"Bertil Lagerbeck, Second Knight Commander. A warrior-shaped knight captain who supported the patron hero Lawrence Reinhardt in the shadows. The hope of Siel-Teira, who lived from the battle of the King's capital without both arms, is no way..."

Girl with long honey-colored hair and white magnetic skin.

... of, a man in appearance.

Disdainfully blurring her loving sunset colored eyes, Tracy sighed deeply in exaggeration.

"I didn't mean to go down to the princess's military gate. Oh, oh..."

"Come on, tell me who you're dealing with. I'm surprised too.

Tracy, if you say so, I'm an adventurer with a name. Marusa, Rene caught me. I don't know what a puppet is. "

"You don't even have words to give back."

Bertil moistens his lips by drinking tea with the prosthetic hand of a demonic machine (artifact) like a steel skeleton.

A room with some simple furniture, at first glance like a furnished pre-occupancy apartment. This is a medium grade inn in the city of Taylakaine. It was Bertil's assigned room.

Sitting relative to Bertil, Tracy is equipped with a body line that looks like a bandit (sheaf) 's work outfit. Bertil snuck in so far as to avoid being distracted by his contact with 'someone' by the shade of night.

Tracy was here on Rene's instructions to ask Bertil to help.

My men are not in this place.

Only Bertil himself and René's party know Bertil's 'determination'.

"Is the reason you're in this city, after all, that you're here? His Highness Zislan."

"That's it. Well, it wasn't until I got here that I was talked to.

In my position, I have to be the only Crown Prince candidate. "

"Right. Royal security is also the work of the Knights of the Palace."

"... so. The princess wants her neck."

"You're absolutely right, with all due respect. Hi. And of course the Marquis."

That's right, you know, and Bertil shrugged in his mouth.

Soon after Hilberto's death, he is about to set up another king to join hands with Noaculio without sexual punishment.

It is naturally difficult to forgive from René.

But that doesn't make it easy to sell out Zislan.

"What I'm working with is if you decide to reduce the number of dead people. I'd be happy if you brought me some bait that I'd like to eat."

"Well, if I could connect the Marquis to His Highness, I guess he would refrain from slaughtering the citizens."

"That became the bargaining material until the Noaculio army came forward. I'm only in a position that people should sacrifice less. If Rene loses, that's good."

"Dazzling... the glow of freedom dazzling..."

When Tracy dropped disappointed, her hair tied to a single one dripped.

"But I won't tolerate neglect of duty, so I'll tell you what I'm gonna say.

The princess is preparing Holy Beast measures. And the Noaculio Army... uh, the first phase of the operation is underway, did you notice?

Tracy putting her index finger up with a serious face.

When he did this kind of trick, which looked like brain weather and was emotionally expressive, he seemed to be repainted at once, from its fallout to the ambient air.

As soon as they say it, Bertil thinks of a case.

"... uh. I didn't think it was natural, but I knew it. Rene, I thought you liked it."

"By the way! I'm not lying that Mr. Knight is self-defense!

A knight named Yuin was killed and executed after rubbing with a Noakurio soldier.

Bertil was completely out of mosquito nets on this matter, but he felt a stinking smell, from the speedy execution out of common sense to the rumor that 'the bad was the Noaculio soldier', which began to flow shortly afterwards.

Bertil swallows evil.

If Tracy is right, first and foremost, the Noaculio army that caused the scandal and the Marquis who covered it up are terrible.

And I just wrap my tongue around Rene, who saw it as a gap to get into and hit me instantly. []/(adj-na, n, adj-no) (uk) frivolous/

"And so on. 'Mysterious Merchant' should be starting to move by now. A mysterious merchant who buys groceries and leaves for twice the price of the market."

"Uhh...

We need to buy the necessary supplies locally to maintain the Noaculio Army compound. But when the food is bought up, we just wait for it to get sun-dried.

That said, the Royal Castle, which was attacked by the army of the undead, was left with gold coins and jewels. No, it's a coincidence. "

We need supplies to keep any army active.

Large-scale transport from the country using the sea and rivers, from which transport is carried out by road heavy units. Mobile air transport using storage magic and airborne cavalry is also an option if you are a powerful country.

But carrying heavy baggage takes a hell of a lot of manpower and money. It is best to procure locally as much as possible.

Relatively easy to procure locally are water and food, and feeding leaves for horses. I would buy it from the market or rural areas, or plunder it.

Except for an army like the whole army undead, which is an absolute necessity, but these are enormous amounts of consumption and absurdly bulky when you want to carry them far away.

The Noakurio army should also be collecting buys within Siel-Teira...

"I think it's the general policy of the citizens to say that if they return to the Noaculio army they will have more trouble than the princess is here, sir. So even if I can't do it a little bit, there's a chance we'll work together.

But if you have doubts about the Noaculio army here... "

"You want to keep your own money in your arms for the future.

I hate the way you pay for it. René will increasingly want to sneak up on Noaculio if he runs Operation Scorched Earth, but that won't happen if it's done in peace.

Ha ha, when you're done buying up and can't replenish it, are you finally toddling with a raid on the armory?

"Woe to you. The army needs food, so it's tough."

"Damn it! I don't like enemy troops who don't need food!

Bertil gave up half of himself and slapped an empty teacup on his desk.

"But Noaculio is next door, and food will be able to be sent from the country to some extent... no, I wonder what happens.

If René himself moves to destroy the transport line, there's no exchanging it. All you have to do is move around lightly by yourself, so I can't catch up with the convoy escort. If you can wheel out a transport escort that can fight that kid without a position, there's no trouble.

No, but Noaculio would say manoeuvre using storage magic and empty cavalry... no, more zombies!

Bertil shook his head.

The battle over Wang Du is not yet over, it is colorful in memory. If you let a guy fly poorly, there 'll just be more undead airborne cavalry in Rene's army.

Bertil wonders if there are any optimistic elements, but the more I think about it, the worse I feel.

"Rather, the Noaculio Army has some verses that have been prepared and come out there in 'Well you can handle it because it's next door'. That's a good opportunity to hold down the Grasselm Mine, so I guess it's natural to push it out.

... Fuck you, but even winter wars are lame. If the supply is delayed, if the morale falls even a little, it will be fine.

Fine! Skeletons don't need to get warm, they won't complain about letting you walk in the snow in the extension, and they won't get frostbite with metal gear!

I saw Bertil shaking his head, and Tracy was hurting too.

"If I say morale, I guess the Noaculio army is going to come here to exorcise demons rather than war.

The atmosphere and nervousness are like this, it doesn't feel like 'I'm dealing with the army', does it? Blah, blah, blah. Haven't you licked it?

"I mean... are you trying to tell me that the Noaculio army is painfully shaped by 'ease' right now?

Tracy was full of certainty.

I have to wonder when and how I figured that out.

"We don't have a war in the winter, but if you're exorcising demons, you've been doing it all year, right? That's the story.

When we arrived, I also felt applauded for the ease with which the princess fled almost without a fight.

I don't think there's any guarantee that the army won't fall apart when every soldier realizes that 'this is war'. Because nobody wants to go to war in the winter. "

Bertil thought it was a possible story.

Bertil knows with his own hands that the undead who attacked the king's capital are not a "flock" that storms at his will, but an "army" that carried out a decent siege battle and fell the king's capital through a plot.

And Bertil also tells the Noakurio army about the history of the battle of the King's Capital.

But the upper management of the Noaculio army would not have bothered to touch the soldiers about the threat of "Princess Rose of Grievances". It is also possible that the upper management is the only one who understands the situation accurately. No, if you suck, even the upper levels...

The army, which no longer maintains morale, lacks unity so easily that it collapses.

We don't have to fight and lose, and Rene just dragged us into a mess or a mess with the Noakurio army.

"If the Noakurio army retreats, or temporarily becomes dysfunctional, the princess will be finished in the meantime."

"... I knew enough to suck. The problem lies ahead."

Already in conversations so far, Bertil had almost given up on the rebuilding of Siel-Teira with Zislan and Noaculio as pillars.

But what should I do if it is?

"We have to rebuild the country. People are twitching to death. Marquis Edfeld's motives may include his desire for power, but if he succeeded, it would have led him to protect the people.

In this short period of time, I gathered the fallen apart lords and talked to Noaculio, and that spicy arm I pulled out to His Highness is hard to replace with the others. "

"I know. I've known the Marquis for a long time, so it's painful.

Though the Marquis will not give his thoughts to the grief of the descent, the people as' numbers', because they love them, flourish their possessions with a merciless lifetime.

I wish I hadn't even fought and sold it to the princess. "

"That's it, when I made a bad move, I came to touch the princess's scales. Now, how can I not piss René off and save the people in a good way?

Bertil's purpose is only to save the country and the people.

Suppose René smashes me every time I try to rebuild my country and I just have to watch my people die...

There's no reason to do business with Rene. Bertil must fight no matter how desperate.

Tracy put her arms around her and twisted herself as if to physically squeeze out the idea.

"Hmm...... in short, the princess. Come on, because it seems unforgivable that the people who drove themselves to death will be rewarded. The same goes for the old Hilbertos in power, and so do the four powers that supported the coup to gain mine rights.

So in the end, 'All the people fled the land of Siel-Teira and became a land of death -!' When it's like that, I think it's safe for one person to escape. I wonder if a small and medium-sized nation or federation unrelated to Ciel-Teira would be a good place to escape, if possible. The Four Powers are in danger. "

"Do you think René will one of these days destroy the four powers?

"I think it's possible. I can't tell you why."

"... I see. Do you have anything to purposefully seal your mouth with?"

"Ha ha."

Tracy put out her peppered tongue.

He says he's tied up with a slave magic item, but he also has a great margin of discretion because he's tasked with gathering information.

Perhaps that is a critical 'glimpse' of Tracy's forgiveness.

It's a warning, it's informative.

"Otherwise, if Ciel-Teira becomes part of the Federation all the time, is that what it is?

At least if this country becomes federal, the other four powers won't be able to speak. "

"After all, no matter what you do, it's the Federation..."

Gilleshhattar Federation.

It is a country with no shallow ties to Siel-Teira.

Rene doesn't seem to be close to the Federation apart, but unlike the coup d 'état and the other line forces that supported it, the Federation 'doesn't matter' to Rene.

It was too big a difference between what you were resenting and 'I don't care'.

"I believe the Federation is in contact with the anti-coup lords."

"Of course I do.

Just for the record, there's such a thing as a "Ciel-Teira concept" in the Federation. "

"I wonder if that means giving the Duke position to the interim Führer over here from around the eastern realm of the Federation to take it in?

"Discover. We're losing our government, so we're talking about getting Lacrima's government to make it up to us.

However, if that's the case, then only Lacrima will be singling out Ciel-Tayla's rights to suck the delicious juice, right?

They're pushing inequality within the Federation, so it's gonna be tough. "

"I see."

"After all, if we're going to avoid a fight with Rene, I feel like we're going to have to somehow become a federal nation while keeping the state in shape. To do that, we need to rebuild the government and a king we can all convince."

Although no eavesdropping would have been done, Bertil nonetheless lowered his voice a little.

Because that's a word you shouldn't put in your mouth in Bertil's shoes.

"... Actually, I thought I'd have eyes if my current movements were crushed so tightly.

Afterwards, while the old Hilbertos can't move, the opposition marquis will consign to support the Confederate Crown Prince, and if they can use their somewhat rough hands to conquer the country... "

"For once, if we push it through to the signing of a treaty with the Federation, the rebuilding of the government will be slow and good, and the Federation will be able to stick its hands in dignity,"

"I basically think it's a good idea to move in that direction.

If Rene's gonna miss it, it's gonna be easy. "

Okay, I'll ask him.

Bertil was in a strange mood for Tracy's words to undertake lightly.

I didn't know you could ask for your intentions to the mighty monster who is pushing to destroy the country right now.

- Well, I knew it... I don't think I'm a monster, I really am.

"Well, I guess I'll get back to you later to say exactly what I'm going to do."

"But I'm sorry you called me around the corner, but I think I can only make enough holes in my own security right now,"

"Oh, really?

Bertil nodded slightly bitterly.

"Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

The survival of the collapsed Knights of the Royal Palace is only used to foil His Highness. The Marquis has an attitude that feels like 'you can move as you're told,' and it's military secrecy doesn't come around here.

I didn't actively cooperate with the coup, and you're on alert. "

It is important to say that the survival of the Knights of the Royal Palace is on Zislan's side.

I can't let you do more than that, and it hasn't been expected from the beginning.

"Ma, that's good. It's the princess who decides how to use it."

Tracy didn't look particularly concerned either.

Tracy is only obeyed. If I could survive, I wouldn't care where Rene lost.

I'll be around.

"Are you going back to Rene's again? I don't know what to say...... it'll be hard, but good luck. No, it's weird to say," Good luck. "

"Yeah... pray till my minute so the world doesn't perish..."

"Ha, world..."

Tracy leaped herself out the window into the darkness of the night.

Honey-colored hair danced to the universe as if to spare a goodbye and wave.

I drop him off on the back, then I put him down for a breath, and something cold erodes into Bertil's chest.

"Are you sure... the world is in danger?

I thought it sounded strangely loud to drink the rice noodles.