The Strongest Dull Prince’s Secret Battle for the Throne

Chapter 383: A Person You Can Count On

Chapter 383: A Person You Can Count On

The storm caused damage in various locations.

Most of the buildings in the temporary village which housed the displaced people became unusable.

We are mobilizing knights to assist the reconstruction effort but it is still difficult to proceed.

Its not that the knights are insufficient for the job.

The people they are helping are the ones who make the reconstruction slower.

They are being discouraged because the storm laid waste to their hard work.

Everyone has a dark look on their face.

This is bad

Everyone is down..

After I returned to the Zweig mansion with Finne, I was informed about the situation of each area.

However, similar reports came out everywhere.

There are many such temporary villages not only in the Zweig territory.

A number of them were constructed in territories that suffered relatively small damage.

However, every village was devastated.

Lives were saved. That is something to celebrate but the people have lost the will to continue living.

I was worried that this would happen in the future but it seems that the people are in no condition to be happy that they are alive.

Send an urgent message to every lord. Tell them to give special care to the displaced people. I will compensate them later.

Will that be okay?

We are not in a situation where we can let them live like this.

Still, this is also a double-edged sword.

We have no guarantee.

I only borrowed the Zweig mansion as my base of operation, it is not something that I own.

If we were to give the guarantee then it would be from the Zweig house but the Zweig house also has its limits.

After all, the north just went through a harsh battle.

The amount of stockpiled food is small. No aristocrat can afford to feed the displaced people forever.

When will our reinforcement arrive?

Depending on that, the dissatisfaction of the displaced people will be focused on me.

It would be nice if they can arrive soonSebas. After he went to Duke Reinfeld, Finn still hasnt returned right?

No, not yet sir.

I was a little disappointed at Sebass reply.

I thought that if its Duke Reinfeld then he would be swift with his action.

I sent Finn to him because I was counting on that.

However, there is still no sign of movement.

Theres no way that he wont do anything.

Perhaps something happened on his end.

Things are not going the way I want huh

I will write a letter to my father!

The nobles of the west are supporting our Kingdom front. They dont have enough to spare us.

Even if they are not participating directly, they should be supplying the frontline.

Even if they still have room to send some to the north, they will be scraping by instead.

We can not force the west to make sacrifices for the north.

But..

If push comes to shove, I will write to Father myself.

He will probably move even without me asking though.

He wont destroy his relationship with the north that finally was restored.

However, when will that be?

If it really comes to it, it might be better to have Silver deliver the supply huh.

To avoid the imminent pain, I will have to sacrifice other things.

There is no choice but to do it as charity work.

While reaffirming such determination, I moved on to deal with the messengers that arrived from various places.

One week after the storm.

The Dragon Knights of Marquis Greisner are flying all over the north acting as messengers.

However, what they were carrying are the pleas of the displaced people and the lords that shelter them.

.the Zweig house is almost at its limit you know.

I know. Thank you for holding out so far.

In the midst of suffering, the Zweig house continued to assist all the nobles of the north.

However, it isnt like the Zweig house has an endless amount of supply.

There is nothing left to spare in the territory anymore.

I have a plan. Buy me some t

When I was about to give up and head to the capital.

A messenger rushed in and interrupted my words.

Reporting! Merchants have arrived from the east, Your Highness!

Merchants? So there are people who do see the opportunity huh. Welcome them.

Th, That is..they are not alone! Please take a look outside!

Saying so, the messenger urged me to head out and see for myself.

After I look at Chars face, we followed the messenger.

We moved from the mansion to the city wall.

There were dozens of carriages in a traffic jam outside the wall.

This is..!? Did Al call them here!?

How could I pull something like this off. Its not me.

All I did was writing a letter to someone I could count on.

I just asked for help.

The letter might be shameless but he is supposedly in my debt.

And it seems that he put all effort into paying it back.

There are not that many people who are so reliable.

Oi! Hurry up and let us through!

Wa, Wait a minute! We are not ready to accept you yet!

Seriously, Im begging you here! Almost all the merchants of the east are coming! We are just a part of them you know!

Every merchant of the east!?

When the knights manning the gate started to shake, a white dragon entered my sight.

And below him are countless cavalry.

Y, Your Highness! Its an army! An army is coming from the east! The number is over 20,000!

There is a noble in the east who can mobilize 20,000 knights

No single noble can have 20,000 knights. He gathered them together.

An alliance of nobles? But to gather this many knights in such a short period of time.

Its possible. There are no nobles in the east that do not owe him. Of course, these merchants as well.

Thats why he managed to bring so many.

It would be extremely troublesome if he only brings the army with him. We can not afford to feed them after all.

Thats why he mobilized the merchants first.

A thorough person as always.

Thinking so, I left the main gate and prepared to welcome him.

One person comes out from the army of knights.

The person was short and has a chunky body, saying that he is cool would be a stretch.

Still, he proudly advanced his horse toward me.

Then he got off his horse and kneel before me.

On behalf of the eastern nobles, I, Jurgen von Reinfeld is at your service, Your Highness Arnold. I have brought an army of 20,000 knights along with the merchants of the east to answer your call.

Good work, Duke Reinfeld.

I would go anywhere at your request, Your Highness.

Saying so, the duke gives me a refreshing smile.

After that, he turns his gaze toward Char who was standing next to me.

It is a pleasure to meet you, Marchioness Zweig. I am Duke Jurgen von Reinfeld. We will be in your care.

Marchioness Charlotte von Zweig. I thank you for your great support.

Please do not mind it. Us nobles of the east did not suffer from the civil war. Allow us to compensate you for our inability to support you during wartime. I have already paid the merchants in advance. Let us start with the compensation for the displaced people.

P, Paid? All of them..?

It is my principle to spend my saved up money in a grand way.

Duke Reinfeld cheerfully smiles.

His expression has no shred of him being prideful about it.

Still, he just moved every single merchant of the east.

The amount of money required to do that would be enormous.

It is the amount of money that Char probably never seen before.

Duke Reinfeld. I am thankful for your kindness but..

Please rest assured. I have brought them along.

Duke Reinfeld looks back at the knights.

Then, people that are clearly shorter than the knights appeared from their ranks.

They are the dwarves.

This is the cornerstone of my plan for northern reconstruction. With their help, we will not have to worry about the buildings.

I brought along around 100 of them with me. The rest will arrive together with the Dwarf King at a later date.

Im truly sorry for all the trouble.

I should be the one saying that. I am sorry for being so late. I tried to come here as fast as I could but our arrival was slower than I expected.

If handled poorly, moving personnel on this scale would take more than several months.

Although he managed to bring them all here in only a few weeks, it seems that is too slow for the dukes standard.

Such a great person.

So.uhh.Aneuewhere is she?

I asked while being cautious of my surroundings.

The most dangerous woman, namely Lize-aneue, should be coming with him.

There is no need for them to come here separately.

However, I cant see Lize-aneues figure nor that of her army.

Her Highness Lizelotee led a thousand of her elites straight to the northern border. It seems that Her Highness wishes to scout it out first.

Ahh.I see..

I can imagine Lize-aneue coming here all enthusiastically.

One could say that she has plenty of motivation.

By the way, what was her mood like?

Her Highness was in a good mood through the trip. Well, its difficult to tell otherwise because Her Highness is beautiful even when she is in a bad mood though.

I dont think that there is anyone whose mood is easier to understand than her though.

While retorting Duke Reinfeld, we proceeded to welcome the merchants.