In the midst of the victory celebration party, I, Charles Rossi, who had become the chief military officer, was looking for my lord.
The lord was with the knights and werewolves …… In other words, he’s with the people who had fought in this battle.
It’s like he was pulled in …… instead of being there.
“You’re very popular, my lord. Won’t your wife be jealous?”
“It’s okay since it’s only men. If I were surrounded by women, her killing intent will come flying.”
I smiled back and sat down in front of my lord.
“By the way, my lord. I was wondering if you could give your incompetent subordinate some answers.”
My lord’s face became a face like he’s astonished.
“If Sir Rossi is incompetent, then no one is competent.”
Somehow, it’s embarrassing when he says this kind of word.
It’s hard to deal with it because he really means it.
“It’s an honor. What kind of thoughts made you think of that strategy for this battle? I thought it would be good for the people who participated in this battle to know.”
The people around me started to applaud.
“I didn’t do anything that big. I don’t think we need to go over the answers.”
“Humility is a bad habit, my lord.”
Robert was also interested and leaned forward.
“Please tell us about it.”
“Hmm, it’s not really a big deal, okay. You can’t go booing later.”
“That depends on what it is. If you keep being modest, you will be booed.”
Robert continued.
“That’s right. We are very proud of you, my lord. If you keep on being so humble, it will lower our morale.”
My lord was scratching his head.
He seems to have a habit of scratching his head whenever something happens.
“You know that the first thing I did was to ask for any information I could get.”
“Yes, I couldn’t tell what your intentions were, though.”
“You can’t talk about battles all the time and still come up with that plan. What you think, how you live, how you act. You have to know that much to be able to plan a strategy.”
It’s true, he was very particular about that.
“Hmmm… but you didn’t gather much information at all at first.”
“It can’t be helped, though, since the significance of intelligence analysis is not yet widely understood.”
We looked at each other at the unfamiliar words.
“Information analysis?”
The lord laughs and shrugs his shoulders.
He is not at all obsessed with his own achievements and accomplishments.
Sometimes I wonder if he has any vanity at all.
“It’s a word that profusely said that you are always doing what you are unconsciously doing.”
“Is that so?”
My lord’s idea is that if you are not careful, you will soon be left behind.
“Gather information, discard it, analyze it, in that order.”
When I asked him the question out loud, he stopped me and gave me an explanation.
I decided to use that technique.
“Hmm, just collect it. Then, discard the unnecessary information. Then make a decision based on the remaining information.”
The lord nodded honestly.
He looked like he was thinking about something.
“Let’s see. For example, Sir Melchiorri is trying to seduce a woman.”
Robert was suddenly thrown into an uproar.
“M-Me!?”
“I used it as an example because I thought you are serious and orderly. This is not the case with Sir Rossi, after all”
I wouldn’t do that.
Robert nodded reluctantly when he was told that he was right.
“Well, I don’t mind, but…”
“First of all …… you will try to learn everything about the woman, her hobbies, her tastes, whatever it is.”
They all tilted their heads, because the lord’s story was so obvious.
I couldn’t help but chuckle at how obvious it was.
“Yes.”
“But…wouldn’t you exclude, for example, idle chit-chat with the woman’s friends? It depends on the content, though.”
I wondered what was involved in this.
The lord’s way of talking was really tricky.
I’ll just give him a little response and let him go on with his story.
“Mm-hmm.”
“And what kind of preference do the woman like. What kind of words she like. In other words, you’ll analyze what kind of things they like. That’s how you seduce them, right?”
You’re right, I do this naturally.
The people around me stirred a commotion in agreement.
If you ask me, it’s really not a big deal.
“I see …… You certainly do this on a regular basis. And …… how did you decide on your strategy once you gathered the information?”
The lord was unconcerned, as if it was not a big deal.
I think that he should boast a little bit about it, though.
There’s no such pretense at all.
It’s like a natural enemy to the small things that take advantage of your good mood and take advantage of you.
“I thought it was the puppeteer himself when the cat person asked for protection. The puppeteer controls only one tiger. And he doesn’t trust strangers at all. I’m sure that he’ll see it for himself.”
(T/N: I used he here for the puppeteer because Albert(The MC) didn’t know what’s the gender of the puppeteer was. And I didn’t use they because he also mentioned before that there can only be one puppeteer.)
It’s true, we use manipulative people, but we don’t trust or rely on them.
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If you see that the people around you are not capable, you have to see for yourself.
As usual, his eye for observing people is really sharp.
You need to have a lot of life experience to be able to do this, though ……
“And now that the tiger people was out of the puppeteer’s control, it seemed like the right time. If I had to guess from the tiger people’s habits, it would not be interesting to hear that the wolf people’s settlement was empty. Tiger people are the type that enjoys the process of hunting. I’m sure they would feel uncomfortable if their prey was taken. And they’re itching to show off their power.”
This is the true reason why he was so eager to know about the character and nature of the tiger people.
“So, I asked Sir Oracio to provoke them. Then, I’ll have them get angry with a simple letter. He’s frustrated to begin with, so even a childish attempt will have an effect. It will be easier if you know what they hate to hear ……”
It is true that on the battlefield, those who lose their sense of normalcy die first.
But …… my lord has never been on a battlefield before.
How does he know so much about it?
The fact that he persisted in wanting to know shows that he really understands the importance of it.
His age is completely unspecified.
Oracio nodded admiringly.
“Hmmm …… sure, he’ll rush in when that happens. In fact, he was furious.”
And the Lord showed no signs of being proud of our admiration.
“How can you calmly detect the existence of a trap at a time like that? If the puppeteer had been there, he would have stopped it, but he was not. Moreover, he was made fun of for not being able to do anything without the puppeteer.”
I barely managed to agree with him.
I wondered if it was possible to manipulate someone just by what you hear from others.
I’m sure the tiger people wouldn’t even know they were being manipulated.
“It’s true that he rushed in.”
“And I will first kill the leader who comes to the front at will. He will not give up his reserved seat ticket to anyone. They didn’t pay that much attention to the oil, in fact, they can’t afford to run away and be attacked by fire arrows. They will instinctively make it a free-for-all.”
He’s right …… the ones who noticed the oil increased the speed of their rush.
“And they can fight for a while, but when they start to get tired, their retreat will go up in flames. When they came back to their senses, the leader is already dead. You will not know what to do. Then, your survival instinct will kick in. The result is total collapse. Easy, right? Just piss them off …… make them fall into the trap, and take them down. That’s all I did.”
Everyone was silent.
How amazing it is to be able to guess a simple story so well and make it work.
I wonder if the Lord knows it.
I spoke for all of us.
“I wouldn’t want to make an enemy out of you, My Lord.”
They all nodded.
If you’re his enemy, you will be trapped before you know it.
I’m not confident I can avoid it.
In the midst of the victory celebration party, I, Charles Rossi, who had become the chief military officer, was looking for my lord.
The lord was with the knights and werewolves …… In other words, he’s with the people who had fought in this battle.
It’s like he was pulled in …… instead of being there.
“You’re very popular, my lord. Won’t your wife be jealous?”
“It’s okay since it’s only men. If I were surrounded by women, her killing intent will come flying.”
I smiled back and sat down in front of my lord.
“By the way, my lord. I was wondering if you could give your incompetent subordinate some answers.”
My lord’s face became a face like he’s astonished.
“If Sir Rossi is incompetent, then no one is competent.”
Somehow, it’s embarrassing when he says this kind of word.
It’s hard to deal with it because he really means it.
“It’s an honor. What kind of thoughts made you think of that strategy for this battle? I thought it would be good for the people who participated in this battle to know.”
The people around me started to applaud.
“I didn’t do anything that big. I don’t think we need to go over the answers.”
“Humility is a bad habit, my lord.”
Robert was also interested and leaned forward.
“Please tell us about it.”
“Hmm, it’s not really a big deal, okay. You can’t go booing later.”
“That depends on what it is. If you keep being modest, you will be booed.”
Robert continued.
“That’s right. We are very proud of you, my lord. If you keep on being so humble, it will lower our morale.”
My lord was scratching his head.
He seems to have a habit of scratching his head whenever something happens.
“You know that the first thing I did was to ask for any information I could get.”
“Yes, I couldn’t tell what your intentions were, though.”
“You can’t talk about battles all the time and still come up with that plan. What you think, how you live, how you act. You have to know that much to be able to plan a strategy.”
It’s true, he was very particular about that.
“Hmmm… but you didn’t gather much information at all at first.”
“It can’t be helped, though, since the significance of intelligence analysis is not yet widely understood.”
We looked at each other at the unfamiliar words.
“Information analysis?”
The lord laughs and shrugs his shoulders.
He is not at all obsessed with his own achievements and accomplishments.
Sometimes I wonder if he has any vanity at all.
“It’s a word that profusely said that you are always doing what you are unconsciously doing.”
“Is that so?”
My lord’s idea is that if you are not careful, you will soon be left behind.
“Gather information, discard it, analyze it, in that order.”
When I asked him the question out loud, he stopped me and gave me an explanation.
I decided to use that technique.
“Hmm, just collect it. Then, discard the unnecessary information. Then make a decision based on the remaining information.”
The lord nodded honestly.
He looked like he was thinking about something.
“Let’s see. For example, Sir Melchiorri is trying to seduce a woman.”
Robert was suddenly thrown into an uproar.
“M-Me!?”
“I used it as an example because I thought you are serious and orderly. This is not the case with Sir Rossi, after all”
I wouldn’t do that.
Robert nodded reluctantly when he was told that he was right.
“Well, I don’t mind, but…”
“First of all …… you will try to learn everything about the woman, her hobbies, her tastes, whatever it is.”
They all tilted their heads, because the lord’s story was so obvious.
I couldn’t help but chuckle at how obvious it was.
“Yes.”
“But…wouldn’t you exclude, for example, idle chit-chat with the woman’s friends? It depends on the content, though.”
I wondered what was involved in this.
The lord’s way of talking was really tricky.
I’ll just give him a little response and let him go on with his story.
“Mm-hmm.”
“And what kind of preference do the woman like. What kind of words she like. In other words, you’ll analyze what kind of things they like. That’s how you seduce them, right?”
You’re right, I do this naturally.
The people around me stirred a commotion in agreement.
If you ask me, it’s really not a big deal.
“I see …… You certainly do this on a regular basis. And …… how did you decide on your strategy once you gathered the information?”
The lord was unconcerned, as if it was not a big deal.
I think that he should boast a little bit about it, though.
There’s no such pretense at all.
It’s like a natural enemy to the small things that take advantage of your good mood and take advantage of you.
“I thought it was the puppeteer himself when the cat person asked for protection. The puppeteer controls only one tiger. And he doesn’t trust strangers at all. I’m sure that he’ll see it for himself.”
(T/N: I used he here for the puppeteer because Albert(The MC) didn’t know what’s the gender of the puppeteer was. And I didn’t use they because he also mentioned before that there can only be one puppeteer.)
It’s true, we use manipulative people, but we don’t trust or rely on them.
""
If you see that the people around you are not capable, you have to see for yourself.
As usual, his eye for observing people is really sharp.
You need to have a lot of life experience to be able to do this, though ……
“And now that the tiger people was out of the puppeteer’s control, it seemed like the right time. If I had to guess from the tiger people’s habits, it would not be interesting to hear that the wolf people’s settlement was empty. Tiger people are the type that enjoys the process of hunting. I’m sure they would feel uncomfortable if their prey was taken. And they’re itching to show off their power.”
This is the true reason why he was so eager to know about the character and nature of the tiger people.
“So, I asked Sir Oracio to provoke them. Then, I’ll have them get angry with a simple letter. He’s frustrated to begin with, so even a childish attempt will have an effect. It will be easier if you know what they hate to hear ……”
It is true that on the battlefield, those who lose their sense of normalcy die first.
But …… my lord has never been on a battlefield before.
How does he know so much about it?
The fact that he persisted in wanting to know shows that he really understands the importance of it.
His age is completely unspecified.
Oracio nodded admiringly.
“Hmmm …… sure, he’ll rush in when that happens. In fact, he was furious.”
And the Lord showed no signs of being proud of our admiration.
“How can you calmly detect the existence of a trap at a time like that? If the puppeteer had been there, he would have stopped it, but he was not. Moreover, he was made fun of for not being able to do anything without the puppeteer.”
I barely managed to agree with him.
I wondered if it was possible to manipulate someone just by what you hear from others.
I’m sure the tiger people wouldn’t even know they were being manipulated.
“It’s true that he rushed in.”
“And I will first kill the leader who comes to the front at will. He will not give up his reserved seat ticket to anyone. They didn’t pay that much attention to the oil, in fact, they can’t afford to run away and be attacked by fire arrows. They will instinctively make it a free-for-all.”
He’s right …… the ones who noticed the oil increased the speed of their rush.
“And they can fight for a while, but when they start to get tired, their retreat will go up in flames. When they came back to their senses, the leader is already dead. You will not know what to do. Then, your survival instinct will kick in. The result is total collapse. Easy, right? Just piss them off …… make them fall into the trap, and take them down. That’s all I did.”
Everyone was silent.
How amazing it is to be able to guess a simple story so well and make it work.
I wonder if the Lord knows it.
I spoke for all of us.
“I wouldn’t want to make an enemy out of you, My Lord.”
They all nodded.
If you’re his enemy, you will be trapped before you know it.
I’m not confident I can avoid it.
