Garudeina Oukoku Koukoku Ki

"So, how did the Empire react?

"Ha. According to reports from spies, many of the defense forces across the shore have advanced towards the Imperial Capital. I think I noticed this positive move."

"Hmm... if that's the case, our victory in intelligence warfare,"

The man, who nods satisfactorily in the direction of the minister, is Klaus Konradin Aloys Frungel.

He is the current king of the kingdom of Frungel.

"I was wondering if it would. You didn't expect us to move our land forces, did you?"

"What else? As far as I can remember, such as land warfare, I can't think of it. When I was a previous generation, it seemed I occasionally landed battles in the Empire."

Klaus had just inherited the throne and reigned from his father, the predecessor king, a few years earlier, around the age of maybe only fifteen for the fold of the war ahead. There were voices that said he was the eldest son and should have gone through the battlefield as the next heir to the throne, but when it comes to combat action at the end of the war in this country, it is a highly challenging thing for amateurs to get their hands on, after it was a repetition of passive battle to cross the sea and land enemies on an imperial opponent, carry out an ambush and then go back to the sea.

Therefore, in fact, there was no shard of glamour in the first line, which was to lead the Army Corps and stationed near the border, but he didn't care. He was somewhat of a civilian temperament, but that would be why.

"The failure to look at all the ships and sailors and to keep an eye on the ground troops would be the cause of defeat. Well, I also had the corresponding difficulty not to be understood, I'm having trouble without that kind of accomplishment. Besides, isn't there any other imperial movement in there?

"Now, there will be mixed speculation from here, but perhaps a messenger will be dispatched asking for the withdrawal of our troops through diplomatic negotiations. Of course, it will be accompanied by a march to the Dinant Front and a situation that can be handled even if it breaks down."

Klaus snorted at the word, but somewhere dissatisfied he opened his mouth again.

"It's not. The rest of what I'm asking is about an example country. I'm asking what's going on with my rumors."

"... is that rumor? Well, it only comes roughly from around the aristocracy, so it's probably part of our intelligence work against our country..."

By "that rumor" they mean, of course, Gardina.

As the Empire was exploring the movements of Frungel, naturally Frungel was also exploring the movements of the Empire, but in the process it came to my ear the existence of a "subracial country founded by Dragnir".

It is too ridiculous a story. However, according to information from Dinanto, a small number of Dragonut troops supporting it have also been confirmed to ground forces composed exclusively of beastmen.

What's more, it even tells the story that even the church that heard it made a loud noise. When you get that far, you never have credibility either. However, there is no certainty that its Orc or Dragonut forces are not part of the Empire, and they say that their presence has not yet been confirmed on the current Dinant Front.

"I don't mind if it's a rumor. But I'm concerned about the rumors that the Empire will moisturize."

Klaus is talking about rumours that Gardina is taking the products of gold and silver jewellery, iron and copper to the Empire and, in consideration for that, is taking away a large number of subpeople in the Empire who were tumors above their eyes.

Frungel also has a large number of subpeople in the country, and less trouble with the crimes committed by them. To eliminate these, we forbid discrimination against the subpeople and treat them as a single people. Or thorough repression like a dinant, reducing the number itself, and managing the rest by the people, or by the state, is the quickest way.

But if we do the former, we will not spare the intense rebellion from the people, and from the Church, and if we strike badly, we will even be afraid of interference in internal affairs by the Church. In the latter, the whole subpeople resisted violently, and even rebellions everywhere made this blind. We cannot abandon the possibility that it will not be a major disturbance due to the small number, or that it will gather in some way to become a massive insurgency.

"The subhuman problems that have plagued my mind so scatterly, I can solve them, and I can also gain even more enormous wealth... just as much as the many legacies of Dragnil. Therefore, the rest doubt it, and at the same time expect it. That's why we're marching."

"... to hear directly from the Empire, is it?

"I don't know. If it's a lie, you can leave it to the numbers to fight and chase it away appropriately. Even if you can't, if you can sharpen your power to keep your spears from us right away, you'll be superimposed. But if it's true, why don't we bite one?"

If Frungel were to send reinforcements to Dinant and start engaging the Empire, he would not be able to remain silent as an Empire either. There is no doubt, for example, that there will be protests from official diplomatic routes, or ambassadors to negotiate peacefully without a ceasefire.

And if you become a visitor as a diplomatic envoy with the life of an emperor, you will undoubtedly be in that capacity, and then you will have no doubt that you also have information about the veracity of the earlier rumors.

This participation in the war itself is only meant to confirm a rumor for Frungel.

You might think that sending a messenger from Frungel would do that, but then you have to get out badly. "I'm not sure if I want to march. If you don't want me to, tell me the truth," I would most likely give you time to consolidate your defense after being appropriately teased.

That is why the status quo is worthwhile: "We have already marched, joined forces with the dinants to exploit the benefits of numbers and torment the empire". There is no such thing as someone who can say things from above to someone who is tormenting himself. How can an empire bomb its name on the continent, take the army to the right and to the left, I think in numbers and movements, etc., etc., but rather, the greater the maximum number of mobilizations, the more often it takes a huge amount of time to move, assemble, prepare troops and weapons, and everything else.

It is obviously more efficient to request a withdrawal from the diplomatic route if possible than to send reinforcements to the Dinant Front.

"Now, if a messenger visits…"

"Mm-hmm. I'll take the time to make you rush. If you're in a hurry, you're in a hurry."

Thus, among the Frungels, Gardina began to draw attention, indirectly, but there is still no reason for Georg to know whether he is happy or unhappy.