[Time skip : 2 days after the letters]
Lisa was packing her stuff for leaving the castle. They were meeting the king for the last time before setting out for the journey.
His Majesty : Let God bless you. I hope both of you come back safely
Lisa and Mr Brown : Thank you, Your Majesty.
Lisa : Yes I will. Hope you be well while we are not here.
His Majesty : Yes. I will check on my health.
They set out.
[Time skip : After 3 days of travelling]
Lisa : Have we arrived?
Mr Brown : Yes we have.
Lisa : Don't forget that I am not the princess for the time being.
Mr Brown : I won't.
They are greeted by the second general of the army.
2nd General : I have been informed that the first genral and his/ her helper will come. My name is John Lochlamore.
{Lochlamore is also read as lock- la - more}
Lisa : I am so tired. Where can I rest?
John : Here is your tent. Please follow her. I will tell the details later.
There was girl with white messy hair and emerald eyes. She looked strong.
Lisa : Show me my tent. We can talk on the way.
The girl : Yes! Please follow me.
On the way to the tent.
Lisa : I hope I'm not being rude by insisting to rest first.
The girl : It's fine. They know the situation, and this is your first time.
Lisa : What is your name? My name is Lisa Wilsonberg. Please call me by my given name.
The girl : Ok!! My name is Aiza. I don't have a family name.
Lisa : Oh ok. Aiza it's a nice name.
Aiza : Thank you. Here's your tent.
Lisa : Thanks for leading the way.
Aiza : Your welcome. Oh I almost forgot there is a meeting in 20 minutes. I hope you and your subordinate adapt to the surroundings.
Lisa : Thanks for informing me. We will see you then.
Aiza bowes and leaves quickly.
Lisa : Are you ready?
Mr Brown : Yes I am
Lisa : Good. In this battle, I am only a strategist and the last minute helper to the army. Is that right?
Mr Brown : Yes. I will be assisting with your strategies and will also be fighting alongside with you.
Lisa : Got it. Now we have to fresh up in 10 minutes.
Mr Brown : Understood.
[Time skip : After 10 minutes]
They arrive 10 minutes faster than others to understand the situation.
They open their maps. They were two maps. One was the terrain(which is more detailed) map which was on the board behind the table. The other one is a strategy map which was kept on the table. They gather up toys for magical soldiers, archers, the second general and the both of them.
Lisa : Our army as of now is only 15,000 magical soldiers and15,000 archers which shoot in distance of 300 metres.
The worst thing is that we are at a big disadvantage because the enemy has 1,00,000
Mr Brown : On top of that, I have to go in the battle at the very beginning.
Lisa : This is a difficult situation. Who fights like that?
John : We do.
The other members of the meeting were standing outside surprised at Lisa question. On the other hand, Lisa is very shocked by the answer.
Lisa : That's reckless. If we fight like this then we will not only lose our very best soldiers but also lose this part of the kingdom to the enemies.
John : Yeah, that's we plan to do- fail.
{His anger came out as sarcasm}
Then lead us to our victory. You are our strategist after all.
Lisa : If you want to know come in. Don't stand outside like statues.
All the members surround the table.
Lisa : Ok so 6,000 magic soldiers will fight in the front. John will lead the way. They will also have 10,000 archeries.
Mr Brown : The remaining magic soldiers and archeries will come with us.
Lisa : We won't obey His Majesty's commands. Instead we will do my way of fighting.
A girl raises her hand. She has black hair with brown eyes. Lisa sees it and nods.
Lisa : What is it? Introduce yourself.
The girl : My name is Reina, General. If we disobey his Majesty's commands won't we be in trouble?
After hearing that everyone murmured in agreement but Lisa spoke loudly so they would pay attention.
Lisa : You see I got a decree from His Majesty directly "To do whatever we need to, to win this battle" .
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief after hearing that.
Lisa : Are your suspicions solved Officer Reina?
Reina : Yes General.
Lisa : Good. Continuing my strategy, we will put tree traps and other possible traps that everyone can think of. While putting the traps put some oil before the enemies approach. Did everyone understand?
Everyone : Yes First General.
Lisa felt her heart beat faster and slower alternatively.
Lisa excused herself and whispered to Mr Brown: I had told you my entire plan. Please continue in my place. I need to go quickly and take my medication.
Mr. Brown nodded and Lisa rushed out the back door. The people in the tent looked confused. Before they could say anything Mr Brown continued: The First General has gone to take her medication. I will continue with the strategy she told to me.
John : Is the First General in poor health?
Mr Brown reassuring to John : No she just has to take some medication and she will as good as new. Nothing to worry about. I will continue where she left off now- after the traps we will ambush them from both the sides of the forest area. I am sure that like this we will able to keep our troops alive while their troops will dwindle down to half.
John : Are you sure this will work?
Mr Brown : Yes it will. Our First General here looks like a student but she is a great strategist. Thinking: I gave her too much credit. Hopefully they will trust her strategy.
Mr Brown had to say something to reassure them about Lisa since she went in the middle of the meeting.
Everyone had another sigh of relief after hearing it. They were relatively relaxed about the war until an Officer came in.
Officer : The unidentified kingdom named themselves as Gastark.
Mr Brown : So they named themselves after all. This is not a worry they just named their kingdom.
Everyone : We will defeat Gastark and bring victory to Ashwad. (Their own kingdom)
Mr Brown rushed to Lisa as she was resting in her tent.
Mr Brown : Lisa the kingdom we are going to fight has finally named themselves as Gastark.
Lisa : Ok fine that doesn't matter as long as we win.
(She sounded as a mature Princess so Mr Brown wanted to tease her a little bit by giving her a shock)
Mr Brown : Yes Your Highness.... no I should call you First General.
Lisa was shocked. So that means he succeeded (in shocking her)
Lisa : Thank God there isn't a single soul who heard you.
Mr Brown : Sorry Lisa, it slipped my tongue. (Of course he was lying)
But there was someone from the outside who heard this. There were two of them. Who were they? And why did come here now? What purpose did they have?
We will find out in the next chapter.