Mr. Alphonse, I have a letter from Lord Hale Medium.
"Hale Medium? That's for sure." You're referring to the [Meteor] user's father who was leading the Glugalia army, right, Laura? "
“Yes, that's right. It was sent from Glugalia to Mr. Alphonse, so there's no doubt about it."
Laura gave me a letter saying that.
Could it be something?
I didn't fight Hale near the border to make him a prisoner, but I didn't have to keep in touch with him.
I will check all the contents of the letter.
Huh. I see.
“What is it about? Does the Orient have any requirements from the Glugalia country?"
"No. This looks like it's for me personally." It was a letter to the head of the Barca Mercenary Corps. ”
"A letter to the Barca Mercenaries, sir? By the way, there were still mercenaries in the new city of Barca, but they were there, right?”
Yes, it seems that Lord Hale wants to hire mercenaries.
"Well, if it's an errand for the mercenary corps, that's true..." Eh, are you going to take it, Mr. Alphonse? "
"Yes, it says that I will pay properly, so I think it's okay to take on the job." Is there a problem? "
"There is. Mr. Alphonse is the Secretary of Defense, isn't he?" Are you going to intervene in another country? "
"Of course, the Barca Mercenaries are closely associated with the Barca Church." I'm willing to shed my own blood to help my followers. "
Laura looks troubled when she hears my words.
The letter from Glugalia wanted to make a deal with the Barca Mercenaries.
I hear you've got five hundred well-trained mercenaries on a two-year contract.
Looks like Glugalia is in quite a bit of trouble.
Glugalia fought near the border with the Orient Army I commanded.
At that time, there were about 5,000 soldiers, but many people lost their lives in the battle against us.
I used Norn to suck up a lot of human blood, so that's for sure.
And after that great defeat.
Normally, if you lose so many soldiers, I think your land will be ravaged.
However, the Glugalian state has not been razed.
Because immediately after the battle, the Orient was attacked one after another by neighboring countries.
I would not have invaded Glugalia to deal with you.
After that, representatives of the Orient and the Glugalia countries discussed each other and reached a peace.
With financial security, we decided to keep each other inviolable for years to come.
However, it is only a bilateral conversation.
The Orient and Glugalia countries promised not to attack each other, but other countries had nothing to do with it.
In other words, the Glugalia country is about to be attacked by other countries.
And the Glugalian state does not have the power to deal with it.
I haven't regained my strength.
It's a country with a thousand archers, but it's going to take a long time to get them back together.
If we are attacked like this, we will be in a bad situation.
I had no choice but to ask the other factions for help.
But it matters where you turn for help.
If you get a big army to help you, you owe it to me.
If the debt is paid once, but if it overlaps many times, it will be a big debt that cannot be repaid.
So it must have been a last resort to have another country send their troops.
So it was my Barca Mercenaries who stood with the white arrows.
It's not the Orient Army.
I'm not asking for an army from the Orient, I'm asking for a job with my personal Barca Mercenary Corps.
Mercenaries are sometimes called upon to work on battlefields like battles, or they can borrow mercenaries on multi-year contracts.
This time, I will buy 500 mercenaries for money for two years, leave them as a fighting force that can be used at any time, and perhaps crush them.
Normally speaking, I would never lend a mercenary who is the Orient Secretary of Defense and the Guardian of the People, and I am a personal private soldier.
Isn't that what you think?
But it looks like they've done a good job of checking it out.
It's about the Barca Church.
Hale heard somewhere that I wanted to expand the Vulcan Church beyond the Orient.
And I researched what that Barca church was.
I don't think that the doctrine was important either.
But more than that, Hale's attention was drawn to the fact that the followers of the Barca Church are defined as those who can use magic.
Magic, that's what Brother Arth spread in the east.
If you cast a spell, you can use standardized magic.
All those who can use it are followers of the Church of Barca, and the Church of Barca spares no effort to help the believers.
In other words, they will not give up the use of force to save lives.
I put my eyes here.
Maybe Hannah's got a letter for you by now.
There were already people in the Glugalia who could use magic.
That's all there is to it.
Therefore, in the doctrine of the Vulcan Church, you must help us as believers.
So Hale wrote in his letter that he was ready to enter the Barca Church when he asked for this mercenary group.
I think it's an interesting suggestion.
Because the chairman of the Orient nation, Ai, remains focused on the internal affairs of his country, he does not intend to actively use the Orient Army for the outside.
But the mercenary march through the Barca Church can be separated from the Orient.
There is no reason to refuse, as long as there is sufficient reward and there is a possibility that new churches can be built and missionary activities can be carried out in the Glugalia country.
So I decided to send Hale a letter of approval.