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"Woah woah woah woah."

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"Wow. What the hell was that?　What's going on?"

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"...... Mr. Ars, it seems that our camp has captured Einrad's Hill."

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"Really?　I'd say that's great, but Leon, isn't it sooner than you said?"

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Yes. We were able to take it down faster than we expected. This is due to the work of Ars-sama.

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"Was it so big that you defeated their cavalry?"

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That's part of it. Basically, a knight is no match for a bunch of common soldiers. It is a great achievement to destroy a cavalry group containing many enemy knights in the first battle.

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"But didn't you expect it to take a long time to capture the city based on that premise?"

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"That's right. But I must say that the work done by Mr. Ars and the soldiers of Barca after that is also amazing. They have walled off the hill itself. The enemy soldiers defending the hill must have been surrounded and demoralized with no hope of reinforcements. That is why the battle was settled so quickly.

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"That being said, I feel like it only worked out as a result. I think it would have taken longer if he had been a dead soldier who would have fought to the death because we completely blocked his escape route."

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"I see. That may be the case. Well, we had them so completely surrounded that not even a mouse could get through, so they must have been demoralized."

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"A siege. I guess it's a lot of work. But at any rate, the battle for the hill is now over. We can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

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　The days were finally coming to an end when we, the Valkans, surrounded the hill of Einrad with a wall and kept the enemy soldiers at the top of the fortified hill, and kept attacking the outside troops who were trying to reinforce us with cavalry mounted on Valkyries.

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　Fontana's army led by Carlos had captured the Einrad Hill and retaken the lands that had once been taken from them.

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　It took some time to capture the hill, which had been well-defended for years, but they succeeded.

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　Everyone is looking happy.

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　But I must say that it was a hard battle for both sides.

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　The besieged side must have been physically and mentally exhausted from being attacked day after day after day.

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　I think it was inevitable that they had no choice but to surrender and vacate the hill.

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　However, the attackers were not unscathed.

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　The attackers had to attack the defenders who were intercepting them with bows and arrows, as if they were jumping into the fray themselves.

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　You will definitely suffer damage.

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　You have to attack by climbing over your fallen comrades in front of you, and even if the hill fort does not fall that day, you have to keep attacking the next day, and if that is not possible, the next day and the next day.

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　Frankly speaking, it was lucky that I did not have to go around attacking the hill.

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　I don't want to go into a place where I know I will be attacked, no matter how much I can raise my defense with my magic power.

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　Moreover, it would be a terrible feeling to rush into a place knowing that someone you know is going to die next to you.

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　It may sound like someone else's problem, but I am very glad that I am not on the attacker's side.

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　However, unlike me, the other knights under Carlos seemed to be different.

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　They were all terribly motivated.

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　The reason was me.

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　My sudden appearance last year had defeated Raymond and caused a major shift in the power structure of the Fontana territory.

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　And Carlos, the head of the Fontana, was able to take Raymond's place.

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　Now the Fontana is united under Carlos.

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　However, there are many who would like to increase their power under Carlos, whose power base is far from complete.

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　And the quickest way to achieve this is to gain access to Carlos by playing an active role in this war against the House of Uruk and taking credit for it.

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　Of course, on the other hand, there are those who are trying to show their power in order to maintain their vested interests.

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　Each of them has their own reasons and they did not refuse Carlos' invitation to come to the battlefield with their troops.

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　But there I, a newcomer, a knight from the peasantry, took the credit.

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　It was no small feat, for I had defeated a child of the direct line of Uruk and the old general under his command with his entire cavalry.

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　The knights who came to join the battle must have been surprised and impatient at the same time.

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　They thought that they had lost their greatest military achievement.

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　What could they do against it?

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　There are three ways.

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　One is to put pressure on me.

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　The other is to tell Carlos what is true and false so that I will lose the credit.

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　But apparently no one did those two things.

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　Maybe they were hesitant to mess with me, who was married this year to someone related to Carlos's bloodline, even if it was out of duty.

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　Or maybe Carlos told them something.

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　I don't know what the reason was, but it might have had something to do with Carlos' decision to exclude me from the battle for Aynrad's Hill.

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　All the knights had joined the battle with great enthusiasm and had attacked the hill several times by themselves.

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　Thanks to the grim faces of everyone who worked, the capture was completed earlier than expected.

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　I hope Carlos will give his men credit and reduce the rivalry between them and me.

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"That's right. If they succeeded in capturing the castle, they will at least have a banquet. make sure you arrange the drinks! The soldiers of Fontana will serve enough for everyone, including the peasants!"

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"Oh, I like that. I'm sure they'll be very happy to see you.

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"You can't drink yet, Mr. Ars. Everyone else mustn't drink too much either.

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"I know, Leon. Then I'll put you in charge of the night watch during the feast. Dad, can you divide up the men?

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"Oh, good. In exchange, those who take the night watch first will get more booze later.

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"All right. Okay, then, please make the arrangements.

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　Thus, my first expedition ended successfully.

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　That's what I thought at the time.

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