I Became a Bookkeeper the Monarchs Are Obsessed With chapter 40

40 – Meanwhile in the North – 2

“Emilia.”

“Yes.”

“I will give you 2,000 soldiers. Suppress the rebels.”

“Yes.”

At the words of Grand Duke Cronor, Emilia led only 2,000 soldiers to suppress the rebels. Of course, subduing a total of over 10,000 rebels with 2,000 soldiers was close to impossible.

But it was completely impossible, so I couldn’t say for sure. Although the number of rebels exceeds 10,000, this is just the sum of all rebels. Because the rebels were divided into five or six factions, the number of each rebel varied from 1,000 to 3,000.

It was not completely impossible to suppress, considering that the revolts that occurred in various places were scattered without a central point, and that the quality of the rebels was low. This is because the rebels were an improvised army that brought in anyone who wanted to be a man and gave them a spear.

However, there was a story behind why Emilia went out with only 2,000 soldiers. The total number of Kronor’s soldiers was about 5,000. If you give 3,000 of them to Emilia, Emilia will get more than half of the soldiers, and she will be able to immediately turn her horse and come to attack Grand Duke Cronor.

As evidenced in the retreat from Seizu Castle the previous day, Emilia’s commanding power and military strength were top notch. It was supposed to be annihilated, so it took the last place in the normal retreat and reduced the damage to half.

Archduke Cronor thought that if Emilia was given a lot of soldiers, there would be trouble, but the Archduke didn’t know.

The fact that even 2,000 soldiers were enough for Emilia.

The first thing Emilia aimed at was a small castle named Manton. There were 3,000 rebels gathered there.

Two thousand to three thousand. It was a battle that seemed unfavorable in terms of numbers alone, but when the battle started, it was Emilia’s 2,000 that gave her the advantage.

When the war started, Emilia took her sword and climbed the castle wall. There was no one who could stop Emilia from climbing the castle wall as if she were flying. As Emilia stepped on top of the castle wall, the map of hell began to spread over it.

Emilia took up her sword and began to mercilessly cut down her enemies. On the other hand, the enemies were ragtags who, when they thought they were only men, brought them around and gave them a spear. I couldn’t stand the Sword Master’s sword attack.

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No, I was still lucky if I couldn’t bear it. It was because Emilia couldn’t kill 3,000 people by herself, no matter how sword master she was.

The real problem was that the enemies started to get scared after seeing Emilia’s mad performance.

“Hee! A monster, a monster!”

“That is not human! Run away!”

The enemies turned their backs and started to run away, and in the gap, the allies easily climbed onto the wall.

Having obtained Menton Castle so easily, Emilia counted the remaining soldiers. 74 injured, 11 dead. Except for a few people who were hit by bows, everyone was fine.

And among the captured soldiers, those who were too young, old, or unhealthy were sent back, and those with normal fighting abilities were accepted into their army.

Then, in an instant, the number of soldiers increased to 3,000. It was a miracle that the number of soldiers increased instead of decreasing in battle.

In response, Archduke Cronor ordered Emilia to return once more. When Emilia returned, she intended to hand over 1,000 of the 3,000 soldiers to herself and then tell her to leave again. Meanwhile, Emilia…

“Decapitate the diplomat and send him back.”

“Yes? But if you do, Grand Duke Kronor will… ”

“His Highness Archduke Kronor has lost his normal judgment. Starting today, our military will declare independence. I will take over the Grand Duchess of His Highness Archduke Kronor.”

It was a declaration of independence.

On the other hand, the army of Grand Duke Cronor.

The messenger to return did not return, but a small bundle returned.

When I opened it, the head of the death god was inside. Upon seeing this, the grand duke was greatly angered.

“Rebellion? This damn bitch doesn’t even know her father anymore!”

Although he was an unknown person, he thought that he would not even cause a rebellion. It was Emilia who had endured ruthless violence and all sorts of unreasonable abuse until now. He never rebelled and never talked back. I didn’t think Emilia would suddenly rebel.

“Are you saying this is revenge? ”

However, Archduke Cronor was holding the wrong point. The reason Emilia revolted was not because of her personal vendetta against Grand Duke Cronor. Rather, it could be attributed to the mistake of Archduke Cronor.

The Grand Duke of Cronor had lost thousands of Northern troops in an unreasonable attack in the previous Seizures retreat, and because of that incident, the territory was also lost and revolts broke out in various places. The point of Emilia’s rebellion was not the abuse she received. If Grand Duke Cronor continued to be a competent monarch, Emilia would not rebel.

However, the moment Grand Duke Cronor revealed his incompetence, Emilia had no choice but to rebel. to protect the north. to prevent further tragedy. The reason Emilia was fighting was not for herself, but for the sake of the entire North.

A situation in which mutual understanding is impossible. And Emilia proclaimed. He said he would become the new Grand Duke of the North. I will take over my father’s title.

In this way, the North faced a new phase. The original Archduke Karl von Cronor, the soldiers of Emilia who continued to fight each time, and finally, the Three Kingdoms of independent rebels who did not belong to either side had begun.

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When Emilia was destroying the independent rebel forces one by one and absorbing them, the independent rebel forces did not sit still because they knew how to use their heads.

They form a coalition and gather around one noble.

Its name is Lachnar von Skane.

He was a man with a height of about 185, long hair, and who mainly used a shield and an axe.

Rachnar was a nobleman and knight known for his numerous achievements under Archduke Carl von Cronor. As such, the rebels had chosen a capable knight as their leader to lead them.

Rachnar von Skane was a competent knight, as many rebels expected. He gathered the soldiers of the Rebel Alliance and quickly pacified the surroundings, forming a new force in the northeast.

Emilia was located in the northwest, and Raknar was located in the northeast. In the south was Archduke Carl von Cronor. In this way, the North was walking the path of a three-way confrontation.

However, neither force was able to move first. In the case of Rachnar, who had the most troops with a total of 10,000 troops, he had many troops and competent commanders, but if he attacked Emilia, he could be attacked by Carl von Chronor, and if he attacked Carol, he could be attacked by Emilia.

It was the same with Emilia. If you hit Carol, you’ll be hit in the back by Rachnar, and if you hit Rachnar, it seems like Carol will move.

On the other hand, in Carol’s case, the current situation was relatively satisfactory. Among them, the one with the most fertile territory was Carol. In the north, the territory became devastated as you went north, and there were areas with relatively high food production in the south.

It seemed that Carol would be able to recover again if she continued on like this. It was a situation where it seemed that he could defeat Emilia and Rachnar and regain the title of Grand Duke again. That was until that happened.

Situationally, Karl von Kronor wasn’t bad, but the problem was Karl von Kronor’s mentality. The war was lost, but the daughter revolted with 2,000 of her soldiers. Even though he occupied relatively fertile land in the south, his mental state was already in tatters.

So one day when I was drinking every day. it was she who came

“father… I’m sorry. I didn’t expect my sister to rebel like that.”

Dorothea pokes her face out the door as if she were sorry and says so. If it was someone else, it would have gone out of hand, but Karl von Cronor could not use violence against his second daughter, who was the only one who was kind to him.

“not. That bitch Emilia is bad, not you.”

The moment he heard that, Dorothea felt it. The fact that his father has become very weak.

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No matter how much he acted cute and tried to look good, his father was not such a kind person. Abandoned by his daughter and abandoned by his servants, he is weakening. Dorothea thought so, and thought that the time had come.

“Father, are you drinking again? If you keep drinking like that, it’s not good for your body.”

“but… What can I do? Everyone betrayed me.”

“I understand very well how difficult it is for you. Abeoning has done his best all his life for the North, but now that it’s useless, he’s about to throw it away like a devoted mate. bad people.”

“Dorotea… ”

Tears began to flow from Carl von Kronor’s eyes. I thought no one in this world could understand my suffering, but there was only one person here who did.

“Don’t rely on alcohol, try this.”

Having said that, Dorothea mixed the clear liquid in a small glass bottle with beer.

“Take a drink. It will be completely different from before.”

At that moment, Grand Duke Kronor’s spirit flashed. It was because he thought that his daughter might be trying to poison himself.

However, the suspicion was soon dispelled. It was because Dorothea put the same drug in her own wine and gulped it down.

Dorothea soon sat down in her chair and began to roam. Seeing Dorothea’s condition, Carl von Cronor knew what it was.

“poppy… ”

It was the undiluted solution of the poppy plant, which is used as an ingredient for opium. Carl von Kronor originally hated drug users. I thought that people who were weak in body and mind or things like that were touched. However…

“Please hurry up with your fathering… How good it feels. All bad things fly away? It feels like going back to childhood and floating in the sky… ”

go back to childhood That one word caught Carl von Kronor’s ears. My mother was alive when I was young. It wasn’t until his mother passed away that Carl von Cronor strayed. back then… Carol couldn’t escape that temptation.

Carol gulped down the poppy-filled beer, and Dorothea, who was watching it from the side of her eye, smiled contentedly.