Volume 5 Chapter 23 (1/2)
Editor:Starbuck11
Under the starry sky.
In the middle of the night, the moon s.h.i.+nes perfectly.
It was the best view.
The scenery which makes one admires the possibility of the infinite universe. It was rich in mystery, and beauty, giving us peace of mind.
However, for the humans who lived in these times, they could not afford to enjoy such feeling.
And right now, both sides, Baron Mikos.h.i.+ba's army, and Earl Salzberg's coalition had finished their day-time battle.
”Excuse me. I have come to report.”
Ryouma stopped the movement of the pen he was holding after he heard those words.
The doc.u.ments he was working on were the important ones which he needs to check it himself, he didn't have any reports from Laura that he was looking forward to.
”Laura ? You may come in…”
Following his words, the entrance of the tent was opened just a little.
The one that appeared was a person with golden hair, smiling at him like a G.o.ddess.
Looking at her smile, it gave peace to Ryouma's tense heart after a battle.
”Looking at that face, you seem to have successfully managed to obtain the desired result ?”
”Yes. The casualties on our side are thirteen people. The heavily injured people are 22 people. However, due to our medicine and healing magic arts, their lives should not be in danger. We may antic.i.p.ate them to rejoin the army in a couple of days while waiting for their strength to recover. Also, from the report I've received, the casualties were caused by two people.”
”I see…”
After listening to Laura's report, Ryouma sighed deeply and relaxed his back deep into his chair.
No one knows what kind of feelings he had inside his heart right now.
People have lost their lives today.
Not because of an accident, but because his orders from the beginning, asking them to fight at the battlefield.
Even though it was their professional duty as soldiers to fight on a battlefield, no normal human could bear the responsibility of carrying the death of those soldiers.
(I am still not used to it… Well, those who are accustomed to it, are those who have lost their sanity though…)
It was kind of a contradicting feeling for him.
Up until now, Ryouma had ordered them to go to a battlefield where they might lose their lives.
Whether it was when he ordered them to hunt some monsters within the peninsula or chasing the spies that infiltrated the peninsula, both cases have danger where his soldiers might die.
Of course, Ryouma had also done his best to provide some measures and give it to the soldiers.
However, no matter how many expensive weapons and armors he gave, there would always be dead soldiers.
It made him feel his actions become dirtier each time.
But in the end, this world was no different compared to his previous world.
There won't be a result without a sacrifice, the person standing will have to move on at the expense of others.
It was an awful and ruthless world.
If he were to stand as the one being sacrificed, he understood that he would feel it to be unacceptable.
However, even G.o.d could not create a world without sacrifice.
Much less a human who was not a G.o.d, it was something one should never hope for.
That was why, for Mikos.h.i.+ba Ryouma, he could only do one thing. Take the sacrifices deep inside his heart and remember them, then prepare everything to reduce the casualties by as much as possible.
”Which meant those two are genuine monsters, also it was a proof that my army is far superior compared to the enemy's force.”
”Yes. The performance of the weaponry we've bought from Nelsios was really amazing. After all, in other countries, such weapons and armors won't be sold for less than 10 gold coins a piece.”
”Well, the performance is something we've expected.”