The Strongest Dull Prince’s Secret Battle for the Throne

Chapter 341: Char’s Departure

Chapter 341: Char’s Departure

Are you going?

The meeting of the northern nobles was over.

Each lord will be returning to their territory to prepare their knights.

However, that will take some time.

Thats why it was decided that the nobles who are close to the frontline will advance first.

And leading them is Char who is representing Marquis Zweig.

Yeah, rather than waiting for the knights here, it would be faster if I go myself.

I see.is your body okay?

Im fine. Dont worry.

..be careful alright?

Thats my line. It is going to be much tougher from now on you know?

.I guess so.

After a short conversation, Char smiles at me and turns back.

From now on, I have to organize an army of the northern nobles who are gradually gathering.

That is a difficult task. However, it is not dangerous.

Char.

What is it?

Take the Narbe Ritter with you.

You want me to take a unit that is guarding you instead of the Imperial Knights with me? What about your protection?

Sebas is here. There is no problem.

All I can see are problems though

Char turned her gaze back with a bitter smile.

At the end of her sight are Lars and his subordinates.

We can not afford to leave your side, Your Highness.

I understand your feelings but Char needs more manpower.

Even so, we cant leave Your Highness with inadequate protection.

please go with her. It will give me peace of mind.

Appealing to Lars with reason wont work.

It is the same with the nobles of the north.

If reason doesnt work then I have no choice but to appeal to their emotions.

Then we will divide the unit into two.

It would be foolish to divide a hundred-man unit. You all go with her.

..we wish to fight under your command, Your Highness.

I cant afford to let our elite troops loitering around here. Besides, I will follow you soon. Take care of Leo and Char for me.

.it cant be helped. We will obey your order.

Lars sighed as if he had given up and followed my wish.

Thus the Narbe Ritter is also preparing for departure.

I wont be able to face anyone if the leader of the Union of the Northern Lords got assassinated first you know?

I hid my existence to the last minute and I also gave a strict gag order to the gathered nobles so they wont go out of their way to assassinate me. Gordon and his allies dont have that much leeway after all. Rather than that, targeting the nobles who are bringing us reinforcements would be more likely.

Thats why you attached your escorts to me?

Yes, more or less.

With that said, I turned back.

It would be dangerous to talk any more than this. I might tell her to give up the idea of heading off to the frontline after all.

As I walked away, Char asked me a question.

Seriously..you are already the leader of this union, should I not fix the way I speak to you?

I hate dealing with people who suddenly turned nice to me.

SoI can keep speaking to you like this?

Yeah, I value people who can talk casually with me. From now on as wellit would be nice if you can treat me like a friend. Very nice.

Well, if you say that then theres no helping it. I will be your friend.

Saying so, Char leaves.

As he is seeing her off, Sebas speaks to me.

It has become easier to move now isnt it, sir

Right

If you are worried then should you not interfere as Silver, sir?

I will not intervene in this war. My trip to the headquarters would become a waste after all.

But you seem to have quite an interest in her, sir.

Char is a friendand the only granddaughter of my benefactor. If I let her die..I will not be able to forgive myself for the rest of my life.

I can assign her to the rear but that will go against Chars will.

In exchange for my peace of mind, I will hurt Char instead.

Duke Lowenstein is betting his life in this battle. Its only natural that Char wants to do something as well.

Then, what should we do, sir? I do not think that we have anything left to do here though.

Rightlets do what we can then.

You have a plan in mind, sir?

Send men to Thale and have them bring Minister Cubers invention that I brought from the capital here. Theres a trump card we can use there.

Certainly, there was something like that. We shouldnt use it unless we have to though. It is directly related to the Minister of Technologys wellbeing after all.

Its obvious that we should use it. I told them that I wanted to bring it with me because it was necessary right? If its the complaints then we can just silence them with the result.

That is quite a twisted logic, sir. Well, that is best suited Arnold-sama though.

Saying so, Sebas shrugged.

How will the enemy move now?

I can predict that to some extent but there is no guarantee that they will move according to my expectations.

The enemy is William, someone who managed to escape the capital by exploiting that narrow loophole.

It is quite possible that he will be able to go beyond my expectations.

However, I can mostly read what Gordon is likely to do.

Back at the Imperial Capital, I could predict what he was intending to do when he was cornered.

Thats why I brought a countermeasure.

He will try to use his trump card to win but we also have a trump card of our own. If it turns to that then our victory is almost guaranteed.

Well,.even if he is rotten, he is still my older brother. I want to think that he hasnt fallen that far though.

If my memory serves me right, His Highness Gordon very much despises cowardly behavior on the battlefield though..

Gordon is different now. Its the same as Zandra-aneues case.

Please be careful with your words, sir. If it reaches His Majestys ears, it might cause an uproar after all. Please keep in mind that Princess Zandra was a rebel.

Right.

I cant even call her Aneue now.

Her sin was that grave. It can not be helped. A part of me thinks so but at the same time, I also believe that there is a mastermind who corrupted her.

I am sure that Gordon is the same. The more I think about it, the more I cant stop thinking that way.

A sin is a sin. Even in madness, Gordon started a rebellion and Zandra-aneue joined him. The death penalty is naturally the punishment.

I can understand that but I cant accept it.

I wonder when did the succession war go wrong? Is it limited to this time only? Or was it wrong from the start?

I cant say, sir. However, it is clear that this succession war is strange. With such opinions from the people outside of the succession war instead of its participants, something must be interfering with it.

Grimoire huh.

It seems that we can not say that for sure unless we conduct an investigation. I am currently tracking their movements but first, we have to solve our internal problems, sir.

Right. We need to end this succession war as soon as possible

I have to make Leo take the credit.

In other words, Leo must defeat Gordon.

Regarding that, my heart is a little disturbed.

If he is the same as Zandra-aneue then..

Im sure that only a cruel future is waiting for us.

The mastermind who is intervening in the succession war is aiming directly at the Imperial Family. Its likethey see the Imperial Family as a hindrance. Dont you think so?

There is no family that has more enemies than the Adler after all, sir.

A long-standing grudge huh. Well, it doesnt matter. For whatever reason..it was them who started this. I wont let them do something convenient like attacking us from the dark like this forever. I will definitely drag them out from the shadows.

Saying so, I reached for an empty space.

To do that, I have no choice but to end this conflict first.

I have no other choice.

The anger toward those that created this suffocating situation is rising up.

Once I end this conflict.I will absolutely find and crush them with my own hands.

I closed my palm into a fist and put my determination to words.

When I said that, a fair number of horse riders left the main camp.

Thats probably Chars group.

I hope nothing bad happens to them.

You are so prone to worry, sir. Please rest assured. Our enemy is not the only one on the frontline. Your proud younger brother is also there.

..thats true.

Becoming a little relaxed, I looked up at the blue sky.

After fixing my mood, I spoke to Sebas.

I will return to the capital for the time being.

Understood, sir.

After that exchange, I returned to my own tent and transferred back to the Imperial Capital.