The Branded Female Fencer

"I think if we keep this up, there will be more women in the mercenary regiment that Alfi makes. Because the captain is a woman, and the mercenary of the woman will feel safe. Then I told Alfi a little before, but honestly on the battlefield, women are fed. Naturally when you lose, but if you win, you win. Sometimes your mood is attacked by an uplifted ally, and it's more tragic when you're losing. A statement gang-raped by a rough mood ally, leaving him on the battlefield on the spot. And even if you're caught up with enemy soldiers, it's rare or irrelevant"

"Wow..."

"Don't look like that, you deserve it? A soldier would still be guaranteed a female soldier because there are military rules, but there are no rules that would cover a female mercenary. We have to protect ourselves."

"The same goes for the Arnelian Church. I often get requests on the battlefield to send sisters and monks as healers, because sisters who don't have the means to fight are the perfect food. So the expedition will always be accompanied by the Knights of the Temple, and if that happens, the Arnelian Church will make a pledge not to give any assistance to the country in the future."

"I see... what should I do in my case?

Lisa answers the Alphilis question.

"Speaking of which, do you think the world has a mercenary regiment just for women? What did you say..."

"That's something I've heard, too. A bunch of Heavenly Horse knights, right? I wonder what you said."

"You mean the Knights of the Heavenly Horses of Friedelinde."

Miranda speaks out.

"You know very well, Miranda."

"Well, it's a mercenary regiment that's been active since Atashi started mercenaries. We used to fight together when we were mercenaries, and we were enemies. I saw it several times when I was working at Arnelia Church. One of the most famous mercenaries on the continent. History alone would be longer than any mercenary regiment."

"Even though it's a mercenary regiment of women? What kind of mercenary regiment is that?

Alphilis asks Miranda.

"This continent is also in the northeast, riding a celestial horse said to live only in the Rockheir Snowfield, a mercenary regiment of women only"

"Tenma?"

"Oh. It's a little bigger than a normal horse, with wings growing. Of course you can fly. For a smaller amount than a dragon, it lacks endurance, but small turns are very advantageous. I just don't know how to fight because the rider is a woman, but most importantly, Friedelinde has a lot of people with good eyes. It's great for scouts. It is also said that Heavenly Horse itself is a very exploratory creature and will never go to a dead place, so taking a few Friedelinde mercenaries to the battlefield will increase your chances of survival much. I wonder what the goddess of triumph is."

"Heh... I'd love to see you."

You're intrigued, Alphilis is nodding.

"But why just women again?

"It is said that Tenma can only be ridden by women. Rockheir's climate is one of the toughest on the continent. They say men are full of money to go and earn money or just keep the land. So the women figured out if they could do something about it, which is the mercenary corps now. Now they earn more than half of what they earn in the Rockheir area."

"But how do we maintain not only the regiment, but even our own land? I don't think a mercenary group of women will be paid that much."

Nia looks strange. It was Lisa who answered that question.

"This is what I heard... that they also do whores."

"What?"

Everyone sees Lisa in that word.

"No. It's a rumor, so I can't say anything"

"No, it fits. If it hadn't changed, the forces that are said to be 'Aphrodite' would have taken on that role."

Miranda answered flatly. Nia seems to have drank the circumstances into the words, but Alphilis is not convinced. Because she sees the profession of whore as less praiseworthy.

"... why would you do that? I can't believe we're pretending to be whores."

"That's what I say, Alfie. That's a necessary sacrifice. This is what I heard from those Tenma Knights when Atashi was a mercenary... but they said it was terrible when they created the mercenary regiment. There was a time when they said it was natural to be made a comforter, such as a woman's Heavenly Horseman. They're just like weak women if they go down to the ground. That's what they used to abuse regardless of the year. A woman is coming to the battlefield, so naturally she must be ready to come. They saw it the same way because there are actual whores and stuff that specialize in the battlefield. Still, they had to earn money as mercenaries and feed their children and old men waiting in the rock heights.

That's when the Tenma Knight, who had the most reputation for being the most beautiful in the squad, said it. 'If you're going to get attacked anyway, you can use your own body as a shield'. And she offered herself to the soldiers. By offering herself as a whore, she prevented many other Zenith knights from sacrificing themselves. Speaking of whores, even wages can be hung up. The Tenma knights who agreed with the idea originated from Aphrodite, the Troop. "

"But because there are other jobs..."

"That being said, how many professions in this world can a woman earn? Many women have no learning, no stunts. Because the woman who still has the most money in the world is either a nobleman's woman or a high-end whore in Tarram. It would have been worse at the time. Alfi may not really feel it because he's been pulling into the mountains the whole time, but the world hasn't been able to be nice to women. That's why Arnelia's Sister is actually a popular profession among women. If you let me tell you, the rules make my breath. I mean, yeah.

By the way, you can't say that wrong in front of the Friedelinde guys, can you? Because those kids respect Troop Aphrodite more than anyone else, and they actually have the most applicants. They say salaries are many times as good as other troops, and they're a symbol of beauty. I actually saw a few Aphrodite members about 40 years ago, but even a woman's atasi is so beautifully eye-catching. It seems that there are many beauties in the area. "

"Is that what it is..."

Alphilis listened to Miranda that far, but something didn't stick. I can't even imagine Rockheir's life in Alphilis, and I just could feel it as an event in some distant country.

But Miranda keeps talking further.

"Of course there are forces that impose sanctions, like Arnelianism. Sure it was' Athena '? Troops here are sanctioned without saying whether or not an Aphrodite squad member has been wronged or died in the middle of an act. Well, candy and munchies."

"So, uh... the mercenary regiment I'm building needs people who do things like that Aphrodite?

"I didn't say that, but... this is a tough problem."

Although Miranda also explained once, she didn't seem to have thought about what to do. Together we push silence. And Nia slowly opened her mouth.

"Alfie, well, it's very difficult for a woman to be on the battlefield. So Alfie needs to know a lot more than a regular mercenary regiment leader. Before you take a request about the battlefield, you'll need to find out how dangerous it looks, and anyway, information and strategy are important."

"Hmm, I'd have to think about that, too"

"Yeah, well, there's a lot to think about before... huh?

Miranda sees the entrance to the tavern. I can't see much from this part of the depths, but apparently a strange man came in.

"Please wait ~, ahhhhh!

"... wait."

"Then I apologize for sending all my rewards. Even you fought with your employer to make the reward pay, right?

"He asks the eagle to sleep on the bed with him, so he just pokes at me and tells me to know him."

"It won't be three months since I poked him. If we weren't Blackhawks, we'd be cut off on the spot."

"Hmm. They killed everyone in Abyss to the extent that they were there."

"Well, that's true. I don't know what to do today as a real problem. Even though there is an inn fee, there is dinner..."

At that moment, the man's stomach gushed and he made a sweet noise. And there was no human eye on the spot, a grunting man.

"Uh, I can't do it anymore. I don't want to walk."

"... then hopefully you won't be able to walk forever"

A woman pulls out her sword.

"Shh, that's how I pull my sword right out again! Disagree with violence!"

"Do you know the word no questions asked...?

"Hey, hey, stop"

"No questions asked!

A man who flips a woman's sword in a light motion. It's a nuisance in the tavern, the surrounding guests are beginning to flee. The Alphilis are watching that from a seat at the edge of the tavern from a distance.

"... that's the face I saw somewhere."

"Isn't it better for you not to get involved? What, Alfi?

Lisa said so quickly, or Alphilis had already started walking with both of them. And Alphilis speaks to the scene where a man is taking a blade off a woman's sword and putting it to rest.

"Louis? Not Louis!?

"Don't interrupt me, I'm busy right now... hmm?

A woman called Louis sees Alphilis with a decent face. But there is absolutely no way that power has fallen out of the sword trying to shake it down on a man.

"Is that Alphilis!?

"Louis! Long time no see!

Yes, those two are Louis and Lexus. As captain and deputy captain of 2nd Platoon in Blackhawk, he was a mercenary who had help in the Darkas Forest when he first tried to send Fenna.

Continued