Magic Caster of Destroy

Truthfully speaking, there was nothing that Barbro wanted to know. However, he could not just suddenly end his conversation with the Baron. He had to quickly come up with a question to ask.

The unpleasant thoughts that Barbro had previously buried about suddenly resurfaced.

The ultimate reason as to why Barbro was heading towards Carne Village was because of the proposal made by Marquis Bowlrob. If that was the case, then—

Could it be, the Marquis has betrayed me? In order to allow my brother to take the throne?

Such an unbelievable thought.

The Marquis’s daughter was his wife, and his relationship with the Marquis was good. If Barbro was to inherit the throne, Bowlrob would also become the head of the Six Great Families. If the Marquis suddenly started to support his brother, it was most likely just a feint that was part of a greater scheme against Marquis Raeven. However, other than that, Barbro could not think of any other reason why the Marquis had made such a proposal.

In that case… was I sent to such a backwater village in order to make the other nobles think that Iwon’t be able to earn any achievements?

“Is there something I can do for you? Should we perhaps stop and rest?”

“—Be quiet.”

An uncontrollable hatred leaked from Barbro, causing the knight to show an alarmed expression.

Even though Barbro was aware of his unsightly display, he was still unable to hold back his anger.

A burst of murderous intent could be felt from behind Barbro’s teeth as he voiced his command.

“I hereby order you. Once we complete our task at Carne Village, we will immediately head for the battlefield. Make preparations for the journey now while we are still on our way to Carne Village.

As soon as we finish our task, we will set out immediately and return to E-Rantel by night fall. After a short break, we will head towards Kattse Plains and aim to get there before sunrise.”

The knight frowned upon hearing that.

“Please forgive my words, but Your Highness’s orders might be difficult to carry out. Please look: Our force consists of the three thousand five hundred men from the Marquis and an additional fifteen hundred men sent from the various nobles as reinforcements for your highness. Altogether we have a total of five thousand troops. To carry out this mission as fast as possible, we didn’t take much troops for logistics, but stowed all our supply on fifty carriages.”

“I’m aware of that already. What’s the problem?”

“Out of the five thousand troops we have, four thousand five hundred of them are infantry and our cavalry only consists of five hundred men. Even if we can finish the task at Carne Village within an hour’s time, it will still be very hard on the troops to have them reach E-Rantel by nighttime.”

“I already said I’m already aware of that. I will ask you once more, do you have a problem with it?

If not, follow through with what I ordered.”

“Your Highness… Some of the troops might not be able to keep up.”

“You seemed to have misunderstood something. Honestly speaking, for such a small village that lies on our border, there’s almost zero value for us to go there. What we really should be doing is heading to Kattse Plains to defeat the Empire. What do you think? You are the Marquis’

subordinate, are you not? In that case I ask you, do you think that the coming battle will be so easy as to afford to send five thousand troops elsewhere to play around? Do you really believe that is the case?”

The knight closed his mouth tight.

“Do not confuse your priorities. …You say stragglers will appear within our troops? In that case, just let them go. The reason why you guys were gathered in the first place was for the battle at Kattse Plains.”

…And to raise my reputation.

“…It is as you say. I understand.”

The knight bowed his head.

“You should have answered like that from the start. Plan for when we would reach E-Rantel and when we would head out. I will leave the details to you.”

“Yes! I will do so immediately and will definitely bring you results.”

By the time the knight had left, his existence had already faded from Barbro’s mind.

Does my father hate me? Or has old age caused his mind to become hazy? To give away the throneto the younger brother when it is clearly the eldest son’s right to inherit… This will only antagonizethe nobles.

Even though Barbro’s current situation was overwhelmingly to his disadvantage, he firmly believed he could turn the tide. Let them regret giving me the chance to take command of five thousand troops.