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Chapter 223
Mind Your Own Business
Ferda answered that question.
"You have a good eye. That is indeed Sir Alberto."
"I suppose you can recognize him even without that lumpy armor. What happened to that armor?"
"I melted that armor down to make a weapon."
"A weapon, you say?"
Ẇ е̇.b̄ nо_vе̃ l Е̂ n u ḿ а
What weapon could he be talking about?
The only thing different about his attire was that golden-glowing object.
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His characteristic rock-like armor was gone, but the shield and club he held were still the overwhelming appearance of a fortress.
"How did you coax a wandering knight who served no one as lord?"
"We simply had a common enemy in the demons, so the conversation went easily."
"I see. Demons, huh......."
Е̄numа
Wouldn't Ureas have thought about that too?
Even when he said he'd fully support killing demons, Alberto didn't answer.
Ureas endlessly drooled envy from his mouth.
His own knights were starting to look like shoddy third-rate trash.
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Like a kid standing in the toy section, watching Alberto, Olivia stepped forward and greeted Ferda.
"You must have had a hard time coming such a long way. Rest comfortably, and stop by the command post for a moment to share information."
Е̃ n ŭm̊ а́ .ìḋ
"Of course I will, but Princess Olivia."
Ferda looked down at her.
"Could we talk alone for a moment?"
"With me?"
"Yes. I have a proposal regarding tactical infantry command."
Olivia made a face like it was sudden.
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Ferda, who already knew the story was basically done, was almost fooled for a moment.
"Can't be helped, just a moment—."
"Wait."
The moment Olivia tried to step forward, Ureas blocked her.
"If there's something to talk about, how about doing it here? Seems like another story might come out otherwise."
"What story do you mean?"
Е̇ǹu m̈а. i d̈
"Isn't it about the scandal? That's what made my sister suffer so much."
At those words, Olivia answered.
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"Suffer? I don't care since that kind of thing happens all the time. Rather, it was the Regent who worried a lot."
That was actually true.
Ferda tried to reassure the blocking Ureas.
"She's going to become the Saintess of the Arken Empire, how could I touch her?"
Е̃n ů ma. і̌.d̄
"Then can't you at least tell the person becoming her brother what you're going to talk about?"
He persistently clings on.
Ferda had no choice but to answer him.
"Princess Olivia showed excellent command of the tactical infantry during the monster subjugation. That's why I came to ask if she could take command of this army as well."
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"Why should my sister command your army?"
"The current head of the tactical infantry is Sir William. Sir William was also Princess Olivia's deputy. Valuing the ability of a comrade he fought alongside, I hoped they could share strategy this time too."
Е̂ ṅ u̇m а́
At that, Ureas crossed his arms and said viciously.
"Would it be okay if I cut that bastard William's throat?"
Ferda frowned.
"Why would you do that?"
"It's obvious he's trying to hit on my sister, how can I let that slide?"
Is this bastard serious?
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Looking at the veins popping on Ureas's face, he certainly seemed to think so.
There are plenty of people throwing themselves at her, but William wasn't that kind of person.
Olivia lightly touched Ureas's arm and called.
"Oppa. I understand what you're worried about. How about I talk to him first and then tell you—."
"Stay still, Olivia. Your oppa is speaking, isn't he?"
"......."
Еn̆umа̀
"Olivia came here as the relief corps leader of the Alte Order to do rear support work. What's the difference between throwing a sister who knows nothing about the battlefield into a death trap and making her a commander just because she happened to win one big victory?"
I could roughly tell how Ureas treats Olivia.
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"So you don't believe what happened in the subjugation."
"I truly cherish my sister, but war isn't a game. Common sense, how would my sister achieve such merit? That duke's son confessed he gave her the position to curry favor. Anyway, don't try to wag your tail at her this time—."
"Ureas."
Ureas's words stopped.
Ёn uṁӓ
It was a voice much smaller than his own, but clearer than ever.
It wasn't the usual lively, smiling tone.
Like a blade honed for decades, cold and chilling.
Even though it was Olivia's voice, one doubted if it was really her.
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Ureas lowered his head to look at her.
The look in her eyes was familiar.
Wе b́n̈ ov̌ еl Еṅ ům а̊
It was the hatred and contempt she'd shown to the First Prince, Alexander.
She said this.
"You mind your own business."
Leaving those words, Olivia walked toward Ferda.
* * *
Before the Far East United Operations Base was even established, Olivia entered Ferda's tent.
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Even if they made a fuss about men and women being separate, no one dared pierce that tent after seeing Ruri the maid's face.
That's why the atmosphere inside the tent was peaceful.
Olivia's cold expression melted away in the warmth of the black tea.
"Ureas is starting to have weird thoughts."
She said.
Since I'd come to report a weird situation for no reason, the meaning felt ambiguous.
Wèb̄ ñ ovеľ È ńu m̌а̄
"Weird thoughts, you say?"
"You know that King Heinkel is using black magic with his people's lives, right?"
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That was it.
"Yes."
"Kings are targeting that magic."
That weakling King Heinkel became an Archmage.
Wе́_b̊ňǒ v̊ ѐ l Ѐn ú m̀а̇
After digging through the kingdom's situation and every possible scenario, he must have deduced it was a magic called Legion.
And he must have known that Legion was a paradise even Great Demons couldn't achieve, and that it had been realized in the present world.
So they're desperate to take it somehow.
Because they're people in power, people who've faced countless threats, they craved the way to paradise more than anyone.
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"And that idiot is trying to become one of them."
"He doesn't listen at all?"
Ӗ n̂.u m̄ ӑ
"I didn't say it directly, but I said if it's related to black magic, he must never have it. A demon will try to get its hooks in somehow. Every time, he shouted that as someone born of Arken blood, how could he do such a thing."
"And......."
"The plan hasn't changed. He's targeting that magic."
Human disgust was felt in Olivia's expression.
"This is why obedient dogs are annoying."
No, it seems she doesn't even see Ureas as human.
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"Even if you train a dog to listen well, a dog is still a dog. It can't suppress its instincts, just follows the bigger bone."
"I see."
"I ended up complaining again. I don't know why I get so weak-hearted around the Regent."
She threw a slightly resentful look.
Is this my fault?
Olivia pointlessly stirred her black tea with a teaspoon.
Еn um̊ ǎ_
"Just in case I ask......."
"I have not the slightest interest in that magic."
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"Oh my, I haven't even told you yet?"
"I've already been interrogated about it once, so saying more would just hurt my mouth."
"Got it."
Olivia didn't try to interrogate further.
Wĕb̌ňо v еl̊ Е̌num̌ а̇
One scene was still vividly replaying in Ferda's head.
Ureas watching Olivia's back as she left the base.
His face looked like his world was collapsing.
"Will your sibling relationship be okay from now on?"
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"Taking an interest in someone's family affairs, unlike the Regent?"
"It's politics."
Ė n̆ ŭ m̀ а. ї.ḋ
"Hehe, that's true."
Olivia smiled like she was enjoying herself, then quickly said with displeasure.
Olivia sipped her black tea leisurely and spoke.
"You won't be able to beat me. That bastard is just a kid who misses his mom too much."
"Mother...... you say?"
"Why do you think he cherishes me so much?"
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"Because you're a pretty younger sister?"
"That's not enough of an answer. Ureas sees me overlapped with Mother. He says I'm coming to resemble Mother's face from childhood, and obsesses over me."
"......."
"No matter what abusive words I say to wound him, Ureas can't abandon me. Mom's already gone far away and won't come back."
"I see."
Mom won't come back.
E̊ ñ ůṁ а́
It was a terribly cruel yet very Olivia-like statement.
It sounds plausible, but on the other hand, one wonders if this is really right.
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But the thought stopped soon.
Because Olivia was a woman who always handled her own business well.
However, like Ferda's worry, Olivia also had no confidence.
Because this was an impulsive act.
Е̊nŭm̂ӑ..id
The usual Olivia would have just let it go even if Ureas said that.
Or she might have just soothed him well.
But before she could even worry over those two choices, it exploded.
Because it happened in front of none other than Ferda.
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She's showing the sight of him holding her like a stuffed toy in front of Ferda.
My heart belongs to that man.
Е́ń u̇ m a
She couldn't tolerate that cheeky bastard claiming ownership of her in front of Ferda.
Thinking again, it boiled and bubbled up in her chest.
"I should rot Ureas's insides a bit more. Can I have another cup?"
"Please do."
And let's enjoy that face a little longer.
Olivia smiled brightly.
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* * *
The settled Far East troops were superstars within the Empire's forward base.
They'd brought a ton of newfangled things never seen in the Empire, so everyone flocked to spy on them.
"They say thanks to that mana automobile thing, it only took a week from the Far East to here."
"They rode in an automobile? Some people throw a fit saying just putting a hand on a carriage makes it heavy."
"I heard the legs are comfortable but the stomach flips? They say it's worse than a carriage."
È n ům̆а̄
"Walking's comfortable my ass. Flipping stomach is a hundred times better than feet blistering and applying ointment!"
Vehicle transport was a privilege only nobles could enjoy, so they couldn't believe regular infantry got that benefit.
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They looked more envious of that fact than the magitech rifles.
At the same time, knights were scanning the Far East equipment with their eyes and talking.
"Infantry have all these changes, but knights have nothing different."
"Not true. Knights have something each too. Short thick staff-like things and fruit-like things."
W̃е̊ b̌ nó v̇ ё.l̆ Е ṅ ů m̂а̌
"What's that?"
"They said it's a shotgun and grenades. Said they can use magic too."
"How can petty tricks with such items surpass mages?"
"Infantry already do the work of one mage, so wouldn't it be possible?"
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"Hmm......."
Hard to believe, but not a baseless story either.
Е̇ň ũm̆а̀ .i d́_
At least if the word 'Far East' is attached.
"But I think that shotgun thing might be bluffing."
"Why?"
"You know the Walking Fortress, right?"
"You mean Sir Alberto."
"Right. Sir Alberto's shotgun was shorter and golden."
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"If it's a gold weapon, they'd make it ceremonial armor or something."
"If Sir Alberto wears a weapon made of gold, wouldn't that mean it's something with no use?"
"Anyway, country bumpkins bragging is nothing new."
The knights muttered and tried to move on.
But a knight who knew a bit more didn't let it go.
"Wait, did you say golden weapon?"
Еn ũm̄а
"That's right."
"Golden weapon...... that weapon isn't made of gold."
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"Then what?"
"I heard Frontesis visited the Valdrova Grand Duchy."
All knights were startled at that name.
"Frontesis! The Bronze Dragon called the God of Blacksmiths?"
Еnü m̆ а̂
"Why did that person come to the Far East?"
"He got angry saying someone mishandled his stuff and left, but if a golden-looking item appeared, what would that mean?"
"Don't tell me... Frontenium?!"
The one and only unique ore that even the Imperial Workshop, proud of being the Empire's best, could never handle.
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It was practically the continent's best proof that made even the name 'Empire's Best' look shabby.
"No way......."
Én u̇m̈ā . íd̊
"That item was something even our grandfather would only spout as nonsense when he was senile......."
But if it really is Frontenium, they couldn't help wanting to see it more.
Since an item made from that ore is right here, they couldn't help stealing glances as they passed by, wanting to burn it into their eyes.
* * *
Jed the knight, watching all that, poked the side and said.
"Hey."
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"Yes?"
The person sitting next to him was Arwen.
"At the Grand Council, what did I say?"
"I don't remember."
"You don't remember, but you remember perfectly judging by how you spasm every time I call you country bumpkin."
"Ah, shit, why do you keep picking on me?"
Ẃ е b́ n̊ оv̀ ē l Е̇n̊ ū mа̃
"No, I'm trying to tell you something fun."
Arwen glared, and Jed chuckled, chin-pointing at the Imperial knights.
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"You see their faces?"
Arwen threw his gaze there.
There, one Far East knight and three Imperial knights were talking.
With an outsider knight and capital knights in one place, I thought a fight might break out, but it wasn't like that.
Е́ nu̇ m а_
They were examining the magitech shotgun with curious eyes.
"I see."
"Their eyes right now were exactly you back then?"
Arwen's face hardened seeing the Imperial knights' eyes.
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"......Don't make me laugh."
"Accept it."
Е̂n ůḿa..і̂ d
"It makes no sense that I made such a pathetic face."
"That's reality. Country bumpkin."
"Ah, really!! Stop saying useless stuff! I'll cut you down!"
"Euhahahahaha!!"
Arwen shouted uncharacteristically, and Jed achieved his purpose and disappeared far away.
Arwen tried to forget it, dismissing it as nonsense.
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But those words had already become a curse lingering in his head, his face and that pathetic expression kept overlapping.
Unable to bear the shame, he ended up punching the innocent floor with his fist.
* * *
Next morning, Ureas came to find Ferda.
"I was too emotional yesterday. Let me apologize."
It was a considerably unfamiliar sight.
Ë nu m̈ а .í d̈
That great Ureas apologizing to someone.
His younger sister sure is scary.
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"Not at all. Since you value your sister's chastity, I think that's understandable."
"Thanks for saying that. I was too much to someone with a fiancé. Let's end the uncomfortable talk here."
Ureas got to the main point.
"So, about territory, I'm thinking of going to talk to the allied forces side with half a mind to give up. Three of my people, Count Rooster, and you, total six people will sit down. How about it?"
Е̇ń ũ ṁ.а̊.і d
"Thank you for the proposal. I'll attend."
I was curious about that anyway.
When they have the same dirty purpose, what kind of conversation do kings have?
It was a good moment to confirm that.
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