episode_0091

“Thank you for your hard work, Miss. Now you are a full-fledged knight.”

“Thank you, Captain… No! Thank you, Captain.”

“Hahaha! It’s good that you’re trying to look dignified, but I’m worried that His Imperial Majesty might be upset for no reason!!”

Only sixteen. He’ll be seventeen in half a year, but he’s still young.

Even women. There is a clear difference in the physical abilities of men and women.

And yet their young lady, Kaya Klaus, became a full-fledged knight.

Now, as a single unmanned unit, I am qualified to go to the battlefield.

‘Even the process and the training I went through was by no means easy.’

The captain couldn’t help but sigh as he recalled the events of a while ago.

Even he completed the process at the age of nineteen, and that was just barely achieved.

That sixteen-year-old girl managed to do it without much of a struggle.

He has already been active throughout the East. He has an official record.

If you listen to the evaluations of the knights who were active, it is not at the level of praise, but almost close to praise.

And seeing the outline right before my eyes like this left me speechless.

One day, I asked this question in this unbelievable situation.

Why are you so desperate, Miss? What is the reason for this?

Then Kaya replied as if it was only natural.

“I will be on the same battlefield as Kael Oppa. And I will do whatever he tells me to do.”

To be loyal to the Empire. Or to become the Emperor’s sword.

Or for the sake of his own family. To make his name known.

None of the reasons the captain had given so far seemed important to Kaya.

Only Kael. Only her brother. To be on the battlefield with him.

Not just a simple escort, but a sword that faithfully carries out his orders.

If a war is going to take a year, I’m determined to end it as quickly as possible.

I burst out laughing at that answer, but then I thought about it again and nodded.

If you think about it, Kael is the next head of the Klauwitz family.

He is the person who will inherit the position of the current Imperial Count of Berthier and become the new Imperial Count.

Wouldn’t it be best for the family to follow Kael with all your heart?

So, Kaya’s words, at least in the captain’s eyes, did not seem to be a big problem.

“What are you going to do now? Are you thinking of submitting your application for the battlefield right away?”

“Yes. That way, I can be by Kael’s side. Just guarding him isn’t enough. It’s good to protect him, but before that, it’d be better to prevent any enemies from approaching him.”

Kaya’s heart still trembled when she recalled what had happened across the East.

Who would have thought an arrow would fly all the way there? That blind arrow almost caused a big problem.

It was fortunate that I discovered it at the last moment and kicked it out, but if not for that…

“That’s when I realized. Ah, I’m not good at protecting. But I’m pretty good at swinging a sword. Then let’s help Kael Oppa in that way. Kael Oppa needs someone who will do exactly what he wants.”

“I see. I understand.”

Isn’t this truly the most loyal knight?

It’s a good change. Kaya always seemed like a strangely innocent girl.

At some point, he gradually became more mature and realized his strengths and weaknesses.

And how to use it as my ultimate weapon.

When Kaya and the captain returned to Imperial Hakurei, one piece of news greeted them.

“Where did Kael get transferred to?”

“This is the staff, Miss! The Master definitely said so!”

“I’ve never heard of that before.”

“This is a newly established place. It seems to be part of the plan to deploy other legions to the Imperial Western Legion and name it the 1st Army!”

Kaya is deeply thoughtful about something at Alexei’s words.

It’s a rare sight to see this kind of thing. She’s always the type of person whose body acts before her mind.

Then he headed straight to the office where his father, Count Berthier, was.

“Dad.”

Kaya, who had entered, got straight to the point.

“War is about to break out?”

Although she is still far from being an adult, Kaya is also a member of the Klaus Klaus family.

He inherited a keen eye and instinctive intuition regarding war.

He was even directly involved in fighting on that battlefield, so he should be able to tell.

And the Imperial Guard didn’t really refute his daughter’s words.

“I held back when things happened in the South. I should have prepared more.”

“Hmm.”

“But now it’s different. I’ve officially become a knight. Now I can go out on the battlefield and fight. You may be young, but your father was on the battlefield when he was about the same age as me.”

That was a slightly different case, but it was the Imperial Count who did not bother to mention that part.

Because I now know very well that I can’t worry forever.

“Have you heard the news that the Western Corps will be expanded from 5 to 11 corps?”

“Yes.”

“In addition to the existing legions, there will be newly added reserves and supplements, magic forces, cavalry, and knight forces. In the future, the empire will increase the size of its military to an incomparable degree.”

“I see.”

“If that happens, the empire will need more loyalists and more warriors.”

The Imperial Count’s position is that he will not stop his daughter any longer.

Still, I say this as a father who is worried.

If it were in the past, Kaya would have only looked for Kael, not anything else.

But by looking back and refining myself, I made just a little bit more progress.

“Dad.”

Kaya smiles and pats my chest.

“No one can stop me except my brother, my father, my mother, and the people in my family.”

“… .”

If someone else had said that, it would have been called overconfidence, or arrogance.

But since it was Kaya, of all people, who did that, the Imperial Count could only laugh.

“As the Imperial Count, I hereby permit Kaya Klauwitz to go on an expedition. I will inform the War Ministry, so you can handle the rest.”

The war is coming soon. There, the Imperial Count Berthier decides to present his best sword.

*

As soon as the emperor’s order was given, the two legions stationed at each border immediately began to move.

The Eastern Corps was already deployed in the south, so they gathered in the west along with the others.

And from the North, the two most highly trained corps marched west with great momentum.

‘The existing 1st, 5th, 9th, and 14th Corps in the West, and the 20th Corps in the reserve, plus the 2nd and 8th Corps in the North, the 7th and 12th Corps in the East, and finally the 6th and 13th Corps in the South.’

A total of 11 corps were gathered in the west, a large army of over 200,000 men.

In the history of the empire, there are only a few instances where such a large force has been moved.

For the record, the Empire has not declared war on Dedorant.

But this alone shows how sincere the Empire is, how angry it is.

Just looking at the class of the legions dispatched from each border, you can feel the level.

The 12th Corps, which was active in the Eastern Pavilion area, and the 7th Corps, which suffered one defeat but ultimately achieved a decisive victory.

The 6th Corps, which completely devoured Benito’s main force in the south, and the 13th Corps, which properly played the role of hammer and bait.

There were even the 2nd and 8th Corps that fought local battles with the Demons in the North.

What’s interesting is that all the legions are directly or indirectly related to me.

The 7th and 12th Corps, and the 6th and 13th Corps, which were with me in the east and south respectively.

The 2nd Corps, which was the first unit to be deployed in the North, and the 8th Corps, which assisted it.

‘Something happened that told me to do something… Ah, no way. No way. That can’t be happening.’

I’ve done a few things that make me look like a bookworm. Yeah, I admit that.

But I am absolutely not a commander. I don’t even meet that standard.

It just so happened. It’s clear that it’s because they brought in a corps with real combat experience recently.

“More than that, the staff… .”

A position that allows one to intervene in the legions at any time by receiving some of the Emperor’s authority.

But the position was only temporary.

To begin with, each corps has its own staff, and they provide advice.

I had to see this as something that was made solely for me.

But now the department has been officially created and real positions have been created.

If this happens, the possibility of a superior coming above me becomes very high.

In a department like this, hierarchy is more important than you might think.

But I believe that the Emperor is not a tyrant, so he will appoint good people.

Perhaps some of the existing legion commanders were sent here.

I wish someone real was my superior. Otherwise, I’d be in a bit of a miserable state.

“Let’s see. The position I was assigned to is… .”

The staff office where I will be going to work in a few days. Where will I sit there?

As I was checking the personnel assignment order, I had no choice but to spit out the coffee I was drinking.

[Imperial Chief of Staff – Kael Clauswitz]

Imperial Chief of Staff? What is this? Is there such a position in the General Staff?

I quickly checked and found out that this place is very unique.

First of all, it belongs to the General Staff Department, but it operates under the Imperial Household Ministry.

In other words, my boss is not the Chief of Staff of the General Staff, but the Emperor.

A position where appropriate advice can be given directly to the royal family when necessary.

There, one could receive imperial orders and act autonomously at any time.

‘They made the position of Corporal, which was a temporary position, into an official position.’

Tiring! Congratulations! You have been promoted from Genius Bookworm to Imperial Genius Bookworm!

If I think I hear this sound effect from somewhere, I wonder if it’s my imagination.