During the day Rubias made clear his hostility with his brother, Steed, he declared that the Christopher family, located in the northernmost part of the country and where Dieria was staying, would be on Rubias' side. Everyone and his arrow-tipped declarations, which he tried to move cautiously by risking his survival, seemed to shock quite a few aristocrats everywhere who were deciding on opportunism.

Rubias, who is also highly popular in the country and fights at the forefront of the battle against the Demons as a brave man himself. But Sioux Four, the city of Count Gromme on which she is based, is nothing but a regional territory, not to say a great force in flattery. Highs such as the ability to muster are known.

In contrast, Steed cows the center of the country with his own forces, with tremendous influence all over the place. There's not enough power to compare with this one, and even if we think about it from the original national power, there should be tens of thousands of troops we can mobilize. Besides, with the addition of black knights from all over the place, both Rubias and I anticipated that there would be a very small number of people on our side.

But things exceed our expectations.

"I, Viscount Stanley, will take sides with Master Rubias!

"The Baron Marshall family is here to help!

Even though it's only been about three days, nobility continued to make more side statements than this one thought. I wondered if that was all they had been drinking Steed's boiled water, but I realized something and changed my mind.

The territory of the aristocracy that made the alliance statement to the south - in other words, it was skewed to the extent centered around the city of this Suphore. Some of them have exceptions like the Christopher family, but that can be considered an exception because Dieria lends a hand directly.

If their territory was far from the center and close to the city of Suphore, they would have thought that they could have been attacked by us if they had fought. But that's too much to think about. I will be vigilant against forces that are not allies in this case, but I don't have enough time or power to crush them. As much as I would do that, it would be better to have a showdown with Steed.

"Brother, you're safe and above all."

"Thanks to both of you. Hard to say comfortable, but it was quite an exciting journey"

As planned, Prince Magna, who was able to rendezvous within three days, said so in a tired tone as he was untied of the rope that was tying his body. In comparison, Karin and Ciel are fine themselves.

"It's been a long time since we've both..."

"Right. But I'm glad to see your face."

"Is there no Dieria?

The two of you smile at us as we greet you and notice that there is no Dieria on this scene, and they look around.

"We'll talk about that later. I let them prepare meals for now, so you two get some rest."

"I'll let you do that. I'm tired of boulders."

"You wouldn't have been bored in the sky."

The castle was gathering strength from all over, but the two headed to the dining room without looking concerned. It is in my eyes that knights and soldiers who have seen the two of them speak to Hisohisso. Whatever the people in this city are, they are rumourous to the people who come from the margins. His reputation as a member of the Brave Party seemed more influential than he thought.

Although Prince Magna, fatigued on a long journey in the sky, looked somewhat crushed, the power caged in his eyes was sharp and made him feel a strong will. Rubias urged him to rest once, but he shook his head and refused it.

"It's a waste of time. We have to finish all the work we can do before we hit the enemy."

The reception room, once dirty with the blood of Count Grom, is now beautiful too. All the broken furniture has been replaced with new and full of elegance enough for the nobles to entertain their guests. Prince Magna, sitting back on the couch still smelling brand new furniture, strained his own cheeks to get in the mood after exhaling deeply into his breath that exhaled all his tiredness.

"Now Rubias. What's the situation?

"Yes, this side is growing unexpectedly"

When Rubias sits across from Prince Magna nods one thing, Count Grom spreads the map over the table just because he understands. It was written color-coded by each of the nobles who expressed their allies, then the nobles who had rebelled, and the nobles who had not yet made their attitudes clear.

"Hmm...... That's easy to understand."

"What do you mean?

I don't know what he meant by what he said, and me and Rubias all tie their necks. Prince Magna looked at us like that, but he stares at the map like he's regained his mind.

"Look closely. From this map it is possible to guess two reasons roughly"

"Two?"

"One is... you mean around here, right?"

I'm on your side because it's easy to get attacked nearby...... what else do you have? I see Rubias as a chiller, but she's just silent with a difficult face too.

"There's that too. But look at the titles of the aristocrats on your side."

"... ah!

"I see... is that what you mean?"

Prince Magna pointed me out and I realized that it's low on the throne to take this side - bad way of putting it, but it's just low-status small and medium-sized aristocrats. Compared to that, it's only the great aristocracy of the past that gives Steed. I mean...

"All those who want to be born..."

"That's what you're saying. Originally powerless nobles. Bet on you and win, you'll get bigger. Of course, I'm not saying that all nobles are, but I'm saying that it's not just a sense of justice and not all the people on my side."

…………

Rubias' expression intensifies. I wondered if she was the only one with a clean personality who could not let loose the nobility who sought only profit, but never uttered that dissatisfaction. Prince Magna continues his words without having to worry about Rubias like that.

"But it's a good opportunity to think about it. Even if we can't do things normally, if we become clear enemies, we can eliminate them by force now. After our victory, let the old aristocracy that spreads to this country intensify and let it be better ventilated"

Neither me nor Rubias have words for Prince Magna with a cold grin. You don't rot into a disadvantaged situation, you try to change the situation the way you want. My spine got cold without knowing if this was a real nobleman.

(You don't like... people like this. You were there when I was active)

Doesn't seem like the kind of villain who smiles and sends an assassin over, but he doesn't seem like a good guy at all. I knew Rubias' brother was my own bad race, and I was hipster without knowing it.

"So, how much power is this one gathering?

"It's about five grand now and so on. Even so, we can't expect a unified military operation because it's a collection from all over the world."

If the whole country is in trouble, the Central Knights will be the first to move. The knights and soldiers of each territory are also the protectors of the land, but their original purpose is to buy time for the arrival of the forces of war. But that's only an external case, and things change in a civil unrest like this one.

We have to focus on them moving in an auxiliary role. I don't usually look at each other, I don't clump in the army that can be called the U.N. crowd. There's a good chance this one will escape lightly if it gets to a disadvantage.

"Five thousand... The difference in power is hopeless."

"Yeah, but you can't run away"

"Naturally. But you have to do your best to brave them."

Although we are gathering from all over the place, there is no reason for Steed to watch this battle increase. You must have already started preparing the army in tens of thousands of units to smash this one. By contrast, the only person I can trust wholeheartedly is Count Grom. Pretty unforgivable.

"Then it depends on the operation."

"Master?"

"Do you have any ideas?

The two royals stared at me and made me laugh niggardly.

"I've been through a lot. Well, just ask."