Miss Deethe protected our wagons until we made our way to the fortress. But without her having to use her bow, the soldiers led by the three generals completely blocked the enemy from the northeast.

''Your Highness Astina, ...... after all, when that person is able to go into battle, the atmosphere changes completely. Both the Raquel Knight Captain and Presha will only show their power when they fight together with Astina-sama.

　Under the command of His Highness Astina, the allied archers shoot arrows at the spearmen - and at the collapsed point, Presha-san and Raquel-san, who are rushing in unmolested by the enemy's arrows, rush in, and when the formation collapses, their men attack them.

'Any further fighting is futile!　Pull back, Zirconia soldiers!
I won't back down from being told to back off!　That's Astina, take her down, no matter what it takes!　To our own General Alejandro, we give the glory of our victory!

　The captain rank leading the enemy's cavalry pointed his men at His Highness Astina - Presha-san stopped one rider, but the other rider pointed his spear at His Highness.

''Satoru ......!''

　--Astina's Highness swung her sword as she passed the enemy horseman, and the little flowers on the battlefield stared at the gleam of her white blade.

　An enemy soldier running past fell off his horse, splattering the flowers with red blood.

　His Highness Astina brushed away the blood-soaked sword on her horse and quietly turned her burning eyes to the enemy's flag.

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　As we entered the fortress, the drawbridge was quickly raised. A soldier with a bow on his back, who was probably her subordinate, came running up to Deete-san who was ahead of us.

''Captain Deete! ......
'You held up well while we were away from the fortress. I hope you'll be able to give me a quick report.
'The Zirconian army is invading from two directions, across the canal. We had not detected that Zirconia was building warships, but General Astina detected the invasion before the enemy had finished crossing the river and ordered us to intercept them.

　Last night's enemy attack, His Highness Astina has a keen sense of danger - or perhaps he can even see the future.

　Even so, he was unable to prevent the enemy from taking out the warships. Crossing the canal and striking a warship before it was brought to the river would also mean entering enemy territory.

　If His Majesty the King does not allow us to invade the enemy country from here. His Highness Astina can only use the fortress as a base for defense, not an offensive.

'Our first archers are attacking from the ramparts, while the second archers are outside the ramparts, covering the cavalry and infantry. The fall of the siege tower, which had just been approaching from the west, has given us a large advantage in the battle on the west side. However, we have yet to order the enemy soldiers to retreat.

　Deete-san gives a momentary look of melancholy. So does Presha-san - she hopes that the battle will be over as soon as possible.

'...... Dr. Glass, I'm going up to the ramparts. You guys should start preparing to receive the wounded.
All right. Take care of yourself, Mr. Deethe.

　She nodded and went up to the top of the ramparts. When she entered the sanitary building, there were thirteen soldiers who had already returned after being wounded, waiting to be treated.

''Preacher Glass, ......!
Sorry I'm late. Captain Katie, the status of the injured can be found at .......
'Here's a summary of his condition. Some of the soldiers are bleeding badly and are in danger if not treated immediately: ...... Sorry, we're not at all .......
Okay, sir, I'll take care of it. Are you okay!　Can you hear me!

　One of the soldiers lying on the bed in the treatment room was hit by an arrow - I asked Mr. Rendle to assist me and began the emergency surgery.

(The procedure of magically assisting the anesthetic to act on the nerves on a limited basis and quickly ...... suturing a broken blood vessel is not much different than connecting the leaf veins of a plant. It always works ...... always ......!)

Ugh, .......

　If the surgery is not completed under local anesthesia, the loss of strength will be fatal in a situation where there is just too much blood loss. Even if they can't make the pain go away completely, they'll have to endure it.

　A few minutes can feel like an uncomfortably long time - I almost forget I'm even breathing until I'm done with the surgery.

'There you go, ...... Mr. Rendle, take care of the rest!　Can you do ...... as you saw it before!
Yes, Mr. Glass!

　As soon as I let Rendle-san disinfect and protect the wounds after the surgery, other medics come calling for me.

''Firstborn, firstborn!　The awareness of this patient here is ......!
Okay, I'll be there in a minute!

　I treat each severely injured patient one by one - no matter how badly injured they are, I don't let my heart be moved.

　The anger, the sadness, I can feel after I've done my duty as a military doctor. I continued to treat the patients in pain, using all the measures I could to relieve their pain as quickly as possible.