episode_0087

When the meeting was over, I followed Armand down the corridors of the palace.

“If it’s a volunteer army, there’s no need for me to go, right?”

To be honest, I am a volunteer soldier because I like words. What is the difference from someone telling me to join the military?

“I was tempted by the holy water, but if you think about it, wouldn’t you have to fight the Turkiye Army?”

The Janissaries charge with ear-piercing trumpets and loud drum music… I wonder if they are going to be killed in the process.

In particular, if you see the Janissaries dressed in red and running around like crazy, nine times out of ten you will find it disgusting.

And one of the remaining ten will foam at the mouth from the shock.

“We are already devoting our national power to the Hispanian Succession War, so is there a need to expand the front line there?”

“The 30-year war is over, but when will it end?”

I stuck out my tongue with an expression of disgust.

Four years after enlisting, the War of the Hispanian Succession broke out and was still ongoing.

It seemed like one family fight lasted a long time.

“Well… the victory is slowly going in our favor, so it will end someday.”

“The king there doesn’t seem to have the taste to be king.”

I laughed loudly at the thought of the King of Hispania sitting on the throne watching his country being turned into a wasteland in real time.

“Anyway, what do I do when I join the volunteer army? From what I heard, I don’t think it means fighting.”

Armand stopped walking at those words.

“There is something you should do there other than fighting.”

“Do you mean me?”

“It’s a war that we Elance don’t have to fight in anyway. We already have a close cooperative relationship with Turkicye, so why should we help Österburg?”

“Then why do you participate?”

I scratched the back of my head in frustration because Armand was spinning around without getting to the point.

“I’ll tell you later.”

“Yes yes yes.”

I pursed my lips and nodded.

“I want to hear that story too.”

Suddenly, someone approached me from behind.

Anne was looking at me and Armand with a very angry expression.

I was wondering if I was being hated too, so I dodged to the side, but luckily it didn’t seem to be me.

“Meet the Queen.”

Armand smiled kindly and greeted Anne.

Seeing that, I quickly said hello.

“Nice to meet you, Lady Rohan. Did you receive the letter well?”

“I heard that your queen was looking for me.”

“We met for the longest time, but the situation is like this, so I will send you a letter again next time.”

“Thank you.”

I bowed my head to Anne.

“Lady Rohan said she has something else to do in Österburg, so I want to hear about it.”

“Haha… The queen just needs to manage the palace well.”

Armand comforted Anne with a kind smile.

“My family and friends are all in Vienna, so why not use it?”

“Aren’t all arranged marriages like that in the first place? No matter how heartbreaking it is, you must endure it and ignore it.”

Anne clenched her molars at his words.

“Where in the world is there such a law?”

“The world is originally this unreasonable law.”

Armand responded in a calm tone.

“Cardinal.”

“Yes, Queen.”

“Have a cup of tea and go.”

“Sorry. Because the construction work was completed…”

Armand shook his head and rejected Anne’s offer.

“This is the queen’s order.”

Armand pursed his lips at her words and then nodded.

“Okay.”

“Lady Rohan, please follow me.”

I nodded and followed Anne.

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“It’s coffee.”

Armand looked at the pitch black coffee in front of him.

“One day, a huge amount of coffee came into the palace.”

“It was just a gift from Turkiye.”

“I now see this coffee as the blood and tears of my family.”

“You have a leap of imagination. There is no guarantee that Vienna will fall.”

bang!

“In the old days, the moon star was planted in Konstantinye, where Turkye was said to be impregnable!”

Anne slammed her fist on the table.

“At that time, the castle walls were so high that they collapsed due to siege artillery.”

“It swallowed up more than half of Österburg, which had been weakened after the Thirty Years’ War. Isn’t it clear that if we go any further, Vienna will fall?”

“Didn’t we just stop it a hundred years ago?”

“Things are different now than then!”

Anne huffed and glared at Armand.

Armand just sipped his coffee and looked at Anne without the slightest agitation.

I was caught between the two in a now hostile atmosphere and could only watch.

‘Why did I ask you to come…’

I grumbled to myself and sipped my coffee.

“At first, I was happy when the Cardinal said it was a volunteer army. But it’s something other than fighting Turkiye.”

Tears began to form at the corners of Anne’s eyes.

“Aren’t you really doing too much? It is so cruel that you wonder if they are really members of the same church.”

Armand sighed deeply at her words.

“Queen, I will tell you something.”

“Try it.”

Anne sniffled.

“Neither I nor His Majesty the King are interested in a fight between Turkiye and Österburg.”

Anne swallowed dryly at his words.

“Then what the hell…”

“I just want Österburg to fail or be devastated to the point of destruction.”

I nodded internally at Armand’s words.

Österburg is falling? I feel confident in dancing as soon as I hear that news.

If you do that in front of the queen, you’re crazy and you can dance no matter who is in front of you.

“Ha! I’m really dumbfounded…”

Anne wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

“Then let’s take a look and see if it’s a great plan or something.”

Then Armand put down his glass.

“Everyone get out.”

At his command, the maids rushed out.

However, the maids from Österburg who accompanied Anne steadfastly maintained their positions.

“If those maids don’t leave, I can’t tell you.”

“Are you saying that even my people will be bitten?”

“Yes.”

Anne glared at Armand with an angry expression.

[Go out.]

[But princess.]

[I told you to get out!]

[All right.]

Anne and her maids conversed in Österburgh, and then the maids left the room.

“Mari, if there is a song you know how to sing, sing it.”

I, Armand, was taken aback by the unexpected request.

“Even if you suddenly ask me to call you…”

“Come on.”

“When I drink, my friends’ glasses go around and around again and then come back to me and I drink again~.”

At his urging, I started singing.

“There are many ears listening, so I will only say this once. In order to deceive any spies who may not know, I will speak like this from now on. The volunteer army will head to Vienna and fight Türkiye.”

Anne’s eyes widened at his words.

“So, I hope you will remain quiet and act as if you don’t know anything.”

“I… I didn’t even know that…”

Anne was so overcome with emotion that tears welled up.

I looked at Armand in surprise.

But on the other hand, I felt annoyed and annoyed because I had to go and fight for real, but I suppressed it.

“I will leave when Marie finishes singing.”

‘No, when you’re done talking, just stop…’

While I was singing, I glared at Armand once.

So I couldn’t leave until I finished singing the song.

#

As soon as he entered the cathedral’s office, Armand’s eyes suddenly changed.

“I will tell you what you need to do from now on.”

“You know very well, aren’t you fighting the Turkiye Army?”

“No, it’s the opposite. Attack the Österburg army.”

“Yes?”

For a moment, I wondered if I had heard wrong.

I couldn’t understand what he was saying, so I hit my head with my palm.

“Isn’t Österburg an ally?”

“No, they are the enemy. It’s also a very deadly enemy.”

“Then aren’t you turning other countries into enemies?”

What are you doing other than fanning a burning house?

“In the fight between Österburg and Türkiye, how would the power structure change if Türkiye were defeated?”

Obviously, if Österburg wins, other countries will unite around Österburg and form one power.

“The victory of Osterburg poses a greater threat to Elance than the fall of Vienna.”

“Umm…”

If that were to happen, the landscape that Armand had changed during the 30 Years’ War would be overturned again.

“But to say that to the queen and then do that…”

“They hate us just as much as we hate Österburg. What if Österburg, with its momentum, rushes across the Vulcan Peninsula to Constantine?”

“He will become a great man who restored the Holy Land…”

I began to feel a sense of crisis in his words.

“It’s just that it would be better for Österburg to fall…”

“Yes, His Majesty the King has already agreed.”

“Ha…”

I felt like my head was spinning.

I’m not sure if this is correct.

“Justice, what is the cause?”

“The paternal descendants of the Elector of the Palatinate have been cut off, and since the wife of the Duke of Orléans is the daughter of the Elector of the Palatinate, Elance must rule the Palatinate. That should be enough.”

“Do I have to do this?”

“It is a necessary decision for Elance. You are the field commander, so make your own decisions.”

“That is a very difficult request.”

“Don’t forget to move cautiously so as not to be suspicious of other countries.”

“Okay.”

“And one last thing. If the situation is not favorable, fight the Ottoman army as a last resort.”

“Wouldn’t it have been dangerous if Österburg won?”

“There doesn’t have to be just one way to put pressure on Österburg.”

Armand smiled meaningfully.