Chapter 90. The beginning of the war (2)
and announced its intention to fight.
Immediately, an official letter instructing the lords of each region to dispatch troops went down.
The lords themselves or their children are busy leading their troops to the battlefield.
And… I am also the lord.
If that’s what I’m doing
“Euuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuwuuuuuuuu…” of
drinking soda while lying on a chair leaning over in the office, burping.
After all, drinking carbonated water leisurely during the day is special.
or read a book
Or, at the end of the day, he gets bored and takes out the cards used in the card game and plays while building a tower by himself.
I am a master at playing alone!
I was passing the time leisurely with the atmosphere that I wanted to insist on.
‘….Ah, I’m bored.’
Since the war broke out, the female knights are busy leading the soldiers.
Noona is still training as to what she lacks so much.
The wizards were also short of manpower, and in the end, they had to help Dia as well.
Because of that situation, no one is playing with me right now!
At first, I tried to force myself to play, but everyone was too serious…?
…
play with me! play with me! I mean don’t be bored with me!
I was about to encourage them with a serious face to not overdo it.
First of all, if I use swarms, my image will be cracked.
Recently, I decided to push ahead with the concept of a cool young man, Yeongju. In the future, I plan to add sexiness to this coolness.
And the other is because I know they are really busy.
No matter how hard I am, I know how to grasp the atmosphere at least in times like this, even if I live with a hardened skin on my face.
Therefore, since the declaration of war, I have been subtly boring.
“…what are you doing?”
He muttered as he stacked the cards.
I’m not sleepy anymore because I keep taking naps.
It’s all because of the war.
War is not so good 1?
What would you like to shed blood for?
My shoulders trembled alone at the injustice of war.
“ah.”
I overplayed it for no reason and shivered and destroyed the cards I had piled up.
I sighed, wondering what I was doing.
I am aware that what I am doing now is not a normal situation as a lord living day by day in a situation where a war broke out.
A Golbin lord complained that he couldn’t sleep because he took a nap after a war broke out.
The things that are in a hurry are the newbies who haven’t prepared properly or are busy.
I have already done everything and have nothing new to point out, so I can’t be busy.
‘There’s no way I’m going to go there right away.’
And crucially, there is a reason why I am still relaxed.
Unlike other lords, the mobilization order did not fall on me.
First of all, he is a prince even if he looks like this.
It’s the end, but it’s a prince.
It was not yet a situation where even the royal family could be ordered to leave the battlefield.
‘It seems that older brother Jeil has already participated, but…
Crown Prince Jeil volunteered to participate in the war, perhaps because he intends to use this war as a basis for his experience.
Going to the battlefield to make a mark for yourself…
I don’t know if it’s me in the past, but if it’s me now, I can’t sympathize with you.
That’s why I hate succession rights.
Why do you go to war because you’re crazy?
‘Even the oldest brother must be very tired…
This is all because of the duty to build a reputation as a successor.
It is a tragedy created by the notion that you have to work hard to become the next king.
I wholeheartedly cheered him on, and as soon as I heard the news, I personally sent him an artifact containing the magic of divine protection as a first gift.
‘Because I’m in trouble if something happens.’
You must safely become the king.
Please come back safely, brother.
It is an artifact that contains the heart of the youngest, who thinks of him very much and desires to live comfortably under the shadow of his older brother’s government in the future.
Effects are not guaranteed.
….Well, it’s my first appearance anyway, so I’m not really worried because I’m not going to fight directly, I’ll just let you watch from a distance.
It should be called the pants commander, not the pants boss.
“I wonder what will happen…
I thought for a while looking down at the information I personally collected in addition to the official documents.
I’ll be honest.
The situation right now is not very good.
If I had been living in Korea for the first time before my real reincarnation, I would have fainted as soon as I received the mobilization notice.
A situation where the enemy forces are coming and if I don’t care, the country will stumble and my table will stumble.
If I were a really ordinary lord, I would have passed out three times a day.
Nonetheless, I am relaxed.
Even if the war situation becomes endangered, he has prepared countermeasures to be used accordingly.
If that does not work, the war itself may be forcibly shut down.
I just watch this situation now.
That’s my current policy.
‘Perhaps by now the first battle has taken place near the border…
Sooner or later, information from that side will come in.
And when that time comes, what will happen in the future will be revealed in front of me as a reality.
Still, I wish the possible war would end early…
The odds are infinitely low, but I still hoped for that.
There are also personal desires.
….Above all, that’s the least sacrifice.
After all, it is the people of the upper class who talk about the cause or the profit.
It’s always the ignorant commoners and slaves who die.
So it’s better to just end the war quickly.
I was seriously thinking about this.
* * *
The first time the forces of the Three Kingdoms Alliance began to collide with the Ernesia Kingdom army was the day after the declaration of war a month later.
the southernmost tip of the kingdom.
A fortress bordering the Merman Empire.
Bejian Fortress.
The Margrave of Degrand, who is in charge of one of the important boundaries to protect the border, received an urgent report from his adjutant early in the morning and was glaring at the territory of the Empire from the top of the fortress wall.
“…Are you finally here?”
He bit his lip hard.
I already knew what was coming.
Immediately after the declaration of war, each army of the Three Kingdoms set out on an expedition to invade the kingdom.
And today, about a month later, the army of the Merman Empire, one of the Three Kingdoms Alliances, finally showed up.
“How many are there?”
First, the adjutant replied in a cold sweat to the Marquis, who wanted to dispatch a scout to check the size of the enemy.
“It is said to be about 70,000.”
“???? 70 thousand.”
The corners of his mouth were slightly but firm.
If it was 70,000, it was not a force that could not be stopped even by the army of the Marquis.
“Is it also the advance team?”
It’s not enough to say that it’s a force for a full-scale invasion.
Even more so, the opponent was the Merman Empire.
It is a great country that boasts the foremost military power among the Three Kingdoms Alliance.
There’s no way they’re sending only 70,000 people.
There must be a separate main unit following them.
The first 70,000 will be nothing more than a consumptive force to gnaw through this fortress and force the main body to penetrate this place.
You should probably think that a large army more than twice as large is following them.
Judging so coldly makes me feel sick to my stomach.
“It has to be carefully blocked.”
However, there is no way that the large army that is still flocking to us will retreat even now, even if we are rotting away here.
“Reinforce your vigilance and send out scouts elsewhere. There might be an additional ambush in case.”
The Marquis calmly instructed his men on what to do.
No matter how big or small, clashes with enemies always happen.
It’s just that this time it’s a little too much.
No big deal.
He joked about it and encouraged his subordinates.
What you have to do doesn’t change.
Reflecting on that, he made up his mind for the upcoming clash with the enemy.
On the same day, it was possible to visually confirm that the enemy was advancing from the northeastern fortress.
If the Merman Empire alone pushed in the south, a large army made up of the allied forces of the Kingdom of Demaniel and the Principality of Seseten was coming from the northeast.
Unlike the Empire, which alone has a military power that is only marginally different from that of the Kingdom of Ernesia, the remaining two countries chose to join forces with each other.
40,000 allied advance corps.
However, the number of bases has not yet been confirmed.
It was a report from a scout soldier.
“Yeah, it’s a ragtag group that hastily joined hands. Fear not!”
The lord in charge of the fortress declared that, and shouted to fight back without retreating.
“First of all, focus on defense! It is not too late for a full-fledged counterattack after support arrives from the center!”
On this day, the first clash was also confirmed on the northeastern border.
Soon after, the full-scale invasion began.
* * *
Currently, each lord is said to have left an expedition to fight the invasion of the Three Kingdoms Alliance with his own army.
Three days ago, a battle to break down the southern and northeastern border fortresses took place in earnest.
Even though I am the lord, the order to participate in the war has not come, so it is just a story for me, who is still sucking honey in the territory.
I couldn’t see it with my own eyes, but the current battlefield must be running pretty urgently.
Our territory is not so free.
The soldiers are on high alert with bloodshot eyes in case the enemy soldiers who sneaked across the border will not ambush and infiltrate.
And I too am busy now.
What are you doing?
“Arel’s fun cooking time?.”
Right now, I was cooking with excitement in the kitchen inside the castle.
Today I am a cook.
I was a little free, so I decided to pass the time by cooking or developing a new one for the first time in a while.
“It’s cooking time.”
Dia clapped her hands and quietly tuned in to my tune.
Today, she is an assistant and will be in charge of mukbang with me today.
While clapping your hands, the slightly saliva at the corner of your mouth makes me happy because it seems like you are looking forward to it a lot.
I am also looking forward to it a lot.
That big piece of meat!
This is the meat the village chief of the nearest village offered me this morning.
Snow rabbit by name!
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?”
I applauded to express my joy at receiving the meat.
Dia followed suit.
Long live the meat.
The Snow Rabbit is a monster that lives deep in the Pahilia Forest.
It is said that it was called a snow rabbit because it is a rabbit that is sometimes seen as if hiding in a snowy forest.
In reality, contrary to its cute name, it is a rabbit with a height of 3 meters.
No matter how you look at it, he is the king who reigns at the top of the Pahilia ecosystem.
Even I was startled when I happened to see a giant rabbit in the distance before.
Originally, I wouldn’t have a chance to come into contact with monster meat myself.
Previously, I had talked about this and that with the village chiefs, and at this time of year, when snow rabbits sometimes came down to the village, they hunted, and hearing that the meat tasted so amazing made my mouth water.
So you’re saying that gonom is so delicious?
For that reason, I had previously told the village chiefs that if they caught a snow rabbit, I would share some of it with them, but they must have managed to remember that.
…Actually, I forgot too.
Well, the high-ranking person suddenly drooled and muttered that he was delicious, so he couldn’t help but pay attention.
For that reason, the village headman who caught the snow rabbit this morning offered me the most delicious part of the snow rabbit meat.
