The journey I took on horseback felt very boring.
Passing through several cities and stopping for a while to rest the horses running all day had beco a routine for the past two days.
The distance between our journey to Earl Timoti's Main Mansion was only a matter of horsesteps and a few more minutes.
On the way to the last city, I tried to understand the small map that Sebastian had given . I tried to match the small map with the natural signs listed on it, such as valleys, mountains, forest plateaus, and other natural signs around Earl Timoti's main city.
During this relaxed horseback journey, I didn't care about the gazes of the people who were looking at in surprise because my face was covered with a military robe.
The impression of my appearance looked like a military officer from the center of the Aurora kingdom who was on duty for certain matters within Earl Timoti's territory.
Thanks to the horseback formation that looked wide and felt loose, I had beco the center of attention of the gazes of people who were curious about .
My presence might give the impression that trouble will occur in Earl Timoti's territory, but that is not the case because the trouble I will cause will be closely related to the residents in the territory of the opposition nobles.
"Lily-sama, it seems like we will arrive soon," whispered Mio who was riding her horse right beside .
Hearing Mio's soft whisper, I imdiately put the small map Sebastian gave into the pocket of my military robe and looked at the streets arranged with clay blocks with great care.
"You take good care of your territory, Earl Timoti," I said after the sight before my eyes was filled with the layout of the well-planned buildings and the maintenance of roads that can be used by the public at any ti leading to the inner part of the main city of Earl Timoti's territory.
"Thank you for your praise, Lily-sama. It is my pride that I have built a city with all the skills of the residents and strategic agreents that make this city a safe last defense from all directions."
With a reply filled with pride for his hard work, I stared at so of the city walls that had protection in the form of thick layers of walls that repelled the attacks of destructive magic.
Although the walls looked thick, they would not be able to repel the attacks given by the Marquess Roml family who had three magic geniuses. Just a touch of basic attack magic chanting from Mama was enough to bring down the additional walls.
"Yes, this is indeed strategic. Because I don't feel the presence of rats as thick as before," I replied while responding to a strange gaze that was directed at .
Among the strange gazes, I saw a gatekeeper at the entrance who was carrying out his duties well. However, I made it difficult for him with my position that entered another line of sight from his active identification magic chanting.
"Let's just say this is not a rat like before, should I trust this identification magic?" I continued my words by asking Earl Timoti a question.
"Lily-sama, unlike the cities in the border region. I can guarantee that the main city where Earl Timoti's family lives does not have rats that were deliberately raised by . Lily-sama can be calm and relaxed in a quiet city like this," said Earl Timoti as he gave a guarantee.
I could feel that the guarantee was equal to his high self-confidence at this mont.
"Haaahhh..." I let out a heavy and long breath.
My body began to receive the identification magic chant that had previously failed to target .
"Sirius, can you give a surprise to the person who is using identification magic on ?" I whispered to Sirius through the Soul Ta communication channel.
"It would be shocking news if this gatekeeper found out my identity with Mio," I continued my whisper by adding so detailed details.
[ I understand, Supre Commander. ]
[ We will give him a warm greeting as soon as possible without attracting too much attention. ]
The answer given by Sirius made my eyes focus on her fast movents in infiltrating.
Behind the shadows of the dark city walls, I could see a shadow of Sirius' sli ball body that was forming a woman's body covering the gatekeeper mouth so that he wouldn't scream after knowing my identity.
Along with the other stealth slis that suddenly ca, it made the city entrance gate quiet. The identification magic that should have made the gatekeepers excited was imdiately silenced by the herd of stealth slis that had been tasked with setting the atmosphere to be quieter.
"Lily-sama, I apologize for making the herd of stealth slis work hard like this," said Earl Timoti who saw the herd of stealth slis muzzling the mouths of the entrance gatekeepers who looked excited with their body vibrations that recognized from the identification magic chant.
"No need to apologize, Earl Timoti. They are only working to carry out their duties to keep the situation calr and not too noisy with my presence which is famous through the newspaper," I replied with a nod to Sirius who did her job well.
The horse I was riding walked into the wide-open main city gate.
Unlike the border city which was divided between the entrance routes for civilians, rchants, and the military. The entrance to this main city uses the sa route to ensure security that occurs centrally.
Several military routes had been specially prepared so as not to interfere with the duties of other gatekeeper s who were taking care of the civilian and rchant entrance lines.
Together with the gatekeeper s who were being silenced by the stealth sli herd, Earl Timoti's soldiers' horses walked into the entrance gate designated for military purposes.
We entered the main entrance gate quietly without causing a commotion.
"Keep up the good work, Sirius," I said after passing Sirius' body who was silencing soone with her hand.
"Yes, Supre Commander," Sirius replied with a soft tone and a calm expression on her face as if giving respect as her Supre Commander.
After this one task is finished, I will prepare to take so ti to rest by listening to Sirius's apology.
I don't want to make her hard work end with hatred that continues to grow in my heart.
I am sure that with this one mistake of her, Sirius will develop much more like Aiko who began to have an interest in learning sothing that interests her curiosity.
Takkk... Takkk...
Earl Timoti's soldiers' horses have entered the main city of Earl Timoti's territory.
Unlike Marquess Roml's territory who isolated himself in the Main Mansion which directly borders a dense forest that is still mysterious. The layout of the main city which is the center of Earl Timoti's governnt looks like a city that is directly managed by Earl Timoti.
Several large and tall buildings are well arranged.
It gives the impression of a large main city and makes good use of narrow land for public facilities that can be used at any ti.
Earl Timoti's main city feels closer to Earl Timoti's family because Earl Timoti's Main Mansion is in the middle of the city. Its circular layout gives the impression that Earl Timoti's family is watching all its civilians from various directions.
"A well-maintained city," I muttered after seeing so of the activities of civilians who were curious about the presence of Earl Timoti's soldiers who were moving towards the Main Mansion.
In the condition of the road filled with Earl Timoti's horse troops, several horse-drawn carriages had pulled over to make way for Earl Timoti. That attitude full of manners and etiquette made a little envious of the civilians who believed in their leader. It made wonder about myself in the future.
Will I be able to gain the trust of the civilians as Earl Timoti did like this?
I feel like I need to work hard when the ti cos for to beco the Matriarch of the Marquess Roml family.
That thought and worry made think a little about the complicated things related to the great responsibilities that await in the future.
It made my body feel goosebumps when I was next to this great Earl Timoti.
In terms of life experience, noble politics, city managent, and military tactics. It can be concluded that I am far inferior to Earl Timoti who is well-trained like this.
The well-arranged main city street of Earl Timoti suddenly got a gust of wind and made a newspaper fly towards . When I caught a piece of newspaper in my hand, I could see a news headline related to .
The sa newspaper news from the previous woman.
It showed a picture of my face that looked cold and gave off an aura that could command anyone with just my sharp red eyes like this.
"Haha... this is quite interesting."
"Want to store the photo on a sheet of newspaper like this, Mio?"
I gave the newspaper in my hand to Mio.
"Lily-sama, the newspaper is too worn out. It affects the quality of the resulting image," comnted Mio who seed not too satisfied with the quality of the newspaper.
"It can't be helped, they have to reduce production costs to sell to people. That's why my photos are a little blurry and have low quality," I replied while trying to understand the financial conditions experienced by the newspaper printers.
"Moreover, they want to provide hot news every day. Of course, it would be a big loss if the quality of the printed photos was higher than the profit from buying the newspaper," I continued while looking at Mio who was folding the newspaper into a ball to throw it away.
My short conversation with Mio had brought closer to the Earl Timoti Main Mansion that had appeared before my eyes.
The large building shaped like a castle with thick walls made wonder, was it a Mansion or the last castle as the last defense?
"A unique mansion," I muttered after learning about the taste of a noble family's residence that was involved in the military.
With the instructions given by Earl Timoti, he guided us to enter a gate to the castle that was filled with rows of soldiers who had welcod Earl Timoti's arrival.
Several flags of the Earl Timoti family had stood with their heads raised and fluttered in the wind.
The sound of the trumpets welcoming the arrival of the head of the family and the military leader had sounded lodious.
My eyes were filled with a magnificent military ceremony.
It made Mio and I feel like we were entering soone's different family tradition.
"Mio, it seems like I'm going to experience culture shock again in this place," I whispered to Mio.
"Yes, my duty as Lily-sama's Maid will also be replaced by a Maid in this place," Mio replied with a whisper that made her feel sad and had to act as my aide this ti.
We both exhaled heavily at the sa ti.
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