31 – Crown Prince vs Northern Grand Duke – 15
The general who led the Crotea garrison was very young. He looked at least a few years older than me. Are you going to be in your late teens or early 20s? Probably the son of a good family. It is a parachute like Charles.
“I watched from a distance, but it was a perfect military operation. May I ask what your name is?”
the parachute asked. And I answered
“This is Charles Jean Rochepole.”
“okay. I thought the military operation was so good that my aunt was directing it.”
“Auntie?”
“My introduction is late. My name is Juan de Balboa. Diane de Balboa is my aunt.”
As expected, he was Dian’s nephew. Even though it seems that there is not much difference in age with Dian.
“Excuse me, but what kind of relationship do you have with your aunt, sir, to move Balboa-kun… ”
“It is a teacher-student relationship. I am being taught at Arcadia Academy.”
“As expected, you were my junior.”
be a junior It looks like this guy also left Arcadia Academy.
Then it makes sense. The ability to come as a reinforcement, neither too soon nor too late. It makes sense to say that it was built at Arcadia Academy.
“Thank you, junior.”
“Yes, senior.”
We shook hands again and greeted each other.
Anyway, he looks good and has quite a bit of ability.
He’s such a good character that I don’t know why he didn’t become a playable character.
“Sir Huan, we are going to head north immediately after resting the soldiers. What do you think?”
“Why are you heading north?”
“The purpose is to cut off the enemy’s supply lines.”
If we were to draw the current situation on a map, it would look like this.
—————mountain—————-
———-Seizu Castle————
Tallinn Castle—–Sea—–Crotea
In this situation, Tallinn Castle and the Crotea Peninsula were in our hands,
The enemy was isolated at Seizu Castle.
“Well… The enemy is isolated at Seizu Castle, so if we cut off supplies to Seizu Castle, the enemy will starve to death.”
I nodded my head at Juan’s words. Are you pretty quick-witted? You are competent in your own way.
“Could you please cooperate?”
“of course. I’m not stupid enough to refuse a chance to score.”
me too. I want to seize the opportunity to set the ball.
So we headed north, and the next day we were able to find a supply unit going behind enemy lines.
—–
Meanwhile, Grand Duke Cronor’s barracks.
“messenger! Annihilate the siege forces of Crotea Castle!”
“messenger! Our supply unit has been attacked!”
“messenger! Our rear is blocked!”
Bad news continued to pile up in the barracks of Grand Duke Cronor.
– Clink!
The cup thrown by Grand Duke Cronor hit the floor and shattered. Archduke Kronor shouted while stepping on the pieces of the broken wine glass with his boots.
“Damn it! why! Why did this happen!”
There was a talin in the anterior and a crotea in the posterior. I thought that as long as I occupied only Seizu Castle, the center here, Crotea Castle in the rear would come in on its own. However, Grand Duke Cronor’s plan was overthrown by unexpected variables. It was the existence of the detached team that crossed the sea.
The detached unit destroyed 3,000 siege troops in the rear and finally cut off the allied supply line. At this rate, there is no food, so everyone will starve to death. Grand Duke Cronor, who was in a situation where he was about to starve to death in an instant in a winning situation, felt like his mind was about to collapse.
“why… ! Our team must have won the battle! What is the reason the supply line was cut off anyway!”
Our forces won a great victory at the Battle of the Imor River. A one-sided victory against more than twice as many enemies. Of course, since he won such a great victory, he had to eat at least one or two castles to become normal.
However, when I opened the lid, a completely different situation was unfolding than I thought. Allies won the fight. I clearly won, but when I came to my senses, I found myself in a disadvantageous situation.
“why! Allies must have won! But why did you put yourself in this situation!”
Quaang! Archduke Cronor hit the desk. Seeing this, the servants quietly backed away, closed their mouths, and waited for the anger of Grand Duke Cronor to subside.
However, in the midst of that, only one person, Emilia von Chronor, opened her mouth.
“The reason has been explained before. The allies were at a disadvantage from the beginning. Even though Says Castle was in our hands, aiming for Crotea Castle was overkill. In order to protect both castles, we have no choice but to disperse our forces, and force dispersion is one of the major mistakes in strategy theory.”
“… ”
Archduke Cronor glared at Emilia silently. Most of the servants felt intimidated by those eyes that looked like those of a beast. Grand Duke Cronor also knew that Emilia had outstanding talent. Both in swordsmanship and strategy and tactics, Emilia was an honor student.
But even so, it was not the duty of a servant to express an opinion that the ruler was wrong in front of his servants, much less the duty of a son. Grand Duke Kronor was furious. To this daughter who was determined to lose her face. After winning against Dian in the last battle, he became overly arrogant. Now, it seemed like I needed to cool it down a bit.
Thinking so, Archduke Cronor approached Emilia recklessly. The servants breathed in vain as if nervous. As always, the ruthless violence of Grand Duke Cronor will continue this time. All the servants thought so.
And when Grand Duke Cronor stood right in front of Emilia.
“Emilia.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“You will need an education.”
The moment he said that, Grand Duke Cronor raised his hand and slashed Emilia’s face with all his might. Grand Duke Cronor was a man who was over two meters tall and weighed well over 100 kilograms, even though he was not a sword master. Such a full swing containing the power of Archduke Chronor would have been shocking enough to cause death from a concussion if it were an ordinary person.
However, Emilia was not an ordinary person. Damn! The sound of Archduke Cronor’s slapping echoed through the tent, but Emilia, as if accustomed to it, simply endured the Archduke’s violence.
Archduke Cronor’s violence was ruthless. Hit, kicked, trampled. Although Emilia’s level of swordsmanship was high, the power that came from being over 2 meters tall and heavy was not common.
Emilia felt tremendous pain whenever she was assaulted. But he didn’t even show the slightest hint. This is not because Emilia is physically strong, but because her mental strength has already surpassed that of ordinary people.
The nobles were shocked at the sight of blood spattering and bruising on their flesh. Who in this world would beat his white jade daughter like that?
But no one stood up. Of these, only Emilia could withstand such violence. If the other nobles were hit by Grand Duke Cronor, they could really have died.
And after a period of stormy violence has passed. Emilia did not break her posture and stood still at attention. And Grand Duke Cronor was breathing heavily as if exhausted.
Looking at Emilia who didn’t even scream a word, Archduke Cronor murmured.
“A terrible year.”
However, Emilia did not feel any sense of despair or even a sense of triumph at those words, and just calmly accepted them.
woo. After spitting out the blood in her mouth, Emilia spoke to Grand Duke Cronor.
“majesty.”
Grand Duke Cronor felt an indescribable ominous feeling at that moment. Even after being hit like this, he calls himself. What the hell are you talking about? Is this the normal way of thinking? What the hell did you give birth to?
So did the other servants. Grand Duke Cronor was also a madman, but Emilia was also a mad bitch. This couple was insane as a pair.
and after a while When Grand Duke Cronor did not answer anything, Emilia continued.
“Thousands of the most elite soldiers are placed at the rear to block the advance of the crown prince and take time, while the main force has to retreat. The unit in charge of the last line will suffer damage close to annihilation, but that is unavoidable. Even if you take a lot of damage, you have to retreat here.”
“… ”
“… ”
Seeing Emilia talking about strategy even after being beaten like this, Archduke Cronor felt a kind of chill. Originally, it was a strange year, but after mentioning that it was the goddess of war, it became even more strange.
‘I’d rather disappear somewhere… ‘
Even though she is a sword master, even though she is her own daughter. Something is strange about this year. I thought I’d rather die somewhere.
At that moment, an amazing idea popped into Grand Duke Cronor’s head. Emilia told me to leave the most elite troops behind. So, who is the strongest in the team?
‘It’s Emilia.’
Emilia is the one who defeated Dian, the only sword master in the world. If so, wouldn’t it be possible to reduce the damage to allies by leaving Emilia behind, and at the same time make Emilia die? This killed two birds with one stone. Thinking so, Archduke Cronor shouted.
“Emilia!”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“Your last unit will be in charge. While the four years are taking time, we will lead the main army and return to the north!”
The servants were full of spirits. Grand Duke Cronor said that he would use his daughter as bait to find his own safety. But no one pointed that out. That would be true, too, because it was true that Emilia would be really reassuring if she was in charge of the last line. The nobles here were all prepared to sacrifice others for their own survival.
but only one.
“Yes.”
Emilia didn’t say anything further, without even expressing displeasure. He just said that with his usual expression.