Chapter 14 (2/2)
Dad put the glass down on the table and said with a serious expression while pouring hilass of water
“――Really sorry, Ed”
“Yesh?”
I didn’t knohat he was talking about, so I sincerely tilted my head
“About Goleth I know that you were the one that took him down, but at time I made it out to be Julia’s achievement Since I didn’t think anyone would suddenly believe that a half-year-old baby took out the enemy leader”
Well, that’s for sure
That was so in that situation
“Also, if people realize that you are not a usual baby, then s could happen because of it I was thinking that as a father, I can’t let you be burdened by things like that”
That’s perfectly reasonable
I’m a person that was alo socialize after work and instead went to play fighting games
“…thank you”
Words of gratitude easily left my mouth
“No, thank You, really This battle would have been very dangerous if you and Julia weren’t here We may have lost”
Indeed, rather than the nue, the enemy had a monster named Goleth
If he wanted, he would’ve been ate of the fortress with a throwing spear heavily enchanted by [Enchant Magic]
“If you didn’t make me understand that time, perhaps I would have lost Julia too I didn’t realize at all that Julia was so distressed”
It’s probably about how Julia-kaasan said before the battle, that she would’ve left the house with e
I was also surprised about that one
“Since Ed ht you two to the fortress with =””> It’s all thanks to Ed”
Dad said while looking straight into my eyes
I reply while shaking my head
“Ai didh nashi+ng”
“Ai? Aah, you said I I see, you prefer I(ore-俺)”
Come to think of it dad uses I(boku-僕) to refer to himself
“――In the future you are sure to beco fellow My sons―― Ed’s older brothers are also exceptional, but fro of an entirely different level Dreadfully so”
Dad hugs htly
“But, you are still our serous”
He probably refers to the battle with Goleth
I thought that ti nowhere, so I purposefully didn’t block Goleth’s attack on the fortress wall and lured hi the wall
And with the ic]
Goleth took that spear attack head on, since he didn’t have any spears at hand and couldn’t counter-attack
Therefore, even if he had a spear at hand, Goleth may have been unable to react in time anyway
I was just taking that risk because I felt that it was the right thing to do, but watching soht in front of them, it couldn’t have been easy for a parent
“Aihm soy”
“It’s all right I believe I knohat your aie, and decisiveness are all inappropriate for your age I was surprised By surprised I mean―― It’s damn impossible!”
Mr Dad is prone to make retorts, apparently
Well, Julia-kaasan is the silly type, so it’s not strange to develop that trait
“――dha mersheneries?”
After defeating Goleth I went into Growth Sleep right away, so I don’t knohat happened after that
“Aah, about 70 percent of the =””> have been wiped out or captured As for the reate the captured ones and make a list of names that will be added to the list of wanted cri those that run towards Sonorato is too difficult, but just in case ill notify the other fortresses and request that we put up a cordon”
Apparently, since they were not an official army, but an army of bandits, they are not considered prisoners of war, but arrested prisoners
“Whai didh dey come here?”
“Aah, you want to ask why did they appear here and not at the Zakholtz Fortress we originally thought, right? Or rather, you understood e talked about even before today, huh”
Dad was already tired of hed
“Apparently, the infor towards Zakholtz Fortress itself was their work The commander of Zakholtz Fortress is a 15 years old boy, that inherited the position of the fao, you see His Majesty askedhappens, but that backfired on us this time”
I see, there were such circumstances
“Whai were dey det shtrong? Dey were jhust a houp, bhut dey spred infohmation and had chatapuht”
“You noticed an excellent point Or rather, you noticed it too well! …well, I should stop with this already, right?”
Fhuu, dad sighed, and
“Due to the internal conflicts dragging on, both the national army and the feudal lords’ personal ar in the reroups that were fighting in Sonorato could increase both the doence units, it seems However, I didn’t think they would be able to manipulate infore weapon was probably also seized during their internal battles”
“What wash deir aim?”
“Indeed, you don’t assault a fortress if you just want to pillage If they went as far as ence to reduce the number of forces within the fortress, their ai over the fortress for themselves, just as Nebulos said …ah, Nebulos is my secretary”
“…ushi+ng dhis fortressh ash a beashead and invade Santamana?”
I still can’t articulate well enough, but what I wanted to say was ‘Using this fortress as a beachhead and invade Santamana?’
Both of dad’s eyes were opened wide because of my words
“Most likely, just as Ed said This fortress was designed for solid defense, so it’s a perfect place to have the first base Increase their forces froes and towns, conquer a few fortresses and towns and declare their independence fro those lines”
“can go well?”
“That, I can’t say… The <black wolf=”” fang=””> is hty, but Santamana has the powerful Ireement in Sonorato, there are quite a lot of mercenaries that are now unemployed and if Goleth was able to take the fortress and send out a notice, he could have organized a force of over ten-thousand There are also ruroup with connections to <black wolf=”” fang=””>, wants to er ithin Sonorato”
“Ranzrakk forshes not too few?”
“Yeah, too few I requested additional reinforceo, and it was finally the tiether The troops under my command are divided into two between the town and the fortress with soldiers alternating in between, but even then, this situation, in which they are constantly under pressure, is continuing There was also this matter this time, so I want to let them rest or it will affect the morale”
Dad stood up after drinking all the water frolass
“――well then, I have to go now It’s been 6 hours since Julia went into Growth Sleep, so probably she has one o In that case, she will probably wake up in the ht Oh dear, the level difference between us iden once again”
To be exact, Julia-kaasan’s level went up by 4, so she still has 2 level’s worth of Growth Sleep re
Or rather, he is bothered by the level difference, huh
“When the cleanup of this battle is finished I will probably need to go to the capital I have to report this matter to His Majesty and request reinforceht, when I’ to the capital I will also take you two”
“Me thoo?”
“I want to confirh-level cleric once Julia’s level also went up, so she also probably wants to confir said, it’s still sos calm down around here I will follow after you Since it’s on the way to the capital it doesn’t become a time loss either”
Dad only said this and then left the roo mom on her cheek
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