I Became a Bookkeeper the Monarchs Are Obsessed With chapter 4

4 – New Age Tactics – 2

the next morning.

Leonia von Arcadia was dressed up with dark circles.

“Your Highness, you stayed up all night. How about taking a little break… ”

However, Princess Arcadia shook her head helplessly.

“Even if you stay up all night, there are things you have to do. What is the class at the academy today?”

“There are six.”

Each class is 2 hours, so if you do it all, it’s 12 hours. Today is going to be a tiring day. Thinking so, the princess rose from her seat.

“How about taking a break from the first class at least? A little rest would be good for your health.”

“Thank you for your blunt words, but I am determined to complete all the classes at the academy. I wonder if the talented people of the future will avoid me when I already hear that the princess isn’t in good health.”

“If so.”

YuRia lowered her head and denied her will, and the princess was satisfied.

In fact, it was because of one book that the princess was so sleep deprived.

The book that Yuria Russell brought me last night. [New era tactics, how to operate gunpowder weapons? upper part]

When Yuria returned to her room, she said it was placed in front of the door.

It was most likely because the security around the princess’s room was tight that she dared to take it to Yuria instead of herself.

That would mean that the person who wrote this book does not want to reveal his identity.

However, the princess had a rough idea of who the author of this book was.

“A short thesis published a while ago.”

The story that gunpowder weapons will change the world. The author of the short paper that I had no choice but to agree with 100%.

The author and the author of this book will be the same person. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to write a book in the same tone.

The content of the book was great.

It dealt with what weapons the muskets should be used with, and what percentage of musketeers should be in the entire army.

It was said in this book. In order to protect the arquebusiers, you need more pikemen than arquebusiers, and you must use those pikemen to block the enemy’s cavalry charge.

After hearing that, the princess was shocked.

Long spear.

It was because he could not have imagined that this weapon, which appeared only in the history of ancient tactics, would come to the head again.

The long spear has not been a major player on the battlefield for a while.

That would be because it was good to protect a specific space, but it was somewhat difficult for active movements such as direct attacks or chasing enemies.

In addition, it shows weakness to enemy fire.

But what if it is combined with a musket?

The long spear was a perfect division of labor if the musketeer ‘just guarded’ the musketeer, and the musketeer was in charge of the main firepower.

The musket can somehow compensate for the shooting battle, which is the weak point of the pikeman.

When the enemy gunner moves forward, our muskets move forward; when the enemy gunner moves back, the pikeman moves forward, and so on.

Realizing that, the princess wanted to bang her head on the desk without realizing it.

Why can’t I still remember this simple logic?

And the other lords are starting to feel stupid.

Why hasn’t any monarch yet come up with this simple reason?

Yes. The weapon best suited to the musket was not a Halbert, much less a shieldman, but a pikeman with both hands.

In the book, it was written how to combine pikemen and musketeers, and what kind of squares should be made to be effective.

There were many things that could not be known without direct experimentation. It was like a book written by someone from a distant future.

Of course, cross-validation was necessary.

This book becomes ‘real’ only when it is verified in practice that the contents of the book are true.

But there was a feeling.

The numbers are too elaborate and accurate to be fake. The fact that a short thesis on gunpowder weapons had been published at the academy a few days ago coincided with the princess’ existing knowledge.

It may be mere hope, but Leonia von Arcadia believed that this book, detailing how to handle musketeers on the battlefield, would not be fake.

“Yuria.”

“Yes.”

“As soon as tomorrow morning comes, call the soldiers immediately. I plan to experiment with the tercio square used in this book.”

“Yes.”

“And don’t be lazy to find the person who left the book behind.”

“Yes.”

Tomorrow morning, we gather our soldiers and test this tactic called tercio.

And if this tactic worked well in the practice match, I was thinking of introducing it and verifying it in real combat.

But there was something more urgent than that.

That is to find the author of this book.

The princess was sure that if she could find out who the author of the tactics of the new age was, she would be far ahead of the other powers when it came to gunpowder weapons.

—–

Meanwhile I was reading the letter.

The letter was from home. It was a letter from the mother of Charles Jean Rochepole.

Charles Jean Rochepole was from a fallen count family and had a nominal estate, but the estate was illegally occupied by a nobleman from a foreign country, and he was living like a commoner in reality.

And the contents of the letter from the Rochepole family were as follows.

[To Charles. I read the letter you sent me the other day. I would appreciate your willingness to drop out of school and work, but the family situation of the Rochepole family is not as dire as you think. We can fully guarantee your tuition and living expenses until you graduate, so don’t worry and focus on your studies. The only thing your family wants is for you to graduate from Arcadia Academy and raise the name of the Rochepole family.]

The moment I read this letter, my breath caught in my throat. Charles Jean Rochepole had this situation. Is that what you want to sort out? The Rochepole family is a fallen aristocratic family, so they are continuing their lives like commoners, but they are trying to somehow revive the family by sending Charles Jean Rochepole to Arcadia Academy, and in the meantime, Charles Jean Rochepole is bullied by other students for being poor. … This is a very hopeless situation.

The character named Charles was a passing extra in the game, so I had no idea that this situation existed. I thought it was a much heavier story than I thought.

And I picked up a pen

[Dear mother, please forget what I said in the last letter. I just felt weak for a moment. As the eldest son of the Rochepole family, I will overcome difficulties with all my might.]

If he wrote it like this, wouldn’t Charles’s mother feel relieved to some extent?

I thought so and was about to send a letter when someone knocked on the door.

-smart.

When I went outside, there was Yuria Russell. He was the princess’s escort knight, future duke and future sword master united by faith.

‘Quite a big man came to visit.’

Thinking so, I asked calmly.

“Yuria Russell. What are you doing here?”

“I was dubious until I knocked on the door, but I was convinced after seeing the nonchalant reaction. You are the one who left the book.”

Unbelievable. did you figure that out already? I thought it would take at least 2-3 days, but it’s incredibly fast.

“Why do you think so?”

“first. You were on the list of people who visited the second floor yesterday. Second. There were testimonies from people that you were carrying a certain book. third. As conclusive evidence, most people gasp when they see me as the escort knight of the princess, but you very leisurely asked why I had come. He must have predicted that I would come to some extent.”

Indeed, great deduction. It is also a natural inference. In the first place, I didn’t intend to hide the fact that I had left the book, so I passed those clues around. It was more surprising than I thought that the clue was caught in just one day.

“So, what do you want from me?”

“It was you, too.”

she said in surprise.

“Her Highness the Princess wants to meet you. Today at 8:00 PM, it is the innermost terrace of the party hall.”

“The party hall will be locked on days when there are no parties.”

“Your Highness will open it.”

Indeed, it’s not difficult to get a key or two from the academy when you’re a member of the royal family. I nodded in admiration.

And when it was 8 p.m.

As she said, I headed to the party.

The party hall, located a few hundred meters away from the academy, is used to teach nobles social skills.

In other words, it is not only used for real parties, but also used for teaching party manners.

Today, however, the party hall was open even though there were no classes.

profit.

As I approached, two knights opened the door.

Follow the escort of the knights and enter the party hall.

Beautiful well-maintained landscaping trees and flowers.

But I couldn’t help feeling a little spooky because no one was there.

And let’s enter the innermost terrace of the party hall.

A small table was set in the center of the terrace, with expensive tea and sweets.

The princess was reading my book, paying no attention to the tea and snacks.

[New era tactics, how to operate gunpowder weapons? upper part]

Looking at it now, it’s a really good name. To make the princess cry.

While watching her read a book while neglecting me, I picked up a snack in front of me and ate it.

The sweet and mellow taste spread in your mouth. It was a great taste that is hard to eat even in modern times.

At that moment, the princess opened her mouth.

“That’s strange.”

what would be so strange Shall we listen?