Chapter 282 – 282. Prince Canin’s Faithful Do Not Bow Their Heads (3)

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“Rather than that, ma’am, there’s something I’d like to ask you.”

Swoop, Swoop.
Tok, tok.

Wiping the tears from his eyes with a handkerchief, Clarence hides his agitation.

Organize your emotions.

“Yes, sir. Please go to Xiamen.”

“If the sale of Limoncello truly repents and wants to be loyal to Your Highness, what should I do?”

Clarence is silent for a moment.

Soon she nodded her head.

She somehow seemed to know the meaning of Viscount Uweboll’s question.

“I think it would be right to leave the judgment about it to Your Excellency. I believe that Your Excellency will make the right decision only for the sake of the master’s comfort, not leaning toward personal arrangements. So I will keep an eye on Falini and the other maids, I will report it to His Excellency.”

Viscount Uwevol smiles.

It seems to have been the correct answer.

“However, I want my aides to watch over Falini with me.”

“Hmm…”

Viscount Uweboll ponders.

He immediately nods.

“Well, I’ve heard reports that the need to keep an eye on your Highness’ surroundings has been greatly reduced thanks to your wife. I’ve heard that your wife seems to be overburdened with work because she’s always by your Highness’ side, but is that true?”

“The job of serving the lord isn’t too much for me. However, if I focus on that, I don’t think I’ll be able to find time to keep an eye on Palini or the other ladies-in-waiting.”

“Okay. Then, for Your Highness’s safety, we’ll carry out minimal monitoring, and change the route to monitoring the ladies-in-waiting.”

“Thank you.”

Clarence gently bends at the waist towards Viscount Uwe Boll.

The gap between her collars is revealed.

Viscount Uweboll’s pupils widened.

He didn’t miss the kiss mark on her neck.

“Boo, madam…?”

“Yes?”

“Mo, that thing around the neck…?”

“Ah, ah ah…?!”

She hastily covers the nape of her neck with her hand.

But she couldn’t hide the heat in her own face.

Even the nape of her neck turned red.

However, traces of blood bruises in the shape of lips, redder than the color of his heated skin, were clearly engraved on Viscount Uweboll’s retina.

“Your wife shouldn’t have had the time to meet other men… But, by the way, Her Highness gave her a favor,”

“Oh, uhh! No!”

Her voice displayed severe out-of-note notes.

It was the first time she had been so deeply flustered since meeting Viscount Uwevol.

“Then, maybe, that…”

“I-I don’t know what His Excellency is imagining, but this is true that the lord made this, but that’s not the case with victory, that’s…”

As Clarence panicked, Viscount Uwevol smirked.

The way his philtrum was elongated up and down did not look so mean in Clarence’s eyes.

“Now, now. Can you calm down and explain calmly? How is Your Highness’s condition, and why did You leave it on your wife’s neck? Not a single thing is missing.”

“…”

Clarence hesitates.

No matter how much it was a matter to be reported, seeing that smirk and nasty expression made me want to report it.

Ha.

Let out a light sigh.

I decided to believe that it was just a light joke to comfort myself who was in a bad mood.

I wanted to believe that Viscount Uweboll was not so unscrupulous.

“In fact, when Your Majesty goes to sleep, when the need for sleep rises and your mind becomes hazy, your behavior patterns from when you were detained by the band of traitors are revived.”

“Ah…”

Viscount Uwevol’s face hardened.

It was because more cruel stories came out of her mouth than she thought.

“I’m so sorry, ma’am. I think I misunderstood your highness, excited by the anticipation that Your Highness’s favor was no longer going to a distant place.”

“No. It’s a situation that I’ve been enduring enough of, ah, no, no, so…”

Because his hearing far surpassed that of the criminal, Viscount Uweboll did not miss a moment of slip in Clarence’s mouth.

But he tried desperately not to show anything.

He realized that if he let her go, he knew there was no need to pressure her or scatter her ashes, because he had a feeling that things would eventually go the way he wanted.

“Anyway, my lord doesn’t grant me favors or act violently, but he often caresses me or caresses me in a frenzy. I accept such behavior, and I only comfort Your Highness. Nothing happens. “I, I constantly confess to my lord that I am safe now. Then when I collapse from exhaustion, I barely get enough sleep. But…”

“Has Your Highness had any other problems?”

“Yes, it is…”

Clarence’s complexion darkened.

Even the thought of those memories seemed painful to her.

“My lord is usually fine, but no, he doesn’t seem to show it, but when he’s submerged or when he’s in a state of delirium, he’s very self-deprecating and self-deprecating…”

“Oh… Even if your wife comforts you, doesn’t it make a big difference?”

“In the first place, those traitors degraded their master as a parasite that sucked the blood of their subjects, and brainwashed them into accepting it that way.”

Viscount Uwevol’s brow furrowed severely.

The fact that the vulgar ideas of lowly things were troubling Canin furiously angered him.

“For that reason, even my assistance to Her Highness is regarded as an exploitation of the privileged class who enjoy sucking the blood of ignorant subjects…”

“Damn it… Oh, I didn’t mean it to your wife.”

“Yes, I know. But I feel the same way. You can swear at those who have already died, and it’s clear who is behind it, but you can’t go and protest or swear…”

Viscount Uwe Boll nodded his head and bit his lip, as if strongly sympathizing with her words.

“The good news is that it’s getting weaker and weaker.”

“Is that true, ma’am?”

“That’s right. Listening to your lord’s words and sympathizing with the lord’s feelings of anxiety had a considerable effect. At the same time, the things that the lord enjoys by collecting taxes from the subjects should be returned to the subjects through correct governance. By speaking the word, your lord has been able to alleviate a great deal of your anxiety.”

“That’s right. The only thing left is to hope that time will heal the wounds that remain inside Your Highness.”

“Yes. You will soon,”

It was then.

Rurrrr
Rattle.
Ta-ta-ta-ta-tat!

“It’s a big deal, Your Excellency!”

Kininbie ran into the conference room.

Unlike usual, her face was hard to find even a hint of composure.

“What is it, Kininbie?”

“Your Excellency! Currently, the unknowns, equipped with good quality weapons, are dispersing into small groups and heading towards the islands!”

Viscount Uweboll’s expression hardened.

He too understood the circumstances of the dire incident, but she did not judge it as a fuss like Kininvie.

However, she has a good sense of humor and has an outstanding talent for analyzing data and collecting evidence.

If she sensed something in her, it was only natural that Viscount Uwe Boll could not ignore or ignore it.

This is because she was the one who benefited greatly from her practical skills.

“Just calm down. The Islands Defense Force is also protecting the island, as well as the Distillery family and tens of thousands of Imperial Islanders, so no matter what happens, the situation won’t be as serious as last time.”

“Oh, excuse me.”

She quickly hides her bewilderment.

It was because it was only then that she realized that the crown prince’s nanny was by her side.

No matter how serious the situation was, it was necessary to prevent that anxiety from spreading to the prince’s aides.

As she already knew the prince’s mental condition was not good, she also had the need to do her best to be considerate of the prince and the people around him.

“I have recently received reports of an increasing number of armed groups targeting the islands, but was it really that serious?”

“Yes. They were claiming to be mercenaries, escorts of the upper tier, logistics carriers, etc., But it bothered me that the dates of arriving at the system were too densely clustered. On the surface, they are unrelated groups, but something is suspicious, so they are trying to find out what’s behind them. After tracking it down, no direct link was found, but we did find a direct or indirect link to institutions we presume to be related to the Whiskey family.”

Viscount Uwevol’s brow furrowed.

Clarence, who was listening, also turned pale.

The anxiety of the time when the system was under siege begins to revive.

It’s only because Canin is inside her Lion’s Cradle that she doesn’t go into a fit of panic.

“While we have not found any circumstance in which they have communicated with each other, it has been clearly observed that they are heading for the same destination, the Islands, on similar dates, even pointing to the same person behind them.”

“That should be enough to be sure.”

“That’s right. It’s unconditionally constant to be prepared and collapsed just because it’s raining, rather than being lost.”

“You’re right. But…”

Slurr, tok.

Viscount Uweboll opens a map depicting the vicinity of the islands.

The roads to and from the islands are divided into four main routes: East, West, South and North.

He looks down at it and strokes his chin.

“Have you figured out how many groups are coming from each direction, and how many unidentified militants are there?”

“It’s not exact, but it’s an approximation.”

Viscount Uweboll’s expression is relaxed.

She was also a person who could be trusted and entrusted with work.

“Can you tell me? It doesn’t matter if it’s not accurate, so tell me what you find out.”

“Okay. First of all, there are about 70 groups of about 300 people in the north moving south. It’s about a little over 20,000 people. They are the least armed.”

“It’s probably like that. It’s not too far from where the war is going on, so I’m sure the Imperial Army’s vigilance was bothered.”

“I’m assuming so, but I’ve heard reports of 30,000 separate armed groups following them.”

Viscount Uwevol raises his eyes.

He urgently raises his head and looks at Kininbie.

“Did you say 30,000 now?”

“Yes. However, since the sightings were heard, contact with the informants around the area has been completely cut off. The current time is not so good to dispatch a person to ascertain the truth, so the exact facts have not been confirmed.”

“Keuk… Do you think there’s a possibility that they are going south while devastating the neighborhood?”

Kininbie nodded with a heavy face.

As long as her relationship with her informants, whom she directs, is not short, she must also be worried about her informants.

“We haven’t been contacted since then, and there is a growing trend in the cities we’ve lost contact with. If you draw a line connecting the places you’ve lost contact with your informants, there’s a slight detour, but from around the northern outback. A steady downward trend towards the islands is found, and when such large armies are supposed to exist, their speed of movement, too, at a rate of movement of about 30,000 men, is largely consistent with the truth.”

“Damn it… Did the real torso leave the battlefield? If so, they may not have had a proper clash with the Imperial Army since the beginning of the war…”

“If we assume that the Duke of Whiskey is behind them, it’s natural, right? They should know the route of the expeditionary force, including the imperial army and private soldiers, inside and out, so it wouldn’t have been difficult for the traitors trained by the duke to avoid the expeditionary force.”

Viscount Uweboll nodded.

He hadn’t even thought of that.

He was convinced once again that Regal was insane, and more than enough.

“It’s a headache. Anyway, can we assume that more than 50,000 armed forces will come from the north?”

“That’s right.”

Clarence’s face was black and dead.

She wanted to run to Canin right away.

However, rather than running right away, I know that it is a wise way to listen to follow-up measures and make sure of one’s role and course of action.

That’s why I suppress my emotions and listen to their stories quietly.

“East?”

“About 80 groups of about 200 people are advancing in the east. The number is small, but as they are mostly disguised as mercenaries, the quality of troops seems to be the highest.”

“About 16,000 people… With elite soldiers?”

“Yes. Among them, we have confirmed that there are about 8,000 horses. Even taking into account the horses to be changed when moving, it is highly likely that a cavalry of at least 4,000 and a maximum of 5,000 are advancing from the east.”

Viscount Uwevol nodded heavily.

Squeak, squeak.
Square, square.

He was marking on the map what he had heard from Kininbie.

“A defensive battle at the walls of the island will be the last resort for the island defense forces.”

“I agree.”

“Then, it’s probably for the purpose of a giant battle on the plains near the islands… It’s highly likely that they’ll be the main force.”

“Yes. One thing to add, the merchants in the procession reported that they were going to deliver jousting spears to the island. Presumably, those escorting the ascending procession turned into looters at some point and seized the jousting spears they were transporting all at once. Reports of the departure will be raised to the Imperial Army in charge of maintaining the peace. While avoiding responsibility, it is clear that they will actually kiss to transport weapons and troops.”

“Are you saying that those who receive such reports should at least make a separate list?”

“Yes. Putting it on the blacklist and thoroughly managing it will be the key to effectively preventing similar problems in the future.”

“I’ll definitely keep that in mind.”

Kininbie smiles.

It is always fun to report to a superior who can communicate.

She and McKellen felt more comfortable reporting to Viscount Uweboll than to the Marquis of Caymus.

Sooner or later, they might formally ask Viscount Uwevol to be hired.

“The West is mostly headed for the Islands by merchants laden with grain. It has been reported that they are carrying barley harvested in early summer and old wheat harvested last year.”

“They will also be plundered in the middle, right?”

“I think so. They probably assumed the role of a supply unit.”

“I see. What is the scale?”

“They were counted in 50 bands of 500 men.”

“About 25,000 people. What was the reported amount of food?”

“It’s estimated to be enough to feed 100,000 people in one month.”

Tup.
Shut up

Anxiety becomes visible.

Whether it is a social disaster, a political disaster, or a natural disaster, all catastrophic phenomena are bound to appear from a precursory phenomenon.

In retrospect, there were distinct signs, and always after the arrival of such a catastrophe, anyone could clearly point to a portentous phenomenon.

However, it is the exclusive property of competent people like Kininbie to find out in advance.

After hearing her explanation, Viscount Uwebol was convinced that putting aside his optimistic outlook would benefit the members of the imperial family and members of the imperial family.

“How about the South?”

“About 200 groups of about 150 people are moving north. What is rather unusual, apart from those militants, are about a thousand mine workers, each in small groups, moving north.”

“Hmm?”

Viscount Uweboll’s brow twitched.

The 30,000 armed forces are understandable, but the fact that the mine workers are following is terribly unexpected.

“Let me explain in more detail.”

“The reason for the distinction between the militants and the miners is their route of movement. The militants are steadily moving north, and now clearly heading towards the islands. They are scattered all over the continent, with only a few still moving north and following the militants, while others have completely disengaged from their ranks.”

“Hmm… Do you think there is a possibility of detouring and joining forces advancing elsewhere?”

“I don’t think that’s very likely. An analysis of intelligence on the minefields will allow us to draw accurate conclusions, but at present it is believed that the miners are causing a collective boycott of the mining companies.”

Viscount Uwevol nodded.

Unless it was an armed force anyway, it didn’t seem to mean much.

However, due to Kininbie’s meticulous personality, he would have reported even the smallest details.

“In case you don’t know, keep a keen eye on their movements.”

“All right.”

That should be enough.

If, by any chance, she discovers a singularity, she will definitely report it.

“So, can we assume that an armed group of approximately 120,000 or more is advancing into the system?”

“Yes. It is judged that the goal will be the same as last time, the blockade and siege and armed demonstration.”

“I see… When do you think it will arrive?”

“It looks like we’ll complete the encirclement around the islands in about three weeks.”

“Heh heh heh.”

Viscount Uwevol lets out a sinister laugh.

There was no lustful feeling, just that of a conspirator.

“Good. Very good. We have enough time to prepare, and we have enough manpower to respond.”

Ha.

Seeing his sinister smile, Kininbier was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately for her, she appeared to have posted a proper report herself in time.

“Oh, and you’ve had a hard time gathering information. First, let’s devise specific measures. After that, I’ll give you a little time to rest with your boyfriend.”

“Yes yes…”

Kininbieh grabs her neck and makes her blush.

But it didn’t seem like he hated it.