The Sended's

Chapter 16: Fifteen Started, Eighty Returned

After a while, a beautiful girl in a long kimono came to this hall, she was accompanied by two female servants and two troops in the back

She has black hair just like me, but red eyes like Ryuu. He also wore a small golden miko crown on his head

The girl walked slowly with her grace and sat down between the three of us

Just like Ryuu while in the academy, he rarely opened his red eyes

"Welcome back, Brother," she said

The sister?

I thought hard when I heard her call to Ryuu, I saw her then looked at Ryuu, comparing these two people

They're really similar.

"The four of you can leave me, no matter how much he is my brother" he told his four servants

The four servants lowered their heads and left the hall and garden around him

Just as they disappeared from our sight, the girl ran over and hugged Ryuu. Because of running, the crown fell and made a loud noise because it was made of gold

"Sister!!, it's been a long time since I've wanted to do this," he said happily as he lunged at Ryuu with a hug

"Kaguya, I'm home" Ryuu replied

So it is true that Ryuu clan head sister huh.

"Ryuu, but why did you suddenly return? Since your father's death, you just disappeared" asked his uncle

"Well, I have a request" Ryuu replied

"Request?"

"Kyouka can you please explain?"

"Y-yes, Yui's forces are starting their expansion, we're here at the request of the Asagi Clan,"

"How many Oda's troops are now?" ryuu asked straight to the point

"W-what do you want to do?" ask his uncle

"We will fight" Ryuu replied with a sadistic smile

The two people were shocked to hear Ryuu, even his own uncle stood up in shock

"What do you mean?" ask his uncle again

Well of course...

From what I know, the Oda is a clan that stood after the revolution raged on the Empire's land. They were only weak clans that relied on their great reputation in the past

And should their army be so weak even when compared to Asagi, is it possible that they could help Asagi fight Yui?

"We're going to war." Ryuu again

"How do you fight!? We are a weak clan that is still growing" his uncle said in a loud voice

"I asked the number of troops, so that I could think of something in the future,"

The whole room was silent, the uncle sat back down and thought for a moment

"Four thousand, that's the number of our troops in the whole region,"

Ryuu smiled hearing that, "that's enough,"

"Kaguya, both of his decisions are in your hands, we will either fight against the Yui clan or you reject the agreement with the Asagi clan," Ryuu asked

"What are you talking about, brother? After all from the beginning you were the rightful heir of the Oda clan, I only replaced you" Kaguya replied to my surprise

Ryuu's? He... the legitimate clan head?

I saw Ryuu feeling impossible, he looked back at me and smiled. Then he looked back at Kaguya

"I'm still the rightful heir, huh....?"

"If that is the case, we are at war" Ryuu continued

Kaguya and her uncle bow to Ryuu,

"Well, Miss Tokuhime," said the two of them simultaneously

Someone from within an influential family usually had several names, I'm sure Tokuhime was Ryuu's calling within the Oda Clan

"But, even so, our opponent is the Yui clan, what should we do?" ask uncle Ryuu

"Truely Ryuu, their strength is up to 40,000 right? If you fight with the number of 4,000 it feels..," I said.

"Yes, you guys are right, but the enemy of the Yui clan is Asagi and his coalition, not Oda. The shock attack will be successful here" Ryuu explained

Apparently Ryuu is not only adept at fighting, he can also think of strategies like this, whereas I think he only relies on his strength and nature which is quite annoying

But it took time to gather the four thousand separate Oda troops, what else separated them was the mountains

It may not be until a new week that we can leave for the North, after all the Yui clan has not attacked either

"What do you want to do that long?" I asked Ryuu

"Of course we are fighting against other clans, after all we are too late to adapt in this time of war, anyway I want to start with a festive," he replied

Huh uh?

"In the South there is a small clan that has fertile land because many rivers pass through, from there the food supply of our four thousand troops comes," he continued

Resources, that's very important. Enough food supplies to fight is one element of the success of a strategy

Ryuu thought of everything, where the food came from, how to transport it, the best portion for each of his troops

"Uncle, how many troops are there in this village?"

"Thousands, it's not enough to fight against the Usui clan in the South,"

"I agree with that, then what about the villages along the road to the South? How much is it all combined?"

"That's a thousand too, if fight them with two thousand troops maybe." replied uncle Ryuu.

"Yes, worth a try,"

I saw his serious red eyes and ended up agreeing to his offer again

"Then tomorrow you will go to war with me, do not misfortune ya...."

Eh?

"Wait, what do you mean?" much

"Hmm? I mean against Usui, Oh! have you ever killed anyone before?" answerable

"Of course not yet,"

What's he thinking anyway? I can't fight, anything else kill people

"Calm down, with a rifle you just need to pull the trigger then one enemy's life will be lost" Ryuu explained briefly

"If so I know too!!"

"Hmm. Okay, I'll just give you another assignment,"

Well, I guess that's for the best.

Ryuu gave me the task of observing the people and listening to their grievances while walking around in this village

This time I use to pay attention to social life and its problems

I started to go to a lot of people with different jobs to get into different problems too

When it was late afternoon, I returned to the palace in the middle of the village and started thinking about how to solve the problem

First the farmers, this work has one major problem that is poor irrigation because basically Oda does not have a large river like Usui in the South

One way to overcome this is to dig a new source of water that will be flowed using artificial irrigation channels throughout the village

"Sister Kyouka, what are you doing?" ask Kaguya from behind me

I was in the room Ryuu gave me to stay for a while here

Suddenly Kaguya came here which surprised me

"Sorry, I forgot to knock on the door" he said with a chuckle

"It's okay, I'm thinking about how to solve the farm problem here,"

"Ah, then I guess I can help you,"

With the help of Kaguya, the irrigation canal design could be completed quickly. Even the next day the construction of the excavation of the water source began on Kaguya's orders

Not to forget the irrigation canal is also well built along the farm so that when water is found, this channel can be directly used properly

Several other problems in my field also managed to overcome during this time

Therefore, I was appointed as social minister by Kaguya as Ryuu's current successor

"Miss Kyouka, the land in the North is beginning to experience drought,"

"Then extend the irrigation canal and multiply the location of the water source,"

"Understand,"

They started calling me Miss from that moment on

It hasn't been two weeks since Ryuu left me here. What exactly does he want? He brought me here, but he left me too

But.why don't I just refuse the invitation....

Ah that doesn't matter, after all when will he be in the South? Wasn't the Yui clan already starting to make a move?

"Miss Kyouka?"

"I'm sorry, I'm thinking about something,"

"Well, ladies, then about this matter..."

But about this village already having a much larger farmland than before, maybe this will be enough to fight later. Next autumn I hope there will be a big harvest

"Report, Miss Tokuhime has returned from the South," reported a soldier who ran into the palace hall

"Ryuu is back!? How many casualties in his army?" ask uncle Ryuu

"If it's about that..."

Ryuu left the village with a thousand troops, intending to gather another thousand on his way to the South

But now he came back with five thousand troops that he did not know where he got

Though there are still two thousand other troops scattered in the Oda region

If it is united, then there are seven thousand in total, it completely exceeds my expectations. It was like meeting a master of great tactics

I ran to the village entrance accompanied by my young secretary, where I finally saw Ryuu back after two weeks had passed

"Hei Kyouka, I see our farmland increasing huh?"

"Hehe, it's all for my hard work"

"Is that so? But because of your hard work, did my efforts to the South go to waste?" ask him

True too... Ryuu goes against the Usui clan to obtain the resources that will be used in the war in the North

"But that doesn't matter, we also got two thousand new troops" Ryuu said as he looked at the line of troops behind him

He dispersed his army and immediately got off the horse to rest in the palace

We entered the palace which Kaguya immediately greeted us inside with her uncle. Kaguya was not allowed to go out because he had already decided to become the high priest in Oda

So he should not marry because his body is only offered by a God

Ryuu immediately fell asleep in his room, the reason being that tomorrow was the H day that had been awaited all along

The day the flow of battle begins, the battle to prove who the real leader is over this land

Tomorrow is the day of our departure