Reincarnated into a Game as the Hero’s Friend - Chapter 235.3

“Speaking of which, have you heard anything about Colts, the former capital of Coltrezis?” (Welner)

“Well…I have heard that Sir Davit, the second son of the rebel Coltrezis House, has been having an amorous relationship with the oracle priestess.” (Lammerz)

“…” (Welner)

A signal of alarm surged up in me as I finally comprehended the meaning of all this information.

Normally, something as ugly as that would be kept secret, even if it was true. But even someone from another city knew about it? No matter how much leakage of information was happening, wasn’t this too much of an information mismanagement?

Keeping a poker face, I said, “It seems that the churches are also disordered in the rebels’ territory.”

“It seems so. There are also many strange requests coming from the church.” (Lammerz)

“Strange requests?” (Welner)

“They are asking for food for the siege…” (Lammerz)

The piece of discomfort I had sometimes felt fit neatly into place, and I inwardly clucked my tongue. How could I have overlooked this? I had been careless.

I continued to converse with Lammerz-san for a while. After I bid farewell to him, I immediately approached Neurath.

“Neurath, I’m sorry, but send a messenger to His Highness immediately. As a Stable Master, I have something to report to him.” (Welner)

“Yes, sir.” (Neurath)

As a Stable Master, I had “the right to directly address”, so if I wished to meet with His Highness, I would be allowed to do so, but I would still need to give a heads-up before doing so.

I immediately asked for a meeting with His Highness, who was probably at the lord’s mansion, while thinking about what I would do and putting together the order of explanations in my mind.

The inn was not that far from the lord’s mansion, but it was most likely a habit of mine to think more clearly while walking. I didn’t notice other people’s eyes on me because I was walking while thinking.

“Viscount Zeavert is here.” (Guard)

“Let him through.” (Crown Prince)

After hearing it, the guard outside let me in. In addition to the knights guarding the Crown Prince, there was also Commander Filsmeier of the First Order and Commander Hindelman of the Second Order. They may have been in the middle of some kind of meeting.

“Thank you. Is something wrong?” (Crown Prince)

“Yes. I think I’ve figured out the enemy’s plan.” (Welner)

“Oh…” (Crown Prince)

Both knight commanders were exchanging glances with expressions as if they wanted to say something, but I decided not to care for now.

“Let’s hear your thoughts.” (Crown Prince)

“Perhaps, we will be fighting in the field near Colts.” (Welner)

“Well, do you think they’re going to confront us directly?” (Crown Prince)

“Yes, partly because they don’t have any reinforcements coming from anywhere.” (Welner)

The knight commanders’ expressions were understandable. After all, there was a huge gap in both armies. Kingdom’s army was much bigger than Coltrezis House’s army.

Thus, it would make more sense for Coltrezis’ side to try to avoid direct confrontation as much as possible, or make an attempt on the Crown Prince’s life.

However, their goal was something else.

“In terms of troops and commanders, the Coltrezis do not stand a chance. Perhaps the commander is Lord Davit, the second son of Coltrezis.” (Welner)

“Hmm.” (Crown Prince)

The Crown Prince rested his chin on his folded hands and looked at me. It was Commander Filsmeier who then asked.

“Then that’s fine. We’ll just kick the hell out of them and march into the Colts.” (Filsmeier)

“I think that’s what they want, too.” (Welner)

“What?” (Filsmeier)

They all looked at me with three different expressions on their faces.

With a sigh, I spoke my conclusion, “We overlooked that the mastermind behind this plot is the Demon Army. They probably want to drag the Bain Kingdom army, including the Crown Prince, into the Colts and burn everyone to the ground in one go. Coltrezis House is just the bait to achieve this.”

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