I Became a Bookkeeper the Monarchs Are Obsessed With chapter 41

41 – Meanwhile in the North – 3

“Hahaha! haha!”

Grand Duke Cronor laughed out loud. Around him, aristocrats with beer glasses were laughing along.

Grand Duke Cronor’s castle had become a party venue before anyone knew it. The knights were puzzled by the unusual party atmosphere in front of the enemy.

However, among the nobles, there were many who regarded it as an opportunity. Grand Duke Cronor was usually a person who lived a very restrained life and rarely laughed, but these days he was very relaxed about what was going on. There were a lot of people who thought that they should show off well at this time.

“Everyone, keep drinking! This is a good drink! What a good drink!”

Grand Duke Cronor raised his beer mug. When Grand Duke Cronor suggested, the nobles drank, and the nobles who drank had their legs loosened one by one, and sat on chairs around them and began to droop.

Since Grand Duke Cronor said so much, no one could ask about the identity of this drink. I just drank and wandered around limp and went home.

Days like that were repeated several times. Instead of taking care of military affairs every day, Grand Duke Cronor continued to enjoy the party. Some of the nobles objected to this, and some of the nobles responded, which is why they wanted to look good to the Grand Duke of Cronor, but the bigger problem was that they also wanted to escape from the unstable situation in which the northern part was divided into three parts.

Every time the party went on, people got weaker from opium. Dorothea kept getting opium and got drunk with people.

Opium makes people feel at ease. No matter how desperate a situation may be, a piece of opium would put the mind at ease.

But at the same time, it also made people’s minds vulnerable. No matter how desperate the moment, the person who took the opium was not able to respond properly.

On the other hand, when Grand Duke Cronor and his subordinate nobles lost their senses due to opium, Emilia continued to suppress the small rebellion and grow in power.

On the other hand, Lacnar von Skane, the opposing force of Emilia, also increased its power by rallying various rebel forces, but there was a fundamental difference between Emilia and Lacnar.

Emilia must have taken over the land after wiping out the rebellion with her own sword, so most of the land she owned was under Emilia’s direct jurisdiction, and Emilia was directly ruling it.

However, in the case of Raknar, it was nothing more than a combination of many small and large rebel forces gathered together in the form of a feudal contract. In a word, there were too many boatmen in Raknar’s forces.

On this point, Lachnar commented:

“Your chain of command is messed up. Every time a small decision is made, the nobles gather together and ask for a meeting, so there will be times when you will be greatly disappointed because of these issues.”

“But don’t our allies have a lot of land and a lot of troops?”

At the servant’s words, Raknar shook his head.

“There are many allies in terms of number of heads and size of land. But the strength of an army is not limited to numbers. The morale of Emilia-sama’s army has been greatly increased by successive victories. In this situation, it won’t be easy to endure if we fight Emilia-sama.”

Meanwhile, the subordinates who heard that could not understand Raknar. They have a lot of heads and a lot of land, so what are they worried about?

But everyone in the know agreed with Lachnar’s analysis. For example this person.

“His Highness, Grand Duke Kronor!”

Archduke Cronor’s secret agent, Usami Arca, shouted at Cronor. Cronor, who was drinking opium-infused beer, looked at Usami with a drunk face.

“What is it, Usami?”

“You must stop taking opium! Emilia-sama is currently continuing to count. You never know when they’ll come all the way here!”

However, Grand Duke Cronor waved his hand as if it was annoying, and then the knights under his command appeared and pulled Usami Arca out of the venue. Usami Arca was deeply concerned about the current situation.

Although Emilia continues to grow, she occupies the most fertile land in the south, so if you stay alert and concentrate on defense, you might be able to stop it. However, in this important situation, I was indulging in opium and playing around. When the hell did Archduke Cronor get ruined like this?

Grand Duke Cronor in his youth was Usami who lamented that it was not like this, but Grand Duke Cronor has already changed a lot.

On the other hand, Emilia was by no means the type who was well versed in strategy, but she had a vague understanding of the current situation.

If things go on like this, the father with the wealthiest south will win. When his father’s strength is low, he must win as quickly as possible.

The problem was that if you hit your father, Rachnar would stab you in the back, and if you hit Rachnar, your father would stab you in the back.

As the three forces glared at each other, it seemed unlikely that a match would ever happen.

Under such circumstances, Emilia heard a strange rumor. It was rumored that his father was addicted to opium and was losing his mind.

These rumors came from all over the place. It was because there were not one or two aristocrats who fell in love with opium and openly sought it.

Emilia doubted the truth of the rumor. Grand Duke Cronor wasn’t the type to lie like this, but there was a competent tactician named Usami Arca by Grand Duke Cronor’s side. If it were Usami, she would be able to deceive herself with false rumors.

Thinking so, Emilia decided not to move until the truth of the rumor was ascertained.

But it wasn’t long before the truth of the rumors was found out.

Emilia originally had 16 siblings.

But now, only the three best of the 16 remained.

Those who were weak, cowardly, or unlucky were already dead. Among Carl von Cronor’s children, only three who survived Cronor’s hellish training survived.

Among them, the eldest was the swordsman and sword master Emilia, the next was the magician Dorothea, and the youngest was the assassin Rohan.

Then, feeling someone’s presence in Emilia’s castle, she woke up to find Rohan, the youngest, standing in front of her.

“Rohan von Kronor.”

Emilia called the youngest Rohan by name. Rohan was a handsome boy with the same white hair as Emilia. And Emilia continued.

“Did you follow my father’s orders and come to kill me?”

However, Rohan just shook his head quietly.

“I don’t listen to my father’s orders anymore. Dorothea told me to go, so I came.”

Dorothea was the most charming of the three siblings and was loved by her father, but Emilia and Rohan knew about it. The fact that even though Dorothea acted cute on the outside, inside she hated her father much more than Emilia or Rohan. so that…

“Then you didn’t come to kill me.”

At those words, Rohan nodded quietly.

“Then what is your purpose?”

“Dorotea’s sister made my father an opiate addict. Not only my father, but also the influential nobles who followed my father were poisoned. If I move now, my father won’t be able to move fast.”

Emilia’s brain spun. Probability that Rohan is lying. The odds of that happening were close to zero.

Emilia did not hate the Grand Duke of Cronor, but Dorothea and Rohan, Emilia’s younger siblings, hated the Grand Duke of Cronor. That’s why I won’t do anything to deceive myself in order to help my father. Rather than judging it that way, Emilia believed it that way. It was because it was only the brothers who helped each other in the most difficult times.

Emilia decided to believe Rohan’s words. Because he believed that Rohan would never deceive himself.

“I will go back. I have work to do.”

After saying that, Rohan went out through the window again and returned to Carl von Cronor’s military camp. Meanwhile, Emilia got out of bed and put her mind in order for a while. How should I move from now on? That worry didn’t last long.

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When morning broke, Emilia suddenly summoned all the soldiers.

After summoning the soldiers, Emilia immediately led the entire army of 5,000 and headed somewhere.

Emilia did not tell the soldiers where her allies were going. So, at first, the soldiers thought they were going to fight Archduke Carl von Kronor. Even some of the commanding staff believed so.

However, Emilia suddenly turned and turned in the direction where Raknar was. Yes. If Emilia attacked Archduke Carl von Kronor, Carol would not be able to respond properly because she was addicted to drugs. But in the meantime, Raknar will stab you in the back.

On the other hand, if you hit Lachnar, Carol won’t be able to hit Emilia in the back. It was because he was addicted to drugs. Thinking so, Emilia drove her army like lightning and began to drop the castles of Raknar-kun one by one.