By evening, replies to all of the dozen or so letters sent by Yinla had arrived one after another, each recounting the battle of the previous night. Piecing them together, they provided a complete picture of the war.
It must be admitted that Yinla is a very scary person... Judging from the letters that have been sent, it seems that many people are willing to reply to Yinla, whether they are generals who seem to have personally experienced the battlefield or ordinary bystanders.
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Even Grand Prince Novak, who should have been a party to the war, was providing information to Illa.
That's ridiculous.
"Less than half of the duchy's councilors participated in the war, and less than a tenth of their troops were killed or wounded—that's what Novak wrote—"
As Yinla spoke, extracting the more valuable parts of the letter, she said, "The councilors' troops arrived very slowly; before they arrived, the merchants' troops had already been driven far away."
As she spoke, Yinla dipped a quill in ink and underlined key passages, recounting them in a melodious, epic tone—
"Perhaps the Imperial troops are too fast, or perhaps the senators' soldiers still need to be integrated. The members of the council will not be able to enter the battlefield so quickly, and the Novak family is the same. There are many people who are willing to gain military merit through war, and perhaps they can get what they want... perhaps."
As he said this, Yinla looked up at the leaders around him who were listening to the story like obedient children. By the light of the fire, he looked at them and said with a smile, "Why does it feel like we're telling ghost stories at a campfire party?"
faint:"……"
"So, what is Grand Duke Novak saying? He doesn't support the war?"
Vera said this, looking puzzled, since she didn't know much about this, and neither did the others... Including Satan Ye, everyone else, except for Senata who seemed to be deep in thought, was also completely confused.
"Novak's expression was indeed very cryptic, but we can look at other people's letters first."
As he said this, Illa picked up the other parchments and said, “This letter is from… my student. I’ll read you the key parts.”
"..."
Vera glanced at it and vaguely saw the word "Uncle"... She narrowed her eyes, realizing that it wasn't another letter from Isabella, otherwise she would definitely have made a teasing remark.
"Cough cough~"
Yinla cleared her throat and read, "Our troops are advancing very quickly, and they have become even stronger since Ur arrived. The enemy troops are like untrained recruits. We don't recognize their flags, and they may not be the troops of any of the councilors."
"In the latter half of the night, we saw Duke Fernón Hellara's troops, as well as the flags of several familiar councilors, but they did not directly engage in the battle. Instead, they seemed to be driving and urging the new recruits in front of them to their deaths."
"There was no resistance, but a continuous retreat of the front lines."
"..."
After Yinla finished speaking, Satanye blinked. Her clever mind raced, and she considered a possibility, saying, "Use this opportunity to train troops? But..."
She paused, unsure how to describe it, while Shirina patted her head, her heart-shaped eyes revealing confusion, and said, "But, this level of casualties... if it really is training, it can only be described as incomprehensible."
Yes, if it's for training soldiers, then this kind of training would seem incredibly foolish, but only if... such deliberate defeat is truly for training purposes.
"Yes, if you only look at it that way, it's hard to get an accurate answer."
As Yinla spoke, he pulled out a piece of parchment with a corner cut off and marked with important information, and said, "So, I will talk about this intelligence, from which you can understand the purpose of this war... It is somewhat similar to my previous guess."
"cough……"
After a light cough, Yinla, sitting by the fire, had his young face cast in shadow by the firelight, as if an older version of Yinla's face were superimposed on his, giving the illusion of an old magician telling a story.
Of course, in this world, legal professionals who are qualified to be teachers usually don't look very old.
"Hey hey hey, long time no see. As for the situation in the Duchy, we don't quite understand it on the battlefield, but from what we've seen, it doesn't seem like anything has changed. Everyone's still doing their own thing, as if there's no war. However, the Caesars' residential area doesn't look so cheerful. It seems like things have been quite chaotic there lately."
Yinla imitated the tone of a commoner perfectly. He shrugged and said, "Now we understand that the purpose of this war in the Duchy is probably the same old story: to divert attention from internal conflicts and to clean house."
Seeing that everyone seemed to have realized something, Yinla spoke of the past history that the people of this world didn't care much about: "Before the merger, the duchy was divided into the Duchy of Hazard and the Duchy of Caesar... It seems that the merger was not actually thorough."
"..."
"Um!"
Vera made that sound, as if she completely understood, and said, "So you're sending out those unruly and unstable elements to their deaths?"
That's exactly right.
Yinla nodded, glancing around at the monster leaders, implying that Vera was probably the most likely to understand the answer... because, in the eyes of the monsters, the topic of "sending unstable elements out to their deaths" was probably quite interesting.
"that is……"
As Lothia spoke, the black flame that had replaced her head turned towards Illa, saying, "The Duchy is too lazy to deal with the rebellion itself, so it leaves it to the Empire to handle?"
Although that's not quite the case, because it's not that they were "too lazy to put in the effort," but rather that the people who took the initiative to clean up shouldn't be any principality's forces... but it's pretty much the same.
So Yinla nodded, which made all the leaders understand... Even if that wasn't the case, the monsters wouldn't have the concept of "legitimate" because, from the monsters' perspective, whatever the Demon King wanted to do was perfectly legitimate.
Ultimate authority... what a wonderful thing! It reminds me of the old world, the world where the Federation existed in a relaxed manner.
"Hmm, so what do we do next?"
As Satan asked this, she raised the tip of her small tail, which looked rather thin against her thick tail due to her recent large appetite, and poked Yinla's hand with an expectant look on her face.
"Everything as usual."
Yinla spoke casually, making a judgment without hesitation: "If nothing unexpected happens, this war will last forty or fifty years and then stop, without affecting us in the slightest. But if something unexpected happens..."
"We cannot let either side win, nor can we let either side lose."
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