Fun Territory Defense Chapter 213 (Patreon)

Departure to the Front Lines

As a result, I managed to avoid going to the battlefield with him.

His Majesty casually expressed an aura that he wished Van would come too, but I did my best to pretend not to notice. Thanks to my efforts, His Majesty finished his preparations promptly and departed as scheduled.

I saw His Majesty and Panamera off as they left Seat Village, but the endless lines of soldiers continued, and I began to get bored along the way. The soldiers had to march in double file through the Wolfsburg Mountains.

With an army of more than 10,000 soldiers, it would take several hours from the beginning to the end to see them off.

So, I planned to quietly fall back and return to the Lord's mansion.

"...Van, where are you going?"

But I was caught before I could escape.

No, I was definitely not trying to escape, but it appears that Gallardo and Sesto happened to be leaving Seat Village at an unfortunate time.

They must have noticed my attempt to leave and approached me. They were walking towards me with a group of mercenaries that looked a little different from the other knights.

"Why do you want to leave without seeing your own brother off? No, why didn't you go out in the first place?"

Gallardo asks with an angry look on his face. No, not angry, but definitely irritated. If he were to come at me with an angry look on his face, I would be angry as well.

Van is nine years old, and it would be foolish to ask him why he doesn't want to go to war. That is regardless of my mental age.

So, from now on, I have decided to call Gallardo "Yabo" in my mind.

And while thinking of such nonsense, I deliberately smiled in a troubled manner and shook my head from side to side.

"Sorry. My territory is still weak, and it would be a crisis of destruction for my territory if I go out to the battlefield with even just a small number of Knights and other personnel. Unfortunately, I cannot leave."

Gallardo and Sesto looked up at the ramparts in silence. The ramparts, which are constantly being repaired, are beautiful, and from below they are a sight to behold.

Furthermore, at the top of the ramparts, the tips of the baristas were lined up at equal intervals, their eyes gazing outward.

"..."

"...What's up?"

Gallardo and Sesto shift their gaze from the castle wall to the lovely Van-kun, who stares at them with an indescribable expression.

When I asked if they had something to do, Sesto's cheeks twitched and he opened his mouth.

"...Eh? What? Which territory might be destroyed?"

He said this with a dry laugh, so I tilted my head and looked over at him.

"I think when I saw Seat Village, you both said it wasn't much of a town...in fact, I think so too, so I'm still worried that we need to strengthen it."

When I told them this, reversing Gallardo and the others' previous line, they grunted and kept their mouths shut.

"The town where my brothers Gallardo and Sesto were assigned as deputies was more amazing, wasn't it?"

I asked, and Sesto looked at Gallardo with a scowl. Gallardo then sniffled and scoffed his chin.

"Oh, of course! It is so much more developed than this tiny town! It's beyond compare!"

Gallardo laughed, but there was a hint of impatience and anxiety on his face.

Well, in the Marquis family, where aptitude in the four elemental magic has been the most important thing, it must be a blow to his self-esteem to lose to his youngest brother, who is a dropout.

Seeing such stubbornness, I look into the distance with the air of a fragile, beautiful boy.

"Like that, I too want to build a town that I can say with confidence...so now I'm going to take a little time to strengthen the town. Brother Yabo...it seems that Brother Gallardo and Brother Sesto have a powerful Knight Order, and I pray that you two will be active on the battlefield for my part."

Gallardo crossed his arms and glanced behind him as he announced this in an auspicious manner. Noticing the stern mercenaries looking at him, he clears his throat and opens his mouth.

"Ummm...our strongest knights would have no problem with that. I simply said I was worried because Van would be deprived of the opportunity to achieve military success! I guess that was an unnecessary worry!"

When Gallardo uttered this, Sesto nodded with an affectionate smile, perhaps relieved that the policy had been decided.

"Yes, that's right. I was worried that Van wouldn't be able to achieve military success because he couldn't use the four elemental magic... haha."

The two of them suddenly came up with the strategy that they were actually good older brothers who loved their little brother. But some of the mercenaries who have objectively observed the situation are smiling at them in mockery.

In the harsh battlefield of the struggle for life, mercenaries are cruel. Of course, it is cruel that they can kill others whom they have no grudge against for money, but above all, it is a problem that they have no feelings for their employers.

Mercenary companies that do not betray their employers and have a strong sense of duty and humanity are very valuable, so their commission fees are quite high. Mercenary companies that charge low fees are just temporary bandit groups, and if they are about to lose a battle, they will run away on their own or easily betray their employer if they are offered better terms.

One way to determine this is to look at the attitude, skill level, and equipment of the mercenary group.

The soldiers of Gallardo's group, who had been intimidating the others from a while ago, were wearing different types of equipment and sloppy clothes. They were dressed as if they were bandits or thieves who had attacked the defeated soldiers and stolen their equipment.

Looking at their appearance, it was easy to recognize the le bells of the mercenaries hired by Gallardo and the others. Of course, I mean the low level of the mercenaries that Dee would be happy to re-train if he saw them.

I don't understand why they have become such a strange group despite being a Marquis, but at any rate, it doesn't matter to me since I don't go into battle.

Well, if I had to say so, I would say that I am worried if we fight side by side, so I would give strict orders to Murcia and the others to definitely take the defensive side of the fortress.

With this in mind, I nodded to Gallardo and the others with a smile.

"Thank you for your concern. Well then, good luck! I will be cheering for Brother Gallardo and Brother Sesto's success!"