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Currently, which monarch is most likely to unify the Garland Continent?

No matter who you ask, only one person’s name is mentioned.

The legitimacy that the blood of the royal family flows.

A very large territory obtained by conquering the northern part of the continent.

Countless talented people.

The tyrant, Serpina von Eyngart, will end the war and unify this continent –

Storytellers in bars and civilians working for a living will all call her by her name and call her the new unification monarch.

And then.

Assuming that Serpina cannot unify, who is the next person most likely to unify?

That person was Lin Brans, the leader of the Brans family and the third daughter with outstanding talent.

Long straight blue hair. Her beautiful appearance is so elegant that it naturally attracts even those who meet her for the first time.

Not only does it secure the most fertile land in the central part of the continent, but it is also on the rise by absorbing and annexing many weak countries and growing day by day.

It was certain that the loser in the center of the continent, which had the largest population and many weak and small countries that rose up with determination, would be Brans County in name and reality.

And now, she, Lin Brans, who is sitting on the throne and looking a little bored-

I was receiving a report from someone who seemed to be a retainer.

“Master. We won the battle to occupy Tirandi and succeeded in liberating Tirandi from the Walnut Army.”

“Really? Good job, brother♡”

We’ve finally succeeded in clearing out Walnut County, which we had a few fights with not long ago.

With a satisfied smile, Lin asked the kneeling man, Kalinz, her second brother.

“How many prisoners were there?”

“A total of five prisoners were captured. Please decide how to treat me. Hello!”

“Four!”

At the shout of the man making the report, the soldiers from behind kneeled in front of her, with five generals following them with their hands tied.

Among these was Walnut Castra, a man who had once been their leader.

“… … .”

“Let’s see.”

Rin slowly glanced at the prisoners.

There was one talented person who was once successful in draining his army.

“Now! Everyone pay attention! I believe there is a general who once took Heisel Castle. What was its name… … okay. I said it was a gurupa. who is this? What about Gurupa?”

“… … I am a guru.”

A man with long hair raised his head and said.

Rin looked at the man and said with a very seductive expression.

“Oh my… … Is it you? What got me into trouble. Hehe♡ I thought there was no force around that would attack our territory first. You have pretty good guts, huh?”

“… … .”

Gurupa didn’t say anything, though.

Rin actually seemed to like that, and let out a giggling laugh.

Get up from your seat and slowly approach Gurupa-

Lifting his chin with two fingers, he looked down into his eyes and said.

“How about it? Don’t you want to be mine? For me, a useful human being, it’s really, really great. Oh my, are you really, really good at it? It would be a lot more fun working for me than for some guy who is talking about Walnut or something, right? Huh?”

“… … Kill it.”

Without avoiding her gaze, Gurupa answered with all his remaining strength.

Rin looked at Gurupa with a smiling expression… …

Soon, he spoke with a very cold expression.

“H-Yes. okay. You have no intention of coming under me?”

Rin roughly pushed Gurupa away with his hand.

With the sound of falling down, she gave an order to the soldier next to her.

“Yes. Take him and kill him.”

“Yes!”

Just like that, Gurupa was grabbed by the soldier’s hand and dragged somewhere.

The place he will arrive will be the execution site… … Everyone in this space notices.

The same was true for the remaining prisoners.

They were watching all this with their eyes open.

“Ha. It’s not fun. I don’t know why they say mine can’t be done. I could show you a much more interesting scene than that old man who is behind the times.”

Rin was lost in thought for a moment, then slowly opened his mouth.

“I will ask everyone except Walnut. Do you want to come under me or not?”

This time, it was an offer to join, but there was a clear difference in temperature from the one offered to Gurupa.

The nuance is that I have no interest in whether you come in or not, but if you want, I will write down below.

Is it because I just saw Gurupa being dragged to the execution ground with my own eyes?

The remaining prisoners unanimously bowed their heads and said:

“Ha, I surrender.”

“Starting today, we will be welcoming Lynn Brans.”

“Je… … Please buy, buy, save me! If you spare my life, I will be loyal to you.”

“… … .”

Lin approached the last-mentioned overly loyal man with cold eyes.

Then, he looks down at the man and asks.

“Hey.”

“Hiik… … !! Please, please, please… … Please, save my life… … !”

“… … Ugh.”

Lin let out a long sigh and-

Soon, he looks at the soldier and speaks.

“Hey. Just let him go.”

“Yes!”

“Fu, releasing it means… … !”

The man looked up at Rin in surprise and asked a question.

“You are free. I’ll just set you free. Because I don’t want to spend my salary on someone like you.”

In other words, he was saying, ‘Rather than giving you money and manipulating you, I will just liberate you.’

Although the words were extremely insulting, the man was happy that his life had been saved and repeatedly hit his head on the floor to express his gratitude to Lin.

“Thank you, thank you… … ! Thank you so much! I will never forget the warmth you gave me!”

“Yes, yes. Come in. hey. Take him out.”

“Yes! Come here.”

The man whose liberation was decided repeatedly expressed his gratitude with tears in his eyes as he was dragged away.

Of course, no matter how many times I said it, it didn’t reach her ears.

Lin turned his head and said with a smile.

“And the other two can work in our Brans County from now on. Got it?”

“Yes, yes! Okay!”

“I will honor your name!”

Even though two talented people had joined Brans County, I was not very happy.

The most delicious food has been missed, and everything else is just idle talk.

“… … .”

“Oh, that’s right.”

As if he had forgotten, Lin then approached Walnut and spoke.

“Is there anything you want to say? Mr. Walnut?”

“… … I am.”

Walnut, an old man with a bald head, trembled slightly.

He may be a prisoner now, but is it because he was once the leader of an army that was at war with him?

Lynn was using her own kind of honorific word for Walnut.

“… … If you let me live, I will do my best to help you.”

“Oh my, is that so? It’s nice that the famous Mr. Walnut, who was once the leader of a country, is helping us♡”

Lin smiled slightly and-

He soon changed his expression and lowered his voice.

“But I can’t.”

“… … Well, what is that… … ?”

Rin slightly raises her head and looks down at him.

It was as if he was looking at an insect.

It felt a little different from the look in his eyes when he looked down at the person who thanked him for saving his life even after hearing insulting words just moments ago.

If the way she looked at that man was pitiful and a little sympathetic – it was just like looking at someone who could not be used in the first place – then the way she looked at Walnut was a look full of contempt, looking at more trash than that.

“You. You’re a leader. How pathetic is it that a leader begs for his life? What are you going to do when you can’t even keep up with half of the gurus who died to keep their faith?”

“Well, that’s… … Gu, the gurupa guy does whatever he wants-”

“Shut up. Because it stinks. Do you know why an army led by scum like you was able to recapture Heisel even for a moment? Because there was a Gurupa. What did you believe in when you raised an army when you didn’t even know about it?”

Lin looked at the soldier standing next to him with his eyes.

The soldier realized with astonishment that it meant ‘take him to the execution ground.’

“Come this way!”

“Okay, sleep… … Lord Lin Brans! Please save me! Please, please have mercy… … !”

Walnut continued to cry out pitifully, but-

Rin completely ignored him and returned to his throne with graceful steps.

“Wow. It’s a loss of face to get punched by such a pathetic guy.”

After processing the prisoners.

Kalinz, who was still kneeling, cautiously opened his mouth.

“Master. What do you plan to do in the future?”

“Huh? Well, it’s the same. We need to increase our territory by attacking small and weak countries around us. We need to conquer the central region as quickly as possible to be able to match the Serpina army in the north. that’s right. What happened to the spy you sent to Zeeland?”

“I’m back. Just like last time, it is occupied by Runarien Inian, and it is said that there are about 3,000 soldiers and a total of three generals.”

“Three people? I heard there were two of you a few days ago? Why did they say there was one old man and one meat-eating woman?”

“It was definitely like that last time… … It is said that a young man with white hair was seen hanging out with Lunarien Inian quite often. I guess they recruited a new general.”

“Huh? A new general is joining the collapsing Lunarien army? Aren’t you just mistaken about the boy Lunarien is playing with?”

“Well… … That’s fine.”

“Hmm.”

Something wasn’t fun.

I went into the battle with the Walnut Army with great enthusiasm, thinking that if I won, I would be able to obtain Gurupa.

If you invade and defeat the Runarien army, all you will gain is a small city called Zeeland.

The talented people under her didn’t seem very appetizing either.

‘But what can I do? The more troublesome a task is, the faster it should be done.’

Lin said while looking at Kalinz.

“Brother. Brother Chell is in the south right now, right?”

“Yes.”

Chelbrans.

He was the older brother of Kalinz Brans and the eldest brother of Lin Brans.

Brans was a strong man whom everyone could name.

“Umm… … Can you do it alone, Carlintz?”

Hearing Lin’s words, Kalinz bowed his head and said.

“Would it be possible? If you leave it to me, I will bring you Zeeland Castle. Negotiations have already been completed.”

Negotiations are over.

I wonder if it’s necessary to go that far, but I’m sure Carlinz will take care of it.

Lin nodded.

“I understand. I’ll take care of the soldier in moderation. Let’s finish it quickly.”

“Yes!”

By organizing five more forces, including the Lunarien army, the central continent could be completely conquered.

Due to the distance, I was a little worried about Acestar, who would probably be the last person to fight… … I was confident that I could do it somehow.

Well, who am I? Wasn’t it Lin Brans?

‘I am the one who will unify the continent.’

She smiled in satisfaction.

It was a very beautiful, elegant, and dignified smile.

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After hearing the messenger’s story, Luna and Swen quickly returned to Zeeland Castle.

Inside the castle, Tifa and Kane, who had already gathered after hearing the news, were seated.

“Are you here?! Did you hear what I said? Brans guys are coming in?!”

“… … I heard about it. What is the enemy?”

“There is a high probability that it is Kalinz Brans. We obtained testimony that he was seen forming an expeditionary force in the village.”

Luna’s face darkened at Kane’s words.

“Carlinz Brans… … This is not an easy opponent.”

Calinz Brans.

Of course, it was a name I knew.

When playing as the Brans army, two generals always stand at the forefront of battle.

These were Kalinz Brans and Chell Brans, the older brothers of Lord Lyn Brans.

Lin’s second brother, Kalinz, was not as good a general as Chell, but he was an S-class general who had a calmer personality than Chell, who was somewhat more aggressive, and was less likely to fall prey to schemes.

I also mostly used Kalinz rather than Chel, which I don’t know where it will end up.

‘Do I really have to abandon the village and run away?’

At best, they released a lot of money to raise public sentiment.

No matter how much I thought about it, there was no way I could win this fight.

If you include the minor generals under Kalintz, there would be well over five people, but there were only four people in total on this side, including myself.

Isn’t this a hopeless situation where the difference in the number of soldiers is more than double?

“Swen. What should I do?”

Luna asked me for a mantra.

The good news was that my intelligence was 100.

If you do as you are told, everything will work out.

Thinking somewhat naively, I input Luna’s question into my head.

and.

‘… … hmm?’

The answer my mind came up with was-

[Take Kane as the leader and fight back. That is the optimal operation that can be carried out now.]

Again, a nonsensical answer was coming out.