Plain Girl Hero of Darkness
Debut Fight - 2

Gauss laughed mockingly at himself. Ellis who played Olivia's double body during the battle against the Sun Knight laughed demeaningly.

「Alright! You lack guts even though your body is big. If you are a man, then you must tell others to hand it over to you. And who do you think leads the Eighth Army? She is the most beautiful young girl, Olivia Onee-sama. Olivia, Onee, Same! Forget the three Knight Corps, even Goddess Citresia is no match for us.」

Ellis who dyed her hair back to be a beautiful brown and look like a graceful woman if she was silent. Gentlemen would not ignore such a main target, but their attacks were all defeated by his ruthless tongue, which made them flee with sullen hearts.

「Dewi Citresia ... Did you just ..」

Ignoring the dumbfounded Gauss, Ellis looked at Olivia with an enchanted face. The man beside Ellis nodded in agreement — former hunter Guile.

He has been with Olivia since their first mission, and is in a position to lead the troops now. People thought highly of him, and unexpectedly, he was a brave and intelligent leader. His bright personality made him a talent that could motivate the soldiers.

Unfortunately, she tends to over-adulterate Olivia.

「As Ellis said, Captain Olivia can overcome any obstacle. And the reason was, she was the strongest Valkyrie in the continent of Dodedirica. Or rather, he was an Angel from heaven. I will not accept any protest. 」

Ellis looked happily at Guile who spoke in a loud voice.

「... Hmmp, so you are Guile? You really understand Olivia Onee-sama well, appreciably. You're not bad. 」

「You're great too, Ellis.」

Both of them shook hands with smiles. As he looked at the two of them, Ellis' older brother, Luke, seemed speechless, while Evansin's younger brother held his head.

(Two troubled children finally get along well, it looks like the future will be troubling.)

While Claudia lowered her head while sighing, Gauss also sighed. He may not look like it, but Gauss may be having a hard time as well.

As for the topic subject, Olivia——

「Hey, is it still unfinished?」

He swung his body like a pendulum as he directed a feisty look at the service cart.

(Train made to bring dinner)

「... It's almost done. The tea leaf today is Rayglanz. 」

「I know, this is the specialty of the Mekian Holy Nation, right?」

「You are really knowledgeable.」

Chief Marietti Continu who was in charge of administrative affairs at Letizia Castle replied nonchalantly. She is seventy years old, but looks younger than Claudia's sixty-year-old grandmother, Patra Jung. His straight back is probably the reason behind it.

She styled her hair neatly and there were no folds in her plain dark green dress, showing her obsession with cleanliness. His sharp eyes hidden behind his glasses could even put the Iron Otto Mask to shame.

Marietti graciously took the white porcelain teapot and poured the orange-red liquid into a neat row of tea cups. The steaming steam filled the room with a soothing fragrance.

「Rayglanz tea leaves taste better if you leave it on for some time when it tastes stronger. Adding milk when drinking the second cup gives different pleasurable swnations. 」

Marietti puts a small pot of milk with a silver luster next to Olivia, and Olivia immediately looks at it with mesmerizing eyes. It was not just the conversation between Guile and Ellis, he had not listened to anything in the first place.

As Claudia looked at Olivia speechlessly, Luke coughed a few times.

「Letnan Colonel Claudia. We are soldiers and not against war...but can you tell us the details? I think Second Lieutenant Gauss' concern has a point.」

Claudia nodded.

「My apology for being too vague. I'll go over the details, and I hope everyone will listen seriously.」

The conversation was cut off by Ellis and Guile, but the situation remained unchanged — Kingdoms that had survived all this time wanted to attack the Empire and even seize the Imperial Capital of Orsted Empire. And of course, the Eighth Army would not fight alone. This would be a massive counterattack involving the First, Second, and Seventh Armies with over 120,000 soldiers. Including soldiers working in the rear and reserve, this would involve 80% of their troops.

The first phase of the plan would begin with the First and Seventh Armies attacking Fort Kiel. To defend Fort Kiel, the Empire would put the Sun Knight there to fight. But, the Royal Army had no plans to capture Fort Kiel — simply put, it was just a huge diversion.

While the Imperial forces are interrupted by Fort Kiel, the second stage will begin. The star of the show was the Second and Eighth Armies, who would march against Fort Astra.

The Second Army will clear the enemy on the way. Their mission was to bring the Eighth Army to the Imperial Capital of Orsted with as little loss as possible.

And in the late stage— the Eighth Army and the Azure Knight defending the capital will fight. Defeat the Azure Knight and seize the Imperial residence, Listerine Castle, and the mission will be completed. On a side note, the Sixth Army will not take part in this operation and defend the Royal Capital.

Talking is easy, but running all of it will be fraught with difficulties. The officers gaped as they listened to this incredible battle plan.

「And for this operation, our troops will ally with the Holy Nation of Mekia.」

As Claudia finished her briefing, the room became rowdy. Even Olivia tasted the tea with sparkling eyes, which was a gift of goodwill from the Mekian Holy Nation right from the start. Since the start of the war, the Kingdom of Farnesse made many enemies without allies standing by their side. Claudia felt that was what was expected.

During the final years of the war era, the then King of Farnesse, Raphael Sem Garmund did what the Empire was doing and announced his intention to unify the continent. He invaded various countries with great power.

Half a century has passed, but the scar has not disappeared. When the Arsbelt Empire declared their goal of unifying the continent and declared war against the Kingdom of Farnesse, there were even countries that supported the Empire. So it was only natural that the participants of the war conference reacted this way.

「That Mekian Holy Nation where the Church of Saint Illuminous is based, right?」

Claudia nodded at the surprised Evansin.

「Do we ask for their help?」

「No, it was the Mecian Holy Nation who proposed this alliance. Frankly, I'm not sure about the details. 」.

Claudia confessed, and not just Evansin, all the attendees showed complicated faces. As Evansin said, the Holy Nation of Mekia is more famous as a holy place for the Cathedral of Artemia, being an independent nation is more an afterthought for others.

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...To Be Continue's...