- Custer Village

After Theodore Herbert agreed to lead the villagers in defending the village, he began to implement some effective plans. Alan Hillman trains the village's men on how to use weapons in combat, and the supply of these weapons is handled by the village's only blacksmith shop.

Alice and Christine, along with the women of the village, took over the agricultural work, weaving and mending clothes, and so on. A scene of hard work and prosperity is gradually reflected in the village of Cust.

For Theodore, this is just a real development game. The villagers worked hard to expand the size of the village, and when the population came up, they began to build public facilities and so on to improve the system, but in the current situation, it is only a step faster.

"I really underestimated you, I didn't expect you to be quite a leader. Albert walked over to Theodore's side, intending to taunt him again.

"Yo, the general of the guard can praise people. It's really rare, otherwise don't go back at all. How about joining us?" Theodore smiled and teased

"Don't be stupid, even if you can organize them. It's been two months, and your country hasn't sent troops to defend it. What can it say, their nobles have abandoned you a long time ago. Albert gave him a blank look, sighed, and walked away with his arms folded. In fact, Albert has become accustomed to life here, and has spent two months here without worrying about food or drink. When you are idle, you can still exercise and practice marksmanship. Although there were still people in the village who were a little prejudiced against him, they all endured it. Why didn't he think about escaping for so long, I'm afraid he expected that the village of Custer would be occupied by Culster sooner or later.

"Young Master Herbert, after two months of training. Everyone already has a preliminary combat capability, presumably the gap between them and the regular army for a while is just equipment," the elderly Allen walked behind Theodore and reported

Theodore nodded, looking at the village of Custer in the distance. Over this time, the basic defenses were made out of wood, fences, watchtowers, and so on.

"Yes, that's fine. Has the messenger returned?" Theodore asked

Alan shook his head and said, "I've sent three or four messengers in a row, and none of them have come back so far. “

Theodore was starting to get a little worried, and there were only 300 villagers who were militia fighters. The method of just learning to take up arms is not enough to form a strong fighting force.

At this moment, Clara's voice sounded in his head, "Are you stupid, but just destroying a human army." What can't magic solve?"

Theodore glanced at him and retorted, "Last time, I borrowed your power and almost killed me." When I woke up, I felt like my body wasn't my own."

"Cut, love to use it. With that, Clara didn't respond.

On the other side, the messengers to the royal capital had already been killed by Eliza's subordinates one by one, blocking the news. The king also reluctantly agreed to his daughter to lead the convoy out, and Pfister VIII, although he loved his little daughter, was also afraid of her. Because her methods are more cruel than herself, she doesn't even give her face at the critical moment.

The king divided his garrison of the royal capital into five hundred and handed it over to Eliza, and the conscription system of the Pfister country has always been a ready-to-call system. There are no more than 30,000 standing soldiers in the country, not to mention the need to be divided to guard the various fortresses.

- Culest, Turin

"What?! The Church mediates the conflict between the two sides?" King Culest shouted in surprise

The representative of the messenger who returned nodded and replied, "According to the intention of the Neutral Tribunal, the representative of Codiano has chosen to support the peace proposal of the representative of Pfister. This time, however, the Aean Church State did not send representatives of the congregation to conduct surveillance. That's the weirdest thing."

The king sat down in his chair, stroking his chin and thinking carefully. It stands to reason that Codiano, as an allied country, had already promised to support Culest's resolution. But now it is known what this means, and the Io-Eclipsed state has not sent a representative to monitor it.

"Come, send messengers to inform the nobles everywhere. Let them mobilize their soldiers and prepare for Pfister!"

"We've decided to go, so let's get ready. "In a room in the castle of Turin, genius and two men in white sat together. And the previous injuries of the genius have completely healed and regained their usual strength.

"This time, we must kill that guy. The genius gritted his teeth, and his mind kept recalling the image of Theodore smiling. He wanted to tear this bastard to shreds

One of the men in white patted the man on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, there will be this opportunity." “

- Castel Village.River

Theodore and Alice sat on a rock, their feet bare, soaking in the clear stream. Under the warm sunshine, the backs of the two are very harmonious.

"Now, Herbert. Do you have any dreams?" Alice lowered her head and said suddenly.

"Dreams......," Theodore thought for a moment and responded, "I, ah, want to see the outside world." What about you?"

With a smile on her face, Alice looked up at the sun and responded, "I, ah, I want to follow someone I like." Wherever he goes, I will follow her. That's satisfying. “

Theodore smiled, and when he was about to say that it was beautiful, he suddenly froze and realized that something seemed wrong. She just said that she wanted to go out to see the outside world, and she immediately picked up the person she liked to be with her. Could it be that the subconscious meaning of this sentence is that the person you like is yourself?

Theodore's face began to turn red, and he didn't dare to make eye contact with anyone.

"Now, just in case. I mean, just in case....... If we lose, won't we be able to see each other again? Alice suddenly mentioned this, and her eyes began to moisten.

Theodore listened and put his hand on Alice's head. Alice stopped all of a sudden, turning her head to look at the side of the man's face.

Theodore told her with a relaxed expression, "Stupid, you haven't even started fighting yet." How can you think about losing first. Everyone is fighting hard for their families, which is why they choose to take up arms to face it. I still want to go to the outside world to see, it's absolutely impossible for everyone to die like this. So put 10,000 hearts!"

After speaking, his hand gently stroked Alice's head. When she heard these words, she felt a warm feeling in her heart. I'm afraid that's one of the reasons why Alice thinks Theodore is her important person, when she's very sad. He can always say something to comfort himself, and he will be very relieved.

Just then, Christine rushed out and shouted, "What are you doing! Then he jumped up and pounced on Alice and Theodore, and the two of them fell to both sides consciously. Christine threw herself into the creek at once, and Christine got out of the water with a fish jumping on her head.

"Poof..... Not...... Hmmmmhahaha!" Alice, who was still a little sad, covered her mouth and laughed when she saw Christine like this, and Theodore was happy to see her. They laughed together, but Christine was the only one who was confused.

"What are you laughing at?!"