episode_0094

Balkan Civil War (6)

While Yuno was enjoying a happy life in Ellust, and Diane and the others were pushing Baron Mayer and Kimberly to further secure and develop Yuno’s territory budget, the time for the decisive battle between Prinz and Heinrich was getting closer and closer.

Prinz’s villa.

“How are the armament preparations of our troops going?”

Since most of his troops were private soldiers of nobles, many of them were slightly less well-armed than the regular army, so Prinz gave orders to give priority to the provision of weapons to them.

“Currently, classification by type has been completed, and we are preparing with the cooperation of the Blacksmith Guild through the Alchemist Guild! It can be completed within the next week”

“One week is too late! There are 10 days left until the decisive battle with Heinrich, so shouldn’t we give the soldiers some time to get used to the new weapons? Somehow, let’s finish it within 5 days!”

“Yes, Your Highness!”

As the subordinate in charge of armament left, Viscount Toys approached holding a piece of paper containing the information he had received.

“Your Majesty. It seems that our troops are slightly lacking compared to Prince Lee’s side”

“What do you mean? Didn’t you say that we have a lot more private soldiers sent by nobles? Isn’t it reality that if you put together the private army of 20 nobles of the rank of a baron, it would only be the size of a private army of a count? Also, the viscounts and barons under the earls will have no choice but to take our side…”

It seems that the high-ranking nobles who made up the core of the State Council often did not think well of Heinrich’s attitude. There were more cases where it was attached to Prinz.

“Yes. That is correct… but it turns out that there are quite a few small noble families who even withdrew their vassalship contracts with marquis and counts and attached only their private soldiers to the Prince Lee”

” Ugh… You mean it’s a gamble where you risk even your own territory… If Heinrich wins, you’ll think that the territory isn’t that big of a deal”

“Yes. Moreover, it appears that there are more mercenaries sent from the Kingdom of Alto than expected. We also tried to contact them, but they had already concluded a contract with Prince Lee, so the only mercenaries we were able to successfully contract with were a few Mexican mercenary groups”

Although Toys was not in charge of the mercenary contract, he was in charge of Prinz’s staff, so he bowed his head in apology.

“No. Still, isn’t there a huge difference in the number of troops?”

“That is correct. According to intelligence, Prince Lee’s side has approximately 60,000 troops and we have 52,000 troops, so it is not a difference that cannot be overcome”

“And we will have the upper hand in terms of the knights’ strength, right?”

“That’s for sure. The amount is a lot, but the level of knighthood of high-ranking nobles and mid-sized nobles is on a completely different level. Unfortunately, the master, Count Liechtenauer, has retired, and Viscount Speyer is unable to intervene as he is a member of the Royal Guard, and it is unfortunate that the other masters have expressed neutrality in this battle, but since they also do not have a master, the strength of the knights is clearly ours. We have the upper hand”

“Kwikkk At times like this, it’s such a pity that Yuno got injured in the elf territory. Yuno would definitely have stood by my side”

Prinz was so disappointed that if Juno had been on his side, Eliza and Catherine Aragorn would have been on his side as well.

“Hahaha If you think about it that way, it would be Teshidanikina territory that boasts the greatest military power in the Balkans right now. Isn’t this a territory with three masters?”

“Huh? Does that happen? No, Lord Liechtenauer said he would retire and remain loyal to Juno, so there must be four. Hehehe, it’s a territory that holds half of the empire’s masters… If I lose this battle, I’ll have to run away from Yuno, right? Hahahaha”

When Toys was startled by Prinz’s words and asked if he was already thinking about losing, Prinz grumbled that he couldn’t even joke and continued the strategy meeting with Toys.

In front of the Adriatic Plain after a day.

Finally, Prinz’s army and Henry’s army began to face off.

Prinz’s army boasted shiny new weapons and built a five-layer straight square, a typical imperial army position, with archers and knights waiting inside to dig into the center of the Emperor Lee’s army and charge at the moment an opening appeared. formed a formation.

“By the way, Toys is self-made. Aren’t the red herpes a bit strange? No matter how ignorant Prince Lee is of military affairs, he knows full well that if he encamps with the Spirit Lake behind him and is defeated, his entire army will be annihilated…?”

Among the nobles who support the crown prince, Count Zeon, a key warlord in the southwestern part of the empire, expressed his curiosity about Prince Lee’s position.

“If you lose this battle, you’ll lose your life, so doesn’t that mean that troops aren’t that important?”

“Well, Prince Lee can do that! When I think about what that bastard did to my daughter… I will definitely rip off his head this time!!”

Count Zion gritted his teeth as he thought of Heinrich.

Three years ago, Count Zion’s daughter, who had just turned 12 and had just debuted in the social world, held a party at a mansion in the capital and fell for the tricks of Heinrich, who approached her, and went out at night, saying she was going on a date with him. Count Zion also turned a blind eye to their date because it brought him into contact with the imperial family, but his daughter did not return.

He went to Heinrich’s palace to look for his daughter, but Heinrich only repeated that he had brought her in in a carriage last night, so he had to search all over the capital to find her. Two days later, Count Zion’s daughter returned to the mansion with her clothes in disarray, disappeared into her room in a daze, and ended her short life by suicide a year later.

Given the circumstances at the time, Count Zion had a intuition that his daughter had been humiliated by Heinrich, but since there was no evidence or witnesses to challenge the second prince, Heinrich, and his daughter was also suffering from autism and could not say anything, he held his daughter’s cold body in his arms. All I could do was shed bloody tears while holding him.

Because he was Count Zeon, he supported Prinz as soon as this incident occurred and led all the troops in his territory to the capital. Even now, he was standing up and going on a rampage.

And the Crown Prince made Count Zion sit down and calmed him down, saying that if he won tomorrow’s round, he would let him cut off Heinrich’s head.

The door of the tent opened again and a messenger came running in.

“His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! This is an urgent letter from the Alchemist Guild!”

“What is it? Can’t you see that they are planning a military strategy now? Get back!”

“Huh~ Couldn’t this be really urgent? Give it to me!”

The messenger handed over the letter to the crown prince, expressed his respect, and then withdrew, and the crown prince broke the seal on the letter from the Alchemist Guild sent to him.

“Hmm? Diane?”

“Did Her Majesty the Emperor send you this? Well, the Alchemist Guild follows Her Highness Diane. I can’t tell you how fortunate I am that thanks to Diane, I no longer have to worry about weapons and supplies. By the way, what did you send it for? It would be great if at least a new weapon was released”

When the Crown Prince did not respond to Viscount Toys’ words praising Diane and asking what was going on, all the nobles looked at the Crown Prince.

Gritting his teeth, Prinz dropped the letter on the floor, his whole body trembling and his handsome face distorted, making all the nobles curious about the contents of the letter.

“What on earth is going on? majesty! Why are you doing that all of a sudden… Wow!!”

Viscount Toys, who was next to the Crown Prince, carefully picked up the letter and froze in shock as soon as he saw the contents. The nobles became even more curious about the contents of the letter, and finally the Crown Prince spoke.

“Count Zeon! I guess it would be hard to give up Heinrich’s head”

“Yes? What is that…?”

The Crown Prince instructed Viscount Toys to read the letter, and Viscount Toys read Diane’s letter in a trembling voice.

“His Majesty Karl III’s blood test results. The cause of death was determined to be caused by parasites. Since it is not poison, it is thought to have not reacted to the reagent. The parasite does not grow naturally near Adria, but is a species that grows near Polygal Island and does not normally cause harm to humans, but when it reacts with a specific drug, it goes crazy and gastrointestinalizes. Melt”

Kwaang!!

“If it’s near Polygal Island, isn’t it near the County of Dietrich?”

“It is clear that Prince Lee poisoned His Majesty! Now you have to subdue weightlifting, not civil war!!”

Viscount Toys calmed down Prinz’s entourage who were making a fuss.

“Calm down!! That too is just circumstantial evidence! That means there is no direct evidence!”

“Evidence? The proof is that Haanrich is alive! majesty! You must mobilize the imperial army immediately!!”

Prinz was also shaking with anger, but realistically he thought that Viscount Toys was right.

“Let’s win this battle first. After I win the battle, I will punish Heinrich for treason and punish him!”

“Yes, Your Highness! The gods will do their best!!”

Diane’s letter served as an opportunity for Prinz’s associates to unite once again, and a civil war that would determine the fate of the empire was about to begin.