Two weeks later, we had gathered everything and were preparing to set off.
The fourth prince's ssage had co a week ago and it had told us where to go to gather with the army that he was leaving us.
After a week of preparations, we were now heading out.
The ones that ca with were Cecilia and Veronica.
Cecilia was a natural choice since she was the commander of our forces. Veronica was a surprise, but she ca with the group of guards that the duke had given her.
There were two others that had wanted to co, but circumstances kept them from coming.
Moon ca from the elves and Elsa ca from the dwarves. The mont that they appeared on the frontlines, a bigger problem would happen.
When that ti ca, it would be much more disastrous than just a few kingdoms declaring war on our kingdom.
If the kingdoms thought that the dwarves and the elves were backing us, there was no doubt that they would bring in other kingdoms against us. The threat of the elves and dwarves working together with humans was just too great that they wouldn't be able to ignore it.
Other than that, there was also Shaka and his n who ca with us as a scouting team.
Shaka had been quiet this ti, so I had forgotten about him, but it turned out that he had been on a secret mission to scout out the other kingdoms which was why he hadn't been in my territory the entire ti.
Shadow Garden was an organization that was responsible for controlling intelligence in the kingdom. Now that a war was on our doorstep, it was naturally their responsibility to dig up all the necessary information.
So Shaka had been infiltrating one of the kingdoms until he was called back by the fourth prince to follow .
I wanted to apologize to him for this, but he said, "It's been a long ti since I've been on the battlefield, but these old bones do ache for it sotis. Digging up information is fine, but it just isn't the sa as being on the battlefield."
Though I had interrupted his mission, he didn't seem angry.
In fact, it almost seed like he was excited to be on the battlefield again.
This was sothing that I couldn't understand since I wasn't a warrior like him.
It also wasn't sothing that Cecilia could understand either.
Though Cecilia was a knight, she had never been to war like Shaka had.
It had been a long ti since our kingdom had been at war, so most of her service had been spent guarding territory instead of being on the frontlines. The few tis that she had been on the frontlines was when she fought in a few skirmishes.
Rose's father, the count had territory that was near the border, so he often had to send his knights to intercept smaller attacks.
That was Cecilia's only experience with fighting the other kingdoms.
So going to war for the first ti, she was actually quite nervous.
Shaka had tried to calm her down, but it didn't work since she just didn't know what to expect.
The unknown was the most terrifying and there was nothing more terrifying than war where death lay waiting at every corner.
I would have to think of sothing to calm her down later when we went into battle or else it would be bad for my troops if they went into battle with a nervous commander.
A single mont of hesitation could be what decided life and death after all.
When we left the town, Rose had prepared a large parade to send us off.
I knew that this parade wasn't just for , but rather for all the n and won who would be following to war.
They needed to be reminded of what they were fighting for, so they would be able to be at their peak.
People were at their strongest when there was sothing to protect after all.
So showing them the people that they needed to protect before setting off was the best way of reminding them of this. After seeing their friends and family, they would be filled with morale to protect what they wanted to protect.
I knew that, so I didn't hesitate to go all out supporting Rose's plan.
I let the n and won of the army go interact with the people that had co to see them off.
I knew that doing this would allow them to understand even better about what they were to protect.
Though a part of was just happy to see them like this.
I also made sure to say farewell to Rose and the others that were being left behind in the town.
As we left, Rose gave an extra long hug that inspired to do even more than I was already preparing to do.
I would do all that I could to keep what I currently have.
After the parade was over, everyone had serious looks on their faces as we headed off from the town.
Seeing this, I turned to Cecilia to say, "They're ready. Are you?"
Cecilia looked back at with a firm look and just simply gave a nod.
With that, we headed off to the rendezvous point.
This place wasn't that far from my town, so we were able to reach it in just a few days.
This was a place that was actually quite far from the border, but this was where the army of the fourth prince had been stationed. They were waiting for us to arrive before heading to the battlefield.
When we arrived, I was imdiately brought to the main tent where the forr general of this army was waiting.
This forr general had been turned into the vice general that would support in commanding this army since I had no formal training for this.
When I walked in the tent, I could feel the tension in the air.
It was so thick that one could cut it with a knife.
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