Vol 2 Chapter 10 (2/2)

「But will they listen to me?」

『You should use your title as the Sixth Imperial Princess as much as you can You have 「Laevateinn」 too, so I’m sure a letter from you would send them on an emotional roller coaster』

Hiro quietly stretched out both hands and his black eye was shi+ning

『Having received the favor of「Laevateinn」, the soldiers will surely lend their ears to you When the time comes, I’m sure you’ll see for yourself』

「When the time comes?」

Hiro simply smiled and didn’t answer her

Then, Hiro sht up a prank

『I guess I’ll talk about the just cause now』

Hiro said, as he begins to move his mouth quickly—

(We finished talking around the time the sun set…)

Just thinking back on it gives her a headache Liz shook her head and focused her attention in front of her

TheLiz called out to Tris whileher horse

「Tris」

「Yes, what is it?」

「Look into the names of all the unit leaders」

Tris tilts his head confused She should know the na

After pondering for a gested he understood

「Could you mean, for the entire army?」

「That’s right」

Liz looks up at the now clear sky

Though it’s early ht will heat the surface and they will likely soon be assaulted by a boiling heat

「We have to prepare for the possibility of when General Kielo slips up, right?」

If would be fine if all this effort were for naught, but you never knohat ht happen on a battlefield

As Liz prays that her worries are unwarranted, she says to hiravely…

「Please, Tris」

「Yes, understood I will look into theht away」

He bows respectfully from atop his horse, spins his horse’s head around, then disappears into the wave of soldiers

After watching hirabbed the handle of 「Laevateinn」

At that in to beat, and the sound races through the crevices between the soldiers

Once they flew the flag in the center of the arnaled to her flag bearer

Liz’s flag with a crest of red soil and lilies goes up and dances in the wind At the saolden soil and a lion is raised as well

And so, the entire arins their advance towards the Lichtein Dukedom

General Kielo, the new commander entrusted with the Fourth Imperial Army of the Grantz Grand Empire

This n of physical decline, but is rather bri as any youth

Having been granted command over the Fourth I’s h spirits

「We willon the holy land in which the spirit king resides!」

As General Kielo unsheathes his sword and raises it to the sky, the sound of dru out

As this happens, the soldiers raise their war cry, shaking the eardrums pleasantly

「All units, advance!」

As he scans the advancing army, General Kielo snickered at this opportunity which had finally come around to him

His aide riding beside him also wears a relaxed expression

「The tihout the continent, your Excellency」

General Kielo nods at his statement

「Which is e need a complete victory」

General Kielo looks afar with a loathsome look in his face

Thirty six years have gone by since his first battle

Until now, he had his most important achieve, and he was constantly forced to experience hardshi+ps

He had even given up on ever being able to look into the eyes of the sun until the day he died

「Even though there wasn’t much of a difference between us at first…」

Mutters General Kielo

He took the heads of three eneh the ranks

He reached the rank of general after his late forties, while General Loring did so in his late thirties, and rose to commander in chief around forty

「Steadily, the gap began to groider, and by the tieneral Is there a more pitiful life than that?」

He was unable to catch up to General Loring whether it was in terenuity or military prowess

You could say that that’s why General Kielo came to be jealous of those with talent and turn a blind eye to them

When he welcomed his staff officers, he screened for those who had similar situations as himself

His aide riding alongside him was also a man who had his path to success cut off and forced to a reion by one more superior than himself— by Count Bunadara— by Aura

「But a fine opportunity has finally arrived We can not let this slip by」

「I’m aware」

「And so, what do you plan to do, your Excellency? His Majesty’s orders were to bring the northern region of the Lichtein Dukedom under our control」

「I won’t be called to the central goverment with that I need to leave a result that would astonish anyone」

「… Could it be…」

「We will use this chance to launch an assault on Lichtein’s capital— Azbakal」

His aide’s ape in shock

Because there’s the fact that 10,000 men is too small a force There’s also the question of whether or not their morale will hold

It’s true that Azbakal is near the Grantz Grand Empire in distance, but it is still over 80 sels (240 km) away

The aide sank into silence, looking as if he were debating whether or not to advise the general to reconsider

General Kielo placed a

「The Lichtein Dukedom’s numbers have diminished from their loss last ht now I also hear that that foolish duke’s is losing more and more of his ability to keep his country united with each passing day The intuition I’ve cultivated through these many years tells me we should attack」

The aide lifted his face and stared at General Kielo

General Kielo’s smile broadened as he declared with conviction

「Let us rise to the central governoverions We will launch an assault on Azbakal If we do, you will likely be able redeem yourself for your failure in Ferzen」

Seeing hi ambition, the hesitation in the aide’s eyes disappeared

General Kielo takes a quick glance at this with satisfaction, then quickly begins to construct a planforward in his head

(As long as we can maintain the supply trains to a certain extent, that’s fine There’s no problee theet in the way If we distribute thereatly This is what they mean by two birds with one stone If we use that momentum to utterly destroy the Lichtein Dukedo as commander in chief)

You couldn’t ask for more from the Fourth Imperial Army in terms of experience

If this were a private army, he probably would have been satisfied with the northern region

However, he is currently co the Fourth Imperial Army

These are powerful soldiers which General Loring trained and polished through blood, sweat, and combat

(I’ll use the troops you raised to steal the position of commander in chief from you)

General Kielo faced the sun shi+ning radiantly on him with an unseemly smile