The Branded Female Fencer

And the line is now on the carriage. Knowing the circumstances prevented Rhine from leaving the scene, and decided to accompany the Ray fans for now.

"I didn't know you were a woman."

"Oh, I was surprised, too. Well, I guess I'm not old enough to be a man yet, so there's no wonder they say I'm a man."

"Sort of."

"Sorry I seem to fool you..."

"The princess needs to apologize, etc!

Man, apparently it's Rusty at Ray Fan's escort, but Rhine watched with white eyes as he desperately tried to defend Ray Fan.

While the carriage rocked me, according to what Rhine heard from Ray fans and Rusty, apparently this is the situation.

In Krums, not long after the death of Prince Rival I and Prince Wayne II, the king fell from hard work and Prince Muster III took power, but apparently there was another princess. Since the princess was made a concubine when the king was old, she seemed to have been raised relatively freely without appearing on the tabular stage until now, as unrelated to the succession to the throne.

But many nobles were in a hurry because Muster took power. Sometimes it was thought that Mustard was incompetent, but more than that, many nobles and court officials have never paid much respect or paid any attention to Mustard. It was also a common perception, although most people in the court believe that the death of the first and second princes was orchestrated by Muster and there is no evidence. Solemn Qing was carried out in court when Muster took power, and although the nobles never rebelled against the table, behind them they secretly did various manipulations to rebel.

For that reason, he took out a lay fan who would not inherit the throne and insisted that the right to inherit the throne would be granted. In the absence of Muster, the right to inherit the throne of the brothers of the present king and of the boys of kinship prevails in Krums. But Rhine decided that after they feared Muster's solemnity and forfeited his right to inherit the throne, and let the never-ending Ray fans inherit the throne, he would have the soul courage to manipulate her from behind. Would Ray fans have stepped on Mustard just as well? If the princes knew they had been murdered, Ray fans might have seen the same thing, but Rhine felt like throwing up.

But Muster had no further lookout than everyone thought and kept a close watch on Ray fans. And I tried to kidnap Ray Fan, but he said he ended up trying just fine because of his line and dance slave activity.

Attempted kidnapping itself has already happened many times, and this is going to be the fourth time. At first, when he was in the capital, Seimlid, he was missed by a court nobleman who feared that Ray fans would be under house arrest, but from there he became attacked many times by suspicious people. This time I was dispersed by the refugees and got to Trimedo, but once again, they misplaced me. As for the line, I doubt the existence of an insider, but that would be something we all know, and I lay low here now.

Until this point, we have been talking about the commonplace disturbances that Rhine thinks are common, but there are certain things that do not fall on our backs.

"Are you such a mustard a ready person? I've heard stories about fools I rarely see. Oops, that sounds like a bad word for your brother."

"No, never mind"

Ray fans look a little complicated, but the soaked look won't break. But instead of the hard lay fans to answer, Rusty explained.

"Aside from whether he was a fool or not, Prince Muster was certainly not such a capable man. At least not as far as we know. But one day, as if people had changed, they started doing different things."

"So, he said most of that is not for the good of the country"

"It's embarrassing, but you're right"

Rusty said that the stiffness seemed bad. Ray fans are also depressed, but you don't even get a glimpse of what you found out for Rhine to go on talking about.

"Do you have any specific evidence? If there's evidence of kidnapping or assassination, it could mean offering to the King and stripping Mustard of his right to inherit the throne, right?

"There is no evidence. I hope I can hear something from the man your lord caught alive earlier."

"No, you kept only one person alive. But I don't know. Maybe they're from the assassination guild. Your mouth is stiff, and you likely don't really know it. But just the circumstantial evidence, why don't we just tell the king?

"That's... who hasn't seen the king in months."

"What?

That line surprised me too. Because the king simply thought he was just laying low on his hospital bed.

"Then the Krums now..."

"Oh, close to Prince Muster's personal effects. Those who disobey are solemnly cleared, and most of the remaining warlords are going to war with Zamwed, but it seems that there are still many of the prince's men here. The king's bedroom is packed with soldiers like you've never seen before, and you can't get anywhere near them except the imperial doctor. I don't know when you handed those people down... but the king seems to be safer than I thought."

"I'm not saying that's safe, it's good house arrest. They're hugging you, aren't they?"

"I guess so. We also want to help the king, but we can't get close to the bedroom because we have an autographed warrant from the prince. He won't even hesitate to cut it off if we get close without permission. I have a direct order from the King to fight this."

"The king is under house arrest. But I didn't know the Third Prince was such a hand-wrestler."

The line peels and arms together. Nothing. As for him, I didn't care about Krums or anything, but things were gradually changing. There are only a few aristocrats who make strange moves that can develop into a major case of rocking the country. It is something that Rhine learned about himself before. Not to mention when the prince becomes distracted, it becomes a crisis of national collapse.

It's a story that doesn't have any connection or itch with the line when the state collapses, but Krums was in a slightly different situation.

Krums is a kingdom of beasts and an adjacent nation, often serving as a defensive line. Bordered by Zamwed to the west of Krums, Tragaslon to the south, Clia to the east and Furgund to the north, it is a nation founded as a buffer zone for four countries.

Originally a war zone contested by a large number of powerful people, when the four surrounding countries were formally established as states, it was not long ago that Krums acted as a state, centered on the Lancaster family, which was most powerful at the time, as it was just waiting for doom as it was. The Lancaster family had territory to the west and had a relatively good relationship with the Beastman, so much so that Zamwed, as a nation, also approved it first. As a result, Zamwed and Krums have had little or no skirmishes while adjacent, and the other three countries continue to look at Krums as a buffer zone rather than occupying Krums territory and becoming a war with the Beasts. In fact, Tragaslon and Zamwed in the south are in a state of danger and war all the time. Each time Krums had bought an arbitrator and was out.

If this Krums were to collapse, there would undoubtedly be a war over Krums territory. There will be no more countries to arbitrate between Tragaslon and Zamwed, and the client is originally considered a country created by bandits, a country without alarm or gaps. It is also a well-known fact that Fulgundo cannot help but want to make the wealthy trimede a territory.

"Don't be a big war if you suck..."

Ray fans also heard the pounding and the line squeaking, trembling terribly. I stared at the line with my eyes full of people saying that the dance slave was a man I didn't care about, but the line was immersed in my thoughts and I didn't realize it.

But after a while, Rhine started asking Ray fans if they had a clue.

"I need to ask you a few questions. Instead of apologizing for trying to kill me earlier, will you answer me?

"... go ahead."

"How much power does Krums possess in total?

"There's no way you can teach such state secrets to every mercenary!

"It's okay, Rusty"

Stop the fierce Rusty and Ray fans answer. The line doesn't even care about Rusty or anything.

"A total of 40,000 soldiers stationed in the capital, 20,000 troops each held by the Krums 5 Duke family, and 40,000 soldiers dispatched from the capital for border security, total of four. After that, there are more than 30,000 street guards and reservists, and 200,000 if we gather them together."

"What are the forces at war with Zamwed one of these days?

"I heard you only took soldiers who could move right out of the capital. That number is more or less 20,000, and I was wondering if you're at war with roughly 30,000 soldiers combined with border guard soldiers."

"... you're out of your mind."

"What do you mean?

Ray fans apparently neglect the war. Most of all, I think it's just a sad story that a little girl of 10 is familiar with the war.

"Look, Ray, fan"

"You, what a call to the princess..."

"The outfield is awesome"

"What!?

"Shut up, Rusty.... Mr. Rhine, go on."

Rusty was about to take a seat, but Ray fans stopped him and sat down awesome.

"Oh. They say that if beasts and humans are going to war on the plains, they need more or less double their strength. Zamwed is a plain most of the territory, and that's why that country survived the dawn. It's easy for beasts to wage war. Besides, do you know the total number of guards Zamwed has on the border with Tragaslon?

"No."

"I also heard that there are generally 50,000 of them. The rest of Zamwed's surroundings are full of beastly nations, because they have a strong sense of homogeneity, so we hardly have to divide the numbers. Dimensions say you should only be alert to traguthlons.

Besides, it seems that Traguslon gathers 100,000 soldiers every time he goes to war with Zamwed. On the Krums side, even if that relationship is good and only about half the people are deployed at the border... "

"25,000. I mean, if you fight a war, you lose?

"That's the general view, but you're winning, aren't you?

"Yes, there were reports of overthrowing Zamwed's border guards, a story I heard just before I escaped Seimlid a month ago"

Rhine thought again. I'm not convinced. The army is led by someone whose functions change dramatically. Of course, there is a possibility that Mustard is very good, but is it something that the soldier's morale increases, led by someone who has never had real combat experience before? It will be easy to move if you train another army, but it will also take some time for others to tame it for you.

But from what I've heard, the prince holds real power. No, he's progressing to Zamwed. The most important thing is that Zamwed was in a state of war before the prince took power, and I wonder if it's the most important question of who instructed him to do that.

Still. Krums has been at peace for a long time, albeit in the buffer zone, and soldiers are not so skilled. I can't think of anything like that fighting the Beast Man and winning. I can see it because it is a line that I have participated in as a mercenary in the war against the Beasts. Fighting in front of the Beast felt fear, even in the lines used to fighting. Regardless of the professional soldier, how can we have a war or something with border guards like those conscripted from the peasants?

We need to find out more about this.

Rhine was secretly beginning to consolidate his resolve.

Continued