Chapter 194: 197

Translated by The One Cadmar to Rule Them All

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Chapter 197 - Conversation

"Ah, we survived somehow..."

"Good work, Ars-sama. I'm glad you're okay."

"You as well, Leon. How many of Barca-Graham's army is left in total?"

"Probably about half. ...... A lot of the troops are dead..."

"Only half of the number that we had when coming here... That's some serious damage..."

"Let's just be happy that we have lives right now... To be honest, I thought I was going to die, too."

"That's right. It's all because of Carlos-sama, isn't it? If he had told me that they were coming to rescue us today, I would have continued the siege. I'll go talk to him."

　It's a nightmare when half your army is dead and the rest are injured.

　I'm glad we were able to defeat Pessi, but this is tough.

　We can't leave this problem unresolved.

　With that in mind, I headed to the camp where Carlos was to talk to me, who had returned to Fort Einrad after giving chase to the Uruk army.

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"You have done well in this battle. You did well to fight in the crisis of Fontana."

"Thank you, Lord Carlos, but I have come here to ask you something."

You're referring to the instructions I gave you to hold your ground, correct?"

"That's right. Why did you give such an order? The truth is that you could have come to our rescue immediately, and you did exactly that, in fact. Now, if you had told us that, we wouldn't have suffered as much as we did. We wouldn't have made the risky gamble. Soldiers wouldn't have died."

"It was absolutely necessary... We had to do it, even though it was a burden to you. Forgive me."

"It was necessary?"

"Yes. Haven't you thought about it? About how this crisis came about?"

"By 'crisis,' do you mean the Uruk and Arbalest attack? Well... isn't it because I caused chaos in the Fontana territory?"

"That's not true. Of course, your actions were problematic in many ways. But that's just one of the reasons. The real problem lies elsewhere."

"Elsewhere?"

"Yes, there were traitors inside Fontana."

"Oh, traitors?"

"Some people in our Fontana territory were planning this. They contacted both Uruk and Arbalest and had them attack at the same time. And they were probably planning to get a reward from both of the two Houses because they'd planned it this well."

"If I recall correctly, Leon mentioned that too. He said that the timing of the pincer attack from the east and west was too good for the opponents."

"That's right. I made a play with Peter to expose the ringleader. I said in front of everyone that we would watch the situation for another five days. I was trying to find out if anyone would pass this information on to the Uruk army."

I see. But still, why did you give those fake instructions to us? It wouldn't have anything to do with exposing the betrayal."

"That's not true. If you want to finish a task, you should do it thoroughly. It's just that it was easier to deceive the traitors by actually delivering the orders to you. I didn't think you'd go and attack them today, though."

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"This was a piece-of-trash plan, ahem, ahem, but ....... Did you find the traitor in the end?"

"...Yes, there was a person who tried to leave the fort to inform Uruk, so we caught him and made him tell us. That guy was easier to find than I thought. After extracting the information and putting the traitors in custody, we set out. But I never dreamed that you guys had already defeated Pessi."

　Seriously?

　So if we had just held on and held out for one more day, we would have been able to finish without making any more sacrifices?

　Well, even if I say that, it's just a theory.

　I don't agree with some parts of what happened, but I think it's better that there was a reason for why Carlos lied than not having a reason.

　In addition, if I had thought that there was a traitor in the midst of my troops, I might not have thought of leaving Einrad if I were in the same position as Carlos, too.

"Even so, to have defeated two family Heads, rather, one Head and another person with Head-like abilities... I was honestly surprised, Ars. So, what would you like as a reward?"

"Reward?"

"Yes, it's only natural. You would have already gotten one because you participated a lot in the battle defeating Arbalest, but since you defeated two Heads, it's a bit hard to find a suitable reward... However, I need to give you a reward in front of everyone, what do you want?"

"... Well, I would like to ask your permission to set up a new family for my older brother, Baito, even though it is post facto. Basically, could you give us permission to set up the Balt family and place some soldiers in it?"

"Post facto, you say?"

"Yes. In fact, before we went to come and rescue you at Fort Einrad, we had a naming ceremony at the church to make up for the lack of power. I apologize for the delay in reporting this. Therefore, I would like to ask for official permission for my brother Baito to use the surname of Balt to create a new family."

"...... Is there anything else that you have not reported?"

"Ah... In fact, along with my brother, Leon conducted a naming ceremony at the church to increase the number of magic users as well. You may have already heard about this from Leon, but I would like to make sure you got that report as well."

"Baito and Leon. You really did that at the church, didn't you?"

"Yes. I would like you to check with Bishop Paul."

"Very well. But that's not enough for a reward of defeating two family Heads. Is there anything else?"

"Hmm... something else...? Then I would like to have some money, please..."

"Money?"

"Yes. In fact, the Barca Knights' Domain is currently a bit worried about its economic flow. ...... If you wish to give this lowly me a reward, I'd be very grateful if you could pay me in cash."

"Don't you want something else such as a fiefdom? If you have a territory, you should already have a stable income, right? With what you've done in this war, you can even get a territory of a certain size, you know?"

"No, I don't want a fiefdom. Oh, yes. One more thing — it would be great if you could acknowledge our ownership of the Thunder Swords and the Nine-tailed Sword that we have acquired."

"All right. I'll think about it. As for the reward, I can't answer right away because it has to be coordinated with other things. I'll make a formal announcement later. You can leave now."

"Yes, sir. Excuse me."

　I hope there aren't any loose strings in my story.

　It might be a good idea to arrange some things beforehand.

　I should use the bird Familiar to explain the situation to Bishop Paul in Fontana City, not to mention Leon and Baito-nii.

　Well, whatever the case may be, I guess this is the end of the urgent matter at hand.

　The Uruk and Arbalest armies that attacked from the east and west both lost their top military leaders.

　The armies themselves have also suffered heavy damage.

　I don't think they will be able to rebuild and attack soon.

　Thus, the two-front war that began because of the second Barca uprising came to an end.

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