Chapter 302
–Aegir POV–
North Teries River . North Coast . Federation Army Camp .
The landing army sets up camp along the river after retreating to the northern coast .
Many have fallen asleep from the fatigue of fighting or the relief of being freed from isolation .
Although they are close to the riverside, there is no longer a need to worry about the risk of being shot at by enemy cannons .
One of the corps commanders approaches me and salutes .
「Lord Hardlett, a job well done!」
「Yeah, we managed somehow . 」
One of the ally soldiers extols my accomplishments .
「Salute to the hero who sank the Leviathan!」
「Oooh . 」
「As expected of our leader!」
「Cheers to our boss!」
「Shut up, give me that booze . 」
It’s the 105th division soldiers .
First, give me the woman by your side and some booze before you say anything . Next, don’t call me boss or I’ll punch you .
Mucus comes out of my nose after I yell at them .
「Achooo! Aah, I knew it was too cold to go swimming . 」
I lay by the fire next to the exhausted Celia and also warm myself up .
I was pulled out of the water before being carried downstream, but I may have floated around in the river too long and caught a cold .
「Uuuー」
Celia clutches her stomach and lets out a pained groan as she wakes up .
「Sleep a little longer . 」
She was soaked in water right after being kicked in the stomach hard enough for her to vomit . I’m sure she’s worn out .
I put my hand on Celia’s shoulder and push her back down before she could say anything .
「Guh……」
The female general also tries to wake up .
No, it doesn’t look like she has regained consciousness yet . Even so, she’s feeling around her waist .
She must be instinctively trying to reach for her sword . As I thought, I might get hurt if I treat her like a normal woman .
「This much can’t be helped . 」
Celia is also beside her . It would be dangerous to let her move freely so I use strong rope to bind her hands and feet .
I grab her breasts while I’m at it, causing her to let out a disgruntled groan .
「It was pretty tiring trying to float while carrying you . The least you can do is let me touch your boobs…… they’re nice and have a good elasticity to them . 」
And then I feel a sharp pain to my head .
「Ow! What was that!?」
When I turn around, I learn that it was Schwartz who bit my head in a huff .
He’s stomping the ground like he’s angry . I guess he didn’t like being used as a jumping platform .
「I’ll give you something later, so be good and just warm up your body . 」
Schwartz looks back at me countless times as if asking “you mean it?”, before leaving .
What a disloyal horse to beg his master for a reward .
His mood ends up improving right away after getting a girl or a mare to do it with anyways .
「Chief~」
Pipi jumps down from the stupid horse’s back .
「Pipi, are you hurt!? I was so worried!」
I hug Pipi tightly and brush off the useless dog resting on top of her head .
The dog spins once before landing on the ground, falling asleep on the spot .
「Pipi…… nearly died . I made it dangerous for the chief too . 」
Now that I look at her, the dispirited Pipi is soaked to the bone, her face is lightly burned and her hair is all frizzy .
Did she get caught up in that explosion? How terrible .
「I’ll put some medicine on you right away . Come over here . 」
I pick Pipi up and carry her to the first-aid station .
「Could you tell me what happened?」
「Aye…… actually――」
According to Pipi’s story, she was able to successfully sneak into the ship while Celia and I were drawing the enemy’s attention with our rampage .
That much is fine, but she even took the worthless dog along? If that thing barked or cried, it would be bad .
「He was told he would be turned into barbeque if he made a sound . 」
The worthless dog has the same spiritless eyes and is shaking his wet body while lying by the open fire .
He also looks pretty charred .
「It was easy to move around freely with the enemies running around in a panic . 」
Fumu, so it was worth carrying the cannons and shooting up a storm .
「Doing as you said, Pipi was going to light the ship on fire, but it didn’t go so well…… there wasn’t much cloth or paper and the floor and walls were coated in a strange substance which couldn’t be burned . 」
It’s normal for battleships, not limited to the Leviathan, to use turpentine in order to prevent fires from breaking out .
A small ember wouldn’t be enough to burn anything .
「While searching, Pipi came across a food supply storage . There were guards, but then a loud explosion up above……」
That was probably the time I fired the large cannon at the inside of the ship .
「So the enemies ran in a hurry…… Pipi was able to infiltrate . 」
Oh, well done .
「There were fully packed wooden barrels and burlap sacks inside . So it made sense to light the easily flammable sacks on fire . 」
Pipi pats Messerschmitt’s head .
「And then Messerschmitt bit my leg and let out a cry . 」
「What?」
Even though he received all that affection, this ungrateful dog bit her?
Let’s dismember him right away and turn him into a meat dish .
「Pipi also got angry and wanted to cover his mouth…… but he ran away while yelping . 」
It goes without saying that you’d want to grab him after getting bitten, though having him make noises would alert the enemy . She couldn’t leave him alone to run free .
「Pipi chased after him . He got stuck in a hole in the wall . 」
The Leviathan got pretty beat up during the fierce fighting after all .
I would think that the side wall would have more than a few holes .
「At that moment, there was a loud noise and then a wall of flames burst forth in front of my eyes, then Pipi and Messerschmitt was sent flying into the river . 」
That was the large explosion . Why would there be an explosion in the food storage though?
「Pipi, was that really a food storage?」
「Aye, it felt the same as the one in the mansion . It’s familiar because Pipi goes there to snack a lot . 」
“Except……”, Pipi trails off .
「The barrels and sacks were filled with black flour . Those people were eating pretty awful tasting food . 」
「I knew it . Did you see any iron balls rolling around?」
「Aye . Pipi thought they were weights to make pickles . 」
That place was definitely the ammunition depot . In the first place, food storage doesn’t require guards to be posted .
Pipi entered the ammunition depot and lit a bag brimming with gunpowder on fire .
If the worthless dog didn’t bring Pipi away, she would have been blown apart .
「This guy saved Pipi . Though Pipi still feels sorry for injuring the chief . 」
Pipi pats the worthless dog’s head . The dog lazily opens one eye and stretches his body .
「Sorry . My judgement put you in danger . You did help though . 」
I hug Pipi .
「That’s not it . Pipi is just dumb, that’s all . Being useful to the chief makes Pipi happy . 」
Pipi and I kiss while we are still in each other’s arms .
「Your hair is a little burnt . I’ll tidy it up . 」
I take a pair of scissors and gently brush Pipi’s hair .
「Pipi is glad . But Pipi wants you to help Messerschmitt first . Pipi is fine being after . 」
It feels weird for the dog to be given priority, well Pipi is safe due to this guy after all .
The least I could do is reward him by cleaning up his burnt fur .
I trim the burnt parts of the dog’s fur as he sleeps by the fire .
「Fumu…… this part is burnt too…… guh, I cut too much in the back…… guess I’ll do a little more in the front . 」
It’s not going well . I’m not good at doing these detailed tasks .
「This stuff is so annoying . Eei, how’s that?」
I’m getting more irritated by the second .
「This guy, what an annoying growing pattern! I’ll just cut from the root . You can’t complain about that!」
And so the worthless dog’s haircut was completed .
「……」
「He’s bald . Everything’s peeled off . 」
In front of me is an abnormal pile of fur, and then the dog whose fur is like a badly cut lawn .
I throw the fur into the fire before turning to Pipi .
「Now, Pipi is next . 」
「Pipi’s stomach hurts . Pipi is leaving for a bit . 」
Oh, there goes Pipi .
I look at the dog who is sleeping like a log .
「He was already ugly to begin with and now he looks terrible . This is more like Adolph than Tristan . 」
I feel slightly sorry for him and leave a grilled fish in front of his face . Let’s call it even with that .
By the way, Pipi who went to the toilet came back with nicely trimmed hair .
She bumped into Natia by chance and got the clean haircut .
I even said I would help her do it too .
As I was coming back from the first-aid station, I hear the noisy stepping of horseshoes .
I turn to the sound and see a few dozen heavy cavalry walking .
The guy in the middle looks familiar . It’s the supreme commander, Martin Stessel .
I’m considered his subordinate so I stand upright and greet him with a proper salute .
Realizing my presence, Stessel signals to his men to come over .
「I heard about it, Lord Hardlett . 」
「Hahaha . 」
What did he hear about? There are a whole bunch of bad things he could hear about .
「Don’t play dumb, what else can I be referring to other than sinking the Leviathan . I was watching the naval battle too . To be honest, my stomach started hurting midway through due to nervousness and I couldn’t bear it . Even though I look like this, I’m not the most composed person . 」
Stessel takes my hand and laughs .
It’s usually the case that the people who make a comment about their composure are the opposite of what they say they are .
「I could clearly see the Leviathan sink instantly from here too . If possible, I would have liked if you also heard the cheers from the headquarters . 」
Stessel’s pleasant smile seems handsome to me even to me as a man .
If I was born as good-looking as he was, I could sleep with even more girls .
The ideal would be if I can get girls to come running to me with wet crotches just by walking around town .
「I hear some soldiers spreading rumors about you riding a horse on water . It goes to show how prominent your accomplishments are . 」
「Ha, ha, ha . 」
It’s better if I don’t talk about it .
Even though quite a number of people may have saw, it’s only a few hundred people at most . I hope they don’t find out .
「Ivanna came to me just now . She was ashamed that she was made into the enemy’s prisoner on that ship . For me, having competent people return is a good thing…… also, she said that she will come to you to express her thanks later . She’s a soldier and also a female, so I’d like if you don’t scold her too harshly . 」
「Of course . 」
I’m not going to denounce her for being captured by the enemy .
In fact, I’m probably going to pound her lower half if the mood is right…… my crotch is swelling from the anticipation .
Stessel will think I’m a pervert if I get hard all of a sudden in front of him .
「The enemy fleet collapsed when the Leviathan sank . I also hear the fleet commander went missing after that explosion . The enemy should no longer be able to recover from that . Our ally fleet intends to pursue and drive them back all the way to the sea . The North Teries has finally been reclaimed by us . 」
I’m happy for him . If the war is over quicker, I’ll be able to return to my mansion quicker too .
「The enemy still has a large military force on land, however they shouldn’t be a problem now that the river belongs to us . We have the ability and confidence to rout them . 」
Stessel pats my shoulder and looks off to the south coast where the enemy is likely to be .
「Your contributions are huge . I’m not in position to talk to you about rewards, but I can at least appeal to the higher-ups . 」
Leopolt would probably want cannons and gunpowder .
Adolph might be happy with receiving funds .
Nonna…… anything expensive would do, I guess .
Let’s see, what should I choose .
「Give me pretty lad-…… ha!」
Crap, my true wishes almost came out .
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