Volume 2 Chapter 98 Request For Reinforcements From Izerland Fortress III
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
The valiant knight, come to rescue the frail princess of Izerland, arrived in a flash of righteousness.
Inside Main Castle, the huddled guards raised cheers upon seeing the arrival of the Knights of the Sun.
Maribel, watching from the castle wall, heard shouts from her side: “We should strike from the castle too!”
”Oh, good…! Oswald returned… It seems he didn’t abandon us… Manon?”
Christy, smiling alongside everyone else, looked with concern at the young, golden-haired girl who still wore a stern expression.
”────”
”What is it, Manon? You seem troubled… We’re safe now, aren’t we?”
”……”
”No, Christina, we are not safe.”
”Owl?”
She turned to see the Owl knight emerging from the castle.
He too, like Maribel, looked down at the scene below with a grim expression.
”So Oswald returned… This is quite a predicament.”
”You, do you still think Oswald betrayed Manon, even after seeing this?”
”……”
”Ho, seriously?”
In Christy’s mind, Oswald was someone a bit intimidating and hard to approach, but also a man of strong responsibility who wouldn’t tolerate injustice.
She had often been slapped by him and had her displeasure shown openly, but he had always helped Maribel and worked for this country.
She couldn’t understand why she wouldn’t believe him.
(It’s good that Kian didn’t die because of me…I’m sorry, Kian. I’m so sorry. Next time, I’ll be more careful not to trouble Kian.)
”Liam”
Maribel, who had been intently watching Oswald’s army from the castle wall, suddenly spoke.
The young guard, who had been beside her celebrating the arrival of reinforcements, turned to face her.
”Yes, what is it, Your Excellency?”
”The main gate of the castle must remain closed. Immediately gather the guards and reinforce it with sandbags.”
”Huh! …What? Huh? Um, what does that mean…?”
”Christy, Owl”
”What?” “Yes, Your Excellency”
Maribel turns her face, dirty with sebum, towards them.
”Please come with me to the Hall of the Keystone. Even if Natasha and the others are gone, please continue to maintain the barrier.”
”Huh? Maintain the barrier?”
”Everyone, listen up! The battle is not over yet! Prepare the castle’s defenses immediately in anticipation of Oswald’s army surrounding this Main Castle! Get to work right now!”
”Uh, Your Excellency?”
”No questions, Liam, Christy.”
Maribel looked around the room with a serious expression.
She raised her voice once more.
”Everyone please stay alert! Trust me and prepare the castle’s defenses once again! ──Fringilla.”
”Yes, Princess.”
”Please inform Oswald of the evacuation order from the fortress. It will be a dangerous mission… Please.”
”Yes…?”
”Everyone, let’s make sure we’re prepared. ──Christy, Owl. Let’s head to the start of the barrier.”
Saying that, Maribel quickly returned inside the castle.
Christy hurriedly followed after her with Owl.
* * *
In the innermost room on the first floor of Maribel’s residence within the Main Castle, the keystone of the castle’s barrier is buried.
By regularly pouring magic power into it, the barrier is maintained, but the figures of Natasha and the others, who should have been in the room for maintenance and enhancement, had suddenly vanished.
Instead, a magic scroll inscribed with self-destructing magic language was stuck to the keystone, set to break the barrier over time.
They ran away──.
At this point, Natasha and the others had boldly betrayed Maribel.
As soon as Christy and the others entered the room, they changed their expressions and began to remove the trap.
As dusk crept in, the 3 worked silently in the dim hall.
”I will light the room. You will need it, yes?”
Owl’s voice echoed as they worked furiously to undo the magic scrolls.
In the next Leap, flames bloomed in the chandeliers and candelabras, and the room was bathed in a soft orange light.
Just then, Maribel, next to Christy, had just nullified the last magic scroll.
”That’s that… Now, the barrier’s upkeep, yes?”
Maribel murmured, wiping her smooth brow.
She turned to Owl, who shook his head slowly.
”I will not be involved in the maintenance. Your Excellency and Christina, please maintain it.”
”Eh…?”
Before Christy could ask where he was going and what he was doing, the door to the room burst open, and Fringilla rushed in, flustered.
”Princess, Lord Oswald’s army has surrounded Main Castle! They ignored the evacuation order, and are successively conquering and seizing the strongholds within the fortress, such as the Adventurer’s Guild and the Western Church!”
”Huh?”
”──. I see. First of all, I am glad you returned safely, Fringilla.”
Maribel was calm, as if she had known it all along.
Meanwhile, Christy staggered towards Fringilla.
”Um, Oswald’s army has, surrounded Main Castle?”
”Yes, Christina! I never thought Lord Oswald would do such an unlawful thing!”
”──”
”How large is Oswald’s force?”
Maribel asked Owl in a calm voice from behind.
”From what I saw from above, it’s about a thousand, I think. Almost all of Ramsey’s forces.”
”Is that so. Then neither the Adventurer’s Guild nor the Church Knights can resist anymore. Moreover, even the local lords and nobles around Eleonora are no match for them. …In terms of military strength, only Renaud can stand against them.”
”Your Excellency, even Renaud being summoned here is”
”Understood. If we allow Renaud’s invasion, it will lead to full-scale war with Oswald, causing damage even to the town. I won’t commit such folly.”
”Considering the possibility of escaping through a teleportation gate from the fortress is also on the table.”
”Even if we run, Aisha will catch up, right? Oswald will surely teleport along as well. Would that Aisha even let us teleport?”
”I doubt she would.”
Owl answered lightly.
Maribel bit her lips tightly and looked up at Owl’s knight.
”I will negotiate with Oswald. However, I doubt the soldiers will retreat. If that happens, I will need you to fight with all your might.”
”You want this Owl to fight Oswald?”
”Yes. -──Lord Owl, as my knight, please bring back the head of the traitor Oswald.”
”Manon!” “Princess…”
The border princess spoke in a firm tone, causing Christy and Fringilla to widen their eyes.
Who could have imagined the day would come when Oswald, who had just become a ‘Knight of the Sun’, would be called a traitor?
At least for Christy, watching from the side, the change in circumstances was too rapid to follow.
”Um, is it true that Oswald’s army is surrounding the Main Castle?”
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