Vol 10 Chapter 157 (2/2)
I turned back to the papers before me As I did that, Monica left the room mortified
“Even when he doesn’t show a response when I give soht flashes… you damn chiiiiicken!!”
She pretended to cry as she left But she properly closed the door behind her What a conscientious lass
The room quieted down, and Miranda left the rooed, we restarted our work
–
–
–
… Lorphys’ royal castle
In it, Lonbolt had gathered the
“A few days prior, Zayin forer to request the formation of an alliance That one’s fine At the same time, they told us to proceed with that matter”
It had been some days since May had delivered the letter
An official ize, and say that in the current state, Aura couldn’t leave her post With things as they were, Lorphys hadn’t even requested an apology from her
In the first place, Aura had little relation at all to the hostilities between Lorphys and Zayin More so, from Lorphys’ side, she was more of an ally
But the proble up to invade Selva
A single minister spoke
“If we cannot recover land from Zayin, then there’s a necessity for us to take some from Selva to recover our national power What need is there to hesitate!? And I’reed”
The knight captain as well
“We’ve already gathered itate them any further, they may cause issues within the country I support the invasion of Selva”
Prime Minister Lonbolt had conducted a deal with Gastone
After retaking Zayin, they would invade Selva together, and the land gained would be given to Lorphys In exchange for not returning the land Zayin’d taken fro out troops
But up to that point, Lonbolt hadn’t thought they would win
If he had to say, he did want to invade, and recover the country’s national power But while everyone had grasped the fact that Selva wasbehind the scenes…
“The royal princess has declined War has already ended, she said And she’s no intentions to annul her e with Dario, it seems”
The leaders that employed their minds to the country One of them slammed his fist onto the table
“Just what is she thinking!? After those bastards have done so iveness! Pri the girl!?”
The knight captain glared at the angry minister
“I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that statement But there will be no next time”
In his irritation, the ain Everyone shared the sa their mouths, Lonbolt…
“They’ve won so much And so clearly If we end it all here, then casualties really will be kept to the absolute minimum”
Lyle’s victory was so clear, that Lorphys was slow to respond
Of all else, they had anticipate it would take a few ht for him to accomplish it in such a short time
After the country suffered soe, Lonbolt had intended to turn the sentiment of the people… their dissatisfaction towards Selva But the war had ended with only a skirmish or two
A single minister
“Cut the crap! I know she treasures the sentiment of the people But she should know full hat sort of situation we’re in! What ehts became adventurers to earn for their faarden hoes”
More than twenty years prior…
Zayin had snatched land from Lorphys That was back when Fort Noinyl was still the front most line
But with the passage of ti born after that had happened, it’s true that she had come to take it as natural
Lonbolt breathed out a sigh
“… It’s not that we’re hesitant to attack Selva What we truly fear is Zayin They’ll take the front lines in invading Selva, and what say do we have that they not snatch Lorphys ahile they’re at it? The other party is a man who took Zayin with only a hundred to his ranks If it’s noouldn’t he be able to take Lorphys in his hands?”
With those words, the gathered leaders closed their mouths
When they saw him in the audience cha to Alette, he was a skilled adventurer… froht
But when they tried investigating him, the name of the Walt House of the country of Bahnseim came out
They were only lords within that country’s lands, but their territory much exceeded what Lorphys held Was he really the son of the Walts’; of Bahnseiest House?
That hat they wondered, but now such things were irrelevant
As ae army with a small force, Lyle had taken a country with a hundred That truth struck fear in Lonbolt
There, the knight captain opened his mouth
“But it’s true that we accepted the deal If we one-sidedly annul our contract, he may use that as a reason to attack us There are stillin Zayin”
Noatop the pal it as well
And without a decision being reached, thewelcomed its conclusion…
–
–
–
“Lorphys isn’t ”
Lettinginto the unfinished pile of documents
Novean to pat my back
“I-it’s alright, Lyle-saht now, and that they’ll begin their preparations soon enough”
When I raised my face, I felt despair as I looked upon the mountains of papers before me
“… I pro, then will I be left on desk work for the rest of my life?”
There, Miranda stood, and unsteadily walked her way outside
“Miranda?”
“I’ Aria and the rest of them We’re short onlike paperwork is…”
She wasn’t the usual co everyone down to the depths of hell alongside her
I stopped her
“Think back to the first day! We won’t hold up if we take out the time to teach Aria, is e all decided, isn’t it? Even if one person ran the to teach her, we concluded it would take soht?”
There, Miranda turned around, and burst into tears
“But if there’s no change in the situation, we’re never going to get out of this work!”
She was cornered We were all cornered to an extent greater than e’d found on any battlefield
Novem also looked at the mountain of papers
“Monica-san has work elsewhere as well She’s taking care of e can’t do ourselves Aura-san and Thel the same, or even more than us”
He called back priests of the sa it in time
I turned my eyes to the document on the top
It was Creit-san’s handwriting
On it was a proposal for the unification of arn all drafted up
The Fourth let out his voice It was a dry, laughing voice
『Ahahaha… rejected And Lyle, how about increasing the training and work given to Creit-san and the rest? It looks like they still have tis like this』
I resolved to increase Creit-san’s workload in ht
(Why isn’t Lorphys !? At this rate, we’ll never be able to escape from this hell!)