Unmotivated Hero's Tale

"... is that true?"

"Yes, 40,000 soldiers of the Imperial Army have dropped Fort Assassimo on the border and are currently invading our national territory"

The old man overlooking the streets of Ertbourg through the window of the room on the fifth floor closes his eyes with a look like he chewed up a bitter bug after the report.

"Current situation In addition to the 40,000 royal troops stationed in the Wang capital, our army plans to gather as many local armies as possible and somehow summon an additional 20,000. If we do well, we'll be able to mobilize a total of 60,000 soldiers to form a defensive line in Saubakrien."

"Sixty thousand... so the commander is that politician?

The old man concisely asks, thinking of the face of a man who kicked himself out of the centre.

"No, the chief commander of this defense force is King Orado himself."

"King Orado himself will be in battle. So... talk stupid"

Thirty years since the present king was founded.

In fact, there have been many battles before that can be called skirmishes near the border with the Empire.

But it never develops into a massive battle, and so far we have had our spears in the form of mutual pain sharing.

There has been such a past. Now King Orado has never been on the battlefield since he was crowned.

And for him, the battle that would be the first line became, worst of all, this battle against the Empire.

"If we lose this defensive battle, there will be no aftermath for our country either way. Then Minister Mepler suggested that he want to raise the morale of the soldiers at all. In fact, if you can get out of Saubakrien, you'll be stuffed all the way to the king's capital."

"But I didn't expect to be forced to pull His Majesty who doesn't know war, let alone give him command... what the hell is that politician thinking? It would still be much better if he took command."

"... perhaps, but it means insurance against the event of a loss"

The grey-haired man mouths his own predictions and drops his shoulders like he's tired.

"I see. If you defeat, do you intend to shield the king and defend your position... but you can only call it shallow wisdom to a lesser extent. Doesn't he even know if the real enemy is inside him or the Empire?

"They can only understand how to defend their position and how to rush on a factional basis..."

When the rapporteur's man says so with a heartbroken mouth, he shakes his neck left and right again and again.

"But why, at this time of year... for the Empire guys, was there any reason to choose now?

"I don't know. This invasion is totally one-sided, mostly with no big name to wage war on for them. Of course it will only be obvious that they want the demon stone of our territory..."

For an empire where demon stones almost never exit from the territory, demon stones are a very expensive import.

That is why their desire for the birthplace of the demonic stone was no longer self-evident reason, needless to say.

"At the end of the day, I chose this time of year. Can't you tell by asking them? Well, more than that crap right now, it's a win or a loss of this war. I ask you straight in, can you win?

"I would say that perhaps… Because we're going to be able to have 60,000 to 40,000 in terms of numbers and a total troop count of more than one another. Just..."

At that stage of speaking, the rapporteur slightly clouds his expression and clouds his words.

The old man looked at him in surprise like that and urged him to continue talking.

"Just?"

"Actually, the organizational structure of the Imperial Army is odd. The enemy is about thirty percent of the entire army, about 12,000 soldiers, like magicians."

Without concealing the anxiety he feels himself, the rapporteur says so in a somewhat intransigent voice.

Meanwhile, the old man who overheard it also expressed doubts because he was uncomfortable with the content of his story.

"Do you mean to put as many as 12,000 magic soldiers into the battlefield? Probably close to all the magicians who belong to their country... but is there any reason why we gathered the magicians so far?

"I don't know. It's just unprecedented, such as a magic soldier unit of that size..."

When the rapporteur reads out the few dossiers delivered under himself, he exhales one sigh as it is.

"Really... and he's going out too?

"No, he's been removed. Unfortunately, you showed up too rapidly here. It was judged that any more fighting might threaten us."

"You idiots!

When the old man throws up like that with anger, the rapporteur spins words to calm him down immediately.

"But I think I was good. Because if he was allowed to participate poorly, he could have been made their abandoned pawn and crushed."

"Right. You do have that way of thinking. Well, I don't care about him, what are you gonna do?

"... as chief of staff too, I'm going to join the ranks. I came to say goodbye to His Excellency today."

The moment the rapporteur says so, he sees an old man with an indescribable look on his face.

He is by no means a short relationship with an old man, but it was the first time he had ever seen such a look.

"It's too early to say goodbye. Such an old man is still alive this year. I still need a man like you to work for my country. Don't die, Armad."

"Yes, my Lord Reinberg."

That being said, the rapporteur gracefully offers one salute.

And he slowly left the principal's office as it was.

In response to the invasion of the Imperial Army, the Kingdom of Clarice was also showing an immediate response structure.

In fact, two days after reports of aggression were received in the upper ranks of the army, the news of their presence has reached as many as 40,000 generals, representing almost 90% of the Royal Army, as the core of the defence forces.

And in just 10% of the rest, SS members, including Yui, were named.

"But Yui, why are we still here?

In contrast to the fact that he is not on the battlefield, Lute speaks such a question without being able to organize his own emotions.

Yui, who was ordered to remain in the King's capital, was in the plains south of Ertbourg, where the Royal Army's expedition ceremony now takes place.

They continue to walk to the tent of the staff headquarters as they draw soldiers who work to prepare to meet the person who called them.

"You have no choice. I mean, you have Elise's escort, so you can't be on the battlefield either way."

"... although that's true"

Lute, who was still unconvinced, bites Yui, but hesitates to back off, acknowledging the reason for his statement.

"But well, in short, they took it off. I didn't even get a meeting guide to the mobilization plan."

"Hehe, you're neglected"

When Alex smiles and says so, Yui also has to laugh bitterly at the boulder.

"Sort of. I just didn't have to go to a crappy meeting. I'd rather be grateful."

"If you're a senior, even if you're at a meeting, you'll just be asleep"

Aynce, who was thrown all the cases of political and financial relations by Yui, turns sarcastically to a slight obstinacy.

"I see, if you do just sleep, aren't you going out to the meeting a little bit too..."

When Yui goes into his ear to whine about each and every one of them so, Aince deliberately sighs loudly so that Yui can hear him too.

"… so who called us to a business trip venue that we don't plan to attend?

"It's your uncle. He told me to come and see you before we left."

"Does that mean that Director Armad will also be sent out?

Lute, unaware of Armad's expedition, surprises a typical military bureaucrat to come forward.

"They say he's the chief of staff. Look, you got a big tent you can see over there. They have a staff headquarters in there."

That said, pointing to the tent at the staff headquarters, which is getting pretty close, Yui speeds up that leg.

"But seniors. From earlier on, why are you in such a hurry?

"Hmm? 'Cause if you take it easy, it's gonna start a business trip ceremony, right?

"Well... you wanted to go to the tournament as a soldier too"

"No, no, he said he wouldn't answer. Once the tour ceremony begins, it will be remarkable to pull out. So just show your face before you do, and I'm just gonna go home."

When Yui says so and proceeds with his legs, Lute begins to novel, "So you have a mindset as a soldier..."

Exactly that usual exchange.

It was the silver-haired man who walked in from the front that interrupted it.

"Hey, three idiot fallers. Were you still in the army?

At first Yui didn't realize the man's presence because he had earplugs with his fingers to avoid listening to Lute's novel.

But Lute gives an unpleasant look to that familiar face and habitual voice of a man standing in front of him.

"Murtina... were you in the defense force too"

"It's obvious, right? Don't let me be chosen, who will be chosen?

With that said, Murtina turns her gaze downwards to the former fellow students, Yui. And as I smiled coldly, I opened that mouth again.

"But in that case, you guys aren't going to be part of this expedition. Well, there's no need for guys like you to pull your legs."

"Right. If Murtina is here, she'll be fine. So try harder."

Just saying he's done for, Yui tries to pass next to Murtina.

But you got angry with his attitude like that, Murtina grabbed Yui's chest.

"Hmm, I'm in a bad mood. By the time I get back, I'll be in third place. Yui, that it's not like you or your goldfish shit out there."

"What are you fussing about?

Murtina A voice spoken in a way that blocks the language.

It was once their teacher, Armad, who called the Uys to this occasion.

"It's good to be healthy. But choose the time and the case. And, Mr. Murtina, it's a busy time before you leave, so I was wondering if you could get back to your desk and get ready."

That's what Armad told me, Murtina, after staring at Yui so much that she could just kill him with her gaze, or just leave the scene.

"Well, you guys are exactly the same when you come and rub early."

"Ha ha, it's not nice, Doctor"

Yui runs those words as she scratches her head in awe.

"... anyway, the three of you look fine and most importantly. And Eince."

"Are you a relative and I'm not?

"I always see you at my uncle's mansion. [M] Oh, I'm busy playing at night, so is there more I can't see you? Well, anyway, there's a lot of people here, so why don't we go to my quarters at the staff headquarters?"

Armad watches the four in turn, then walks straight out toward the tent.

Once Yui nodded back at the three behind them, they followed Armad to the tent.

"Well, there's nothing else I've asked you guys to come. I wanted to talk to you about what happened after we lost."

When he arrives at the tent, Armad pays people, and when he sits down in a chair, he cuts that out to the Uys.

"Director Armad, that's too..."

Surprised by the story of Armad so suddenly, Lute raises a bewildered voice.

But Armad slowly opened his mouth as he gently shrugged his shoulders.

"No, of course I'm not talking about these things, thinking I'm going to lose. If you just win, you don't need to worry, but in case you lose, you need to deal with it urgently. Even if it's unlikely and you don't want to think about it, you need to be prepared for everything."

"But this time I hear you've obviously prepared a large number of soldiers. I don't think I'm going to lose first..."

Eince also told Armad that it was hard to think of losing in this many numbers advantage.

"You certainly have an overwhelming advantage over numbers. Besides, there is also a local advantage just for the battle on our mainland. But it's not that simple."

"Say?

Alex, intrigued, prompts the conversation toward Armad.

"There are two main elements of anxiety. The first is the issue of personnel in the upper ranks of the army. Are you familiar with the senior personnel of the defense forces this time? It's King Orado to the commander, Mepler to the deputy commander, and me to the chief of staff. More to the point, the men at each unit's service are mostly high-ranking military bureaucrats, such as Mepler's breathtaking military bureaucrats. Take them off the field on purpose."

"Why are you such a ridiculous HR...... it's hard to say, but there's no way you can think normally and be such an official and military man and have a war. What are they thinking?

Aynce puts such a question in a grumpy mix.

"By the time we were able to mobilize a larger number of personnel than the enemy forces, the upper echelons had already intended to win. And after the battle, he looked at the promotion personnel and placed them. Even though it's a good place to calculate the skin of a raccoon you don't take."

"Stupid......"

With the pleasure of the upper management, Lute will not be able to say two words.

Turning to him like that, Armad gave him a self-derisive grin.

"That's what this defense fight is all about. Of course they think about it when they lose. The formula is to use the king who came out as a shield for evacuation and flee without taking responsibility. That means no risk high return battle. They do not know that losing and losing is not their own power, but this country. Desperately."

The anger he's been pushing away leaks, and Armad unconsciously slaps his fist on the desk he had at hand.

Yui felt Ahmad resist and lose this HR proposal before that anger.

"... still. What is one element of anxiety?

It was Aince who asked so, so as to move again the air that had solidified.

"The other is a matter of military formation. Out of our Royal Army 60,000, the local army is 20,000. And four thousand of them belong to Shalem's children. You know what this means?

"You think Chalem will betray you? So why don't they just stay put in Count's territory and let them accompany us on this operation?

"Aynce, I thought of your point, too. But he decided it was more dangerous not to accompany us to the battlefield and to move freely behind our backs. I'd still rather be on the battlefield watching."

"I didn't know there was such a problem inside, even though the enemy is attacking me..."

Eince accidentally faces two anxiety elements asked by Armad.

Hearing his words like that, Armad spun out a deep sigh slowly what he wanted to tell them with his eyes closed.

"So Eince, Lute, Alex, and Yui. In case... I'll leave the king's capital to you. Just in case."