In This Life, I Will Raise You Well, Your Majesty! - Chapter 104

There was strong opposition from the nobles.

But they also knew. The emperor’s words were true, and no one would be better suited than her.

But if they accepted the unconventionality, they feared that there would not know what more things they would have to oppose in the future.

Instead, they tried to find their share there because they thought she would be unfamiliar with operating troops or leading the war. That must have resulted in this.

“Your Majesty, is that really my deputy?”

“I don’t need to pay anything to make him work. It will be a loss not to use him.”

“If I order him something he can’t do and it goes wrong, we will suffer more damage, and you’re not one who doesn’t know this. You think I’ll take care of it even if there’s a problem, right?”

“You’re smart. So you’ll get through that kind of difficulty.”

“As long as I don’t kill Prince Raymond, will you consider it a success?”

At Elisha’s words, the emperor lightly swept the knot on the side of her cloak with his fingertips.

“Anyway, with him, you can configure the power the way you want. Whether to add or subtract.”

Elisha formed the rebel subjugation force this time and excluded all ordinary soldiers. The nobles said in anger that the 2nd Consort who didn’t know about the war, was using a reckless strategy and oblivious to reality, but well…

How many of them have experienced a real war? Which one has experienced the loss of most of the troops they had led in the morning and come back and fell asleep alone in the barracks? Have they ever felt like a monster, standing alone atop a swamp of corpses they killed and killed themselves, that even their allies keep away from them, and even real monsters spit at them with viciousness?

Elisha had learned in her previous life as she fought the emperor and the empire that she had to be good at subtracting, not adding, to win the war. If you added, you wouldn’t lose, but if you subtracted well, you could win.  Moreover, the latter reduced the aftereffects of victory, so it was right to carry out the process even if it was difficult.

“In a territorial war with other countries, it is essential to have the personnel to inspect and manage the territory after conquest until it is absorbed into our own country, but that isn’t the case with civil war. Everyone is a citizen of the empire, after all. Is it really necessary to take the soldiers who move slowly and are inconvenient to manage?”

“And yet you say again with all your hateful remarks that you treat the empire’s soldiers so lightly.”

Of course, Elisha didn’t care to listen to such words. If they love their soldiers so much, then at least have the decency to pretend to obey His Majesty’s orders, forcefully put out a few knights, and fill in enough numbers without condescending. Besides…

“If you say that putting out a lot of knights will reduce unnecessary sacrifices, wouldn’t they be more likely to protest?”

“You know what your position will be if there is a delay or a problem in suppressing the rebellion after all that talk?”

“Have I ever let you down, Your Majesty?”

She had come back alive from the desert and ruined the work of the West, and if she also recovered this incident…

“No.”

“Then please watch me.”

The method that Elisha was going to use now had been proven in her previous life. Should she say that she basically changed some of the methods used by the emperor when he had attacked Elisha and her allies in the past to suit the present?

“You won’t be disappointed again this time.”

The knights lined up in front of the two people who had passed through the wide-open entrance of the majestic capital city gate.

All three hundred knights had their horses beside them, as was Elisha, who had just come out of the entrance and stood facing them.

Neigh!

After staying in the Barossa stable for a long time, it seemed excited to go out with its owner again, as it hit the floor with its front foot and flicked its tail.

Before the 300 horses, Spot sniffed and rubbed its snout against its owner’s cheek. Its owner was the captain, and it seemed proud that it was also the captain.

“That’s a strange horse.”

“I guess so. It’s the first animal that follows me.”

The direction of what the two were talking about seemed very different, but it was not that important.

“Are you leaving soon?”

Raymond, standing alone in front of the knights, greeted the emperor. Unlike ordinary knights who wore battle armour, he seemed to be having a hard time as he was wearing a colourful formal armour that would only be used in ceremonies.

Perhaps it was unreasonable to want to show off his majestic appearance in front of the nobles and the imperial people as he went out to the rebellion with 300 knights from each family to suppress the rebels.

“Hmm.”

There was definitely such an event. Until Elisha herself cancelled it.

There must be some imperial citizens who would die and get hurt even if it was not their fault, only because they were caught up in their own country, not in other countries. That was why Elisha did not want to hold an event to pray for victory.

She didn’t want to be cheered for by putting Ascensio and Leon in place like that to tell her to kill well and come back.

Marquis Croix, the Minister of Internal Affairs, had persuaded her to the end, saying that it was a necessary formality part to publicize the cause and make the enemy nervous, but she refused to do so.

Instead, Elisha asked for food to be distributed throughout the capital for the day and to pray for the common people who would be anxious in the West.

Raymond might be annoyed but didn’t mean to mess with it. However, he came out like that even though he had been clearly informed, so it was not Elisha’s fault… Why are you staring at me like you’re going to kill me?

With Raymond’s level of thinking, he thought that Elisha was trying to deceive him by saying that there was no such thing as a see-off event, so he couldn’t have a chance to make his name known to the empire.

“Come to think of it. It looks like Sir Raymond.”

“You’re just saying whatever you want. They’re nothing alike.”

As Elisha frowned, the emperor took turns looking at the horse and Raymond. Not knowing what else he was going to say, Elisha hurried.

“Would you like to say a word?”

The emperor looked back at the knights lined up and said.

“Come back victorious. You will get what you want. The justice of the empire is with you!”

His voice reverberated widely. Something Rohan had done too, some time ago.

Elisha stared at the inside of the entrance to the gate where Elisha had walked with the emperor. A shady place to avoid sunlight. That person was standing in a place that didn’t suit him.

Elisha looked at him for a moment more and then turned her head.

“I’m leaving now.”

“I’ve contacted Phaeton, so it will be ready when you arrive.”

“I’m sure you’ve priced the mana stone for the portal.”

“She’ll get enough. It’s a business she’s doing to earn pocket money without her father’s knowledge, but it’ll be a problem if she goes bankrupt.”

Mana stones sold well everywhere but were so expensive that it was rare to pay for bulk purchases in cash. It was a one-time thing, so it would be easy to manipulate the ledger as Rozenin liked. It was convenient for the emperor as well as he would be to obtain the required number without effort.

“Thank you.”

The emperor blinked once at Elisha, who thanked him. It seemed to mean that he understood.

Elisha got on top of Spot. After accelerating, Elisha circled the knights lined up in the square, slipped out behind them, accelerated more and ran straight.

The knights, who saw the back of the fading Spot, saluted the emperor and followed in a hurry.

Du, du, du, du, du, du!

Three hundred horses ran at once, and a cool beating sounded. A cloud of dust rose, and Rohan, who had suddenly approached, shook his hand to push it away. Not a speck of dust touched the emperor.

“My loyal knight is very attentive.”

“…”

“You act these days unfamiliarly. But, is your promise still valid?”

Rohan bent down with one knee on the floor at the emperor’s words.

“It will not change until the moment I die.”

On that young day, he had sworn like this and kept it until now and in the future.

“Go in.”

The emperor turned back. Rohan followed quietly.

***

No more than a certain number of noble soldiers are allowed in the capital and Barossa.

In the difficult situation, exceptions were not to be made, and of course, the portal there was also not available.

Phaeton, which replaced it, was the city closest to the capital with an available portal. The city became noisy as the three hundred knights rode into the city.

That alone would have been surprising, but it was natural that the fact that such a large number of people and horses were riding through the portal would draw even more attention.

Elisha and the knights were able to shorten the time as much as possible thanks to the mages supported by the mana stones and the Imperial Palace Tower.

The portal from Phaeton brought them to the central estate where Elisha had gone with the Zelot Knights the other day. It was the first of two places she had used before heading to the next estate to reach the west.

In any case, the distance to the west was similar to that from the second estate, and the first estate was larger, so she chose this place because it seemed like a good place for preparation.

Elisha, who had arrived first, was double-checking information on the west while waiting for the knights to come over with Spot.

“What? You brought something like this to drink!?”

Chaeng-grang!

It was Prince Raymond.

“I-I’ll bring it back.”

“Then, are you bringing me something else that can’t be eaten?”

Prince Raymond tried to beat the maid on standby in the estate.

They were doing the same thing they had been doing every day, and they hadn’t known that the knights of the noble family would come out of the portal. Perhaps they didn’t even know that they had been doing things ill-favourably because it was such a natural routine for them.

Shh!

Undine’s stream of water grabbed the foot that Prince Raymond was about to bring down. The water wrapped around his feet like a vine and lifted them straight up.

Kwadang!

The body, clad in heavy armour, slid down and was lifted upside down. Raymond’s body moved like a pendulum as the stream of water around his ankle swayed from side to side.

“T-This…!”

“Undine, I told you not to mess around!”

When Elisha reached out her hand, Undine bit her tongue and smiled cutely, and Pong! disappeared before sitting on Elisha’s palm.

Thud!

The thing that was holding his ankle disappeared. Raymond fell on his head and crashed to the floor with a loud sound.

It was a ridiculous scene, but none of the knights laughed. Rather, they had goosebumps on their backs because they knew Prince Raymond well.

“2nd Consort! What is this?”

Prince Raymond almost collapsed again because of his armour as he tried to get up.

“It wasn’t me; it was this kid. I guess she didn’t want Prince Raymond to bother her friend.”

“Friend?”

“Didn’t you just spill the water glass? It must have been clear water for drinking. But you threw it away before it finished its job. Undine is sad.”

“Just because of such a thing?! And because of that, I—! I—!”

As Prince Raymond shouted, Elisha stared at him.

“Why does the prince get to decide that?”

Raymond flinched at the cold question.

He felt queasy.

“Why does the prince get to decide whether the situation’s weight is light? My Undine says so, and those who have an important mission ahead of them are now perturbed because of this.”

When the sky blue eyes captured Raymond, only then did Raymond remember where he felt this.

That’s exactly what was said to me in His Majesty’s throne room. How could that lowly girl and His Majesty be considered the same?

Prince Raymond, who shook his head, raised his head and met her sky blue eyes.

“Don’t do anything, Prince. Anything that could be a problem. If you have a glass of water, drink water. Don’t spill the water or break the glass. All other things are done in the same way. Then you can make as much credit as you want.”

Elisha said. Prince Raymond had no objection. Intangible energy that weighed on his whole body informed him. To obey the opponent in front of him. That was the only thing he could do now!

However, Raymond persevered. Although he could not speak, he did not bow down. But Elisha didn’t even need his submission. His protesting pride was all the more useless. Just.

“Remember, Prince.”

May you have the least intelligence to understand.

She went a little further away and finished her job. Elisha stopped reading just in time for the last knight to escape from the portal.

After a while, the knights came out of the city castle. They rushed west without delay.