Plain Girl Hero of Darkness
He Who Spreads Death - (2)

"Are you talking about reinforcements?"

Sara nodded in silence. It had been a week since the envoy left the Peshita Fort, and there was no sign of the Seventh Army. Sara was desperate for their arrival.

“Not yet... It's not over.”

Roland's voice trembled slightly as he said that. Sara got up from the bed and stretched her back.

“Time limit is up. It's okay now, please prepare my armor. If I lose my head with this kind of clothing, it will embarrass the Livia clan and the Royal family."

Sara tugged at the tip of her pajamas with a somewhat stiff smile.

Swaran Army, Reserve

A pale-faced young soldier barges into the tent while Second Lieutenant Macier is having breakfast.

“What's with the commotion so early in the morning? Did we finally manage to take the Peshita Fort? ”

“T-No! The enemy forces are attacking us from behind, and will surround us! ”

When he heard that, Macier spat out the bread he was chewing.

"Enemy!? The Kingdom of Farnesse !? ”

“Y-Yes! They fly the flag with the lion! "

Macier may have led the reserve army, but he only had 500 men under his command. This hints at the fact that the reserve is just a formality. In other words, after the higher-ups assessed the situation of the Royal Army of Farnesse, they concluded that there would be no reinforcements to liberate the Peshita Fort.

Macier thought he was going to spend some time away from the war, but the situation turned out to be different.

"Numbers!?"

"Huh?"

When he saw the soldier's confusion, Macier bellowed furiously:

“What's with your eyes? I asked you how many enemies!"

“S-About three thousand!”

The soldier stuttered.

"Three thousand…"

Macier gulped as the soldier had done before. A simple calculation tells him that the enemy outnumbers his units by 6 to 1. There is no chance of winning. Macier's mind immediately leaned back.

"Macier Two Front, what should we do?"

"There's nothing we can do. Prepare to retreat immediately. "

True, he had to send an urgent report to the main force to inform them of the enemy's attack, but there was not even time for it.

“A-Are we retreating back to Swaran?”

“Are you stupid? We will obviously join the main force! Stop blabbering and get ready!”

“Y-Yes Sir!”

Macier let out a heavy sigh as he watched the young soldier move away from the tent. After suffering heavy losses over the years, Swaran's reserve unit is made up entirely of inexperienced recruits, and only worked the fields not too long ago.

Macier held the hilt of his sword with a self-mocking smile.

Macier who left the tent slower than the others was surprised by what he saw. At this moment, he realized how careless he was with the defense. His unit had been surrounded, and the enemy had prepared bows and arrows. His men raised their hands and surrendered.

“—This life is?”

Macier looked at the scattered corpses in front of him and asked a pale-faced soldier. All the bodies were split in two, and it looked very silly.

“D-He did all this alone!”

A soldier pointed with trembling fingers at a very beautiful girl. In his hand was a black sword covered in blood, and he looked like a warrior wearing the armor of the Farnesse Kingdom.

（This young girl cut a man in half? From the reaction of the enemy, he seemed to be their commander ... What kind of joke is this?）

Macier could not connect the corpse that was split in two with the girl at all, as the girl approached her with a brilliant smile.

（—Hmm ...? What strange feeling is this?）

Macier who came from a medium family sensed something strange from the girl. As he approached her, the feeling grew stronger. When the girl stopped before him, it took everything she had to suppress the fear that was running inside her, and not vomit there.

"Are you the commander of this unit?"

“... Y-Ya.”

"May I know your name?"

“..... Macier.”

“My name is Olivia, nice to meet you. By the way, will you listen to my request? ”

“It looks like I have no choice.”

- Yes it is true.

“Alright then, I want you to take me to the main army of Swaran Army. If possible, to the commander-in-chief."

"I understand. I'll take you there. Instead, I hope you can save my people. They were just farmers who had just been conscripted. "

you can't fight this girl.

"understand. If they don't fight, I won't kill them, so don't worry. By the way, the troops from the Swaran Army are different from the Imperial Army, you are very honest. This helps a lot because everything is going well. In that case, in order to keep my identity a secret as a Royal Army soldier, I need a disguise. It's like 'Masked Knight', it's so exciting!”

With that, the girl slowly stroked the armor of a soldier who was about to cry.

You can't-

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[Peshita Fortress, Swaran Army Main Force]

"Your Majesty, the commander of the reserve force, Second Lieutenant Macier is requesting a meeting.”

The Strategist, Brigadier General Rheinbach whispered into the ears of the Liberals who were observing the battle.

"What's? He didn't send a courier, and came in person? What was he thinking, leaving his post like this?"

"He said that this concerned the survival of the Swaran Kingdom, and he could not entrust it to a messenger."

“Swaran Kingdom Survival? Let him in now. ”

“Understanding.”

Macier then appears before a group of officers along with a soldier. The Liberals took a big step towards the two soldiers kneeling on one leg. The policies of the Swaran Kingdom might have been set by the Empire, but they still maintained their command structure as a nation.

However, this command structure was so fragile that it would collapse at Graden's wishes, so the Liberals could not simply ignore Macier.

“Quickly, what problems might affect the survival of Swaran Kingdom?”

“…………”

“Why shut up? Say it!"

“..... Your Highness, my deepest apologies.”

Macier apologized.

“Sorry... What did you say?”

Macier did not answer the Liberals, and said to the soldier beside him:

“It should be fine now. I did my part."

"Yes thank you very much. It's time for the Sharia Masked Knights to shine."

He has no mask. The soldier said this as he stood up without permission, and took off his helmet impatiently. Her silver hair was smashed, and the Liberals were stunned by her beauty.

The officers around him were amazed.

“Sharia Masked Knights? Stop this nonsense right now! Report any issues concerning Swaran's survival!"

The liberals returned his consciousness, ignored the suspicious female soldier and shouted at Macier. However, Macier kept his head down and remained silent. The female soldier leapt to the Liberal side, and suddenly put a sword around her neck.

No one knew what happened at that time — even the Liberals held at the tip of the sword made blank expressions.

“K-Why you! Are you crazy! ”

Rheinbach was the first to react, and pointed his sword at the female soldier. Other officers followed. Even though she was surrounded by Swaran elites, the female army was unaffected and said:

“Swaran's survival? I don't know about that. I just asked Mr. Macier for help to catch your basecamp as soon as possible.”

What the female soldier said caused another commotion.

“You bastard, so this is betrayal !?”

Rheinbach roared furiously, and the female soldier opened her eyes wide in surprise when she heard that:

“Ehh? I didn't plan for betrayal. From the beginning, I was not a Swaran soldier. I'm a Major of Farnesse Kingdom, Olivia 'Valedstorm. Besides, I am also known as the Sharia Masked Knight!”

(Author is sure he only wants to be known to use the term rich)

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...To Be Continue's...