127 – Make each other suspicious (2)
The formal greeting that a noble gives when meeting a noble is long and annoying, but the greeting that a commoner like me should give when meeting a noble is …
I had to spend about 10 to 15 minutes just for the greeting, but I was very happy to hear that I could skip the annoying greeting.
I gathered my thoughts for a moment without showing it on my face.
‘When making a claim, it is best to use a generic style of speaking that draws interest by starting with the core topic.’
“This is an operation to take down one of the pillars that support that castle and make it fall.”
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Perhaps starting from the point was the right answer, Viscount Canossa tilted his neck to the left and made a ‘ho-oh’ sound.
“Wow, that’s interesting. “Okay, then what do you think the pillars that support that castle are?”
Hearing those words, I spread three fingers.
“The soldiers in that castle are Baron Custer and Hilde Baumann. Even if just one of these is destroyed, Villa Hora Castle will collapse.”
“If there were no garrison to protect the castle, there would be no one to stop us from occupying the castle, so it would be natural, and without Baron Custer, the command system would collapse and we would not be able to defend the castle. But why is Hilde Baumann, a low-ranking knight, the pillar protecting this castle?”
Before coming here, this is a question I expected to be a question that would definitely come up.
“When I entered the western watchtower of Villa Hora Castle on the first day of the siege, she appeared. She could not open the gate because she blocked my advance. Thanks to this, the siege continued until the next day.”
At those words, the Viscount nodded his head.
“On the third day, Centurion Gaspard of the Red Rose Mercenaries took the opportunity, and when she appeared, Centurion Gaspard was seriously injured. As a result, the morale of our troops fell, and we failed to capture the castle on the third day.”
In the fight on the third day, the Red Rose mercenaries, other mercenaries who were moving together, and Viscount Canossa’s soldiers suffered considerable damage.
I didn’t say this because I thought it wouldn’t do any good to mention it directly, but unless Viscount Canossa’s brain is on par with Pappenheim…
They can’t help but recall the memory of their failure to capture the castle and the loss of many soldiers.
There is no need for me to make the Viscount feel bad by mentioning the fact that he suffered great damage.
‘What good is there in touching a painful place for no reason?’
“Her performance continued to stand out on days 4, 5, and 6. Because of that, even though the Viscount was a low-level knight in the enemy army, I soon memorized his name.”
Viscount Canossa frowned upon hearing what I said.
“I see, just as you said, she is the pillar that supports this castle. Let me admit it. However, I didn’t come here just to talk about this. Did she find a way?”
“I’m trying to write a book about this relationship.”
“Interesting. But according to the report sent by the spies I secretly infiltrated into the castle, there is no particular possibility of conflict occurring within the castle?”
At those words, I shrugged both eyebrows and both shoulders, raised one corner of my mouth, and smiled.
“If you don’t have it, shouldn’t you just make it? “If it doesn’t work out, we have to make it happen. Isn’t that war?”
If it can’t be done, make it happen, it is mainly used in the Korean military and is generally known as a phrase used by high-ranking officials when trying to resolve a bad situation.
In real wars, in most cases, you can only win if you do something that shouldn’t be done.
“That’s right. If it doesn’t work out, you have to make it happen, whether it’s business, love, or even war. So I guess I found a way. “If I were to say that I was going to find a way by taking people’s children all the way here, wouldn’t they be a bit disappointed?”
For a mercenary, reputation is as precious as life, and if a nobleman is disappointed in me and labels me as ‘incompetent’, I will instantly become a low-level mercenary.
‘There’s nothing to disappoint, so I bet both my wrists.’
“I’ll tell you straight. Please write Hilde Baumann a proposal to be knighted as a superior.”
The Viscount frowned at those words.
“Don’t you know better? What does it mean for a noble to ordain a knight? If Hilde Bauman accepts my offer, I really should make her a knight of high rank and give her the corresponding fiefdoms. “A village with at least 100 serf households.”
I snorted inwardly.
Even if a noble with a normal title were drunk and drunk and stopped a serf walking down the street and suggested, ‘You become my knight,’ he must keep his words once he said them.
Otherwise, you will lose your dignity as a noble and the weight of your remarks.
So, that may sound correct, but…
‘Do you think I said this without knowing that it is okay to spread appointment letters for the purpose of confusing the enemy?’
If she really accepts that offer and opens the castle gate or cooperates, then they can just kick the traitor away, saying he doesn’t belong in our family.
But what can I do, if I tell the truth, that nobleman will feel uncomfortable.
“Honestly, Hilde Bauman would not be enough to be appointed as a senior knight of the Viscountess Canossa family. At a young age, she is already an expert beginner and low-level knight, and has enough reputation and skills to gain the trust of mercenaries and serfs. “You could say she was bought cheaply.”
“Well, at that age, if you are a beginner level expert, you will be able to move up to expert level in the future… So it won’t be a big loss to me. Also, if you capture this castle and achieve victory, I will receive a larger territory, so I can give you at least one or two villages.”
I didn’t say it, but in the game, Hilde was a character who served the person she served as her master with a level of loyalty that was almost unconditional.
As long as the owner does not betray and abandon him first.
In other words, she is a character who obeys any command from her lord as long as he does not ‘betray and abandon’ her.
Therefore, even if such a proposal for a high-ranking knight comes in, or even if I give her one baronial spirit like I did before, she will not blink an eye.
‘I need to take him under my command, but I can’t spoon-feed him to this Viscount.’
“Okay, I can just write a letter of investiture as a senior knight. So, what do you plan to do?”
“According to what I have heard so far, Baron Custer is a very suspicious person. But what would you think if Junior Knight Hilde Baumann was offered the opportunity to rise to the rank of ‘Senior Knight’ by our enemies?”
“You may misunderstand that she will betray us. Isn’t this a fairly common story among knights? “It means changing the lord you serve by offering better conditions from the other family.”
Whether in a fantasy world or on the Earth where I lived, beings called knights usually serve the same lord their entire lives…
These are people who, due to their ability and luck, leave without regret when another family announces their intention to recruit them with better conditions.
Especially if you are a low-level knight like her who is not married and has no children or parents.
“It’s a good plan, then how should I convey this appointment proposal? “Is it right to convey it to them officially, or is it right for them to obtain it ‘by chance’?”
Although the word “Coincidence” Was used, its meaning is very different from the general meaning.
Leaving the letter containing the proposal to appoint Hilde Baumann as a high-ranking knight and the actual ‘certificate of knighthood’ in a location where enemy spies could easily find them.
This is a story about using a trick to make it seem like the spy discovered and obtained it by chance.
But there was a better way than that.
“Those who don’t trust their own allies are surprisingly less likely to trust traitors, right?”
They cannot trust their own side, but they consider the enemy traitor who betrayed the ‘lord they originally served’ as trustworthy because they do not think about anything else.
“So, how about letting the person who is thinking of stabbing the Viscount ‘accidentally’ obtain this document? Then the Baron won’t be suspicious either.”
An evil smile was drawn on the Viscount’s face.
“Well, instead of betraying their loyalty to the lord they originally served, traitors must somehow gain the trust of their new servant. “In most cases, you just can’t lie.”
After taking a moment to catch his breath, he looked into my eyes and said.
“In the war between the Rhine-Palatinate Empire and the Medici Republic, our republic has no tendency to be pushed back. As a result, it was reported that one of the knights under my command was plotting treachery. “He will try to trash him.”
“Thank you for accepting me.”
The Viscount looked at me and smiled.
“If this strategy goes well, you could be the number one contributor to taking over this damn castle. “I hope so.”
“That will happen.”
After the conversation, I carefully stepped back.
**
And three days later, someone sent by the Viscount came to visit me secretly.
“The Viscount said everything went well.”
Now then, how will things proceed now?