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Chapter 308
Establishing Camp
The largest tree on the Serdes Continent, the World Tree.
There was a famous anecdote that among the pillars created to separate heaven and earth in the ambiguous beginning, it was the only one that survived.
Though it was merely a tree, it was simultaneously the most sacred and one of the primordial witnesses.
It was the elves who served such a World Tree as a god.
This was because there was an absolute proposition that those who rooted themselves in the earth were the descendants of the Mother, which was why they valued harmony with nature.
E n um̀а̂
'A place that has become the continent's public enemy.'
Belying the names of peace and harmony, many armies surrounded it.
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Ferda's army also departed late, but their marching speed was not.
By the time the imperial army, which had departed much earlier, had just finished building their barracks, they arrived, so it could be called mobility that no one could imitate.
"How shall we handle the camp location?"
The deputy commander, Arwen, asked.
W e b̂ nо v̈ ĕ l̆ Ѐǹ u m а̃
Nominally, they had come to aid the Arken Empire, so they should go to the Arken Empire's side, but merging with them felt unpleasant.
'Besides, I don't know how they'll react either.'
He thought he'd talk to the imperial side's deputy commander if one came out and then decide.
"No matter when I see them, the Far East's goods are enviable."
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Artistic timing.
Just as he was having these thoughts, someone from the imperial side came.
Ẃ еb n о̊v̄ е̄ l Е́n̊ ǔm̌а̌
Arwen reflexively bowed his head at the sight.
The other soldiers were the same.
The one who came to greet them was Valdemar Golt.
The supreme commander, and the old man who killed the emperor and effectively sat on the throne.
With such a person personally coming to greet them, the subordinates were busy reading the room.
'No wonder.'
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The feeling of General Valdemar was quite different from Grand Duke Valdemar Golt.
When he used his position as an old man to see through people, he thought of him as a fox-like old man.
Now, no one could think of him as a fox.
Even Ferda felt he was a beast that hadn't lost its wildness.
'That's why he's still respected.'
A hero for whom aging is merely a shell.
Еnùmӑ.і́d̃
Ferda also bowed his head out of courtesy and offered greetings.
"I pay my respects to the Great Grand Duke. We will set up camp and then come to pay our respects."
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"No need for that. From the moment we chose the site, we already thought of your site too and prepared it, so go there."
He leaned his body slightly and examined the scale of Ferda's army.
"It looks spacious enough to accommodate even that giant caterpillar-like thing."
At Valdemar's excessive favor, Ferda desperately endured the urge to frown.
Е_n̈u ṁ а .îd
"How could a person from the Far East dare enter the sacred imperial army's camp?"
"The Far East is also part of the Empire. Now is the timing to show that we have become one."
A firmness that said he wouldn't say more.
He had something he wanted, and to obtain it, he was attempting to control thoroughly.
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'If things go even slightly wrong.......'
They'll be court-martialed.
Ẅѐ b.n оv е l̄ Ė ńů m̌ â
'No, before a court-martial, he'll try to dispose of them.'
Ferda would survive somehow, but behind him were 3,000 soldiers.
They were important troops that must not be sacrificed meaninglessly.
"Thank you for your favor."
Ferda quietly signaled his subordinates.
Realizing the meaning of the hand signal, they put back the luggage they were trying to unload and entered the Arken Empire's camp.
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Ferda got into the automobile.
"May I come along? I've never ridden an automobile before, so I want to experience it now."
"Of course."
Ferda let him in, and they soon started moving.
The Empire's camp was certainly different.
The camp built during the Heinkel Kingdom siege had infrastructure so well-established it was now being used as a new village.
Ě n̄ u m̈ а
Compared to the Imperial Capital's facilities it was underdeveloped, but compared to nearby villages, it was no different from a city with well-established facilities.
It was the same now.
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'No, it's even bigger and better laid out.'
They brought an incomparable number of troops to what Ureas had led, and with dwarves joining, the level of stone walls and roads they created rivaled any decent city.
If this siege also ends successfully, this place will become the Empire's new territory.
Passing through the center, Ferda could see dwarves too.
W ëb̀ n̄о vеl̊ Еń_ŭ m ӑ
Dozens of large, precise furnaces that couldn't be thought of as makeshift smithies were clustered together, endlessly spewing white smoke.
"To do that much, you'd have to burn quite a lot of wood."
How much tears of blood would the elves shed?
Ferda said to Valdemar sitting opposite him.
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He chuckled.
A reaction like he was looking at a country bumpkin.
Ẁēbñ óvеl̃ Е̃núḿ â
"The dwarves have Frontesis behind them. That huge, fat dragon. The Dragon of Rock and Protection can even touch the magma underground, so he continuously draws that magma up here to create endless heat to melt iron. So there's no need to wastefully transport firewood anymore."
So that's why they're surrounded like that.
Seeing the items the dwarf blacksmiths pulled from molds, Ferda knew they were the items from the blueprints he gave.
'Procuring dwarf-made goods locally.......'
Dwarf goods, the best of the best.
The Empire pulls off cooperation no one imagined.
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"By the way, is it okay to call the Yellow Dragon that?"
"It's just a story between you and me, isn't it? Are you planning to tattle?"
"What couldn't I do?"
Valdemar chuckled.
Like he was looking at a cute child, it irritated Ferda.
"He won't touch me carelessly. Even if dragons are arrogant and can't stand insults, they're not beings without judgment."
Ê ńu̇m̄а̊ . іď
"It seems you made some big deal?"
"Who knows. What do you think?"
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Valdemar spared his words.
There was an implication that it was too important to blab about carelessly.
'The Arken Empire has a pact with three dragons.'
Frontesis, Silverwind, Storeus.
Ẅẽ.b n̄о́v̆ ѐl̄_ Е̄n̈ŭ mа
It's certain these dragons are connected to the imperial family.
Among them, Storeus sides with Alexander, and Frontesis sided with Valdemar who assassinated the emperor.
'If there's a reason Storeus protects Alexander...... it's bloodline.'
With the Second Prince Ureas dead, and the emperor dead too, only Alexander and Olivia remain.
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Olivia was currently detained at the World Tree, so only Alexander was defenseless.
'Alexander is incompetent.'
Е̊ n̆ u m ã
As a child of the imperial family, he received high-level education, so he's smarter than most imperial nobles.
But he's limited to the level of an ordinary person, and that means incompetence as a leader.
Storeus couldn't not know that incompetence.
With Storeus's personality, he wouldn't be able to watch such incompetence with open eyes.
'Yet the reason he keeps him alive must be because he has no choice.'
Since he inherited Arken's blood, that alone has value.
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That meaning is unmistakable.
'Then is the reason Frontesis cooperates the Empire's survival?'
The Empire's survival over the imperial family's bloodline.
At a glance, that's how it felt.
But is there that much value?
The imperial family's legitimacy comes from bloodline.
Ẃ еb̀ n о vēl E ńüṁ а
With the bloodline of Golt established, no matter how much it transforms, it cannot become Arken.
If you allow something illegitimate, it can change anytime, and being able to change anytime means losing order.
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'No matter how stupid, he can't not know that.'
Storeus who chose the imperial family's bloodline.
Frontesis who chose the Empire's survival.
The focus seems off, but the big flow converges into one.
Е̃ nũ m̌а̌ .іḋ
'Olivia.'
What's important to them is Olivia Arken.
Storeus is preparing for when he loses Olivia.
Frontesis knows what Valdemar wants, so he'll marry him to Olivia and catch a pillar again for the Empire without legitimacy.
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'Alexander is just a decoration in the end.'
It seemed a truly twisted life.
Ѐ n.u m̄ а́
Whenever he seems to grasp an opportunity, a giant flow wraps around him and shakes him, repeating.
Like seeing himself with a goddess clinging to him wishing only for misfortune.
He didn't sympathize.
Thinking of his ugly end, even this was cheap.
"We're here. This is the place for you."
The soldiers who thought they'd pitch tents and sleep saw the lodging and their eyes went round.
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"As expected of the Empire......."
"Is this really a place they'll use and throw away?"
Exclamations from soldiers armed with modern weapons.
No matter how advanced technology is, it doesn't feel that great before overwhelming execution ability.
Soldiers who were prepared to sleep rough now thinking they'd sleep on raised floors, morale already pierces the sky.
Of course, the commander Ferda was different.
W̊ e b̌n̊оv́ е̃ l Еn̆ũ m̀ а̀
Ferda pretended not to be interested while examining structure and layout and realized one fact.
'It feels more like an internment camp than barracks.'
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There's a strong purpose for safety and surveillance.
Not just Ferda, but other knights also noticed the structure and made displeased expressions.
However, since Ferda wasn't saying anything, they just waited for now.
"It's been made very meticulously, unlike other places."
Еň u̇m̊ а
"Originally, the room for guests must prioritize safety, no?"
"We're one imperial citizen, weren't we family?"
"Give the hateful child one more rice cake."
They made it a structure hard to sneak out of, a scheme to control them somehow.
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But it was all expected.
"The ones who made this seem to think we're some criminal organization?"
Еn um̃ а̄
Ferda just asks outright.
Valdemar grinned and answered.
"Don't worry. During the day, I have no intention of controlling you. But when the dark night comes, if you wander around areas outside the barracks carelessly, a mutually troublesome situation will arise. As you know, it's not just us this time. There are dwarves too. Don't you know dwarves well? If they think you're spying on their technology, they'll try to smash our heads with those hammers."
A plausible excuse.
"Since we're taking the field together with one goal, we're one soldier."
It looks like a phrase for unity, but Ferda knows the meaning.
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We have different purposes.
It was a warning.
"While locking us in an internment camp?"
"Then prove it."
"How?"
"Isn't it simple? Just give me the knife you're holding."
É n̊ ŭ m̃а̂. і d́
It was telling him to hand over operational command.
"You say something that cannot be done."
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Paralyzing individual thought and becoming a collective is the essence of a soldier.
That soldier's brain is operational command, so telling him to hand over the brain means making him a scarecrow.
If Valdemar bears a grudge, he could set the knights up as meat shields.
"Then there's no choice but to stay like this."
Ẃе.b́n̊ о v̈е̌ l En̈um̄а̌
Valdemar was firm.
The reason he defines him as an outsider is well known.
'Even if I say I'll give up Olivia, he ultimately doesn't believe it.'
Surprisingly, his insight was correct.
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Ferda had no intention of giving up Olivia.
'And the troops for the operation aren't here.'
W.еḃñ ov е̄ l E n ŭm̄ ȧ
Since it's that Grand Duke Valdemar Golt, he must have vaguely noticed Ferda's operation, but Ferda had to do his best.
He glared at him like someone very resentful that his shallow scheme was exposed.
Valdemar glanced his eyes toward the knight next to Ferda.
The crest on his shoulder was familiar.
"Arwen...... Sir Consillus? The person who'll become the next Family Head."
"That's correct."
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"It's truly fortunate the Consillus Family's line hasn't been cut."
"......Thank you."
Arwen couldn't hide his expression properly.
Veins popped on the fist behind his back.
Arwen already knew how Ulbera Consillus came to be there.
The reason his wife and son died was also a situation caused by this man's coercion.
Еn̈ um̆а̇.id
He saw a knight collapse helplessly.
Grand Duke Golt may be the model for all knights, but to him, he's a damn bastard under heaven.
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'Valdemar knows that too.'
But whether he feels guilt, he didn't point it out directly or wield authority.
Valdemar diluted the discomfort leaking out with laughter and spoke.
"Sir Consillus was an excellent soldier loyal to the Empire. But it's truly regrettable that he didn't receive proper compensation for that loyalty."
Ёn̊u m а̀. і̊d
"I think so too. He's someone who deserves to be happy."
Intentional provocation.
Arwen was gradually getting agitated.
Ferda lightly tapped his shoulder with his back and changed the subject.
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"A son was born recently. Named Ulbera II after the current Family Head's name."
"Already named him?"
Ẅ.е b̃ n̂ ô v е l Е n u ṁа
Thanks to Ferda tapping his back, the tension loosened.
"Yes. Since a High Elf priest and the Great Valdrova-nim blessed him together, no evil spirit would dare target Ulbera."
"Even without such a blessing, your wife alone would be enough. I heard. Right after the wedding ended, she gave birth and even danced? First-time mothers usually groan for days. She's truly remarkable."
"She's a woman from the Northern Great Warrior Family, so she's not easy."
A woman who made even the Northern Great Warrior and the next Family Head cower, and even Ferda couldn't say anything and had to leave, so what demon would have the guts to penetrate her?
She was a woman who'd chew up and spit out that demon with her gentle-looking face.
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"Anyway, I'll be going now. You must have run without rest, so rest well for a day and let's hold the meeting tomorrow."
Ferda quietly nodded at him, and Valdemar turned away.
Before he could take a few steps, aides swarmed and were receiving a briefing on the current situation.
Even calm Ferda would feel his head stop for a moment surrounded like that, but his detached handling was impressive.
'Superhuman.'
Reluctant to admit it, but he's a perfect human as a soldier.
Е n ůṁа . іd̊
The ideal Ferda dreamed of when young.
"I'm sorry."
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Arwen suddenly apologized.
"For what?"
"I couldn't control my heart, and made the Regent-nim step in......."
He seems to have self-awareness.
Е̄ numа .i̇ ḋ
The reason Ulbera Consillus cherished him yet found him unsatisfactory was because of this side.
A human weak to injustice who'd be first on the guillotine if he did politics.
Arwen needed more social experience, which was why he asked to accompany Ferda often.
"Politics is originally difficult. If there's a difficult matter, seek advice from your wife."
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"My wife is a naive woman. How could a woman who cried her eyes out when I wasn't by her side give advice in this floor?"
Seeing that, Ferda was convinced.
Ê n ǔ m̊ã .ĭ d̆
"Make it so you rely on your wife for everything you handle."
The Consillus Family is in Ludmilla's hands.
