Stranger’s Handbook

"You've come a long way, Zest, and Beato looks fine."

It is His Majesty the Emperor who says that and laughs.

I've been here a couple of times to show my face, but lately it's the old man vibe of a relative I've come to see.

I'm the Duke, and I'm your future daughter's wedding partner.

I can't bother with the waves, and if they're hostile, they'll be too much trouble

Most importantly, to take her on my side... you made her engaged to Empress Tsubaki.

I can't trust you unconditionally, but I can trust you.

But the Spirit Shizuku is delicious.

............... that's not why we're getting along, is it? Your Majesty.

I'm gonna say hello and chat all the way down to business.

Right now, we're in a residential area.

There are limits to how easy it is to talk, I promise you nobility will be too much trouble.

"Actually, I have a messenger coming from the next terminal kingdom… I want Zest present."

Terminal Kingdom

It's a frigid country leaning toward ethnic supremacy in the country next to the Borderlands.

Initially, Borderline Uncle had planned an internal disturbance, but not now.

"If there's a trigger, don't start a war."

The nobles in the country are at this rate.

That's not very peaceful...

"I can't predict the content, that country could be dangerous... well, if you don't try to come, we'll figure it out, just in case."

tea with His Majesty with a rugged look

Just in case... the point is, we're gathering the highest possible power to combat the assassination.

If your majesty were killed, I'd kill him and mourn him.

Well, it makes sense not to get killed, but we have to assume the worst.

When you're done, Empress Tsubaki and Empress Natasha will join you. It's chat time.

The Tsubaki Empress is still being played by Beato and Toto

"Sister Beat, would you like to sleep with me today?

"Yeah, Toto's with me."

(Sniffles, screaming)

... I'm off today. Why don't you and Albert go get a drink?

"You're on my face, honeymoon's new."

"Oh, there's no choice if you zest."

Don't read it, you two.

I'm not sorry, am I? No, I don't think so.

Leave Beato and Toto and go back to your room. You'll find my room in the palace.

Let's sleep together...

And three days later, the messenger in question came

Between the glances

I stand slightly apart behind His Majesty the Emperor

As Duke, as fiancée.

Here comes a skinny man, a red-haired old man.

Sounds like magic is hidden... quite a user...

"The rest is the Grung Empire, the Emperor. Allow to speak"

A messenger who speaks with his face down

"My name is Harnil, Count of the Kingdom of Terminals, and I thank His Majesty the Emperor for the opportunity to worship me."

"Um, let me ask you something"

"Yes, we have been entrusted with the affidavit from our terminal kingdom, as well as the oral statement"

Raise the parent book removed from the nostalgia with both hands

Just so you know, I'll be the one approaching the messenger and receiving the parent book.

There's no such thing as suspicious magic. There's nothing unusual about it.

I'll start reading when I hand the parent book to His Majesty.

but it will be a harsh face to see, Your Majesty.

This isn't normal.

Your majesty is obviously angry.

The nobles around him are also blue-faced.

Eventually, I took my eyes off my parent book, and His Majesty opened his mouth.

"Are you serious about this? Did your lord know what it was about?

"I keep my mouth shut, whether they ask me that or not."

The messenger doesn't make it faint.

"There is no falsehood in the protégé, that today our terminal kingdom declares war on the Grunge Empire"

You put your face up and said it without changing your expression.

I'm serious about this.

When...

"Orders! Emergency Orders!

Bang and rambling, the door opens and a worn soldier rolls in with an unsightly scratch between the glances

"What the fuck! Rude!"

"Your Majesty, how dare you..."

"Guards! Take this man now!

An idiot...

Civilians who can't judge the situation...

"Shut up! You can disregard the emergency message, report it."

I've already taken my sword out of the item box, intimidating my surroundings with full magic.

A war has already been declared, which means that special wartime provisions have been applied.

"My pleasure, the Royal Terminal Army has attacked the Borderline Uncle! Fighting has begun at the border fort."

A soldier who falls in when you're done.

The Border Army, this guy... looks familiar.

"How dare... the opening of a war coincides with the declaration of war..."

"must send troops soon"

"Gather the generals..."

"Quiet."

The scene and quiet back in one word of His Majesty

Totally, no matter how much noise you make.

"Zest, what do you think"

Is that me, Your Majesty...

I don't have a choice. It's a waste of time.

"The decree said the battle has begun, which means it has just begun. The enemy's power is unknown, but it is foolish to fight after being drained of the Borderline Uncle. If we lose our elite, we wait for doom, sending reinforcements immediately, gathering information, and pushing back with maximum force in the second battalion."

Stand up all at once

"Reinforcements will be headed immediately by me leading my own territorial army, and I was wondering if it would be appropriate for the immediate military command to be summoned to the Imperial Capital and each of the other territorial armies to be instructed to prepare to assemble."

"Okay, so let's do it. Gather the army generals immediately, and give orders to the nobles of the land. Civilians arrange for supplies to be supplied, and leave it to the Chancellor... to send the messenger back with his neck"

His Majesty's decree, which moves all at once

Flew out of sight. I'll rendezvous with Albert to confirm.

"Albert, it's war. How many people are you bringing in?

In a nutshell, Albert understood the situation.

Originally, it smelled like kina.

The military weren't in a panic between them.

"It's about a hundred in total, I thought it was a thousand in territory."

You understand.

I'm only taking the elite because speed is a battle this time.

"Make a first touch and make sure you can move right away, just be elite. Turn the rest over to the supply unit, and we'll run supplies down the streets to the Border Borders all at once."

"Ha! Immediately"

3 days for a carriage to the territory, another 8 days from the border territory through the territory...

If we only take the elite, we'll get there in less than half the days.

Five days would be critical...

The sooner we can fight with the unharmed Border Bowmen, the better.

If you do, you won't lose easily.

Going to the battlefield as soon as possible.

That's the only thing I can do.