I Possessed an Academy Without a Protagonist chapter 119

Episode 119. Counterattack Prelude (2)

“Huh. You’re going to take the 4 stars at once?”

Unsurprisingly, it was Kane, the commander of the Imperial Knights, who set the candle.

Actually, I didn’t even hit a candle.

The knights must have asked instead, knowing that they were puzzled and did not dare to question.

“It seems that the suppression forces are mistaking the 4th Castle on the first day. At that time, the 4th Castle was almost defenseless as there were few Mercury troops. But now it is not. I understand. How do you break through it without proper siege weaponry? What do you mean by burning the entire castle and blowing it up?”

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Well. You’re asking for help, right?

The acting was colorful with strangely emotional feelings.

Anyway, it was roughly what Kane had expected.

It is almost impossible to push a castle with a thousand or so troops by force.

Even if he uses all kinds of camouflage magic to perform infiltration actions, he can’t take a picture like Sergei alone against a thousand people.

Blow up the castle at once.

That expression was right.

“It’s just like you said. I’m planning to overthrow the whole 4th castle.”

“With the whole thing…! All prisoners are still imprisoned in the 4th star!”

“That’s right! If you do that, you’ll end up killing all the inhabitants of the castle!”

The knights could not stand it and began to raise their voices of indignation.

To be honest, it was a little disgusting.

The people who have treated all the beasts living there as slaves since they took over the 4th Castle are now pretending to be concerned.

After the war was over, I was terrified to think of the people who would capture the villagers here and take them as loot one after another.

“Of course, both the prisoners and the villagers will be fine. It’s a magic that picks and repels only the rebels.”

“What kind of magic is that…?”

“If it’s the elites of the Imperial University, it’s possible, isn’t it?”

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As they turned around and spoke, Erika and Einz were rolling their eyes as if they were nervous.

I thought I was going to have trouble breathing, so I thought I should stop playing with it.

“And there is something I want the Commander-in-Chief to declare clearly.”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s the Emancipation Proclamation.”

“Yes?”

“The prisoners who have surrendered to the suppression forces. And I want to ban all prisoners in the occupied territory from being enslaved.”

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They started staring at me from all directions.

As the loot is reduced, the eyes are sure to be bloody.

“Currently, the suppression force is greatly reduced in force. There is no time to turn to the management of prisoners and slaves. At most, if the 4th castle that was taken is retaken by the people who rose up in anger over exploitation, what would be a disappointment like that?”

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“In addition, an increase in the number of free people means an increase in tax revenue. As a servant of the Emperor, I think you are well aware of the choices for the prosperity of the empire.”

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The knights who were about to express their dissatisfaction at any moment shut their mouths all at once.

When he raised the emperor, he didn’t say anything either.

The southern part was originally a slave producing area, supplying 50% of the imperial slaves.

If the emancipation decree is enforced in such a South, the slave traders and the duke who will later take office in the South will be weeping.

But that wasn’t my thing.

First of all, it was urgent to win the war immediately.

“I think it is an inevitable choice at this point in time where there is no proper way to control the slaves. Then, as the commander-in-chief of the suppression force, I will declare the emancipation decree for the entire southern colonies. Do you have any objection?”

“There is not······.”

“Then, as soon as the meeting is over, we will send messengers to all four castles to spread the Emancipation Proclamation.”

The Emancipation Proclamation will not have much effect right now.

If you join the rebels and you join the rebels but you are free, you will end up with the side with more power.

However, it was the point when the tide was turned around by steadily consuming the enemy.

At that time, all the residents would be friendly to the suppression force, and the war would be easily resolved.

“Has the number of friendly POWs currently imprisoned in the 4th Castle been known?”

“The enemy herald says there are more than 500 prisoners, but there’s no way to figure out on their own if that’s true…”

Pellin replied with his head lowered as if he had no face.

This was pretty serious.

I don’t even know how many allied prisoners are being held.

It is not known how many died or were executed in battle.

That means you don’t even know the approximate size of the enemy.

Even if the information was weak, it was too weak.

“I will plant an informant.”

“It is of no use. There was no contact at all, whether all the informants who had previously cooperated with the suppression force were caught…”

“I will send Saint Iris.”

“Yes?!”

There was a shuddering sound from behind and the rattling of the chair.

Iris was trying to suppress the agitation as much as possible with her eyes wide open.

what. Haven’t you seen this future?

Surprisingly, it seemed that Future Poetry did not show all futures meticulously.

Thanks to this, I saw a precious scene where Iris was surprised.

“Are you crazy? I’m sending the saint into the enemy’s den…!”

“He’s sane. And the Duke of Lorraine is just as sane. There will never be any threat to the saint’s life.”

The current rebels, or even the Southern Republic, were eager to win support from their neighbors.

It is an ally receiving military support from the Great Forest, and secretly receiving supplies from the Trud Kingdom behind the scenes.

Currently, the desert elves remain neutral, but if independence was confirmed, then it was obvious that the Southern Commonwealth would be recognized as an official state.

From their point of view, the more forces that keep the empire in check, the better.

However, to treat a saint who was chosen by the only god Aegis rudely would be to turn all the countries of the continent into an enemy.

“I want to entrust Iris with the task of infiltrating the inside and secretly sending information through communication magic. Will you accept it?”

“It’s a mission. I’m just heading to the 4th Castle under the humane pretext of treating the wounded regardless of the rebels and the rebels.

It was satisfactory.

He was well aware of the nature of the task he was assigned to.

okay. Even though Iris couldn’t kill, it could be used as a reconnaissance that freely roamed the enemy camp.

It was a virtually invincible reconnaissance that the enemy could never touch.

“Then I will summarize the results of the meeting. I will send the saints first to collect information on the enemy’s movements first, and then, at dawn, dismantle the siege. The charge formation is led by the Holy Knights. There are wizards in the middle, and the imperial family is in the rear. The knights will wrap it around. The 4th castle attack is…”

“I’ll do it tomorrow afternoon.”

“We’ll do it in the afternoon of the same day.”

Pellain chimed in like a parrot and concluded the meeting.

That’s why I don’t know if I’m the commander-in-chief or if Pellain is the commander-in-chief.

Still, I’m not used to dealing with people, so I can think of it as Pellain’s adviser.

Staff with a slightly louder voice…

“I am sure there are many people who dislike me as a woman in a beast. However, I want you to keep in mind that I am loyal only for the suppression force, the Empire, and the Emperor. I wish you all the best.”

“Guntu!”

A great shout rang out.

Rather than really believing that he would win, it felt like he was forced to raise his voice.

However, this atmosphere was also scheduled to be reversed tomorrow morning.

Because it will give the suppression force a great victory as promised.

***

After the meeting.

Saint Iris prepared to leave the fortress immediately.

Soldiers and knights greeted her as she stood in front of the front door with a messenger to announce the emancipation decree.

“Saint. If there is an emergency, fire a signal magic into the sky. I will run right away.”

“hahahaha… it won’t happen.”

“Beasts are savages! Please be careful!”

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Holding hands with each of them, Iris did not lose the natural smile on her lips.

Then, Iris’s eyes caught on somewhere, and she walked away as if possessed.

The crowd split and paved the way.

“Ah! That’s….”

The knights let out a sigh.

The place where Iris was headed was none other than above the wall of the fortress.

It was a place where the prisoner’s head was hung through a spear.

Looking up at the head of the beast who hung high so that he could see clearly from the outside, Iris gently closed her eyes and put her hands together.

Fellin soon noticed what she was doing.

It was prayer.

A prayer to pray for the well-being of the dead and to ask Aegis-sama to open the way to heaven.

Bewildered, the knights who had only watched the scene closed their eyes one by one and began to pray in the same way.

‘Is it really a saint?’

Seeing the scene, Pellain was purely admiring.

Until just a few hours ago, they were the ones who cut off the heads of prisoners and cut off their ears and played with them as souvenirs.

To make them pretend to pay homage to their enemies.

It seemed that there was something like a sacred power to influence the people around him.

“You left.”

The front door opened and the saint and heralds ran out on horseback.

The enemy wanted to react, but when he saw the high-flying flag, he gave up on pursuing.

It seemed like there would be no incident where the messenger was caught and the Emancipation Proclamation was not properly propagated.

It was the moment when Pellin sighed and turned around.

“Good work.”

“ah······.”

Schlus Heinkel smiled softly and patted his shoulder.

Pellin seemed to be about to burst into tears for an instant.

How long has it been since I’ve received such encouragement from someone?

I never dreamed of receiving encouragement because I was always strong as a leader.

Moreover, it was thanks to Schlusus that he was able to overcome numerous adversity to be recognized as the commander-in-chief today.

“Commander-in-Chief. It’s a bit of a burdensome position, but there was no one other than you.”

“No. I’m just grateful. This is a great opportunity to elevate the status of the Holy Knights.”

There was no end to what I could thank Schlus Heinkel for.

At first, the Holy Knights were a Knights Templar created by Taylor, an adventurer, a retired knight.

The ambitious plan to gather and train boys with talent in swordsmanship and provide them with high-quality military power for money was devastated from the start.

money. Money was also an issue.

There was not enough money to buy swords and armor, feed the members and sleep.

It was Taylor’s opinion that we should go public.

I wonder who would invest in a Knights Templar without dreams and hopes like this…

However, in the beginning, it was a good investment.

Enough to gather about 10 members.

However, after that it was a problem.

This was because it took too long to train the members and produce meaningful results.

In the end, investors who felt their patience was limited, sold the stock and ran away.

It was a time when there were never many investors who wanted to get out.

A person named Schlus Heinkel started raking in all the shares.

Thanks to this, it was only able to prevent the stock price from falling.

that’s all

Schlusz deposited an additional investment in addition to that.

Dividends are fully reinvested.

He did not interfere in the operation of the Knights Templar, and only provided full support.

To a Knights Templar that was nothing but a money-eating hippo who could not produce any results…

Thanks to this, I was able to raise all the members into full-fledged knights without kicking them out.

We were able to feed everyone and sleep in a warm bed.

Thanks to that, the Holy Knights were able to come this far.

Truly, no matter how much I thanked Schlus, it wasn’t enough.

“Thank you. Just pass that on to the vice-chief and the members. It’s going to be a pretty tough battle in the future.”

“If you are under the command of Schluss-sama, I will gladly carry out any unreasonable battles.”

“It’s not my command. It’s yours, Pellain. I’m just an advisor who gives you proper advice.”

“still······.”

“I’m not the owner of the Holy Knights, I’m just an investor. I’m just a spoonful of your efforts in establishing and running the private knights. I hope you don’t treat me as a superior. There will be great chaos in the system.”

“Ah…. I see.”

Fellin laughed bitterly.

It was just the personality I imagined when I met him in writing.

A man who values principles and is extremely humble.

And a man who didn’t care at all, even though he knew that the leader was Suin.

Even when the Knights Templar fell into crisis, a man who came to help himself instead of withdrawing his investment.

“Investor Schlus Heinkel.”

“That’s too awkward.”

“Mr Schlus.”

“Yeah. It would be better if it wasn’t too high and it’s plain.”

hero.

For her, Schlus Heinkel was truly a hero.

“Fellin. That’s a very difficult word to say.”

“Yes. Please tell me.”

“I’m going to ask you one more time.”

The hero was suddenly shy and speaking out.

please say anything

Because I can do anything for your request.

“Can I touch that ear once?”

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At that moment, there was a feeling of contempt in Pellain’s eyes.