Chapter 125: To the Knights’ Kingdom
If you receive a call from the King of Knights of a knightly kingdom, one of the two great nations, you must hurry no matter what.
However, since we are in the midst of governing the occupied territories, we cannot afford to throw everything away.
"The way to manage the territory is as I have prepared so far. In the event of rebellion or unrest, please ask General Durva, who is training new recruits, for instructions."
“Wouldn’t other countries see the chaos and attack?”
"In that case, I'll leave it to General Durva. However, this time I'm headed to the Knights' Kingdom, and the one who called me is the King of Knights. If I were to attack him while he was away, I would be against the Knights' Kingdom. Be patient. We should be able to expect reinforcements from the Knight Kingdom.”
As I was giving instructions so that no problems would arise even if I left, I heard a message from my family.
"Prince Milimos. Please refrain from saying anything that sounds disrespectful to the King of Knights."
"I'm in a hurry to give you instructions. Please just close your eyes for a while."
In the first place, if Princess Palvera hadn't gotten excited about the sudden summons from the King of Knights and asked to move on the same day, I would have postponed my departure for about two days and taken over.
Although I tried to think like a complainer, I also knew that it would be clumsy to make the king of the two great knightly kingdoms wait and give him a bad impression.
That's why the handover is being carried out in such a hurry.
Well, now that I have finished my instructions, I have decided to start moving toward the Knights' Kingdom, with Princess Pulvera urging me on.
By the way, along the way, we were forced to march using the sacred technique of Jinba Ittai. I will be riding on a well-built carriage horse brought from the Rocha region, while Princess Palbella and Familis will ride together on the black horse Neroteora.
“Prince Milimos was able to use the divine magic of Jinba Ittai, which was a great help.”
I responded with a bitter smile to my family's comment.
“Even the giant horse Neroteora would have a hard time carrying three humans on its back.”
“The weight of at most three people is not a problem for Neroteora.On the contrary, there will be no place to put food or a tent in the saddle.”
“Ah, is there a problem with the loading area?”
If you look at Neroteora's saddle, you'll see that there's Princess Parvera in her traveling costume in the front, Family in full body armor in the middle, and luggage in the back.
It's true that if you want to fit three people in the saddle, you'll have no choice but to replace the luggage part.
“But wouldn’t it be difficult to camp without food or a tent?”
"That's just a matter of patience."
"No, just be patient. You need to eat, and the quality of your sleep will suffer if you don't have a tent."
"Isn't that what Prince Milimos is saying, that he's glad he was able to use the divine magic of the one-horse race, because he didn't have to force Princess Parvera to undergo such austerity?"
Wow. Seriously, forced marching without food or tents is an option.
Even if you think you can't keep the King of Knights waiting, to be honest, it's a mentality you don't want to emulate.
Even if I'm the king of the country, I'd rather have you wait than travel without food or a tent.
"It's fine for Familis and Milimos-kun to talk to each other, but I don't think they need to stop their feet."
After receiving a warning from Princess Palvera, who was the most enthusiastic about this forced march, my family and I began to gallop down the highway using the sacred technique of unifying humans and horses.
The journey from the Feronia region to the holy knight nation of Mudou Beniornatal is a journey from near the center of the vast continent to the northwest end.
I was thinking of explaining the situation to King Chorex since I would be passing near the country of Nonette on the way. However, I had no choice but to follow my family's opinion that it would be troublesome if the Empire discovered and interfered with my itinerary, so I had no choice but to pass by.
By the way, it seems that the family intended to complete this itinerary in five days.
Although it would be possible to travel through some mountains, valleys, and rivers without getting in the way by using the sacred technique of Jinba Ittai, it would be impossible to traverse this distance in a few days. After all, if you normally travel by horse, it would take at least 50 days, so it's only natural.
“If Neroteora uses her full power, it will be possible to cross in less than five days.”
I'm amazed at the proud family members.
"Don't compare the horses created by the knightly kingdom through repeated breeding with the horses of the Rocha region, whose only pride is their strength to pull a carriage."
"Why did you choose that horse in the first place? There were faster horses, right?"
``When I chose a type of horse that had a large number of horses that wouldn't cause any problems even if it could be run through, and one that had the stamina to keep running for a long time, I naturally ended up with a carriage horse.''
In fact, even though Rocha's carriage horses have been running from morning until night, they don't seem to be going down, even though they are tired. If this were a racehorse like a thoroughbred, it would have been blowing bubbles and collapsing in less than half a day.
Even looking at this one point, I can prove that my idea is correct.
However, I can't help but think that Neroteora is too strong, which causes a discrepancy in the way Familis perceives horses.
"It's true that Roccia's horses are not as good as Neroteora's, but since you can't advance recklessly, you can weave your way through towns and villages with inns, so it's not all that bad."
"Hmmm.Certainly, being able to rest peacefully on the bed with Princess Palbella can be said to be an advantage."
"In the first place, it would be too much to imitate Neroteora's leg strength and stamina to reach the limits of a rider's stamina."
“If you are a knight of the Holy Knights, it is natural for you to go to your mission without sleep or rest as soon as possible.Also, if you have a passenger with you, it is common sense to take a break before your physical strength is exhausted. You can say that.”
While I was taken aback by his overly cerebral words, Princess Pulvera was sitting on the bed with a smile on her face.
"In the Knights' Kingdom, it is assumed that a person who can ride with a knight's horse must be able to use divine magic, so they can get away with some unreasonable behavior."
Even so, I can't help but think that there must be a better way.
I don't feel like saying anything more than that, since that's what the Knight Nation's policy is all about.
"So, it's been about ten days since I left the Feronya area, but I wonder how far it is from this village to the capital of the Knights Kingdom. I'm not familiar with the area, as it's always been a rural landscape."
Immediately after entering the territory of the Knights' Nation, it was busy with walls and fences surrounding the town, and soldiers and knights wandering around, probably because it was close to the battlefield with the Empire.
However, as I entered further into the territory from that point, a peaceful rural landscape immediately spread out.
According to Familis, what the knightly kingdom thinks its people need is ``food,'' ``knowledge,'' and ``correctness.''
Of these three, the most important is food.
Without food, there would be no ability to think, and no knowledge would be born. When they don't have food, their survival instinct makes them want to steal it from someone else, and their sense of rightness is easily lost. That's why food is so important in everything.
According to that idea, mass production of food seems to be the mainstay of national policy in the territory of the Knights.
Thanks to such national policy, most of the territory had been turned into vast fields, and the scenery looked the same no matter where you went.
However, this impression is just because I am a foreigner, and my family, who have lived in a knightly kingdom since birth, seem to be able to tell the difference.
"That's right. Judging from the style of the irrigation canal in this village, it seems like we entered the west side of the territory."
“…Can you tell the land by the irrigation canals?”
"Of course. If you look at the old and new ways of making waterways, you can see when this land was incorporated into the Holy Knights Country."
“If you think about it simply from the way the territory spreads, do you mean that the closer the capital of the knightly kingdom is to the old style, and the closer to the empire the newer the style?”
“Thank you for your understanding.”
Having learned that there is such a way to look at the land, it was time to go to bed and prepare for tomorrow's journey.
I decided to part ways with the two of them, go to a different room, and get some sleep.
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