Tensei Saki ga Shoujo Manga no Shiro Buta Reijou datta Chapter 90

Perhaps, Ryuze might have been killed before the story in the manga started.

So despite, the existence of his presence, only the name "Earl of the North" had come out… that's my intuition.

(I have to think of how to help onii-sama…)

My heat throbbed faster and I rested my hand on the wall, impatience rose up in me and I couldn't judge calmly.

(Anyway, I have to hold back the soldiers and the bandits sent by Millard. I can't let them go to onii-sama!)

From what the bandit said, the number of soldiers sent by Millard was not much.

But it's a different story when it came to the northern army coming from the ocean.

(But this harbor… only experienced fishermen can navigate this area. How do they intend to come here?)

After a while, Ricardo hurriedly came back.

Apparently he had been informed. Perhaps one of the two messengers he had sent had come back.

[Britney! Sorry, I made a mistake!]

I appeased the apologizing Ricardo and said.

[It's not just your fault, I too couldn't see it. Let's think what to do now rather than that.]

[…Are you trusting me, a member of Astor earldom, despite of that?]

[Of course. I don't like your older brother, I know you to a certain degree.]

Clear green eyes stared straight at me.

[Currently, my father who had received my message is returning from the capital. My mother remains there to take responsibility in case of emergency. Lucas seems to be actively cooperating with the crown prince and His Majesty.]

[Un…]

[From what the information had said, my older brother is sending mostly mercenaries that he had personally hired, not genuine soldiers of Astor territory. Once, he had directed the soldiers but… it seems that most of them waited for my father's judgment and did not obey my brother's words.]

[…He sure is unpopular.]

[Maa, you know how his character is. I wish that the soldiers could stop my brother, but it seems that the mercenaries were sent from the northern country and had moved arbitrarily.]

[Millard-sama can't control the mercenaries!?]

[The northern country is making good use of him… but it seems that he has successfully slipped through from my parents' eyes this time.]

Ricardo said so with a difficult expression.

[Britney, if this situation resolves, the Astor earldom may be isolated. We had sent soldiers to Hakusu territory who is our ally.]

Until the age before the second king, the relationships between each territory were bad and there were many conflicts.

However, since the rule of the previous king, the struggles between territories had diminished little by little, now domestic conflict had disappeared.

As the northern country had become a common enemy during grandfather's era, it seemed that they had concluded that it would be better to cooperate and protect the country from other countries rather than fighting with each other.

So now, Astor earldom that had attacked Hakusu territory was in hot water.

Even if this incident was settled, they would be blamed nonetheless.

[At my discretion, I had called reinforcements from Astor territory.]

[Do the soldiers obey your instructions?]

[When I was in the territory, I had always mingled with them, and I always showed my face when I returned to the territory from the capital city. Instructions can be given accordingly. After that, I had reported this to my father without fail.]

Even though Ricardo was younger… it seemed that Millard was not really influential.

Maa, he usually stayed in his room due to his weak constitution, so it's unavoidable.

(It's a personality problem… or something like that.)

Ryuze said that he was "delicate", but I didn't think that it's good to finish it up with just "delicate".

(I'll think about Millard later! I have to take measures as soon as possible!)

I pulled Ricardo's hand and headed towards the conference room.

[Ricardo, if we don't stop the enemy here, Ryuze's army at the north will be pincered by the enemy.]

Sometimes he may be ill-tempered and could be a devil, but Ryuze had continued to support Britney with gentle kindness.

He was my precious family.

Chapter end