Fun Territory Defense Chapter 185 (Patreon)

Unexpected

The attack and defeat of the magical beast. The barbecue party ended with a shocking climax.

Well, it was almost the end of the meal, so it was a good thing. The rest of the food was taken home by the soldiers as food for the next day, so much so that I heard shouts of joy from the soldiers.

However, the knights above the commander forgot about the meat and turned their attention to us. And at the same time, the nobles are also crowding this way.

"Sir Van...have you developed a poison that can kill even a large demonic beast with just a scratch?"

Viscount Pinin muttered with a stunned look on his face. Tilting his head at his words, he put the teacup filled with tea on the table.

"Huh? I thought that my story had become a rumor in its own right, but...wow, maybe I was just being self-conscious!"

I turn to Arte for confirmation, and I feel incredibly embarrassed if I had been mistakenly thinking that Van is super famous. What a shame. If there was a hole, I'd want to get in it.

I blush and stare at Arte's giggle.

Then Pinin opened his mouth with a difficult expression.

"...Of course, I had heard rumors even before I was called to this battle. I also heard that they had defeated a large dragon. But the dwarven furnace I saw the last time I visited the city in the territory... I thought those were the reasons."

"Yes, that's right. I had heard that they use arrows of terrifying power... but arrows are just arrows, after all. That's what I thought."

Farina nodded in agreement with Pinin's opinion and replied. Hearing them, I pat my chest with relief.

"That's right. You wouldn't think that you could defeat a large magical beast with an arrow, would you? I was surprised myself."

I agree with them with a laugh, and both Pinin and Farina roll their eyes with a look of venom on their faces.

Then someone bursts out laughing.

"Fuh...hahaha!"

As if caught by the laughter, even the other nobles and knight commanders started laughing.

The air in the place relaxed at once, and Arte, Tyll, and Camsin also relaxed their shoulders.

Pinin and his men had no place to play in the previous battle. In other words, they were placed in the rear of the long marching column in the mountains and could not join the battle.

In addition to the fact that they had not seen the Seat Village Knights fight directly, they were also influenced by the fact that they thought that His Majesty and Jalpa might be assisting them because of the unusual development of Seat Village, and they were very suspicious of the new nobleman named Van.

Because of this, His Majesty must have been jealous of me, who was treated like the person who made the greatest contribution in the big battle in which I participated, and he must have been quietly keeping his resentment toward me inside his heart.

However, whether it was due to the power of the barbecue competition or because they learned of the Seat Village Knights' ability to handle mechanical bows and ballistas in front of their eyes, the attitude of Pinin visibly softened.

"No, I knew from the beginning that there was something different about Sir Van."

"No wonder His Majesty has appointed him."

"By the way, I would not have bought that terrible weapon..."

The nobles are now more low-pitched than they were during the day. Ha-ha-ha. They're cute. They are all middle-aged men with beards, but strangely enough, they look like pet iguanas. All right, go ahead and eat as much meat as you like.

While I was jokingly smiling at such a thought, Pinin looked at me with serious eyes and opened his mouth.

"Sir Van...I must confess that until now I have underestimated Sir Van as a child. Therefore, even after seeing the city that has developed so much, I assumed that His Majesty and the Marquis of Fertio must have had a hand in it... But I knew, I understood in my heart."

Muttering this, Pinin looks up at the newly completed Kumamoto Castle and squints.

"I guess you could say that when something like this is built in front of your eyes in less than a day, you have to believe it."

Pinin laughed, and the other nobles laughed as if caught in the act.

Then Dee, who had gone to the castle walls to defeat the demonic beasts, returned and opened his mouth.

"Wahaha! Of course, you are! Even I, who call myself Van-sama's most loyal subordinate, opposed it when I heard that they were going to build a building to sleep in before the city walls! I had no idea that you would build such an ingenious castle, taking into account the fact that it would also be defended!"

Dee said, looking up at the castle and nodding broadly.

"...Van-sama has always been thinking of his people and trying to enrich his territory. Knowing his way of thinking and his diligence in researching various weapons and castle walls to keep his people safe, Viscount Panamera and Count Ferdinand also share his aspirations. Eventually, the comrades will gather around Van-sama and become a more enormous force. If possible, I foolishly hope that those of you who have come to know Van-sama's aspirations earlier than other regions will also form a cooperative relationship with Van-sama."

Speaking of his own thoughts, Dee turned his powerful smile to everyone. His smile was full of confidence, and along with his words full of hope for the future, he seemed to have struck a chord in the hearts of the nobles who were smoldering from their inability to play an active role in the war.

As proof of this, Pinin was moved to tears and even sobbed.

What are you talking about? What are you talking about?"

I, who was left out of the story, tilted my head as I watched the tearful aristocrats.