Chapter 197: Diversion
Preparations are being made to attack the royal capital
Thanks to the cooperation of the nobles who showed their allegiance to Julius, we are well-equipped.
"There are 700 soldiers in this fort alone... it's amazing."
"Julius, Father. The messenger bird has come."
Sedona appears with a scroll
"From whom?"
"Fellow nobles. Western feudal lords, total of 5,000. Southern feudal lords, total of 2,500."
"Is that the number of soldiers?"
"Yes."
"Did you hear that, Julius? Eight thousand soldiers have become your subordinates."
"That's not funny. It's not funny at all. What should I do?"
"It's okay. I'm sure it will work out."
"Hmm... I'm going to leave this to Shiro-dono..."
"You can't do that. I can only tell you to do your best."
Julius scratches his head
Just then, a loud voice is heard from outside.
"Open the gate! Open the gateee!!!"
The four of us look outside to see what's going on.
A horseman came through an open gate alone
"What's going on?"
"Shiro-dono, let’s go!"
We meet the horseman at the entrance to the fort.
"What's wrong!"
"I-it's an enemy attack!"
"Where are they coming from?"
"Ah, no. Um... not in the fort..."
"Don't panic, explain it slowly."
Uwa, you've grown so calm in such a short time.
"Father is happy for you."
"Mother is happy for you."
Me and Wince are saying the same thing.
"Then, from now on, is it okay if I call Shiro-dono respectfully as Father?"
"Stop it, you're making me uncomfortable."
And then I feel something behind me.
Shisu is spitting out murderous intent
"The direction is northeast of the fort. They're not coming toward the fort."
"Then why did you come here to report?"
"The identity of the enemy is murderer people."
Nonsense.
Why are mad soldiers appearing now?
"What are their movements?"
"They are hovering around Mount Kudra. They have not advanced beyond that for now."
"Shiro-dono, what do you think?"
"It's a bait."
"Can we leave it alone?"
"No, it's too dangerous to ignore."
As I'm worried about how to deal with it, I suddenly feel like my mana has been taken away.
"Shiro Edgeworth. May I?"
The cause was Ginkei
"You, can you stop suddenly stealing my mana?"
"I'll be careful from now on. One thing about the mad soldiers."
"What?"
"The mad soldier is set to move in a large radius in order to expand the nanomachine in the surrounding land. It's unnatural for them to move like this."
"Is there someone who controlled the nanomachines?"
"I think so."
"Ginkei. How many Prelati are there?"
"The current number is unknown. The last confirmed number was about 100,000."
"…Julius, move according to plan."
"Three people against the murderer people?"
"No problem. It will take time, but we can handle it. Can you do it?"
"There's no problem with that. By the time you rush to the royal capital, I'll be there with the crown on my head, saying, [You're out of your depth!] and I'll be in charge."
"I'm looking forward to it. Shisu!"
"Yes! Father!"
He replies cheerfully and comes closer.
"Take Yukikaze and the airship to cover Julius. Don't destroy the airship, okay? We won't be able to return home."
"Leave it to me! We'll get this over with and get everyone back to Berdreich!"
Julius raises his hand to stop those words.
"No, no, it would be a problem if you went back right away, right? I might ask for your cooperation for a while for the sake of domestic stability."
"Please do it by yourself, Julius-dono. We have already achieved our goal."
"Don't say such impertinent things, what's with your son?"
He's still a child
And you're just like a child when you argue with a child like that, you know?
"Don't worry about the future, worry about the present! Come on, Shiro-san. Let's get this over with right now!"
Wince cuts it off, perhaps realizing that the conversation will never end.
"Right. I wouldn't worry about it, Julius."
"Of course."
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