episode_0136

In reality, the act of identifying friends was no different from a game of guessing.

Since nobles with different accents, cultures, and even partial languages were gathered together in one place as the Allied Forces, there was no way that the best means of distinction could function properly.

Of course, it wasn’t that there was no way.

Some held up or tied a badge symbolizing the camp, while others chanted their lord’s name as loud as they could.

However, this is a method that only a knight or a professional soldier can use, and in general, I had no choice but to assume that the place I was in was not an enemy camp just by looking at the faces of my hometown friends and classmates nearby.

And this was not something to fuss about or worry about, but a stark reality.

“Hey, is that thing on that hill a friend or an enemy?”

“… I do not know. The flag was not raised, and a messenger was sent, but it has not yet returned.”

“The messenger did not return. In that case, it is definitely an enemy!”

“Then what should I do, Your Majesty?”

“If it’s the enemy over there… It probably means that our army was defeated. The force is strong enough to defeat our entire army the moment it leaves its position. Retreat quickly!”

Rudolph, who witnessed the rare comedy of one of his dukes running away after seeing his allies, felt this fact keenly.

It was not even a story that had been passed down by word of mouth for a long time like some kind of ghost story, but rather a scandalous incident that occurred in the previous battle, so it was impossible to come up with institutional improvement measures in a short period of time.

It’s been a while since Rudolph realized that his allies were a ragtag bunch and very unreliable.

And every morning, I repeated to myself the Miracle Morning routine.

‘This army has no answer.’

This group project will fail if you trust the group members and lead them forward.

therefore.

“Strengthen the perimeter. You never know when or what tricks they might pull.”

The next best option was to curl up like a bean bug.

The position of emperor, even if it is a clone, has the ability to grant the syndrome of ‘everyone in sight is a virtual enemy’.

However, there is one difference here with Henry, who is also the emperor.

Rudolph was consumed by paranoia and had no son to use as a punching bag, so his feelings tended to spread elsewhere.

“This place is a bit far from the front line, but what could possibly be going on?”

“There is a possibility that the knights were sent here just to target me. The attack route is fixed anyway due to the swamp, so the areas to pay attention to are limited. Take a good look there!”

The opponent may also have planned to attack the enemy commander as he thought. And if I can do it, there’s something Heinrich can’t do either.

He himself, who had ascended to the position of emperor, was his only understanding. I learned to see and think about the world from his perspective.

Therefore, I was confident that Heinrich was suffering from impatience similar to myself.

This means that he understands more than anyone else here the desire to end this war in a short period of time.

The results of this kind of theater of delusion are usually prone to being in vain, but this time it was surprisingly correct.

“Please call the officer in charge of guarding this place. No, since you are entrusted with such an important mission, you should be waiting in front of my tent. If not… … .”

“-Did you call me, Your Majesty? Sosin, I am here!”

“Hmm, good.”

As the war dragged on, nervousness and uncertainty about whether one would be able to maintain one’s position reached new highs day by day.

His subjects, who were not unfamiliar with this kind of emperor’s hysteria, after being beaten with all kinds of worries and concerns, withdrew from his presence and roughly conveyed this to the soldiers who followed him.

“We will strengthen our security a little. And the main locations to look at are also.”

“Even if you say that… We are in trouble. It might have been different before, but now that the battle has begun, we are short on manpower, so what can we do?”

“Your Majesty seems a little anxious. So, mainly wander around places that are easily visible from here. So that His Majesty can feel protected.”

“Then, the scope of vigilance actually narrows… Aha.”

“You’ve done it a lot, so you probably know it, right?”

“Yes, yes. of course. I will tell the kids well.”

And these orders were taken a little seriously the first time or two, but as they were repeated several times, tolerance developed, and loopholes and tricks caught on by themselves, like following a thread to a needle.

Nothing much has happened so far, so I wonder if something is going on.

The officer, letting go of his usual sense of anxiety, watched as some of the soldiers changed their positions and formed a tight security around the emperor’s tent.

*****

The expenses were less than expected. The range in which the soldiers roamed was narrower than expected.

I don’t know why, but thanks to this, I was able to take advantage of the confusion and come quite close.

“Please take care of me.”

“Yes, don’t worry. I will join you soon.”

“If the situation is not favorable, there is no need to come back, so just keep protecting it.”

Horses are not only eye-catching, but they are also valuable assets.

If it was left in the wild without an owner, it would easily run away when startled by a noise or be captured by enemies, so he was instructed to take it back carefully in the hands of his servants.

“There will be no one left behind.”

“Of course. Who would fall for something like this?”

Now all that’s left is us.

Of course, Heine didn’t come along.

It is true that the royal family and nobles function as totems to boost morale, but it is enough to provide a mental power buff from the rear.

If he showed his might by running to the front lines and personally cutting down three knights with his sword, he could give an overwhelming sense of relief to his allies, but this was due to the cold reality that most monarchs did not have that ability.

In fact, the act of taking even a certain amount of risk is a means of showing off courage and boldness.

So, there are cases of people cheering hard while being triple or quadruple surrounded by knights, soldiers, and priests.

“Are all helmets worn? There are a lot of blind arrows and magic.”

“Yes, Sir. Preparations are complete.”

“You must have known all the targets. If an opportunity arises, deal with it quickly and come back. Got it?”

Because what we were going to do from now on wasn’t the very leisurely kind.

It is much more dangerous than that.

First of all, there is one thing I should point out here.

Heine was granted considerable discretion by the emperor. From planning detailed operations to controlling to prevent deviations from occurring.

If the emperor steps forward every time a problem arises, that does not mean he has entrusted the military to the princess. They just changed the sign and made him sit as a face madam.

In that sense, the emperor’s words about entrusting the knight to him were not lies.

And as obligations increased as the discretion granted, it was impossible to just sit back and relax.

First of all, I fulfilled my mission of sufficiently boosting morale.

To be precise, the follow-up was done well. This is because a strange sense of confidence filled the knights’ heads for a while.

“We… Maybe you’re stronger than you think?”

“Ah, I feel like I can do anything now.”

The healthy sentence ‘I can do it’, which I used as a slogan to build my confidence, was often preceded by a bloody subject such as plunder or rebellion.

It is easy to imagine what kind of disaster would occur if a group of knights with the military power of a count, given to them by the emperor, turned their heads upside down.

It was a typical tech tree where a noble fell and became a robber noble or the leader of a mercenary group.

Here, to prevent things from going that way, shaking the carrot or hitting it with a carrot and adjusting the speed and pace appropriately are the duties of a princess.

So, whatever the process was, the result was that we were able to instill motivation in a short period of time.

Should I call it a side effect? I had to receive assertive looks from the knights next to me in the bushes.

-Shall I kill you, Master?

-Hold on.

It wasn’t time yet.

And two.

It was a matter of waiting a while and making a plan to create a good opportunity.

As for the Rudolph attack commando mission itself, there were not many people who were willing to dance as a supporting actor.

First of all, asking for attention outright means asking for an attack that will fail spectacularly. There are not many people who are willing to do something that will only save them the honor of having fought well, even if they lost.

It was likely that only some minor nobles who would do anything to get the emperor’s attention would take notice.

But now that we are here, what can I say that the groundwork was successful?

And now.

“It’s an enemy cavalry charge!”

“What are our knights doing? What, you went somewhere else? That’s it, so bring all the spearmen as soon as possible!”

“Those who took shifts, come out right now! Let’s take care of urgent matters first and then rest!”

The results were just unfolding before my eyes.

The sight of horses running out all at once and plunging into the swamp has the power to grab attention, regardless of its utility.

Also, not all horses got stuck in the mud and stopped. Depending on luck, there were many cases where one could successfully move across enemies while only stepping on fairly solid ground.

There was only so much she could do as a princess. Someone among the personnel carrying out the operation had to pick up the baton instead.

Heine willingly handed it over to me. It was incumbent upon me to lead this knight, his squire, and some of his soldiers to victory.

I slightly lifted the branch blocking the front and looked outside. Fortunately, I could see the surroundings clearly even through the bushes.

The first-person bandit perspective, which was learned through countless subjugation experiences, was surprisingly quite effective.

And when everyone’s eyes turned, I knew now was the time to step forward.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes!”