Irregular Curved
Chapter 5: The Night Shadow

Prangs!

A small glass of liquor fell off the bar table. The figure of the wine glass holder was no longer able to control his consciousness well.

Former General—kini only a helper—Garnet.

Coming from a knight family that served directly to the imperial family, his career improved brilliantly so he was appointed to lead the northern border fortress of the empire, the, an excellent position for someone who came from a family with the rank of an ordinary knight.

Two weeks have passed since Garnet's demotion. Now, the border fortress, which was previously crowded with economic activity, is quiet because the majority of traders and tourists have left.

Of course, this has to do with defense strategy. Light doesn't want the fort's ins and outs to be known to spies disguised as merchants and travelers. However, Light still gave a deadline of three weeks after the issuance of orders to people who have lodging businesses, restaurants, and bars to leave all their activities in the fort.

Not only did Light understand the severity of the merchants' departure, he also understood that his soldiers needed a "consolation" while staying in the fortress.

BRACKET!

BRACKET!

"Ahhhh! Damnit damnit! Damnit damnit! Goddamnit! That kid really pisses me off!"

No one is criticizing Garnet's pathetic actions. To them, Garnet was now just a loser whose power was usurped by a little boy who had not even graduated from the academy.

His subordinate officers looked down on him, disgusted by all the noise Garnet caused after he had lost his rank. In fact, if Garnet were to go down and curry favor with Light, she could at least occupy an important position in this fortress even though it no longer had absolute influence.

It's Garnet's fault. Light took it down because he had great potential to undermine the overall strategy.

"Huh. huh.... huh..." Garnet's breath was piqued. He was too drunk, having trouble even just to sit up straight.

Just then, a young warrior figure approached Garnet after making sure the bar conditions were quite quiet. The corners of both of his lips were rising. To him, the current Garnet was simply an easy prey to conquer.

"Yahoo, General! How are you doing?!" The young soldier embraced by blurting out words that felt very intimate.

The bartender who had previously been watching, turned his attention away from thinking that the soldier was harmless to Garnet.

MAAM!

"What do you want, boy?! Are you trying to make fun of me?!" Garnet smacked the young soldier's face. However, that fist could be caught easily by the soldier with a carefree expression.

"Well, well, you don't have to be so rude, General! What about one more bottle of wine as my apology?"

Against the offer, Garnet faltered. In the end, he nodded in agreement with his face that was full of red color.

"That's great! Oi, please give us these two bottles of wine again!" The young soldier pointed out the black bottle that was right in front of Garnet by raising it to the Bartender.

"Please wait a minute" replied the bartender.

Again, a friendly smile appeared. As the Bartender prepared and served their drink, the young soldier had a light conversation with Garnet.

"Please, Sir." The bartender served drinks to both, "Please remember to do nothing to him. After all, he was still an influential figure in this fortress."

"I'm leaving the table, there's something I need to do in the back. Just call me by the bell if you need me."

"okay." The bartender slightly lowered his head and immediately left after the young soldier agreed.

Their small talk lasted a little longer. In contrast to Garnet who was constantly sipping her wine, the young soldier drank within reasonable limits.

"Well, General Garnet, if you really hate that boy, why don't you just scuttle his steps?"

"What are you trying to say?! My head can fly if I do anything to it! Kuh, had the decree not existed, I would have actually thrown it to the starving coyotes of the northern forest!" Garnet expressed her doubts.

"What did you say General? Actually you can do it, you know?" the young soldier's.

"Well?!" Garnet did not believe it, but she was so drunk that she could no longer digest it clearly.

"Arcadia will come three days earlier than planned. Before that, why don't you try giving the medicine in the boy's drink and escape before the Arcadia Army appears? I'm sure you still have some servants loyal to you." Along with his sentence, the young soldier gave a small bag of highly fragrant white powder.

For some reason, the soldier's words were so crumbling, even though Garnet was not one hundred percent sure of her plan.

"Let's be calm, it will not be colored and smell if mixed with tea or other foods. And also..." The young soldier gave a meaningful smile, "You are no longer in charge of this fortress, General. All the faults of the defensive garrison will belong to the boy. Sure, it's only if he manages to escape safely."

Garnet received the bag of powder confidently. He was very confident that his sabotage plan would succeed. He knows that if there are still many people who are loyal to him so that the plan can run smoothly, "If it is like that, then I will carry out your plan."

Garnet smiled broadly. Not being powerful with the influence of alcohol, in the end his head was sprawled on the bar table.

The young soldier smiled for a moment. Without a single customer remaining awake, the young soldier instantly disappeared without leaving a trace after placing a few silver coins on the table.

BRACKET!

BRACKET!

BRACKET!

Deep within the forest north of the border, the Arcadia Army was moving at constant speed down a large road that split inland. Their armor looked so heavy, the horse carriages as well as other magical beasts were also seen to have an incredible amount of luggage.

Arcadia was absolutely certain that they were able to take control of the border fortress within just three days of their arrival.

Not without reason, Arcadia had received an incredible amount of war funding as well as tens of thousands of weapons and armor from the Drenzig Kingdom.

There were some very favorable clauses for Drenzig, but the Arcadia officials did not see anything strange that could bring them to the brink of destruction. That was enough to accept what Drenzig had to offer.

The Arcadia Kingdom also deployed most of its elite soldiers. This proves if they bet on victory in this war. Moreover, with the news of the spies saying that if Corthia had ignored the northern border, the confidence and spirit of the soldiers was now at its peak, he said, be it from among the nobles and commoners.

But they don't understand. Several pairs of red eyes lurked their movements in silence. The red gaze was as if looking at the Arcadia warriors as really small fish capable of being conquered whenever they wanted.

......................