The town of Itarica, which has been attacked by thieves, looks simply miserable. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Arrows poured in from the outside, went over the walls and landed on the outlying houses. On both sides of the city wall, the corpses of the robbers and Itarika were scattered everywhere, and the ground had even been stained red and black with blood.

Those who still had their strength were running back and forth to extinguish the fires on the inside of the walls. Small fires can be extinguished with water, but buildings that are burning can only be destroyed.

Women are helping moderately or severely injured people, while children are recovering weapons and arrows scattered around.

The lightly wounded were digging graves outside the city with shovels in order to bury the dead. Originally, there should have been a simple funeral, but because there were too many people, the funeral was omitted and buried directly. The bodies of the thieves were dug in a deep pit and all the corpses were put in.

And just like that, soldiers, merchants, tavern maids, men, women, old people, children, people from the towns came out to help. After the battle that lasted until the afternoon at dawn, there was a lot of work to be done, and anyone would get tired.

"Your Royal Highness Princess・・・・・・・・ that, how about a little, a little rest?"

Beside Pinna, who was supervising the work, an old man who was a resident representative asked cautiously.

Everyone looked tired and understanding. However, it is now necessary to bury the dead as soon as possible, extinguish the burning houses and bell towers, and repair the gates and fences.

Pinna knew the importance of these things, and she said helplessly with a very unhappy expression on her face in the face of the old man who asked for a break.

"The thieves haven't given up yet. When they regain their strength, they will attack immediately. At that time, if you could defend it with the ruined gates and fences, it was not impossible to rest・・・・・・・・・・・・"

"But, but ・・・・・・・・・"

In the eyes of this old man, he probably only thinks that Pinna is an unreasonable and arrogant tyrant. Depending on the position you stand, you will see different things. Hopefully they will understand, it seems a little naïve.

"I'm not asking you, it's an order. ”

"Gray, how is the city gate doing, can it be repaired?"

"Your Royal Highness Princess, in the opinion of the lower officials, I am afraid that it is impossible to repair. The latch has been fundamentally and completely broken. Gray, who was watching the gates, turned his head to look at Pinna.

"So what to do?"

"Why don't you plug it with something?"

If you want to enter and exit, you can use the small gate next to the city gate, after all, horse-drawn carriages and wagons are not allowed to enter or leave now. Considering that you can open the small gate and go out from the inside, then it should be no problem to plug the gate.

"Yes, that's it. ”

Gray instructed the townspeople, gathered the sturdy furniture, and began to pile up on the city gates.

"Those things are going to be burned, aren't theygoing to be a problem?"

Gray shrugged his shoulders and replied that if he burned it, he would add more firewood.

Thinking that it was indeed possible, Pinna nodded in agreement. I am afraid there is no stronger bulwark than a burning flame.

"Norma, how are you doing over there?"

On the city walls, soldiers with bows and arrows in their hands made vigilant patrols outside. Norma turned around and leaned over in reply.

"No enemy now!"

"Stay vigilant, don't let up. The enemy does not know when he will attack again. ”

Norma nodded, ignoring the bloodshot oozing from her forehead, and ordered her subordinates to watch carefully.

"Come on, you're going to be hungry, aren't you? ”

It was the maids of the Earl's house, who had come in wagons with cauldrons. Brought was oatmeal porridge and brown bread cooked with barley and milk. Neither is a delicious food, but an empty stomach is the best seasoning.

Pinna was also stimulated by the smell of food, and felt that being hungry was not conducive to the fortifications, so she ordered to eat in shifts. Then, remembering that it was time for him to dine, he walked towards the house of the Count of Folma.

Since the guards and other men had basically gone out to defend the city walls, there was no one in the earl's house from the gate to the entrance, and no one came out to greet her.

But it's not like no one is there. In the atrium of the mansion, several large cauldrons are placed, boiling barley porridge or baking brown bread. All the maids were busy cooking over there.

Someone finally recognized Pinna and came out to greet her, the old butler and head maid of the earl's house.

"Your Royal Highness, welcome back. ”

"Hmm. Excuse me, what to eat and drink・・・・・・・・"

After saying to the old maid, Pinna sat down on the sofa as if she were in her own home.

The old butler, who was standing aside, handed Pinna a silver glass with wine.

"Her Royal Highness, it seems that it has been defended."

"Not yet. Those guys will come back again. ”

"Do you have to fight them? like negotiate or something. ”

"It's as simple as opening the gates and asking the inhabitants to give them all the money, food, and everything. ”

The old butler, who was bent on avoiding disputes, sighed after listening to Pinna's words.

"And after everything is plundered, the men will probably be killed. Young girls will also be taken as slaves, and they will probably be abused and humiliated before. For someone like me, who looks like a beautiful woman at first glance, thieves will definitely come in droves. One or two people can handle it, if it's fifty-hundred, to be honest, I really haven't maintained a sober self-confidence. What will happen to Earl Miao?"

"Miao, Miao, Miaoyi, is only eleven years old!"

"Maybe there are perverts who like young girls・・・・・・ no, there must be. Why don't you try to pray that there are no such people and open the gates to the enemy?"

"Your Highness, Your Highness. Please、Please don't scare me. The old butler said with sweat on his forehead and a groan.

"Then you can only fight, right? Fighting requires taboos, that is, trying to avoid fighting but it backfires. Then, you can only fight hard. Na drank the wine in one gulp.

"Whew" breathed a sigh of relief, then picked up the barley porridge and brown bread that the old maid had brought, but frowned after only one bite.

"Neither the taste nor the amount of food is enough. ”

"No, I can't. When you are tired, your stomach is also tired, and your belly is filled with foods with strong flavors, which can harm your health. The old maid shook her head resolutely and said.

Pinna frankly accepted the old maid's statement. After thinking about it, the maids of the Earl's Court have not wavered in this state of affairs until now, and they are still cooking. And he doesn't have the memory of who ordered them to do this, whose instructions were it? The butler could tell from what he had just said that he was a coward who could only be frightened. So is this old maid?

"Have you ever experienced such a state of affairs?" asked Pinna at this point, to the old maid.

"I used to live in the town of Rosa. ”

The town of Rosa was invaded by the Empire thirty years ago, and although it repelled the Imperial army, it was finally annexed by the Empire due to political defeat, and is now in ruins.

At the time of the war, the old maid was also in Rosa. The so-called war is not limited to bows, swords, and magic. Encouraging soldiers, distributing weapons, administering food and distributing food are all wars.

In this sense, the old maid is indeed a person who has experienced actual combat.

When the head of the earl's house is still very young and unable to rely on, the maids can not waver, and I think it is also the reason for this old maid.

Pinna ate until she was eight minutes full, and wiped the corners of her mouth with a napkin.

"Well, let me go to the living room and take a break. If a herald arrives to inform him of an emergency, he will take him directly to his room. ”

After saying to the old maid, he suddenly arose and asked mischievously.

"What would you do if I didn't want to get up?"

The old maid "Of course I poured water on my head, please get up," said the old maid with a terrible laugh.

Pinna laughed out loud as well, saying that she didn't want to take a shower in bed, and walked to the guest room.

In other words, what finally got her up was the cold touch of water.

Wiping her face with a cloth and putting on her armor over her wet clothes, Pinna got angry.

"What's going on, enemy?"

"I don't seem to know if it's friend or foe. Although he thought that Pinna's scattered red damp hair was very showy, Gray, who had come to inform the emergency, did not say it and reported it directly.

Seeing the other side arrive at the city gate, the soldiers and citizens who are ready for battle peek into the grooves of the city wall or the cracks in the barricades.

"Princess, you can see it clearly here. ”

A farmer with a shovel in his hand made way for a gap in the barricade.

At the end of the narrow field of vision, a four-wheeled wagon was parked・・・・・・・・・ but there were no horses or oxen to pull it.

Pinna knew that there was a siege weapon called the "Wooden Armor Car", which contained the horses, oxen, and soldiers that powered it in huge boxes. So I wondered if the three cars parked in front of the door were "wooden armor cars".

If you look closely, two of the three cars have roofs made of cloth or leather.

In this case, even if you can block arrows, boiling water, melted lead, etc., you will not be able to avoid being smashed by heavy objects such as rocks. The trouble was that the one in the back was not made of wood at all, and it looked like it was covered in iron.

In that "ironclad car", there should really be someone. The roof of the car is equipped with a weapon similar to a "long crossbow", so it seems that it is ready to dodge arrows and rocks before attacking.

However, no matter how superior the weapon is, it will not be able to capture the city by that alone.

It is precisely because of the cloud-like soldiers attacking the city wall that these siege weapons have the meaning of survival. However, there are no enemies in sight. And it doesn't seem to have made any moves to break the barricades.

If these weapons exist to reduce the defender's fighting spirit, then they should do something to show their might, but there is no such action, so it is impossible to judge what the opponent's purpose is.

"Norma!?"

"There are no other enemies. As if she knew what to ask herself, Norma replied immediately.

Inside the "Armored Car" are soldiers dressed in spotted ・・・・・・・ dark green, brown and light green clothing, and wearing similarly spotted cloth pockets.

Holding something that was difficult to tell if it was a weapon or a staff, from their serious expressions and sharp eyes, these people possessed power that could not be ignored.

"Who is it!? If you are not an enemy, stand up!"

Norma shouted, and Pinna, Itarica's soldiers, and the residents all watched.

After waiting for a while, the back door of the wooden armor car opened.

From there came down a young girl. He was about thirteen to fifteen years old, right? Judging by the robes he wore and the staff on his hands, he could tell at a glance that he was a magister.

The staff is an oak staff・・・・・・・・ meaning she is a proper magister. In this case, even though you look young, you should be good at attacking magic and magic combat.

In the previous attack, there was no Magister on the thief's side. It can be said that this is why it can be defended, but if the thief side has a mage to join, I am afraid that the battle will become difficult.

The thought of the battle that had become difficult made Pinna tut.

The next person to get out of the car was a sixteen-year-old girl dressed in a costume she had never seen before.

The upper and lower clothes are close to the skin, and the curves of the body can be seen at a glance. In addition, due to its small size, the snow-white skin on the abdomen and back looms out, which makes the men think about it.

As a woman, Pinna intuitively understood that this was the purpose of the costume.

The problem is, the girl has pointy and long ears. It's a goblin, or the blonde kind.

Oh no・・・・・・・ the other party is not only a magus, but even a goblin. I heard that goblins, without exception, are excellent elven messengers. In particular, the lightning strike magic used by the Wind Elves is powerful enough to destroy an army. Faced with the combination of the Magus and the Elven Envoy of the Elf Clan, even if he led the Knights, he didn't want to fight them head-on on the battlefield.

While they let their guard down now, can they take down both of them at the same time?

Although she was thinking about how to defeat the two, when she saw the girl who got out of the car later, Pinna noticed that her wet clothes suddenly became cold.

A black priest's uniform with lace trim and embroidered with silk.

A headdress made of black gauze wraps black hair, a young girl.

"That's, that's Lori・・・・・・・・ McChule!"

It was the apostle who served the god of death, judgment, madness, and war, Omorrah.

Since the emperor was the highest god of the country, he was able to talk with the apostles at state festivals. Therefore, there was also an opportunity to meet the apostle of the god Omorrah, so that Pinna could recognize her at a glance.

"Is that the rumored Grim Reaper Lori? Although it's the first time I've seen it, it looks like the eldest lady of the Earl's Mansion・・・・・・・・"

Compared to the Magister Girl and the Fairy Girl, Lori does look much younger.

However, she easily grasped the spear and axe, which was heavier than herself, with her thin wrists, and slammed it into the ground.

"Don't let her looks fool you, it's a monster that's over nine hundred years old. ”

The immortal "sub-god" that has survived before the empire appeared and the world was in chaos is the apostle. But even so, Lori is the second youngest among the twelve apostles.

The Apostle, Magister, and Elven Envoy ・・・・・・ if they really became enemies of the trio, Pinna would want to give up resistance and look for a way to escape.

"But will the apostles of Amurroy be in the league with the thieves?"

"Those people can't guess. In response to Gray's question, Pinna shook her head in disapproval.

The apostles could not be fathomed by human values, and they did not care at all about the authoritative decrees of the emperor and the senate, or such thing as justice. No, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is contemptuous.

"The existence of God has nothing to do with good or evil, people worship when they should worship, but things will still happen when they should be. Even if you are kind all your life, you will get sick, and even a tyrannical tyrant can live a long life. It has nothing to do with who comes to sacrifice or pray. ”

"God is a being that is incomprehensible to human beings. In other words, it is a value that cannot be understood by human beings....... and some people say that God is crazy. ”

It would be bad if this word reached the ears of the priests. After listening to Pinna's feelings, Gray whispered with sweat on his forehead.

"yes. After all, those guys call themselves the spokesmen of the oracle. If the oracle is simply incomprehensible madness, then the priest has no point in existing. ”

In the world of polytheism, there is no such thing as good or evil or heretical interrogation. If you're tired of a god, then it's better to change to another one. However, the clergy, a religious organization, has all kinds of power after it is linked to politics. If someone belittles the gods, they will attack them.

"Shhhh Gray shook his head and put his hands behind his back, and Pinna laughed amusedly, then looked out through the gap in the barricade.

"And one more?!"

The red-haired girl, an observer from another world, Eva Xia Melegrin・・・・・・!

The moment she got out of the car, they suddenly felt as if they were facing the ferocious Yanzhi Dragon, and they couldn't lift a trace of battle intent in their hearts!

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Sorry!I can only use this to fill up!There have been so many things lately!(To be continued.) )