The Strategist Knows Everything

It takes a little time from the castle to the village. Troops said to be hounds had left dozens in the village to camp outside the castle. Near the camp, I went down from my horse and spoke loudly to the men who were closing in with Jiriziri as they guarded this one.

"I'm here to negotiate. I want to talk to the captain of this unit."

"Ho. Negotiations. What kind of negotiations? You're gonna add me a beauty?

When the ship-eyed man who walked loosely said so, the men who were on guard with me and Captain Larg started laughing out loud. This must be the captain. Fighting power is also the highest in the late seventies. If you think you're going up, you're going to be a big user.

"Did you see it with the captain?

"Yeah, I'm the dan of these guys' heads. What about you?"

"This is Yukito Clay, under His Highness Diorud. This is Captain Larg, the captain of the escort. You don't have to tell me whose escort it is, do you?

"Well, you're the best beauty in the world, aren't you? I wanted to make sure it was the best night in the world, and we couldn't sleep!

Another bad laugh. Apparently, it's a dog that hasn't gotten any worse than I thought. I'm really glad I stopped Sophia over there. I don't know what I'm going to do.

"You...!

"Captain Larg. You promised me you'd leave the negotiations to me. Please stay back. Could you lower your men too?

"Fine. But you're not putting your weapon down, are you?

"I don't mind. Whether or not, I can't do anything about it."

"Heh. Looks like you know all about it."

Captain Larg and Dan's men descend gradually. Look at that, I'll check first.

"I heard it was the King's unit."

"Oh, the shitty servant of a shitty king. I'm literally getting plenty of sweet honey to suck on. Hehe."

"I see. Now I've got a concession proposal so I can smoke sweet honey as I've always done."

"Proposed concessions? What's the meaning of this?

"This is a secret I wanted to keep hidden. I would like you to take it back and make it a souvenir to His Majesty the King."

When I say so and raise my right hand gently, Captain Larg releases a fireball towards the night sky.

Dan hung his hand on his lower back sword, but realized that I was not moving at all, and the sword didn't pull out. But that's a big mistake. I was only moving my hands. To block your ears.

A moment later, a loud anger echoed around here. It's loud enough to make you feel pain even if you're blocking your ears. Those hounds who weren't blocking their ears at first would be miserable.

"Hey, what the fuck!?

"Voice! Besides, you can hear me from the castle!?

"How many people are you talking to?!?

The hounds suffered from an anger that never stopped for a while, as did me and Captain Larg. I can't say I thought about it myself, it's loud and I have a headache. The anger that lasted for a while stops perfectly. Because I told him to speak up until a certain amount of time had passed, I was damaged to the point of losing my head myself.

"Ha, eight thousand voices are amazing......"

"says eight thousand!? Why is someone like that in that castle!?

"Isn't that why you said it? He said it was a secret he wanted to keep hidden. If it's true, it's an army headed to the front line as a covert reinforcement, but there's no choice but to find out from you. Let's just say we send it grandiose."

"…… Where did such an army come from………?

"It's Albion. Well, some of them are probably not knights or anything, but numbers help. These are the people you've gathered for the best beauty in the world. I managed to hold it down and bring it into the negotiations. Retreat now!

"............ hi, can you get out! That king loves beautiful women more than money than information. If we let him get away with it, we don't have tomorrow!

Fear floats in Dan's face. I see, is the collar around there solid? But this is a little awkward. I would be in trouble if I abandoned myself. If you look at the screen, your status is up all at once. I see. Is that what a dead soldier means? That's why the leeward formation is effective.

"Then you fight eight thousand!? Give me a break! Count Eulen told me not to start a war! I'm sorry for your loss!

"This is weird! This one's on the line! If you want me to retreat, bring me the supreme maiden!

"Please drop your voice! That escort captain can burn me and you whole if he wants to!

"Why did you bring such a thing!

"The other way around! They brought me here! Is that good? The supreme maiden will not come out. Because every time I try to leave, my escort stops me. So I made that escort captain my desire to end it with minimal sacrifice if I could, and that escort captain brought me to the negotiating table. But I am in charge of that castle entrusted to His Highness. You can say you're unhappy with this treatment."

"Speak briefly."

"After the supreme maiden leaves the castle, give her information."

I'll cut the words there. I saw what I was waiting for behind Dan. Captain Larg must have noticed, too. He walks toward us.

What I saw was a fire ball by little sorcery. That's why I can't go wrong. Says the ambush squad succeeded. Then it would be a waste of time just buying time here. After that, Captain Larg can take you back and work with Sophia and her escorts, as well as one hundred and fifty non-ambush troops, to fight.

That's what I thought, suddenly I got my arm around my neck and my dagger poked at me.

"Don't move...... This guy in charge's dying isn't good albionically, is he?

"The person in charge? What are you talking about?

Whoa, whoa. No way. You've got to be kidding me. That's too harsh for anything. There is something unexpected.

"Huh? This guy must be the one in charge of that castle!

"That castle is ruled instead by Count Eulen's brother, you. He's just a prince's servant. Kill me if you want to."

"Hey, what is it!? Oh, my God! You fooled me!?

That being said, the moment Dan tried to put his strength into his arm, Captain Larg tried to move, and he immediately stopped moving.

Captain Larg isn't the only one. Me and Dan, everyone on the spot, whatever the slightest difference, blocked their ears as they raised their voices to outrageous anger. Dan took his hand off me and dropped his dagger. I have a bad head because of my late response.

Unexpected from what, but I run under Captain Larg anyway. But he grabs his leg and falls straight down. It was Dan who grabbed it. If you saw the blood coming out of your ear, your eardrum must have torn. He doesn't seem to care about the pain in his ear already.

When Dan rides me, he shakes up with a dagger he picks up again sometime in his right hand.

Done. I think so. I remember when my best friend stabbed me for a second. I don't want to taste that heat again. Dan's move, which even looks sloppy, but I can see the dagger slowly approaching me.

But the next moment, an arrow pierced Dan's right arm.

"Guh!!

Soon the anger has stopped. At the same time, I push Dan back with my arms full of force and get out of the underlying state.

While I was at it, I was relieved. Dan's men are coming this way. We're all a little flustered because of the high volume of voices we hear, but I'm flustered too.

"Back off, Clay!

"Don't be impotent!

I'll try to crawl to Captain Larg's feet somehow, but Captain Larg tells me to back off more. It's a hell of a mess. We'll have to put some time aside. We won't even be able to walk.

"No. That's enough."

"Dear Sophia!? It is dangerous to come forward!

"It's okay. If this number of people...... no problem!

Sophia turns her arms to the Dans.

At first it was a small breeze, but gradually it became a big breeze and began to hit the Dans. It's not windy enough to blow people away. That's why Dan and the others can stand eating up their teeth. But Sophia's aim must be something else.

Even if people don't fly, weapons do. Of course what is falling, what is gripping without power, what is stabbing the ground. They gradually start to rise above. I couldn't let it fly like it was on a boulder, but most of the weapons went up in the air. Drop your weapon like this and it will literally end, but Sophia manipulates the wind and drops her weapon elsewhere without doing so.

It was a hundred and fifty soldiers who managed to withstand the wind and waited for the exhausted Dans. There was no weapon, no way to fight the Dans who lost their temper, and they were caught quietly without resistant resistance.

It was an unexpected streak along the way, and it was pretty life-threatening, but, well, it would have gone well.

I exhaled heavily and looked around at the cheering soldiers.

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"You've got a really good arm."

"If I hadn't shot you in the arm, what would you have done?

As I was keeping my back on a bigger rock for a break, Mikana showed up, so when I spoke up, that's what they asked me.

No matter what they say, I can't answer them because I didn't have a hitter.

"Well......... you couldn't do anything, could you?

"You say it very brightly. You were about to die, weren't you?

"I know. But that fear is the second time. Maybe something in me broke the first time I tasted it. Or are you used to it? Wonder and fear have not drawn their tails."

"Have you ever been killed before?

"Um, well, that's the place. So, thanks."

When I smiled and thanked her, Micah made her eyes blink again and again. It seemed so unexpected.

"Why are you thanking me?

"You saved me, and I didn't have to feel that heat again. It's the second time I've been able to help, so I need something to thank you for."

"……… Please help me in my dreams"

"What dreams?

"I have a dream to say that I will be a general who will make a name for the nations like Master Kaguya. I have to be born first, so please speak up."

Seeing Micana tell you with a serious face makes me laugh unexpectedly. This kid is really funny, even though he's a bareback knight who seems to be good at swords, or even though he doesn't seem interested in being born.

"I am!

"I think it's a good dream. It's a big dream. If it's as good as I can help, I'll help. Let's start with the results of the ambush report."

"... within the unit, two people were injured, but later they are safe. Naturally, all the villagers are safe."

"You're overdone. Is it because they were weak?

"... the last one is the problem, but I think your operation was better. Master."

Saying so, Micah turns her back and goes.

Instead, now Sophia walks over here. There are no people around, but it would be better to say respectful words here.

"How are you doing?

"My body is lazy and I have no power, but well I thought it would be better if I just had life. Is that sudden anger Master Sophia?

"Yes. I couldn't add or subtract it because it was aggressive……"

The identity of the loud anger goes hand in hand with the people of the castle town, about eight hundred people shouting. Just let it go. Sophia just sent it over here in the wind. It's like being screamed in your ear, so it's some kind of sonic weapon. Sophia is the only magician I can do on this scale.

The real purpose of the anger is to temporarily seal the ears and keep the consciousness away from the village. During the anger, the ambush squad came out of the back gate and won the big victory. The results of the ambush force were unexpected, but it didn't work out the way I had imagined.

"Yukito......"

"What?"

"Sorry............"

"I was expecting a thank you, so unexpected."

All of a sudden he lowered his head. I'm surprised. I can say that I felt fearful, mainly in terms of whether they were seen by the escort forces.

"... if I manipulate the wind... I can pick up distant voices. So I know how much Yukito has done the words and worked hard for me. I'm not paying anything for that......"

"Wait a minute. First of all, this time, it's thanks to Sophia that miraculously there are no dead people. Sophia protected it. So it's good to reward you. That's not the problem. What conversation were you... listening to?

"When you said you'd abandon the village, when you bought some time earlier."

"Long before that, you're not listening mainly to me and Dear Dio or anything, are you?

I'm only talking awkward. Mostly the story about Sophia is really awkward. Count Eulen's words, of course, have since been discussed with Dear Dio why Sophia is so beautiful.

Sophia turned bright red in an instant. At the same time, I would be bright red. They were asking. That conversation. It's a conversation between men.

"Kee, I didn't mean to ask... that... because it's fun to hear the conversation between the two of you... I follow you, I carry you in the wind..."

"……… What is the effective range?

"What…………?

"How long before you leave will you be unable to hear?

"Right… the edge of the big city is the limit."

"Okay. I know. I'll think of a place to talk."

"... are you angry...?

"I'm not angry, but I'm so embarrassed. Since when have you been so embarrassed...... Tell me first. If I had known... I would have been careful what we talked about..."

With that said, I sighed the loudest.

In the last three days. I was summoned to the front line by Dear Dio, who heard of this battle, and Sophia was on her way back to Albion.

The civil unrest in Velis was slowly entering a good state of affairs.