Chapter 365

EP.365

There are times in life when you desperately want to lend a hand to a cat.

There is a lot of work to be done, so it is a time when you need to save not only sleeping time but also eating time. For example, when I was a cadet at the Academy, it was a desperate and urgent situation like when the deadline for submitting an assignment was only one day, or two hours, left.

Nowadays, I too am short on labor and time, to the point where I would like to borrow the help of a cat, or even a baby mouse.

In such a situation, I quickly built a defense system for the castle wall and led only a small number of cavalry to Bastion Castle to save at least one more person to fight on the castle wall.

“Marshal, Marshal. Aren’t you in too much of a hurry? If you fall like this, you will die right away!”

As Anya, who is following behind me, said, if you drive your horse too quickly and fall, there is a high probability that you will die instantly or suffer irreversible serious injury.

I don’t have time to relax and take care of my life right now.

Because I had to make the men, even the boys and girls, who were part of the group of refugees fleeing through the castle gate, turn around and stand on the castle wall.

To do that, it was important to somehow catch them before they passed through the gate, and for that, I had to hurry and die.

If you miss this, your chances of winning will decrease significantly.

“Marshal, I can see it over there! “A group of refugees is just about to leave the gates!”

A sigh of relief came out of my mouth when I heard that it was not too late.

“Raise the black eagle flag, symbolizing the enemy. Stop the procession! “Hurry up!”

“...Do you plan to mobilize all the refugees as soldiers?”

I wanted to explain to you so you could understand why I’m doing this, but right now it’s more important to hurry up as much as possible.

“Hurry now! “I’ll explain later!”

“Yes, I understand.”

The 100 cavalry that followed me under my orders quickly blocked the refugees’ path.

When a nobleman, who appeared to be an officer leading the refugees whose way forward was blocked, tried to protest on their behalf, a black eagle flag with five stars symbolizing the enemy was raised.

“......Marshal? “Why is the enemy blocking our way?”

That one word caused a huge stir.

“If you’re a Marshal, there’s only one Marshal, Marquis Peter Yeager, right?”

“Why on earth is he stopping us from fleeing?”

“They took away all the young people from our village and gave us everything except the bare minimum food we needed to eat. “Have you come to beg us to die now that we have nothing left?”

They were people who would have supported me just a short time ago, but the moment they became refugees, they changed their minds and started pouring out all kinds of negative things towards me.

The existence of nobles, especially high-ranking generals with stars, is because they never say vulgar words in front of commoners in order to protect their honor.

Even though I used to be a commoner orphan, I am now a marshal and a marquis.

How could I, a privileged member of the top 0.001% of the Reich Empire class pyramid, admit to the immorality of a group of serfs and citizens and humble myself to ask for help?

I took a moment to catch my breath and shouted as if screaming.

“No, please. Let me be honest. It is only the people who are here now who can protect your families and hometowns. Instead, I, Peter Jaeger, dare to make a promise. I will cherish each and every life of you and those who remained on those walls. Even if I have to die, at least I won’t make it a useless death. “Rather than lose, I will definitely win, even if it means giving up my life.”

Then I bowed down.

The murmurs of the soldiers and officer refugees around me grew louder.

“Please entrust your dedication, courage, and sacrifice to me. Then, I will protect your families, neighbors, and even our homeland, the Reich Empire. Please give me one chance.”

As I said this, a murmur could be heard among the refugees.

“A man who is as good as the Marshal of the Empire is bowing down and asking for favors from us insignificant people...”

“He can apply military laws and such to commoners like us, kill a few people, and just force them into the castle.”

“I don’t know if what I’m seeing right now is a dream or reality.”

The refugees’ complaints quickly subsided as they were shocked that I had bowed down.

“Marshal, I will risk my life for you!”

“I may not know anyone else, but I can trust Marshal Peter Yeager!”

At those words, everyone’s eyes, including mine, turned to that direction.

There were people there with their hands raised high and expressions full of determination.

The wind catchers I planted... or more accurately, they were all beings who would instill fighting spirit in their hearts and were like a spark of hope that would light up the Bastion fortress.

And the others I had prepared accordingly shouted in loud voices to fight with fighting spirit...

In the meantime, one boy, who looked to be about 15 years old when I entered the academy, came forward in front of me with his chest outstretched. .

A woman who looked like his mother or grandmother tried to stop the boy when he saw this, but...

“I will fight with you, too, enemy!” “I will fight to protect my family.”

...... The fire of fighting spirit was kindled in someone other than the wind catcher I had planted.

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