On the western border of San Jose, this is the barracks of the Western border guards, and in an ordinary tent, a girl is sitting at a table and watching something. Her white robe was quite plain. The girl was silent, and said nothing, except for a little anxiety on her cheeks, and from time to time she was writing and drawing on the parchment on the table.

"Princess Lolita, are you there?" suddenly came a greeting from outside the house.

"Huh?" Hearing the voice, the girl in the room looked up, and it turned out that she was the Princess Lolita of San José who had sent condolences to the troops stationed in various parts of San Jose on behalf of the Emperor of Benin. The Emperor of Benin was indeed kind to her, and sent her a hundred soldiers of the Guards to accompany her, and forced her to be accompanied by several maids to take care of her daily life.

But I don't know why, now in the tent, there is only Lolita. She heard the greeting and walked to the door, and outside the door, it was the captain of the Guards, Lance, a young and handsome Guards officer, who was no more than twenty years old. With flowing blonde hair and dark blue pupils, it is deep and elegant.

Born in an aristocratic family, Lance heard that his father was a big nobleman in San Jose, so he sent him to the Royal Military Academy early to study military command, and after graduation, he directly entered the Royal Guard as an officer.

This time, the commander of the Guards chose Lance to escort Princess Lolita, and the group first went to the Northern Border Guards, and then turned west to visit the Western Border Guards. These days, the two have become more and more acquainted.

"What's wrong, Lance?" asked Lolita softly.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, there's news from Kyoto City, let you return to Kyoto City as soon as possible!" Lance's tall body suddenly reminded Lolita of the young officers under Carmanxter, who were also so vigorous.

"I don't know what the cabinet ministers are worried about," Lolita laughed, "There is no fighting here for the time being with the Western Border Guards, we are safe here, there is no need to be in such a hurry." And you see that we have only just arrived here, and the routine condolence activities will be carried out three days later, and representatives of several battalions of border guards in the vicinity are rushing here, and when they come and we leave, it will not be too hurtful. ”

"It's important to boost the morale of the soldiers, isn't it, Lance?" Lolita looked at Lance with a cute tilt of her head.

The young officer said no more, saluted and left. Lolita returned to the house and picked up the papers on the table once more.

This is a magical message from a court mage(Note 1) from her guide, Mage Set. Although rarely seen among court magicians, Mage Setty, who has always cared about Lolita, often contacts Lolita through letters.

The letter mentions the presence of dark mages during the fighting in San Jose. According to the oral accounts of the survivors of the Royal Navy of Nanhai County, the court magicians finally confirmed that the Dark Rising Organization used the forbidden spell "Spiritual Storm" from the era of the Magic Empire. This magic was once used to massacre non-magical awakened people, i.e., ordinary people, and was banned. However, I didn't expect that in this day and age, it has become extremely applicable to war.

At the same time, the Dark Rising Organization also raised or fed terrifying magical beasts with magic, and the strange beasts that appeared many times on the battlefield of Nanhai County caused a large number of losses to the San Jose Army on the battlefield of Nanhai County.

Looking at the message from Master Setty, Lolita sighed, compared to the soldiers on the front line, the current Western border guards and the nearby garrison are living quite comfortably. San Jose has no intention of recruiting them for war for the time being, and according to the established plan, Lolita will meet with the noble officers above the squadron leader here to express her condolences.

These days, there are also a lot of rumors in the army about the war between the two places, "Should I reveal the truth to them?" Lolita hesitated.

Three days later, the condolences were held as scheduled, and the location was set at the "Leicester City", where the headquarters of the Western Frontier Army was located, which was about 200 miles from the border of the Duchy of Tra, more than 800 miles from both battlefields, and even further from the city of Kyoto, so peace and tranquility were maintained.

Leicester City is located in the western part of San Jose, and there are three provinces from north to south: Sunset, Blood Moon, and Badlands.

Among them, Sunset Province is close to the Morro River and the Misty Forest, and the Blood Moon Province borders the Duchy of Tra. The Badlands, one of the most remote provinces in the southwest corner of San Jose, has an official name called "Odanlo Province," but people still like to refer to this remote area that floods the desert next door as the Badlands.

Leicester is the capital of the Blood Moon Province and is home to the Governor's Quarters and the Western Frontier Command. The three provinces had about 30,000 border guards and about the same number of local garrisons. These three provinces, due to the fact that the Duchy of Tra, which is adjacent to the Shang Alliance, do not have particularly strong military strength, so they have always had few garrisons and are not well equipped.

Like the Badlands, the entire San José Empire was there with only one regiment of frontier guards and two regiments of local garrisons.

The news of Princess Lolita's visit to the Western Border Guards made all the ordinary soldiers quite excited. There have been rumors in the army that starting this year, there will be members of the royal family to visit the border guards, and I heard that the northern border guards have already received condolences, and just when everyone is still hotly discussed, Princess Lolita's car has arrived in Leicester City.

Of course, the princess's condolences were certainly not simple, even when she arrived in Leicester and lived in the mansion provided by the commander, Lolita still had to wait for the representatives of the officers and soldiers from the nearby provinces to come and receive the condolences, and then the grand celebration was carried out.

Unfortunately, war broke out just like that. Before the condolence activities began, and even many officers from other places had just arrived in Leicester City, the news of the Desik invasion of San Jose in two ways flew to the General's headquarters in Leicester City.

The General Staff of the Western Frontier Army immediately threw itself into the preparations for the war, and Princess Lolita seemed a little redundant. Fortunately, General Wendell, the general of the Western Frontier Army, still took great care of Princess Lolita's face, and the condolence activities were held as scheduled, even though the news of Kyoto City urging the princess to go back was sent one by one.

In the middle of Leicester, the provincial governor helped build a huge platform, dozens of grams above the ground, so that the princess's graceful figure could be easily seen by the officers and soldiers in the field. When the princess appeared, the more than 500 officers seated in the audience stood up and saluted.

No matter how much Lolita had had with the San Jose royal family, at least now, she stood here facing hundreds of officers, representing the golden book flag. And those officers, especially young ones, even if many of them were from noble backgrounds, couldn't help but be excited when such a beautiful princess stood in front of them. And I heard that the princess herself is also a magician with advanced magic.

"Hello everyone, I'm Lolita Lane, Princess San Jose, on behalf of the royal family of San Jose, I came to express my condolences to our border guards..."

"I know, everyone should be quite bored to listen to, no way, my speech was provided by the Imperial Council, and I have spoken many times along the way. ”

The officers, who had been drowsy and had listened to it, suddenly perked up, "What does the princess want to do?" this is the thought in everyone's minds.

"I know that as a Western Frontier Guard, you have very little contact with actual combat. The war between the Empire and Desik must have been heard of by everyone. Your generals", Lolita said, glancing at the Commander of the Border Guards and the Governor of the Blood Moon Province in the audience.

"Your generals may not have told you all the truth. I've been struggling for a long time, and as a princess of the royal family, I'm always thinking about what is the responsibility of the royal family. Is it to enjoy the wealth of this country, to keep the peace of this country, or is it something else? War, we in San Jose, are about to face a war that will affect the whole continent, and in which none of us can stay away. So, here, I look at you young eyes, and I feel a little sorry. This is the first time I've seen you, and maybe the last. However, I just want to say that no matter what happens in the future, you must always remember that I, Princess San Jose, will always be with you!"

The venue was as quiet as death, and everyone dared not speak out. Princess Lolita's words were very vague, and everyone present knew that what she said was related to the recent war, but they did not understand what the princess was trying to say.

The Governor's face was a little ugly, as the Governor, his responsibility is to ensure the stability of the province, and the last thing he wants is an accident, and the princess's speech does not seem to go according to the original plan.

General Wendell, on the other hand, was much kinder, and he suddenly got up, walked up to the stage, and nodded at Lolita, as if he was not angry. He whispered to Lolita's side, "Don't worry, princess, I understand what you mean, so please leave it to me." ”

Lolita bowed her head and bowed to the side. General Wendell straightened his military uniform and walked to the front of the stage: "Thank you Your Highness Princess for your concern for our western border guards. Her Royal Highness has a heart, and there are some things that she is not suitable to say, so let me talk about it. Everyone knows that the Desiks have brazenly invaded our country... ”

After General Wendell's words were finished, Lolita hesitated, stepped forward to support the general, and the two slowly left. The princess's guards gave a large number of gifts prepared by the princess to the officers in the audience, but these people were still immersed in the words of the princess and the general.

The war, already in its infancy and so cruel, that, according to the generals and princesses, perhaps in the near future, they will go to war.

Princess, she's really the flower of San Jose's army!

The order, also at the scene after the condolence meeting, was given directly shortly after.