"Yuu…shin… Yuushin! How long do you plan on sleeping!?"
I woke up to a voice that echoed deep into my head.
The bright sunlight blinded me, but I got used to it after a while.
It appeares that Lucy was looking at my face.
"Oh, good morning, Lucy."
"Good morning, Yuushin. Wait, that's not it! Could you please explain this
situation to me?"
Lucy, who looked a little pouty, urged me to see what was going on in the
room.
Sitting on the sofa across from the bed was Anastasia, with Tilda standing
next to her, sword at the ready.
My consciousness was instantly awakened by the scene, which was a
carnage about to erupt no matter how I look about it.
"All right, I'll explain. Just don't slash at her."
"Yes, of course. I thought that would be the case. I thought that this
wouldn't be a possibility, but here we are, in this situation again. You'll
have to give a really good explanation, Yuushin, because if you don't…"
Lucy was probably thinking that she had witnessed the scene of an affair.
She looked intimidating as if she was carrying a slight aura of darkness
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I slowly explained the circumstances of the incident to calm her down.
The first I saw Lucy when she woke up, she looked like she was about to
pull a knife out of her pocket and plunge it at my neck, but when I told her
that Count Luke Krall had been manipulated by a member of the Demon
Race, in this case, Anastasia, she immediately cooled down and gave me a
serious look.
After I told her about the point where Anastasia and I became collaborators,
she already had the look of a commander, analyzing the next step in our
current situation.
"I understand the situation somewhat. To sum it up, you are on our side
now, right, Anastasia?"
"Yes, as long as Yuushin here is willing to offer me some benefits."
"In that case, I'll put your power into good use. But before that…"
Lucy cut off the words there, then planted her face towards me on the side
and kissed me.
"Mmm… Let me make this clear first. I will not allow anyone to take my
precious Yuushin away from me. You understand?"
"Fufufu. You're quite adorable, young miss. But what should I do? After all,
this is not part of our deal."
I thought I felt an electric spark coming out between the two women's eyes
for a moment, but then Tilda interrupted them.
"This is no time for fighting amongst ourselves. This morning, a new herd
of monsters has been spotted."
With her words, the quality of the atmosphere that had been tense up to that
point changed.
The women's attention also switched from fighting over a man to fighting
over monsters.
This was the first time I was thankful for the existence of monsters, but at
the same time, it made me ponder over the future relationship between the
three of us and the future measures we would take against these
abominations.
"I know you still have a score to settle, but let's put this matter on hold for
now and prioritize first what is important. After we destroy the monsters,
you can resume these talks."
With that, Tilda turned away from Anastasia and Lucy and pulled out a
document from her duty bag.
"According to the scouting party, a new group of monsters has been spotted
gathering two days north of Krasland. The number of monsters at that time
is close to 5,000, but we should expect more as this intel was only gathered
at a distance because the numbers were already too dangerous."
"That's a big swarm. With that many, we should expect intelligent monsters
to show up."
It would be extremely troublesome if intelligent beings who could use
tactics would appear as commanders of a force whose specialty is to rely on
violence in nearly infinite numbers.
"We have another problem. The number of troops who have suffered little
damage in the previous battle, the reserve units, and the city's defense
forces combined are only about 3,000. We're already severely
outnumbered."
Lucy's words made me think.
This is a battle that could be deterred by using the city's outer walls and
defensive structures.
The problem is the movement of the enemy will get complex if there are
intelligent monsters involved. It will be hard for us if we are to be attacked
from all directions like the last time.
In this world where there is no such thing as a radio, it takes time for
information to reach each troop.
If one of the sides gets eliminated before the reinforcements arrive, the line
of defense will be breached, and the battle will be lost.
"It seems that the command is planning to deploy units on the four walls of
the city while sending reinforcements from the center as needed to help the
city withstand the attack."
"If that happens, We will be certain to be deployed at the north gate or in
front of the enemy."
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"In this case, I would like to ask Anastasia to support us with magic.
However, we can't show off your offensive magic in front of the soldiers as
it will alert the Count. Can I ask you to reinforce our armors and weapons
instead?"
"Doing it passively through equipment? It is indeed a clever choice. I'll do
what I can."
Anastasia nodded and agreed to our plans of her to strengthen our
equipment.
Then, under Lucy's leadership, we planned our countermeasures against the
incoming monster horde.