Record of Wortenia War: Volume 22 [Parts 1 to 5] by Ryota Hori

Author:Ryota Hori
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 2: The Moment Suspicion Buds

Dawn arrived early in Pireas as of late.

Although this didn’t apply to the sunrise every day, people woke up and began working promptly in the capital. A week since the Mikoshiba barony’s battle over Pireas took place. The attacks occurred day and night, and the Rhoadserian army’s garrison had put up a good fight.

That wasn’t to say fortune did not come without a price, as those who lived in this castle dealt with it.

Before dawn, guards operated their stations in all the key positions in the castle. All this happened past 2 a.m. when most animals and people were sleeping.

Unlike modern society with the light bulb to turn on using a switch, illuminating the night was not easy in this world. Some lamps used fish or vegetable oil or tools that used endowed thaumaturgy, though they were costly methods.

While the castle was on high alert and prepared for emergencies, people could not easily stay up all night for these situations. In this world, they woke up at dawn and returned home to sleep at sunset.

Despite that, the castle was alive with activity at this late hour since more soldiers performed guard duty at night than usual. One maid watched the soldiers moving about as she pushed a cart through the corridors. Based on the direction she came from, she was returning from delivering a night meal.

Did the head maid order it? I don’t know who asked her to do this, but poor thing. Having to work at this time of night... thought a soldier on patrol as he passed the maid.

All the maids would be asleep in bed at this time of night unless there existed an emergency. Or at least, that was the routine before the Mikoshiba barony attacked the capital.

But just a week ago, the situation changed.

How long can we keep living like this?

Boredom and a sense of wasted effort that bordered on resignation gripped the soldier’s heart. No one knew how long the city wall would last, and only a few people working in the castle maintained their morale. Many of the soldiers who participated in the northern subjugation still felt rattled by the horror of facing the Mikoshiba barony soldiers in battle. Others gathered by the surrounding nobles to defend the capital lamented they were in a losing war.

It was hard putting their discontent into words. They had to perform their duties all day to defend the capital with no break times. Depending on the circumstances, they sometimes had trouble making time for meals to relax.

The soldiers were unfamiliar with this concept, yet the workload he and his fellow soldiers dealt with was even worse than modern sweatshops.

I realize this is an emergency, and I love this country as much as anyone, but... Didn’t this war start because Queen Lupis and some power-hungry nobles viewed the hero of the last civil war, Baron Mikoshiba, as dangerous?

This doubt crossed the soldier’s mind now and then. Receiving the Wortenia Peninsula as his reward for his distinguished service was nothing short of harassment.

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