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"Is this correct, Sir Callum?"

"Yes. Everything is on schedule. I'll take care of the rest.

So, if all goes well, you can visit ......."

"I know. I take you all as my subjects. In some cases, you will become nobles. In the empire.



 In a small hut tucked away in the woods near the border between the Galderd Empire and the Kingdom of Asterita, an Imperial nobleman and several leaders of the Kingdom's Popular Army "Resistance" were holding a secret meeting.

 The men are enjoying their conversation in the eastern part of the Galderd Empire, in the territory of the Count of Calum, but in front of their eyes they can already see the western city of Asterita, Aelyria.



"But it's a lot easier to do now that the butler attached to the ...... princess is gone."

"I've heard a lot about you, but are you really that good?"



 As Callum asks quizzically, the leaders of the Resistance raise their voices one after the other.



"The data I gave you on the defense of the kingdom is quite impressive, don't you think?

"Hmmm ....... I never thought I'd hear those words from you guys. I was going to ask you later if there was a trap."



 One of the executives, smiling broadly at Callum, replied.



"The reason why the defense is so poor is precisely because of that butler.

"What do you mean?"

It's simple. The butler has been guarding the place all by himself.

"What?"



 It was impossible.

 What I have in my possession is the most sensitive military data of the kingdom, especially of King's Landing.

 It contains detailed information on where and when they guarded the city, from the timing of the shifts to the patrol routes, and the number of men assigned to them was in the order of a hundred.



"It's impossible."

But it was that monster butler who did it.



 At first I was going to dismiss it as a joke.

 But seeing the serious expressions on the men's faces, Callum decided to dig deeper into the story, even though he didn't think it was possible.



"That's stupid ......."

"If that man had remained in King's Landing ...... or even in the Kingdom, we would have been killed before he could give us that information in the first place."

In fact, a number of our executives have been killed, and the agents we sent from the empire have not returned, have they?



 Callum felt a cold chill run down his back when he was told this.

 It was true.

 I had scattered them in various directions, so I could not keep up with the exact calculations and had no time to pay attention to them, but now that I think back on it, not a single one of them who had gone to the capital had returned until recently.



"The current defensive system is the negligence of the military, which has been too lax in taking care of him. We can't even report it to the higher-ups, so it seems to be getting even more messed up, which makes it easier for us to do things.

"In the first place, we couldn't have connected with Lord Callum if he hadn't been there.



 Callum is astonished by the information that comes out of their mouths.

 He snarls that even the resistance, the very force that the steward was supposed to have opposed, is praising him in this way, and that he must be given a certain amount of credit.