The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom: Volume 5 [Parts 1 to 10] by Fudeorca

Author:Fudeorca
Language: eng
Format: epub

After we’d left the room, we were taken back to our room in our wheelchairs. I realized that the candles in our room had been replaced with fresh ones. Our hosts were certainly thoughtful.

The royal sword-like woman passed me the crutch that I’d left in the room. “Will you require any further assistance?” she asked.

“No, I’m good. It’s not that hard for me to walk a little.”

I used the crutch to get up from my chair.

“Then you must excuse me. Please call on me if you need anything.”

The royal sword-like woman bowed her head, left the room, and closed the door behind her.

Using my crutch, I walked over to the couch. I couldn’t help but sigh. “Phew...”

Carol also sat down in the chair. “Can I ask you something, Yuri?”

“What?”

“Just now...why’d you accept the task of transporting all those civilians?”

“You wish I hadn’t?”

If anything, I thought turning it down would’ve made her mad.

“It’s not that... It’s just not like you.”

Isn’t it?

“I didn’t want to accept, but it’s not a bad plan. Our unit will get some recognition for it.”

It was particularly good news for the plainrunner riders. It wasn’t that they hadn’t been useful, but they’d generally been left at our base of operations when they hadn’t been transporting supplies.

There were no awards given for a role like that, and they wouldn’t have anything to boast about afterward. If we carried out this new task, though, they’d share in the glory as long as they stuck with us to the end.

“That’s true, but...you normally avoid troublesome tasks, don’t you?”

“Even I can’t ignore someone’s last wishes... If it’s someone I know, that is.”

Though they’re pretty much strangers. I suppose the prince consort isn’t a total stranger since he was one of Gok’s friends.

“All right. Personally, I think it’s an admirable task for a knight.”

“To me, it’s a complication that makes it harder to carry out the original objective.”

“How so?”

She really doesn’t get it?

Apparently, Carol didn’t realize that this new task would make it much harder to keep the unit organized while on the move. Sure, we got the royal seal and some decorations as part of the deal, but those wouldn’t make it any easier.

“Are you...going home first?” I asked.

“Huh?!” Carol cried in surprise. It seemed she hadn’t considered this.

“Most of the kingeagle company will have to be sent away. We don’t need twenty eagles escorting us back. It’ll just be more mouths to feed...”

We wanted eagles because they were useful for reconnaissance, but we’d only need four at most—the other twenty-two would just get in the way. They’d be like extra baggage that ate up all our meat.

“I’m not leaving.”

That’s what I thought.

Carol was so popular among the Knight Academy students that sending her away would be a blow to morale. And even if she were to go back early on my orders, it would still look like she’d left all the refugees behind. If I could’ve made a phone call to Queen Shimoné to get her opinion, she probably would’ve asked me to keep Carol there.

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