Reincarnation Monarch
Episode 35: The Erwin, northbound.
The flow rate of the long-standing Great River, the Altarte River, was enormous, far above that of the common river.
Therefore, the scale of the annual rainy season's river flooding (solder) was also daunting, which greatly benefited the surrounding area.
Because the river floods carried fertile (well) soils rich in nutrients from the upper basin into the lower basin, covering the agricultural land anew every year, so agriculture inevitably flourished.
It was therefore believed that the original civilization in the continent of Melissa began in this subriver basin of Altarte.
But as a result, various forces fought over this fertile land more than in ancient times, and vast amounts of blood flowed into the land.
But it was also a cleansing of the blood from a new flood before it dried up.
And now the earth desires new blood, but every sign of war had appeared in this fertile land.
Judge Joon-young Lombardo Schneider of the Republic of Valentin was rushing north to the disputed area of Esta, defying a long stream of great rivers to prevent the war.
"Apparently, the chaos of the wars has subsided and is now glued"
Counsellor Helmut Shester, a competent deputy who follows Lombardo, reported that to his superiors, who are staring hard at the maps he spreads in the cabin or no.
It was the liaison ship set free by the monitors stationed in Esta, the land of the suspension, that brought the news to the Lombards' high-speed ship, the Erwin.
The contact ship was a high-speed ship of the same type as the Elwyn, and on its way south toward Elmur, a province of Esta, it encountered the Elwyn heading north.
The two ships approached each other as close as they could when they could see each other, and the contact vessel unleashed the arrow with which the report was concluded (yu) and the Erwin received the stabbed arrow.
Regardless, even though we carefully confirm that we are compatriots at each other's sight and use predetermined euphemisms as a reinforcement to further compatriot confirmation, we could still say that this is a very coarse method.
But they had the perception that it was an emergency to contend for a moment.
For this reason, they had to take the method used only in this emergency, and it was this that tells the story of the seriousness of the matter in response.
"So Esta's already occupied by Lowenglin, huh?
The Central American zone Esta, in the middle basin of the Altarte River, was originally a neutral zone as a border dispute between the Pope of Lowenglin and the United Kingdom of Raidham, both countries, but it was the most important part of the report brought about this time that the victorious Pope of Lowenglin had been completely occupied in this battle of conflict.
"Yes, Esta is filled with low Englin soldiers."
Shester's report didn't mean it sucked, but it was also by no means a good one.
Because once acquired territory is something that no matter what, no matter what, as an instinct to pierce the spine of that nation, it will never let go.
In other words, Esta has already become a new territory acquired by Lowenglin, and restoring it to its former state of neutrality can no longer be a daunting undertaking.
But from the side of the United Kingdom of Raidham, this state of affairs was not entirely acceptable.
Therefore, it was no longer very difficult for Lombards to find a compromise as to where to put the two sides' spears (dust) if they wanted to settle the dispute as small as possible.
"What is Esta's surveillance team headquarters like now..."
During the Great War between Lowenglin and Raidham, which took place roughly fifty years ago, the seven surrounding countries, which brokered bilateral harmony, defined the southern border between the two countries as the Altarte River.
At that time, however, delegations from the seven surrounding countries made the land a neutral zone, as they disputed between representatives of both Lowenglin and Raidham over which territory to take Esta, the Central American zone of the Altarte River basin.
And he had set up a surveillance corps headquarters in seven surrounding countries, and brought peace to the land for fifty years.
"Well, you're probably surrounded by low-englin soldiers, but with the contact ships going south from time to time, freedom will be guaranteed. Of course you don't have to worry about being served."
"Naturally. If Lowenglin were to do such a thing, he would turn the seven surrounding countries against the enemy. One country at a time is small, but the total power combined with Raydom is considerable. Still other neighboring countries will join the war if they take faith in a country like the one that has its hands on a garrison watch group. With the addition of another great power in it, the Kingdom of Dallas, there will be no more of them than Lowenglin, the most powerful nation in the world. I don't think Lowenglin would make such a stupid choice."
"Yeah, I don't think Esta has a place as secure as the surveillance team's premises right now."
"Was there a port on the surveillance team's property?
"Yes. The southernmost tip of Central America, the land where the Altarte River, divided into two parts, meets again, will be the seat of the monitoring team. So we can get the ship out of the harbor as soon as possible."
"I assume you've set up a headquarters and a harbor at the southernmost end."
"Yeah. That's His Excellency Gerhard Schneider. Fifty years ago, at the end of the war, it was the decision of Chancellor Gerhard Schneider, the councillor's great-grandfather, to set up the headquarters at the southernmost end of Esta."
"... hey, yeah"
Lombardo said, sounding even bored, humming one nose.
Seeing that, Chester said with a very mean, slight laugh.
"That's a very incorrigible reply. Because the petty councillors also suffer from the current pressure of the prestigious Schneider family?
Lombardo then revealed Shester's question.
"And the Lowenglin guys, what they do is dirty. I know you're aware that King Cyrus of Raydam has been wiped out, but I don't like the way he did it."
Shester was about to erupt unexpectedly because Lombardo was too childish to tease him, but he managed.
And Lombardo's childishness seemed so favorable to Shester that he stopped pursuing it any further.
"Yes. After King Cyrus died, it would be an invasion to see his successor indeterminate. Well, if you always say" means, "you're right, but you feel a little too much in your mouth."
"Yeah. But apparently you can see that Lowenglin also has as many heads off as you. How did he know that King Cyrus was gone? How about when you know that again and then you're fast enough to invade? You guessed King Cyrus' death in the first place because Raydam's ship entered Elmoor to buy flowers of mourning that you thought were meant for the king, right?
"Yeah. It's about the night of September 9th."
"But the Lowenglin invaded Esta more than half a day earlier than that, the unknown of September 9th."
"Yeah. It was probably on the morning of September 7th that King Cyrus was deported. And it seems that the ship that buys the flowers of mourning leaves at noon that day, and the arrival in Elmur was on the evening of September 9th, two and a half days later."
"Oh. But the invasion by Lowenglin is only two days after King Cyrus' departure. It was only two days later that we moved the army on a massive scale and occupied Esta in the blink of an eye. This is an unusual speed."
"So the councillor says King Cyrus's death was not an assassination by a successor candidate asking about the king's status, but an assassination by the hands of Lowenglin?
"Or I'm wondering if someone from Lowenglin might have turned it on..."
"I see. At the same time as the assassination success, it will be possible in time for the envoy to invade Esta just two days later by the troops deployed on the western bank of the Altarte River, who were already ready to launch."
"Oh. Apparently you're right to assume that this invasion wasn't abrupt, that it was all premeditated, including assassination"
Lombardo glanced at Chester face to face, then glanced at the map around Esta, which largely dropped his gaze and spread on the desk again.
The high-speed ship Erwin, which the Republic of Valentin boasts, was still a day's distance in time over the disputed area of Esta.