Prime Minister

It happened as I was having a post-breakfast smoke.

'Oh, my God, Lord Kan-sama!'

What's going on here?

　The one who came in looking flustered was the housekeeper, James.
I don't know what happened, but since you work in my mansion, the Prime Minister's house, you need to calm down a little more.
　I don't know what's going on, but I'm working for the Prime Minister's mansion, so why don't you calm down a little more?

That's the hard part!　There's a group of unidentified people who have invaded the royal capital!

What the f*ck... What the garrison has been doing...

The perimeter of the royal city is protected by a wall to prevent demons and enemies from entering. The garrison stationed there is supposed to be ready to repel any enemy that approaches.

I've heard that the opponents approached the capital at a terrific speed, and when they approached the defensive wall, they leapt over the wall with surprising leaping power to enter the capital without regard to the garrison's attacks.

A man who has jumped over a wall...

　Bullshit. A wall in King's Landing is more than 5 meters high.
It's not something that can be done by an ordinary person while evading a garrison.
But if the city has already been invaded, we need to take measures.

''So how big is the enemy⁉︎?

Since you have forced your way into King's Landing, are you planning to invade the castle as it is, or is your aim to take the people of King's Landing as hostages?

Well, I don't know about a hundred people.

Yeah, yeah, I know... Only 100 people...

　I don't know what that is.
　The Knights of the King's Landing can mobilize 1,000 men on short notice, even in an emergency.

What are you going to do with half a dozen of those...

Hmmm, this doesn't make sense.
Only a hundred men have managed to get into the city, despite the attacks of the garrison, and jumped over the walls of the city.

In that case, why don't we just disguise ourselves as merchants and enter the city without going to the trouble of approaching the place from the outside?
Why do we go to the trouble of taking such a dangerous method?

A decoy or a decoy?

It's a deliberate and conspicuous intrusion, and that's highly unlikely.
But then again, it's too dangerous.

　Who the hell do you think they sent you to do this?
　The neighboring kingdom of Rheingal, by the way?
　There's no shortage of skirmishes along the border there.

　But if the knights of Rheingal had attacked, the knights of the border fort and the neighboring lords would not have left them alone, and they would not have sent a hundred or so men in the first place.
Besides, if they have such powerful people, they will use them more effectively.

''No way........Limeos of the West....

　The magic nation of Limeos, that country which is excellent at studying magic, should be able to mobilize magic knights who can carry out this raid.
However, the number of people who can handle swords and magic at the same time at the level of the main force of the knights is limited.
If you think about it that way, you can understand why the number of attackers is so small.

　But I don't understand the reason.
　Our capital city and Limeos are separated by the Dragon Peak, so if we want to fight a war, we have to bypass the Dragon Peak.
Otherwise, the dragons inhabiting the Dragon Peak will be provoked and we won't be able to fight.
Now that the dragon knights have been destroyed, we can't use them as a fighting force, but we can use them as a natural fortress.

At the same time, in order to take advantage of the geographic advantage of the Dragon's Peak, our country has only minimized the construction of the roadways leading to Limeos.
It would be meaningless to build a big road and let the other side use it without a plan.

And likewise, there's no point in the Limeos side going out of their way to develop our territory and march on it.
For both Limeos and our country, Longfeng is a convenient reason for both sides to avoid war.

In other words, there is no reason for Limeos to attack our country at present.
If that's the case, does that mean that the group attacking the royal capital now has nothing to do with Limeos?

I don't suppose you're a Dragon Emperor, are you?
And the news of the Dragon Emperor's appearance in Tatsutron is a trap to disperse our forces.

...No, no, no, they're a bunch of low-class aristocrats who don't have that kind of power.
I think I'm getting too far ahead of myself.

But in that case, what is the true identity of the intruders?

'Oh, my lord. What should we do?

James interrupts my thoughts with a frightened look and demands that I tell him what to do.
I swear, if it's a family order, he wants me to act without being told!

Put all the guards on the house guard! Then send a messenger to the castle and order the Kingsguard to be mobilized!

A Knights of the Kingsguard... But they are supposed to be guarding a castle...

I'm frustrated with the insensitive James, but I swallow it.
Yelling at him in this situation is a waste of time.

''The role of the Kingsguard is to protect the royalty. But as long as there is no royalty in this country, there is no need to defend an empty castle.

That's right, there is no royalty in this country.
As long as the country is run entirely by us noblemen, I, the Prime Minister, am the highest authority.
Then, in the name of defending the capital, it would be more useful to protect me by sending out the Kingsguard.

''Oh, and make sure you have something of value ready to go!

Yes, sir!

James hurriedly left the dining room, but if the group attacking the King's Landing is aimed at our Anti-Long Emperor faction, it's dangerous to go out there so carelessly.

But is it still dangerous to just stay in the mansion?

''In this situation, it's a good thing we were before we climbed onto the castle...''

　Knights of the Kingsguard

Commander, they don't seem to be stopping at all!

I know what I'm talking about!

　He goes out of his way to report things that his lieutenant can see.
　But I'm right next to him and he can see it too!

　Just a few minutes ago, we received a report that a suspicious group had suddenly invaded the royal capital.
As we were upset at the disappointment of the garrison that was supposed to be guarding the wall, the Prime Minister ordered us, the knights of the Kingsguard, to attack.

We were surprised to hear that we, whose duty it is to protect the castle, were ordered to mobilize, but of course the mission of knights is to protect the people.
We immediately went into action.....

An attack spell is hitting the place, but it shows no sign of stopping.

Because the battlefield is in the city, the evacuation of the citizens is the priority.
Therefore, the use of bows and magic is kept to a minimum, but what's up with the fact that the soldiers have been hit by a number of direct hits?

And why isn't it fighting back...

Yes, what bothered me more than anything else was that the bandits didn't attack us at all.
They don't even fight back against our attacks.
It's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get your hands on it.

In fact, the subordinates are showing signs of fright at the bandits who are coming at them without hesitation, even if they are attacked.

''Commander, the evacuation of the surrounding residents is complete!

Alright, well done! The vanguard must do everything in their power to hold the enemy back! The wizard squad is preparing for a simultaneous grand-magic salvo! Immediately afterwards, the auxiliary forces will provide an assault force with enhanced magic! On my command, the assault team will charge in unison!

""Yes, I understand the ministry!"

"Show me the dragon equipment His Highness has gifted me, and I will not be ashamed to fight!

While the front line troops are desperately enduring the enemy's rush with their large shields, the wizards are pouring all their magic power into building a great magic formula.

And when the magic is ready to be activated, I order the vanguard units to immediately spread out.

''All hands, spread out!''

The vanguard troops leave at once.
With no one to block them, the bandits run out again, but the distance between them and the wizard troops is far.

''Shoot!''

"Burning Flame

The great magic released by the wizards' unit was activated, and a super-hot mass of fire was shot at the center of the enemy group.

The mass of flames, in which all the magical power of almost everyone in the unit was poured in, was at most the size of a house.

No matter how powerful a wizard is, it is absolutely impossible for him to launch such a large amount of magic by himself.

When the huge ball of fire landed in the center of the enemy, it exploded to scatter all around it.

''Woahhhhhhhhhhh...⁉︎''

Take it!

No matter how far away they are, if a magic of this much power explodes, we can't just let it happen to us.
The surrounding buildings catch fire in the aftermath of the magic.

''Holy Wall!''

Guard up!

Monks and others skilled in defensive magic cast defensive spells on the soldiers' shields to protect us from the aftermath of their magic.

'Auxiliary units, prepare for enhanced magic.

I don't think it's possible to eat this much magic and stay alive, but the other party is a monster that didn't take our magic many times and didn't mean it.
There is no denying the possibility that they will be able to withstand it with some kind of trump card.

"Enchant Weapon!

Protection!

I'm going to be the first to say that I'm not going to be the only one.
I'm sure you'll find that you'll be able to find a great deal more to say.

I'm sure you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world, and you'll be able to find out what's going on in the world.
There are hundreds of such people.
No matter how strong they are, they will never be able to defeat these equipment and numbers.

It is possible that the enemy also uses dragon materials in their equipment, but the country is buying up all the materials collected and sold by the scaled adventurers because they have had enough of the gold.
There may be a few omissions, but the numbers are vastly different.

Furthermore, the equipment is of the highest quality made by the military's tinkerers with no regard to profitability.
Moreover, they have reinforced magic on them, so there is no reason to lose.

I've been unable to demonstrate my abilities until now because of my duty to guard the castle, but now we can finally prove that we are worthy of being called dragon knights in the true sense of the word.

Yes, as kinsman knights, we were allowed to call ourselves dragon knights by the Prime Minister, but those who were jealous of us had complained that it was impolite to call ourselves dragon knights when we didn't have dragons with us.

I was confident that if I actually fought, I would be able to slay the dragon for sure.
But because we were told that it was our mission to protect the royal city, we couldn't get the Prime Minister's approval, so we couldn't show what we were made of.

So this situation is a chance for us to show our abilities.
Oh, in that sense, we can thank the garrison for letting the bandits go so easily.

As I was thinking about that, the aftermath of the great flame mass finally weakened.
At the same time, a black shadow could be seen shimmering from behind the flames.

I knew it was alive!

All hands on deck!

"...oh, oh, oh, oh!

Upon receiving the order, the subordinates charged at once.
And then the weapons thrust out by the subordinates slammed into the bandit while emitting a reliable magic light.

And then with a light sound, the weapons of the subordinates broke off.

''Heh?''

Huh? Did you break it?

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

Stupid shit. A piece of equipment made from a dragon.
It's enhanced by a spell.
What's wrong with that?

....

The bandits didn't say anything, didn't even counterattack, and passed by our stunned side as if nothing had happened.
And the only one left was our Konoe Knights.

''Commander ... what should we do?

What do I do?

No, really.

.....

'........Commander, some of the remaining bandits are working to put out the house that was magically set on fire.

'What? Why?

What?

....

And so the remaining bandits finished the firefighting process, distributed potions to the soldiers who had been burned in the aftermath of the magic, bowed to us and then followed their companions.

''........What in the world was that thing?

The XO is tilting his head, not understanding the meaning of their actions, but I'd like to hear that too.

''What are they really doing here?

Wasn't it the invaders who invaded to take over this country?
We didn't know what to do anymore and we just cowered in a daze.