A day after dawn from intense fighting.
Both armies glued together along the river.
I'm observing the two armies from near the fort's planned development site.
"Is it too hopeful for an empire to pull an army?
"That would be difficult. The buffer zone has been an absolute blank zone previously unaffected by each other. If we were to be subdued there, if we tried from the empire, we would be close to having our territory taken. From the way the emperor thinks today, he should definitely come and kick us out"
Captain Dennis, who was similarly watching along the river next to me, logically assembles a guess that easily smashes my tiny hopes.
"I knew it would happen, right? Then the anti-aircraft guns should be installed as a matter of priority."
"Right. Give your opinion to the Commander-in-Chief as well."
If you're trying to get rid of us from this land again, the signal to start the war should definitely be Avila Bomb. Anyway, this one's trying to set up a fort here. If you destroy it, everything this one has ever done will be in vain.
Once the fort has also been completed, it is designed to allow the Avila Bomb to have as much anti-aircraft defense as possible to deal with, but construction has not yet begun and the planned site has just been abandoned with stacked supplies.
In a way, this is also the right place.
"It's going to be a long stretch, and you worry about what you do with the troops. Is Captain Dennis stationed here like this?
From previous thinking, it is a stone to camp in a position slightly down from the front line except for the pilot.
However, since the development of the abnomule, the mechanics of our troops have also been helping to replenish and maintain it on the front line in order to make up for the shortage of mechanics.
I know there are times when you can help me develop it here, but if there is one concern, it would be the existence of a support maid.
Essentially, their job is to support our lives from the safe zone. But if the troops were to be stationed on the front line, they would have to come this far, too.
Angus, a supportive maid in our unit, is currently asked to leave a message with the princess in Leitaki, but in some cases she will be asked to come here.
As far as I'm concerned, it's not weird when Avila Bomb comes down, because I don't want you to be here.
For your information, I asked Captain Dennis what his unit would do, and he gave me an answer just for a moment.
"... our troops are to be stationed once and for all. But some of them go back and give them a break."
"Well, there's also a shift system."
Captain Dennis's unit can be secured only by a unit of former Kingsguard captains, both in numbers and on a rotational basis.
But that won't help our troops.
"We don't have a lot of people."
Even though there was a replenishment when I became a Kingsguard, there are still only eight of them, including me. Besides, Mr. O'Rail and Mr. Carine are still in the King's Capital.
"I think going back is a hand, too. Even if we think about the new model, we'll need to make sure the rest of the crew knows exactly what the fuselage is."
"That's right. But I was wondering if I was going to move now."
As far as pespirage is concerned, there was once a descriptive one in the cockpit, but it still seems difficult to maintain the detail without Mr. Orrail, who was in charge of the design from scratch.
Yesterday, when I showed Mr. Ritz and the others the fuselage, they were all solidified by a look of confusion. Well, the one I mourned the most was the physics operator (sense board) writer who had me follow him from the base as a temporary agent.
Anyway, almost all the physical operators (sense boards) in Pespirage are filled in in Mr. Carine's own language, and they're trying to connect the three physical operators (sense boards), so it's getting extra complicated.
In that child, he cried that he could neither extract nor adjust the operation.
So I should go back to Leitarki to rendezvous with the two of us, but now me and Captain Dennis are at the heart of this battlefield. It also affects the morale of other troops, so we can't fall back.
Well, two of the Knights of the Eight General beat him, and destroyed Leila's fuselage, which caused a lot of damage.
Generators are the ones who have been recovered, but they shouldn't be able to return to the front line any time soon.
I know the next battle will be a little easier...
"Well, Eldo hadn't heard of it yet."
"What?
"It's about reinforcements. I opened it overnight and got more information on the south and north."
Apparently, new information had arrived while I was keeping the fuselage with Mr. Ritz and taking a break.
With that said, I hear the southern and northern troops that were supposed to be pinched with reinforcements didn't get here properly. The north has lagged behind, but has yet to reach the south.
"It seems the northern troops were standing up as if they knew they were coming. Characteristically, it seems to be a combat maniac Forze aircraft. On that occasion, Captain Jean took over and sent the other troops here..."
Forze was returning to this battlefield, almost intact. I mean...
"Captain Jean..."
"Early in the morning, they recovered the wrecked fuselage and Captain Jean's body."
"Really..."
As a Kingsguard, he wasn't very involved, but when he heard his former colleague was killed, he didn't feel very good. Besides, I missed my vengeance.
"That and the south, but the same quote that was suppressed by mercenaries, the one that somehow fought between mercenaries, they blew up generators and fled. It looks like the march stopped because many abnomulets were damaged as a result of that explosion. I'm talking about heading this way again now. We won't even have to stick around that soon because we're talking about arriving."
"Were you?"
That's good news.
"Then I would like to return to Leitarki once reinforcements have arrived"
"That would be good. Eldo is still a Kingsguard. Not really. Being away from escorts would be a problem."
"Right. I'll tell him I'll be back in command later."
I'm fighting in this place with the princess's impotence, but the original Kingsguard knight is something I can't get away from being escorted.
The sun is getting high, and I turn my back on the meadow to head to the waiting area to tell everyone in my unit about this. So I saw several soldiers nearby.
Everyone is pointing this way, and obviously there's something I can do for you. Just because Captain Dennis is here, or was it hard to talk to him? Well, unless it's urgent, can't a soldier in general get in the way of conversation?
"There, what can I do for you?
If I speak up, the soldiers will rush over here as if they were saved.
"Oh, you know. We were the pilots of the Abnomule squad and... Um, thank you for yesterday!
'Thank you!
All of a sudden, I tilt my neck without understanding why.
"We were taken hostage and Captain Eldo helped us."
"Oh, that time"
Apparently, everyone here was held hostage by Lisette of Sharing Fun at that time.
For once, we kept a close eye on it until it opened up along the river, but we didn't even know who it was.
"We gave up when we were hostages. Soldiers are trained not to condone hostages. But Captain Eldo helped us. So I wanted to thank you again."
"Well, I'll take it thankfully. But don't get caught next time."
'Yes!'
"Now if you'll excuse me!
They run off on their feet. Drop it off, I remember that time.
They thanked me, but it would have been better then to ignore the lives of the hostages and kill the Fortzes without hesitation, as they put it.
But I couldn't move.
Regret is smoking in my heart all the time with a piece of peace of mind that I could help.
"Captain Erdo, what's the story now?"
"Yeah, it's true."
Captain Dennis, who was listening, walks over. The expression had a colour of perplexity.
"Why would you do that? Even the Academy should have been taught what to do when they took hostages."
"Huh?"
"Hmm?"
I lean my neck to Captain Dennis's words, and wonder if he leans his neck, too.
I don't remember learning how to behave when I was taken hostage at the academy.
In previous life, classes were also soaked up in sleep and so on, so it is possible that they did not, but in the time of the Academy, all classes were listened to precisely to desperately eat up, as well as a preview review.
I remembered the textbook at the level of full memorization, so it shouldn't mean I wasn't listening.
"Well, I haven't been taught anything about the hostages."
"Really? In my day, I was taught beforehand to be prepared to kill. Don't hesitate to do that, I also trained..."
And Captain Dennis pounds and hands like he noticed something.
"Well, there was a revision of the content ten years ago."
"So that's when it was deleted?
"That's likely. Almunale fights are mostly chivalrous. In fact, we have stopped hearing about instances of hostage-taking in recent decades, except when soldiers fight bandits, etc."
Indeed, in the battle between the Almunales, it's basically one-on-one, and the end is either one dies or the two retreats as they are. The rest of the crew are evacuated to safety, so they cannot take hostages.
I guess that's why the item on hostages has been removed from the enrollment.
But...
"There's going to be some battles between the abnomulets, so there's a chance they'll take hostages."
"We have to fix the course content early. And those who graduate and become knights after the change must be well informed."
Otherwise, hostage manoeuvres may seem effective against empires and mercenaries.
"Well, I'll tell the princess that. If the royal commands, every department will hurry."
"Right. Leave it to me."
"Then I'll leave the front line to Captain Dennis"
"Oh, I've been entrusted"
We hit each other gently, and I headed for everyone in the team.
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"Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!
"Wow! Dear Ines! Calm down, please!
"Well done, my knight! That's my knight!
It is Ines, the king and sister of this country, who puts his foot in the window frame and raises the roar of joy toward the outside.
When it comes to why Ines is so happy, the reason is simple. Earlier, the horses contacted us that they had succeeded in securing land for the construction of fortifications in the buffer zone.
He wanted to make this operation a success at all costs because the construction of the fort was an indispensable element in the scenario Inés draws.
That's why we've been in touch with the whole country and desperately negotiating. If that worked, it would be a natural pleasure.
And it is Angus, the supporting maid of the First Armunale Battalion, the Second Princess SS, who desperately strangles Ines, who is now about to jump out of the window frame.
Angus, too, was delighted with Inez at first when he was contacted by the victory, but calmed and desperately contained as Inez's joy gradually escalates.
"I get it! Eldo, I know you're amazing! Let's just put our feet down! You'll be seen from the outside!
"Heh, my sister Wang's pants! I'm not ashamed to be seen!
"Because it's embarrassing! Because I am so ashamed to be a woman!
"I can't help it anymore."
Desperately persuaded, Ines finally takes his feet down the window frame. And I saw it, and all the people on the side bowled down their breasts.
"Anyway, now we can move forward with the plan. I have to write to your brother right away."
"Yes, yes, I'm ready for you."
Angus arranging paper, pens and ink on his desk in a way he's used to. I've gotten used to Inez's behavior a lot because I've been with Inez's sidekicking and acting in the last few months when he left a message. Still, though I get shaken off by Inez once in a while who's too aggressive.
"So, what are your plans for the future?
"Wait until the fort can be built. In the meantime, I'll root for everything and demand a truce against the Empire when it's done."
"You're really moving in the direction of stopping the war."
"That's why I pushed it back so far. If the Empire were to be dominated by a part of a buffer zone, a quote that pushed back an invading army in one country, you would understand the threat. If you flinch your way in, you'll be at the negotiating table if you don't want to. Well, a lot of things have to be rooted in."
The preparations are also being made little by little by my brother, who is now king. Inez had been foolish in his letter that it was only at first that he didn't get a very fragrant reply, but he had heard that the response from the other side was also changing slightly as the war situation inclined.
"I don't want to torment the people any more. We have to finish this a little faster. Are you getting married after that? The royal family has become just my brother, me and Ford - oh, but my fiancée (Aldo) seems to be sick. Will you come to my son-in-law?
"You were from the Principality of Wellia, weren't you? If you're sick, wouldn't it be better to call you here, climatically?
"Maybe I should invite you on that line. It's a fold later, right? Is there a child who would marry a third prince in my country?
"Isn't it up to the movement of the war? If we stabilize, Faithal is a relatively large country."
"So is that."
Faithful is one of the top holdings in the Armunale. Naturally, the land also boasts a certain size, and the empire and other powers have just the power to shoulder to shoulder.
It is also possible to enter into an engagement with another country sufficiently long as the war can be brought to an end.
"Then I'll have to do my best for Ford."
"Right."
"Speaking of children, what about the Angus? Even one of the kids, isn't it time you wanted it?
In a sudden pretence, Angus' face is dyed red.
The sidekicks around me are also women and sensitive to their hand stories. Even now, I kept my ears shut.
"Uh, Eldo, I'm still trying not to make it on your policy. Because if you don't calm down a lot, it's going to be hard to give birth."
Anjou's answer had a couple of sidekicks with experience in childbirth, nodding yeah.
"Really? You put up with Angus, too."
"No, I don't"
"Then let the goal be a year! Within a year, I will put an end to the war and make it a country where Angus and the others can settle down and have children. Stay tuned."
"Yes, I'll be waiting for you"
Angus smiled and nodded at Inez's proclamation.