Hannoic War
Stretching Nets and Statues of the King (Part 5)

"Humans will quickly believe something they want and expect it to happen"

julius Caesar

Stretching Nets and Statues of the King

Sit him...The young master of the Garius family was buried with a book in his hand.

This garden is quite beautiful for Mya who comes from Dalmatia, Mya heard many stories from Dalmatia that the Victa people were barbarians and built their buildings with hundreds of slaves.

Their stones came from the land they stole and conquered, while their servants were slaves forced daily and played like property.

Victa is said to be rude and likes to fight like a barbarian.

But Mya didn't find it as long as she went to Victa, but the Victa's people were rougher but not as barbaric as Mya thought.

Lord Vesius Garius was more polite than Mya thought, despite warning him many times to keep his mouth but Lord Vesius was not as dirty as Mya thought.

Mr. Vesius is rumored to rape women and play them, not only that many people say that he keeps hundreds of owls and can turn into owls whenever he wants.

Lord Vesius was said to be greedy and to eat like a pig until the crumbs of the cake were tossed everywhere when he ate.

But Vesius was the opposite, yes Vesius ate a lot but in fact his desk was the cleanest during the party.

He was the one who least talked about the female body in this castle, when even soldiers could chat arbitrarily about noble women.

Male royals also like to talk about women's bodies at parties along with their servants.

For the owl....Mya had never seen Vesius in this palace holding an owl or talking about an owl.

"Sir" said Mya, saying a step into the garden, greeting Lord Vesius.

The garden is beautiful with hundreds of types of flowers in it, not only that there is an old statue in the middle of the garden that has wildflowers growing in the body of the old statue.

The sky looks bright and the bright sun illuminates the garden inside this palace.

Trees also grow in this garden and the wind can feel cool in this garden.

"Yes." said Lord Vesius.

But quickly Lord Vesius returned to his shoulders.

"What are you doing in this garden?" said Mya softly.

"Should you ask? ....I read a book about the history of Strantos from the Witch Jaquan from the 'Lion Claw' this illustrates the historical viewpoint of Strantos from the Akkadian people" Vesius said.

Mya had been aware of it ever since she spoke to Vesius at the party.

*Sir Vesius likes books.*,in Mya.

"Master doesn't have the responsibility of being a war minister? You must not be irresponsible as a minister of war" Mya said in a soft but sharp tone inside.

Mya likes to flirt and looks for ways to criticize Mr. Vesius' every move. Every Mya did just that, and Vesius sometimes replied with an interesting and polite speech.

*He is the most interesting guy to talk to in my life*, thought Mya.

"Hahh.." - Sighing Lord Vesius, "if you have a book and a garden, you have everything. This is one of my last chances of rest that I have, miss" said Mr. Vesius, opening a new chapter of his book.

"Is the task of government so difficult and exhausting?" asked Mya.

"Politics has always been difficult Mya, whether you're a genius or not. One step you are in politics then it will threaten your life. Sometimes you have to do it slowly. But when you slow down the enemy will quickly chase you" Vesius said.

"Which type of master?" said Mya as she stepped towards the garden bush picking up a flower.

"Hm?" said Vesius who then lifted his head from the book, looking at Mya.

"Which is slow and careful or quick in pursuing the enemy?" said Mya while taking the flower and raising it before her face.

"Depending on the condition" Vesius said.

"Condition? Hehihe" said Mya with a small laugh at the end of her speech.

"Yes.." - Vesius then looked at the large statue in the middle of the garden.

The large statue is seen standing with the face of the stone while his hair looks quite messy and untidy sculpting.

While he wore a robe and sword in his right hand that had been broken through the ages. While a creeping flower is seen growing from the feet to the second.

"Whose statue is it?" said Mya curiously.

"Last King Victa...Asliaus iii.he only ruled for 2 years of peace, the people of Victa loved him. But in the end 9 families joined forces against him and rebelled after it won then made the Republic Victa" said Vesius.

"The people love him? Then why was he overthrown?" said Mya.

"Because the nobility hated him, he led without a rich man by his side making him have no money to put up armour for his troops. Without the rich man by his side he could not create an original army but only farmers who held spears and were then exposed to the battlefield" said Vesius who then stood up from his chair.

Standing then walking beside Mya stared at the old statue in the middle of this garden.

"Did the people fight for him to the end?" said Mya as she touched the statue's cold feet.

"Part of fighting.Partially not, some people do not want to give their lives or their children to fight for the war of the upper class" said Vesius with a sharp look he looked at the statue.

"But.it was their king.it was their king's war then it was their war.." said Mya while gently holding the grass that spread on the king's statue.

"Hahh.nona, King Asliaus once walked in the capital with his bodyguard, he gave the beggar money and a house. He built the western wall of the capital to become stronger, he built roads and infrastructure" Vesius said with a sharp look he looked at Mya.

At once Mya could feel that she was not as smart as she thought and more ignorant than she thought.

"Beggars fought beside Asliaus, but the beggars were quickly killed with fancy iron swords by 1 noble knight. The beggars tried to fight with tangled swords and pierced with the might of the noble armour, but they were quickly killed" Vesius said.

Then Vesius came to touch the feet of the statue.

"But some clever ones abandoned their king rather than fight and were killed for his sake. They chose to stay away from the war that was useless to them and sleep under the roof that their king had built" said Vesius with the most powerful gaze Mya had ever seen in her life, "In this world all use each other Mya"

* 'The world is all utilizing each other Mya...even the people to its king' * ,in Mya.

"If he is deposed.Why is his statue still here?" said Mya.

"He died here.fight with his 2 bodyguards against the 10 noble knights of his enemy" Vesius said as he looked at Mya with a small smile.

"Die here.?" , murmured Mya.

"Yes, King Asliaus iii was killed along with his 2 bodyguards but he brought 6 other noble knights along with his burial. For fighting to the end as the Knights of the noble knights decided to bury Asliaus iii as a knight" Vesius said, pointing towards the head of the statue.

Seen the head and hair of the statue that looks untidy sculpted.

"You know why it's such an untidy chisel? That's because this statue was destroyed part of his crown on his head. The day King Asliaus died, was the day the Victa swore that no king would lead them. Asliaus iii was no longer king to us but a knight" Vesius said.

"Knight.." said Mya while looking at this statue carefully.

Mya did not expect that this was a statue of the king, he thought that this was a statue of a general or something like that because this statue was quite unkempt and wore armour like a soldier.

But when Mya imagined this statue had a crown on its head, she could imagine a king standing with his sword here.

"Do people still remember it?" said Mya as she held the stone sword the statue held.

"It's been 200 years, miss.." - Vesius.

"Didn't you tell the story of him to their children?" asked Mya.

"The child will sometimes find his own way that is far from his father's expectations and desires" Vesius said in a voice that was like honey poured into a sword.

"Hm" , smiled Mya, "you're right"

"Do you love your father?" asked Vesius.

"You could say, my grandfather once said that the love of parents to their children is sometimes incomprehensible to their own children." said Mya with a slightly sad face.

"What your grandfather said is true, Dalmatia may have had a bit of the same tender taste as the Victa" Vesius said as he closed his book.

Vesius was then seen tidying up a bit of his clothes.

"I want to go first, miss, it seems that talking to you gives me a little idea for my next step" Vesius said, putting his book on.

"What ideas can I ask Lord Vesius?" , asking Mya to turn to Vesius.

Vesius then moved his gaze around him.

*I've checked, only the two of us are in this garden*, my inner.

"Alliances to help me my step may be" Vesius said with a smile.

*Alliance?.do I ask why? No, I can't ask more than this. Anyone can be angry if I'm more than this" ' Inner Mya.

"I'll give you victory under the name of the god Aurex" said Mya smilingly as she held a flower in her hand.

*But..I want to ask you more than this.* ,in Mya.

"Let's know, lady, it's not my god" Vesius said with a smile and then walked away from the garden.

The sound of his powerful footsteps could be heard and then the sound of his footsteps drifting away could be heard stepping away from this garden.

"Wait a minute" said Mya in a slightly loud voice.

Vesius then turned to look at him with a sharp look.

"What's wrong?" ' said Vesius in a strong voice.

The garden was silent for a while with only the sound of the wind filling it.

The sound of birds chirping began to be heard and beetles alight from other flowers.

"Do you look beautiful with this flower in my hair?" said Mya with flowers adorning the hair above her ears.

Dahlia flowers appear to decorate her hair.

Her young face that looked graceful became even more cute and sweet.

From a lady she looks almost like a tall little boy with the flower over her ear.

"..Yes" , said Vesius briefly.

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A long chair with dozens of chairs in the middle of this room.

*Tap*Tap*Tap*Tap*Tap*

The sound of footsteps could be heard.

The floor of this room is made of beautiful shiny stone, while the Flag of the Gandaria family and the Flag of Dalmatia hang on the west wall of this room.

Paper, chicken feathers, and ink can be seen on the table in the middle of this room.

"I heard there was another fight on the west there was a conflict of worshipers of the Lord of Light and the God of Heaven"

The old voice of a grandfather talking while stepping into this room was heard.

The documents are on this table.

"Either my friend, the worshipers of the gods seem to start fighting each other"

His friend also began to enter the room.

"It has to stop if not

When they entered this room, they were a little surprised to see a woman standing in this room and standing near this kounsil table.

The woman's white hair can be seen stretching up to her back.

His yellow eyes were terrifying and looked like the gazes of a monster that was preparing to wait to tear apart its prey.

The woman looked at the two of them with a strange look that frightened them both.

"T-sir Hero Perrin.." said Mr. Frudarr while looking down a little greeting Mr. Perrin.

"Sit down" , Perrin orders strongly.

"My lord where is the Hero Lord Cyrus?" said Faudav next to Lord Frudarr, staring intently at Perrin.

"Sit down" , Perrin's orders are stronger.

Frudarr then sat down first in fear while Faudav was silent for a while staring at Perrin and doubted his orders only after it had sat down.

As the two sat down Perrin then opened a letter on his desk.

"Cyrus was training in martial arts to fight the demon lord. While he is busy, I as his right hand will continue to attend kounsil meetings for the next few months" said Perrin while rolling the paper back.

"Women.." Frudarr said in a small voice while looking at Perrin's body.

"What is Mr Frudarr?" said Perrin in his powerful voice.

"No-no! No Mr Perrin!" Frudarr said nervously.

*Getting him try to peek at my chest*, thought Perrin in annoyance.

Perrin could only frown and not smile at him.

*At the same time he comes from the Garuman family, they have 18,000 troops.I need them by my side. If I fire him then it will offend the Garuman family at this time.and I lose 18,000 troops..*

"So where are Mr Casca and Mr Regio?" asked Mr. Faudav who was getting impatient.

*He quite disliked the woman who led this kounsil meeting.*, Inner Perrin.

Perrin can only afford it. After all, a man who has high arrogance like him, would naturally not like to be ruled by women.

"It seems Mr. Faudav wants me to run towards the Finger and Hand kounsil Room" said Mr. Casca in a slippery voice.

Casca's arrival made the two people in front of Perrin feel surprised.

Casca's footsteps were not heard when he was in front of the door of the kounsil room.

"Welcome Mr. Perrin.spelled kounsil.." ' said Casca in a slippery voice and a more slippery smile, "your presence on the kounsil desk makes this kounsil room so much brighter my lord..",he said as he walked towards Perrin.

Casca then lowered his head and intended to kiss Perrin's hand as a tribute

"No need to kiss my hand, sit down" Perrin said in a stronger voice.

Although Mr. Casca stood up and Perrin sat lower than him.

Perrin could be felt as if sitting on hundreds of iron swords staring at the three of them.

His sharp gaze added to the aura.

"Okay, my lord, forgive me for my impoliteness." said Casca who then shifted the chair and sat down.

His face was still cunning and even his smile grew wider as he sat down, his voice also becoming more slippery.

*tap..*tap..*tap..*tap..*

Regio and Mr. Chelarras were seen entering the kounsil room.

They were both as shocked as Frudarr and Faudav when they saw Perrin.

Mr. Chelarras did not say anything and immediately sat down, he seemed to directly infect the existence of Perrin.

Regio just stood staring at Perrin.

"Where is Mr Hero Cyrus?" said Regio.

"He was training in front of my master's castle field, with the knight Maladah Rommel. He seems to be training harder than usual." said Casca.

"Let him practice, I as his right hand will replace him" Perrin said as he opened one of the spelled letters.

*Why am I surprised? I should not be surprised about this, about those who do not like the existence of women here.* , Perrin thought heavily.

"Sit Mr. Regio, we want to start the Kounsilnya meeting" Perrin said.

Regio then put on an upset face and walked towards the table, then Regio was forced to sit on the table.

The voice of Regio then sounded.

"Casca, do you have any information about the Traitorous Trivistane's movement?" Perrin said.

*I must not talk about the most likely betrayal of one of the great families today, because it could offend many people when it was the first thing I would say when it first came to kekounsil*, Inner Perrin.

"There is my lord, one of my spies said that Trivistane began to move apart 3 of his troops." said Casca who then stopped talking for a while.

Casca fell silent, not continuing his speech, but then turned to look at Perrin. Casca who stopped talking caught the attention of the kounsil people.

*I understand Casca*, Inner Perrin with a bitter smile.

"And he tried to find families who would take sides with him...hahh.." ,sighing Perrin, "has he been able? A family that wants to switch sides with him?"

"Of course, my lord, some of the southern families have moved sides to him adding 5,000 troops to his side my lord" Casca said.

"Bas a traitor, I promise you, my lord. If when my brother returns from the city of Aulius then these families will be punished for their treason" Fuadav said with a hint of fervor on his face.

*There is a spirit on his face.but more on his face is stupidity*, inner Perrin.

"What about the movement of Trivistane who split 3 troops" Perrin asked Casca.

"Trivistane tried to command his 11,000 men to go west of my lord, it seems he had a plan" Casca said in a slippery voice.

"West?..Rommel family.." said Mr Regio who immediately spoke spontaneously.

*he is old and wise, but not as wise as I thought, the proof is that he could not prevent his tongue from offending the Rommel family*, the inner Perrin.

"2 other broken down troops?" , asked Perrin quickly.

"Mr Qharlan is reportedly preparing 7,000 troops along with 100 ships to leave" Casca said.

"Where?" , asked Perrin.

"Still my master's mystery" said Casca in a slippery voice.

"Is possible...The city of Aulius" Faudav guessed.

*Faudav doesn't like me.But he's not a fool*, thought Perrin.

"It is possible, but the Bee River is not that easy to penetrate" Reverend Chelarras said.

"But still 100 ships with 7,000 troops, it was not an indiscriminate force. They still have the power to penetrate the defenses of the Bee River" Frudarr said.

*With the harlaw port taken, the income of this country has been reduced by 40%, while if the city of Aulius is taken, the state income will be reduced even more*, the inner city of Perrin

"One more team?" , asked Perrin.

"12,000 mercenaries prepare to depart from the lower reaches of the White Fork River for the north" Casca said.

"They may go to the capital" said Mr. Faudav.

"The capital has a guard force of 8,000 troops and besieging it with 12,000 troops is foolish" said Mr Regio.

"But still the 12,000 troops cannot be underestimated" Perrin said.

"Send me Mr. Perrin, I will bring you victory and the head of every mercenary" Frudarr said.

"I don't need a head and a victory at the beginning of the war, all I need is a sword and a soldier. I'll take care of who's in command of the army to take care of the 12,000" Perrin said.

*I can't hold my tongue to keep him quiet*, thought Perrin in annoyance.

Perrin opened one of the letters.

"Mr Faudav.you will bring 16,000 troops to take care of the 11,000 troops led by the Trivistane Traitor in the West and I hope you bring your head to my right" Perrin said in a strong voice.

* 'Bring her head to my face', I make her sound like a slave girl. But I hope he's not angry, I still need him by my side as a general*, inner Perrin.

Faudav just fell silent and saw that he could not answer anything.

"What about my lord Qharlan's 100 ships?" asked Mr Regio

"Let it go to Lord Bee River Guard, we better take care of the land first" Perrin said strongly.

Then Perrin turned his head towards Mr. Frudarr.

"While Lord Faudav goes to war, the Knights of Halamar under Lord Frudarr will take care of the Guardians of this Palace" Perrin said.

*I still need Mr. Frudarr and his 18,000 men by my side, but I don't want him to lead the security of this palace while the palace is still threatened with many attacks. His subordinate the knight Halamar more fitting*, the inner Perrin.

"Thank you, my lord, I promise that the Garumans will always be loyal friends by your side" Frudarr said with a smile.

*Long..if I look defeated, you will definitely change parties*, Inner Perrin.

Some members of the Kounsil looked dissatisfied, such as Mr. Faudav and Mr. Regio while Mr. Reverend Chelarras looked silent but he could be seen a little disappointed.

Mr. Casca can only smile and see that he knows something, while the happiest is Mr. Frudarr.

*Note I've checked.hereinafter is the move*, Inner Perrin while filling ink in the chicken feather.