Armed Summoners - Black Spears and the Brave Men of the Other World

Episode One Thousand Four Hundred and Eighty-Four: Stories of Territory (3)

"So my recommendation is Said Rock."

Ayn-Rajar showed up alone in the battalion when the consultation in the hall boiled down. When he appeared in the hall without any foretaste, he pointed to a point of the map spread over his desk and told him so.

"What do you mean?"

"So here's my recommendation."

"... I sprung up somewhere."

Setuna looked sinister as she stared at Ain's beautiful boy with a polished face. Ein is supposed to be older than he was the first time, but he even has an atmosphere of growing younger. It also looks convincing that Ain's popularity among Gandhian female soldiers and women is a nagging climb. Besides, I'm steadily building up my track record as a military teacher. It couldn't have been unpopular.

That's what he tells you, with a smiling look, as usual.

"Oh no, you don't have to put it that way. I wasn't thinking about attacking Setuna-sama's bedtime when she was exhausted."

"If you hadn't thought about it, you wouldn't have said that."

"No, there weren't enough elements to move it to execution."

"I thought you were thinking."

"Well, it's as easy as having a plan for the camp."

"What kind of explanation is that?"

"So that's why I would recommend Said Rock."

Don't take it personally.

Setuna dropped her shoulder to the way Ayn unilaterally proceeded with the story. When this happened, the only person left to give up was a person named Ayn-Rajar.

Ein's biggest reason for pushing Said Rock was because it was close to the border of a country. Much like Nares has been recommending the Dragon House. Nares recommended the Dragon House to Setuna in anticipation of Abad's unrest. Regardless, I won't go into details with Setuna. But Ain explained to me why he would recommend Said Rock, unlike Nares, close to that country.

The city Said Rock on the Kruselk side is close to the Gibelle border. I mean, Ayn - No, the Gandhian government, it means they're on guard for Gibbell. Gibelle, an ally of Gandia, was in tune with Giselcoat's conspiracy to invade, if at all, Zalwarn, dominate Nagrasia and Thruke, and even plot an invasion of the Dragon House. The invasion of the Dragon Palace has been prevented and the recapture of Thruke and Nagrasia has been successful.

"Alert Jivel..."

"You know that the True Reaper unit that Zibel makes the strongest unit was destroyed by Lord Rem and all the Sydney Battle Squads and reclaimed even to Nagrasia, but that's why you can't allow Zibel to betray you, can you?

"Of course."

"Of course!

It was nothing odd for Rem to snort and agree. She's from Gibbel, but she doesn't have love for Gibbel with her. Though the Reaper Troops themselves are thoughtful, and it is the Kanagis' love for the Reaper Troops' compatriots, they have no attachment or untrained to the country itself called Gibbel. Given her unfortunate birth, maybe it's a natural emotion. What's more, Gibbell is treading even loving memories for her, making her furious.

It was Gibelle's strongest unit, named True Reaper Squad, that enraged her. Reaper Squad is special to Rem. It was like family. There was a deep bond elsewhere from the thoughts of Craig Zem-Midnas who organized the troops. The Reaper unit, devastated by that Craig thought, has once, though reconstituted, been dismissed by Rem's judgment. Rem is advising Hermaine-Sector by doing so.

Nonetheless, Hermine formed the True Reaper unit, which became a requirement for the Gandhian invasion.

It was inevitable that Rem would be furious.

Though the True Reaper troops were exterminated and Nagrasian Zibel troops were repelled, her anger at Zibel did not yet seem to have subsided.

"Even so, it depends on how Gibbel comes out"

That would be so.

"Gibbell has an accountability for betraying His Majesty and taking the side of Giselle Court. And of course, if you're going to continue your international relations with Gandia in the future, you have to apologize, and you have to respond to the damages."

That's not limited to Gibbel. The same thing happened to the two countries of Azak and Laksha, which exchanged promises of subordination to Gandhia, and to the allied Ishika. It's just that Azak, Laksha has sometimes lost a lot of power in battles on the Gandhian mainland, and even if it was hostile to Gandhia, it wouldn't be particularly problematic. Ishika is close to Ryufu, the territory of Setuna. It means we can also restrain.

"Nagrasia, the sin of subjugating Thruke, it's heavy."

"Right!

"Rem, you... you look kind of happy"

"There's no way that's happening."

"That's weird."

"To?"

"Well, fine. So, you're talking about Gibbel not responding, right?

"That's why. Because it is General Hermaine-Sector who holds Gisele's full powers. King Serge is a puppet. He has no authority."

Gibelle was originally a country in which Hermaine-Sector, a general, was not only military, but also partitioned national politics. Because the earlier king, Alju Ray-Zibel, understood his incompetence, entrusted everything to the competent Hermine, and was turning well with it. The Arge died, and Serge, the son of Arge and heir to the throne, became king, but he could not hold true to the young King Serge. Hermine says he is more powerful than he was in the Arjun period, and no more Gibbel is like Hermine's country. It is also inexorable for Rem, who abhors Hermine, to let his fists tremble in anger.

"Perhaps this endorsement of Gisele Court will also be at the discretion of General Hermine"

"Is that all you can do?

"General Hermine is the ruler of Gibelle."

"Let's cut it off!

"It's noisy."

"But the best solution is to do that, right? His Majesty Serge should not have been hostile to Gandia..."

If only Hermaine-Sector could be eliminated, Gibelle would not be stingy to return as an ally with Gandhia.

The ranking of options for attacking and destroying is extremely low.

Indeed, Gibbel committed a great crime of betraying the king of his allies and turning him into a traitor. There is no such thing as unacceptable evil deeds. Giselle Court is sometimes blamed for attacking and destroying them. It's Gibbel who's been hostile. It's only natural for this one to fight back, and there's no choice but to perish as a result.

But the big battle that follows from Maldia has just come to an end. When it comes to whether or not we can continue to wage war from here, Ayn said that it is the true intent of the Gandhian government to refrain from doing so as much as possible. War costs money. Where does the cost come from, the treasury? As far as Maldia rescue is concerned, the story was that Maldia would take it somewhat, but when it comes to the cost of a fight to quell the conspiracy, it would be a burden on her own country. Naturally. It is a civil unrest, and the parties who caused the civil unrest have almost died. Even if he was alive, he's not the amount that can bribe them. Partly, even if you charge countries like Azark and Zibel, you have to pay the bulk of the cost from the treasury.

If we wage war to keep standing, the national treasury and so on will be emptied immediately. So war should be avoided as far as possible, and resolving it in politics is the best thing. If Gibelle responds to the discussion, we will no longer have to fight and the burden on the country will be lighter.

"In order to do so, I would ask Master Setsuna to make Zeidlock his territory"

"So you're saying that by becoming Said Rock's collar, you're holding Gibbell back."

It would be quite intimidating if it became the territory of a collar uncle praised as a Gandhian hero and with a strong private army. Gibbell should feel Gandhia's intentions there, and negotiations with Gandhia should be cautious. Because if you make the wrong choice, Seidlock's Setuna army might attack you.

Thinking about that in my head, Ain surprised me most of the time.

"Oh."

"What the fuck?"

"Rarely, you're admiring me!

Setuna roughed up her voice in a reaction she didn't expect.

"What's so rare about it!

Whatever, I get it. Setsuna doesn't even think of herself as a smart person.

"Well, he's not like your husband, he's lovely."

Remember that later, Rem.

"Yes, I won't forget"

"Huh?"

"Be sure to punish me severely."

"... ha"

For some reason, to a servant dyeing his cheeks, I just have to sigh.

'Cause this kid's the same.'

"Totally."

Falia and Sheila look stunned too.

"You're not always there, are you?

"Miliu? Oh, that's okay, never mind. Because it seems to be in a state of gratitude and not here."

"With gratitude...?

He looked suspicious as Ain tried to compare Faria to Miliu. Miliu looked in love while sitting on the floor. Asura is leaning against such a milieu and grinning.

Setuna coughed up and returned to the conversation.

"... anyway, you're a Said Rock"

"Yeah. Of course, it doesn't matter if it's Malware or Nagrasia. All of them are cities close to Gibelle."

If you ask me, yes. Even Nagrasia, Malwales and Bakhlia were cities close to the Gibelle border.

"Then why Said Rock?

"Said rock is the closest thing in distance, right? To Le Vail."

Le Vail is the capital of Gibelle. Although I'm not sure because no map of Gibbel is available, I mean Ein. I guess there's no mistake.

Setuna decided to follow Ein's advice.