Episode 116. Commander-in-Chief (3)
“In the last battle, the suppression force failed to manage its prisoners of war and lost the 4th Castle, as well as suffered great losses in rotation due to strategic failure. will be deprived of it.”
“deprivation······!”
Surprised glances fell all at once on Schlusus Heinkel.
However, he didn’t blink an eye and just looked at the Imperial Knights Commander.
Even after waiting for a long time, there was no accusation that it was a false statement.
He was obviously sincere.
“Is it Huangming? Did His Majesty the Emperor dismissed me?”
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A faint smile spread across Kain’s lips as Schlus Heinkel remained silent.
Unless it was directly ordered by His Majesty the Emperor, it was worth trying.
“That’s not to say. Even if you are a knight under the emperor’s direct control, you do not have the authority to command the commander-in-chief of the suppression force.”
“You’re misunderstanding something, Commander of the Imperial Templar. It is purely the achievement of the Holy Knight Commander that you led the remaining troops into the fortress during the last 44 hours of your disappearance and continue to fight. At that point, you will already be disqualified. I was in a state of being hurt. Do you understand a little bit now?”
“So now I want you to return that qualification!”
“To the leader of the suppression army who blew up the whole unit?”
“I was just defeated because I was unlucky. It’s fine to hold me responsible, but you’re only going to leave the post of commander-in-chief to the head of the private knights? Are you sane? Genga saying that the status of the honorable Imperial Knights is lower than that of the Holy Knights!”
“Is it true that the honorable Imperial Knights are referring to the twenty or so knights here?
“Wooa!”
Kane looked around and slammed the desk in anger.
The number of knights, which had reached a thousand, was reduced to only about 20.
Because of yourself and no one else.
I was thinking of taking responsibility for this.
As the commander-in-chief, I was going to make a comeback and fulfill my responsibilities.
But that man didn’t seem to want to even give him that chance.
“Give up the post of commander-in-chief, Kane. I’ll give you the post of deputy commander-in-chief. Help Pellain to rebuild the suppression force.”
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If you put this agenda to a vote here, you can easily win the post of commander-in-chief.
Most of the knights with a little more than 20 members belonged to the Imperial Knights Templar, or because they once belonged to it.
But after I got it, it was a problem.
Then it was obvious that the Holy Knights would come out of the suppression force as a whole.
It meant that 30% of the core power had disappeared.
Each knight could not do such a thing in the precious yard.
If Kane accepted the position of deputy commander and commanded 20 knights, he would have been able to maintain even the remaining troops.
“Give up… I will…”
“Captain!”
Kane closed his eyes tightly and replied softly.
The conduct of war took precedence over pride.
Taking responsibility for the defeat and stepping back, it was absolutely the right way to prevent the division of the suppression force.
“Now then, is there anyone who opposes Pellin Armstrong’s retention of commander-in-chief?”
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The barracks were as quiet as a mouse.
As long as the commander of the Imperial Knights gave up, there were no knights who would speak out against it.
“Okay. I think there are still people who are not familiar with the new commander-in-chief. Pellain. Let me introduce myself first.”
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Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Knock Down.
A fully armed knight stepped forward.
An unusual guy wearing a helmet even indoors.
“After handing over the position of commander-in-chief to the dumb, you are conducting all military affairs yourself. How about you just take over as commander-in-chief?”
Kane, who crossed his arms and walked away, said bluntly.
“It’s hard. I have to go back to school in two days after a week…”
“Do you have any other urgent business?”
“You have to take a class.”
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Kane’s mouth widened.
Now he doubted whether he had heard it right.
When the suppression force is in desperate need of reinforcements, they have to return to take care of their studies in a week?
His thought circuit was difficult to comprehend.
But before Schlush Heinkel could be asked further, Pellin took off his helmet and the barracks became noisy.
“What, what…!”
“A woman?”
What appeared in the helmet was a pretty woman with short hair and shaggy hair.
Watching the woman dripping sweat from the tip of her bangs, the knights forgot what to say.
It was clearly not a common situation.
With a woman’s body, you’re the commander of the knights, or the commander-in-chief of an improvised army.
Obviously there was no precedent, but there was nothing to swear at.
“Huh? Huh…?!”
Pellin’s shaggy hair began to move up and down.
Then a bundle of fur pierced his hair and stood up.
Pointy, fluffy ears covered with white fur on the inside.
It was definitely the evidence of the beast, animal ears.
“Soo, Suin! Isn’t that Suin!”
“The beast was hiding!”
As if they had caught the number, the knights pointed their fingers one by one and shouted.
It was burdensome to pull him down just because he was a woman, but it was a different story if it was a beast.
Whether they were spies or lowly slaves, I decided that I could somehow bring them down.
However, more than the calculated idea, the physiological rejection was the greatest.
“Is there any problem?”
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A soft voice rang out.
It was a low-pitched, but clear voice that belonged to a woman.
The unknown pressure contained in the tone of the knights had to swallow their saliva.
“We are at war with the beasts. But do you mean to kill the beasts at the orders of the beasts? I do not understand.”
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One of the knights came forward and shouted loudly.
He nodded to see if everyone agreed, and looked at the reactions of Pellain and Schlus.
But Schlusz just sat in the back corner, cross-legged, watching the situation as if it were just for fun.
Staring at the article that had just made a statement, Pellain parted her lips.
“Then, how about Sir Sergei von Freud, who was at the forefront of the war against the Kingdom of Trud? He is also from the Kingdom of Trud. Why can’t you cut the seal?”
“No, that’s a different story, isn’t it!”
“How are you different? I ask for a detailed explanation.”
“Yeah, the race is different! Freya and Trud are just different nationalities! They’re the same in terms of being human! But aren’t Beasts inferior to humans…?”
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The knight’s voice was getting smaller and smaller.
However, Pellin did not wrinkle his expression at all, and just stared at him with an expressionless expression.
It’s like you’re used to this.
As if they had grown accustomed to the humiliation and persecution.
“Then where would you like to compete. Which one is inferior?”
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As Pellin brought his hand closer to the scabbard, the knight staggered back and grabbed the sword.
His expression hasn’t changed at all since before.
From those eyes, I felt a kind of life.
“It’s no use intimidating out of fear. Unless you can prove that you’re not Prakchi of Duke Lorraine, we’ll never trust you.”
“Ha·······! Prove that the manager is not a spy…!”
“Vice-Captain.”
Unbearable, Taylor smashed the desk and stepped out.
As soon as they saw Pellain’s face, they seemed to have forgotten everything up to now.
Ignoring Pellain’s resolute restraint, Taylor parted her lips, thinking that she had to spit out something.
“When besieging the 4th Castle. While struggling to subdue the citadel full of archers, who was it that climbed the wall and subdue the citadel? It was Commander Pellain. It was our Holy Knights who scouted the rear, noticed the enemy cavalry’s charge, and created an escape route to retreat even this much of the troops. But what? The commander of the Imperial Knights Commander, who managed 90% of the suppression force’s troops, was more…”
“Taylor. Until there.”
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When he reached a point that could be insulted, Pellain closed his eyes tightly and stopped speaking.
This was enough.
Everyone here knew it.
Pellain and the Holy Knights have fought harder for the suppression force than anyone else.
There can be no spy planted by the rebels, and there is no room for betrayal.
They knew it well in their heads, but nonetheless, not everyone was convinced.
A more fundamental, physiological reluctance was in them.
Kane, who was examining the faces of the knights, frowned in displeasure.
Then he took a deep breath and hit the desk.
“I will never give up the position of commander-in-chief.”
“The Imperial Knights Commander!”
“It is a rhetoric for a human to listen to the orders of the beasts. To have them duel with me. If you break me, then I will fold you neatly and treat you as a superior.”
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Felline, slightly bewildered, looked at Kane’s face.
The imperial knights commander who values honor, reverses what he just said?
At first glance, the reaction was difficult to understand, but-
“Put….”
I quickly realized the truth.
Pellin answered with a single laugh.
“Okay. Let’s fight right now in a one-legged match.”
“ooa!”
In the duel that took place unexpectedly, the knights screamed as they felt their hearts boil.
A golden opportunity to bring down the beasts so that they cannot give orders from above…
They did not doubt it.