Kuro no Senki (LN)

Emperor Nouzi's direct jurisdiction is adjacent to the eastern edge of the coma forest and the area of power of the group of free urban states, a land where armed clashes have been repeated over and over again.

The Second Kingsguard Knights defending the land have stopped the invasion of the Kingdom of the Holy Argo, and Count Ernato, the commander of the regiment, bears two names: the 'Iron Wall' from its steadfast soldiers.

But they must have felt so disgraced that their fame grew.

Because we had to defend ourselves while we had the power to retreat from the enemy.

Maybe that was a feeling the Kingsguard Knights shared.

Therefore, the morale of the First, Second and Twelfth Kingsguard Knights is high enough to feel that Chrono is in danger.

Most importantly, I've only been on the battlefield once, so it's possible that the sensation itself is wrong.

At present, a massive front-line base is being built in the direct jurisdiction of Nouzi, with 12,000 and five hundred soldiers assembled from all over the country repeating their exercises for combat.

Strongly made aware of the battlefield by the earthly smoke that covers the sky, the sound of the sword trident and the growing urgency every day, Chrono suffers from diarrhea, frequent urination and insomnia.

Maybe he's stressed by the long sword and dagger he raised from his hips.

"Uh, wheat, dried meat... wine and barley wine (beer)... the herbs... that's it"

"I did pay for it"

Chrono signed the delivery note and looked up at the food piled up like a mountain.

"Admiral, why don't you take me to my usual place? '(Buyabu)

"Say hello."

'All right, bastards! We're gonna get you out of here!' (Buba ~!)

'Okay!

When the deputy commands, a Minotaur squad led by Horus takes up bags of wheat, crates with dried meat, and liquor barrels and carries them to the warehouse.

"Oh, I'm just looking at the numbers."

"Is it that hard? '(Bubba Bubba?

As Chrono showed the clipboard replacement board, the deputy rolled the paper and sighed.

The paper states the supplies, consumption and inventory delivered to date.

"It's hard to be stupid to consume a day." (BUZA ~)

"Two hundred bags of wheat is gone in a day, and some people try to steal food. If I hadn't done a lot of inventory control, I'd have screwed up."

"No soldier, that's not true." (Bubba Bubba)

When Chrono lamented the low morality, the deputy returned an ancient parasol-like answer.

"I finally got some food, and I guess I'll march in when the year breaks"

According to the explanations received at the tactical meeting, the Second Kingsguard Knights and a battalion are going to seal off the streets and the main unit is going west down the streets to attack the city, first aiming at the streets running east and west ahead of them through the coma forest, to prevent them from being sandwiched from the border fortifications to the east once they reach the streets.

Four days on foot from the frontline base to the city of the Kingdom of Holy Argo, not necessarily going smoothly, so I want to secure seven days worth of food.

Then soldiers alone will need food for one hundred and thirty cars and two hundred cars, including horses.

Fortunately, the Kingdom of Holy Argo has so many wetlands that it doesn't seem to have to struggle so hard to secure water, but when it comes to germs and parasites, boiling disinfection is indispensable.

Wine and barley wine (beer) are prepared when drinking water cannot be secured, and herbs are prepared when disease spreads.

In case, you know, I'm letting supplies come in for that reason, so an official seconded by the Treasury Department says he doesn't like it, but if that's all it takes, he's trying to break it off as something cheap.

"We're transporters marching with the main unit to carry food, but the troops of Lizad and Horus pulled the luggage, and the troops of Deneb and Aridead and Leo were the escorts. After building a position near the city, other troops are supposed to carry the food."

Who transports food from base to position? '(Buyabu)

"Hehe, I'll take care of that."

Turning to a familiar voice, Rio stood dressed in boneless sheet metal armor (plate mails).

"It's been a month, huh?

"I missed Chrono, I missed him, he was going to touch me."

Rio whispered in a colorful voice, hugging Chrono's arm.

"What do you say now?

"I'm at work now... I changed my perfume"

"No, I changed my mind."

As Chrono leaned his nose against his ear, Rio narrowed his eyes comfortably.

"But since Rio is the leader of the Ninth Kingsguard Knights, he's got to be on the front line for his men, too, right?

"Because I wanted to be with Chrono... jokes, jokes, you don't have to look so scared, I'm not that crazy about Chrono"

Rio stepped away from Chrono and raised his hands to surrender.

"We've fought to protect them before, but we haven't fought to attack them like this one. Well, if you untie the history books, there are some examples, but maybe you've forgotten the parts you shouldn't forget. That's why I volunteered backwards for caution."

"Sure enough, the supply unit will be targeted first, and they won't turn it off in the enemy line or anything."

Chrono regretted that if he studied military in that world, no, if he read about fictional warfare.

Speaking of books that I can think of all the time, the northern version of "The Three Kingdoms," the movie is all about Japanese soldiers dying on Gadarkanal Island, snipers shooting at each other, and things that don't seem to have anything to do with supply.

Even such scarce knowledge understands the importance of replenishment, so Rio's offer is appreciated.

"... I'm hitting the hand I can hit"

"Admiral, you're worried too much."

"I'm a little worried, I'll see how everyone's doing."

Leaving Rio and his deputy behind, Chrono left the spot behind.

"I have other work to do, so I'll make lunch for you!

A powerful voice echoed the kitchen lined with nearly twenty pans, and nearly fifty women speeded up their work.

Their age ranges from mid-twenties to early thirties.

I work as a cook for the battalion, so I cook well.

"Master Chrono, what can I do for you?

"Inspect...?

"Master Krono is Master Krono even when he leaves Marquis territory. It's a little more like a captain, and I think it's better if we set up somewhere."

As Chrono said, the general shrugged her shoulders.

By the way, the general is not wearing a maid of honor with a large open chest and her hair is just properly wrapped with strings.

Because if you make a woman feel too much on the battlefield, the fools can attack you, apparently.

The word indicates the mental state of soldiers on the battlefield, while women, including female generals, serve as choreographers.

It was at first that Chrono was surprised, but not unnatural, given the presence of female soldiers.

If it comes down to retreating, I'm gonna give them priority and get away with it.

"What was it you were asking for?

"I make it between jobs, but don't expect too much of the flavor"

Krono took the rod-shaped object handed to the general.

Bite off the vacillation and the rod-shaped object, chewing it over and over again.

"Make it yourself. What did you make me make it?

"Dry bread, maybe."

Should I call it stick bread, or solidified bread, because it is a substitute for scraping wheat with a small amount of water and cooking it in a stick shape?

"I'd really like a can, though."

According to the knowledge of cans, they used glass bottles before they became popular, but iron and glass bottles are valuable in this world.

Mass production of iron and glass must at least be achieved in order to make canning, or bottling, practical.

Dry bread didn't seem bad as a compromise in that respect, but the dry bread sold in that world is like a cookie, and you're going to need butter and sugar to make that cookie.

The result of a compromise on compromise is a firm bread.

By the way, all fifty kilos of sugar are candied and managed by Chrono.

I don't think it's as morale as candy, but I'm going to pay my men with the sturdy bread.

I chewed off the vacillation and the remaining wheat bars and repeatedly chewed them to such an extent that my jaw hurt...... I was starting to dislike them along the way that Chrono swallowed them as they were.

"... thirty bottles per person for four days of emergency food, fifteen thousand bottles for 500 people?"

"Yes, 15,000 copies? What are you going to do, make something that doesn't even taste like this?

Chrono smiled, grinning as the general raised her bare voice.

You felt yourself in danger, the general left Chrono to retreat.

"Good luck, general."

"I want to live up to my expectations, but I can't shake a sleeve without it."

"I'll pay with my body"

"... give me a break. If you bake 15,000 sticks of bread and imitate it like that, you'll die."

The general looked disgusted from the bottom of her heart at Chrono's suggestion.

"Well, I'll make sure to give you an extraordinary bonus, even if it's a joke to pay with your body. And for whoever helped me."

"How much? No late payments, no birthday payments."

The general looked sideways at Chrono like a stubborn merchant.

"Ten pieces of gold... up to two hundred pieces of silver can be served."

"That's not bad. I don't think you're gonna hit a bee if you give me a little more ride, but I'll figure something out."

Thank you, Admiral.

"When you say thank you in the face, it lights you up."

The general blushed her cheeks and scratched her head to shine away.

As Chrono tried to kiss her, the general withdrew.

"... Too bad"

"Well, I'm sorry too. The scared knights are staring at us."

Turning around, Rio was staring at Chrono and the general from behind the tree.

For reasons of saying that there was no other suitable land, the drill field was set up adjacent to the front-line base.

As with the Marquis of Elakis, it may be the Imperial Army's glory, or its tradition, to be the only place more famous for a practice field.

A knight dressed in silver armor was mounting a riding assault (lance charge) on a large sub-man who lay a shield in the squad yard.

Large Subman...... Despite the winter, Lizardman, who is forced to wear thin clothes, was blown away and rolled down the ground.

Cut blood on his head, but Chrono barely restrained himself.

Of course, I wouldn't restrain myself if the blown Lizardman were my own men, but I'd have to restrain myself if I belonged to another battalion.

What do you want to do with your people? I think Krono looks at the exercise area.

I know the Kingsguard Knights are leading the operation, and I know they're the only ones with all the cavalry, but this can't be budding fellowship.

"Hehe, I wasn't stubborn because Chrono wouldn't deal with me. I know where you stand in the military."

……

Ringing kacha kacha and sheet metal armor (plate mail), Rio began to talk in a rash even though he hadn't asked for it.

"My men... over there"

"You know very well, don't you?

Dokkan, Dokkan Behind the blown sub and general soldiers, his men seemed to be crouching in and doing something.

"'Cause you have different muscles and hairs."

Until now, I've only felt as big as Leila's boobs and buttocks have grown in volume, or better lustre, but Crono's men are macho and look really healthy compared to the subordinates who belong to other battalions.

The equipment is also dressed in chest armor (breast armor) and clasps, underneath which is a special garment with a cloth pressed into each place to mitigate the impact.

Elf archers are supplied with leather armor reinforced with metal plates with priority for ease of movement.

Weaponry is comparable to the Kingsguard Knights if combined, no, it could be outweighed if it includes performance aspects.

"" Dear Chrono!

Deneb and Aridead rushed over and hugged Chrono.

"Our work is dry because of Lady Chrono's absence!

"It's not just the food, it's us too!

"Oh, sorry."

They are both slightly tearful eyes.

"Hehe, who are these two?

"Subordinates, subordinates"

"I thought I was Chrono's mistress. Hehe, I never imagined there would be three mistresses besides me. No, no, no, no. I'm blaming you, right? I was just a little bit dazzled by the intensity of my desire for exclusivity."

Rio's eyes weren't laughing at all with a glossy grin.

"" Hey, Master Chrono ""

Deneb and Aridead pulled Chrono's arm and crouched in about ten meters away from Rio.

"It's a man, isn't it? You have a chi x co, don't you?

"Why are you doing this to a man so you don't get your hands on us?

"There's been a lot going on."

"" You get your hands on a man, you have to do a lot of things!

All I can say is that there was a lot going on, and Chrono looked up to heaven.

"There are times when a man can be a faggot, it's a different world."

"Well, it's a different world."

"There is."

Deneb and Aridead leaned down,

"" There's no way there is!

The two looked up and stuck themselves in the chrono.

"So, what are you doing?

"" They're drying my job, so I'm studying... Huh!

When they looked up, Lizardman was blown away after another riding assault.

"Let's Go" (Gaa!

As Leo rushes out, one person tiger (Wartiger) follows.

The two grab the blown Lizardman's arm and dodge backwards at a speed they don't think holds a large subhuman.

"The Military Doctor! '(Gaaaa!

"Yes, yes!

The military doctor who was disputed by his men... is one of the ten doctors that Chrono brought from Marquis Elakis territory... slips in next to Lizardman.

"Eh, when you get hurt like this,"

The military doctor removed the cloth from the pouch on his hips and pressed it against Lizardman's wound.

"First, please hold the wound. Tied up with strings to stop the bleeding is also effective when you injure your arm or foot, but if your amateur does it poorly, you can get necrosis, so try compression stop the bleeding first"

My men were listening seriously to the military doctors.

"When you first fought with Master Chrono, you didn't have enough doctors' hands."

"So I thought I'd study about how to do first aid"

Deneb and Aridead slapped on the pouch they put on their hips.

Maybe medicines are being delivered.

Look, everyone's wearing a pouch.

"Maybe I cut my belly off?

"I just let him build it in Goldie's workshop."

"... no, well, good."

I leave the management of the workshop to Goldie, and when there are not enough costs, I try to make it as convenient as possible if I can apply. Of course, the only reason I'm giving you so much discretion is because Goldie has so much track record.

"But I want you to report it to me next time. If you talk to me properly, I'll try to change what needs to be changed."

"" Ha ~ i ""

Deneb and Aridead responded appropriately and returned to study.

"Is that good?

"My men covered my failures."

It's not funny to say it's not funny, but you'll be the one to blame.

"From now on, I'll have the opportunity to discuss it regularly with my people. Looks like the inspection wasn't enough."

"Sure... it's important to ask your people what they think"

Suddenly, he was called out, and Chrono tightened his body tightly.

Looking back slowly, Leonhardt stood dressed in sheet metal armor.

I guess he was in the exercise.

Curly hair is wet in sweat and his face is dirty with dirt.

"Hey, was Leo in on the fig, too?

"... No, I was in the First and Second Kingsguard Mock."

You didn't understand the meaning of the word, Leonhardt said, glancing around his surroundings.

"How was the old nest?

"It felt more polished than it was when I was there. Of course, the First Kingsguard Knights I will keep are not going to lose in strength, but after all, Count El Nato's presence is huge"

Chrono was impressed with Leonhardt's words.

It's what I've been thinking since the time of the ball, but he seems to be the type of person who can honestly admit he's not and accept the other person's superior part if he finds himself wrong.

"What is it, Lord Chrono?

"I don't know, I thought you weren't hostile."

"I'm not who you think I am. Leela, the samurai, tells me not to, and he's a man who can't even listen to his men satisfactorily without trying from time to time. Well, me and Lord Chrono are four years apart, so if you don't think we're no match, there's no standing."

Leonhardt flaunted his shoulder so as to stand aside.

The trick is obvious, but Krono was not as hostile as he was when we met.

At least because Leonhardt is treating me amicably against Chrono, and he looks like he's talking to me with a broken stomach.

"How are the food preparations going?

"We have enough supplies to withstand a seven-day march, but the question is, can we get water on the ground?"

"Hmm, we can't deny the possibility that the military bureau's information is incorrect. How are you prepared for that?

"We have wine and barley, but in a day, it's gone."

Leonhardt put his arms together to think about it.

"Let's say, then, that if the military bureau's information was incorrect, we send a missile and ask the Ninth Kingsguard Knights to transport potable water. Can you ask for it?"

"Of course."

When Leonhardt glanced at him, Rio undertook casually.

"Then let's notify them to quit the exercises that will target their friends. Because it involves morale. If there's anything else you've noticed, I want you to tell me. I promise I'll get your opinion whenever I can."

Leonhardt put his hand on Chrono's shoulder and gave him a powerful grin.

"... I'm a mercenary, not a lord, not a civilian."

"Bandits, bandits."

"He's a former bandit!

Selecting the stacked documents, Kane handles one case after another that seems to be handled with the authority given to him. Most of them relate to the licensing of slave traders, whorehouses and dewstores, and it is easy to make a decision if you try Kane, who is in charge of city security.

"Damn, I have to guard the streets and the city, too."

"Then you should assign me a job."

As Kane glanced, Elena glanced back at him with a challenging glance.

"I leave the city security to Shilo and Hylo, Leila's taking care of the rest of the team, and Faye's keeping the street security, but I'm not comfortable."

I know you're doing a lot of work because you haven't had a lot of trouble, but I'm really upset.

Since all Kane has ever borne is responsibility for twenty of his own men, I guess it's also because of that.

Besides, it opens up to the poor mouth of Elena, the accountant.

I admire how you got your hands on such a mouthless daughter.

According to stories I've heard from Fay, Crono is the son of a massacrer (thrower) Crawford, even involved with Myra in silent assassination (silent killings), so he's going to be convinced of the breadth of his nostalgia as well.

Maybe it's because of the wide nostalgia, Kane felt like she had fallen to her heart.

Kane doesn't fully trust his men.

So even if you're getting reports, you're anxious and uncomfortable.

On the contrary, Chrono trusts his men, so in a short period of time the Marquis territory of Elakis would have been in shape as a territory.

"But you're still restless."

Kane scratched her hair and continued to sign the paperwork.

It will now be six months before Ignis received a report that there is a disturbing move in the Kepheus Empire.

Six generals, including Ignis, and five high priests, with the exception of Baba, were convened to discuss countermeasures.

Ignis appealed for an army dispatch and the two generals also agreed, but the three remaining generals and the five high priests were premature.

The three generals were of the same opinion as the five high priests because they have connections to the 'Temple'.

It was their argument that even widows, as the Kepheus Imperial Army showed, could repel their enemies if they successfully used the terrain to lay their formations.

Of course, that can't be right.

The Kepheus Imperial Army was held up because they were sub-men with the ability to outperform humans, and it's nearly impossible to push back ten times as many troops even if they use the terrain successfully.

However, Ignis, the general of the defeated, was not given the opportunity to defend himself, and it was not until finally the dispatch of troops was decided that the number of Imperial armies would swell to 12,000 and the pace of bringing in the food would be dull.

Ignis couldn't hold back the feeling of darkness as he watched the sight of the food being carried into the city of Malcab.

I'm glad that food gathers faster than I expected, but given its speed, I can easily imagine it gathering in a way that is close to coercion.

Perhaps we should take the streets and go for the city of Malcab.

Ignis shook his head with assurances of food and reinforcements that he could cage...

"Can't your men convene yet?

"I'm running an early horse, but I want you to think that my men will arrive in ten days"

Ignis replied to the clergyman, who was still likely to summon him.

The clergyman holds a general position, but did not like to be called a general and preferred to be called a clergyman.

He becomes Ignis' superior, with no shards or loyalty to the kingdom.

"Why are you so late!

"... we must respond with three thousand of His Holiness's men and a thousand of my men"

If you guys hadn't gotten in the way, we could have fought with the same number of soldiers! and Ignis swallowed the looming word, telling only the facts.

"What kind of maneuvers does the Divine Officer have in mind?

"Hung, intercept the Kepheus Imperial Army in a hilly area halfway between Malcab and the border fort. Collaborate with the guards guarding the border forts, and we can't be afraid of the Empire."

It's not a bad idea, except you assume the pinch will succeed.

There will also be fools in the Kepheus Imperial Army, but as long as we expect the incompetence of our enemies, we should give up intercepting them in the hills and lure them into the canyon that lies ahead.

The clergyman grinned invincibly, though he may not have seen through this idea.

"Of course, we are gathering peasants from the surrounding villages to make up for the shortage of soldiers. You can only collect about two thousand, but you can be about a wall.

Can a farmer who is not trained be a wall! and Ignis threw up in his heart and left the spot behind.

Ignis figured out how to win while walking through the city of Malcab, but all he came up with was what he expected from the incompetence of his enemies.

"No, it's not bad to bet on their competence"

"Ho, did you come up with a good idea?

When I tongued and looked back, Baba had been drinking for me in the tavern since daytime.

"Baba, what were you doing without attending the meeting"

"... they haven't called me."

Baba shrugged lonely and stirred up barley liquor (beer).

"Just go visit the elf settlement in the coma forest."

"Have you even been on reconnaissance?

I've advised them to evacuate the Kepheus Empire.

Baba sighed depressingly.

"... for nothing"

"It's like being obsessed. Ten years ago there were two or three elf settlements around there, too. The soldiers of the kingdom burned me and scattered me."

"First ear."

"Well, you're not distorting your sexual roots."

Looks like a human from the Royal Army raided an elf settlement to see from Baba's mouth. Maybe the man was slaughtered and killed, and the woman was raped and killed, or even sold to a slave trader in the mention of being raped.

The Imperial Army elves are terrible enemies of bows and sorcery, but no other elves can be threatened.

So Ignis ignored his territory… even knowing that an elf lived in that corner. No, maybe I just didn't want to be someone despised by Baba.

"So, is Baba going to serve?

"You may serve in the army, but I will help you with all your enemies."

"What do we do with our enemies!

"The lives of the people who are out of focus, it's not a choice between equally valuable or equally worthless."

Ignis remembered the chill as Baba naturally said off.

"Is that the doctrine of 'Goddess Who Darkens and Conducts Chaos'?

"That's not how I see my life."

I tried to say it back, but Ignis couldn't say anything.