E - Rank Hero In Another World
Chapter 102 - The Truth

Leo and Selene return to their inn. The horseman who had been waiting for a long time was seen sitting while reading a book. On the side of his desk was a cup of coffee accompanying him.

"Master is ready to go back?" Ask the horseman.

"Yes." Yeah." Reply Leo briefly.

With just that alone, the horseman already knew that something was wrong with the two of them. Least.... It's not a good thing.

But his job is to drive a horse-drawn carriage. Delivering his Master according to his request. No more and no less.

Therefore, He chose to be silent and immediately prepare the horse carriage.

The moon is already in its highest position. The streets look so quiet. Many lights have been turned off. It left only street lights.

Passing the path paving with the stone, the horse-drawn carriage that Leo was riding on walked in silence.

Eventually, the horseman broke the silence with information he thought was necessary to convey to his Master.

"Mr Leo, the Duke in the Rustfell region has moved as you expect." Said the old horseman.

Leo looked to have turned his eyes to her. Looking at the figure of the old man wearing a sleeveless black suit on top of his white shirt.

While next to her, Selene is seen to have fallen asleep using Leo's left shoulder as her backrest.

"He's pulling a new army?" Ask Leo.

The horseman nodded slowly while replying to Leo's question.

"Master's right. But this time it's a little worse. Maybe your trade group will be hit directly."

"What do you mean by that?" Ask Leo back.

The horseman looks silent for a moment while turning his horse in the desired direction. In the direction of their residence.

After a while, he spoke again.

"Duke Achibald has lowered the command with the knight as the bearer of his message. That piece of paper has only 1 meaning. That all men from 16 to 50 years of age, without exception, should go to war in Eastfort." Obviously the horseman was quite long.

Leo who heard it was shocked. He had no idea that Achibald would take down such an insane order.

"Wait first! Couldn't it reach hundreds of thousands of people?! What does he want?! After all, didn't He just draw all the regular soldiers and reserve soldiers? If he does it again...." Leo replied in panic.

"Master's right. If that really happened, then this Rustfell territory would completely collapse just like its name suggests. A rusty old iron that fell from a height." Reply to the horseman.

Leo is seen propping up his chin with his right hand while thinking hard. Think about what steps he should take.

On the one hand, if he were to join this army, there would be nothing much he could do.

Not because he is weak. That was no longer the case considering the weapons and also the Mananya capacity increase due to Selene.

However, with such a large number of troops, even he would not be able to contribute much. Hence....

"Hide this information from everyone, Ralph. But we're gonna run away from this town for a while." Reply Leo suddenly.

The face of the old man riding the horse looked not surprised at all. It was as if He had expected that his Master would say that. And from his lips that were slightly covered by the whiskers that began to whiten, He replied to Leo.

"As expected of Mr. Leo. I am not at all wrong in choosing you to serve. In accordance with your expectations, I'll keep everything a secret."

Leo seemed to be smiling. He was happy that he had someone else he could truly trust.

A retired soldier who is now 57 years old. Even with all his experience and abilities, he willingly hides his identity as a weak old man who is only in charge of picking up and dropping off Leo.

"Thank you, Ralph. Then for the plan...."

Leo then explained some of his plans. On the other hand, Ralph seemed to correct some of the flaws of the plan a bit and perfect it.

Finally, in just a short trip to their inn, this escape plan had already been refined well.

His goal?

Escape from this city for a moment and hide in the village of Tarth.

After making sure that the troops had been formed and dispatched, they would return to clear up all the trouble left behind by that foolish Duke.

Leo and Ralph were very confident that the city that was so short of manpower would be filled with chaos. One of them is the rise of crime because of the lack of people who are able to maintain the city.

"Sir, what should we do with the girl?" Ask Ralph.

The girl he was referring to was none other than the one who was clearly a spy from Feris who was placed in Leo's inn.

"true too.... I let him move around too long. Do you have any ideas?" Ask Leo back.

The old man slightly played his beard with a smile before replying.

"There are two choices. Threaten her directly, or buy her." Reply Ralph.

"Bought it?"

"Easy, you just need to catch him wet while sending a letter, which He always does every weekend. After that, give her a little threat, or just buy herself.

Given Mr. Leo's wealth, I don't think buying people is a matter of being able to or not. Unless Mr. Leo wants to do it or not." Clearly Ralph while slightly smiling faintly.

Leo who understood his point immediately agreed with Ralph's opinion. With a few exceptions....

"I think I have a little better idea."

......***......

...- Eastfort -...

'Dok! Doc!'

The sound of knocking behind the wooden door sounded quite loud. Ferris who was working in front of a table and a pile of files immediately turned his head and replied.

"Lake in."

Behind the door, a Knight with a thick enough armour was seen standing with a mail envelope.

He immediately knelt down and handed the sealed letter to Feris.

"Miss Ferris, here's a letter from Miss Sheila in Venice." Said the Knight.

"good job. Please come back." Reply Feris briefly while taking the letter.

'Sat!'

The knight stood up again after saluting. Leave this room by closing the door.

Meanwhile, Feris, who was still preoccupied with the problem of the Devil in the North, was still quite a lot and the chances of rebellion of the two dukes in the Mulderberg region and also Maelfall just threw the letter in the corner of his desk.

"Well.... I still don't have time for this." Grumpy Ferris.

However, after a while....

Feris finally took back the letter and opened it. He read the paper in it slowly and thoroughly. After a while, he complained again.

"Stopped going to school because of Achibald's orders.... He then took part in Achibald's army, along with most of his slaves due to the Knights' coercion.... Huh....

Basic, I think I'm over-assessing this guy named Leo. It doesn't seem as smart as I thought. I think Enchantment's gun reservations could stop for a while. Now...."

Feris throws the letter again this time until it falls off the table. After that, he focused on taking care of a much bigger and serious problem.

That is the chance of civil war in the territory of the human kingdom itself.

Without Ferris realizing....

The letter he received was exactly what Leo asked Sheila to write. And of course it is inversely proportional to the reality.

Thanks to Leo who always ignored the spy from a long time ago, Feris became too trusting of his spies who never failed and were discovered all this time.

And now, with only about 100 platinum....

"Sir Leo, what should I write for the next month?" Ask the girl named Sheila with a smile.

Leo who saw it could only laugh in his heart.

'Man is really simple.'