Rizumi, who was disappointed with his father's decision, finally could only stay in the barrack's canteen, after a while some of Rizumi friends who were also Rizumi battalion troops arrived.
Ruka who is Rizumi childhood friend approaches him looking disappointed and tries to cheer him up.
From behind, Ruka suddenly closed Rizumi eyes without Rizumi realizing it with her hands.
"guess who?"
Ruka's sweet voice tries to tease and cheer up Rizumi
"I don't know… who are you"
Rizumi reply made Ruka a little annoyed, finally, Ruka hugged Rizumi tightly from behind with his hands still covering Rizumi's eyes.
"Ahh, now I know, with a chest this small it must be Ruka right." Rizumi replied alluding to something soft and fluffy that hit his back.
Ruka who was not wearing armor for now felt even more irritated, finally she let go of Rizumi hand and hit Rizumi head.
"Ahhh" Rizumi voice was in pain from Ruka punch
Ruka is one of the female warriors in this kingdom, the reason she becomes a soldier besides defending her kingdom is of course she wants to be close to Rizumi, secretly Ruka has feelings for Rizumi but she still too shy to reveal it, finally she can only tease Rizumi and hope that Rizumi will be interested and confess his feelings to her.
"Look at this lovebird, am I just a fly here?" the voice of a man with a stature not far from Ruka and Rizumi. With glasses and armor on, he just sat watching the couple flirt with each other.
"He started first, Archi," replied Rizumi lazily to Archi who is a Magic Swordsman in Rizumi battalion.
People who can use quite a lot of Magic but use it by combining sword techniques are two different things. Archi is known as the best Magic Swordsman in the kingdom of Estafera.
"What are you guys here for anyway?" Rizumi asked the two of them.
"I was just passing by, I happened to meet Ruka in the middle of the road," Archi replied casually.
"You look gloomy that's why I came" interrupted Ruka who looked proud of what he did.
"Why do you look so proud ... huh never mind" said Rizumi confused and replied to Ruka's expression.
"Let's get ready, there is a new task from the general Romandia, right." Ruka tell them to get prepare.
"We won't be taking part in this task, it's a direct decision from my father, so yeah.. we'll stay here and do unimportant things." Rizumi tells Rumi and Archi about his father's decision.
"hey, how come??? Shouldn't we joining too? We're one of the strongest battalions right?" Ruka confused feeling couldn't stop expressed.
"It seems the task this time is very dangerous," replied Archi who was trying to understand the meaning of the general Romandia decision.
"indeed" Rizumi answered briefly.
"heee... ahhh so boring" Ruka's response to the decision.
Even though Ruka looks like a cute and innocent girl with her ponytail hair, she is quite sadistic in doing her duty as a soldier and quite good at killing enemies.
"What's the task this time, until your father forbide us to join the war?" Archi asked asking for the details of the assignment.
"As for the details, I don't know but we were told to defend the Esmoth territory, whether there was a counterattack or another plan was not explained earlier" replied Rizumi explaining it to Archi.
"Then how about we just follow from behind?" Ruka gave an idea which that of course was against the orders of General Romandia.
"I thought all the nutrition went to the brain because it didn't go to the chest, it turns out I was wrong, maybe everything was wasted" Archi responded to Ruka stupid idea.
"What are you saying???" Ruka suddenly got angry and came to Archi who was sitting across the table.
"I also think the same," replied Rizumi in the middle of Archi and Ruka commotion.
The two people were surprised, Ruka who didn't expect the reply would come out of Rizumi mouth, while Archi didn't believe that Rizumi also agreed with Ruka stupid idea.
"Are you serious??? This violates the general Romandia orders, we will be punished if we are caught" Archi asked to confirm what Rizumi said.
"Of course, in war many uncertain things happen, the enemy will not expect that there will be additional troops right" in the style of a strategist, Rizumi proudly explained it.
"Yes, especially one of those people is your father too," said Archi, who was confused by the thoughts of Ruka and Rizumi who could be the same… what a true lovebird couple.
"Come on, it's not that bad, right Rizu?"
Ruka close call to Rizumi in a slightly seductive tone convinced the two of them that the idea was not absurd.
"As you know, this task is dangerous enough that we weren't assigned to this, but because no one expected it that made us a force to ambush the enemy" Rizumi explained as to why it was a good idea to do.
In war, nothing is certain, that's why anything can make the direction of war victory can change at any time if it is not thought out and paid attention to as well as possible the strategy used.
"You two,,,, well, I'm just coming with me," Archi replied resignedly with a sigh.
"In that case, gather all our battalion troops, we will also get ready and depart for Esmoth but secretly while doing it and try not to be caught by the other battalions.
Ruka and Archi nodded and immediately left Rizumi to tell the rest of Rizumi battalion to hurry up.
Rizumi's battalion troops immediately rushed to use armor and sharpened their swords, several soldiers also prepared horses to be used on the battlefield.
"Stop it, this time we won't use horses, otherwise we'll be caught by the other captains. Bring other armor and wait separately at the outer gates of the kingdom." Rizumi orders to his soldiers.
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Night had fallen, General Romandia's troops had arrived in Esmoth's territory and had entered his city, hearing news from the soldiers, the residents of Esmoth suddenly became nervous and confused knowing they would be attacked by the kingdom of Rostalia.
Romandia who saw this immediately calmed the Esmoth residents and tried to evacuate those who could not participate in the war while hoping that many of the Esmoth residents were young enough to join this war.
"General, the city's defenses are being built and the number of people who are brave and willing to defend this city is about 200 people" reported one of the captains named Geo to Romandia,
As the name implies, Captain Geo is good at taking advantage of the surrounding geographic area which of course is also a factor that can win the battle.
"Good Geo, now order your men to be careful and carry out patrols, it is reported that they will arrive tomorrow" the command as well as information about the whereabouts of the approaching enemy was told by General Romandia to Geo.
"Yes sir" replied Geo
Hearing this Geo immediately rushed out and told the other troops to always be prepared in any situation that could happen on the battlefield.
That night, the state of Esmoth city seemed bustling with various activities, this was not a celebration but preparation for war that would soon come to them. Celebrations of bloodshed and casualties were only a matter of time.
Romandia finally came out of the camp that the soldiers had set up in advance to see how far the preparations had been made by the soldiers. The clanging of iron being forged was heard. Some soldiers are still trying to make the city's defenses difficult to penetrate but some soldiers take a break due to guarding shift.
Romandia who saw this could only hope that the end would not take too many victims. Romandia himself had fought many wars and won many battles but still, she couldn't get used to the number of victims that had to fall on both the side of the kingdom of Estafera and the kingdom of Rostalia.
After seeing enough of the progress of the city's defenses, Romandia gathered all the battalion captains and was ready to discuss how to hold off Esmoth city and its territory.