Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter: Volume 8 [Complete] by Riku Nanano

Author:Riku Nanano
Language: eng
Format: epub

Dark clouds covered the sky, blotting out the sun. Enemy forces massed at the opposite end of the fallen bridge. Judging by their banners, the Violet Order and the Algren guard were indeed in the vanguard.

“Bertrand, I know you’ve seen the healers, but should you really be back on the battlefield?” I asked my senior comrade, who wore light armor borrowed from the beastfolk militia.

“Of course,” he replied, stroking his gray-streaked beard as he surveyed the enemy ranks. “The rebels will be desperate to overwhelm us this time. Every able fighter should be here to meet them.”

Only the beastfolk leaders—both clan and militia—knew our speculation about the recapture of the royal capital. If we let our guards down, we would be crushed under the sheer weight of numbers.

More sea-green griffins than I could count flew around the Great Tree, poised to strike without mercy if our enemies tried to restore the bridge and cross.

“Magical beasts keeping a two-hundred-year-old promise?” Bertrand murmured, looking up at the sky. “I wish people were that loyal.”

“Maybe they are,” I said. “If the royal capital is back in friendly hands, then the western Lebuferas must have—”

“Vice Commander! Movement in the enemy ranks! They’re coming!” shouted Valery Lockheart. Despite being the youngest knight in the guard, she’d fought through this whole upheaval without suffering a single wound. Some had even taken to calling her “Lucky” lately.

Knights armored head to toe in violet were advancing, greatshields raised, while sorcerers used earth magic to create a path for them.

“Anna, how do you read the enemy tactics?” I asked, glancing at the head maid, who waited with Nico and Jean at the rear of our lines.

“A frontal assault, I daresay,” she replied. “Still...something doesn’t sit right with me.”

Haig Hayden and Haag Harclay were seasoned generals; they had to know how exposed their troops would be to offensive magic while they forded the canal. The militia captain, Rolo of the leopard clan, who was back on the front line courtesy of Nico’s medicines, looked as puzzled as I was.

“Richard! The militia’s ready whenever you need us!” shouted Sui of the fox clan, running up to me.

“Should you really be here, Sui?” I asked.

“Why not? I’m all healed up,” replied the puzzled young man in a tattered martial-arts uniform, who had so recently reunited with his fiancée, Momiji Toretto.

“I don’t mean that. Should you really have left Momiji?”

“What?! Wh-What’re you talking about? I...I don’t—”

“Want to be with her?”

“Of course I want to be with her, you— Ah!”

His swift retort drew a hearty laugh from the ranks. Militia Chapter Leader Toma of the bearlet clan was in stitches.

Good. Now everyone’s nice and relaxed.

I winked at Sui, who responded with a curse and a muttered “I’ll clobber you later.”

Enemy sorcerers began working to restore the fallen bridge in earnest. It would be so easy to attack them. And yet...

Sui twitched his nose and murmured, “Those old-timers are missing.”

“Old-timers?” I echoed. “Who do you— Damn! Nico! Search for Zaur Zani’s mana!”

“Yes, my lord!” The pale-aqua-haired girl immediately sprang into action.

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