Strategist Witch Shizuku

Sit on a simple chair in a dim tent.

Next to you, Elma, the head of the Demon Wand unit.

She was wearing a cute bandage on her head.

"You don't seem to feel so good, Witch Hall. Does' Injury to Honor 'hurt so much?

Count Avrine, who stood in the front and watched how my allowance was, asks to tease me.

As I deepen my blurry face, I look up to Count Aveline.

"Yeah, that hurts so bad. Yeah, curse the republican soldiers!... I don't know."

I joke and say that, but I'm half serious.

Count Avrine glanced over his shoulder and showed him.

"Will you stop waving the curse, Witch Hall? We can't lose any more troops."

"... I know."

The outburst of General Kirico. As a result, he lost more than 10,000 troops.

The damage is immense.

I'm not simply saying that my troop strength has been reduced to 40,000.

As a result of the conflagration, a small number of officers were also lost.

Thanks to this, the chain of command is doomed.

Even more comradeship, because of the worst you've done, the morale of the soldiers is on the bottom.

When you say 40,000 troops per bite, you can't compare it to a regular 40,000 legion.

That power is a wretch.

A pinch is a pinch, a big pinch.

Fucking jizzy...... How dare you?

He seemed like a hell of a enthusiast, back to back with a good grandfather atmosphere.

You misread it. I can't believe I made such a fool of myself on a boulder...

Or did you incite too much? Yeah, maybe I stirred it up a little too much.

That's where we should reflect. Yeah, Shizuku reflection.

What a proper reflection, Count Avrine opens his mouth.

"All the Cyrillic servicemen who broke out did not kill and detain... Well, what's going on after this?"

"After this..."

"Hmm. Witch House, frankly, do you think you have the ability to let the current republican army fall Occhidens Castle?

"You can't. It's no use attacking a castle."

I responded completely and instantly to Count Avrine's inquiry.

Lower military strength, lower morale, disturbed chain of command? It's a negative triple.

I can't, it's a good place to recklessly attack a castle in this situation.

In this situation, if we mount a hard and tough siege fight......

It would naturally be a long fight.

Then, more and more feelings of abhorrence are amplified and morale is further exacerbated.

Worst case scenario, it could cause a second kiriko shock.

"Right. It will not be possible to strike down the castle. So, what should we do?

"If you can't attack the castle, pull the enemy out into the field. It's a choice."

"... certainly by reason. But how does it work?

It is also impossible for Count Avrine to wonder.

If it's so easy to pull enemy troops out of the castle, there's no taking care of them.

'Cause it's overwhelmingly advantageous to cage in a castle.

On purpose, there is no need for enemy forces to respond to a five-minute battle.

Yes, if you judge rationally.

But people are not always creatures capable of acting rationally.

Sometimes act unreasonably.

Yes, in a way drawn to emotions and greed.

"If we are put at an overwhelming disadvantage, people will run for preservation. But once a chance comes in, it's something that gives you a hue."

"Colour…?"

"Yes, and there are many people of a belligerent character in the race of military. If that's a closed cage like a turtle, you'll get dissatisfied too. If there's a chance of offense there..."

"Unexpectedly eaten. Isn't it hilarious to be aggressive..."

I nod and show.

"For that, I have already struck my hand"

"Hmm. What's that hand?

"We didn't cover up the status quo of the Republican Army, we let people spreading rumors."

"Oh my...!

It's supposed to hide the weakness of your own army.

I let it hustle in grandeur.

To give hope to the relative Seventh Army of the Kingdom of Magna that it can triumph.

To lure you into the field.

"The Witch Hall, that's... No, it could be a good hand indeed."

"Yes, but this alone is uncertain if we can fish out enemy forces"

"Uhm."

"There's another hand,... Elma, give me the map"

"Ha."

When Elma replies briefly, she takes out the parchment.

It is a map describing the entire kingdom of Magna in a large mess.

"We are marching east to the capital of the Kingdom of Magna as it stands."

I explain with my finger pointing on the map.

"Keep going, the caged Occhidens Castle of the Seventh Army. Just before that, we'll move southeast."

"Mm? To the southeast?

"Yes, southeast. The enemy will think. We are about to renounce the siege battle and join the Armenian army marching from the south of the Kingdom of Magna. Or he said he was trying to intercept the three Magna armies he had distributed to the South with the Army of Arlunia."

"Hmm..."

"The Seventh Army cannot let this go bare. Different?

……………………

To my inquiry, Count Aveline will remain silent for a while.

"... is it just obvious? I don't think you realize the potential for positive movement..."

"Yes. I guess you're not that stupid."

"Yeah? Doesn't that make sense?

Count Avrine raises a voice of doubt.

"No, I can't even say yes. Even if we realize the possibility of positive motion, we cannot determine our sincerity"

"Mm?... right! Complete. It may or may not be Yang Dynamic. You can throw it away if you're positive, but if you're not..."

I smile and show.

"If you let it go bare, the face of the Seventh Army will crumble greatly. That's all you'll want to avoid. On the contrary, if you are positive...... it will be a field battle, but not all of you will have a winning chance. Then we should be ready to launch the castle… and the aggressors within the enemy army will gain momentum"

Yes, populations faced with major decisions naturally crack their opinions.

aggressive and cautious. Speaking of here, are you an offender and a protector?

This positive behavior is not meant to fool the enemy.

Yes, it is an action to motivate the enemy's aggressors.

Count Avrine nods several times as excited.

"All right, all right! You might be able to fish out the enemy! Then later......!

"Later?

"Mm-hmm. Later, we'll actually do the field and see if we can win..."

"Oh, that's for sure..."

I smile unexpectedly.

Whatever it is, the misery of the scattered republican army is an indisputable truth, not deceptive information.

The number of soldiers is twice that of the enemy army......

There is no guarantee anywhere that you can win.

Well, still......

"... it would be from a siege. I still have eyes to beat."

"That's... you're right. Exactly..."

Conditions Even in the fifth-minute field, the current situation where victory is dubious.

In a siege in the enemy's favor, we don't talk about it.

The enemy army will defend the castle slowly.

In the meantime, the Army of the Arlnian Marquis will be destroyed by the Magna Army Triads.

In that case, it's a ji-end.

The Magna Army Triads will ravage the Republican Army with a blade to return.

Then we'll have to win in the field.

That's the only way we can survive.

"Hmm, do I have to be ready? All right! Let's try to feed our troops sharply for the showdown."

"That would be good, Count"

"Uhm. The Witch Hall heals that 'Injury to Honor' too"

Blue muscles come to mind by accident.

"... Count, can you not say too much 'Injury to honor', 'Injury to honor'?

Conscious, no, unconscious, but a low voice came out.

"Ha! Is that a crown? Then let's disperse before the witch curses us."

With that said, Count Avrine left the tent.

Totally, make fun of people!

No, it's nothing. This head wound is nothing to be ashamed of.

Yes, a sign of diving through the dead line during a comrade debate earlier.

I'm sure it was followed by an ambitious battle that everyone honored.

Yeah, let's do that. No, it was.

Never a scratch that I fell and hit in a hurry. Well, there isn't!

I even deceived myself so I could rot in my own memories.