Chapter 624 – Chapter 624: Surprise Attack-19
Yosaren.
The days when it was the capital of the Blue Seals are now a thing of the past, now it is a rear city supporting the Red Union forces oppressing the city federation.
Supply is always important, and as much as the population of Yosaren is large, commerce was also active.
There was no better way to support the military.
The person in charge of supplying Yosaren was Harran Wolf, the administrator of Yosaren.
A beautiful black-haired elf, a woman with a dark and gloomy expression, spoke to her partner while struggling to smile.
“How does the tea taste?”
“Please use honorific language, magistrate.”
Li Jin, the black-haired half-elf sitting across from him in the administrative office, responded neatly.
I’m laughing, but I’m never laughing. Haran’s heart felt as if it were being cut with a knife, but he continued to speak.
“Rijin, I…”
“Although I am your subordinate, please use honorifics, First Class Administrator Harran Wolfga.”
“…”
My daughter was an iron wall.
Haran faithfully tried to follow the orders of the underground, to approach Li Jin as her mother, but it was always this way.
I did make time to sit down with Ri-jin and drink her tea.
The pretext was communication for Yosaren’s administrative processing, and at this time, Haran approached in such a friendly way several times, but Rijin did not give any gap.
“I am…”
“If it is a public occasion, I would like to ask for an honorific.”
Ri-jin coldly repeated the same words countless times.
Every time Haran felt a pain in her stomach, she didn’t know what to do.
Of course, she also thought that Ri-jin deserved to come out like this, but she still had to say her words, wouldn’t it be something?
But Ri-jin didn’t give her a chance to speak at all.
“If I have nothing else to do, can I go for today? I want to check the military rice.”
“… Yes, please.”
In the end, her mentally exhausted Haran sighed and nodded her head.
Ri Jin was an iron wall. It’s not like there’s no way to get past this… As her mother, her heart was broken and she was hacked to pieces, and she just couldn’t get enough of it.
Feeling her heart ragged, Haran put her hand on her forehead and sighed before stopping.
Not a single movement of Rijin as she lightly drank her tea and set it down, her eyes, fingers, shoulders and breath did not go against her elf etiquette.
That’s because her daughter was taught by Haran when she was a child.
“Lee…”
“…”
Ri-jin, who put the teacup down silently, stared at Haran.
Haran was unable to say anything at the hostile reaction and rejection that was expressed throughout his body.
Ri-jin was about to get up from her seat when the door opened.
The one who came in without knocking, her fair-haired elf, was Leticia.
She hurriedly walked towards the sofa and made a surprised face when she saw Ri-jin.
“What, were you there too?”
“Hello. Miss Leticia.”
“…”
No, can Leticia speak casually?
Haran was enveloped in feelings he could not express.
In the first place, Li Jin was a woman who was well behaved in the organization, and she did not care whether the other person used honorifics or not.
Haran was the only one she asked to use her honorific. It means that she never wants to be involved in private.
Leticia, unaware of Haran’s intentions, spoke quickly.
“It’s just fine. You sit down and listen You don’t have to tell me twice.”
Leticia sat down in her seat and put down the document in her hand.
Li-jin Man, who was about to get up, and Haran, who suppressed her complicated feelings, also looked at her documents.
“This…”
Iris Valia of the City Federation recommends.
Yosaren’s Red Union soldiers must immediately lay down their weapons and surrender. Then I will promise you humane treatment as a prisoner of war.
If not, I will attack tomorrow night.
Please reply with a white flag above the city gate. If it’s not a white flag, I’ll take it as a rejection and attack.
It is feared that civilian casualties will occur if street fighting takes place. We want to make a decision in a night battle, so please open the gate and come out to greet us.
Then I’ll see you tomorrow night.
“Yes, it is a declaration of war.”
Leticia said angrily.
“Isn’t it absurd? What do you have?”
“… Iris Vallia. You must be a unicorn knight.”
Leticia frowned at Haran’s words.
“Do you know this person well, Haran-nim?”
“She is a knight chosen by unicorns. Unicorns are horses with sacred horns, and only virgins carry them on their backs. She is also told that she bestows very special powers on her maidens whom she chooses to be her own knights. I don’t even know her specific abilities.”
“But why have I never heard of it?”
“They are usually reclusive. It has never been mobilized even in skirmishes with Purple. It’s a kind of secret weapon.”
Purple’s unique, Leticia, has also heard of unicorns, but she is the first to hear about their articles.
Li Jin thought for a moment, then she said.
“If they are virgins… It’s not just one person.”
“That’s right, he’ll bring a lot of subordinates. You are too confident.”
“…”
Haran looked at Leticia, who was respectful to herself and spoke in a condescending way to Rijin.
Leticia still did not know about the relationship between Haran and Rijin.
Rin asked calmly.
“How many enemies will come?”
The question to Haran, Haran was happy, but asked calmly without revealing her true intentions.
“There was no information that the enemy had advanced in this area. I don’t know exactly how fast the unicorn is, but since it’s said to come within a day and a half, it must be in the town. It is said that they secretly approached the Red Union’s spy network, but they would have been caught if they received supplies. In other words, it must be seen that they came with only a small number of troops, and it is estimated to be around 3,000.”
Rijin thought for a moment and then turned to Leticia.
“Is this letter addressed to Leticia-sama?”
“Yeah, I heard that a cavalry soldier came and delivered it.”
“Then these enemies know that Leticia is in Yosaren. You must also know that Yosaren has 10,000 troops. Even so, attacking with 3,000 means you have your own confidence.”
Haran, watching, was proud.
Seeing her daughter grow up, as a mother, I can’t help but be moved.
“A unicorn would be a horse, then a cavalryman. He probably knows that the walls are being repaired. Didn’t he think that if he fought in the field, he would have a chance?”
“Iris is one of the central figures of the city federation. The fact that she came to fight Yosaren herself means that this is a military action by the city federation, and it has its own goals.”
“… In other words, she is confident that she will not lose even against Unique and 10,000 soldiers.”
As Haran and Rijin talked back and forth, Leticia frowned at her.
If she was in a normal position, she would have been hot right away saying that she looked down on him, but Ri-jin and Haran were the ones she allowed her heart to.
“Then we must find out and defeat it. Haran, then I will go and inform Carl Warniak and prepare for battle. Shall we start fighting tomorrow night?”
“In the current situation, it has no choice but to do so.”
When Haran agreed, Li Jin stood up.
“Then I will first seek cooperation from the Merchant Guild and settle public sentiment.”
“… All right.”
At Haran’s words, Ri-Jin quickly walked out.
Leticia tried to get up, but as she sat back down, she said,
“Why is Ri-jin so cold towards Haran-nim?”
“I will tell you next time.”
Harran tidied up lightly.
Ri-jin was hiding the fact that she was Haran’s daughter. Even Haran couldn’t be against that doctor.
But she had to see that if Leticia felt it, she was leaking out of Rijin’s attitude unknowingly.
‘… But.’
The reason why Ri-jin, who doesn’t care about the etiquette of others, insisted on asking for respect only from Haran, was because she had that kind of heart.
Although Ri-jin’s emotional control and her mentality were phenomenal, she was squeamish when dealing with Haran in the end.
Haran knew that and felt complicated.
As her mother, the response was welcome, but as her boss, she wanted to teach her not to.
“Anyway, I was bored at the back, but it went well. Shall we at least warm up, Haran-nim?”
“Yes?”
“Of course I will be in the lead, but Haran-nim should also step in.”
“…”
Haran thought for a moment and shook her head.
“No. I have to say it now… An operation plan has come to the commander-in-chief.”
“Yes? Are you going underground?”
The girls in Yosaren didn’t even know until they got close, so how could the underground fighting in the distance look out?
The fact that Haran had an operation plan now meant that he had predicted this situation five days ago, even if the basement was full.
“Sorry. However, the commander-in-chief told me that only I would know about this operation plan, and that I would inform it when a situation arises.”
“… Is it so? What do you say?”
“Wait a minute.”
Haran opened the normally locked drawer and brought her plan of operation.
She was brief.
When the unicorn knight arrives, fight for defense and take the time.
Don’t go out in the field
“… It sounds very common sense.”
Unicorns are also horses and cavalry are strong in the field, it is common knowledge. A rampart weakens the cavalry.
Leticia shook her head.
“But right now, the walls of Yosaren are being repaired. How do you do Mercury?”
“That would be at our discretion. Even if the walls are collapsed, it’s just a matter of encamping there and blocking it.”
“… No, no. Even so, the cavalry charge cannot be avoided.”
Leticia shook her head.
“The enemy is around 3,000, compared to that, we have 10,000 and I have too. If you stick to defense here, the morale of the army will drop.”
“Leticia-nim, these are the commander-in-chief’s instructions.”
“… I’ll take responsibility. Can we win?”
Leticia looked at Haran provocatively.
Haran was stunned when he understood the meaning of that gaze.
Leticia’s rivalry was fueled by the fact that Jihaha had only informed Harran of her plan.
“Oh, don’t worry. I won’t do anything reckless. I’ll just go out with about 5,000 troops and see what kind of unicorns they are. I wonder if it was the blue seal’s secret weapon.”
“…”
Leticia’s already determined face, Haran shook her head thinking about it.
Although there were instructions from the underground, Leticia had some truth in her words. And most of all, she had a second directive from her underground that only she would know.
The first directive of her underground, that she not go out into the field, she showed Leticia.
However, only Haran saw the second instruction.
If Leticia says that she will fight in the field even after reading her first instruction, stop it and if it doesn’t work, go out with her.
Keep the soldiers and Leticia intact if possible.
The first document is only shared with Leticia, and this second document, Haran, only you should know.
“No. I will stand in the vanguard. Leticia-sama, please take charge of the center.”
“Yes?”
“The enemies are most conscious of Lady Leticia. If it’s a field battle, I’d expect you to be in the vanguard. On the contrary, there will be no information about me.”
As a magistrate, Haran was known, but few people knew about his armed forces.
It was around the time she was in Purple that she exercised her powers as a warrior, and that was before her marriage.
The enemies are confident of sealing off Leticia. I don’t know what it is yet, but I have to defy the enemy’s expectations.
“I’m enough alone…”
“Leticia-sama, don’t speak lightly.”
Haran sternly warned.
Leticia is unique, but Haran taught her the basics of combat. She could call it a priestly relationship.
“The battlefield is a place where lives come and go, and moreover, they challenged while knowing that Lady Leticia was there. They don’t know anything about unicorns, and they’re the elite of the city federation, so they’re not to be looked down upon.”
“… Um, wouldn’t it?”
Leticia shook her head.
While Haran was puzzled, she tried to explain, but Leticia laughed bashfully.
“The underground put me here.”
“…”
The name that suddenly appeared, Leticia said with a light smile.
“If you look at the plan of operation, Jiha has been predicting that this will happen for a long time. I wondered why I was keeping the peace here. In fact, it doesn’t have to be me to be the security of Yosaren… In the end, I thought this would happen if there was a war with the Underground City Federation, so I left me here.”
“… I guess so.”
“It is difficult to launch a defensive war in a situation where the castle wall has collapsed. Let’s press it flat once and follow the underground strategy.”
Leticia smiled confidently.
She doesn’t just believe in her own skills.
He was convinced that the man who was not present had predicted this board, and that he could break it with his own strength.
Haran said in a complicated manner.
“Still, it’s something you never know. It is absolutely forbidden to be careless.”
“Ah, Haran-nim is also true. Don’t be too nervous. I am thrilled to be on the battlefield with Haran.”
After saying that, Leticia readily held out her hand.
Haran was puzzled, but leticia smiled prettily when they faced each other.
“I never dreamed that I would come this far and see Haran again. So let’s join forces together and fight.”
The heart and good intentions in her words come through.
As far as Leticia’s ferocious behavior went, her nature was pure and gentle.
Deep down, she feels her rivalry with Haran as a woman, but she doesn’t make an emotional goal.
Even her teacher Haran, who taught her, sometimes revealed her true face.
No, I haven’t shown it this often… As they were embraced by the underground, they behaved more innocently.
For Haran, who was suffering from Ri-jin’s cold treatment, her heart felt healed for some reason.
Haran also laughed and said.
“Is it so. Let’s fight the enemy together and then solve it, Leticia-sama.”
“… Oh, and the basement might give you a prize if you solve this task. No, I will definitely give it to you.”
Leticia blushed.
“You came and left without even seeing my face, right? … So I’m going to take this opportunity firmly.”
She teleported to Yosaren and immediately left to fight the City League. In order to control her information, Leticia without seeing her face.
Even though Leticia understood that, she felt a pain in her heart.
“I’m sorry to Haran-nim, but I won’t lose. I will set up the best ball and ask the underground with confidence.”
“If that’s the case, it’s hard for me to back down.”
In a situation where Haran had to receive an improvement in her relationship with Li Jin, she had to take credit for it.
Leticia seems to have accepted that as a declaration of rivalry.
The two blond and black-haired elves, who said they would give each other the most credit, had their thoughts wrong from a certain point.
I was optimistic that they would win, or at least not lose.
Why did the basement tell me not to go out in the night?
Little unicorn knight.
When the battle begins, the two realize they are wrong.
