Master!
The first thing Aldis woke up to was Minerva, who stepped out from the side and looked worried.
"This place is..."
Mowed down by Viktor, Aldis realizes he was lying in a room somewhere.
Walls and ceilings that cannot be wiped down with a boneless impression.
Beds that are never comfortable to sleep in.
"It's a nap room in a cramp..."
As soon as you find out where you are, you breathe out and relax your body.
"Is there anything painful about it? How are you feeling? Isn't it painful?"
Aldis bitterly smiled at Minerva as she asked about her succession.
Even though I was beaten by Viktor, I wasn't slaughtered.
It was certainly painful, but it was not physical suffering.
"I'm not laughing!" How worried do you think I was!? "
Minerva, who misunderstood the meaning of the bitter smile, turned her face and raised her voice.
After the awkward air flowed, I was ashamed of my behavior, but this time I dropped my voice and lowered my eyebrows.
"I've talked to everyone." Even though I'm trying to protect the town, I can't go to the enemy from the front alone... "
Moore or one of his men must have spoken.
Minerva may be blaming herself for recklessness, but for Ardis, it's the result of thinking that there's a good chance.
"No, nothing like that..."
If Viktor hadn't actually come out, nothing would have happened.
However, it is also true that I didn't expect the old-fashioned human to appear as an adversary.
If they call it Aldis' caution, there is no word to return.
"Of course I know my master is strong." But... that's why there's so much to be said! "
Minerva's tone is getting stronger again, even if she doesn't agree with Aldis's reaction.
"When Captain Greysta came home carrying his master, how much did I...?"
Little by little, tears floated around her eyes with words that lost momentum.
“Don't be nosy,” I'm not saying. Fighting - There are times when you have to push through a bit of rudeness on the battlefield where armies collide. But I don't want my master to get hurt without my knowledge... "
It's only natural that a mercenary in battle should get hurt.
However, it is not pleasant for Aldis to be hurt by a teacher who admires herself.
Words like leaning neck came into Ardis' ear thinking about how he calmed this girl, who was also a multi-sensory young girl.
"That's why I will definitely offer it to you the next time you do something nonsense." Even though I'm still a young man with insufficient strength, I can protect my master's back. "
"No, that's a strange conclusion."
I poked my mouth out before I could think of a word like that.
"Why!? I certainly don't mean to make you fall in love with me, but I am proud that you have acquired enough strength to help me!"
"No, ahhh....."
Ardis' words were dumbfounded by Minerva's confident expression.
As for Ardis, Minerva was very happy.
But even so, I didn't want to put my teacher at risk in a place where there was blood and smoke on the battlefield.
Viktor didn't know if he could win even if Aldis fought for it.
Minerva, who has been trained by Aldis, is becoming a corner character as a swordsman, but it is only a criterion in this world.
Probably enough skill to beat even Neduro in that world.
Not to mention that that genius wouldn't have two opponents with swords.
How could I let this teacher restrain me? Aldis had a head in his head and Moore came to the nap room.
"Oh, did you wake up?" That's why I told you, young lady. No trauma, no worries. "
"Don't worry, I can't tell you."
Moore, who called out to Aldis, laughed at Minerva, and the former Duchess looked away as if she were swollen.
Ardis thinks it's a lot richer than he was when he met her.
So, what do you say? Is your body okay?
"Oh, no problem. How long has it been since then?"
It's only half a day.
"I see... I'm sorry, I seem to have shown you something pathetic."
"No, you don't have to apologize. Thanks to Aldis, the Toria army has been successfully defeated. Well, I was surprised. It's hard to come back after the battle, so when I went to see how it was going, I fell down."
Moore brings a round chair from the corner of the room and sits beside the bed.
So, what happened?
"Reunite with an old acquaintance..." We're going to have a battle. "
Were you in Tria's army?
"No, that's not true. That doesn't mean I'm on your side..."
"... are you strong?"
With a momentary hesitation to answer, Aldis reveals his honest heart.
Would you agree that I don't want to fight if I could?
”Well then... it's a mess again.”
Moore's eyes narrowed and Aldis asked the other way.
How much damage did you suffer?
"... eight people are dead."
Battles with an overwhelming headcount gap.
The work of Aldis and the bulwarks surrounding the city made the battle much more advantageous than it should have been, but there were still about 300 assailants against more than 100 defenders.
It's not a fight we can win without sacrifice at all.
The result is eight casualties.
Originally, it was a small price to pay to defeat a thousand people, but Aldis still had an unexpected expression on his face.
"It was a necessary sacrifice. Don't blame yourself."
Even if there are casualties, Ardis does not make a fragment by himself, but creates a track record of defending the city with volunteers, and puts the reality to other residents who do not have a sense of crisis.
It was decided before the Tria army attacked.
It was not a humanitarian compliment, but it was a political necessity.
"It is sad that sacrifices have been made, but it seems that the Toria army actually attacked them, and finally the people of the town became aware of the parties. The atmosphere of the town has completely changed since yesterday. For this, there will be more who want to be the guardian of the city.... there's going to be more of them running away from town."
There are certainly things that Aldis can't do without, such as reinforcing the bulwark more than ever.
But Aldis didn't like hugging his pig alone.
Ardis cannot always be the only defender of the city, so the Toria Kingdom and the Armenian Empire will soon be swallowed up if the inhabitants themselves do not have a sense of defence on their own initiative.
"Well... I can't help it."
After this battle, some of the evacuees who did not initially believe in the information of the Tria army will leave the city.
When I saw them, I thought I'd finally made it to a safe place, and it was a battlefield.
Perhaps we should return to our homeland, where the battle is over and restored to calmness, except for those like Minerva.
“You don't have to keep me, you don't have to take care of me. It's easier to dive into Tria and the Empire and live a stable life than to be hostile to them.”
Moore smiled bitterly at the words of Aldis.
For the most part, it would be better if everyone but us ran away without any trouble
“It's true. Once all the evacuees have returned to their homes, we don't have to keep this town in the first place, and if we're the only ones, we can take Minerva to hide out.”
Nevertheless, it is also not realistic.
There will be a lot of defectors in this case, but not all of the 4,000 evacuees will leave this town.
Although this happened in the process, once I decided to take care of it, I could not throw it out halfway.
"Well, the Toria army that attacked us this time has done a lot of damage." It will take some time to rebuild the army for the time being, so I don't think we'll be able to attack for a few months... but the problem is the Empire. "
We had to deal with the Imperial army sooner or later.