「—Amaddo’s Crown Prince is coming from the west?」
Cyril, who had received the same information slightly later than Euchemard, held the head of Lampito, who had reflexively tried to jump off the horse, down and suspiciously asked a question in return.
「Is it the aforementioned chivalric order?」
「His Highness seems to think so—」
「……」
Excluding a part of the war potential that was protecting the trebuchets, Euchemard had deployed almost all of the military forces as a thick wall. On the other hand, Cyril was thinking the Haiderota’s army, which Sigibert commanded, clashing with them head-on was to forcibly break through the wall, fight against the trebuchets and try to destroy them, but it seemed that their objective wasn’t only that.
「Sigibert is a decoy, huh—」
Muddy land, mostly marshes, lakes and wetlands, spread out to the north of Delbrück. Both armies were also deployed on relatively soft soil. It wasn’t much of a burden to the infantry who remained on the spot and fought, but for the cavalry who rode fast and fought, they’d be subjected to far more burdens than normal times. That Sigibert’s attack was unsuccessful must be because of such footing as well.
However, the west of this battlefield was a slightly elevated low hill, and the footing to there wasn’t bad. The Amaddo’s Crown Prince most likely intended to run down from there in one breath and attack the flank of Yururogu’s army.
Although their number was fifty at most, and he heard that it was a chivalric order that gathered sons of nobles only, it might be too hasty to consider them outside war potential from that alone. Daring to appear on this battlefield meant that courageous young men had been chosen; after all, the other party was Amaddo. If he perceived them as a group of horse-riding magic warriors, it was fine to regard them not as fifty cavalries, but five hundred light archery-cavalry soldiers, possibly having more fighting strength than that. Above all, he heard that the vice-leader of the Seal Chivalric Order was the son of the famous “Witch of Sunlight”.
The main force at the front was a huge decoy to get Yururogu’s army to turn its gaze that way, and these fifty were in fact the trump card—Cyril, who was thinking of such a possibility, however, noticed Lampito sniffing “fun fun” and narrowed his eyes.
「…Where’s that woman?」
It had been confirmed that Sigibert was among the enemy army. However, he hadn’t hear any reports that Clotilde, his adjutant, was there. The other Dominas didn’t have any fighting strength, so it wasn’t strange even if she wasn’t at this place, but it was impossible that Sigibert wouldn’t send out that woman, whom he personally boasted as “White Rose of Steel”, as a war potential.
Besides, if the Amaddo’s Crown Prince didn’t return to his country and was here, then where were the Amaddo’s Dominas? Did they remain in the town for fear of getting injured?
「…Lampito」
Stroking the girl’s head, Cyril spoke.
「Where do you think we should go?」
「U, u…? T, that way」
Lampito stood behind Cyril with a smooth, unhindered motion, held on to his shoulder and pointed to a different direction.
「Is that so—」
Cyril pulled the reins and turned the horse around.
「If you’re saying so, then that’s probably the case」
This was what “Her Eminence”, whom they ought to serve, had said. It wasn’t something Cyril could object to.
「—Amaddo’s Crown Prince is coming from the west?」
Cyril, who had received the same information slightly later than Euchemard, held the head of Lampito, who had reflexively tried to jump off the horse, down and suspiciously asked a question in return.
「Is it the aforementioned chivalric order?」
「His Highness seems to think so—」
「……」
Excluding a part of the war potential that was protecting the trebuchets, Euchemard had deployed almost all of the military forces as a thick wall. On the other hand, Cyril was thinking the Haiderota’s army, which Sigibert commanded, clashing with them head-on was to forcibly break through the wall, fight against the trebuchets and try to destroy them, but it seemed that their objective wasn’t only that.
「Sigibert is a decoy, huh—」
Muddy land, mostly marshes, lakes and wetlands, spread out to the north of Delbrück. Both armies were also deployed on relatively soft soil. It wasn’t much of a burden to the infantry who remained on the spot and fought, but for the cavalry who rode fast and fought, they’d be subjected to far more burdens than normal times. That Sigibert’s attack was unsuccessful must be because of such footing as well.
However, the west of this battlefield was a slightly elevated low hill, and the footing to there wasn’t bad. The Amaddo’s Crown Prince most likely intended to run down from there in one breath and attack the flank of Yururogu’s army.
Although their number was fifty at most, and he heard that it was a chivalric order that gathered sons of nobles only, it might be too hasty to consider them outside war potential from that alone. Daring to appear on this battlefield meant that courageous young men had been chosen; after all, the other party was Amaddo. If he perceived them as a group of horse-riding magic warriors, it was fine to regard them not as fifty cavalries, but five hundred light archery-cavalry soldiers, possibly having more fighting strength than that. Above all, he heard that the vice-leader of the Seal Chivalric Order was the son of the famous “Witch of Sunlight”.
The main force at the front was a huge decoy to get Yururogu’s army to turn its gaze that way, and these fifty were in fact the trump card—Cyril, who was thinking of such a possibility, however, noticed Lampito sniffing “fun fun” and narrowed his eyes.
「…Where’s that woman?」
It had been confirmed that Sigibert was among the enemy army. However, he hadn’t hear any reports that Clotilde, his adjutant, was there. The other Dominas didn’t have any fighting strength, so it wasn’t strange even if she wasn’t at this place, but it was impossible that Sigibert wouldn’t send out that woman, whom he personally boasted as “White Rose of Steel”, as a war potential.
Besides, if the Amaddo’s Crown Prince didn’t return to his country and was here, then where were the Amaddo’s Dominas? Did they remain in the town for fear of getting injured?
「…Lampito」
Stroking the girl’s head, Cyril spoke.
「Where do you think we should go?」
「U, u…? T, that way」
Lampito stood behind Cyril with a smooth, unhindered motion, held on to his shoulder and pointed to a different direction.
「Is that so—」
Cyril pulled the reins and turned the horse around.
「If you’re saying so, then that’s probably the case」
This was what “Her Eminence”, whom they ought to serve, had said. It wasn’t something Cyril could object to.
