With elegant movents, Mio poured warm tea into my cup and served a small snack.
The important eting led by my mother imdiately began after all the military officers who were participating in the military expedition sat in their chairs.
On a large round table filled with samples of new magical plants, an important eting began to discuss the continuation of this military expedition.
My mother began the eting by distributing sheets of paper containing her evaluation report on the current situation and the remaining food supplies.
My mother’s evaluation report stated that the military expedition could continue, if the food supply reached a safe or stable quantity, and all of Marquess Roml’s knights were in good condition after get surprise attack from a flock of dragons.
I also read my mother’s evaluation report carefully and seeing every detail of the evaluation report.
As soone who will beco Matriarch and hold the command baton which capable of commanding all of Marquess Roml’s knights, I must be able to see the future that will be brought about by my decisions, even if it is only one step.
"Based on the evaluation I’ve made. The military expedition you’re currently on has so minor problems, Lily."
My mother didn’t seem to mind that I had gone through—a lot of trouble on the first day of this military expedition.
"In addition to discovering a new type of magical plant that had beco extinct in previous years, you also ford an alliance contract with the Forest Elf race and helped them to resolve their great crisis they were facing."
"As a mother, I am so proud of what you have done."
"Fighting the Tree of Life, which is suspected to be cursed... Uhh, it’s a bit excessive if I think about it. I’m relieved that my daughters weren’t hurt when fighting such a troubleso Tree of Life. If only I had the free ti to see the remains of the Tree of Life in person, I would definitely force you to take to the Forest Elf race’s abode."
My mother said what she thought in this important eting and looked at Lisa, trying to keep her curiosity from coming out overflow with excitent.
"Let’s talk about the Tree of Life and the Forest Elf race another ti. After they sign the alliance treaty with Marquess Roml’s family, that should be more than enough to make breathe a sigh of relief," my mother said as she opened a new sheet of paper from another of her evaluation reports.
"Next, regarding the invasion by those foolish nobles from the opposition faction. Do you feel they should be dealt with imdiately before the war between the nobles begins, Lily?" my mother asked, bringing up a difficult topic.
I, who was reading my mother’s evaluation report, stopped and looked for a reasonable answer as a military expedition leader.
"I don’t think it needs to be dealt any further. Judging by the situation, I’m sure the chaos caused by the Undead Dragon is more than enough to destroy the morale of the knights in the opposition noble faction. Besides Marquess Arisawa Von Bloomgard’s territory, I’m sure the central town areas of the other opposition nobles have been destroyed as well," I replied while showing the evaluation report written by my mother.
In addition to the evaluation report regarding the progress of my military expedition, my mother also wrote a report about her large-scale magic counterattack. By dividing the Undead Dragons into several counterattacks at the sa ti, they had already caused considerable damage to every central town in the opposing noble faction territories.
My guess at this ti is...
The opposition noble faction was busy repairing the town center, which closer to their Main Mansion. With the town center crippled by the Undead Dragon’s attack, their knights’ morale had weakened further, and the small problem on their civilians activities after this counterattack had built up. Slowly rising to be a big problem and create more chaos.
I’m not very good at underhanded tactics like this, but I’m sure the opposition noble faction is busy repairing the destroyed town center, and a social problem in their civilians activities.
"Fufu~ I’ve worked hard to make it difficult for them to recover, Lily."
"Huh?" I tilted my head after hearing my mother’s reply and accidentally read her report about her having damaged the food supply warehouse in the town center.
"Destroying the food supply warehouse, huh?" I muttered as I read one of the sheets of paper containing those important information.
I know my mom is horrible when doing sothing bad like this...
But I didn’t know my mom was actually this horrible...
"Um, Mama... if I may ask, since when did you know there was a warehouse that stores food like this in the town center?" I asked in flat tone.
"Fufu~ that’s classified information that can’t be revealed, Lily. Just think of it as information that was obtained... in my old work."
"I-Is that so?"
"Yes, that’s true, Lily. Your mother’s past work involved important tasks and knowing the key points of buildings owned by other noble factions. Just in case this opposing noble faction was playing sothing behind the scenes to sneak attack royal families," my mother replied with a creepy smile on her face.
I didn’t really understand this, but got a good lesson to use in the future.
Destroyed the warehouse that stored food supplies to stunt their productivity’s, huh?
It would indirectly reduce the amount of food supply for the knights and civilians.
Oh, is this what my mother was after?
Reducing the amount of food in circulation will trigger hunger and new problems.
A domino effect could occur if a region does not have a large food reserve supply.
Is that why my father created a secret food supply warehouse spread throughout his territory?
I’ve been thinking about this for a long ti. My father was truly a genius when it ca to military tactics and my mother little bit horrible when doing shadowy tactics like this.
Can I be like my father in the future with my limited experience like this?
Ugh, I will try to learn harder and gain more experience in this military expedition.
"So Lily, what are you going to do next?" My mother asked, making feel nervous after thinking about my father and mother’s greatness.
Compared to the two of them who are talented at making long-term plans and predicting the future with certainty, I am still learning from their experiences and feels the great struggle about it.
What will I do next?
Isn’t that a test given to ?
I imdiately opened my magic storage box and took out the compass given by the Goddess of Nature. A compass whose compass needle points towards the residence of the Dark Elf race.
"There’s still so free ti to continue this military expedition, right?"
"Then, I will submit a proposal for the activities that we will carry out next." By saying this simple sentence, I had attracted the attention of everyone in this central command tent.
"Using the compass given by the Goddess of Nature, this military expedition will search for the Dark Elves residence, who are still hiding in the dense forest, and I will try to form an alliance contract with them," I said confidently while showing the compass given by the Goddess of Nature.
The compass that I showed off to my mother also attracted the attention of many people. It was not an ordinary compass that pointed to one direction of the wind, but a magic compass that was pointing towards the settlent of the Dark Elf race that was hiding in the deepest part of the forest.
The Dark Elf race’s whereabouts remain unknown to this day, but they likely hide in the sa place as the Forest Elves—hiding in a vast, expansive underground cavern that can protect the Tree of Life underground.
I feel like the Dark Elf race is experiencing the sa thing as the Forest Elves. A problem, that ca from a heretical sect, who has done sothing to their ho territory, leading them to hide in deep forest, isolated from other civilizations.
If possible, I don’t want to do anything troubleso like fighting the Tree of Life or anything related to heretical sects again.
I have enough to deal with all the troubleso issues regarding heretical sects. At least, give myself so free ti to not think about the issues regarding heretical sects.
[ I think that’s impossible, Lily-chan. ]
When I was hoping for that, I actually got a firm answer from my Goddess.
An answer that rejected my hopes of being able to relax and breathe lightly for a mont to rest.
Those impossible words of reply, sohow they made feel weak when I heard them.
[ Don’t be discouraged about this heretical sect problem... ]
[ The other Goddesses will help Lily-chan, like usual. ]
[ Also, Don’t think this as a big problem, this is just a small problem that can be solved with... violence. ]
[ So, you can be rest easy while doing it, Lily-chan. ]
I know that my Goddess is trying to cheer up when I’m feeling weak like this, but her wrong approach to cheer up is actually making feel even weaker.
Ignoring the words of my Goddess, I placed the magic compass pointing sowhere on the table.
Taakk...
By placing the magic compass on the table, it beca a new topic of conversation regarding the purpose of this military expedition.
"The purpose of this military expedition has changed to searching the presence of the Dark Elf race within this dense forest."
"Can this plan be implented, Mama?"
"Ah, no, I an Marchioness Amagi?" I asked, by correcting my formal tone of voice to my mother, who was leading this important eting.
My mother tried to hold back her smile after seeing nervous and awkward while talking to her.
"Don’t be so shy and stiff, Lily. You’re free to do whatever you want with this military expedition you’re leading. Searching for the existence of the Dark Elf race is also a good goal to do, and it would be an interesting topic of conversation if Dark Elf race really exists," my mother replied while sipping a cup of warm tea that was served to her.
"Is it really okay to do that on a military expedition like this?" I replied, sounding like I was not sure with my mother answer.
"Didn’t you already have a clue about the existence of the Dark Elf race, Lily? Then, it wasn’t a random military expedition to do..."
"..." Hearing such an answer, I glanced at the magic compass given by the Goddess of Nature.
Without knowing the distance...
Without knowing the exact location of the residence of the Dark Elf race...
I have to find their location using the clues given by the Goddess of Nature...
This made think hard about my decision...
Is this a useful decision?
Or Is this the decision I need to do right now?
Piinngg!!
As I pondered such a strange decision, I rembered my promise to the Goddess of Nature, who wanted to ensure that the Dark Elf race would still exist and not beco extinct.
That is my duty to find and help them as a Saintess who has been appointed by the Goddess of Nature.
"Yes, let’s find the location of the Dark Elf race on this military expedition, Mama!" I said in a soft tone and made up my mind to find the location of the Dark Elf race’s residence.
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