170 Foreign mercenaries have arrived
***[Heroine Oscar]***
I heard about adult education from my mother.
I know how Katrin reacted at that time.
The mother laughed, saying that she seemed quite shocked.
‘Well, Catherine’s reaction is natural.’
In this world where there is no internet or public education, it is difficult for women to receive proper s*x education.
I wonder if it’s a commoner who eats and sleeps together in one space with a couple and a child.
Aristocratic women who are raised by their nanny from birth and grow up in a space completely separated from men do not have the opportunity to see a man’s body.
In particular, high-ranking aristocratic families tended to have such a strong tendency.
Until he debuted in the social world, he grew up in a space mostly surrounded by women.
Most of the people who come as tutors are probably women.
Prior to marriage, education is given in its own way, but I heard that it is about 18 years old.
Catherine, who married so young, had no such education, so it must have been a big shock.
Wasn’t it really a lightning bolt?
‘But this…’
I took a small breath and looked at Catherine.
Unable to see Katrin’s actions, Benno asked if it would be okay to finish work a little earlier today, so I agreed.
Thanks to that, we ended up going to bed together, but we haven’t seen each other once since we entered this room.
It’s not just now.
I haven’t made eye contact properly for days.
If our eyes collide, he turns his head away.
furthermore.
“…”
staring terribly
between my legs.
I secretly look at it so that I don’t notice, but the victim will feel the gaze.
how to say
Rather than being ashamed, he glared at me as if I hated him.
And I let out a small sigh as if sad.
How pitiful that looked, I almost said I was sorry without even realizing it.
I’m sorry for running weird.
‘ha.’
Catherine must have been embarrassed, but I was also a little shocked.
I never imagined the day would come when she would look at me and furrow her eyebrows.
‘I thought that such a thing would never happen.’
Surprisingly, the damage is great.
I changed into my pajama as usual and lay down on the bed. Katrin looked up at the ceiling and lay upright.
When I gave him an arm pillow, he got a little closer, but it didn’t stick like before.
Stand still with your hands on your chest.
just like a robot
can’t help it
‘Although it’s a bit disappointing.’
I stroked her hair a little and opened my mouth.
“Catherine, would it be better to separate the rooms for the time being?”
At that moment, a tremendous voice rang out.
“no, I do not want!”
“…”
Katrin sat up and looked at me with a teary face.
“Have you hated me, Oscar? Because I kept staring at you… Do you hate me? Ha, but I…”
Her mouth puffed out, her face turned blue and then white, and it was a riot.
Looks like a bad start
“No, Catherine. It’s not because I hate you or hate you.”
“But why!”
Katrin gripped the hem of my nightgown.
My fingers are white from gripping so tightly.
I untied her fingers and gently held her hand.
“Isn’t it very awkward being with me right now?”
Catherine shook her head.
“It’s okay, Catherine. To be honest, there’s nothing I’m going to do or hate you for. And… the fact that it’s awkward isn’t that bad.”
“…”
“Until now, we have been an extension of our relationship as fiancées who met when we were young. Not a man and a woman, but just a fiancé in childhood, and we are close to each other…”
“No! I really like Mr. Oscar, Joe, Joe. I really do! I really like him…”
Catherine’s face is desperate.
I stroked her hair, made eye contact and smiled.
“Catherine, I’m not saying that it’s false or not love. It’s just that the love I had when I was young is slowly changing. Now you finally recognize me as a man. That’s why I can’t do things that I didn’t care about until yesterday. “
“…”
“I’m glad, Catherine.”
“…”
“As a cute fiancée as a child, now as a lover, and then as a couple… Our relationship will change many times. A woman and a man fall in love again and again. . isn’t it?”
“… uh, is that so?”
With tears in her eyes, Katrin tilted her head.
“Sure.”
“Then… don’t you hate me?”
“Not at all. I’m excited.”
“really?”
“really.”
For a moment, he seemed to be in a state of panic, but now he seems to have finally calmed down.
Katrin took a long breath, as if deflating.
“But Oscar, why did you ask to share a room?”
“Because you’re so nervous. I just thought it would be nice to separate the room for a while and get used to it.”
“… Well, if that’s the case, it’s okay.”
Catherine glanced at her nightgown.
To be precise, between my legs, of course.
“Whew, it’s ugly, but since that’s Oscar-sama’s body… I… I’ll put up with it.”
Catherine closed her eyes and opened them.
It seems that something big has been decided.
“…”
Something’s reaction is a little different from what I expected.
‘Maybe this.’
It wasn’t that I was conscious of myself as a man, but that I simply couldn’t accept the difference in my body. Something like puberty mysophobia or something like that.
hahahaha. driving me crazy.
I smiled and put my hand on Catherine’s head.
“Okay, Catherine. Let’s go at your own pace.”
“… I’m an adult now. I’m fifteen.”
No, the mental age is still 7 years old.
‘The road ahead is winding.’
I let out a small sigh as I lay down next to Katrin, who was slightly pouting.
*
It’s hunting season soon.
However, there is no official hunting competition this year.
This is because the situation has become complicated.
It hasn’t been long since the Marquis Hoven went up to the royal capital and hunted the beast with Prince Emil.
However, it seems to have been quite rampant.
I heard that Prince Emil’s popularity has increased considerably because he traveled around the capital and hunted monsters every day.
It is said that the reputation of the nobles as well as commoners has increased.
That put Prince Robert on the defensive even more.
Robert was raising his voice about subjugation of steppe tribes in order to defeat it.
As the evil deeds of those who were attacked by the steppes by Count Becker were exposed, they became somewhat weaker, but there are still many people who sympathize with them.
This is because there are many nobles who are angry with the barbarians for daring to invade the kingdom.
Even though no decision had been made yet, it was becoming more like a matter of when to subdue rather than whether or not to subdue it.
It’s not the mood to open a hunting competition with a leisurely hahahaha, hoho laugh.
I let out a small sigh.
‘Even if it’s not a banquet, large-scale hunting around big cities is absolutely necessary.’
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Duchy is fine.
A lack of this year’s large-scale hunting competitions won’t have much of an impact.
Monsters occur every day in the royal capital, but this region has calmed down before I know it, and intermittent hunting took place throughout this summer.
There is even a sense of working too hard.
Even if you don’t hunt extensively, you can handle it just by quietly hunting monsters in each family.
‘But what about other places?’
Hunting season is not just a party.
It was to gather those who could hunt monsters together.
Even if the increase in monsters stopped in areas other than the royal capital, the increased number of monsters so far does not disappear, and if you cannot hunt monsters around large cities, there may be places where damage occurs.
Besides, if you select soldiers to subdue the steppes, it’s hard to pay attention to the beasts.
Some nobles in their right mind criticize the grassland tribes but oppose subjugation, but the more Robert gets into a nervous situation, the more the king will have no other choice.
We have to get Robert to do something.
1 It seems that the queen is also struggling in all directions, such as sending letters to her motherland.
In addition, if you subdue the steppe tribes and capture them as prisoners, you can legitimately enslave them.
Quite a few people knew that the grassland tribes were good at hunting monsters, so there were nobles aiming for it.
Even if it is dangerous during subjugation because of the monster, it is considered beneficial in the long run.
‘Such a noble would think that the steppe subjugation would end in a short period of time.’
It’s funny that you don’t think that the grassland tribes, who are good at hunting monsters, are stronger than they are.
I can’t help it if I just keep thinking.
As I shook my head to clear my thoughts and looked at the papers, a butler entered the office.
Benno approached, whispered something, and then approached with a dark face.
“Master, soldiers are said to have departed from the country of the first queen.”
“Did you send an army?”
“No. We can’t afford to distribute soldiers to that country. They say they hired mercenaries.”
The mercenaries Benno talked about are people I’ve heard of.
He was not a mercenary wandering from country to country, but an aristocrat with a domain.
It is not uncommon for nobles to be paid to go to war.
However, to hire mercenaries for another country, it seems that the other side is also concerned that the Crown Prince might be replaced if something goes wrong.
‘Of course I’ll try to get all the money I spent on hiring mercenaries later somehow.’
When Crown Prince Robert becomes king, there will be quite a bit of money going out to that country.
‘Even the first queen would know about that fact.’
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Does that mean it has become so desperate?
Anyway, I heard that these mercenaries are quite strong.
Skills and experience are top notch.
If it’s enough to get into my ears, it will actually be.
And, of course, the king knows that too.
“When the mercenaries arrive, I’ll go out to subdue them right away.”
If they come, there is a high probability that the king will not need the duke’s or marquis’ soldiers.
You should be confident that the nobles who are talking about subjugation are enough.
“But if you go to the meadow, you wouldn’t even know where they are.”
“Maybe they’re thinking of subduing the Red Hawks. Or use them as guides.”
Goruka once revealed who he was to the kingdom’s guards.
Because of that, the king knew that the red hawk had joined the raid.
Since it’s related to the duke’s family, even if it’s not subjugation, maybe even asking for guidance to other tribes.
But the red hawk has already moved its territory.
I didn’t tell the king where the newly settled area was, so even if I went to the meadow, I wouldn’t find it.
Even in the former area, it would be difficult for the people of the kingdom to find the steppe people in the desolate steppe without a guide.
It will probably be faster for other steppe tribes to find and clash with the Kingdom’s army.
“By the time the mercenaries arrive, it’s late fall or early winter.”
When the army of the kingdom sets foot on the grassland, within a few months, the grassland tribes flock to the kingdom.
Those who have disagreed so far will join forces at once.
“…”
Then there might be a war in the middle of winter.
The war breaks out during the season when Youngmin is cold and hungry, and when he is dying the most.
“I really don’t have time anymore.”
I stared at the desk quietly.
did my best.
There are still a lot of areas where I am lacking, but I think I did everything I could.
All that remains is a shotgun arrow.
Sven, who was morose for a while, seems to have been revived immediately with the encouragement of his wife and assistant researchers, and the part I pointed out is now perfectly reproduced as intended.
Now, the artisans were called in for mass production.
“There’s not enough quantity yet, but there’s nothing we can do. Benno, send some of the shot arrows to the Red Hawk Tribe and other families. Send someone to teach you how to use the shot arrows.”
“All right.”
“Are the preparations for the protest perfect?”
“Of course. Because it is air-conditioned, not only food warehouses but general warehouses are full of grain. It can last for ten years.”
There is no reason for the protest to last ten years.
Maybe not even a year.
If the grassland tribes attack, the war will end in an instant.
I swallowed the words and smiled.
Everyone gets anxious if I don’t show a strong image.
It’s at times like these that you really need bravado.
“It’s reliable. Make sure that the other families are properly prepared. Even if this side holds up well, it will be difficult if it collapses elsewhere.”
“I know. The contact network between working-level staff is already tightly knit.”
“Yes. Father…”
I took a small breath.
“Are the preparations okay for the saints with their fathers?”
“Yes, the preparations for war there are also perfectly finished. You don’t have to worry.”
“…”
I have no intention of bringing my father here.
But still, it’s because it’s blood.
I wish I never had to die.
I remembered what Countess Becker once said.
[This is strange. Children always forgive their parents.]
I didn’t think so, but maybe Countess Becker was right.
*
Around the time the report of the first snowfall in the mountainous region came up, news came that foreign mercenaries had arrived at the capital.