"So, you mean he got away with it?"

Franz exhales a deep sigh as he sees the troop leader of the advance party who keeps his head bowed in front of him.

Then, Squad Leader Lessen spun the words again with a trembling voice.

"I'm sorry. For how many minutes, enemies with interests in the land have suddenly stormed..."

"I don't think that's the problem. If you can let me hold it until the arrival of the second platoon I sent later, the number is more than five minutes. And if we keep him till we get there..."

"Enough. Reflection is important. But when you say it's over, it doesn't change the outcome now."

Franz blocks the words of Marianne, who attacks the troop leader.

Soon after, his deputy uttered an apology.

"Sorry...... no"

"Oh. Anyway, Lessen. You need to put together someone who can move, and you need to engage in a Carlin City investigation first. I'll think about that later."

"Okay. Excuse me."

He bows his head deeply again, and Lessen leaves the room.

After dropping it off, Franz once again sighed deeply.

"... Well it didn't go as ideal, but with minimal damage the land could hold back. Not much to worry about, but let's start by thinking about what's to come"

"Right. You're right."

"Mm-hmm. The only problem is that the residents still got away with it. Now I don't know what you tried to hold this Burtonian back for"

So he mouths, and Franz puts his hand on his chin.

Then he turned to him like that, and Marianne opened her mouth.

"How can you hold down a demon stone mining site and not just get demon stones?"

"Exactly. If so, we must either bring them from elsewhere in Clarice or bring personnel from our home country..."

But before you do, you'll have to fight Clarice's regular army.

Yes, Franz was also convinced that Marianne's words were definite. On the contrary, he said the enemy would already be starting to move.

The battle against the Empire and the dispute with the House of Lords.

With these two confusions, Clarice's military and national capabilities have clearly declined more than before. Still, however, it was not conceivable that they would, for a long time, let the armies of other countries go wild in the country.

"I guess it's not that far ahead. And for that matter, be careful not to keep in touch with them."

"Commander… I think it would be better to refrain from expecting too much from the House of Lords"

"I know. Of course, just ourselves, we're not going to lose to Clarice's regular army. I've been preparing for that. But if you want to reduce your sacrifice, you've never crossed it."

While appreciating Marianne's advice, Franz clearly conveys his thoughts.

In response, Marianne agreed with the superior officer's view.

"You're right. Whatever it is, if I say it in the sense of devoting myself to the battle, isn't it generally bad that there are no more inhabitants from this land"

"The management costs are so low. If so, then where will we wait for them..."

"This Carlin is not made assuming at all that it will be a battle. After all, you'll have to intercept them outside."

Originally, this Carlin had nothing to do with the battle, but therefore only a minimal local army existed. Combat acts could not have been included in the city's design ideas.

"Right. And it's undesirable to fight on too narrow a terrain. I just want to avoid being used to their advantage, and most importantly, the total number of them and us in the House of Lords outweighs the Clarice army. I don't want to make Rangers as long as I can."

"So what about the Lucida Plains?

"Coming along the way, a plain a little far from that sea... the view and the risk of an ambush are often low. Let's start with that as a first proposal and get ready as soon as possible."

"Um, Doctor... are you sure you want me to keep going?

The appearance of soldiers as long as they look under their eyes.

With that in his eyes, Fermu asks the dark-haired man standing next to him.

"Oh, of course. They have to do their best."

"No, that's true... I was wondering if you'd ignore me even though I was right on your side"

With a slight bewilderment at what Yui says, Fermu seems to turn to his own instructor in charge.

Then the brunette laughed lightly.

"Ha, ignorance is certainly not a good idea. But you see, we have our job, and we're not hiding from them."

"Sure it's not fucking moving...... hi halfway, if you can see him anyway, why don't you get in touch with him properly"

"Hmm, isn't that bad, too? But not this time. If you don't realize we exist, don't, and even if you do, it's up to them to take advantage of it. Well, I'm not worried about you then."

"Duh, what do you mean?

Failing to understand Yui's statement, Fermu asks as he wrinkles between his eyebrows.

"Because the division chief in Division I is quite a brilliant man. I guess that guy can understand the grass in them, even if he can't understand it. So, rather, if we imitate too much, we will disappoint him. Anyway, what we really want to drop off is something else entirely."

"Another being..."

Fermu, who had not been asked about the details of the operation, puts a question mark on his expression.

As soon as, the right corner of the brunette's mouth hung slightly.

"Hehe, the first division of the Claris army fights the Britonian army. Yeah, a lot of good fights, and I just want you to make it work. That's why we make the push for it. It's really easy."

"Pushing back...... despite ignoring it this way?

"Oh. Despite ignoring it. 'Cause I'd rather help them get out of their way."

If we were to work together, Fermu wondered if interoperability was important.

To this end, we should also pack the draft operations between each other in advance and move them into action. That was, in his view, the form of cooperation in the fight.

However, the man in front of him, called a hero, says he doesn't need such obvious things. That was completely incomprehensible to the Ferms.

"Um, I don't know, after all"

It's okay. You'll see soon enough.

Yui smiles bitterly, turning to her goddaughter and telling her so tenderly.

Then at that time, a beautiful flax haired woman rushed over to the two of them.

"Yui, as you expected, I found them a little further away. Maybe tomorrow or the day after, we'll pass by here."

"Oh well. You're not going to find me there. In the meantime, shall we hide ourselves for a while and relax"

In response to Cecil's report, Yui scratches her head gently and stretches her back wide.

Meanwhile, not knowing the meaning of the words sent between them, Fermu hastily expressed his doubts.

"Um... who are they? And even though the battle is about to start, do you really mind spending some time in this place in a daze?

"I don't mind. More or less, 10,000 and 10,000 soldiers fight, but about 2,000 of us don't have to cut to the front to join the fight. Don't you think it would be more effective to fight someone of the same rank?

"Is it just as..."

As well as mouthing the word, Fermu tries to give the names of enemies in its brain that are about the same number as ourselves and that may also confront us.

However, sooner than he uttered the answer, the flax haired woman turned to Yui and complained about his words and actions.

"I don't know if that's a little too much to say. At least they're mobilizing over 5,000 people."

"Oh, well, I guess Lord Blau, with a strong purse string, means it's just this time on the boulder. If so, timing is still important."

Scratching her head again, Yui smiles unexpectedly.

Then, listening to his remarks like that, Fermu opened his eyes wide.

"Wait, Doctor. You just said Lord Blau, didn't you? In other words, our opponent..."

"Oh. The Clarice Army will have the Britonian Army and the Regular Army interact with each other. That's why we're trying to get along with the same private soldiers. Private soldiers in the House of Lords."