I Became a Bookkeeper the Monarchs Are Obsessed With chapter 10

10 – Stand Out – 5

There are two main ways to know the enemy’s movement.

One is to see and read enemy movements.

The other is to read the minds of enemies.

And this time Charles chose the latter.

She decided to give up the reconnaissance battle itself and read Yuria Russell’s mind.

In a word, they chose psychological warfare!

And Charles’ psychological warfare worked well.

It was because Yuria Russell led the entire army down at the timing when she organized the detached unit.

The occasional rain also played a part.

It was because he decided to advance without delay as soon as his vision was blocked.

Yuria would have thought that the rain covered the movements of the detached unit, but the truth was different.

In the first place, it was because Charles was not chasing the enemy with his eyes, but was anticipating the enemy’s movement. It didn’t matter if it rained or not.

On the other hand, since it was able to hide Charles’ movements, it could be said that the shower was on Charles’ side.

Charles, who charged like that, first fired at the enemy with archers at the forefront, reducing the number of enemy soldiers.

However, the efficiency of the arrows could not be good in bad weather. Because of the rain, the arrow’s trajectory was distorted and it was often directed in strange places.

Because of this, I quickly gave up on shooting and went straight to close combat.

– Kwaaang!

The battle lines of the two armies began to collide. The sound of swords and armor, shields and shields colliding could be heard from all directions.

“sh*t… If only there was a byeoldongdae… !”

Yuria Russell regretted sending the detachment away

“Phew, there is no detached unit, so it’s easy to go there.”

Charles was satisfied with the current situation, where he could hit the enemy to his heart’s content without being harassed by the cavalry.

“Please, come back quickly!”

Yuria cried out in frustration, but the detached unit showed no sign of returning. It was natural. Will the detached troops come back quickly, aiming for the enemy’s rearguard? After turning to the enemy’s rearguard and confirming that there was no enemy, he would start returning in a hurry.

Charles intended to end Yuria’s army before the detached unit returned. I thought so and continued to attack.

“Left wing, advance 20 steps and pressurize the enemy!”

“the right wing! Retreat 10 steps and connect with the center to stop the protruding enemy!”

“Archers, advance according to the retreating enemy and reduce the number of enemies with howitzers!”

“Allied archers, spread out as much as possible and keep your distance, wait for the enemy’s arrows to be consumed!”

“All forces, push!”

“Ally, don’t ever get pushed back!”

Yuria Russell was never defeated by Charles and continued to use improvisation to defend against Charles’ army.

Charles attacked fiercely, but Yuria Russell formed a defensive formation and held out as tenaciously as possible.

“Excellent.”

Charles was intrigued by the defensive formation of Yuria Russell, who was holding on to his ankles. In the game as well as in real life, Yuria Russell was a top-notch weapon.

However, that did not mean that Charles was inferior to Yuria. Charles continued to peel off the enemy lines one by one, and Yuria’s soldiers continued to decrease in number.

“Now I just need to push a little.”

Thinking so, Charles gave the final order to the entire army.

“All troops, draw your melee weapons and push hard!”

At that command, Yuria frowned.

“Damn it, did something come… ”

To be honest, Yuria looked down on Charles. I thought he was an incompetent person who could only shoot arrows on the mountain.

However, after fighting on a flat ground like this, I felt like I knew it. Charles was incredibly strong. Equal to or better than yourself! Since he was actually losing, he thought that Charles might be above him.

“sh*t… ”

Yuria felt regret for having evaluated Charles as incompetent. If I had assumed that the enemy was strong, this might not have happened. Carelessness led to defeat.

“No, isn’t that also?”

Just because he wasn’t vigilant, there was no guarantee that he would have won against someone with such commanding power. YuRia sighed.

“Allies, hold out as long as you can!”

Although Yuria ordered that, she didn’t expect it that way. The war has already turned. The formation of our forces was in disintegration here and there, and the momentum of the enemy force was still strong. But at that moment…

“Mrs. YuRia!”

The summoner controlling the wooden doll shouted.

“What is it?”

“The enemy is retreating!”

Charles stopped attacking and began to retreat.

“What? Leaving one last shot and stepping down?”

Yuria’s hands trembled in anger. You say you’ll win everything? What the hell does that mean? Are you going to make fun of the second daughter of the Russell family?

Thinking so, she tried to draw the sword right away, but soon after, Yuria realized that it was a misunderstanding.

From the rear where the enemy had been, the cavalrymen that Yuria had sent out at first began to appear.

Charles did not look after himself!

Fearing that he would be stabbed in the back by the allied cavalry, he had no choice but to flee.

At this, Yuria cheered.

“I endured… !”

It’s not what the enemy saw. With his own skills, he succeeded in delaying the arrival of reinforcements.

But at the same time, I felt ashamed.

The fact that he had suffered so much against Charles, whom he had ignored until now.

Charles withdrew his army the moment he realized that Yuria’s detachment was coming, and Yuria also withdrew his own. Yanggun led his soldiers and started to return to where they came from.

And soon, the time limit was over, and the battle was decided without a clear win or loss.

The decision was Charles’ victory, 6-4. Although Charles ran away first, it was because he had been overwhelmingly victorious until then.

Yuria agreed with that judgment. YuRia’s face wasn’t that thick to insist that she had won after struggling like this.

2 point difference. It was only a two-point difference, but YuRia felt a gap that could not be bridged between those two points.

Victorious, Charles descended from the mountain and headed towards the professors in charge of grading.

Yuria, who was at the foot of the mountain, looked at Charles coming down from the mountain. Black hair and overall thin body. It was hard to find even a muscle, and it looked very weak.

But looking at it like this, I felt something special. There was a strong impression of a different feeling from the appearance. Presence, no aura.

Yuria regretted it. It was something that had been underestimated by this person until now. This person’s commanding power surpasses his own.

“It was great defense.”

After saying that, Charles held out his hand. In response, YuRia looked at the man’s face with a satisfied smile despite being drenched in rainwater for a while, then held out his outstretched hand.

“You were a great conductor.”

It was the first moment of a strange friendship between Yuria and Charles.

—–

After descending from the mountain, Charles headed to the professors in charge of grading.

“Did you call?”

The reason Charles came was because Professor Diane de Balboa, who was Charles’ grader, was looking for Charles.

Diane de Balboa was a general and professor in the Crown Prince’s army, and was an outstanding woman who took up the teaching position at the young age of 29.

“Called. Please sit there.”

“Yes.”

When Charles sat down, Diane de Balboa asked.

“Let’s start with the first question.”

“Looks like you have multiple questions, right?”

“yes? no. The most important question is only the first one. The rest of the questions are from me personally, so you don’t have to answer them.”

Indeed, the first question is a duty, and from the second one is free to answer or not. If it was like that, it seemed like it wouldn’t be burdensome.

“Any questions?”

“Why didn’t you fight until the end?”

After hearing from the scout that Yuria Russell’s detachment had returned, Charles immediately turned around and retreated. Thanks to that, Yuria was able to keep her name.

But what is the intention? If Charles intentionally watched it to make Yuria’s score higher, it would be cheating. Diane had called Charles to make sure of that.

“Did you want to make Yuria’s score higher? Did you think that if we didn’t annihilate her army, we’d both get high marks?”

“It can’t be. Why does Ms. Yuria go so far as to say that she is pretty? Today is the first time we’ve had a conversation.”

“Then what is the reason?”

After looking outside for a while, Charles answered before long.

“Mock battles are one-on-one.”

Dian was puzzled by the sudden question. Mock battles are, of course, one-on-one, but are you talking about team battles?

“Is that so?”

“Some people liken mock battles to games. But I just didn’t want to play the game. I wanted to walk on a realistic battlefield.”

“Didn’t you annihilate them because you wanted to walk on a real battlefield? What is the correlation between a realistic battlefield and annihilating Yuria Russell?”

“There are many wolves in the world.”

At that, Dian put on a puzzled expression.

Charles laughed as if he couldn’t help it. After all, Professor Diane de Balboa is knowledgeable about the military, but a little less about politics. If it had been the princess, she would have fully understood what she just said.

“If this was a simple game, I would have fought until the end and annihilated Ms. Yuria. However, the international situation is not one-to-one. Even if I consume my forces and annihilate Mr. Yuria’s forces, only the other countries that have noticed around me will benefit. Even if you win, it means that if it’s Pyrrhus’ victory, it’s not an advantage.”

Oops, is the victory of Pyrrhus not in this world? Even after victory, the attrition of allies is high, which means that the country will perish. I quickly added an explanation.

“In short, I decided that I had to preserve my forces in order not to be stabbed by other forces after winning, and to do so, it would be better not to make a life-or-death decision with Yuria Russell.”

At those words, Diane de Balboa admired. Others were watching the battle within the small framework of mock warfare. You may be treating this mock battle exam as a fun game. But this man was different. He had even imagined the situation outside the battlefield. This ability that goes beyond the battlefield! This man was no mere tactician. was a strategist.

Diane de Balboa nodded and scored. It was a perfect score of 20.