Chapter 114 : Supplies

TL:SummerPeanut

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(Damn that vixen! She's forcing the strongest class to retreat for the sake of the so-called Warrior Gods Festival! And then she sends some teachers and first-year students? What is she thinking by sending first-year students who can't even make it to the Warrior Gods Festival? She must have sent them as disposable pawns but they're students of the Lister Imperial School, so I'll meet them just once. Having some die in battle with honor and shedding some tears should appease the students.)

Four of them were shown into my room, one of them is the brilliant Duval and another is a middle-aged swordsman with refreshing looks. Then there's a beautiful little girl with red hair and a face I've seen somewhere before, and a super handsome blonde swordsman I've never seen before.

I've made up my mind. I'll keep this extremely handsome swordsman in my place. I'll treat him as a slave. No, it would be a shame if that's all he is... This man is also valuable as an accessory... For what reason shall I make him my man...

“It is a pleasure to meet you. I am Ryner from the Lister Imperial School. I am sure you have already received word from Duke Regan that we will be having the fifth-year students return to Regan for the Warrior Gods Festival. In their stead, there will be two teachers and eight first-year S class students. I will be leading them but they will be represented by a first-year student. Mars, please introduce yourself."

That middle-aged man with refreshing looks uttered so and I nodded to appear gracious. First impressions are important in these kinds of thing. But still, the S class came huh... I haven't seen the letter from Duke Regan in person so I don't know the details but she didn't send a disposable pawn it seems...

On the contrary, she delivered someone who will be responsible for the future of the Lister Confederacy. If that's the case, then this very handsome man is also an S class student. With this face, he is the hope of the Lister Confederacy. I certainly want him in my hands no matter what!

“Nice to meet you. I'm Mars Bryant, first-year S class, ranked first in Lister Imperial School. I will be taking over from Senior Duval and the other seniors. I'm only a freshman so I may cause you trouble but I look forward to working with you."

Yeah! Very good! I love how prompt he is. But still, a first-year student with this height... I don't think there's much difference between him and his father anymore... This is definitely going to make him popular. I'll have him charged with a fait accompli. Men are... simple, especially boys this age so if I let them touch one of my breasts in the back room, he'll fall in love with me.

“I am Viscount Irina Weiss, eldest daughter of the Margrave Isaac. Thank you all for your long journey. Duval, please go to Ryner to take care of the takeover procedure. Mars, have a little chat with me in the back."

It was when I was about to pull Mars by the hand and go to the back room.

“*SNAP*!!!!!!!”

A dry sound echoed through the room.

☆☆☆

“I-ri-na. I haven't introduced myself yet, have I?”

Karen slapped her whip on the ground and said towards Irina, Irina pulled a face and answered Karen.

“Oh, is that so? Well then, lit-tle la-dy...can you...introduce yourself?”

Irina was completely unaware of Karen... Karen introduced herself as she slapped her whip on the ground.

“Lister Imperial School, 1st year, S class, ranked fourth. I'm Karen Lionel, second daughter of the Dukes of Fresvald. Am I the only one who thinks that a member of the Margrave Isaac Household is actually frolicking oh so high-handedly in front of a member of the Duke of Fresvald?”

This comment was immensely powerful. Karen completely dominated the scene. Irina bowed, bent her knees, grasped Karen's hand, and said

“My humblest apologies. I have been informed of the presence of the second daughter in this generation of the Duke of Fresvald but I had no idea that it was Lady Karen...

I have heard talks of you, Lady Karen. I heard that Duke Fresvald is very pleased to have the first second daughter of the Fresvald Household in the hundreds of years."

Hm? The Second daughter in hundreds of years…? The Fresvald family hasn't had that many daughters in hundreds of years?

“Very wise, Irina. Let's let bygones be bygones. So what do we do now? Oh, Mars will take over from now on. You are the party leader and clan master."

Karen sat down at Irina’s seat earlier, while Irina herself remained standing.

“Originally, I had sent out a quest to Duval and the others to send supplies and to thin out the magic beasts where the 2nd Order of the Duke of Fresvald's Arcane Fire and Isaac’s Knight Order located in the Forest of Death but magic beasts suddenly attacked from the east so I had them defend the east side. Fortunately, the magic beasts were still weak but they seem to be getting stronger and stronger, and I don't think they are from... labyrinth overflow or stampede...”

“Understood. Then let us deliver the supplies first. Fortunately, I think we can stop the magic beasts that are currently coming from the east but I don't think we can fight them all day long so please give us a seven-hour break. Is it possible for the Isaac side to raise forces for those seven hours?"

“...I think it's probably possible...Please coordinate that directly with the knights.”

“Understood. Then, we’ll take our leave first."

When I said this, Irina...

“Duval, wait a moment. The quest I asked for has not been completed but that's because we changed the request on our own so I'll write that down for you. Please show it to Duke Regan."

Duval nodded, and when I heard that.

“Then I'll inform the seniors outside to come back here when I return. Thank you for your hard work, Senior Duval.”

When I went outside the east castle gate, the magic beasts were no longer in sight. And the fifth-year seniors were near the castle gate so I told them to return to Irina's place. The seniors said.

“Reimei is only made up of first-year students, right? They are cute, beautiful, stylish, and above all strong and beautiful.”

He said pretty twice.

“Anyway! I have informed you to return back!”

I said that and headed towards the east where I felt everyone's presence. When I went about 1km east, they were steadily defeating the magic beasts under the lead of Genesis.

“Listen, everyone! We're going to split into two parties from now on. I, Karen and Bram will go back to Isaac and deliver supplies to the knights in the Forest of Death.

The other seven will continue to defeat the magic beasts. But don't go too far from the gates. Because the fifth years are leaving now and we don't want anything to happen to the gates. I believe we'll get a seven-hour break later. Clarice and Ryner, go back to Isaac and discuss when that break will be."

Oh, I called Ryner and Bram without their titles. Some of them seem to know what's going on but some of them don't... Well, we'll talk about it eventually... For now I have to make sure to say teacher next time.

We all went back towards the east gate and I had both Clarice and Ryner discuss with the knights first.

Until Clarice and Ryner's discussion was over, we the supply team decided to fight the magic beasts at the east gate.

As expected, the burden on Ellie is heavy if Clarice and Ryner are missing. After a little while, Baron came back to the rear.

“I'm sorry, I think I've taken some damage. Mars, can you help?”

Baron said in frustration so I replied sure and casted Heal on him.

I know what he really wanted to tell me that he wanted me to swap with him. But I instead healed Baron here.

“Wha-what... Heal? The wound is closing...”

Dominic saw this and came over to me and Baron.

“Baron, I also had my right arm healed by Mars during the Freshman Combat Tournament. You remember that, don't you? The spearhead fight against the Royal School of Syrians.”

Minerva had seen it too, and her mouth was wide open.

“Sword Saint, Wind King, Holy magician... was there ever such a person in the past?”

Baron muttered in disbelief.

“Now I have almost nothing to hide. Well then, Baron, go defeat the magic beasts and do your best to raise your level. Before I go, I'll heal everyone just in case so don't mind a few wounds and fight!”

Baron finally seemed convinced.

“I see... so that’s why the level and strength of the Reimei members are extraordinary. Since they can fight without worrying about injuries, they can fight as long as Mars's MP lasts and there’s no need to do any power leveling!”

Baron rushed into the crowd of magic beasts with great vigor Dominic and Minerva followed suit. Ellie and Misha only defeated the magic beasts that went in their direction.

After a while, Clarice and Ryner returned but their faces were dark.

“Mars... Clarice’s role as sub-leader... no, at this point it’s better to rethink the one to negotiate.”

Ryner told me with a bitter look on his face while Clarice who looked baffled only muttered “I’m sorry”.

“What's wrong? I don't think there's anything so critical about Clarice...”

“It's not Clarice's fault. It's just that the talk didn’t go very well. The knights are men too, right? They were completely fascinated by Clarice. It took half an hour just to decide when to take a break. The knights really wanted to prolong the conversation...

In the end, our break time is from 21:00 to 5:00. I got another hour extra to take a bath and have dinner."

Ah, meaning they wanted to stay with Clarice as much as possible...

“Then go with Baron next time. Clarice, look after everyone."

I said and I left the east gate with Bram and Karen and went to Irina's.

We were to go to Irina's place to pick up supplies, but to my surprise, they are not ready yet. Apparently, they need a lot of water. Well, water is a lifeline...

“Lord Irina, we can prepare the water. We only want to load the other supplies, are you ready for that?"

“Yes... we will have enough preserved food for five wagons soon. But do you have enough water? We need enough for 10 wagons?"

Ten wagons' worth of... might have to stay near the Forest of Death for at least 2 days huh. I intended to prepare water using Water magic.

“Yes. We'll be fine. I don't think we can keep the knights waiting too long. I believe their departure has already been delayed by a couple of days so I would like to leave now if I am not mistaken?”

The truth is that I had just arrived in Isaac and wanted to rest a bit but I knew that the situation was such that I couldn't say that so I decided to leave immediately.

This is how me, Karen, and Bram went to send the supplies to the knights in the Forest of Death.

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Author’s note:

Irina is not the female version of Gysahl.

Following common sense, don’t you think the knights shouldn’t be able to be infatuated with Clarice in their current situation?

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