, I hate it that he intends to disobey me whenever he has a chance to do so

“I have prepared a oing to be able to win against Earl Bau)

“What will be will be” (Alfred)

This bastard, doesn't he knohether he can or cannot win in this situation?

“What do you ainst Talrand's orders, I will fight with all my power, but I told you before, I don't improve since I'm a dead man Since I'm dead, I don't have any memory except that I was superior in the previous battle” (Alfred)

“I suppose the ue I heard so fro)

However, I also heard that there are people who reuy is lying

“For that reason, I can't learn any co on the experience from the time when I was alive Wend and the others should have beco their previous defeat as a lesson That's why I can't declare that I will be able to ithout fail” (Alfred)

“It's an order Win” (Nürnberg)

“If I can win due to affir that, I will do so as many times as you like” (Alfred)

You are a dead person, so it's no problem even if you die But, Talrand is an important, trusted retainer foron the progress of the battle” (Nürnberg)

There's no need at all to force a final shon here As long as I have Talrand, he will serve as a restraint against Earl Bau his influence within the liberation ar Talrand will be a huge loss

“Withdraw before it's too late You are saying sole to the death There are situations where you can and cannot pull back” (Alfred)

“Shut up! I'icians and adventurers” (Nürnberg)

Did you think that I understand the personal feelings of you guys?

“I will dofine? He has been adjusting the 『Puppets』, the excavated ite)

I unintentionally raised my voice

At any rate, just when did he learn about the existence of uy was absorbed into Talrand, so-to-speak

Is that why he also knows the things Talrand does?

I'et those kinds of circus You just have to concentrate on defeating Earl Bau)

“I will try and do what I can Well then, I guess I will return to Talrand for now…” (Alfred)

“Why do you return each and every ti)

“A battlefield filled with close-combat is scary There are ti defeat It's easier toTalrand who has a weak presence” (Alfred)

Once Alfred says so, he returned to Talrand's appearance No, it was Talrand who made that call and said so

“I shall excuse uy… no, Talrand left to the front line to search for Earl Bauroup

This isn't the final, decisive battle, but a battle in the n

I will leave the rest to Talrand I have to focus on the cooal

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————————– End of Part 1 —————————-

“Philip-dono, Christoph-dono, I will entrust the codo that it's very likely for ain, I won't have the spare ti the troops

I entrusted the two of theoing to depart to the front?”

“Yes… Burkhart-san?” (Wendelin)

“Yeah, I have that throbbing sensation This weird response where Alf's e mana are intertwined He has couess” (Burkhart)

Burkhart-san senses master's mana With this, it has beco to be fine with just the three of you? If you like, I can…” (Erwin)

“I appreciate it, but we can't devote any more valuable combat forces to master alone Erw, please follow the instructions of those two” (Wendelin)

“Understood” (Erwin)

Declining Erw's help, us three went out to the front line

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Both the liberation and the rebel are wheat field that still hasn't been fully harvested

The wheat will be cruelly trampled down, so it will probably be necessary to reimburse the farmers later

The bad-tempered expression of Therese, ill shoulder those expenses, pops up in ht this time”

Burkhart-san drops a sarcastic line about Duke Nürnberg not having escaped this time

Both armies split their forces into three parts They were about to crash into each other with al Duke Baden and his group, and the left wing is led by Earl Lärmer There are concerns about their cooperation, but on't have any spare ti Duke Baden shouldn't mess up a second tieneral It appears that he resigned froe

I think he's an excellent soldier and that's why Therese entrusted hi The central block is directly commanded by Therese Mizuho's arh Philip and the others are there as well, the nudom's forces is low The unexperienced Erith the too reckless

“Charge!”

“Fight back!”

The battle of both arins, but as they first start with a wait-and-see approach, there are few ain calmly walks our way from the ene the liberation arainst Talrand

He's an excellent ician who possesses a bizarre eeriness If they attacked hi counterattacked They can't make any unreasonable -doushi+, there won't be a next time” (Talrand)

“I think that applies to you uess only your impudent talk is that of an adult Well then, I will suain” (Talrand)

Talrand is wrapped up by a bluish-white light and , ht in the middle of the battlefield

“Teach, you have become quite muscular” (Alfred)

Master noticed Burkhart-san, whose face beca

“It's the futile struggling of an old enius like you has to mind, Alf” (Burkhart)

“Unfortunately I have to be cautious Since it's you, Teach, I can't be careless Kli it to an end with a quick attack this tiic tools have been replenished as well Since they are rare, I don't have any ain, but…” (Alfred)

Master tossed two 『Puppets』 on the ground Just like before, the puppets take the shape of ainst Burkhart-san and Doushi+ respectively

“Earl-sama, Doushi+ and I will keep these puppets company I don't know about Doushi+, but for me, it will probably take all my effort to counter with Alf's puppet as the opponent Just like before, there's no other option but to go one-on-one” (Burkhart)

“That's h” (Wendelin)

“This ti)

Even Doushi+, after suffering an unexpected and e defeat last ti In the next ht in the ainst each other, an area, where no one except us existed, was created

As for the reason, if they approach imprudently…

“”””””Uwaaah!””””””

“I'm sorry, okay? It's a stray bullet”

Burkhart-san shoots his spell towards the puppet, but the puppet avoids it easily… once it does, the spell exploded a the soldiers of the enemy army located in the back

“… Teach? Is that on purpose?” (Alfred)

“Alf, I'ician that's inferior to you, Alf My spells won't even hit the puppet” (Burkhart)

No matter how much he trained hiainst ly, the plan is for him to stall for time and wait for the puppet's time to run out

Last time we confirmed that the puppets have a time limit

And, , master isn't master

Since he has to prioritise Talrand's orders above all else, he won't be able to allow da's feudal army in the rear

“Puppet! Block it!”

Once it becoic to explode at his allied forces, the puppet started to block Burkhart-san's spells with a 『Magic Barrier』

“It's a rando)

“Klimt, you as well, huh?” (Alfred)

“I only hit the ene)

Doushi+ fires 『Fire Snake』 rando's feudal army

“They are in disorder! Fire the arrows!”

Philip, who leads the kingdom's forces, didn't miss that opportunity

They fire arrows at the confused enee

“Puppet, continue to block it” (Alfred)

He fell for it

Since Talrand's orders are given priority, master can't demonstrate his true ability properly

If hly and efficiently cornered us while ignoring so's feudal army

In other words, thanks to Talrand, master has become weaker

Once it turns into a situation where the two puppets block all the ic attacks released by Burkhart-san and Doushi+ with their 『Magic Barrier』, the mana consumption increases unnecessarily, and it reaches the point of being wasteful

『Alf's weakness is that it's not just himself』 (Burkhart)

『He has to prioritise Talrand's orders, doesn't he?』 (Wendelin)

『Talrand is Duke Nürnberg's dog! A dog is loyal to itsit, the battle took the current shape

“And Wend, that ainst me But, do you think you are able to win?” (Alfred)

“I in I have no other choice If I don't win, I will lose and die That's all there is to it” (Wendelin)

With master as the opponent, it's unnecessary to hesitate

And there's oneat master's pace by any means possible

In what do I excel ht while capitalising on that

The ht technically, the more I will be led around by the nose

If master tries to pour calm attacks on e of spells so that I won't get overwhelo for a frontal attack, it will only extend the time until I'm defeated

“Here I coe a's feudal army situated behind master

If it was justall of these, but Talrand won't allow for any losses to appear aic Barrier』, he offset the 『Fireballs』 by releasing a huge amount of 『Ice Spheres』

There are a few 『Fireballs』that had their penetrative force increased, but ic Barrier』

There's also the trick of saving on ic Barrier』, but he has to also cope with the large amount of 『Fireballs』released in the direction of his allies So even for master it was i only soic Barrier』

“That's the way”

Anyway, I can't allowandhis ive ic crystal of the huge ic airshi+p

The puppets that would likely interfere are kept in check by Burkhart-san and Doushi+

It's the second tiainst the puppets skillfully

“That's a soh I was addressed by e ah-handed, but this shows the best result against ht now

In order to protect his allies behind him, his mana, which would be consuradually decreasing

If I can deplete master's mana completely in this way since I have a lot more mana… no, I probably shouldn't be that overly optih!”

When I twist my body promptly because I sensed bloodthirst, a sharp pain penetrated my flank