I Became a Time-Stopper at the Academy

80 – The Last of the Royals (2)

You brought Isabelle out of the mines.

And she went straight back to the carriage.

Her coachman widened her eyes when he saw her, the last of her royalty.

In fact, it was very shabby to be called royalty, but it was understandable.

Since she is the daughter of the princess, she has a low power even among the royal family.

After the revolution, when the heads of the royal family were cut off, he would have spent most of his life in hiding.

I asked her before starting her wagon.

“What would you like me to do?”

“Yes… ?”

“Do you want to go back to your hometown?”

She closed her mouth for a moment.

And she answered in a trembling voice.

“There was always a person like her mother by her side. But they killed them. I didn’t do anything wrong…….”

So, going back to her hometown means nothing.

As much as she found out where she lived, she seemed afraid that she would be kidnapped again by the abdominal wall faction.

She sniffed her nose.

“Marquis, I don’t want to be king. I don’t have any memories of being a member of the royal family because the revolution happened when I was just a baby in the first place. It’s all about farming and cooking every day.”

Isabel was needed just to secure her legitimacy anyway.

She must have thought that she rather knew nothing.

Because they can have her actual rulership.

“I knew what you were talking about. Then why don’t you leave the Republic and go to Lauris with us? In fact, we are also being chased by the cuckolds.”

She explained to her all the circumstances that led her to where she is now.

Then she opened her eyes wide and clenched her fists.

She put herself in front of her and she seemed angry that she did such a dirty thing.

“Yes, I will follow the Marquis. I will help you with anything I can.”

“Then there is one thing I would like your help with.”

“Please tell me.”

“Be a hostage.”

She opened her eyes round and tilted her head.

She didn’t seem to understand what it meant.

Caitlyn explained to her instead of me.

“So, since you are important to those cuckolds right now, we are threatening to kill you if you attack us.”

“Ah… ! Are you going to keep going to Lauris with me as a hostage?”

She nodded.

Well, actually, if you go near the Lauris border, you’ll probably fight.

No matter how important Isabelle is to the abdominal wall faction, they cannot recklessly attack her.

Still, it’s better than fighting all the time.

“Yes, I understand…” ! I will work hard to play the hostage… !!”

After that, Luisa tied Isabel with ropes.

Of course, not so strongly that it hurts, but loosely, seemingly kidnapped.

I had her coachman move her carriage.

The direction is the northwest region of the Republic.

This is the place where you are facing Lauris.

If you go there, you can cross over to Lauris.

The wagon moved along a fairly wide road.

I went for days and days without any problems.

As we went, we continued to feed Isabelle to make sure she was healthy.

On the fifth day, she spoke up.

“Actually, cooking is my specialty.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes… ! Originally, I was going to go to the city and become a chef, but because of them….”

Actually, in , The main character, Lando, rescues her, but after that, Isabel is kidnapped again.

Desperate, she committed suicide on the spot.

The original story was that the main character, Lando, who heard the sad news, became very angry and cut off the abdominal wall including Commander William.

That’s the first time I’ve heard that her specialty is cooking.

She continued as she looked at the ingredients in the wagon.

“Is it okay if I treat you to a meal today?”

“Of course.”

Your body seems to be getting better.

She stopped the carriage for a while and had time to eat.

She was different from the cutting edge.

It was like a chef’s hand movements on TV.

She took a bite of the finished stew.

It was so delicious that my eyes widened in an instant.

He seemed more skillful than the chefs at the academy restaurant.

“How are you… ?”

“Delicious.”

Her Luisa, Caitlin, Landau, and her coachman also praised her one after another.

Then she grinned.

After eating, we set off again.

If we go like this for another week, we will arrive.

When I was putting my eyes on alternately.

“There wagon, stop!”

A man’s loud voice hit my ears.

We all posed cautiously in the wagon.

Caitlyn was right behind Isabel, who was tied up in a rope.

The coachman asked in a slightly nervous voice.

“What are you doing?”

“There will be an inspection for a while.”

“Yes….”

Swish, the wagon’s tent was lifted.

Of course I was caught.

“Wanted Man Found!!”

Caitlyn immediately raised her dagger and put it to Isabel’s throat.

“If you don’t want to see this girl die, let us go!”

The four knights snorted.

“Do you think that village girl can stop us?”

“Do you think this woman is just a village girl? Then she attacks. Although Commander William will collapse with foam on his face.”

“What?”

The knights began to panic as if Caitlyn’s confidence had worked.

Then they didn’t let us go and just kept us still.

It was as if he was asking Knight Commander William directly.

About two days later.

It seems that a reply has finally come from Knight Commander William.

… After staying up all day for two days, we and the knights both got dark circles in our eyes.

The knights were stunned when they saw the reply.

Perhaps it was because we were tired that we forgot that we were hearing everything.

“You must never let a hostage die?”

“What the hell is that woman doing?”

Now you know you can’t attack us carelessly.

I told the driver to start the carriage.

“Wait a minute!”

“Don’t attack me?!”

“f*ck, send a lot of troops or kill them while protecting the hostages with only four people!”

“Ah, what are you doing at Tabin?”

The knights just chased after us and couldn’t do anything about it.

It’s far from the capital, Tabin, so communication isn’t working, and troops aren’t enough.

Muttered Caitlyn as she kept holding the dagger to Isabel’s throat.

“Pa, arm goes numb.”

… He also played the role of intimidation.

***

Innumerable weapons collided with each other in the Republic’s capital—Tavin’s portal.

Eliane and Benedetta also used magic as much as possible, but it was not enough.

Republic knights are constantly being replenished as if flooding in.

70 Knights were not enough.

“Your Highness, we will perish at this rate!”

“Eliane-sama, please give me the order to retreat… !!”

Both Benedetta and Elianne clenched their teeth.

With Delia, there were barely any deaths or serious injuries, but they were already being pushed back.

I knew it in my head.

This battle is lost.

But what about Joel if he withdraws?

When he thought so, his mouth didn’t move.

Delia approached the two of them.

She said, and she held their hands tightly.

“For now, go back and talk to Lena! It’s definitely not going to end with this!!”

I can’t save Joel anyway, even if I keep holding on.

It just increases the number of dog deaths.

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Benedetta and Elianne screamed at the same time.

“Retreat!” “Withdrawal!”

They and her 70 knights took the portal and returned to the academy.

Fortunately, the Republic’s knights did not interfere with the use of the portal or pursued it to the end.

Perhaps he wanted to end it with an accidental armed conflict, Benedetta could only guess.

They arrived at Joel’s room again.

And then I told Lena who was waiting there.

As if complaining.

Lena asked them back.

“So, it means that Commander William made the pretext that the president was killed by the demons… ?”

Benedetta and Eliane nodded together.

Before long, Lena continued her words.

“Then you can use that cause… ! According to the Treaty of Lauris, there is a clause that guarantees support in case demons appear in the allies or are invaded by the demon kingdom… !!”

“”Ah!””

In a situation where the head of state of an ally is said to have been killed by demons, it’s rather strange to just stay still.

If the Republic is taken over by the Demon Kingdom, it will be a military threat.

If the republic, currently the second largest economy in the West, suddenly collapses, there is a high possibility of an economic crisis.

In other words, the Empire and Kingdom had plenty of reasons to intervene in the Republic.

In terms of justification and practicality.

Anyway, even if the demons didn’t kill it, the sudden death of a country’s head of state is an opportunity that the demon kingdom can take advantage of.

“Looks like I and Miss Elianne will have to go back to the Kingdom and Empire.”

At Benedetta’s words, Eli Anne also nodded her head.

***

Capital of the Republic—Former Royal Palace of Tabin.

Knight Commander William, sitting in the head of the Countermeasures Headquarters, just kept rolling his pen out of his hand, worried about Isabel.

All the knights of the kingdom and empire that suddenly appeared in the portal returned.

After that, the portal was shut down.

It’s not done until I put Isabel on her throne.

Three days passed like that.

I sent most of the knights in Tabin to Isabel.

Soon you’ll be able to kill Joel’s group and save Isabel.

“Your Excellency! This is an urgent report!”

Captain William’s mouth went up.

Have you succeeded in rescuing Isabel?

But it took less than three seconds for her expectations to be betrayed.

“Imperial and Kingdom forces are advancing!!”

“What?!”

His subordinate knight unfolded a map of the world and reported in detail from which direction and at what scale the Imperial and Kingdom forces were coming.

Hearing the report, Knight Commander William had a hunch.

This is to start a war.

“Your Excellency! A proclamation has just been announced from the Empire and the Kingdom!!”

Another subordinate knight hurriedly posted a report.

To help with the emergency situation of the republic where the current president was killed by the demons, according to Lauris’ treaty, they are dispatching troops.

This was simply a pretext.

I couldn’t help the justification that had already been given.

The important thing is what empires and kingdoms are really aiming for.

Is it really to subdue demons?

After that, there was no prior contact at all.

‘To eat our country!’

Attacks from external enemies when internal turmoil is extreme.

It was history that was repeated everywhere.

In particular, an empire is a representative country that has grown through wars of aggression.

It will be the same this time as well, Knight Commander William judged.

You can never lose your country to another country.

Whether it’s the Demon Kingdom, the Empire, or the Kingdom.

Boom!

He hit the desk with his fist.

“Their ambition must be stopped! Sending troops even though they didn’t ask for cooperation is an obvious interference in internal affairs! Let us mobilize all our forces to respond!!”

“”Yes!””

Another week has passed by busily.

William Knight Commander took a nap while commanding.

However, on the frontlines, which had not yet grasped the situation in the capital, the orders issued under the name of Knight Commander William were often confused.

It also took time to sort out the confusion in the chain of command.

Even so, the advance of the Imperial Army and the Kingdom Army could not be stopped.

“Your Excellency, the 2nd line of defense has been breached.”

Annihilation. Annihilated again.

At least 2 times to 8 times the difference between large-scale troops, the Republic army was helplessly killed in droves.

It was because not only empires and kingdoms, but also neighboring small countries added troops.

The subordinate knight suggested it cautiously.

“Your Excellency, further resistance will only damage our side—.”

Suddenly—.

Commander of the Knights William cut off the head of his subordinate knight at once.

All the other subordinates around me shuddered.

He squealed, squinting his eyes.

“The Lord raises the hand of the righteous to the end!!”

***

Bang—!

Arriving at the northwestern border of the Republic, bordering Lauris, we battled the knights there.

But it ended quickly.

Knocked out all the knights with just one trigger.

The coachman tilted his head and said.

“Somehow, it seemed that there were fewer knights than usual.”

For what reason did you divert troops from the border area?

I thought there would be more knights than usual since it was obvious that we were going to cross the border.

“Well, it’s good for us.”

We climbed back into the wagon and moved forward.

I crossed the border of the Republic.

This is Lauris now.

Isabel shed tears of joy.

“Thank you, thank you… !!”

Caitlyn and Luisa were also happy holding each other’s hands.

I also stretched out and smiled.

We all escaped the Republic.