The Return of the Eternal Hero
Meaning of Name Leonhart - Chapter 11

Leonhart Castle - 7 March 537

Alaric is currently in his study room with Reina who accompanies him and Sebastian and Dale who are there

They seemed to be talking about something important, initially there was only Alaric, Reina and Dale but Alaric called Sebastian because he felt that Sebastian's opinion was also needed at this time

"The execution went very well, sir"

"Thank you Dale, and also thank you for your hard work"

"It doesn't matter Sir, it's all for Leonhart"

Dale himself was originally an assistant who did serve under Charles' orders but when he realized Charles's misdeeds he tried to report it to the Archduke at the time, Javier

But Javier tries not to trust Dale because Dale does not provide strong evidence

Charles is clever enough to obliterate all evidence so that Dale can not prove anything, coupled with Javier's belief in Charles is very large to make Dale distrusted

The reason why Javier trusted Charles so much was because they were childhood friends and Javier knew Charles as his good and honest friend

Eventually Dale tried to pretend to also support Charles in all his crimes until Charles believed him even though it took a long time

But unfortunately he was too late when Charles believed Charles was already in contact with Marquis Bargos and until finally the war occurred

During the war Dale attempted to obtain strong evidence, especially letters showing that Charles and Marquis Bargos were allied

And when he manages to get proof unfortunately Archduke Javier has been killed on the battlefield

He eventually tries to report the evidence he got to Alaric through Sebastian and that's how Alaric was able to get evidence of Charles' treason

"I still didn't expect Charles to be a traitor"

Reina raised her voice, She had known Charles for a long time since the beginning she joined Leonhart Charles as a soldier who welcomed her

The two of them had a good relationship from the beginning of Reina's arrival until she became the Warrior Captain Leonhart

"I also did not expect that I had worked with Mr. Charles for several years during which time Mr. Charles never once committed an act of evil"

Dale himself is an experienced person he has helped Charles in serving Archduke Leonhart for 3 years

He also knew Charles as a good and honest man all of Charles' work was also initially very good until he made him famous with good views in the Leonhart society

"Yet Mr. Charles changed the last few months"

Charles's change of actions greatly shocked Dale, suddenly Charles who he knew well began to commit crimes that hurt the people of Leonhart who he had been protecting

"That means something's affecting him until he changes"

Alaric let out what came to his mind when he heard what Dale said

"Has any significant event happened to Charles in the vulnerable time in which he began to change?"

Alaric asks Dale so he can figure out the reason why Charles could turn into a traitor

"No, it shouldn't be at all, because Mr. Charles only has his job and nothing else can affect Mr. Charles"

Charles was not married or had a close relationship with someone or had a hobby

He also rarely interacts with outsiders who are not related to his work, Charles's busy life is just his job and he does not think about anything other than the work he does

And in that vulnerable period of time there is nothing that can make him change because his work can also be said as usual

Those days were like any ordinary day, nothing strange happened

"Then it's likely that there's only one person who's influenced him"

When Alaric said that, everyone there seemed to agree with what Alaric said

"What do you think Sebastian, do you have someone to suspect?"

Hearing Alaric's question, Sebastian begins to try to think about digging up his memories

"I'm sorry, my Lord, but I don't have anyone to suspect "

Just as Sebastian was done the sound of knocking on the door was heard from outside

After Alaric allowed him to open the door of the room and a soldier with a piece of paper in his hand entered the room

"My master brought me a letter from Marquis Bargos"

"Letter from Marquis Bargos?"

"Here is the letter, sir"

The soldier handed the piece of paper in his hand to Alaric

Alaric picked up the letter and began to read it. The essence of the letter itself was that the Marquis Bargos wanted to continue the war as soon as possible

"It seems like something has made them have to hurry to finish the war"

"It is most likely that if their supplies are almost exhausted considering how the nature of Marquis Bargos is then it is likely that it is the most appropriate"

Reina answered Alaric's words and when she heard him Alaric looked at Sebastian and Dale, it seemed like they also agreed with what Reina said

"Isn't this a good situation we just have to stay in the city until they run out of supplies"

Dale immediately put forward his opinion, according to him it was a good plan considering that the supplies owned by Marquis Bargos were already limited

And when they tried to attack the city, they could only hold out for a few days until they ran out of supplies and were weakened by lack of supplies

"No, we can't do that, there'll be how many villages they target if we just stay inside the city"

There must have been a considerable distance between the battlefield and the city of Leora, on the way, Marquis Bargos troops who tried to attack the city of Leora would also meet with small villages in the Leonhart region

Surely they would plunder the village to supplement their food supply and eventually make the Bargos troops get enough supplies to wage a long war

But the least received by Alaric is the possibility that the villagers eventually became victims of the Marquis Bargos troops

He could not allow the innocent inhabitants of Leonhart to fall victim to the war simply because he wanted to win the war, as a Leonhart it was more shameful than escaping the fight

"A.. Forgive me, my Lord"

Hearing Alaric's reply, Dale was embarrassed that he had not thought about the other circumstances because what he had in mind was how they won the war alone

While the thought of the master is how not to have any casualties on their side

He really felt ashamed of himself because he also came from an ordinary folk family living in the village how it did not get to his mind

"But we don't need to continue the war anymore because now we have evidence that the Bargos' accusation is a false one"

"We also have evidence that the evidence submitted by Marquis Bargos is false"

"Thus we can make the Bargos army retreat because their accusations are not proven and we can also put pressure on them for making false accusations"

Sebastian raised his voice and Reina and Dale who heard him were shocked because they didn't think about it because what they thought was that the war had already happened and we had to win it

"No, I disagree"

"Why Master?"

Alaric expressed his disapproval of the suggestion from Sebastian and the bewildered Reina immediately asked Alaric

"I've already explained this to Sebastian—"

Alaric looked towards Sebastian and Sebastian nodded in understanding of what Alaric had said

"—This war is an initiative carried out by the opposing side if we end this war in that way later there will be other Leonhart enemies who try to do the same maybe they will find a way the more intelligent ones so that their accusations can not be broken and finally we have to fight many enemies and many soldiers who are victims"

If they managed to finish the war just like that then it did not rule out the possibility that there would be a similar case, there would be others like Marquis Bargos trying to attack them

"Then what should we do, sir?"

"Certainly accept their offer because what we need right now is to show Leonhart's strength to the entire continent to make them realize that trying to get into trouble with Leonhart is a bad mistake"

Everyone who heard the reply from Alaric was amazed by what he said even Sebastian who had heard it still felt that admiration

Although Dale was a little hesitant but Sebastian and Reina believed that Alaric could do it, Sebastian had seen how confident Alaric was while Reina had seen Alaric's strength firsthand

"Dale wrote me a letter of reply"