292 – Foursome (4)
Monia and the rest of the party were all invited to the mansion as guests. Of course, I couldn’t tell if they were treated properly as guests. This is because the spirit of the surrounding knights who were told what to do by the nobleman was sharp.
From Monia’s memory, the nobleman who ruled this village was a good-natured old man with a bald head and a grumpy look.
However, in the few years since Monia was abandoned on a wandering island, her successor may have officially succeeded her, but the son of the uncle whom Monia remembered appeared before Monia as a lord.
‘The name is clear… James? No, that was the second name. First… Was it Jasper?’
He had a good-natured appearance similar to his father, but his eyes were sharper than his, and he had gained a lot of weight to the point where his clothes looked stuffy in a war where most people were starving.
I didn’t know if it was a bad choice.
In the current situation, it would be difficult to be seen as a ‘good monarch’ if he gained weight, but he could be seen as a capable monarch who did not starve alone when everyone else was starving.
Since Jesper happened to have time, he led Monia and his group to the backyard of the mansion, set up a table there, and decided to have tea and talk.
There were only two people sitting at the table, Monia and Jesper. Starting with Chester, the rest lined up behind Monia like the knights lined up behind Jesper.
“What do you think?”
Chester asked Urgo in a low voice using the language of the Matoto continent.
“What?”
“The knights have been steadily following us since a while ago.”
“I thought that was normal since it is a land with many knights, isn’t it?”
“No. “Unless that Jesper is an idiot who likes to show off quite a bit.”
“Hmm. In that case, I guess he needs to use force, so he’s taking him with him. “I’m sure he won’t drag the article around to impress Monia.”
“I guess so.”
As expected, as soon as Jesper learned that her guest was her Monia, he was thinking of seizing her and offering her to her Duke Raynald.
The war of nobles is a fight for a cause. Just as Duke Raynald was able to use Monia as an excuse to pressure and push her royal family forward with her cause, as soon as Monia, who was thought to be dead, came back alive and her cause was overturned, her fortune immediately turned against the Duke. It seems to flow.
Winning or losing in a war is determined by how you secure and wield the cause.
The reason why Duke Raynald is at a disadvantage now is because countless nobles who had made her allies using her Monia as a justification are thrusting spears and swords at Duke Raynald after learning the truth about her Monia.
In a situation where nobles who know the duke’s army well and know key parts of the army, such as material transport routes and how to operate the army, rebel, there are limits to the use of the devil’s power, no matter how powerful it is.
The devil is definitely a powerful weapon, but you can’t go to war with just one weapon.
In fact, the southeastern coastal city of the Kingdom of Viend, which was moving along the river and sea and using hit-and-run tactics by unilaterally attacking the devil’s army, fell out of Duke Raynald’s hands.
Ironically, it was a fiefdom ruled by the family of Rotin, a man from her past who wanted to take Monia back to her kingdom and make her his own bride.
When Rotin brought Monia, he was secretly preparing to move it to Duke Raynald, but it was mistaken as a betrayal or preparation for a rebellion, so it was a territory that Raynald personally trampled upon.
The lord died, but his eldest son, who survived and ran away, was holding his breath brooding over his grudge against Duke Raynald. Then, when he heard the news that Monia was alive, he used the sea to exchange with neighboring countries and quickly reorganized the navy to station them there. Defeated the Duke’s army.
Since then, the territory has been active as an outpost for neighboring countries to secretly and safely infiltrate deep into the Kingdom of Biend and carry out operations.
However, the reason this was possible was because the ‘justice’ was overturned.
Those who were under Duke Raynald and then rebelled helped and hid the troops of neighboring countries, informed them of the weaknesses of Duke Raynald’s army, and even provided additional military support.
This would never have happened if the cause had not been overturned.
We need to get that justification back. And if you want to regain your cause, you must first obtain Monia.
There was no need for Monia’s words. As long as you have Monia’s body, you can make up as many justifications for her and overshadow her truth as much as you want.
‘Hmm. I don’t think it will end well.’
It was really nice to enjoy the tea and snacks in my hometown after a long time, but it was really sad to have to deal with an idiot who couldn’t hide his intentions through his eyes and behavior.
Monia sighed inwardly and felt sad as the good times she had at her best were ruined in real time.
‘Well, I can’t help it.’
Monia made a gesture to call her deacon, and Chester naturally walked near Monia.
Since neither Monia’s attitude nor Chester’s attitude were at all different from that of master and butler, none of Jesper or the knights, who should have been on guard, remained silent and watched.
Jesper frowned when he saw Chester coming close to Monia.
His demeanor was an excellent butler, but his attire was closer to that of a mercenary, so he could not be viewed favorably.
Chester ignored Jesper and leaned his body as if to hear Monia’s voice, blocking the movement of Monia’s left arm from the knights behind Jesper.
Simonia, who was covered by Chester, moved her left arm and unfolded her star wish, and her star wish ripped open her leather gloves and took the shape of a bow.
“Huh?”
Whether or not Jesper, who was the only one to witness it, let out her surprised voice, Monia turned her star gaze and fired an arrow of wind straight at the knight who was now in the most comfortable aiming position.
Pow!
The arrow of wind pierces the knight’s head with ease.
“Nothing in this world goes easily.”
“It’s a sad thing.”
Chester spoke calmly, violently grabbing Jesper by the collar and slamming him against the table.
Quang!
The impact causes the car to overturn and the refreshments to fly up and fall noisily.
“This!”
“What are you doing!”
The knights tried to quickly draw their swords. However, Chester wrapped his arms around Jesper’s neck and pointed the knife he had pulled out at Jesper’s eyes.
“…… !”
As soon as they saw that, the knights stopped moving, and Urgo and the others who tried to attack the knights did not stop.
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When Rex, who moved the fastest, swung his fist once, his armor crumbled like a piece of paper and the knight flew away.
“Whoa!”
As Rex roared menacingly, the knights stiffened, and Urgo picked up one knight and threw him at the other knight.
“Ugh!”
“What?!”
It was a shocking sight to see a strong, muscular man wearing plate armor being suddenly lifted and thrown.
“aaah!”
When the commotion broke out, some of the maids who had been looking in the garden to see what was going on screamed and ran away, and the knights who learned of the situation were heard rushing in.
The sound of heavy footsteps approaching from all directions stimulated a sense of fear, but no one in Chester’s group paid much attention to that.
Lorwan took the sword from the knight he had knocked down and threw it at Urgo.
“I think this will fit well in Mr. Urgo’s hands.”
“Hmm. “Good.”
“Rex. “Excuse me.”
Senna took her sword and shield from the knight’s corpse and climbed on top of Rex’s backpack, while Monia, still sitting in her chair, took a sip of tea, tilting the glass that Chester had taken before he put Jesper down. Drank.
“Do you want to drink Chester too?”
“No. Are you okay.”
“Are these tea leaves brought in from the western mountains? Are you drinking the wrong kind of tea? You.”
“When taking supplies, should we also take tea leaves?”
“Let’s take care of it. Huh! “Good!”
Chester smiled at his crush, Monia, and slightly relaxed his arms around her.
“…… ! Big! Wow! Hmm! Huh! “Huh!”
Jesper, who was struggling to breathe when her strangled breathing was opened, saw Monia and shouted with bloodshot eyes.
“Wow, you’re doing something like this! Lady Monia! So, aren’t you afraid of the Duke? Father, you will definitely be severely punished!”
“Hey, Lorwan.”
Chester asked Lorwan, not paying attention to what Jesper said.
“Why?”
“How do we dig up information? “I’ve never done anything like torture or interrogation.”
“If you live a normal life, you won’t have to do anything like that. “Give it to me.”
Chester handed Jasper over as if telling him to hand over the item. Lorwan took over Jesper, and seeing Lorwan’s small body, Jesper used his strength to shake Lorwan off and tried to run away.
Puck!
However, before Jesper could do anything, Lorwan hit Jesper in the crotch with his knee.
“Hundreds of millions…… ! Ugh…… ! Eww…… ! Uh…… !”
Jesper collapses without being able to speak properly due to the terrible pain. Trampling him with his foot, Lorwan began interrogating him in the manner of a mercenary, using a knife as a tool.
While Lorwan was interrogating the group, they decided to greet the knights who were beginning to enter the garden.