"Ho, is that true!?

"Oh. I hit the fabric stone once."

Fujishi?

Oh, hey...

"Is that what you're talking about getting in the rare? That's a lie, isn't it?

"Yes."

I knew it.

Mr. Berg's aim is to find Mr. Skirk, and there's no way he's going to do anything unscrupulous about getting in the rare and one rampage.

"So you're saying you turned the spear on yourself to protect the town?

"Oh. Perhaps they'll report my presence up there after they've fled back to their country. That knight captain is never weak. If you're weak, you can't do it. So, if the man who crushed him were to come aboard Rare, he would definitely increase his personnel somewhat in defense. Besides, I'm not just waiting, I can think of manpower to capture me. I might tell you this story. You'll want to avoid rumors like that right now, and it's likely it will."

"Then there's this town...!

"No... as I said earlier, Rae will not leave this town alone. The Rare Soldiers will definitely be back."

"Then it doesn't make sense..."

"No, I do. But hey. That should buy you a lot of time. The same goes for the time they spend moving to their home country, putting together a policy against me, choosing who to send to Frost, and after they decide to move again. My reading is that the new Rare Soldiers will be here at least a month away."

"So you're saying we'll do something in the meantime?

"That's what happened. Well, once you put that aside, the number of soldiers in Rae herself isn't that high in the first place. Because it was originally a middle-aged country. So it is the current situation in Rae's own country that imposes burdens on the people due to compulsory conscription or the confiscation of private property. So, that's how the majority of the troops we've collected are on the front line. In addition, it should be full of national defenses and marches to maintain territory like this one. It would also be responsible for the fact that only about a hundred soldiers could be sent to Frost, an important base. Well, you sent that knight captain over to bury it."

"You've often started a war... didn't you know that would happen?

"Of course you knew. So most of the troops on the Rare side on the front line are made up of soldiers from the country that became Rare's homeland. That's what I've been calculating from the beginning. Though they serve the majority of the original army in Rare's own country, that number is 20% or 30% of the total... that's not enough to deal with Teeturn alone at all."

"Then why don't we just leave it all to our country? That way you can freely use your own army..."

Indeed.

That would be easier to do, and we don't have to scratch ourselves...... annoying though.

"No, I can't do that."

"Huh? Why?

"I don't know what Rae's intention was to start this battle, but the factor that's worked so well so far is his great dissatisfaction with the tee turns the North had. In short, you're the one who's been tough. During the territorial expansion, Teeturn took the approach of using his country to increase the number of new ones. Naturally, that's the easiest part. So Rae can't do the same thing as that. Forced conscription and confiscation of private property are both quite painful theatrical drugs. In other words, whatever it takes to discuss a tee turn… it shows its strong will to belong to the country and emphasizes that we are fighting together. The evil of this battle is a tee turn, and Rae must be just. That's why Rae can't get out of her hands."

"I see... Oh, but? Then wouldn't it be weird if that shitty guy didn't go to the front line, too? Isn't the Knights Commander the head of the army?

"The definition of a Knight Commander varies from country to country. Some countries, as Tia says, are at the top of the army, while others are in charge of their own defence. Olympus, for example, is the former, and Celtic is the latter. The chief of the Celtic Knights is a man named Eddie, but the head of the army is done by a woman named Lyana. And apart from that, King Celtic's son is involved in the army as a deputy king."

Oh, I know that.

After you saved Levi from the demons, you met him at Celtic Castle, didn't you?

Speaking of which, you started that time and also met King Nieberg.

I remember a lot of things.

That one surprised me...... I felt like a really little girl looking.

But it wasn't half intimidating......

If someone with you says they want to fight Mr. Lord, Mr. Adeed will stare at you with a tremendous figure.

That good Gatai guy scared me... is that it?

"Sure Rae wasn't the same as Celtic? There's a guy who heads the military apart from the Knights Commander, and I heard he's pretty famous in the north... do you know Mr. Mayor?

Hey, wait a minute.

That guy sure... carries a big sword...

"Ah, yes. I don't know the name, but I've heard rumors. Rae publicly said he would never fight until a while ago, but that there was an army in place to defend himself and that the generals who put it together were pretty good... and Rae didn't have anything to fight for."

Wearing armor like this......

"Then I guess that guy's out front. So, that knight captain turned to defense. Well, anyway..."

With a voice like this... my hair is blonde... strong... of...!

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!?

"Wow!?

"Hey, what!? What's wrong, Tia!?

"Duh, what have you done!?

I remember... totally!

"Hey, what is it? Something on my face..."

"Hey...... is Master Adeed always scared?

"Nah!?

I knew it!

The name is for sure......!

"Tia, Tia...... what do you mean?

"... I remember it all. You know, after we rescued Levi from the Inhelm, Mr. Lord and we got a little rest at Celtic Castle."

"Oh, yeah. I know because I heard it before... what's wrong with that?

"Hey, wait a minute... what's a load now..."

"What!? Mr. Berg, do you know about Lord?!?

"Oh, oh..."

"It's up to me to know. 'Cause I'm seeing you at Celtic Castle... with me."

"Huh... ah!? Oh, no way... I was at Celtic Castle then...!

"That's right, Mr. Berg...... no, Knights of Kneeberg...... Mr. Din!

"Huh!!

"Huh!?

"Ho, is that true!?

"Di, what's Din... be Knights Commander of Nieberg and be said to be the strongest man... oh, you...!

"We're not forgetting each other... we're supposed to be strong. So that's why you were familiar with military relations."

"... that's what happened. I'm sorry I hid it."

That's what I say. Mr. Din bows his head.

"Yeah. We've been hiding it, too, and it's like a top-secret assignment or something, right?

"Oh...... well"

"No way... for Nieberg to invade Frost...!

"Uh, no, no. No, no. I can't tell you what the mission is, but that's not what we're talking about."

"Well, it wasn't Berg... Uh, Din is looking for Mr. Skirk..."

"That's true. But apart from that, I've been assigned a mission by Lady Adeed. Skirk feels like he's looking for it. It would be convenient if you were here. I'm surprised... I didn't have to hide it if I knew I knew Lord from the beginning..."

"Pfft... I just forgot. Me too."

"Ha... right. Okay, let's introduce ourselves again. I'm the Knight Commander of Nieberg...... I'm Din-Zoldert. Say hello."