Chapter 96 (1/2)

“I apologize, my Lord.”

As soon as they had exited the palace, Philip had apologized to Luke.

“What are you talking about?”

“Weren’t you almost ready to duel for me? I am sorry for putting you through that.”

“Well, it isn’t anything unusual.”

Maybe because of his past, the expression on Philip’s face was heavy and dark. His desire for getting revenge had been finished, however, he was still feeling uncomfortable.

Seeing Philip feeling down, Luke said,

“Don’t overthink it. Sometimes the leader of the army comes out to protect the subordinate.”

Those words of Luke made Philip feel a little better, they were easy words to say, but it was very rare for the leader of the army to go out for his men.

Philip couldn’t help but look at Luke in a new light, and soon turned the conversation.

“By the way, where is your assignment?”

“Well, that… Torlot Fortress.”

Luke had opened the appointment letter he got from Emperor Rudolf.

In the middle of the sentence was written ‘Northern Army Torlot Fortress’.

The Imperial forces of Baroque were divided into a total of five corps.

There were corps that guarded the East, the North, and the West, and of them, the side which had to fight with the Volga Republic was the Northern corps.

“Did you just say it was the Torlot Fortress?” Philip asked.

When Philip heard those words, he was rather surprised.

Since the emperor specifically asked Luke to enlist, all the retainers including Philip thought that Luke would be put in a dangerous place.