Heavenly Swords of the Twin Stars: Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 6] by Riku Nanano

Author:Riku Nanano
Language: eng
Format: epub

“Lord Sekiei, Lady Hakurei, everyone has finished their preparations. As ordered, we’ve split our troops into two teams of a hundred and fifty, and we’ve handed out all the practice arrows as well.” Teiha, who’d been picked out as the adjutant for this exercise, made his report while giving us a smart salute.

Still on horseback, Hakurei and I turned to look at the chosen troops. Ruri wasn’t among them. She’d discussed something with Hakurei, said that she needed to make some preparations, and then disappeared with a score of the soldiers they’d been given.

It wouldn’t be very creative if her plan is a simple ambush. Hakurei, a quiver of arrows slung over her shoulder, prompted me with a look, so I made a conscious effort to look serious.

“As you all know, we will be launching an invasion on Seitou in a matter of days. A thousand cavalrymen from our army will be participating in this campaign. Everyone gathered here today are those who already know how to shoot an arrow from horseback. Teiha?”

“The arrows that we’ll be using for the mock battle are ones that we use for training. There’s a bag of red dye attached to the tip. Everyone’s got either a white or black cloth around their arm, right? If you get hit by an arrow, I’d like you to raise the cloth in the air, leave the battlefield, and head for the hill.”

“In general, you’ll only be allowed to use a bow and arrow,” Hakurei said, taking up the explanation. “The mock battle will end when either Sekiei or I—the generals—are taken out, or if an entire team is eliminated. Be mindful that you don’t fall off your horse, everyone. We will start the mock battle when the sun reaches its zenith, and Asaka should sound the signal when that happens. Now then, would my team please get into position?”

“Yes, ma’am! Victory to Lady Hakurei!” All of the young soldiers hopped onto their horses and moved out, their anxiety clear on their faces.

Meanwhile, the fifty cavalrymen playing the roles of the enemy were joking around without getting onto their mounts. These soldiers were all veterans and had survived the siege on Keiyou.

“I wanted to be one of the people protecting Lady Hakurei.”

“The young master is...yeah...”

“It doesn’t feel very good defending him.”

“Yeah, because he often rushes in on his own.”

“If we betray Lord Sekiei, then doesn’t that mean we’ll bring victory to Lady Hakurei?”

“Good thinking!”

These idiots... Well, I had been the one to order Teiha to split the teams so that the hundred relatively younger soldiers were on one, and the fifty veterans on the other. Since I was the one who came up with the teams, I supposed I didn’t have much room to complain about how my group was treating me. I shook my head with a small smile as I checked on the string of my bow.

Hakurei, from Getsuei’s back, had taken only a few steps away when she stopped. Without turning around, she said, “Sekiei.

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