It was the first time in my past and present life that people around me were so busy praising me, but I couldn’t say it was a very pleasant experience.
There were two reasons for this, one was that they were genuinely enthusiastic about the situation, and the other was the reality that they were still doing it while fighting back and forth with the orcs.
I feel like I already have a headache when I look at these people who are happy to know that they are equipped with the conditions that the royal family would like, such as idolizing and planting fleeting hope. Even the few guys I can see right now are looking at me with a hopeful gaze as if I’ll break through this situation, but my temper makes me want to go and slap them in the back.
Still, it seems that I didn’t try to make a masterpiece on a large scale while I was sleeping. Looking closely at the guys cheering with hope, most of them are adventurers hired as village escorts.
Then again the story will be different. I shouted, kicking dirt at the cheering guys.
“Hey you bastards, go and catch another orc at that time!!”
“Ugh! Tweeptweep!”
It would have been nice if the atmosphere that had risen in excitement could have been destroyed just by working, but those who had already turned their eyes upside down laughed happily even though they ended up scooping and eating dirt. Even though I thought it was fortunate that the damage was so small, I couldn’t help but hate looking young.
“Ega-sir! Are you okay with moving?!”
I kept wanting to kick the dirt at the idiots, but I had to stop kicking with a sigh because Visquente came running in an instant.
“Fortunately, there is no discomfort in moving. Do you have any idea how things are going?”
“Of course! Let’s go to the command post together. By the way, you’ve been lying down for three days. Are you really okay?”
“Sure. It’s all about eating and living, but I’m not pampering.”
If it’s something that can be solved by cheating, I’ll try, but there aren’t many good things like that. While he was guided by Visquente to the command post, cheers continued from behind, but he didn’t say anything, as if the adventurers’ reactions were natural.
“Can I leave it as it is?”
“Hahaha, I can’t say anything about the enthusiasm for heroism. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but most of them were hired to escort the town. It’s not particularly bad for morale, but even cheers for the person who saved me from near death. It’s a little bit rude to not let it happen.”
ugh I have nothing to say because it’s a theory. When I fell silent with a poop-chewed expression on my face, Visquente continued speaking with a small nod.
“You may have heard from Asilie to some extent, but the situation is far beyond our expectations. The decision-making power of this case has completely passed to the royal family, and the commander has also changed from Lord Heyri to another person. Rather than doing it, we are concentrating on sweeping away the spreading power of the Orcs.”
“…Does that mean that the Orcs will continue to be recruited?”
“Fortunately, it’s not that much. I’m just very busy hunting for a kind of mole
. ” However, it was unknown whether it stemmed from the belief that the royal family could completely control the situation or the mindset of a knight fighting on the battlefield.
“There are only thousands of expected enemy troops, and unlike the capital city, nearby cities have even drawn up their city troops to build a defense line. It’s fortunate that the opponent was okra.
Looking at the fact that he can laugh at the current situation while assuming the worst, he really was a nasty guy. Admiring him inwardly, the place he arrived at was a very luxurious large tent that did not match the battlefield. Although I’ve never seen the military headquarters, it’s gorgeous enough to be a bit excessive, even if it’s a fantasy world.
Even the person standing guard in front of him was not an ordinary soldier, but a knight, so I decided to express my candid impressions in advance when I was away from the command post.
“It’s a command post where a very high-ranking person appears.”
“Because the messenger of the noble house came directly.”
“…a messenger from the noble house?”
I think the only person who can be called a lion there is the Duke of Lesrom? There’s no way the inspiration could have come this far…
“Oh, you may not be familiar with the nicknames of nobles. I’m talking about the head of the House of Nobles, His Excellency Lesrom Zrasil, the Duke of Tsushin Ravinera.”
…Yes.
Why?
I couldn’t manage my expression for a moment, but fortunately, Visquente didn’t see my confused expression because he was announcing the visit to the knight who was standing guard in the lead. I had the urge to just pretend I didn’t know and turn around and go back, but I couldn’t because Visquente had just finished talking and removed the tent entrance and gestured to me.
“Haaaa… It smells annoying.”
What should I compare it to?
As soon as I’m about to reach out for something I’ve been thinking about taking care of, I feel like I’m suddenly reluctant to do it because someone asked me to take care of it. Still, if he resigned like this, Visquente, a delightful storyteller and one of the few conceptual aristocrats, would be in trouble, so he had no choice but to follow him.
“Oh, come on in. It’s been a while since I’ve seen you. Would you like a cup of tea?”
As soon as I stepped inside, Duke Lesrom removed the fatigue from his face and greeted me in a friendly manner in the command center, which was made up of really practical and simple tools and furniture, unlike the splendid exterior. His attitude was no different from when he often visited the aristocratic house, but the problem was that he was not alone in the command post, but rather was sitting together with other nobles who had brought enlisted soldiers to discuss whether it was a meeting or a meeting.
Thanks to this, the leisurely gazes of the nobles who were having a meeting with him all moved to me. It changed to a very annoyed and dissatisfied stare with a nuance of how a guy without any circumstances interrupted the meeting of the nobles and ruined the atmosphere.
Visquente looked at me with a bit of a bewilderment at that fucking gaze, and I tilted my head to the side involuntarily.
“Who…up!”
“Huh!”
Then, those who had turned their heads as if they were going to pour out their displeasure at me at any moment were frightened and quickly returned their gazes. what? Even if it’s me, I won’t draw a sword from a noble just because I didn’t keep my eyes open.
Are you the ones who are stabbed by something?
“I was thinking of a specific plan for subjugating the Orcs. Come and sit down.”
Either way, when Duke Lesrom invited me to sit down with a strangely mischievous grin, one of them hurriedly opened his mouth as he put his head back in place, ready to break his neck.
“Go, sir
!
I do not criticize Duke Lesrom, who made such a decision, even though he had the universal aristocratic sense of choice and was dissatisfied with the situation that did not fit his dignity, but complained. Looking around for a moment, everyone sitting there was looking at him with a similar reaction.
First of all, it seems to be true that they are all nobles, but I couldn’t get a sense of the exact situation, so I kept my mouth shut, and Duke Lesrom responded to the nobles’ resistance with a resolute attitude.
“It’s mostly true, but don’t forget that you’re not just a commoner. How can you call someone who has made great contributions to the kingdom a commoner? Besides, as you all already know, Eldmia almost destroyed the orc cavalry by herself this time. Yes. Previously, he went into the traitor Envelde’s mansion alone and cut his head. Even if he was alone, his ability is comparable to that of an army, so if you think of it as a one-man army, he is an army and a commander himself. Aren’t you qualified to participate in this meeting as a person?”
The nobles who were complaining about Duke Lesrom’s attitude, who laughed as if he was talking about something funny after he said it, looked at each other awkwardly and laughed along.
When Duke Lesrom, who had casually cast his eyes on those nobles, moved his gaze back to me, I felt as if I could guess the intentions of the old man.
It seems that the advisors were culled with the intention of using the orcs to go through additional water changes.
If so, I’d be willing to help out a little. I straightened my posture, bowed slightly in accordance with the etiquette, and opened my mouth.
“I just won against the Orcs, who are mere monsters. Such an expression is excessive, so please reap it.”
I did not miss the fact that Duke Lesrom’s smile deepened as Visquente flinched beside him and the nobles looked at me strangely. Anyway, it’s like an inspiration with a dark inside.
“Heh heh. Don’t be humble. It’s excessive, don’t be humble. He slaughtered dozens of Orcs as if an army had swept them, isn’t it a great enough feat?”
“As a result, I was bedridden for three days. It was just a coincidence made by Man-Yong. Even if only one of the nobles here draws a sword and moves his army, he is able to inflict death and death on ten and twenty times more Orcs. After delivering despair, he will return as if nothing had happened. How can such a feat be called a feat?”
The nobles flinch at my answer, and Duke Lesrom’s eyes light up. If it was face and honor, he threw rice cakes for those who could not live, so what remained was up to Duke Lesrom’s words.
Of course, Duke Lesrom’s speech was amazing. It took less than 10 minutes for him to make the nobles roast and boil and charge at the large army of orcs like eating mustard.
“Okay, what do you want to do?”
He was terribly afraid to be left alone, and he threw a topic that was not light in a calm yet friendly manner, and he was also an inspiration. To be honest, it seemed like there were a lot of things we wanted to ask each other, but time was running out, so we decided to just hang out.
“I’d like to borrow some dragon pilots.”
“Did you say Geese? He’s waiting in the camp, so take him. Anything else?”
“I want to borrow the flying dragon knights for a while.”
Up to the simple pilot, he answered coolly, but in the flying dragon knight, he frowned slightly and began to worry. Still, it was a bit surprising that I didn’t say no when I didn’t even know what I was trying to do.
“…Well, what are you going to do?”
In the end, Duke Lesrom seemed timid for some reason as he questioned me while implying that flying dragon knights could only be possible with a legitimate reason, so I replied with a small smile.
“I’m trying to close the gate in my own way.”
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