"Why hide your face? I give that a big name, but where's the cathedral!

The question is well within our expectations. I can feel safe.

"If that's the Knights' code, there's no way. Didn't you only get a view of the cathedral before you got here? We compare the Ardennes to a cathedral. When we pray in the arms of the mountains, we see a cathedral with greater dignity than any cathedral."

If you don't understand that, you probably don't have the heart to be a knight.

It seems that Mr. Emilda also read literature in which ancient poets likened the Ardenne Mountains to a cathedral.

"So how do you explain how you feel about our town and village?

"Ha? It's not calm to say. There are many times when the knights leave the fort and head to town. Until we were on the side of a people who could revive violence without being told? No way, if it's the service of the army of the Madenian kingdom to beat the people, I apologize for the disrespect?

There will be as many armies like that, but I guess you can't say that against others.

He's staring at me with a bitter mouth.

"So what do you think of the bandits? If you help the people, you think bandit extermination is part of the job?

"Wherever and what we do, it is our duty to do our best to the best of our doctrine. If there's a bandit, that's a problem. Isn't it your duty to exorcise the bandits without working the wolves on the people? We'll see what happens."

Mr. Torrell and the others are just listening to us. I took a seat several times and headed outside. I'm sure you're laughing a lot somewhere because you can't stand it.

It would be nice if you could not fit in and listen quietly.

"Then can't we hope to crusade the bandits by rewarding the Cathedral Knights?

"Forehead and let me tell you what a bandit looks like, it's not something we can't talk about."

To my words, the Earl, who for a time looked like the end of the world, turned to me. You must have thought it was someone you could make a deal with who was having a nasty laugh.

"Thirty gold coins. Plus, why don't you take five food carriages? From what I've seen, it doesn't look like it's going to be that big. It's going to be about 20 silver coins a person."

Sounds a lot like you were quoted low.

After that, it becomes a condition. What kind of enemies are we going to deal with?

"We need to talk a little bit about the price. The problem is our Knights. If you're sending the Knights, you know you'll be responsible for that action?

"Well, what responsibility is it?

"We have a sworn knight's pledge to God. It is close to the creed of the Church, but the most venerable of them will be the word 'justice'. Whether or not the kingdom that attacked and destroyed its neighbours is justice is subtle, but if it is a kingdom supported by the masses, it is also justice. Our actions are always carried out in the name of justice. If it doesn't overshadow this, there is no problem..."

"Who decides that our request is not just? It's a problem to call it justice in a nasty way."

Sir Maidor raised a problem from the side.

Sounds like you know a little bit of the inconsistency in the story.

"Don't worry about that. For this reason, the Order sent clerics to us. The clergyman will show us the way forward with God's hand."

The Counts seem to understand that Emilda nodded a little about our actions and the church's breath.

Now, if you let the bandits attack us, their necks will fly. So far, the bandits are attacking slave traders and marching men.

How much treasure would the Order be sending to the neighboring country for good?

No matter how greedy you are, I don't think you're going to take it. Our position is likely to be jeopardized if we get caught in the crossroads.

"It's not like we don't have the best. On behalf of our busy team, we wanted to ask for a bandit crusade, but the price didn't seem right."

Are you telling me you can't negotiate a price? So, if you think we're gonna pull this off, you're making a big mistake.

"Earlier, I said negotiation, because it's a treatment of breaking. We can always pull out the sword of righteousness for civil grass. Honestly, the price doesn't matter. It would be an embarrassing act as a Knights, such as taking things on for a price. We'll sign the official request and if you give us a few coins in your pocket. And you still didn't have your first letter. We think it's possible to crusade bandits by the time we're ready to move."

Well, what do we do?

Write a letter telling you to leave, and even your alliance with the surrounding kingdoms will disappear. It seems to be a problematic denomination, but it also seems to be somewhere more than quite a mind. Seems like greed, but that's good if you don't talk to politics.

In addition, to ask for a bandit crusade, it is necessary to write Kitin that he is not ashamed of his righteous name. If that were to be false, the Kingdom's credibility would be discredited. This is also a difficult place to deal with.

Suddenly, the Count found his pocket.

I took a seat and even started checking my jacket and pants pockets.

"This, I'm sorry. I seem to have forgotten my hatred and wallet. Just a few copper coins from the Knights will call into question our kingdom's possession. Let's get back out there."

When I nodded gently to Sir Maidor next door, they bowed their heads to us all the way out of the hall.

I hurried into the carriage and couldn't wait until the guards opened the door, so I rubbed the carriage against the slightly open door and left the fort behind.

"What is that?

"Nevertheless, Master Banter is a bad person."

When the princess, watching the carriage through the door of the hall, which had been distracted and opened away, muttered, Mr. Emilda spoke with the same expression she had seen in the comedy.

"Really? I thought about listening to them for a moment... And I'm sorry. I apologize for using the denomination's name to negotiate."

"I don't have a problem with that. You can handle it in my presence."

As we talked about it, Mr. Torrell suddenly laughed out loud. Mr. Marian and the knights caught also start laughing.

"Absolutely, it was an interesting look. I've never heard a question like this before."

"So, banter. So you're saying it went well?

"Enough...... Well, now you can shake a major player and head out to town. It would be nice if we went out. As soon as Mr. Zairas returns, we will begin the next task."

The princess came to me worried, but she was listening to us? Whatever your parents' revenge is in front of you, maybe you didn't hear the conversation.

"So, how does it come out next?

"No way. You wouldn't bring a letter. It would be a form of silence."

I don't think it's Barrel who's connected to the bandits in the back, but you'd think there was some kind of deal.

When that happens, just a bunch of knights enter and leave the village, and the other must be able to expand their imagination on their own.

Furthermore, the place is close to the fortress north of the Kingdom of Cardina. Try the north fort and you'll be worried when we'll attack. More soldiers are likely to be added.

"Is Lord Banter going to exhaust the Madenian kingdom?

"If any of this is going to open up the end of the war, you want to make it fall as far as you can before then. I look forward to transporting taxes this year."

It is best to sharpen the opponent's power as much as possible before fighting.

With the slave transfer and the peasants who fled at night, we have more fighting power than we originally had, but the ex-military was the ones who rescued them with the construction of the caravan. One squadron is still not reached.

There's no way to win a collision from the front.

That night, Mr. Zairas returned to the fort with a knight of twenty knights.

Talking briefly about daytime events over wine after dinner leaks laughter among the knights.

Mr. Zairas, too, looked funny and listened to me.

"So the Kingdom of Madenium has no other hand than to acquiesce to us?

"How far can you stand it, but if you get your hands on us badly, it will be a good excuse to break alliances from the surrounding kingdoms. They will be a little behind in the alliance to get the Kingdom of Cardina, but the contract is a contract."

"That's all that worked for that return."

"You just returned the thank you for the gem, but the name of the other party is well written. The diocese will imagine the church, and it would be convenient for us to send a cleric."

"So what are we going to do next?

"With dignity, you can go to towns and villages. You won't be able to put your hands on it even if you're bitter over there. But please act for a few people, and in the Knights costume. Please continue the operation to all knights. But don't touch the King's Capital and the North Fort."

"Why?

"If you're throwing a fire arrow at a particular fort, the damage will have to be minor, but you'll need to get your troops in line. Especially since the original fortifications, which provide street security, are important for transporting the seized goods, and the southern fortifications are flat ground, we have to prepare for break-ins from neighbouring countries."

Answering Mr Zairas' question instantly, did he convince you because he's nodding?

"But if the Krabble kingdom of the south moves, it's gonna be trouble."

"I'm not attacking the fort down anything. It's a continuation of harassment. Even if the Krabble employs troops at the border, there should be no crossing before it, as there is the Raidel River. Probably deploying troops around the street trading bridge, and the rest of the troops are pulling up?

Mr. Zairas spread the map to the table and told me about the reconnaissance along the Rydell River.

Well, that's exactly what I thought it would be.

Even if it were the Kingdom of Krabble, it would not deploy the Great Army for long periods of time. It must have only moved so that the hand of the invasion of the Kingdom of Madenium did not extend to its own country.

However, the constant placement of detachment-sized soldiers on the bridge would mean that more than squadron-sized troops would be stationed in fortifications near it.

That's not a convenient story for us, either.