175 War preparation 1/2 (1/2)

'Are you planning to use their fight as a distraction to attack?' Lust thought she knew Lucien's intention. Still, she couldn't help but ask in his mind.

Lucien quickly explained. 'Yes. Even if we are not as strong as we could be if we waited longer, I think now that our enemies are killing each other, it is the best time to attack.'

'Well, first we have to check our equipment with Rebecca.' Lucien sent the spy to report to Ron while he telepathically told his wives about the situation in Portgreen and headed for Rebecca's workshop.

Lucien quickly arrived at Rebecca's workshop, which was close to the barracks. He saw her many assistants working on armor and weapons.

He went to Rebecca's office, where she was drawing sketches for the equipment that her assistants use to make the unfinished equipment.

*Knock* *Knock*

Rebecca heard the knock on the door and thought it was one of her assistants or some messenger. She neither moved nor stopped writing on her project. ”You may come in.”

Lucien came into the room and greeted Rebecca. ”You seem very busy.”

She jumped out of her chair when she heard Lucien's voice. ”Lucien! Hey there... Ehhh... I'm sorry for not receiving you properly.”

Rebecca didn't know why she was so embarrassed in Lucien's presence. She turned around subtly, took a small mirror out of her storage ring, and checked her face and hair.

'Crap!' She couldn't help but exclaim in her mind when she realized that her face was dirty with crumbs from her last snack, and her hair was totally messed up, probably because she has the habit of sleeping at her desk.

Lucien didn't need to really pay attention to what she was doing to know what Rebecca was doing, and he couldn't help chuckling.

”You don't have to do that, Rebecca. I admire you a lot because you're so hard-working, and I understand that's why you sometimes don't have time to care about how you look and things like that.”

Rebecca was not happy with Lucien's words, on the contrary. Because that was the affirmation that she looked dirty and messy, and it made her very embarrassed.

”Ah... I... I'm sorry about that... I didn't know you would come here today... I usually take care of myself better... It's just that...” She tried to find justifications for her condition.

Lucien sat down in the chair in front of her desk. ”You really don't have to apologize for anything. Your work is incredible, and that's the most important thing for me.”

Then he looked around on her office while thinking out loud. ”Your next office will be bigger. Also, it will have a bathroom with a big bathtub so that you can relax sometimes.”

Rebecca was very focused on fixing her appearance as much as possible, so she could face Lucien. But then she turned around, surprised by his words.

”Next office? What's the problem with this one?”

”My bad. I didn't explain it well. We will be going to Portgreen soon, so I thought you would come too.”

”You know, after the war. My troops will need to repair their armor, improve it, and other blacksmith work. Of course, I will continue paying you well and taking care of any other needs you may have.”

Lucien hadn't given Rebecca much information about his plans to re-conquer Portgreen for Cassidy yet. No matter how he told her that he is going to fight the whole city with around 1200 soldiers, it would sound crazy.

He didn't want to make Rebecca think he was crazy and refuse to make the equipment for him or create any other problems. So it made sense for her to be confused when he said that they were going to Portgreen.

”But the city is in chaos with the mercenaries doing everything they want. If I remember correctly, you are not welcome there, either by mercenaries or adventurers.”

Lucien didn't really need to avoid talking about his plans now because they would be going to Portgreen as soon as possible, so he went straight to the point and told her the spy's report about Ivan's arrival.

Rebecca quickly understood the situation and therefore asked Lucien again. ”If the situation is even worse, wouldn't it be better to stay away from Portgreen and not run into the conflict?”

Lucien wanted to explain everything to Rebecca, but he didn't have much time now. ”You will understand everything soon. I came here to find out about the troops equipment.”

She knew it was not her place to question Lucien's actions as she was only making equipment for him. Although she already saw him as a friend, Rebecca couldn't do anything if he wanted to go to Portgreen, but she didn't know if she should go with him.

Rebecca focused on what Lucien is here for and started picking up some papers from her desk. ”Hum... Actually, the progress has been going much faster than I expected, of course, thanks to the good assistants that Ron sent me.”

Then she took a list and showed it to Lucien. ”Look, we've already managed to make all the female armors for the troops. I also personally finished the special female equipment you asked for. I guess it's for your wives.”

Lucien looked at the list, which showed the progress of the female armor sets, as well as their weapons and shields, were all ready. Still, the male equipment just started production.

He couldn't blame Rebecca because she had promised everything ready in about a month and a half, but things had to be rushed because of the situation with Amelia, and now this new opportunity has come up.

Lucien was thinking about how to march to Portgreen as quickly as possible. He thought about using the Bluewind soldier's armor, but the kingdom had a very precarious military situation and was only getting better now under Angela's government, so taking the equipment from her soldiers didn't seem right.

Then he remembered something and asked Rebecca about it. ”What about all of the damaged Light Empire soldier armor sets?”

”I was totally focused on creating the new equipment, so I only left two people working on them,” Rebecca replied and quickly started looking for another list on the desk.

She found the list, read it, and passed it to Lucien. ”Almost half have been repaired and are ready for use.”

Lucien looked at the list. Of the five hundred armor sets he recovered, two hundred had been repaired while the weapons were almost all in good condition.

”Can you repair the other three hundred armor sets by tomorrow?” He asked Rebecca.

Creating new armor took much longer than just repairing it. If Rebecca focused all her assistants on that task along with her, it was possible to repair the three hundred armor sets in one day.

She nodded at Lucien. ”Yes, it's possible.”