After
defeating the enemy general, we marched to Rolt Castle and occupied the castle.
Since the enemy soldiers were mostly on the
battlefield, there were only a few men in the castle, and when we told them
that we have defeated the owner of the castle, they readily surrendered and
opened the castle.
The reason for conquering Rolt Castle is
because of the presence of Barton’s army.
Although 5,000 troops came to support the
attack, not all of them were defeated, and Barton’s troops still had some
leftover soldiers that could be used to attack.
Initially, it was believed that they would
only need to stop the advances, but with Barton’s army, it would be essential
to control Rolt Castle.
A celebration was held at Rolt Castle.
It can be said that this is a big victory
because the damage here was not so much in the end.
Ritsu, who took out the enemy general, was
originally viewed somewhat dismissively because he was a Marcan, but this time
he made it known that it was wrong to do so, and his popularity was increasing.
On the other hand, those whose sense of
discrimination has not gone away do not like the fact that Ritsu has started to
be lionized.
I have to make sure that those people don’t
hurt Ritsu … Well, Ritsu is strong, so it is okay, probably?
“Ars-sama,
do you have a minute?” (Russell)
As I was watching the celebration in the
corner, Russell spoke to me.
He’s not the type to actively participate in
anything rowdy, such as a victory party.
Partly because he is of an age where he can’t
drink.
Even in this world, children are not supposed
to drink alcohol.
“What
is it?”
“
Everyone’s
excited about the victory, but stopping the reinforcements and taking over the
castle is not a victory. After all, the main force must take down Starts
Castle.” (Russell)
“That’s
true. If we don’t let the reinforcements go, we should be okay, right?”
“You’re
too optimistic! Anyway, we should have them examine the battle situation now
and send out reinforcements accordingly. Well, if we are in an easy victory
mindset, I think we should continue to keep our eyes on Barton’s army.”
(Russell)
“It’s
true that we shouldn’t let our guard down too much. If they managed to take
down Starts Castle, a messenger from Clan-sama would have told us, but we don’t
seem to have received any such reports. At least at this point in time, there
is a good chance that the odds are never in our favor.”
Starts Castle seems to be called an
impregnable castle, and it seems to be an unusual mountain castle amongst the
predominantly flatlands of Messiaen.
It’s not surprising that they were struggling
to attack it.
I called Femme and asked him to look into the
battle at Starts Castle.
“Gathering
information again. Why don’t you let the scouts do that?” (Femme)
“You
are the fastest and most accurate.”
In addition to being able to act as saboteurs,
but Shadow also collects information and delivers it quickly and accurately.
From just viewing Shadow’s ability, I may want to leave it to him for more
advanced missions, but we need the information as soon as possible, and it’s
better to leave it to him.
“Well,
that’s fine. I’ll take the money.” (Femme)
“Got
it.”
Femme complained a little, but he still
accepted the request.
The next day, a war council was held and I
told them that I had asked Shadow to gather information about Starts Castle.
While waiting for the result to come, we will
need a plan regarding Barton’s movement.
And a
few days later, a report from Shadow came.