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Scarecrow’s Plan
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The soldiers of Casablanca withdrew. The backs of the retreating them could also be well seen from Yanna and the others, who were fearfully watching over the battle situation from the top of the mountain.
“Look! The Queen’s forces are withdrawing.” (Minerva)
Minerva, who was straining her eyes, shouted excitedly. A little later, from the fortresses installed at various points on the mountain, reports were also raised that Casablanca had withdrawn.
“We did it!” (??)
The various fortresses were already in a festive uproar. Some threw their hats high into the sky, others began to dance.
“Hurray! The enemy is running away!” (Multiple voices)
They, the defensive forces of Mikanda, have repelled Casablanca’s soldiers. And moreover, without even fighting. This could already be said that they had won.
“Yanna onee-sama!?” (Minerva)
As Minerva was excitedly shaking hands with her subordinates, she found Yanna sitting weakly on the watchtower.
“Once I felt relieved, my strength just drained away.” (Yanna)
To Minerva, who came rushing with a changed expression to lift up her sister, Yanna said with a wry smile.
“I see. If that’s the case, then it’s fine.” (Minerva)
As Minerva breathed a sigh of relief, loud cheers could be heard from below.
“Rishu-sama!” (??)
The voices of the people.
Rishu had come.
She had been holed up in the fortress at the foot of the mountain, that was, the place closest to Casablanca. In the worst case, if Casablanca had given the order to charge as was, she was commanding the desperate squad prepared to fight to the death.
Confirming Casablanca’s retreat, she returned like this. When Rishu found Yanna being cared for by Minerva, she briskly walked over and immediately knelt down.
“Yanna-sama. I have come to offer my congratulations.” (Rishu)
“Rishu. Don’t kneel like that. The one who should be showing respect is me.” (Yanna)
Yanna, whose face had been drained of strength just a moment ago, suddenly stood up straight and approached Rishu, lifting her up from her kneeling position.
“Rishu. The Queen has withdrawn. That we were able to overcome this desperate crisis is thanks to you.” (Yanna)
To the direct gratitude from Yanna, the governor of Mikanda, Rishu lowered her eyes in humility.
“Those are words too good for me. I merely tested common sense among adventurers. This time, we were just lucky.” (Rishu)
“No need for modesty. Even so, it was a brilliant strategy. It should be called ‘The Scarecrow’s Plan’, perhaps?” (Yanna)
“To make it seem like there are more soldiers than there actually are. For us adventurers, who are always driving prey, this is our usual way of doing things.” (Rishu)
Despite appearing humble, Rishu spoke in a tone full of confidence.
“The Queen has completely withdrawn, right? Then, have the people stationed on guard return.” (Yanna)
“Understood.” (Rishu)
After a while, people who had been stationed at various fortresses on the mountain began returning in droves.
“Alright, everyone, good job.” (Rishu)
As they descended the mountain towards Mikanda, people received pouches of money from Rishu as their wages. Watching over their figures, Yanna and Minerva conversed with deep emotions.
“Even so, the Queen must have been quite surprised. To be confronted by such a large army.” (Yanna)
“A large army… Well, it wasn’t really an army.” (Minerva)
This time. The ones who had been holed up in the mountain numbered over 20000. However, as Casablanca’s side was aware, the actual soldiers among them were merely a few hundred. The remaining approximately 20000 were the non-combatants in Mikanda, including elderly people, women, and children, who had all been mobilized. They had remained in their civilian clothes, positioned as ordered by Yanna.
The only instructions given to them were to bring one flag from home and to raise a battle cry upon a signal. There were many crude imitations where military uniforms were simply tied to long wooden sticks due to the lack of Warden Household flags. But 20000 flags and war cries were more than enough to instill fear in Casablanca. Especially since she had a latent fear of Arc’s information abilities.
If by any chance, the enemy had realized Rishu’s stratagem and attacked, their fate would have been completely sealed.
“To think they fell for such a child’s play of an equipment setup. The opponent must have been in quite a panic.” (Yanna)
“The crucial point was ‘contrary to prior information, a large Warden army is waiting in ambush.’ There was no time to scrutinize the details of the flags.” (Rishu)
Unlike Yanna, who still found it hard to believe that they had repelled Casablanca, Rishu calmly explained with absolute confidence in her own tactics. Until now, she had been just a charismatic adventurer, but she was proving to be very reliable.
“Rishu. That we were able to overcome this desperate crisis is thanks to you. Let me once again offer my gratitude.” (Yanna)
“Yanna-sama. I too am properly a member of Mikanda. In times of trouble, we help each other. No need to be so formal.” (Rishu)
To Yanna, who once again expressed her thanks, Rishu said with a bashful smile.
“For now, the crisis has left Mikanda. All that remains is to pray that Arc successfully reunites with Tyr.” (Yanna)
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