Record of Wortenia War: Volume 19 [Complete] by Ryota Hori

Author:Ryota Hori
Language: eng
Format: epub

The following day, Helena stood atop a small hill, watching as the northern subjugation army crossed the gates into Epirus’s walls. Standing beside her were Queen Lupis and Meltina, their expressions a mix of expectation and unease. Meltina in particular looked tense, and even Helena could tell she was on tenterhooks. Her hands were clasped together and trembling slightly.

“Were we just being overly cautious?” Meltina muttered.

Helena shrugged. “It’s hard to say at this point. But whichever way things go, I do think you did all that you could.”

On the surface, everything seemed to be going well, but all three women questioned how much they could believe this situation. Meltina was the one who’d proposed they occupy Epirus, and although it was Queen Lupis who had finalized the decision, Meltina still wavered, wondering if her judgment was correct.

She doesn’t have faith in her own decision. I can understand that. We were shocked when we heard that they left their supplies and weapons behind when they evacuated the city. It almost feels too good to be true.

The report from the second scout unit had come as a major surprise to Helena. As the first report had stated, the Mikoshiba barony’s army wasn’t stationed within Epirus. All the foodstuff and valuables in storefronts and civilian homes were left as is, and warehouses all over the city were discovered to house caches of military supplies.

With the northern subjugation army marching on them, it was possible the Mikoshiba barony’s army chose to evacuate the city posthaste, and there were signs that they’d taken some supplies with them, which implied the army had abandoned Epirus in a hurry.

The situation did suggest this was the plausible conclusion, and Helena had no physical proof to suggest this was a trap. Even so, she commanded this army, so she had to assume something was amiss and install countermeasures in case of this contingency. Meltian would have acted the same, and so would Mikhail, who had returned to the capital to build a new supply network.

Sadly, one’s judgment wasn’t always driven by rationality. When it was driven by greed, people made painfully foolish choices sometimes.

Given the situation, I can see why they’d jump at the first sight of prey.

The northern subjugation army was made up of many nobles, but most of them were barons and viscounts. While they were low-ranking compared to other nobles, the commoners still saw them as part of the lofty ruling class.

However, just as the pantheons of the gods had hierarchies, so too did the Rhoadserian aristocracy. Such nobles were ranked the lowest of all aristocrats, and their domains were smaller. Barons were inferior to viscounts, who themselves were inferior to counts. The higher one’s rank was, the larger their domain. And the size of a domain was typically in direct proportion to its tax yield.

This meant that low-ranking nobles were by no means as wealthy as the commoners thought. Ryoma Mikoshiba was a baron who’d been given the Wortenia Peninsula, a land large enough to

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