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Chapter 226 - Gathering

"Welcome to Xillia, Peter-dono. I hope the accommodations we provided were sufficient."

"Oh, no problem. But you still work fast, don't you? When I heard that you had taken possession of the Xillia family right after leaving Fontana, I had to rush here."

"It was just a coincidence. The Xillia family showed their weakness. I was able to take control of the situation. Simple."

"Hmm. I heard about it in the report. However, I never thought that one of the Titans that were mentioned in that battle would appear again. How did you guys manage to stay safe? It must be as strong as the Head of the House."

"That's true. I think that Thanatos is definitely capable of surpassing ordinary people as the Head. But even so, he was quite weak."

"You were able to bring even that Titan into Fontana's side. It will definitely be a great asset. But what happened to the Head of the family of Xillia in question, Harold Wong Xillia?"

"Him? It seems that Harold-dono was detained by the Head of the Uruk House. I hear he's being interrogated as a traitor... at least, that's what I heard."

"What do you make of this information...?"

"Perhaps Harold-dono went to persuade the Head of Uruk in anticipation of being caught from the start. For the sake of the survival of his knight family, Xillia."

　Shortly after I arrived, Peter arrived at Xillia City, leading an army from Fort Einrad.

　Just before that, another knight came from Burma, a city north of Einrad, leading Fontana's army.

　This probably meant that Fontana's forces against Uruk had been assembled.

　Together with the Xillia army, it would be about 4,500 troops.

　Then, I exchanged information with the last person to arrive, Peter, over a little chat.

　In the course of this conversation, both of us learned about the movements of Harold, the head of the Xillia family, but it seems that he failed to persuade the Head of Uruk.

　However, perhaps the failure was within his expectations.

　I believe that Harold Wong Xillia acted with the highest priority of securing the future of the Xillia family.

　It was rumored that he was connected to Fontana through false information, and although I don't know to what extent, his position was definitely diminished.

　So, he set his goal to preserve Xillia, not his own position or life.

　In a sense, he had made up his mind, and he really contacted Fontana.

　He sent a request for the rescue of his knightly domain and asked Fontana to send an army.

　However, if the Fontana army was defeated by the Uruks, the Xillia family would indeed be executed for their treachery.

　So, he took out an insurance policy.

　It was only after Barca was dispatched from Fontana and arrived in Xillia City that he offered to persuade me to go to Uruk to do some persuasion, under the name of his "loyalty to Uruk."

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　With this offer, he left Xillia and went to Head of the family.

　And I guess it didn't matter whether the persuasion itself succeeded or failed.

　Whether they succeeded or failed, the important thing was that the Xillia family could survive regardless of who won.

　If the Uruk family won in this dispute, Xillians would be called knights who did not abandon their loyalty to Uruk until the end but were merely forced to fight for survival.

　What was important at that time was the successor of the Xillia family.

　The Xillia family was a noble family that ruled the second-largest city in Uruk, and Harold had several children.

　There are children other than Wagner who live in the Uruk's territorial capital, separated from their father Harold.

　Even if Uruk is victorious, they may recognize the last loyalty of their father Harold, and allow one of his children to continue as the heir of the Xillia family.

　The territory might be lost, but the blood of Xillia would remain even if Uruk won against Fontana.

　In other words, Harold's goal would be to act in such a way that the Xillia family would still have a future no matter who won.

　He will leave his children in the care of both factions, and let himself be restrained.

　That way, both Uruk and Fontana can move in the name of getting Harold and his children released from custody.

　It will not be long before the two camps clash to decide the winner.

"Is that really the case? If it is, I don't think the Titans would have attacked Barca's army..."

"There's always the possibility that Harold-dono really didn't know about that assault and it truly was the sole decision of some retainers. Well, I don't know how it really is, though. Take my words as a grain of salt."

"I suppose that if you are a farmer-turned-knight, you might think about fighting till the end to change your destiny, but knights that are from families of many generations tend to put their family first. It would indeed make sense, what Harold-dono did. Either way, when will we go and march 'in the name of Harold, our ally'?"

"It would be best to let the soldiers you brought to rest for a while, Peter-dono. Rest for a few days before we go to battle. Besides, Uruk's defenses are also very active right now after having captured Harold-dono."

"Alright. I'll proceed with the preparations. If Uruk decides to show, will the decisive battle take place around the Milius Plains"?

"Yes, that's right. The Plains are located between Xillia and the capital of Uruk. That's where we'll end up fighting."

　A messenger has already been sent to free the imprisoned Harold.

　However, the Uruk family refused to do so.

　The other side's strength was reported by reconnaissance to be around 5,000.

　A decisive battle between two armies of roughly equal numbers.

　This would be the battle that would decide the fate of Uruk and Fontana.

　A few days later, as planned, Barca and the rest of Fontana's army left Xillia City and headed for Milius Plains.

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