Herscherik (Reincarnated Prince Series)

Ao...... it was when she was fourteen that Gail met a genius warrior who would later be called the 'Treasure of the Army'.

"Nice to meet you all. I'm going to command this unit from today. I'm Artelise Danville. Best wishes.

Yes, a girl with deep red hair and dark eyes smiled and bowed to those who were more than twice their age and stature. It was the quarters of the Battle Slave Squad… The girl, who had visited the building alone in a bungalow in a crowded borough, said with a smile that she did not take the hostility of the battle slaves who were willing to kill her.

"From today on, I will keep your lives.

Originally, the slaves were held to their lives by the imprint of their slaves. If you are commanded to fight, you fight, and if you are told to die, you will have to die. The pride of the Beastman clan was lost when the crest of the slave was engraved on his chest.

Gail watched from a position away from the young warrior and his allies surrounding him and turning to hostility.

(Is that the next commander?

The previous commander was replaced by the failure of the previous battle. We lost a lot of people in that battle, and there were a lot of injuries. The former commander, who had abandoned himself, said that his failure was due to the slaves, and he was happy to talk about the next commander.

I graduated from a school I would otherwise graduate in eight years in half of those years, with no experience in action, a fallen Danville family courtier.

The Danville family was a prestigious emitter of excellence in the past. But before he fell, he failed in a great battle and defeated his army, and he died in battle. The Unbequeathed Danville family was crushed as it was.

Gayle understood that the military headquarters had pushed the young, old, troubled child into their own hands. But there is no expectation or disappointment there.

(Anyway, nothing changes.

Because we are nothing but fighting until we die.

But Gail's predictions were betrayed.

There are two orders she issued. Absolutely obey your orders. And living.

Her measures brought victory on all battlefields, as if they had been laid down from the beginning. Besides, the more ridiculous it is compared to previous commanders, the less likely it is to cause war deaths.

Six months later, no one in the unit made fun of her or showed hostility. And instead, I began to send her a gaze that sees those who may not be good at it.

"Then this is the operation..."

She predicts the number of enemy positions from the current war situation and how they will move further, and talks about the operation based on it. On a number of disadvantaged battlefields each time, she has overshadowed and won a number of operations that can also be considered odd tactics such as surprise raids and traps.

"The detachment that was lying down here, please attack the back of the enemy forces at the same time as the signal. Questions?"

Yes, she smiles and asks as usual. Everyone looked at each other, and their gaze gathered at the captain of the unit. Encouraged by their gaze, Gail opens her heavy mouth.

"... why do you go around like this every time?

"Why?

Without breaking his smile at Gail's question, Artelise tilts her neck.

"All they've ever done is send us to the enemy.

He was left on the battlefield without explanation and only slaughtered the enemy in front of him. We don't even know how many enemies we have because of it. It was just fighting to live. But now that we have advance information, and the platoon can work together as per the operation, we don't have to give out the wasted dead or seriously injured.

"That's the pinnacle of foolishness, isn't it?

Artelise smiles at Gail's words and just slashes them away with a blade of words.

"You are war slaves.

Clearly speaking, the hostility that was lurking the sounds of the slaves swells. But despite his hostility, Artelise continued his words with a smile.

"I'll do it again. You are battle slaves... no one can rely more on you in battle.

"You think I'm counting on you?

Someone reacted to the word. Artelise nods.

"Yes. I believe your troops are comparable to a squadron in the regular army, even in one platoon.

Originally, the Beastmen have better physical abilities than humans. And many have magic and excellence.

However, compared to humans, the disadvantage is that the advantages differ greatly. But if you're not mistaken, you're just like regular troops and other babies, Artelise said with a constant smile.

And she turns a smile and has a sharp eye, she says.

"I have something to do in this country. That's why I really want a track record. That's why I'm using you.

But the sight was an instant. As if it were an illusion of her eyes, she smiled and smiled, looking around at the surroundings where she had shut up, and looking straight at Gail and saying:

"There is no way you can reduce your precious power in this level of battle.

In no way is she taking the fight lightly. But for her, it's just a battle to make her say "to this extent".

"So, any other questions?

Yes, I tilt my neck again and prompt the question, but I don't hear back. Artelise nods and gives instructions as she cleans up the documents she spreads to her desk.

"If it doesn't seem like it, get ready to go. Oh, the battlefield this time of year says the rain is terrible. Always provide cold protection.

But no colourful reply was received from everyone, and Artelise asked as she leaned her neck, and the slaves said that the supplies would not be sufficient.

"The application won't arrive, will it? Other supplies too...... ok. Leave it to me.

Artelise said so, thinking only a little bit, and left the place behind. Then a few days later, supplies are delivered from medicines and other medical supplies as well as adequate cold protection equipment for the troops.

"It is my duty to keep the troops in full condition. Never mind.

Asking if Gail had done anything, Artelise just smiled and answered that as usual.

Then even more time passed. It had been three years since Artelise began to take command, and the slave troops had done so without losing a single battle. Both the existence of the slave forces and the presence of their commander, Artelise, have become famous within the army.

"This rise..."

Gail stops at the yell. Peeping from the shadow of the building, two men in military uniform were holding back Artelise's whereabouts and pushing him to the wall of the building.

"Just a little martial arts up, I'm worried about you... you bitch."

A man's shaken hand snatches the book she had and slaps it to the ground. But she didn't look frightened, she didn't panic, and when she picked up the pale book, she just smiled at the men.

"Is that all you're talking about?

A gentle smile that people usually like is now tantamount to an act of provocation to the other person. A man waves up a cute hand.

"You bitch!

But the hand slapped another long-length man's chest plate firmly, only hurting his own hand. The moment Artelise passed her head when she was beaten, Gail didn't think ahead and broke in between her and the man.

"Mr. Gail!?

"…… this slave!!

Artelise and the man's voice speak simultaneously, striking Gail's shoulder with the sword on his hips still in his sheath. Gail frowned at the relentless blow, but never leaked his voice.

withstand the violence of a man while keeping Artelise behind his back.

If you get bored, it's over. That was the only choice left to him, a slave. But that only choice was broken by the sheltered Artelise.

"Please don't do this. If I have any more hands on him, I will appeal to the auditor!

Flying out of Gail's back, Artelise abandons her usual smile and looks directly at the men. Even when it comes to slavery, Gail is a subordinate of his own troops. An auditor cannot be innocent if they, who are not their immediate superiors, have made no sense to the crew of another unit.

When the men tongued at Artelise's words, they left the place behind. Having made sure they were gone, Artelise puts her hand on Gail's cheek, which remains after being beaten.

"…… Why, did you break in, Mr. Gail?

"I don't know.

Gail says whatever she wants to do to her face that still makes her cry. The moment I thought Artelise would be beaten, my body was moving on its own. And I grabbed her thin hand that accompanied my cheek, and inquired.

"Why, until then, shelter us?

Not just today. Sometimes she asked the army to improve the treatment of slave troops. The bounty that came out of winning the war was also minimal about me, and all the rest was used to cover the cost of improving the environment in the troop quarters and the cost of living for the survivors of the war victims. Thanks to this, our lives have become much more decent.

Gail's upright gaze. Artelise deflects her gaze to escape.

"…… it is the job of your manager to protect your subordinates.

Yes, she says. But it was an unconvincing word somewhere.

"We are slaves. That's what the military teacher would have said.

"…… sorry, do.

After seeing Gail's words, Artelise leaned down and said weakly.

Then there was victory over time, and when he realized that Artelise was twenty years old. From the time I was fourteen years old, I stood on the battlefield and never lost a battle with her. In the army, she became known as the 'treasure of the military'. Also by that time, there was no one in the army to belittle her, and the race was accepted as a fellow, a comrade of war, and a warrior who would bring victory.

During a battle camp, someone noticed she wasn't there. Everyone worries about her mouth, but Gail knows that her gaze gathers herself first. Driven by their gaze, Gail followed the camp and searched for her.

She climbed one small tall hill and was looking up at the starry sky. When I first met her, she was a fourteen-year-old girl, but her years turned the girl into an adult woman.

Gail took off his jacket and, as he approached Artelise without making a sound, clothed her shoulder.

"Mr. Gail.

Looking back, Artelise smiled flushly. Drooling eyes increase female-specific tone.

Everyone in the unit knew that she had been talking to me recently. Ten young and talented families who have power in the military want to put her in their hands. But she never shook her neck vertically, and Gail somehow remembered the relief.

"…… catch a cold.

When I tell her that briefly, she happily breaks her expression. I couldn't tell if that was a smile directed solely at me, and Gayle was in a mood for it, but Artelise, who didn't even know how he was feeling like that, thanked me by sending her to hug Gayle's jacket.

"Thank you very much…… Mr. Gail, I, I have made up my mind.

That was a resolute word. Keep your words looking up at the sky and swearing to the stars.

"I will change this country.

Speak clearly.

"At first, I used you all for the purpose of coming out.

It's an unpleasant one, and Artelise continues while smiling bitterly.

"But now I'd rather be with you all than that. I love you all. I lost my family. I made it, it's a new family. So I can't just watch you all be abused as slaves.

Saying so, Artelise returns her gaze from the sky to Gail.

"That's why I want this country to recognize you. Always."

Yes, she had a stiff determination in her chest, unimaginable from a soft smile.

It didn't take long for her to start calling about Gail without sayin 'anything like that and for Gail to start calling her name, not a military teacher. And it didn't take long for her to become known not only within the military, but also within the military as the' treasure of the military '.

"Arte kept fighting and winning. Ten years after she joined the army, Arte never lost, and became a military teacher called from his merit and strength to the 'treasure of the military'. At the same time, she pushed orders from the military superiors to stay with our combat slave unit.

The military superiors also thinly figured out what she was trying to do. And it could have been predicted that it would shake the country from the ground up. Before that happened, the military superiors plotted to pull Artelise away from the slave squad, but she threw everything away.

Gail shuts his mouth once. But I made up my mind and continued to speak.

"Our troops have also become irresistible by increasing their status within the military. And if we succeeded in calming the next civil unrest, we would have been freed from slavery and accepted into the military as citizens. If that doesn't happen.