The Sended's

Chapter 45: Death Before Disarmament? Granted.

It's over, I mean this battle

"We won!"

The entire army cheered once again upon the lifeless body of the Ladenvield soldiers, calling out Kyouka's name above all for saving them

That's my tactic....

But it's not a problem, as long as our goal is achieved then that's enough

I walked up to Percival who was still frozen after killing the observer, he thought he was thinking about the outcome of this battle, maybe it was still new for him

"How does it feel to win like this?" Much

"Miss? Actually I don't know,"

Mm-hmm....

"Yes!!"

My first victory in this world, Ruby's first victory outside their forest, wasn't a bad first step. I can finally feel the feeling of winning in battle again, after all this time since fighting UOMA in Phines huh?

The liberation of the Ruby is not a battle, or at least I do not consider it so.

"Yumu!" Call Kyouka

"R-Queen!" Percival retreated from Kyouka's path and bowed to him

Kyouka got off the horse and handed the rope to one of his subordinates to lead the horse away

"Oh, there's Sir Percival too apparently,"

"Yes, Queen!"

"Ryuu, I've done what you asked, what else should I do?" Ask him

Uhh. He called me Ryuu...

"Sorry Queen, but who are you talking to?" Percival must have been aware of that

"Eh? Uh! Sorry, it was a friend's call, which I meant General Rune," Kyouka gave a bad excuse

"T-friends?! Miss Rune is your friend, Queen?!"

"That's right, I repeatedly said that he was the brain behind our free people but no one believed it" Kyouka said

"It doesn't matter now, you know for sure that it's real" I told Percival

Now back on the battlefield, even though I told you to kill all of them but of course there are still some who live, they are still humans.

Before the argument between them, Kyouka and I headed to where the rest of Laden's forces were gathered, I had a few questions to answer

I could see all sorts of gazes and things they did when they were arrested like this, some were afraid and kept staring at the ground, some just like the observer who kept insulting the Ruby nation

Those who continued to babble were the first to die, killed by one of the experienced soldiers who were definitely more heartless to the enemy

From this action alone can be seen where experienced soldiers and who are not....

Everyone wants to be an experienced soldier, a good soldier, but a good soldier does not see their enemies as fellow human beings until they can kill without a shudder

At the moment when one considers his enemy a fellow human being, he is not a good soldier.

That's what a good soldier means, but actually I don't need those kind of soldiers either, what I need right now are not so bad soldiers but with a large number

"So... I need honest people, do any of you meet my criteria?"

As expected, none of them opened their mouths, but it was indeed because this was still too early.

"Do you know what will happen if you keep your mouth shut?"

"You're Queen Lofi?" Ask one of them

"No, but I represent him here" I replied

"Don't talk to them, you idiot! These barbarians were not worth talking to, "one of them still rebelled

All right, I guess my persuasion is less effective

"I didn't start this war, if you never entered the Ruby Forest then maybe we still live as separate tribes today, for that I thank you very much,

But don't call us barbarians, I'm sure you're also small tribes like us before, so let us change little by little,"

Hearing this, they were silent for a moment, then the man spat at me which was my fault for kneeling in front of him exactly. Ugh.

I used magic to pull the man's saliva out of my clothes, then throw it on the ground beside me

"What was magic?" Ask him

"Yes, then I guess your chance is up,"

"Wait on! You barbarians must know how the dark history of this island, right?! This person is a magician, just like the one who brought this island to its destruction just yet, why are you willing to follow him?!"

He tried something interesting

"Just keep your advice if you want to divide us, the Ruby can survive your Ghetto because of magic, you fools...."

The dark history of this island huh? Which is the dark history when you slaughtered the witches because you thought so, even though they could be very useful in our kingdom

The soldier was shot using a crossbow right in his head, of course he died instantly

"Actually my order is to leave none to live, you guys are lucky enough that some of my troops are amateurs, so let's put it this way....

You tell us everything you know, then I will guarantee your safety until this war is over and you return to your homes" I bargained

"You mean we're going to jail?" ask him

"Ap-No! We don't want to go to jail!"

"That's right! We'd rather die than be stripped by slaves, let alone be imprisoned!"

Woah, some are starting to show their true selves. Hm? Too bad there were only three people who remained silent in this situation, well I guess they were three lucky ones

Because the rest met the same death as the previous soldier.

"Information" I said this time very briefly

"That-that's...."

"Today, Ladenvield has no more troops! Please don't kill me!" one of them pleaded

But the information I already know, the end if well thought out will also surely know. Ladenvield always sent his troops into the forest, and they never sent more than a thousand

And when they finally decided to attack with numbers, they needed quite a long time to gather an army

If at the same time it is estimated how long until they form an army again, then the figure obtained is the amount of time we have to act. That's the formula, but yeah, I don't like math....

The point is, we have plenty of time, and why don't we just take advantage of it?

"I already know that, can you tell me something else? Whatever, just say whatever you know,"

"Village people! The villagers did not like our presence!" Oh?

"We're short of food!" hm....

"Our mines are overrun by fucking people!" That explains their equipment

"Our general treated us badly...."

"It's not just the village that hates us...."

"The people of Ladenvield are beginning to distrust the government..."

"They started migrating to Edelfield...."

"Our other job is to stop them....."

Hmm... After hearing that information that is quite fragmented, I can conclude that their country has no hope anymore. Especially when their large army here has been destroyed by us

"Well I guess that's enough, can anyone take them to jail?"

"Well miss,"

"Miss!"

The youngest soldier of Ladenvield shouted as he was being taken to the Ruby capital, so I looked back

"Please, can you forgive the people of Ladenvield?"

Forgive me? I won't even do anything to them.... If the situation is as right as I thought, then maybe they can even help me

I haven't answered yet, Kyouka preceded me

"Just be calm, as Queen Ruby I swear I won't hurt any of the people of Ladenvield,"

The oath....? I do not promise that, because if there is an enemy among their people then I will definitely give a punishment, but because of this oath Kyouka everything becomes more complicated

Going forward would be easy except during the siege to the city of Ladenvield, I had never heard of a siege that was not difficult anyway.

"Ryuu, it looks like this army is still waiting for your orders" Kyouka said

"Eh.. can't you just give-"

"Can't, if it's all me then what does it mean to split the task?" Uhh....

I'm sure he already has a lot of work to do

"Obati is wounded, honor the dead, then I want us to take over the village and camp nearby tonight. You can celebrate the victory but don't get late, tomorrow morning we'll move back to the South,"

That's all my orders for now, I also seem to need to rest after not sleeping for a few days

I don't know why I can't sleep, maybe because the atmosphere is not suitable for me, but if I am forced to sleep too anyway, especially at times like these.

I was given the biggest tent, from the inside it looked more like a big house, it was quite comfortable and I think I can sleep now

Before knights other than Percival come to me....

To be honest, I almost fell asleep on that comfortable bed before hearing those knocking on the door. So now I meet them sleepily

"Is it time to assess my performance?" much

I yawned over and over again and I covered it with my hands, damn it. I'm not strong....

"Yes, miss. For that, I as a general will retire with these two old knights,"

Huh huh?