Record of Wortenia War: Volume 20 [Complete] by Ryota Hori

Author:Ryota Hori
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 3: A Trap for a Trap

That day, a runner arrived at the Rhoadserian capital of Pireas to deliver a surprising report on the events that transpired in the southern city of Heraklion. When the runner knocked on Michail Vinash’s office door, still catching his breath, Mikhail raised his head unpleasantly. After all, the captain was currently running all affairs in the castle.

He received all manner of paperwork, much of which didn’t pertain to the Northern Subjugation, forcing him to work day and night. So he knew that any urgent report from Heraklion couldn’t be good news.

Probably a report about them having trouble gathering the supplies we ordered, he thought.

Mikhail knew that the demands he made of them were excessive. He had asked them to gather enough food to feed an army of two hundred thousand soldiers and other necessary supplies. While the Heraklion region was fertile land known as Rhoadseria’s breadbasket, even it had a limit for how much food it could procure. It would have been another story if they had gathered this food over some time, but on such short notice, they had to resort to forceful measures.

Still, if the northern subjugation army lifted itself out of its predicament, it would have to go the distance and make painful decisions.

At worst, we may have to deploy units from the capital too.

But the fact Mikhail had that thought cross his mind was optimistic of him. He assumed that southern Rhoadseria was far from the front lines of this civil war, so any problems there couldn’t amount to anything of major importance.

The moment Mikhail read the report, he felt the blood drain from his face.

“Impossible... Is this report true?”

As he examined the report again, Mikhail’s hands trembled as its content was alarming. After reading over it a few more times, he realized he didn’t misunderstand anything and threw his black-rimmed glasses over the table.

This pair of glasses was one he bought after his house arrest ended following the previous civil war when the O’ltormean Empire invaded Xarooda. He had done so as an attempt to broaden his interests and horizons beyond just swordplay.

There were a few reasons he bought those glasses. By his own admission, Mikhail was something of a meathead with a frank, impulsive personality. He was more in his element cutting into the enemy army than leading soldiers. Being one of the leading swordsmen in Rhoadseria and highly loyal to the royal family, he was a man whose only talents lay in combat.

Despite fighting being his favored field, Mikhail made a fatal mistake during the civil war. His attempt to chase down and defeat Kael Iruna, a traitor who turned his back on Queen Lupis and sided with Duke Gelhart, got him captured instead. And that led to Duke Gelhart using him as a bargaining chip.

When Meltina told him the decision Queen Lupis had to make to save his life, Mikhail wailed in despair. Despite being her aide, his petty ambition and envy toward Ryoma Mikoshiba clouded his judgment, which sabotaged his beloved queen’s rise to power.

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