"... Kyle, you're amazing. You could have done that."
"What is that, Brother Ars?
"No, that's what you were doing. You were delivering your voice directly to my brain while I was away on the airship. What the hell?
"Oh, that? I just used my magic to send them what I was thinking. I practiced. Hehe, is it amazing, Brother Ars?
"Oh, it's so awesome I'm a little freaked out. Is that already a spell?
"Yeah, not yet. Should I?
"Um, I don't know. Assuming that you named it [Reading], you wonder if the distance your voice would reach or if you would get the wrong person, or if the rest would not be eavesdropped? Sounds like a lot of things to worry about. Anyway, now you're saying Kyle's the only one who can use it, right?
"I guess so, Brother Ars. Maybe someone else could use it."
"Shall we think about that later? The problem is in the future. I hope things get better."
"Huh? Brother Ars defeated the opponent's main class, didn't he? Then it's not our victory?
"Indeed, in this battle, the Barca army took over one of the five main classes that were in the Memento army. In that sense, Kyle is right, victorious, you might say. But this win itself doesn't make much sense."
"Why? You picked the other principals, didn't you? I don't think it makes any sense..."
"Uh, I don't really understand it in much detail either... It's called strategy and tactics. The winner this time was only a tactical victory in a local battle. But it seems tactical victories don't actually make much sense, no matter how many they build up. We have to think of a strategic win."
"I'm not sure about those two differences, but if you keep winning the war, aren't you going to be the winner eventually?
"I wonder if it will. If that's the way it is, I'll have to keep fighting forever. What matters is what you fight for."
"... What is Brother Ars fighting for?
"Me? I'm just fighting because I don't want to die. But this isn't supposed to be good. Not good, but I had to fight, so I could fight and get up to my current position. I mean, it doesn't really matter what I mean by fighting. Most importantly, my boss, Lady Carlos, and hence the Fontana family, has a strategy."
"A strategy the Fontana family has? Why is Master Carlos fighting?
"Master Carlos is acting for Fontana territory. Nor do I have any separate thoughts on the protection of the King, which began this case. Of course, the king's own life was important, but more than that, a deal with the king's realm, where there was a royal family. I mean, an economic connection."
"The economy? Are we talking about money? Not a fight?
"That's right. Neither do I, but Master Carlos attaches great importance to the power of the economy in the operation of the territory. I understand that making money is directly linked to the prosperity of the territory. Kyle would know how important money is, wouldn't he?
"Yeah, you're in trouble without the money. Brother Ars always suddenly uses it, so it's a lot harder."
"That's the way it is now, Kyle. In other words, in order to maintain and develop the Fontana territory, Master Carlos also wants to remove the economic obstacles with the economy, mainly the King's territory, and, if possible, to make a favourable deal. Hopefully, that could have been achieved by just protecting the king and entertaining him in a good mood. but in reality it didn't."
"... because the Memento family has moved."
"That's right. Instead of connecting and developing indirectly with the king's realm, as Master Carlos did, the Mementos wanted to suppress the king's personality and put the king's realm of the economy itself into their own nostalgia. Even if we were to leave the House of Risorte, a hegemonic nobleman, and leave the other Trinity Alliance."
"... ugh, it's hard, Brother Ars. After all, how does the first strategy or tactics you were talking about relate to that story?
"In other words, Master Carlos' strategic goal is not to beat the Memento family, but to ensure territorial security while economically linking the Fontana and King territories. I don't have any desire to interact with the Memento family if I blame it. The point of this battle is only to buy time for a meeting to re-establish relations between the three nobles and the royal family, which is necessary to achieve that strategic goal."
"Um, well, not if that discussion doesn't work. Is it going to work?
"Don't ask me. I don't know, I don't know. This conflict with the Memento family could threaten the transportation network between the Wang metropolitan area and Fontana territory. In order for the merchants to safely travel to and from the King's Capital and Fontana, it is imperative that the Mementos do not get in the way. So, if I can hold hands with the royal family is preferred by two non-Memento families in the trinoble alliance, and if I can connect with it because I can also have an interest in it, I guess for now the problem will subside"
"In the end, your relationship with the Memento family is going to be bad, Brother Ars."
"That would be right. This one suddenly ambushed me and burned my food. I even used poison to mention it. If I were in the opposite position, I might never forgive you."
"Oh well. So you said Brother Ars could give the Holy Sword to the Church. To make sure the discussion works."
"That sort of thing. That's about all I could do about it. And then don't tell me to sleep and wait for the results. Let's hope the discussion goes well, Kyle, noting if the Mementos aren't attacking us here."
"Yeah, I hope it works, Brother Ars"
He hit the Memento Army with a pre-emptive attack and immediately turned back.
As I said to Kyle, I think I was pretty unscrupulous this time around.
Sometimes the opponent is a great nobleman named the Memento family, but he launched an attack without a big name.
Moreover, the location of the attack was not Fontana territory or Memento territory, in another aristocratic territory located between the two.
If we try to fight any more, that nobleman could join the Memento family and attack us.
Therefore, when the Barca army turned back to the three positions, the rest decided to defend it firmly there.
Of course, with full vigilance as to whether the Memento family is imminent or not.
Then he called on the Archbishop, who asked for a bridge between the trinoble alliance and the royal family.
But surprisingly, bargaining between nobles seems to be time-consuming.
It was decided to continue to defend the position without much information on what had happened to the negotiations.