“Uh… … .”
“Professor Gracie. Are you out of your mind?”
Gracie slowly opened her eyes at my question.
“Where is this… … .”
Gracie tossed and turned and came to her senses.
“… … huh? Rudy Astria?”
He looked at Gracie with his eyes open and widened his eyes.
Then I looked around.
“No, did you fall asleep while writing your thesis? I think I had a strange dream… … . What kind of Aryandor is in front of me… … .”
“… … It’s not a dream. I think it’s okay to hear you making strange noises.”
“Eh?”
Seeing Gracie like that, Cromwell sighed in relief.
“Good luck. There doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with it.”
Astina looked at us with a puzzled expression.
“… … Is there anything wrong with that?”
Gracie saw Astina standing in front of her and widened her eyes.
“If this is not a dream… … . No, Astina is here… … ?”
Cromwell opened his mouth slowly.
“Astina has just arrived. The Imperial Army stopped by to check on your status.”
“The Imperial Army has arrived… … . But, how do I… … .”
Gracie suffered a major sword wound in the middle of the battlefield.
Even in front of Aryandor, the leader of the enemy army.
Under normal circumstances, he could not back down and would die.
Gracie put on a bewildered expression as if she didn’t understand this.
“I talked to Aryandor and bit the soldier for a while.”
“By the way, did you sign any contract? How do you… … .”
“I do not know either. It was Aryandor who made that suggestion.”
We couldn’t understand it either.
About a day has passed since the battle.
The Academy was able to stop the enemy without losing any soldiers and breathe a sigh of relief.
However, several questions remain.
Clearly, the battle could have been led to an advantage by the rebels.
Nevertheless, they bit the soldiers.
It also gave the Imperial Army time to join the academy,
“Now we are leaving. Professor Gracie also needs a break.”
“uh? Are you going?”
Gracie tried to get up at Astina’s words.
“Ouch!”
She quickly grabbed her stomach and collapsed onto the bed.
“Are you okay?”
“OMG… … .”
Cromwell opened his mouth to such Gracie.
“Gracie, you can rest. You are not in a state where you can get yourself up.”
“However… … .”
“Okay. you did what you could You can rest.”
Gracie pursed her lips at Cromwell’s words and nodded.
So we left Gracie behind and left her barracks.
Astina looked around and asked Cromwell a question.
“How is the situation now?”
“Actually, it’s a difficult situation to lose. The Imperial Army has also arrived, and the victories are ringing even outside the Empire.”
The nobles who rebelled on the outskirts of the empire were all being sorted out on Ian’s line.
It was a situation in which Ian could join this front in a little while.
“There will be no problems with Aryandor’s time magic, Rudy, too.”
Cromwell pointed to me next to me.
“What the hell are these guys thinking?”
“I do not know. It would be easier to think of them as just a bunch of mischief, but they must be doing it because they have a plan.”
Cromwell pointed in the direction of the encamped rebels.
The rebels, who were seated at a distance from the canyon, did not even move.
The main force of the rebels hadn’t arrived yet, but it was strange that they didn’t show any movement.
“It feels like waiting for the Imperial Army.”
Cromwell nodded.
“right. I don’t know what you’re thinking, though.”
Cromwell and Astina were so lost in thought that they remained silent. I opened my mouth to them.
“First of all, we do our best to do our job. If you don’t know, make sure you pay attention to the rear as well.”
The holy land that Haruna showed me.
In case you didn’t know, you had to pay attention.
Whatever the case, that was his goal.
“i get it. Let’s talk about the back to the professors first. The situation is then judged after the battle has begun. If Aryandor does not appear on the battlefield, turn Rudy and his troops to that side, and if he does, focus on the front.”
“All right.”
***
“You mean there was Aryandor in the main unit?”
I narrowed my brow and looked at Astina.
“Yeah, Aryandor never left his seat.”
“Then you are saying that there are even two Aryandors?”
“I don’t know. What we saw may be a double, or maybe it’s a concoction of magic.”
However, it was difficult to think that it was made up of magic.
Obviously, the Imperial Army also monitored Aryandor and confirmed the authenticity of its existence by magic.
Because the main unit itself can be decorated with magic and attacked elsewhere.
At that time, the fact that it was magic was not revealed, so I continued to pursue it.
Looking back, it was a little strange.
If Aryandor moved from the main unit to the advance team, on what basis did it move?
Even if you use magic, you can’t tell every move you make during battle.
Especially in that place, there was not even a person who could use such magic.
Only an army of undead was there.
“Put your stand… … .”
If you were going to do something with a double in the main unit, you should have done it earlier.
However, Aryandor did not.
Rather, he bit the soldier.
Even though everyone was deceived.
“But there’s no way I can figure out anything right now… … .”
“As I said before, we do what we can. What would you do if you thought about something you couldn’t figure out the answer to?”
As I said with a broad smile, Astina also burst into laughter.
“Yes, you are right. You have to do what you have to do.”
Saying so, Astina and I walked up the canyon.
***
“… … Aryandor-sama?”
“That’s right.”
The rebels, who joined the advance force later than the Imperial Army, were forming their lines.
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Meanwhile, Damon visited Benderwood, who was resting.
Benderwood couldn’t heal all the wounds on his body, but he was in a good state.
“Aryandor-sama has always been with me. But, what does that mean?”
“I have seen him move with time magic and use a sword.”
“Then you mean that Aryandor-sama out there is fake?”
Damon shook his head at Benderwood’s words.
To this, Benderwood responded calmly.
“I’m just telling you what I saw.”
When he said that, Damon had nothing to say.
Benderwood was like a wood stone from the beginning.
He has no doubts based on his total trust in Aryandor.
If he wants to die, he will die, if he tells him to live, he will live.
Since he was originally from a slave, that spirit was stronger.
“Even so. How is your body? Can you fight?”
“You may not be able to fight properly, but you can still move.”
“The upcoming battle is an all-out war. It’s about whether you can survive there.”
“I’ll do it.”
Damon shut his mouth when he said ‘I’ll do it’ instead of ‘I can do it’.
The boy’s physical condition is not normal.
Damon didn’t like Venderwood that much, but it was certain that his power would benefit the rebels.
It was fatal to lose such power with an all-out war in front of the nose.
“I have never asked you for anything, but I will ask you one thing.”
Damon reached out to the seated Benderwood.
“Until the end… … Will you fight?”
Benderwood stared at Damon’s hand, then grabbed his hand and stood up.
“You don’t have to ask for that. If you just command me, I will move.”
“… … Thank you.”
There were a lot of questions about Aryandor, but now he is facing a big battle.
No matter how much Aryandor wins, the first priority is to face the Imperial Army.
In that sense, those words of Benderwood were not so reassuring.
“Damon.”
Then Aryandor entered the barracks where Benderwood and Damon were located.
Aryandor was wearing full plate armor all over his body as if he was ready for battle.
“Now let’s move slowly.”
“All right.”
When I went out of the barracks, many soldiers were armed and ready to go.
Undead and numerous people.
I don’t know how many of these people will live.
A force that might not be enough to break through that canyon guarded by the Academy.
I had to go nonetheless.
You have to break through there to win.
They had doubts about Aryandor, but nevertheless, this man was the only key that could give them victory.
It was said that he could win if he reached the academy, so he had no choice but to move.
Damon looked at Aryandor.
I have fought many battles with this person so far, and I have won.
He killed the corrupt nobles and saved the people who were persecuted under them.
So, this time too.
You are willing to sacrifice one of your own lives.
I hoped to bring victory to those in front of me.
“Mr Aryandor. Would you like to go?”
Damon didn’t ask about what Benderwood was talking about.
What would you do if I asked you now?
Didn’t you already tell me when you came?
For this battle, he decided to trust and follow Aryandor.
So there was no need to vomit anymore.
“Yeah, then.”
Aryandor wore a helmet that was placed next to him.
Then he walked, forward, among the soldiers.
“let’s go.”