Chapter 241

War

(Dida's point of view)

" . . . I'm sorry for the delay! Reinforcements have come!"

The good news that I had been waiting for came .

"I kept you waiting"

It was Lyle, my buddy, who appeared with the message .

"It's really so . . . well, though it was faster than I thought . "

I was relieved to see Lyle and just laughed .

Of course, I'll never say that I was relieved to see him .

"So what is the situation? Something interesting?"

I bring a map and show it to Lyle .

"Here, here, and here . . . all the main roads from the port to the city have been closed . And, as you can see, we are committed to defending the city from the enemy with as much power as possible . "

"It's an offensive defense . . . . From behind a barricade?"

"We can only use the minimum number of people . No, better said, we didn't even have enough staff at all . "

"Well, yes . . . . but it's weird . "

"Oh . If they start moving, this is a dangerous spot, but, at the same time, I can see their movements now, so it's an advantage . . . "

"Well, why don't we assign the people I brought and start attacking them directly?"

"No, honestly that's not good . This is a situation where the enemy side is taking a look at the situation every moment . . . I feel that it's better playing around with them knowing their condition . If they move earnestly without guarding of us, they will soon be defeated . "

"Is a serious change going on here? Your harassment seriously is working"

"……Such thing"

"But in this state . . . "

"Can you leave here?"

When Lyle speech finished, the voice of a third party broke into our conversation and came in .

A man who I got to know just recently . . . he was Grouse .

"Grouse . What happened?"

There is no question about why Grouse appeared in this space .

After all, he's the head of the Voldic family with overwhelming influence in the eastern part .

In the first place, they have the advantage of knowing the terrain as their backs, and . . they know all passageways and underground tunnels .

Even if he does not do his best, anyone with as much influence as him should be able to break through the front .

"Hmm . . . I'm thinking of restoring the name of the Voldic family after this, I guess it's going to be difficult under the previous sanctions . . . what would the family be like if it were restored to its previous state? I can not imagine it . "

At my question, Grouse shrugged his shoulders and answered like it was not something to care about .

"And, last time I had a huge debt with the lady . If I didn't repaid it soon, I felt that she would be more likely to use a harsher system on us . "

That's really something to be expected from the princess .

" . . . but is it good for you to intervene? Those who occupy the port are probably not just mobs . . . but Acacia's army advanced forces . "

Lyle tells him as advice .

"Oh, we have our own way of fighting . Don't worry, we'll protect the city . . . . We've got a heavy load in battle . We're experts at it . . . "

Gill, Lyle and I stare at Grouse, as we want so much to smile .

Instead of looking away at our gaze, he was even smiling fearlessly .

"To be honest, I also want to borrow a ruffian's hand at war times . . . . May I ?"

"It works, but only when our interests are in agreement,"

At Lyle's words, Grouse returns a light hearted reply .

"Begged you please, we need to borrow some of your power"

"Ay, I was appointed already . It's futile to ask again . It's my city, too"

"Oh"

When the talk stopped, Grouse left the place quickly .

We return to plan our strategy on the map again soon after he leaves .

" . . . is that good?"

We talked for quite some time, and at the end, we found a way .

"Oh"

On the other hand, Lyle squeezes strongly .

"Yeah, let's go with this"

We also leave the place .

To keep the promise with Grouse .

To protect the courageous people of this city .

. . . Above all, to protect the heart of the princess who is our master .

I made my foot move forward while quietly rising my battle spirit .