Sister of the Bibliophile
Eh?
Though towards the person you feared, you still hugged her like a cat and gently stroked her.
I guess thats fine too.
Regis stretched his body.
Eating while having an enjoyable conversation, it felt like the sheeps of slumber were jumping over the fence.
Clarisse started gently singing.
Fais dodo~ Fais dodo~
It was a lullaby
Moreover, it felt like a sister cooing her brother to sleep.
When he realized it, it was just like what he told Clarisse. After eating, he felt like sleeping. Things were going according to what Clarisse planned.
Still, this is fine.
Regis leaned his head against the chair in the shaking carriage.
When he woke up, the convoy had already stopped for the third break
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15th May
It started to drizzle
The Beilschmidt Border Regint that was under Altinas command had marched past the capital.
The reason they marched without stopping was because the Second Prince, Latreille, and the First Imperial Army was not in the capital.
They had already head towards the west.
It was rare to see the Emperor giving the orders personally. The citizens could feel that the battle against High Britannia was not a small skirmish.
During this period of unrest, Altina wanted to prevent the impression that they were marching into the capital while the First Imperial Army was away. Sotis, impression was more important than facts.
The Border Regint did not stop at the capital but continued west.
However, they still needed rest and resupply.
Hence, the regint resupplied at Rouen which was near the capital.
They set up their camp outside the southern area of the city.
The ti was around five o'clock in the evening.
Dinner preparations were going on all over the camp.
They set up a large tent and used it as the headquarter.
The entrance of the tent was guarded by heavy infantry. Regis was not yet used to their crisp and respectful salutes to him.
The Inside of the tent was warr than outside when it was not raining.
Altina removed her drenched robe and stretched like a cat.
Ha~ How tiring!
Its been tough on you, Your Highness.
Clarisse served tea, along with so biscuit.
Thanks! Why dont you try so, Regis?
It looks delicious, I will help myself then.
Like I thought, marching for two weeks straight is tiring. Whats more, Im riding a horse The infantry must be feeling even worse.
Yeah The soldiers had spent most of their strength to march such a long distance. Its important that we grasped the correct timing to enter the war.
Regis sat on a chair inside the tent and opened a map, putting it on the table.
The tables and chairs were foldable and were transported together with the tent via carriage.
Altina removed her shoulder guard and breastplate while Clarisse helped her out on the belt.
Currently, there were only three people in the tent.
That reminds , where is Sir Jero?
He said that the march will dull his body, so he will be practicing his spear skill until dinner.
And youre fine with it?
Isnt my sword broken
Shifting his gaze to the middle on the tent.
Altinas sword was lying inside a coffin-like casing.
Regis could only nod his head without saying anything.
While fighting off the Vardens army, they encountered Franziska of the Penard Pendu. The result was that the Grand Tonnerre Quatre broke.
Although they brought along as it was the symbol of the regint, the sword could not be used.
Altina used a normal longsword as a substitute. However, she could not show her full power even while practicing in the rain.
Altina had been in low spirits.
Regis opened the letter which was beside the map.
Altina then turned her head over to him.
What is it?
This was Latreilles order that I received earlier. It say stop at Rouen and et up with the Seventh Imperial Army on the 16th.
Ara, the Seventh Imperial Army is coming?
Looks like thats the case.
The Seventh Imperial Army was heavily involved in the eastern battleline. As the type of battle at the eastern area was usually forest battle, the unit has little cavalry, but high in infantry. Though it should not exceed more than twenty thousand.
Will we be joining up with them?
Yes Im saying this as a strategist, the Seventh Imperial Army is not used to a plains battle and their General, Barguesonne, is already old.
Barguesonne... I cant seem to rember anything about him.
Is that so?
I only t him once during a banquet in the palace.
Altina lightly sighed.
Looks like it was due to her gender or bloodline In any case, he should be soone that has so prejudice. This kind of people was not rare among the Belgarias nobles.
There are still a few days of travel before reaching the battlefield. Since we have a common enemy, I think it is still possible that we work together.
It will be best if thats the case.
Be it history or literature, it was not rare for a battle to end in defeat due to internal conflicts. To avoid becoming one of those, Regis deed that communication and diate between them was essential.
At this mont, it was noisy outside the tent.
The guards outside shouted, Pardon for the disturbance.
Theres a citizen seeking an audience.
Eh? Who is it? If its the mayor, I have already t him
Before setting up the camp, they already visited the mayor. Moreover, people from the rchant Association and the rcenary Association were there.
The mayor ca together with the lord and visited them. After all, this city was under the emperors direct jurisdiction.
While Regis was thinking who was it, the guard outside report hesitantly.
T,that Its your guest, Sir Regis.
? Is the person outside a rchant peddling his wares? But we have already resupplied Since its already late, ask him to leave his na and co back tomorrow
As he gave the command, a females voice could be heard outside.
Is Regis-chan in there?
Eh?!
Co out here, Regis-chan! Could it that you dont recognise ?! If you dare say that, Ill Ex-tin-guish the light!
It was a familiar voice and that was not any normal threatening.
C,could it be
If you dont co out quickly, I will spill all of your embarrassing monts out! Right, the spring when Regis the kid was twelve, it was an incident when he was going to enroll in the Military Academy in sumr!
Wa?! I,isnt it sister!
Regis rushed out of the tent.
Altina and Clarisse looked at each other.
Sister? Regis...?
He ntioned before that his sister married a blacksmith in Rouen...
Outside the tent, a woman was surrounded by four heavy infantry.
However, the woman was not afraid at all.
She wore a headband on top of her black hair and wore beautiful hand-sewn clothes. If there anything similar to Regis, it would be her hair colour and the ears. Among the neighbours, they were said to be siblings that looked as different as a tigress and a turtle.
The ex-tigress was now the wife of a blacksmith and was full of smile while waving her hands.
Well, Regis-chan! You really are here, that surprised !
Facing this smile, it felt like the fatigue from the journey of fifteen days suddenly crushed down on his shoulders.
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