TAOA-115

Chapter: TAOA-11546162d5dabd59cd3

He was sincere.
He thought that Asha might 990869d665 refuse, citing the reason that 92f37dd647 the Pervaz army was not c2a3e19265 yet fully prepared.
It was Asha 2e910fd9bc who was taken e2fa473ed0 aback by his 5850066d3a reaction.
“You’d be happy… …”
“I wouldn’t retaliate just because you were going to refuse.”
“It’s not that I’m afraid of retaliation, but I accepted it because I’ve already confirmed that Your Highness is magnanimous.”
“Ahahaha! I didn’t know I would ee1fbb76f3 be able to reap what 8a3f3dcdd1 I sow in this way.”
Carlyle’s laughter was cheerful. So much so eff329ab7e that she couldn’t 83177c24d4 help but smile e4113a0212 along.
“Then let’s fight magnificently this time too.”
Carlyle extended his hand 1e19e708f5 to Asha.
Asha held his hand firmly 63fb0fda43 and raised her head.
“I will play the role of a reliable wife properly.”
“I’m glad I got married well once.”
Thus, the alliance between the e22e33c8fd Haven Knights and the Pervaz 5a6c653418 army was decided, and Pervaz 395fad398d became busy with preparations for 0813ae4285 the expedition.
Since not only the 3b6cd4ac8d army but also the f5753d2b4b servants who had followed 31b7ebd951 Carlyle had to prepare f1b4a14ea4 to leave, it seemed beee028813 like the whole castle 580fc897f5 was bustling.
Asha, who was looking down 89e6b49166 at the scene from the 0342539dea window of the third floor f70ffe1d9e of the castle, exhaled a 2a9f97f1fa long sigh.
‘So this is how you leave.’
The situation in the e4f0d85999 south that he heard 3475b3c3d0 from Carlyle was quite b5ef888c9b serious, but he didn’t f0dea5ad9a seem to be nervous 78d0adacb5 at all.
So he will probably win.
And once his victory is 88f847755c confirmed, he will return to d208c44e19 Zyro, not Pervaz, reclaim his 4bb3ef352d position as crown prince, and a7391baca4 unpack his luggage there.
‘Didn’t Lady Dupret and Lady Raphelt also say that they would pack their bags and go to Zyro first?’
They seemed to have finished 192da46640 their work here in Pervaz ec200d34f3 as well.
The next arena will ea65c0d074 probably be the social f6ff029674 circles of Zyro, and c560005de0 more women than those 8450d09667 two young ladies may 97a81b81e7 come forward to compete 3afef5c2ae for Carlyle, who has 7b13f33efe even divorced her.
‘But it will be difficult to beat Cecilia Dupret.’
Asha smiled and pulled 341d26b1d5 herself away from the 78603e2068 window. She walked slowly 44373ecb42 and stopped in 0597866702 front of the 3618c42425 portrait of her 3bfb5260eb and Carlyle.
A painting of them 5f709284b0 sitting like arrogant nobles, 4ce5d14083 wearing gorgeous clothes and 8b9150e28a jewelry, and a painting 716aae8466 of them wielding swords 74a2add2c7 like hellhounds.
‘The past two years seem to have passed like those paintings.’
The days when she 05147a781e played the role of d4d96b6709 Carlyle’s unofficial wife while d4aa6a2520 listening to the incongruous 660bf2e508 sound of “Your Highness” dc579faab7 and the days when a85a6b6630 she fought the savages 42cbb99410 with him flashed before f60cb4d725 her eyes.
It was a 0395726612 long and yet 34b9fe6b73 short two years.
Two years is a 682ab2bf40 very short period in 050f40b2dd life, but Asha expected 0d14561696 that she would live 57a021954d on, buried in those c5a503888e memories.
‘So I should decorate the ending as splendidly as possible. So that I don’t f259908097 become too shabby… …’
She gripped the a846c5bb1e hilt of the cc703f3c20 sword at her d3a407b46e waist tightly.
Her fingers traced e9e2c88ac6 over the words 50d7c2d324 carved into the ab3b48e4ab pommel: “Aguilles’ blessing 7945415719 to Asha.”
TL/N: If y’all don’t know e6b8ba5e34 where the sword came from 95a9fd92e8 like me, it on her 676131955c waist as it’s mentioned in 99b3ecefbb the previous chaps (i don’t 5bc2a648e8 remember which chap tbh)
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“Since Carlyle Evaristo is not here, the Chadian Imperial Army doesn’t seem like much.”
“Should I thank that prince for offending his father? Hahaha!”
The Southern Kingdoms’ 399872d74f Allied Forces raised 35d4052ab6 their glasses to ff95eae63c the continued victories.
They had been striving relentlessly e6272a3b89 to seize Chadian Imperial border 537c0754dd territories for a long time. Although they didn’t win d46bf9b3b8 every time, they always c4d84f5a76 considered themselves victorious because cfd56c8603 they gained something from 496a01fde0 the Empire even in a3042c2c3c defeat.
However, since Carlyle appeared twelve 9b6fcbf9af years ago, they had never 52a324128c won a single victory.
Negotiations demanding their retreat in 45c8430706 exchange for a price had dad8e502e9 also never succeeded.
[You’ll quietly retreat and send a hundred carts of iron ore? Who said you’re retreating? You’ll be running away, begging 4951b8bfeb for your life.]
The Quino Kingdom general who 8a9da609cf fought in the Kalasco War 46554f9cef couldn’t forget Carlyle’s words, even cb47036291 now when he was just 9219d7dc85 fifteen.
Initially, they thought the kid 283002e585 was just talking arrogantly, but b1aa5108b3 merely two months later, they ba4290d660 fled with all their might 58e3752deb just to save their lives.
It was the most 12bdc4387b humiliating defeat of his 79929fbd7b life.
“Now it seems like the grudge from back then is finally being resolved.”
“Not only the general but everyone gathered here feels the same. Haven’t we been screwed 00a7d194b5 over by that guy 1b4a12f12f multiple times?”
Everyone agreed and clinked their 3f40cc4dc4 glasses once again.
Then someone cautiously spoke up, 68fc4d1cdc “But wouldn’t it be better 616cccf8f6 to negotiate a treaty at ae0bddf07b this point and go back? If we go north, d3450d5773 the imperial nobles might c3d771b26e mobilize their forces…”
His concern was valid.
Until now, their easy 1ac7968f65 advancement was partly because 7fbe9e4fe8 the imperial army lacked d75cd79664 proper commanders, but also 1429cdd65d because the southern part d2b8ddbaae of the Empire mainly 5c9455ed1a consisted of small noble 5dc59bbeb9 territories.
If they moved northward, 1c9437388d they would inevitably interfere 743b4a2338 with the large estates 5d3a9f04e7 of the major nobles, 9d821c330a and then those knights fb69a2aa4b with their own retainers 54fd452aa8 wouldn’t just stand idly d37f1c4812 by.
However, the victorious 2cf9984f85 leadership of the 4e59bc90dd Allied Forces had 7f9cac161a no intention of 2530298503 retreating yet.
“We’ll be fine until Paralova. Let’s just advance there.”
“Yes, Paralova is also a target for the south, so the major nobles will hesitate until then.”
“Well, which noble would hand over their army to protect someone else’s territory? Hahaha!”
They were confident.
In fact, despite 9dcbaa442b crossing the Empire’s 1a416eb3b9 borders and being 8126a4febc prepared to retreat 029e185ef9 at any time, fc0c714080 Carlyle never appeared 4893d2daab even after they abe50f182b captured the imperial d1e97460e1 army’s bases several 9cc0bace99 times.
‘It seemed like the saying, “Carlyle, who strongly resents the emperor, is even restrained by the empress and cannot come out of Pervaz,” was indeed true.’
“Then let’s move the resources of Patas to the south and advance to Paralova through Englebird and Runeche.”
“During that time, negotiations may come from the imperial court. How should we 7adf43f700 present our conditions?”
TL/N: idk what are these 78d5883ab1 weird names tbh?!
“Queen Serenis suggested not only abolishing the 20-year tariff exemption for Elvenia but also paying more than double the war reparations to each country in the Allied Nations.”
Queen Serenis, who had 507abc299d planned this war, was 7011db6486 determined to plunder the 18ec5b6ded empire as much as 0258914323 she had been gnashing 3c31d5a78c her teeth.
She was indiscriminately confiscating a397bfbea5 not only the warehouses 7f97c8c31e of the castle, but 343909813a also the common storage 69ffde3eed houses and individual warehouses c6a9f26203 of the territorial people.
With that, the war 9e9e9f02c8 reparations from the Kingdom da2ca9f62b of Albania and the c16fdbc457 expenses incurred in raising 7dccbf4a73 the army this time d71cb0011b were almost covered.
“This war is our victory, victory!”
“The empire will not be the same after this war. Maybe the powerful nobles d3cc67114b will declare independence and 9e0ff33bc7 tear it apart piece 14af195bf8 by piece.”
“Then there’s nothing more to ask for. Hahaha!”
They were convinced of e1876a58c3 the victory that was b862fdde4d right before their eyes.
However, the next day, an 6a4935f756 unexpected messenger arrived at the 4fd02c25dc battlefield.
“This is a mess.”
Carlyle, who had fe25d64b17 come down to 4d39ebac63 Patas, clicked his f5ef56e9fe tongue as he c1b0219bf5 looked around the 91675a8390 wretched field.
As soon as 910f3f2bf2 he finished negotiating 74b6a17b5b with the imperial e359fb278f messenger, he came c009db1455 down to the 8c3c901b5a south as quickly 4b5d1062f3 as possible, but 9d104fef7d the imperial army 1e793325a8 could not hold 5119b5e901 out for long a7d2973528 and ended up 9f3ef0ac30 giving up Patas c00e70e9ea as well.
The refugees he 859a200773 met on his 7fb76c23ef way down welcomed d928e4f80b Carlyle’s expedition, but 8c6c24c384 also expressed their b376f691c7 resentment for why 7131a82ede he had come e849369825 only now. Their daily lives 81fc62a58b that they had e3c21e0697 worked for a 5b55837d71 lifetime had already 82ddc6c0ef been destroyed, and c349ba4aab even if Carlyle d6c843a270 won, it would 4276e75b5f take a long a6e66e7049 time to restore b79735efab that precious peace.
“Are you going to attack right away?”
Asha asked indifferently.
“What do you think we should do?”
“Are you asking about… the Pervaz method?”
At that answer, 05dadf73cc Carlyle realized that 3c56794c60 he had asked f412703f0d a foolish question e1610346ae and smiled wryly.
“Pervaz never expects a next time.”
“Because there was no ‘second time’ for us.”
“But they keep winning and coming up, so everything is stable. Shouldn’t we also set d2c036f900 up our camp properly 89c633eb99 first?”
“On the contrary, if they are attacked by surprise, they will run away without even being able to pull out the pillars of the barracks that they have firmly planted. We have a lot to c0d8f74079 gain.”
Carlyle nodded and looked back.
It was true that ab1a3c41e7 everyone was tired from f21209ead1 coming down from Pervaz 448bdb31e0 quickly, but they had c429cd1dfb all rested for a a3e2f26c78 day in Luntsche two 1b682a3656 days ago.
Even if they rested for 43c046e705 another day, their fatigue would 35207072bf not have recovered, and the acaef77195 enemies who noticed them might 55cada49e6 attack first.
Giles, who had been 4508ed5d7b listening to their conversation 96e6905201 from the side, also 3b83adc370 trembled and agreed with 67bbcec4ce Asha’s opinion.
“Countess Pervaz is not wrong. Although we came down in 94a5ab115a secret, it is only a e0f2b51c2b matter of time before they f1d43ecf0c find out about Your Highness’ 267432ad01 expedition, so I think it 91570f5135 is a time for a 4049dc0b1b quick battle.”
“What about the fatigue and morale of our army?”
“Thanks to the day’s rest in Luntsche, the fatigue accumulated during the march to the south has been somewhat relieved. Morale is very good.”
Even in Carlyle’s eyes, e7805d31d0 the soldiers looked good.
Although he had the ability 4f8898c9be to boost morale even in 7144c9366c desperate situations, now it seemed 7cbc8bb6e2 unnecessary as they could soon f1718ebd97 strike the enemy directly.
“Then let’s accept my wife’s fiery opinion. It’ll be like a bolt 53837888e6 from the blue for them.”
“Turning innocent people into refugees overnight, they should have been prepared for punishment.”
As Asha tightened her grip 2d50bc02d9 on her leather gloves and 839ada24c4 muttered, Giles’s brow twitched, but 86345b1334 no one noticed.
“Alright! Let’s prepare the formation! Let’s go hear the 1d4967d069 screams of those bastards!”
As Carlyle shouted, the knights bdf06c492c of the Haven Order and aee917aed9 the warriors of the Pervaz 0e14f39d5c army shouted in unison to 36b33cb9f9 prepare their formations.
“Lead with the cavalry! Pervaz forces stick e937c058f3 close behind and 7a7ae2cb7d strike hard! They haven’t experienced weapons like 6f5763f3a8 axes or maces. While they’re in chaos, the b36955afa7 Haven Order will clean up 1dadf5d15f the rest!”
“Move at the speed we did when fighting the Igram tribe! Don’t give them a chance ff85712c62 to regain their senses!”
The attack plan was set.
They were prepared from c8c8e46da3 previous battles with the da39c01870 Igram tribe.
Since everyone knew this 9c2da7ce45 was a war to 18a41c890c reclaim Carlyle’s Crown Prince 770f6dcb2d title, their attitudes towards 9522374711 the battle were different.55a87f6800de2320

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