Oukoku e Tsuzuku Michi

Episode 326: The Invisible Battle (2) The Flame of Retaliation

"- To sum up the information on the prisoners, the bad guys are definitely Governor Magrad, Griff-Jill Gray."

"Right."

That's all I say and sit deep in the office chair.

I'm here with Leoporto, who I'm reporting now, and Celia, who has an angry face, Myra, who's leaning down, and Tristan, who's asleep. Celia, kick it.

"Wake up, idiot!

"Ouch, you're breaking a bone."

Other sebastians and Rita are also present.

"I hope the bad guy figured it out, but I'm wondering if there's next. If you don't, you'll have to take your time later, make a scene in the king's capital, and I hope you do the right thing."

"There is for sure"

Leopold says without hesitation, so I exhale one sigh and unwittingly draw Celia to stroke her.

"It is clear that this raid was aimed not at intimidation or warning but at Sir Hardlett's life. He didn't achieve anything."

Furthermore, Leoporto adds:

"Governor Zilgrey is famous for his obsessive character, and we have further information that he has repeatedly criticized and slandered Sir Hardlett at the balls and suppers he attended. Except for Sir Hardlett, besides merit, the emotional part seems to be huge. If so, persistent attacks are expected to continue."

"Well, I don't remember doing anything resentful."

Just a little bit of silence. I wonder what the hell, well keep going.

"Then you can't leave it alone. What are we gonna do about it?

Leoporto retrieved the map of the mansion with no expression.

"The defense of the mansion has been exposed to be fragile against trained intruders. Therefore, there will be more bonfires and guards and more watchtowers. In addition, maids and servants are trained in suspicious discovery and are asked to carry alert whistles. This is the first."

Is it simply to tighten security?

I guess it was called for this. Rita and Sebastian nodded deeply, too.

"We'll always have a few people standing by the mansion from the convoy. Guards alone may not have a good share of the opponent."

Celia adds.

In guards and escorts they are quite different in stature and proficiency.

Most of them will be able to control it if a few fully armed escorts rush.

"So that solves it?

"Next is the report to Wang Du. I have annotated this case that the remnants of the old Magrad rebel forces have attempted to assassinate Sir Hardlett...... so it will be in tow. Jill Gray doesn't stand out either."

I see, did you bother to give Magrad's name to remind him?

"But that's..."

Celia looks unhappy. Leoporto moves his gaze at her slightly and continues.

"It would be shameful to allow thieves to enter the mansion, and ordinary nobles would hesitate to report to the King's Capital. This time, however, we considered the effect of restraint to be more important. This is the second measure"

"I don't mind. If you can expect any effect at all, do whatever you want."

"Ha, if you were a normal nobleman, you'd be mad at Mr. Leopold"

says Tristan. There is no such thing as this.

"I was singing my own song the other day thinking there was nobody in the courtyard, and the maid who was washing in the corner ran away with the shittiness. It's more embarrassing."

"Please be more dignified... but wouldn't it be more effective to witness those women and report Jill Gray to Wang Du that he did it?

Celia sees Leoporto. Then Tristan started talking before Leopold opened his mouth.

This guy wants to talk about his habit of laziness.

"That's pointless, but bad. Jill Gray can't be punished on the basis of the testimony of several Gordonian ministers, civilians. Besides, Lord Hardlett's rivalry with him is a famous story, and if you're bad at it, it could be taken as a slander."

……

Celia glances abominably at Tristan and closes her teasing mouth.

Was Jill Gray and I at odds? I need to remember.

That said, the woman who saved him was pregnant a while ago.

Now he seems to enjoy knitting clothes for babies with a big baby in his arms.

What gift should I give if my child is born safely?

Let us also drink breast milk at that time.

"... breast milk"

Celia was rubbing her chest when she heard the last place was in her mouth.

"May I?

Leoporto saw me with cold eyes. Who strayed from the story?

"But these alone are incomplete. The first is just a shield, under enemy attack. The second is just voices, intimidating and convincing enemies."

"Right. All you need is a sword to stop the one you're about to slash."

"That will be the last measure"

Leoporto has the same faceless expression, but his eyes and atmosphere change. This is where the real deal starts.

Let's just say I ask you seriously.

"We will also carry out an attack on Jill Gray. The way..."

Leoporto begins to explain his plan of attack. I see, that sounds interesting.

Jill, I'm not really interested in Gray or anything, but I don't feel comfortable keeping my mouth shut without being hit.

You might want to put a blow in and put it down so you don't do anything dragging it down again.

And into the candidates for the operation.

It's a fight under the water. Individual combat skills are important given what should be accomplished in as small a number of people as possible.

Next, we need the secrecy to act inconspicuously.

You have to be the one who can keep your judgment and, above all, your secrets to be more ad hoc depending on the situation.

"Not a lot to think about again."

The first thing that came to mind was Gido.

Highly combative, most importantly, bow arms would play a role. I'm in command of the convoy, so I'm judgmental and I don't have to worry about divulging confidentiality.

The next candidate was Celia, who volunteered intensely.

Her skills are perfect for covert operations and she's smart...

"I don't feel comfortable, I'm worried I'll get hurt..."

"It's okay! Besides, it's also my trouble to allow the raid, so let me get it back!

It's also pathetic to force you to stop saying it so far.

With her skill, I'm sure she'll be fine first, but she's not going to sleep.

No, wait, let's change our minds. I'm wrong because I think I'm sending people.

"I came up with a good thing. Why don't you just let me go?

"Absolutely not."

Celia and Leoporto's voices align.

"Sir Hardlett only meets combat power out of the four essential elements consisting of combat, covert ability, judgment and reliability. Please weigh yourself down because you are completely ineligible."

This is what Leopold told me.

"Wait a minute, I know you don't have the ability to hide, but what do you mean you don't have the reliability?"

Why would you worry about me betraying you? It would be strange.

"Can you absolutely keep a secret even if a beautiful woman asks you to be on the floor?

"... I think it's gonna be okay..."

Sometimes my lower body betrays itself. Therefore, there is no certainty.

"Then make yourself comfortable."

I just have to shut up when they say this.

Hmm? Wait a minute. The place of judgment was then flushed.

You would be making fun of me after all.

"People are unsuitable."

You bastard, I'll definitely expose you and Nina's perverted behavior one day.

"The lord himself is going into retaliation for attempted assassination... kukuku... kukuku"

Tristan, you're laughing.

Rita, his meal today is a three-meal bean dish. Put on your exclusive maid and shove her into your mouth.

Let's get back to it.

Speaking of other appropriate......

"Um, give me a chance to return the stigma too..."

Myra raises her hand but shakes her head on this.

"It's impossible. In the unlikely event that she is captured or seen in the face with the title, it will unconditionally prove to be Sir Hardlett's crime"

"Besides, Myra wouldn't be very good at light business or covert behavior, would she? Commanding on the battlefield is your business."

Me and Leopold deny it, Myra sits powerless.

She's a little crazy today. Even if Celia and I snuggle together, we keep our jealous eyes peeled down.

In the meantime, do we have to look after the two of us who have secured it, and later the one who can be especially trusted from the escort?

Mac is excluded. Too conspicuous.

Christophe is also excluded. Too weak.

That's when the door is knocked.

"It's me. Can I come in?

The Lord of the voice was Secrito.

"We're in a meeting now. You are not allowed to enter."

Celia speaks out in a harsh tone.

Secrito is hated by most of the women in the house, mainly Nonna.

The first encounter was terrible, and he didn't listen to anything but me, and he had no intention of cooperating.

I'm trying to take it in, too, but there's nothing I can do about it because I don't care about isolation and I'm not motivated to do it well.

The suggestion is that Ceclito doesn't even care about Celia's anger.

I wonder what kind of retaliation you're gonna get.

"Become!" "…"

Celia is surprised and Leoporto stares at the door.

"... in"

If they talk about bad things in the hallway, they might get into the servants' ears.

It's not that I don't trust them, but it's far more dangerous than those here.

Secrito walked into the room with a faint laugh as Celia opened the door with her bitter worm-bitten face.

A long skirt with slits in the perfect short sleeve shirt, no embellishments, just easy to keep long hair out of the way.

"There's nobody in the hallway. Don't worry about it."

Secrito glanced around the room and sat down next to me, where Celia stood and became vacant.

"Ah!"

Celia turns bright red every once in a while, but that's behind us.

"Where did you learn about retaliation?

Secrito laughs when he drinks up Celia's tea, which he left on the table.

"I know that raid, don't I? You and the deacon and maid chief will gather together to discuss a meeting or something, and we'll find out."

Secrito gives Leoporto and Rita with a hand with a cup.

And her legs luxuriously put together. It's like she's my husband.

"The choices the attacked take are fleeing, crying to sleep, and revenge. Is that the balls you cry or run for?

Leoporto doesn't put it on his face but he's pretty grumpy.

Celia, on the other hand, is easily angry, and Rita and Sebastian are stopping.

"I don't care about that."

Secrito laughed lightly and put his head on my shoulder as he glimpsed the plan for the retaliation operation.

"Ki!

Celia is getting more violent. In Rita and Sebastian it would be time to stop.

"Let me participate in this operation, too. I'm getting tired of fishing and napping."

Leopold and Tristan's gaze turns into an interesting object.

Celia keeps rambling, though.

"I think I have all the elements I need."

Secrito licks the edge of the empty Celia cup before returning it to the table.

Everyone hates you because you do that.

"That may be true..."

Leopold and Tristan are looking at this one.

Do these guys only know Secrito as their concubine?

I told her about the upside down in the Federation, but I didn't seem to get it right because I'm a lousy speaker.

"The story about Uncle Borderline was all about women, wasn't it? It's weirder to think it passed something on there."

Anyway, combat power is beyond question. She would have the strength of an Iridina even from the front.

By the way, Irigina was considered uncomfortable this time because she had no secrets at all, just like me.

She is also resistant to light work and bare hands battles that bring her soft body to life and is suitable for covert missions.

"Not reliable! Such a woman. I don't know when to betray her!

Celia makes a scene.

"I won't betray you. Where do you think you're going with betrayal? You want this Jill Gray guy or something to give you a turnaround reward? It's true."

Of course I'm not worried about that.

I'm still short with her, but I'm not worried about betrayal or anything.

If Secrito was here, it would be okay to get rough first.

"I get it. I'll ask you to do the same. But don't fight with Celia."

"That depends on that one. Unfortunately, I don't know how to sweeten a child."

"This!"

Finally, Celia waves Rita and the others away and jumps to Ceclito.

But because he was overexcited, he fell flashly over Tristan, who was sitting there niggling at him for missing a jump over the couch.

"Heh heh! It hurts!"

"Hmm, does that serve as a covert operation or something?

"Yes, I'm the one who hurts the most... I have knees on my head thoughtfully..."

"Consider the next best course of action if the operation fails."

Leopold, don't tell me you're not even close.

"I'm sorry I left you guys to it. I'll listen to whatever you have to say when I get home."

Celia's mood heals immediately.

Let's take the Gido guy to the finest whorehouse.

Sometimes it's good to cheat alongside one another who has a wife.

Secrito does.

"Shall I go fishing with you? You said," Ah, let's get on II and relax and spend the day on the water. "

"Talk about rewards before the operation succeeds…"

Ceclito's complexion gradually disappears, which seemed illuminating but delightful.

"How do you know?

He looks at me so much that I bump into him, he even kills me and he approaches me.

"Ha ha, the lord knows everything"

When I slept in the shade of a tree near a pond, Secrito dragged the boat.

"Give me an anchor. Sail!" I want to compliment myself for not laughing where I rowed myself out.

"What is it? Tell me too!

"Shut up, it has nothing to do with the kid!

Celia sensibly guesses and sticks her neck in, and Secrito tries to get rid of her.

Looks familiar at all. Above all.

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A while later, the port town of Panathe on the north bank of the North Terriers side.

"Luggage enters the subject. Heavy loads… no doubt."

At the end of Gido's gaze, a load is carried from the ship into a building along the river.

The property, including the building, is owned by Jill Gray, and the load has crossed the river from Magrad.

Keep observing, Gido, but the distance from the warehouse is quite far, and without the incredible sight of the mountain people, you won't even notice it turned this way.

"Then we'll decide tonight as planned. Everybody close your curtains and tame your eyes to the darkness."

Celia tells everyone and Secrito laughs.

"What is it?

"Yikes, anything"

Gido speaks to himself in a desperate attempt to dispel the sinister atmosphere.

"I wish I could have brought my usual bow, but this is half the range."

Just as it's dangerous to carry a combat bow through other territories, I held an assembled bow so that it could be distracted by travel supplies.

Of course, the size and string tension are inferior, and the range and power drop greatly.

"There are no soldiers in the city wearing armor. The distance is up to a hundred. Can we go?"

"Up to about a hundred and fifty..."

Secrito rounds his eyes just a little.

"Don't do it. Look at my ass. You mean you're not just a bloke."

"Oh, that's because you suddenly start dressing in front of me!

"I will report to Lady Agir."

"Sorry......"

The futile tale in the dark ends with the sun taking him down.

Confirming that the yang had completely sunk, Gido and Celia, Secrito and a few selected from the convoy began to move.

"Ugh, you feel good"

"Do you want to go to the whorehouse like this? Rub your milk."

Two escorts in sailors' clothes walk shoulder to shoulder.

There's nothing to worry about in the harbor town with a common sight.

When they enter the back alley, they take the wooden barrel and the sparkling rope out of their nostalgia.

Handily ignited, they threw a few of them into the premises where the warehouse was located.

"Ugh, you're drunk"

"Let's go to another house - we're not up late yet"

They walk flabby through the back alley with their shoulders together again. No one cares.

The roar that cleaves the night, and the firepillars that illuminate the darkness rise.

"Hey, what's going on!

"Fire! Put out the fire! Bring the water!

"The fire's gaining momentum! Why all of a sudden this!

It's not even a half-fire in the distance.

The warehouse watch rushes out to the fire.

Those who were at the entrance to the warehouse were not on the lookout, but only distracted by the fire.

"Gu!"

"Oops!"

A sword protrudes from one noose.

The other neck was slashed from both sides and fell to the ground with corn.

"What about the body?

"I'll leave it!

Bad Celia and Secrito walk through the entrance with the body rolling.

"Hmm? You guys - gu ha!

Those on the watchtower naturally notice them, but they are silenced with arrows in their faces and throats before they utter their words.

Gido is releasing an arrow from where he left off.

"This accuracy from a hundred meters away at night? If I'd been in my fleet, I'd have been adorable."

"Please don't slap me for nothing. More powerful than that..."

Before Celia finishes, Secrito lights the barrel and throws it into the lookout jar.

At the same time as the explosion sounded, the entire stuffing burned, and the men who had been torched by the fire jumped out and fell down.

"It's a combination of gunpowder and high quality oil. If it's just gunpowder, it bursts, and if it's just oil, it just burns, but if it's combined, the burning oil will scatter and it will become a big fire. I used to use it a lot."

Sekrito twists herself together as she says.

At the same time, a sword is swung down from the side to slash the sky.

"Oh, it's been a long time. The feeling of slashing people... it still has to be like this"

Secrito slashes off the man's arm with a sword in his right hand and rips his stomach with a sword in his left hand.

Rotate your body one more time and make a deep decision about your neck and stomach.

The man collapsed with his organs and blood scattered.

"Ku, bender - hih!

Secrito is already approaching close as the man who tried to escape screaming looks back.

"Slow, dull, like a pig"

The man who is slashed on the heel is slashed on the tendon and falls.

"Ma, wait! How could you do this? Are you bandits? The load is over there..."

"I know."

Secrito, who slapped his sword on the head of a man begging for his life, moves sideways without preliminary motion.

"Nah!" "Damn it!

A short spear protruding from behind empties.

It's too late when you pull back in a hurry.

Secrito slashes the man's leg with his hips down to the limit.

It looked unstable and powerless posture, but Secrito's blow smashes the man's tibia.

"My leg - what!?

In front of a falling man is a laughing secrito and a protruding sword tip.

The man went desperate as he felt his sword stab deep into his eyes.

"I'm away behind you!

Pull out and throw the dagger Celia had on her thighs.

The man who was about to slash Secrito rushes to play the looming dagger, but can't cope with two aimed at his throat and lower abdomen at the same time.

Neither man, lost for a moment, can be prevented, and is pierced through his throat and lower abdomen and desperate.

"Pay more attention!

"You, too."

Secrito twists his body soft and throws his sword.

The sword profoundly protruded into the heart of the man who was approaching from behind Celia.

Soldiers coming at the same time toward the two fall flabby.

If you look closely, each had a black, inked arrow poking at the steeple.

One more sticks between Ceclito and Celia.

He said, "Hurry up, boy."

Secrito pulls his sword out of a man's body when he laughs lightly.

Sprayed blood sprays all over your body, but you don't seem to care.

"Flames, gunpowder, and blood...... fu"

"Dear Agil... this woman is crazy"

The center of the site, the largest stone building, is where it's meant to be.

I guess they're supposed to be more tightly guarded, but there's no lookout because of the fire.

Moreover, the sturdy door was slightly open.

Celia and Secrito groan at the door.

"I fly," "I yield,"

It was the moment they both pushed the door open at the same time.

"Whoa!!

"You thief, die!

Unlike previous watches, two men dressed in metal armor jumped out with their swords.

But the slaughter of the men slashes the void with nothing.

"" That?

Celia lay low as she opened the door and stood with her sword at the man's feet.

Secrito was also jumping at the same time, waving his sword.

It's over.

Celia pokes her sword deep through the gap in her torso armor.

Secrito slapped his helmet at the mercy of his strength and broke the neck of the man who had fallen and fallen in with his legs.

With a laugh, Secrito walks inside the building.

There were loads carried from the ship.

"Hino! We're just husbands. We're related to the people here."

"Right."

Secrito instantly killed all the wives who were trembling between the loads, excited by the sword of his hands.

Confirm the load without wiping the blood of the sword.

"As expected. Gold coins also have silver coins and pre-processing gold. Jill, that's the crystal of Gray's merciful reign."

"There are many mines in Magrad."

The purpose of the raid was this shipment from the beginning to the King's Capital.

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Go back, Leopold. We're describing the operation.

"Even though it's retaliation, if you assassinate Governor Zilgrey, that would be a major disturbance involving the whole of Goldonia. Moreover, after the disturbances ahead, it is imperative that the suspicions turn to us, which, given the current state of the king, could cause the worst."

"The important thing is to inflict pain on Jill Gray and show clear will"

"On top of that, I prefer something like he can't offer damage to the king's capital."

"This wagon convoy leaving Magrad on a regular basis, given the escort situation, the shipment..."

"You will be strictly escorted within the Governor-General's office at your knees. And if you make a scene near Wangdu, the kingdom will come running down your neck. The target is the port town immediately after the packing, Jill Gray, who does not move his soldiers with dignity and is far from the king's capital, so the kingdom will not be involved."

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"Is everything as expected? Did the man with the plan say Leopold or something... he doesn't just kill a woman, he has a good pawn"

"There's going to be 10,000 of them. Is it a fraudulent hoarding?

"I don't know. But it doesn't seem like grand money. If they steal it, they can sue the kingdom."

Secrito put a grab of the gold in his pocket.

Wrinkles lean between Celia's eyebrows.

"But gold is gold. Let me use it in a meaningful way."

"Ri." Is that the cost of building a iii?

"What?

Ceclito and Celia stare.

"What are you doing! Fire is spreading, and the town guards are rushing! Let's get out of here!

Gido jumps in with the rest of the convoy.

"Hmm, have you stayed too long"

"So let's get out of the river as planned and throw this gold coin in the river too"

"It's a waste, but you can't take it back to the boulder."

Everyone tries to carry a box of gold coins, but Secrito puts it away.

"No, there's a good way to make the gold irrecoverable and get out without getting wet."

Celia and Gido laugh at her proposal without thinking about it.

"Are you ready?

"Yes." "Yes."

Gold coins were piled up in a carriage, and the box was broken with a sword, so it was overflowing.

Connected to the carriage are two horses, already restless by fire and hustle and bustle.

"" Go!

Ceclito and Celia poke their two asses with a knife at the same time, while the others rush away from the carriage.

The carriage runs off with a sharp hiss.

He leaps out of the building, leaps out of the warehouse grounds, and runs through a tremendous momentum.

Of course it's not going anywhere. He's getting his butt poked, and he's just running wild.

There were already wild horses and guards packing around the grounds.

A carriage rams through that crowd.

"Abou!

"It's a runaway carriage. Avoid!!

Everyone pulls back in a hurry.

But one of them raises a strange voice.

"Drop something that carriage...... this is gold coin!!

"It's scattered all over there! Pick it up. Pick it up.

Gold coins and silver coins are zeroed out of the carriage carriage that runs with severe tremors.

The wild horse immediately lay down on the ground and desperately began to look for gold coins.

"You guys! What are you picking up?

"'Cause it's gold. Our paycheck's rolling all over the place!

The runaway carriage runs around town and drops its money where it arrives.

Especially in places with massive zeroes such as bends, the people and the guards were crowded and fussed indiscriminately.

"Guards come and poke at the cause of the fire! Suspicious fire, right?

"Shut up! The gold will be kept by our guards! You're the ones sleeping in the house!

No longer had anyone seen the fire or anything, first of all no guards looking for the suspicious.

A row walks slowly through the noise of a frenzy lit by flames.

"I've collected ten more. Now I can eat good food for a year. Whoa! Hmm? What's wrong with you guys with swords and stuff?

Still, one of the nearly bumped guards blamed the line...

"Ah! Something glowed in the corner there!

"That gold coin is mine!!

The guard slips into the back alley.

Thus the raid in Panathe ended.

"Gido... you stole a few too, didn't you?

"Ha..."

Everyone in the convoy gets out of sight.

It was a dangerous mission, but it seemed to come in handy.

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The protagonist, Agil-Hardlett, 24, summer.

Status Legend of the Border of the Kingdom of Goldonia Mount Big Lords and Eastern Great Lords Friends of Dwarves Friends of King Ares Heroes of Dragon Killing

Elf's intermediary, Sex King of White Capital.

185500 inhabitants, 24,000 refugees.

32000 in important cities Rafen 5000 in Lintblum 13000 in special pioneering districts

Residual army, 8800 men.

Infantry 5700 Cavalry 1000 Archers 800 Bow Cavalry 500 Artillery 350

Thirty-five artillery, 20 large artillery, 16 dwarf artillery, 15 tanks.

2200 Southern Troopers

Refugee Security (Light Infantry) 2200

Other

2,000 reserve officers, 150 security forces.

Property Gold Coins 48490 Plague Control + Malt (4000) Drug Cost For Fifty (+2000) Armament Enhancement (1500)

554 Experience 66 + 555 children given birth