Betrayed by My Best Friend and Dumped by My Fiancée, I’ve Decided to Enjoy Life as I Please ~ For Some Reason, a Bunch of Crazy Fanatics Keep Pledging Their Loyalty to Me~
“Ha! The secret spy who had infiltrated the Empire and Lionel contacted us at the same time. According to them, there are signs of a monster flood in the suburbs of Lionel. And from the Empire, …… Thousands of Imperial troops have been dispatched to Lionel ……”
W-why? ……
Why the hell are you bringing us such a big deal before the holidays?!!
Even if we don’t participate in the war, if there is an event that causes a major shift in world affairs, we naturally have more work to do, such as confirming the facts and reviewing our response to each side.
I feel like crying when I realize that my consecutive holidays are falling apart with a sound.
“Have you confirmed the truth of the information?”
“Ha! Iris-sama. I have received contacts from several secret agents at the same time, so I think there is little possibility of misunderstanding or bribing. ……”
Hearing this information, Iris closed her eyes and thought about something.
Then she nodded her head and opened her eyes.
“I understand, and thank you for your message. You may leave.”
“Ha! Excuse me!”
The soldier who had received Iris’s instructions bowed and left the room.
Then, the conference room was filled with a heavy atmosphere and silence.
“………..”
“Eh?”
The silence was broken by a small murmur from Iris.
However, her voice was so low that even I, who was next to her, couldn’t hear what she was saying, so I asked her back, and Iris raised her head, her eyes shining, and took my hand.
“As expected Rex sama!”
“……..eh?”
I didn’t understand what was so special about it at all, and I didn’t know why I was being praised.
Not only did I not do anything, but I just said something bad and put the meeting in a weird atmosphere because of my ignorance.
……… Yeah, I thought to myself, what the hell am I doing?
“I-I’m just asking, what is it? Iris.”
“I couldn’t figure out why this blundering fool of a minister was trying to team up with Lionel. …… You read off the outbreak of the stampede near Lionel and the Empire going to war!”
N-Nooo!!!!!!!!
There’s no way I could have read that and made that suggestion earlier!
I just thought that since there was some power there and it was a country of beastmen, they might be able to help us!
I never read it, so stop looking at me like a believer or something!
“I-I wasn’t reading anything. You guys actually noticed that, but you’re just doing it to make me look all pretty, aren’t you?”
“No. I thought Lionel and the Empire would fight at some point, but I couldn’t read it until the beginning of the war. Isn’t that right? Kenneth san?”
The man called Kenneth by Iris nodded.
This man is Kenneth Kaluuya, the eighth sword, who sits in the eighth seat of the Mitsurugi and has the name of “Shadow Killer.”
He is a half-dragon with horns and small wings. He is the chief of the intelligence field of the Black and White Dragon Clan and the commander of an elite intelligence unit under the direct control of Iris.
He is a stout man in his thirties, with a sharp tongue, but he is a competent man.
“As Miss Iris says. It is very difficult to determine when a stampede will occur. If it was a political thought, it would have been a natural disaster, but the fact that you were able to predict when a stampede was going to start, I can only say that Rex sama is the master of the art.”
“Yes. And the kind heartedness of Rex sama in caring for his people …… is faultless. ……!”
Not that!!!!
I’m not such an honorable man, and it’s impossible for me to read the timing of the stampede!
How could I let this happen? ……
“The situation has changed. Lionel is the only country we have to deal with from now on.”
Eh? Why do you say that?
If a war is going to start, you have one choice: stay out of it.
I mean, I definitely don’t want to work with a country that is about to start a war!
It just smells like trouble, and it’s definitely not a good thing!
“But, Vice president. If a war is about to start, it would be better to stay out of it, wouldn’t it? I don’t think they will support us, and even more so, I have a feeling that they will not negotiate with the human race. ……”
Matilda asked Iris a question that seemed to say exactly what I wanted to say.
It was such a fine play that I thought I’d give Matilda a bonus by inwardly sending her a good sign.
“No. That’s why it’s a chance.”
“Chance?”
What do you mean, “chance”?
Seems to me it would be a waste of time to take a chance on Lionel now. ……
“Yes. Do you know how many troops Lionel has and how strong they are?”
“I’ve heard that the beastmen are all physically very strong and capable fighters. And considering the population, I would say there must be at least 10,000.”
“That makes sense. It is true that Lionel has an army that may or may not reach 10,000, and the quality of each and every soldier is high. But there are several reasons why Lionel cannot enter into battle so carelessly.”
“Reasons?”
Matilda asked back and Iris nodded and took out a piece of the world map.
Iris marked Lionel, the Empire, and finally the Kingdom of Sisheva, a slightly smaller country that is adjacent to both Lionel and the Empire.
“The Kingdom of Sisheva is home to a race of people called the Fishermen. The Kingdom of Sisheva is adjacent to the sea, has many rivers flowing through it, and is so rich in water that it is called the Land of Water, and is allied with Lionel.”
This is a well-known fact, and we nodded in agreement with Iris.
The seafood food in Sisheva is very tasty, and there is a culture of sashimi, which has impressed me so much that I have visited there many times on my own.
The border with Lionel seems to be free and open, and there were many beastmen there.
It is like the European Union on Earth.
“I’m sure you all know that the Empire has been attacking the Kingdom of Sisheva, not Lionel, but the war situation is more favorable to the Empire than the information circulating in the public. It would not be surprising if the royal capital had fallen within a few months.”
“”!!!”
The fall of the capital means the fall of the country.
That means the war will be settled.
I didn’t think it was pushed that far. ……
“The empire is secretly putting the magic and technology obtained through research into actual warfare so that other countries don’t know about it. It has been hidden by skillful intelligence work, but Kenneth-san has done a thorough investigation.”
That’s what it was all about ……
When I was on Earth, I had the image of people claiming to each other that they had won, with what results and where and by whom! I wondered why they went to the trouble of reporting less on the results of the war, but that was the background to it. ……
“Lionel can’t let the Kingdom of Sisheva fall. If Sisheva falls, it will be a pincer attack, and we can see that the kingdom will be exiled.”
“Hmm. Certainly, we cannot allow a pincer attack to take place.”
“Yes. So Lionel is now sending a large number of reinforcements to the Kingdom of Sisheva. The number is reduced to the limit to protect their own country.”
The story came to light when she said that much.
After all, Lionel doesn’t have enough strength left to deal with Stampede and the Empire’s attack at the same time.
Hmmm? Wait, …… means ……
“We’ll be there to help them, to ingratiate ourselves with them so that they can’t refuse to cooperate with us.”
After alll!!!!?????!
I absolutely hate the idea of participating in a war!
If that were to happen, all the days I’ve spent living peacefully and keeping out of the limelight would be wiped out!
That’s the one thing I will definitely avoid!
“But Iris. We don’t have the numbers to help them, do we? What are you going to do?”
Iris herself said that a few moments ago.
We are too few to compete with the world.
We don’t have the money, we can’t hire mercenaries to increase our numbers, so how are we going to send reinforcements?
It was a perfect argument! I’ll try to convince her along these lines!
“Rest assured, Rex sama. We may not have the numbers to take on the Empire, but we have the strength.”
“S-Strengt?”
“Yes. The reinforcements will consist of Rex sama and myself, two hundred fighters, and a couple of swordsmen.”
Iris nodded confidently.
For a moment, I couldn’t understand what was being said, and my eyes were dazzled.
That such a number is sufficient against thousands of imperial troops. ……?
I think you’re misjudging the situation!
But before I could stop her, Iris dropped another bombshell.
“In any case, let’s make Lionel a vassal state rather than an ally. It would be more convenient for us later.”
Iris smiled carefree, as if to say, “Let’s finish our homework first, anyway, it’ll be easier later on]. She said something outrageous.
I gave up all thoughts and went into a state of nothingness.
I can’t …… do this anymore. ……
I shed tears in my heart thinking of my dead mental state
-Maiban