第５１２堀：夢から覚めて現実へ (Part2)
"I'm counting on you."
"I'm looking forward to it."
...There's no helping them.
Thinking this, I slipped out of the room and headed back toward the office.
"Like this, you say?"
"That's right. And then, like *this*."
"Hnn! That’s quite strenuous."
"You'll get used to it. That warhammer, just like Firia's, has a mechanism that doesn't reduce its actual weight, but uses wind to mitigate the strain. You just have to learn the timing for activating it."
"I see. That is why it is more efficient to receive the wind's support when swinging it around, rather than when bringing it down."
"Exactly. But if you overdo it, your arms and body won't be able to withstand the accelerated weight of the warhammer."
"Hmm. It is quite deep, isn't it? The way of the warhammer."
"It is."
For some reason, George was receiving a lecture on warhammers from Firia.
"Oh, you're back. Did you hear about the reinforcements?"
"Y-yes. But, what are you doing?"
"Oh, my apologies. While waiting, I asked Firia-dono to instruct me on the warhammer."
"Practice and understanding are essential to mastering a weapon."
"Well, I suppose that's true, but..."
Why are you doing that in the office?
Ah, I suppose it's because you were waiting.
Still, please stop swinging a warhammer around indoors.
Besides, isn't that Narjia's weapon?
You aren't going to blow the whole room away, are you?
"Well, practice aside, the reinforcements have finally arrived. About 50,000 of them."
"50,000, you say? That is still half of our Imperial Army. If you include the rear guard, it’s one-third."
"Is that a large number?"
"Considering the time elapsed, the mobilization count is higher than I expected, but their response is strangely fast. It has only been about fifteen days since the start of the battle; unless they were prepared in advance, this speed is inexplicable. Conscription and mobilization take three to four days, and that’s not accounting for securing military supplies and organizing the ranks. Furthermore, with a force exceeding ten thousand, their marching speed should be quite poor."
"I see. Our army's speed isn't much different, then. However, the fact that they arrived in half a month suggests we should assume there was some outside help."
"Indeed. In a siege, the enemy's reinforcements are what you must be most wary of. If you are struck in the back, you risk total annihilation rather than just failing to take the city. I told the mole that our army was 30,000 strong. They must have taken the bait."
"And in reality, they came with 100,000."
"One cannot simply trust a mole at face value. There was a plan to have them flood into Haiden as well. However, as expected, it seems we, the Imperial Army, were also just bait to that mole. If we had attacked with only 30,000, we would have been unable to take Baide, and we would have been caught between the enemy's reinforcements and annihilated."
"So, the mole's plot was to save Baide and secure the rights to it, then?"
"Likely."
I see.
So the mole who provided the help is among the reinforcements.
But if that's the case...
"If what Yuki-sama and George-dono say is true, won't the reinforcements try to occupy Baide at all costs? Will they listen to the Princess's persuasion?"
"That depends on how we explain it. We can just tell them that the Imperial Army that attacked Baide has already retreated. If we say our objective was elsewhere, the reinforcements should turn back immediately. We just need to make it so they have no reason to keep reinforcements in a Baide where the battle is already over."
I see.
In that case, the reinforcements would have to change their course immediately.
"There's a chance they won't believe it, but the fighting in Baide is already finished. If they waste military funds for nothing, heads will roll. The probability is low, and if it comes to that, George-dono and I can just stay in hiding. If we report to the home country from Baide, the reinforcements will have no choice but to turn back."
"...I suppose so. But, is it really alright for Yuki-sama and George-dono to be treated in such a way?"
Catherine-dono seems pained by the idea of treating Yuki, whom she serves as her lord, in such a manner, and she keeps glancing at him.
"Hmm. I basically don't want to stand out, so this method is fine."
"I have no issues with it either. It is a matter of strategy; I am not being servile for no reason."
"Understood. Then, tomorrow morning, I will take Kagura and the Princess to persuade the reinforcements."
"I'll leave it to you. Oh, I'll provide an escort for tomorrow, so if anything happens, rely on them."
"An escort? Someone like Jessica-san?"
"Nope. A Hero."
"A... Hero?"
What is that?
Yuki and his group are finally starting to move in the New Continent!!
What kind of hardships await them!!
Will they be able to overcome the crises and difficulties!!
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