Decoy
"Julius."
"Shiro!"
As soon as the call came in, we formed an army.
It took us four days to get to Geldarinne.
"Twenty state-of-the-art armed airships. They're well-trained. Tell me about the situation."
"Yeah, to put it bluntly, we have the upper hand in the big picture."
"Are you winning?"
"We've got the troops and the ships under control, but the trouble is, there are a few invasions in various parts of the country."
A guerrilla attack... or a decoy?
"Are you saying you can’t send Geldarinne over there?"
"Sorry about that."
"Okay, I'll fly around in an airship and fire volleys from the sky. You are not going to tell me not to kill them, right?"
"No problem. The messenger was also dealt with."
Saying so, he hands over a letter.
"…What's this?"
"They told us to follow them if we don't want to be destroyed."
It's worse than Geldaria's tax.
"This is especially bad, it's unpleasant."
"This? …All marriages are to be performed in the presence of a priest of the Holy Kingdom. What's wrong with that?"
"Look carefully at the contents."
-The woman who is getting married will be alone with the priest to prove her virginity-
-If it is determined that she was not a virgin, she will serve God under a priest for the rest of her life and make atonement.-
"How can they check it?"
"Well... it's unpleasant."
I think people who intervene in other people's love affairs for their own desires should die.
Or, rather, those who steal should die.
"Can Geldarinne communicate with us?"
"We have enough tools and facilities, so there are no problems."
"Okay, the 20 ships will be spread out across the continent and eliminate the troops that will raid and invade."
While giving instructions to his subordinates, Julius looks around.
"What's wrong?"
"Aren’t you with Wince-dono?"
"Yeah, monsters have appeared in the Empire. We're responding to them."
So I'm the only one from the Dragon family in Geldarinne.
"I'm sorry for calling you when you're busy."
"No problem, we're friends that should help each other out."
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"Shiro-sama, they're here!"
I immediately head to the reported location by airship
There are more than a dozen humans on the ground running at a speed comparable to horses.
"They're fast. Is it magic?"
"I've never heard of such magic. Have you ever seen it?"
"No. In my case, it wasn't magic, but simple leg strength."
I remember running around Berdreich nearly 100 years ago.
It looks more like that one.
"Suggest them to surrender and prepare to fire at the same time."
We used a loudspeaker from the airship to the ground
"Stop, drop all weapons and raise your hands. If you don't comply, we will shoot!"
At that moment
"Get down!"
There was a crack in the glass of the airship.
"Those guys have guns!"
"They have no intention of surrendering. Shoot!"
Those who resisted will die instantly.
We went down to the ground to check the enemy's weapons until further report.
"It's different from the firearms we have."
"It's a musket... although the details seem to be different."
"What kind of thing is it?"
"It's a simple gun that charges gunpowder and bullets from the end of the barrel and ignites it. Compared to our weapons, it's quite old-fashioned."
"Maybe it's a weapon from another world?"
"Maybe... or perhaps they've developed firearms in other countries."
Or someone with knowledge of Earth is involved.
Or someone completely unrelated came up with the idea.
There's a fifty-fifty chance
"Whoever came up with the idea, came up with it. Regardless of their knowledge of the other world."
"But it was a good hit. A perfectly spherical bullet like this would have been shaken by the wind."
"But in terms of offensive power, it's a lot more troublesome than our bullets."
Its range and accuracy are overwhelming.
"Shiro-sama, a message has arrived."
"They found them, let's head out right away. Next, we'll raise the altitude and deal with it."
"I understand."
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