Maou No Utsuwa

The Ruthua Imperial Army has concentrated most of its forces in the West of the continent in the West. It is to have been done from the strategic point of view that it is a fast track to counter-insurgency crackdown to discuss the Oppenheim Kingdom and the allies of the Union of the Kingdoms of Sidvest, who are the masterminds of the insurgency and have the most cohesive forces of war, but that is not done with Emperor Nicolai's permission, in fact Claudia, in this case it should be called Lucifer, to discuss the Kamui operating in the West, but on its own. But more than 60,000 troops. It is also difficult to control the will of the entire army in a situation where it is dispersed in several places and fighting allied forces. The only thing that was moving to discuss Kamui was the brave men who had fallen behind and the troops they led, and the entire Ruthua Imperial Army was intensifying its battle with the Allies in order to achieve the strategic goals that were supposed to be nominal.

It is the Allies that are pushed into tough situations by it. It should have been a strategy to get you up to rebellion all over the place and disperse the Ruthua Imperial Army to get a winning chance, but you are in the opposite state. The only battle between Emperor Nicolai's main imperial army and the coalition of central nations in the centre of the continent, with the exception of the West, is of that magnitude. Even that is a limited battlefield in the form of an attack across a single fort and about half the troops being put into battlefield compared to the west. The battle in the western part of the continent was in a strange situation where both the attacking and defending sides were fighting out of their original thoughts.

But if such a battle continues for a long time, it will all be over. The situation of the war was welcoming. Allied forces, especially in a way that is not desirable for the Kingdom of Oppenheim.

"The southern Verbul fort has been breached"

"... well. What's the damage done to your allies?

Deefleet depressed to hear reports of subordinates. But the battle is not over yet. We have to think of ways to rebuild the front.

"We don't know the details yet, but quite a few soldiers seem to have left"

"Leaving? Does that mean you escaped the battlefield?

"Apparently so."

"... you mean damaged to that extent?

The battle is a pretty tough situation for the allies. But Deefreet was the first to receive a report that a soldier had escaped. Running away in front of the enemy is a serious crime. It is conceivable that it was such a terrible situation to escape knowing that.

"Actually, there are no reports in the area yet."

"Why not? Even after the details, we should have received a report of the approximate damage, right?

"That hasn't arrived. We don't know for sure yet, but we also have information that whoever should report has escaped."

"... you mean the commander? Such an idiot."

The commander also fled the battlefield. If it's too bad a situation, it could be there too. In that case, it should be said that the troops collapsed rather than fled. I can't imagine a situation in Deefleet that would suffer that much disastrous defeat in the battle of the south. Even if they drop the fort, they can't fight for it. There is another castle fort at the rear, and it is predetermined that a new line of defence will be built as soon as the front is broken. For that reason, the commander was supposed to pull the troops together and make a decision to step back before the war went unstoppable.

"The south may have difficulty maintaining the front. What would you do in that case?

"You don't have enough troops left to defend the castle fort in the rear, do you?

"I think that's likely."

It doesn't make sense if there aren't enough soldiers in the castle to protect them. It may buy you time, but it's not the kind of situation where you sacrifice soldiers for it. So far, though.

"Let's shrink the southern front and turn north. Is there only one way to reinforce from the Union of Kingdoms of Sidvest?

If we don't have enough troops, we'll have to shrink the front and increase the density. But just doing it will only push you. Diefleet asked another minister about reinforcements from the Union of the Kingdom of Sidvest. Just a few. So if I stick my back, I was sending a reinforcement messenger thinking I might be able to unlock the status quo.

"... not yet"

"What is Sele saying?

It is Serene who is actually making arrangements for reinforcements. If we can make adjustments within the coalition among those who are not on the battlefield, that's only Serene.

"You say it's hard"

"Because you've already imposed quite a few military roles. Even so, I just want you to know that I can't do this."

Deefreet also knows you're saying you can't. At present, the forces of the Union of the Kingdom of Sidvest are taking part in this battle taking place within the territory of the Kingdom of Oppenheim, in a state which leaves only minimal protection in the south. If you pull it down to its protection, you will no longer have the technique to resist if the Empire invades.

But there's actually no sign of a southern invasion of the Empire. If I had that kind of spare time, I would let them head to my home country.

"That's..."

"What's up? Can I get you anything?

"… no, we will report on this later"

"Yes... I get it. Shall we return to the battlefield report?"

Not very good news. I know I should know sooner if that is the case, but I'm sure my subordinates know that too. Then Deefleet understood that there was only one reason to hesitate to report it.

"Well, this is not a good report either"

The statement was replaced by the one who originally reported, but the report under his ministry is not a good one either. This showed that the Allies were definitely being hunted down.

"What would that be?

"We've also received reports that we don't know how long the northern front will be able to sustain itself."

"... why?

"That's... that some of the noblemen are leaving the battlefield on their own"

"What!?

A clear, and aristocratic, pre-enemy escape. This is the end of the line when you decide that the Allies are losing to your allies.

"It's okay. Not so many so far."

I'm saying it's okay, but the points I'm putting on so far represent my downward anxiety.

"Even so, it's a matter of your own military information leaking to the enemy."

There's this kind of danger to turning around. It's important if the plan of operations ahead leaks to the enemy.

"It doesn't look like we're surrendering to the enemy"

"... what does that mean?

If we are not surrendering to the enemy, the question arises as to where the departed aristocracy is headed.

"Looks like he's back on his own territory."

"… self-control. What the hell are you going to do?"

Deefleet thinks it doesn't make sense just to return to self-rule. If you were convinced of the Allied losing, you have to hope for your own relief from the Ruthua Empire, which will be the victor. I'm sure that's the first time you've been able to maintain yourself. The means the nobles take, I do not intend to forgive it, but turn around. You won't gain the credibility of the Ruthua Empire if you don't offer your cooperation in the fight even if it's not that far.

"... His Royal Highness Prince Wang"

My subordinate, who just reported on reinforcements from the Union of the Kingdom of Sidvest, has spoken to Deefleet.

"What is it?

What my subordinate is about to say is that I probably can't talk earlier. I know that. The look on Deefleet's face has a color of tension.

"Aren't those aristocrats who left that battlefield ex-Western Border Lords?

The Kingdom of Oppenheim is founded after control of the former western border territories. The nobles of the Kingdom of Oppenheim have subordinate nobles and former western border lords since the time of their western uncles.

"... what if it is?

There's already one answer in Deefleet's head asking this. Nobility of the Kingdom of Oppenheim, who was a former western border lord, and kings of the Union of the Kingdom of Sidvest, a former southern border lord. The common denominator of the peripheral lord was deriving its answer.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Princess has received this message. 'Nobody listens to me anymore. I'm sure they're trying to get back to their original sheath.'"

"... is it Kamui pulling the thread behind you"

Who cares if you don't dare to name Kamui, your subordinate or Serene? If Serene cared, who cared? I felt sorry for Deefleet when I thought of this.

"Probably..."

"I see. They're on the winning side. They decided that Kamui would win, not our country, not the Ruthua Empire."

"What do you want to do? As it is, Kamui Kreutz will capture the interests of fishermen."

"So what kind of hand can you hit?

"There's also a hand in reconciliation with the Ruthuan Empire."

If you're fighting in triplets and you never want to give victory to one of them, it's best to tie hands with the other.

"The war situation is working in the favor of the Ruthuan Empire. Would the Empire forgive us in that situation?

"Us and Kamui Kreutz. If it were to be a priority to consider which, the Empire would definitely choose Kamui Kreutz. I was wondering if it was possible."

You don't understand everything, but your subordinates are right. The Ruthua Imperial Army, which is now fighting the Kingdom of Oppenheim, its top purpose is to discuss Kamui. If we can reconcile with the Kingdom of Oppenheim and discuss Kamui with it, we will gladly reconcile. Though only by the name of Emperor Nicolai, whose covenant would be a harmony that would not be kept for long as it had nothing to do with him.

"... if, when you did it. How does Kamui get out"

Your subordinate counsel is correct. Only on the assumption that the Kingdom of Oppenheim matters, but it also seems like Deefleet is right. But what will Kamui do when he does it? There's no way Kamui won't think about the possibility of harmony before then. That being the case, Deefleet thinks what it means to have moved around at this time.

"Is this also a Kamui trial? No, that's sweet. You can't possibly give me many chances."

Now if you choose to reconcile with the Ruthua Empire, there will be no restoration of relations with Kamui. Deefleet gets spooked by the sweetness of himself thinking about this. I have already been abandoned by Kamui. They're supposed to be seen as enemies, and the result is what's happening now.

"There's got to be something. Something that I don't think would be a problem for our empire to reconcile."

It's likely an invitation, even if it's not a try. Deefleet thinks it might be in Kamui's interest to reconcile the two countries. Though I think it's like being embedded in Kamui's measures at a time when you're haunting your head like this.

"His Royal Highness Prince Wang. One thing bothers me."

"What's that!?

I want any information now. That could inspire me to spot Kamui's thoughts.

"We're running out of supplies. Procurement stopped doing what I thought."

"... that's if this is all the war going on"

"Yes, but I suddenly remembered that Kamui Kreutz was turning to the enemy."

"Something?

"Yes, I was wondering if it was Kamui Kreutz's breathtaking merchant who was taking on domestic commerce in one hand"

"... Shit"

Before the founding of the Kingdom of Oppenheim. Still before Deefreet put the south together, the Det Chamber of Commerce gained the status of merchant of the Western Berries, and was trying to use it to cow the distribution of Western Berries. This was something Deefleet should also have known that his father, the Western Uncle, had always been an enemy to Deefleet and he had not had the opportunity to recall it in the fierce battle he continued to stand even after forming an alliance.

"If we run out of supplies, our country will not be able to fight. Isn't that what the supply started to lag for?

"... hurry up and send a messenger to the Union of Urban States. The supplies... no, are you getting too close?"

He was a deefried who thought to tell the Union of Urban States in the west to supply supplies without passing through the Det Chamber of Commerce, but immediately reconsidered that it was futile. The Union of Urban States is a nation subordinated by aggression. I'm not Kamui who doesn't take advantage of that fact.

"Do you want to rush to a rapprochement with the Ruthuan Empire?

If we run out of supplies, we have no chance of winning. If so, we should sign up for harmony while we still have the strength to do so and make the conditions a little better. If it is only to do harmony.

"... what tactics are we taking against the Ruthua Empire?

"It's a backward disturbance such as the breakdown of the supply line of the Ruthua Imperial Army and the raid on the supply depot."

"That's right. I've been disrupting supplies for the Ruthua Imperial Army. Haven't we achieved that?

"… also supplies for the Ruthua Imperial Army,"

The Kingdom of Oppenheim has thoroughly obstructed the supply of the Ruthuan Imperial Army, which serves as an expedition. The supply of supplies for the Ruthua Imperial Army in the western part of the continent can only rely on transportation from the central kingdom of Dia or from the country. The supplies of the Kingdom of Dia are not so much, and the transport routes from the country to the western part of the continent are long. Supply is the weakness of the Ruthuan Imperial Army. The Kingdom of Oppenheim has tried to favour the fight by poking at its weaknesses.

"I was going to take advantage of my country's interests, but I wonder if it was well embedded in Kamui's thoughts"

"... but blaming the supply route, which is a weakness, is a natural measure"

"It's not. that Gran Tuden was taken back by the Empire. That the troops there headed for the Kingdom of Oppenheim. This must be Kamui's measure to move the battlefield to the west. Gran Tuden is closer to the Empire than it is to the West."

"To stretch the supply line?"

"That's not all. The invasion of the Union of Eastern Nations in the east after pulling the Imperial Army west. It allowed the Empire to fight simultaneously at the western and eastern edges of the continent. This is a measure against the Ruthuan Empire. I rushed back... wonder what's going on in the Empire Nation by now?

Having lost the Devil's cooperation, Deefleet has considerably less information to get. Even with the help of the Demons, we would not have reached the eastern part of the continent, but still, if it were the western part of the continent, we could grasp the movements of the nations at a fairly early stage. That would have been the only part where you could tell what Kamui was trying to do.

"But how did Kamui..."

Move the ploy simultaneously across the continent. Even with the help of the Demons, there should be some discrepancy in the transmission of information, and that should influence the ploy. Deefreet doesn't know how Kamui controls that.

You can't tell because you don't actually have detailed control. If there's just a difference between Kamui and Deefleet, that Kamui has a companion who can move with similar thoughts. Alto and Ignaerts, and Maria. Rutz is made to act with Maria because she's a little anxious. Plus there's Hildegand, who can leave the battlefield entirely to you. In the end, it means a difference in talent.

"... what do you do?

"All I can say now is that there is no harmony with the Empire. I need some time to think later."

"Understood."

The dispute between the country and the country is won by Kamui. Deefleet thinks this is almost certain. Deefreet just doesn't know what's going to happen next. Will Kamui seek the hegemony of the world, and how will the braves emerge when the Ruthua Empire is defeated? Which wins when it comes to battle?

It doesn't actually matter. I denied reconciliation with the Ruthua Empire because I could not feel disobedient to Kamui again here. I asked for time to think on it because I wanted to think about what end to end.

◇ ◇ ◇

Those who may have that answer are driving their carriages north down the streets of the western south of the continent. What bad patterned men are around it. I just think of it as a bunch of bandits.

But it was camouflage to make it look that way. The poor pattern of the men comes from the beginning.

"... hey, I knew I wouldn't see Kamui"

"Huh? What are you talking about?

Serene and Alto are the ones in the carriage having a conversation. Next to Serene is also my son Dee.

"Because... if Dee dies, I'm sure I resent Kamui. How can you be with Kamui when that happens?

"... there's something wrong with you."

"What am I mistaken for?

"You're just a hostage."

"Yes?"

'Cause I'm just grabbing you to hold you hostage, Prince of the Kingdom of Oppenheim and Queen Dieffried, King Erickson.

"... because I didn't hear that!?

Serene is surprised when all of a sudden she is told she is a hostage. Alto has the defeat of the Kingdom of Oppenheim in front of him, in which case Dee, his son, will be pursued by the Empire. They told me to protect it in a safe place to avoid it.

"Where's the kidnapper who says he's going to kidnap you?

In other words, Alto tricked Serene into bringing him here.

"... a hostage. What happens to me?

"There are other hostages, so don't be living with them."

"What other hostages?

"There are also Crown Princes, Crown Princesses and Empresses of the Ruthuan Empire. And the empress of Emperor Nicolai's sister."

"... you guys really mess up what you do."

All the royal families of the Rusua Empire except Emperor Nicolai are hostages. Serene is frightened by too many circumstances.

"For once, to minimize the war. I don't think the Nikolai Emperor is going to surrender, but the resistance in the country is almost impossible right now."

"... What are you doing in the Empire's home country?

"The Union of Eastern Nations is occupying the east of the Empire. The Empire has fallen."

"... hey, am I the only one who finds the Dees desperate to fight pathetic?

The Deefleets are being driven into the Ruthua Empire. At the same time, the Kamuis are attacking the Empire's capital in the Ruthua Empire's own country. What is Deefleet fighting for? That kind of thought springs up in Serene's chest.

"I have no idea, we're doing everything we can for ourselves. I thought it took years. It's sweet not to do anything but get fruit."

"Yes, but..."

I know it's selfish. But if you just have the power to overthrow the empire, you want me to save Deefleet with that power.

"So if you want to help your husband, you work so hard."

"What?"

"You can beg me to help Deefleet by doing anything in the dungeon. If you do that to me, Kamui will change his mind."

"... alto"

Saying he's just a hostage, Alto acknowledges Serene as a special being. But Serene is not so foolish as to think that it is for himself or Deefleet. Alto and Lutz are all Kamui. It is for me to act for Kamui.

"Kamui is still trying to carry everything herself. The King's identity doesn't matter to Kamui after all. Whether you're a king or a civilian, Kamui is no different."

"Right... because that's what he is"

"You can say as much about me as you want. I don't want to kill Deefleet for you. No one complains if Kamui says so, but Kamui never tries to say it because he knows it."

"... because that's who he is."

"I don't want Kamui to regret it. I don't care what you regret about keeping him alive, but you can't get him back if you regret killing him, can you?

Alto's behavior is still because of Kamui. They're trying to create an excuse to save Deefleet's life by making Serene plead.

"... thanks. Alto."

Even so, Serene is grateful to Alto.

"So this is..."

"Isn't it? I'm saying thank you for giving me the opportunity to work for Kamui. And the chance to help Dee. Thanks to Alto, my regrets could fade a little too."

Alto inspired me to ask again for what I had given up. He must have created an opportunity to do what he regretted if he gave up like this. I was glad that was Serene.

"... oh, I hope so. I'm counting on you, Mr. Serene."

"Yeah, let me handle it."