Record of Wortenia War: Volume 19 [Parts 1 to 7] by Ryota Hori

Author:Ryota Hori
Language: eng
Format: epub

A few days had passed since Queen Lupis accepted the refugees. The northern subjugation army had marched its troops to a spot two kilometers away from Epirus. It was an area dotted with low, sloping hills on Epirus’s outskirts.

Sitting on her horse, Helena looked at Epirus’s imposing walls, her mind brewing.

Knowing that boy, I expected him to use the confusion the refugees caused by joining us to launch a surprise attack, but nothing happened.

She was torn between relief that her expectations had been proven wrong and dread at having failed to read Ryoma. Either way, the northern subjugation army was about to strike at its first major site.

Thanks to Meltina and her subordinates’ efforts, we were able to accept the refugees relatively quickly, but the fact it went so smoothly is what worries me.

Immediately after the decision to accept the refugees was made, the nobles’ objections had caused some temporary confusion in the army, and the soldiers were upset to learn that their rations would be smaller to accommodate them. The soldiers’ discontent didn’t come as a surprise, as they risked their lives on the field of battle, but having smaller portions for the sake of noncombatants struck them as unacceptable.

Helena had initially believed that this was Ryoma’s plan.

He was hoping to stall us with this. It makes sense strategically. It would have been a viable way to make an opening for a surprise attack too.

Given the numerical disadvantage, the Mikoshiba barony couldn’t hope to challenge the northern subjugation army in open combat.

If they do try, it will be for one of two reasons. He would either do it for lack of any other choice, hoping to somehow turn the tables on us, or he would do it because he’s confident he’d win.

In that regard, accepting the refugees was a dangerous choice, but Meltina had handled the situation while aware of this. She had explained to the soldiers that the refugees were loyal Rhoadserian citizens who had rejected the Mikoshiba barony’s rule.

Mikhail’s decision to set up a reservation to house the refugees also turned out to be a good idea. Bringing noncombatants along with their army to war would have been risky, and giving the refugees shelter did help improve their emotional state.

At worst, accepting the refugees could have taken us between ten to fourteen days.

The fact that they had accomplished this in a mere few days was a major achievement. It was likely that Ryoma hadn’t expected them to handle the situation that quickly.

I knew those two had matured, yes, but...

Meeting Ryoma had spurred growth in both Meltina and Mikhail. The former grew ashamed of her ignorance, while the latter grew beyond his strict ideals of chivalry, allowing them both to approach situations from new angles. Thanks to that, they were able to function as effective aides to Queen Lupis.

But Helena was only aware of this because she had engaged with them directly, and even she hadn’t expected that the two would become so dependable. In which case, since Ryoma hadn’t seen their growth, he shouldn’t have unexpected it.

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