Episode 113: Ferocony country, on the march
We captured the fort in Ferocony, and thanks to our quick capture, the enemy's food was not destroyed, so we decided to take a few days' rest at the fort.
At this point, surprisingly, Princess Palvera volunteered to work at the soup kitchen.
"Everyone did their best. I have to show that I can be of help as well."
I understand Princess Pulvera's enthusiasm, but I'm worried that she's okay, so I decide to secretly monitor her.
However, those fears were unfounded.
When Princess Palvera picks up a knife, she tackles a mountain of ingredients and finishes preparing them in no time with her masterful knife skills. While she was holding the knife, she felt that her presence had increased a little, so she was probably an application of divine knife techniques.
As I was wide-eyed at that sleight of hand, the voice of my family came from behind me.
``Princess Pulvera was learning how to cook because she was tied to the knightly kingdom and could not help Prince Milimos in battle.''
“I haven’t heard anything like that, let alone a report, let alone a rumor?”
"That's only natural.Princess Parvera has been practicing in secret, and Atenza-dono has taken on the role of cooking instructor while teaching Giberde."
When I hear Atenza's name, my face turns sour.
Maybe it's because my older sister Solerina and I are a little similar not only in appearance but also in personality and behavior, that I had a hard time figuring out what Atenza was hiding.
That's why Atenza is Giberde's instructor, but she doesn't even know what she's teaching.
I thought it would be uneasy to be around someone who couldn't see through such thoughts, but in reality, it wasn't.
I have no doubt that Atenza is not harboring any kind of rebellion or conspiracy.
Why is that?
If we were to carry out a rebellion or a conspiracy, we would inevitably need to involve others. After all, Atenza itself doesn't have much military power.
And since I know that I'm not good at uncovering Atenza's secrets, I set up a security net to be careful about people who have connections with her, and even though I can't see through Atenza's own intentions, I can't infer her plans from people she connects with. It has been made possible.
However, I couldn't have Atenza detect that I was on guard, so in order to dilute the presence of the warning network, I had set up a system where it would only report when something highly dangerous was detected.
Due to the drawbacks of this system, I cannot know the low-risk matters related to Atenza, such as the content of Giberde's education or the fact that Princess Palvera is studying cooking.
The family looks at me strangely as I think about messing with the security network system.
"You seem to be in a bad mood. Are you dissatisfied with Princess Pulvera cooking?"
"What I'm concerned about is not that, but what Princess Parvera learned from Atenza."
"Don't worry about that. I've been keeping an eye on you to make sure you don't get anything weird."
I'm relieved that if my family was nearby, I wouldn't have been taught anything strange.
While we were talking about this, Princess Palvera was stirring the large pot in which she was simmering the ingredients, sweat dripping down her forehead. His expression was so bright that she couldn't help but fall in love with it.
The morale of Rocha's soldiers further improved due to Princess Palvera's homemade cooking.
Once they had enough rest, they left 500 injured soldiers at this fort and resumed their march with the remaining 3,500 men.
As we advanced through Ferocony Country, we decided to pass by the villages we had to approach during our march, emphatically asserting the legitimacy of our actions as a counter-invasion of the invasion of Ferocony Country. .
Humans are afraid when they don't know the reason. On the other hand, if people understand the reason, they feel relieved.
As proof of that, the people in the village knew that our claims were true and did not attack us with weapons. Maybe they saw Rocha's army and gave up on resisting because they thought they wouldn't be able to win.
In any case, we proceeded through Ferocony country while making our location clear. By making their presence known in this way, they might be able to summon the forces of Ferocony and bring them into the field.
However, this speculation of mine did not come true, and no matter how much progress I made, the army of Ferocony country did not appear in any shape or form.
The same thing happened when we arrived at some of the forts along the way, and not only were there no guards, but the doors of the forts were left open. However, since there was no food left in the fort, I could see that they were trying to put the burden of supply on us.
Feeling suspicious of this situation, I tilted my head to the side with General Durva.
“Is it possible to be a shell without a stronghold?”
“Perhaps those forts were operated by a small number of regular soldiers and a large number of mercenaries?”
"Information on the number of Rocha soldiers was transmitted to the fort from the village we had been spreading the word about, and due to the difference in strength, the mercenaries ran away fearing for their lives, and the regular soldiers also left because they couldn't win with the number of people left. thing?"
"Or, an order was given to abandon the fort in order to concentrate the forces on the royal castle of Ferocony. If you don't think of it that way, there's no explanation."
Regardless of the truth, there is a high probability that our next battle will not take place in the royal castle of Ferocony.
"It's nice to have an easy journey, but if it's too easy, you'll be scared of what happens afterwards."
“Since it’s so easy, there’s a high possibility that troops will be gathered in the royal castle.”
There is no point in thinking about future hardships.
Even if we stopped, the food we were carrying would continue to decrease. We can only move forward while the food situation remains healthy.
After all, we have to defeat not only Ferokony country but also Prunya country after this.
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