Chapter XXVII: Calls and Ambiguities
"Ha-it's finally over, and sure enough, the coordination and management of tens of thousands of people is very tiring~"
The arrangement of the whole army, the rationing of ammunition and clothing, and the adjustment of the fortifications in the city kept Carl busy for most of the day, and it was not until the early hours of the night that he had taken care of everything and was able to sit down for a cup of tea and rest.
"I don't know what's going on with Tessa, just give me a call and ask. Thinking about it, Karl dialed the number of the artillery information center. Not long after the phone rang, it was picked up, and Carl's familiar and unfamiliar voice came from the phone......
"This is the headquarters. Tessa's cold voice came over the phone
"Tessa, is it Tessa?" Hearing Tessa's strange tone, Carl instinctively sensed that something was wrong, but didn't react for a while.
And he said what's going on with the headquarters, and the headquarters is with me......
"Your Excellency, Commander, I'm so sorry I didn't know it was you, please forgive me!"
Tessa's panicked voice came from the phone, and if you listened closely, you could hear the sound of her heels standing on the ground.
Tessa, who has always called herself only 'brother', actually calls herself the commander...... Tessa has never used honorifics with herself in her life!Something must have happened to Tessa!'
"Why are you in the duty room?!Where are the other duty officers?!"
Carl pretended to be angry, in order to delay Tessa and get some information about her side.
"Report to Your Excellency Commander, the colleagues in the duty team in the headquarters have all gone back...... Please rest assured that everything is normal here in the headquarters and there are no anomalies. Tessa on the other end of the line paused and continued
Carl's mind chuckled. He understood the hidden meaning of Tessa's words
I didn't even ask her about the situation in the headquarters, but she suddenly said that everything was normal in the headquarters, which in itself showed that there was something wrong with Tessa!
There is only one communications squad in the artillery information aggregation center, and there is no squad on duty at all, that is, the enemy's strength is about one squad.
She sent a reply on the phone emphasizing the Command, which indicated that the enemy's purpose was probably to raid the City Command, or something related to the Command......
"Okay, let's not say that now you record the latest artillery firing coordinates, tomorrow morning we will adjust the artillery deployment......"
Karl was dragging his feet and thinking about what to do
From Tessa's words, it is known that the enemy's troops have about a small squad that occupies the information center and holds Tessa hostage...... The enemy doesn't have many troops, and it seems to be the headquarters, so it's not hard to solve the problem of how to get Tessa out of the way......
"Do you know what I'm saying, Lieutenant?" asked Karl
"Yes, remember, Your Excellency, Commander. Tessa replied very mechanically
It takes less than five minutes for the nearest Volunteers to attack them, and 10 minutes for enough troops to surround them. Now the question is whether the enemy will still stay in the headquarters, if it is a shrewd squad leader who will not stay in the heart of the enemy for a long time, but ......'
'In order to save Tessa, in order to annihilate the enemy team, I must keep them there!'
Suddenly, Karl came up with an idea that the enemy would leave behind no matter what, and he replaced it with a gentle voice
"Okay, that's all for business...... Now on to the private matter"
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"Yes, remember, Your Excellency, Commander. Tessa stood upright, replying to Carl, beside her, there were several emperor ** soldiers wearing black cloaks and looking nervous.
Just now, when Tessa was about to go back to the dormitory at the bottom of the mountain to rest, several heavily armed emperor ** soldiers suddenly rushed in at the door, one of them seemed to be their leader, and after coming in, Tessa was tied up without saying a word.
"Captain! The entire headquarters has been controlled, and there is no one in the house except for this woman on duty. The soldier who had searched the room reported to the captain
'Captain?' It seems that the other party's strength is about a small team, and they still regard this place as their headquarters. β
Hearing the soldier's report, Tessa, who was tied up, thought so
'Gotta call for help!' thought Tessa
"Well, bring back all the useful stuff here, especially the city defense map of Landobasa, which is a must for our attack"
The team leader pointed to the map drawn by Tessa on the table
"Yes!" the soldiers began to pack up the useful things in the house, rummaging through the cabinets.
"Woman. β
The next order, said to Tessa, who was sitting in a chair with her hands tied behind her back
"We'll leave after we've gathered the necessary things, and if you cooperate well, you won't die, understand?" the team leader threatened Tessa with a fierce look that was enough to scare ordinary girls
"Hmm. Tessa nodded
"Alright, hurry up and put everything away, it's going to come in handy tomorrow morning. Seeing that Tessa was sitting there unmoving, the captain refocused his attention on gathering useful information
'Lying!'
Looking at these emperor scouts in front of her, who were completely ignoring their own existence and casually talking about their own confidential information, Tessa understood that they had no intention of letting themselves live at all
'Gotta find a way, quick!' was what the tied Tessa thought, and she knew she had to figure out how to escape
"Jingle bell!"
At this moment, the phone on the table representing the command rang
In an instant, the Imperial soldiers who were rummaging through the whole room stopped what they were doing, and everyone was very nervous. Just kidding, this is the enemy's headquarters, of course, someone will call, there should be someone on duty in the headquarters, if no one answers, then it will be suspicious itself, then the whereabouts of the Imperial scouts who have not been discovered so far will be exposed.
If the enemy is spotted in the enemy's large rear, the entire squad will be in danger
"Hey, woman, go pick up the phone!"
The captain took out his gun, pointed it at Tessa's head, and put his face on Tessa's face and stared at the cute-looking Tessa like a wolf
"But take it slowly, pick it up slowly, and if you have something bad or unwise to do, you'll never want to see the sun tomorrow again!"
As he spoke, he mounted the chamber in front of Tessa and pointed the muzzle at Tessa's eyebrows.
Tessa looked frightened and nodded in a panic
Seeing the panicked look on Tessa's lovely face, the captain nodded
"Go answer the phone. β
One soldier picks up the phone for Tessa, one holds a gun to Tessa's waist, and the other holds her down to prevent her from moving. The squad leader and captain stood aside.
When the emperor's soldier picked up the phone, Tessa immediately spoke
"This is the headquarters. β
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"Don't use such a tone when talking to me, Tessa~" Carl suddenly changed to a very gentle tone on the phone
'Dude, what are you doing?, don't you claim to be second only to me in IQ in the world?!!Why are you so idiot now?!Isn't my hint obvious enough?!'
Hearing the unhurried movement of her brother on the phone, Tessa even had the idea of killing him.
Just as Tessa wanted to continue giving Carl some tips
Carl's next words completely left the whole room speechless.
"We've all slept in the same bed for so long, what are you polite to me? Tessa~"
Karl said on the phone
"Boom. β
"Straddle. β
This is the movement of the emperor ** soldier listening to the phone next to Tessa who fell. Among them is the squad leader of the emperor's **.
"Hello...... Who?!Who has a ...... with you What's that relationship?!"
Hearing that his brother actually told such a shameful lie, Tessa's angry face instantly turned purple. The body trembled, the tongue swirled, and even the pronunciation changed.
"I have nothing to do with you! don't talk nonsense!" Blushing and looking back at the gossip imperial soldiers who gathered around him to join in the fun and listen to a little bit, Tessa was almost crazy, although there were enemies all around, but in front of so many people, Tessa still couldn't stand it!
"So this is the legendary little secret! I met a real person this time!"
'No wonder there is a little girl who stays in such an important place as an errand, and the relationship is nepotism......
'It's beautiful, indeed, and the Commander's eye is good. β
Soon, Tessa was surrounded by eyes containing all kinds of ambiguous atmospheres, and the strange eyes of a group of emperors' ** bigwigs made Tessa almost unbearable!
"Don't talk nonsense! I don't have this relationship with you!" Tessa can't stand this kind of lie from her brother anymore!
"Haha~ What are you talking about?~ I remember the birthmark on your left waist clearly~" Recalling the birthmark he saw in the shower with Tessa before, Carl continued to make it up
"I ...... I ......" Looking at the disdainful eyes of the group of emperor ** soldiers in front of her, 'stop pretending to be pure, we all understand', Tessa was speechless with anger.
"I'll go to you in thirty minutes~ I don't bring any entourage, only Kate and you will accompany me tonight, change clothes, and wait for me at the headquarters~ The three of us will play for 3 ...... tonight"
"Click!"
The phone was seized
Hearing the sound of slamming the phone on the other end of the phone, Carl knew that the other party would probably wait another 30 minutes to catch his big fish
"In this way, Tessa should be safe for the time being. It's just that...... Hopefully...... I'm still alive."
Thinking of Tessa's fried hair, Carl couldn't help but feel a chill behind him......
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"Cards!"
Snapping the phone hard, Tessa gasped and lay on the table with a flushed face......
"What's going on?!How did her hand get loose?!Who is that, how did you tie it?" Seeing that Tessa actually broke the rope at the last moment, the squad leader shouted to the soldier who had just tied Tessa's hands
"I'm sorry, Captain, I've tied it up tightly, somehow ......"
The soldier didn't know how the seemingly weak Tessa opened the pig's trotter buckle that he had tied, he had killed pigs before joining the army, and he was still very good at tying and bundling......
"Alright, hurry up and ...... her again Forget it, there's no need, just let her keep it like this for a while. β
The team leader, who wanted to retie Tessa back, thought that he would have to rely on her to hang the big fish in 30 minutes, so he gave up.
"Hey, woman, are you your commander's lover?" asked the team leader as he walked up to Tessa
"No...... It's just that...... Just slept together, spent the night together...... Let's ......"
Although Tessa wanted to tell this lie, she really couldn't open her mouth, so she vaguely told her and Carl what she used to do when she was a child, but she didn't know that her disguise and shy expression were more like the real thing.
"Yes, it's a bit rude, but I'm going to do it anyway. As he spoke, the team leader suddenly lifted Tessa's shirt
"Ahh But before he could scream, he was held down by the rest of the soldiers around him, covered his mouth, and had to make a whining sound
"I'm sorry, but I have to confirm something. Seeing that Tessa did indeed have a shallow birthmark on her left waist, the team leader dispelled the last suspicion.
"Woman, why did you bring someone with you when your friend came to see you? What is it called...... Kate's?"
After Tessa calmed down, the team leader asked again
"That's his first lover, a man's wife, he's been watching Carl since the beginning, and he's been hanging out with that pervert all day long, and that's the real passion between the two of them!"
Thinking of the intimate physical contact that Kate had every time she practiced sword and martial arts with Carl, Tessa felt goosebumps all over her body
β...... Okay, I see, it's just one man and two women. Embarrassed, the team leader walked farther and farther away from reality under the guidance of Tessa's true lies
"Whatever you want. Anyway, the two of them will definitely come to me, so you can wait here. β
Tessa didn't have the strength to act anymore, so she went back to her chair and stopped talking......