Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
After embracing Flair and Freri, Shinji exited the room and left the guest house. He then heads for the training ground where Kuroumaru and the others are training.
In order for Kuroumaru to become Tsubaki’s husband, he must take the credit. If Kuroumaru, a military officer, is to take credit, he must do so mostly through warfare.
(The trouble is that it is not enough to simply eliminate the competitors.)
The first thing that comes to Shinji’s mind is to eliminate the competitors, but after discussing this idea with Tsubaki, he has concluded that it is better not to do so.
Garoumaru is a capable man who is considered to be the most likely candidate for Tsubaki’s husband, and is also the head of his own faction. The fact that he has defeated the clones, albeit at a high cost, is proof of the quality of the forces that follow him.
He is a person whom Shinji would like to keep for Soukai Country if he fights against Tenshou Country, except that his character is not suitable to be Tsubaki’s husband. At least as long as the war with Tenshou Country continues, it would be a bad idea to eliminate Garoumaru.
If Garoumaru were eliminated, the group under his control would lose its leadership, and the prolonged chaos that would occur would give Tenshou Country an opportunity to take advantage of it. If the internal strife reduces the power of the country too much, the country will be at a disadvantage.
(If Tsubaki’s husband is confirmed as Kuroumaru, his character will revolt. If that happens, it will be a good reason to eliminate him, and until then, let’s not physically remove him.)
Shinji was not optimistic enough to believe that the man who wants to treat Tsubaki as his own would accept the future with Kuroumaru without a moment’s hesitation.
For this reason, Shinji has planted wiretap flowers here and there in Garoumaru’s area of activity, so that he can keep a watchful eye on Garoumaru to respond immediately to any disturbing activity. Even if he can’t be physically eliminated, Shinji is willing to do some manipulation if he can get some information that can damage his opponent’s reputation.
As Shinji walks along, thinking, the men’s voices become louder as he approaches the training ground. On a leveled ground, soldiers with mock battle spears made of cloth wrapped around wooden sticks resembling spears were beating each other with the mock spears in two groups.
(Is this the battle in this world?)
A platoon consists of 50 men, and the sight of 50-50 platoons fighting each other is completely unfamiliar to Shinji.
In a party of adventurers fighting against monsters, each member of the party has a role to play, and each plays his or her part well. But there is also a bond between the members of the party, who follow each other to ensure that no one is left out.
”Thanks for waiting. How was it? How was our training?”
”Well, don’t mind me, I’m the one who came on such short notice. Besides, I just came to see how you fight, so there’s nothing I can tell you. However, I have an opinion about the quality of the equipment, not the training itself.”
”Equipment, huh...? We’ll talk about it there.”
Shinji heads for the rest area with Kuroumaru, who instructs others to continue the training as planned even after he leaves. Shinji’s point was also Kuroumaru’s concern.
The soldiers’ equipment is supplied by the government and borrowed. Kuroumaru, a military officer, uses his salary to buy good quality weapons, but the soldiers recruited by recruitment are former peasants who cannot afford to buy them on their own.
Kuroumaru, a former commoner, does not have enough money to distribute arms to all of his men, but Garoumaru, who was born into one of the most prominent merchant families in the castle town, uses his own money to buy good quality arms for his men. This was not all, but the difference in equipment was certainly one of the reasons why Kuroumaru was lagging behind Garoumaru.
(I guess this is what they mean when they say to “be saved by an unexpected solution”)
Shinji listens to Kuroumaru’s bitter words and chuckles inwardly. Shinji, who had originally intended to sell the armor and was thinking about how to lead Kuroumaru to it, opens his mouth with a gentle smile on his face.
”Kuroumaru-san, if you would like to try the weapons of my country. I think I can provide you with a better armor than the one you are using now.”
”...I would like to hear more about it.”
It is no surprise that Kuroumaru, who has seen the equipment owned by Shinji and the others before, is immediately interested. In his mind, he actually saw what Shinji and the others were wearing when they met in the abandoned village.
In order to gain further “loan”, Shinji makes a move on Kuroumaru.
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