Vol 13 Chapter 248 (2/2)

The Fifth reminisced But his eyes looked on sorrowfully

And after that, a fewwith the sisters flowed passed Little by little, they were getting along with one another

It was then

Fredricks was called back to the Walt House manor for a temporary return

At the entrance to the village, The Randbergh House heir and the villagers saw him off

Fredricks got on his horse, and spoke to the two girls he’d gotten along with

『I’ll be back soon Um… at that time…』

Those around looked upon his reddened face with smiles The elder sister nodded

『We’ll be waiting for you, Fredricks-sama』

Fredricks smiled

But…

The next scene projected was the ree burnt down Stock still, Fredricks was led along by his guard knights through the burnt site towards the tree in its center

A few survivors re jeers on the box

『Why couldn’t you have come sooner!?』

『My… hter…』

A couple I’d seen before It was the couple that had appeared in the runaway Sixth’s memory

Walking slowly, Fredricks set his feet towards the tree in the village center

There were villagers hung up on it

The young s, and put up in a terrible state It looked like he’d resisted to the end

And in a position standing out at the very front, the sisters that Fredricks befriended were hung

Methodically… calling it that would be strange, but they were definitely put up in a way toat the knees, he looked at the letters carved into the trunk

Shorty… they spelled out

Fredricks looked down, and I could see the look in his eyes change Sharp, and muddied, those eyes made me s my breath

The Fifth turned

『… There was no proof But there were lie I wanted to take troops at once, and raid theo eradicate them』

Without changing his expression, the Fifth went on indifferently

『Someone had to have leaked the inforeneral idea Soone off with a smile, and sold our information』

I looked up at the tree of the village, and turned awayso terrible, and was there a need to go so far…

“This is too terrible This is…”

『Don’t call it impossible Listen here, Lyle The ones who did this were the same as us The same Feudal Lords, the sas to As a s were done to the territories that tried to invade Fiennes If soive retribution Because if you let the like this』

I understood you couldn’t let yourself be htly of

And the Fifth spoke

『… About the feudal lord who’d invaded us this ti ith the Third, you know But with a single generation built up, this is what it came to』

There were lords, and there were citizens… the one to decide the territory’s policies was the lord, and while if he were proficient, he’d bring glory to the territory, if he were incompetent, he could ruin the land

There were e of hands made for incompetence, and the reverse was also true

『… You see, Lyle I swore it there I would definitely have eance No matter how many years, how many decades it took, I would eradicate them』

I looked at the Fifth hanging his head But in the Fifth’s period, the Walt House continued enduring, and in the end, they didn’t invade any surrounding territories

“What happened to change your plan?”

On hed, and in the end, in a small voice

『My own child The first time I looked at Fiennes, I was truly lost When I truly hated them When I truly wanted theo through the same It was too late I already had the ether, and yet… by the time I noticed it, I couldn’t stop it anymore 』

The Fifth said that, and quietly drove me out of his room of memories

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Inside of Porter

Under the light of the lantern, what Monica inforhout Bahnseim

Froiven orders through the country for hostages to be presented

Putting together the information obtained from Adele-san, it meant that by that mandate, there were many Feudal Lords who couldn’t move even if they wanted to

On that inforht to h my head was the Fifth

In Porter’s loading tray, Clara spoke to me

“Lyle-san, are you alright? I think it best you get some rest”

After lightly rubbing the corners of ertip, I shook my head to the side

“My bad, please continue”

Monica looked over me as she conveyed the information

“For those without hostages, it seems those Baronet and beloill move for the peace of their territories If we take them into our forces, ill be able to prepare troops from within Bahnseim”

There, the Third spoke up

『That’s wrong It’s true there are feudal lords ant peaceful reign But there’s no guarantee they’re all like that There will be some ant more land, and others who’ll think to use the opportunity to settle disputes with their surroundings As expected, we’ll need the assistance of Lords above Baronet, who have vassals under them It’s best to keep troubles to abut sether It will be hard to lead thee-scale army, I’m sure』

According to the Third, it would be difficult to get all the sn A lord capable of that sort of fine tuning… we need to get soher

And as coe forces

“Monica, tell Adele-san’s unit It’s ier lord on our side Lest it be iether ourselves”

Monica had prepared tea for me Herb tea, it seems

“She believes it difficult Taking hostages is one thing, but the problees Do you think they’ll be safe when put under Celes? Even if you promise their rescue, in the end, there is a possibility, they have changed to her side from the depths of their hearts The possibility they are already no longer of this world it…”

It will be difficult to take back the relations of the lords taken off If it caotiations, ere in a situation where we couldn’t say we’d definitely save them

Clara spoke to me

“As expected, is there no choice but to start froes aren’t safe, the root of their problem will remain”

Aria was negative

“If it was possible to infiltrate Centralle, and rescue thee if someone had assassinated Celes by now”

Having faced Celes, and experienced her irrationality, Aria’s opinion was on the mark

But we didn’t have time

“What about the western front What’s become of the lords near Faunbeux’s border? We’re currently headed their way If they’re still safe, there are still ways to go about it”

Lifting her face, Monica shook her head

“She does not have that information As Adele-san is in the east”

Novem’s party was south If their task finished safely, they would enter Bahnseim from there

Thinking a bit, I came to a conclusion

“Gather information If it’s not too late, rescue, or recovery is thinkable If they’re already in Centralle, that’s impossible If not, then we can do what is possible with our numbers”

I sent a look around, and everyone nodded