Fun Territory Defense of the Easy-Going Lord - Chapter 143
War Council
The next day, before going into battle, His Majesty gave a speech to boost the morale of the soldiers.
When His Majesty gave a speech saying, “Brave knights of the kingdom,” I noticed the soldiers, especially those at the end of the line, becoming increasingly motivated. This convinced me that this was what charisma truly means.
Well, it didn’t resonate with me because I wanted to stay confined within my territory.
“Everything will be ready by the end of the day! All the elites! Keep your spirits up today and be ready to go! Tomorrow we will punch Jiernetta in the side!”
For the last time, His Majesty deliberately used a savage method to encourage others by revealing his teeth in a ferocious smile. The soldiers responded with loud shouts. Having expanded his territory through warfare, he is accustomed to treating his soldiers well.
“Okay! Till, then, please?”
“Yes!”
Tyll gives the signal at the right moment, and she steps forward with a loud reply. Behind Tyll, a group of girls dressed in identical maid’s uniforms move in pairs and separately.
Ignition stands are set up in a row along the street, and the fires are lit one after another. The red fires illuminated the street at regular intervals in the evening as the sun was setting, creating a somewhat magical scene.
His Majesty and the nobles, who knew what they were doing, watched in silence, but the soldiers, who had not been informed of anything, looked puzzled.
In the Kingdom of Scuderia, there is a custom known as the “War Prayer Ceremony,” where a lavish meal is served before heading into battle. The way of doing this is quite different, but I suppose it is a part of the ritual before entering into battle.
However, since it is held just before going into battle, it is usually a simple meal similar to those served at forts and encampments, accompanied by a glass of wine for each person.
Then, since they had come all the way to Seat Village, why didn’t Van help them create memories of their visit? With this in mind, he personally asked His Majesty to provide the meal for the war rites.
“… Can such a small territory satisfactorily prepare meals for tens of thousands of soldiers?”
Jalpa said to me, but I simply replied, “Leave it to me”.
There is an excess of meat from Magic Beasts that needs to be disposed of. There is a limit to how long it can be dried and preserved. This is an opportunity to clean out our inventory.
After having done this a dozen of times, the preparations for the barbecue were completed easily. After confirming this, I gave Camsin the next instruction.
“Prepare the meat!”
“Yes!”
Camsin, like Tyll, provided a good answer and stepped forward. Behind him are the members of the Seat Village Knights pulling a cart piled high with the meat of the magical beast.
The carts with meat ran one after the other on both sides of the street. The soldiers watched the scene with wide eyes.
Once everyone is in place, the meat is placed on the barbecue tables one after another, and the area begins to smell delicious.
Not only the soldiers, but even the nobles had a hard time holding back their drooling. After all, the meat they were grilling was from rare, large magical beasts that even the Royal Capital could not afford to consume.
Moreover, the meat is seasoned with expensive salt, pepper, and Van’s special yakiniku sauce. It is a pity that they serve bread instead of rice, but that should not be a problem since there is also sake spirit. There is a substantial supply of whiskey, grape wine, and barley wine in production, along with sufficient liquor to meet the needs of the Mary Chamber of Commerce and the commercial guilds as per our request.
Van’s barbecue sauce was made from the original meat sauce and flavored with wine, garlic, apple-like fruit, black pepper, onion-like vegetables, and salt. I think the barbecue sauce turned out pretty good, in my opinion.
While everyone was gathered around the barbecue that was steadily being prepared, Tyll and Camsin announced that it was ready.
“Your Majesty, it’s ready!”
His Majesty nodded solemnly and addressed the crowd.
“My knights! Today is a particularly special war prayer ceremony! Normally, we would only be able to distribute more preserved food, but today, Baron Van has provided us with rare food! I hope you will eat to your heart’s content!”
As His Majesty called out, the other nobles instructed the different knights to start their supper.
Soon after, tens of thousands of soldiers flooded in.
The soldiers chomped down on their meat with such vigor that one would have thought they were truly at war.
“Please eat slowly!”
“Here’s some Van-sama sauce too!”
“This Van-sama sauce is delicious!”
“No, the meat itself is also delicious!”
Everyone was enjoying the meat with great enthusiasm. Well, I left some delicious Magic Beast meat on the table. It was good to clear out the inventory.
“Well, let us eat the delicious meat too.”
Turning around, I saw His Majesty looking at the soldiers curiously.
“Baron Van. What kind of Magic Beast is this meat? The joy of those soldiers is extraordinary.”
Jalpa and the others lined up behind His Majesty seemed to agree with these words.
“Let’s see… as I recall, there was a Scaled Wolf, Armored Lizard, Black Boar… Oh, there were also several Vermilion Tigers…”
I reply as I recall. The nobles expressed their surprise.
“Vermilion Tigers…!”
“Nonsense. Even in the entire kingdom, they appear once every twenty years…”
“It is said to be a powerful magic beast comparable to a dragon…”
I nodded in understanding when I heard the voice.
“Indeed, the Vermilion Demon Tiger appears to be rare. I’ve only defeated about five of them so far. However, they were ten meters in size, so it was easy to target them with a ballista. I was surprised when I first saw it, though.”
With a wry smile, I replied. I don’t know what they thought of my answer, but not only the nobles behind me, but even His Majesty was stunned.
“…The Vermilion Demon Tiger caused enough damage to half destroy a city, and it took the Royal Capital Order’s elite 1,000 men and two first-rate four-elemental magicians to finally defeat it…”
His Majesty laughed in dismay as he said this.