Chapter 70 – Her Knights

Episode 70: Her Knights

“Wait a minute, what the hell are you talking about?!”

“The sun saint also surrendered?
No, then you can’t fight at all… ?
Captain Russell!”

“Hey!
Where is the captain?”

“He passed out with crab foam!”

“Ha, fuck!
Vice-captain… Not even
Chief of Staff!”

It’s noisy beyond the wooden fence.

“Hmm…
It seems that the Light Blingers are very confused.
Let us help you decide.”

“Yes? Oh!”

“Ah! Lord, Lord!”

I took Marianne and Angela’s hands and walked aimlessly toward the garrison gate.
It’s reckless, but let’s engage in psychological warfare.
I have the vice-captain and the saintess in my hands anyway, so will they shoot at me?
Even if you shoot, you can block it anyway.
Let’s hit it hard.

Smart smart

“Come here~~!!”

As I knock on the north door and shout, it instantly becomes quiet.
Well, it’s like a swarm of rats caught by people.

Thump thump!!

“Come here~~!!
Is there anyone else?!
Light Blinger’s sub-captain and the saintess have arrived!!!
Ahem!”

Oh, has there ever been a time in your life when you wanted to be condescending?
I am the strongest now.
Because I have all the best cards.

A member of the Valentine family, which is the very essence of Light Blinger, who started as a private in the Valentine family.
At the same time, Angela Valentine, the current vice-captain ‘Knight of the Moon’, a blood relative of the former knight commander.

Blocks Genocider Khan’s attack and serves as a mental support for the defense force, from operating a clinic to on-site treatment.
‘Saint of the Sun’ Marianne.

Let’s see if you can survive without opening the door.

“Wait a minute!
That demon wants to open the door right now?”

“Hey, you crazy bastard!
Why worry about that!
Just close!”

“You came with the saintess and the vice-captain!”

“Open it!
We must protect it!”

“Hey!
It’s crazy!?
What if the Demon King’s army comes in through the opening of the door!”

“What did the Chief of Staff say?!”

“I don’t know, damn it!
I can not see!
Did you go to the bathroom?!”

“Just get rid of that bastard that came with you.
Let me in quickly!”

Sigh.

When the door opened and I stepped in first, two spears were quickly pointed at my neck.

“Take it away.
This is a valued guest.”

Marianne sternly scolds,

“Hey, let’s go in.”

Angela goes inside first.

“Okay. Let’s go in.”

I go in after Angela,

Tang!

Marianne spreads a shield and pushes the spear pointed at my neck, following me into the fence.

“Uh, uh!”

“Hey, this bastard came in too!”

“Quickly close the door!
Is there a demon king outside?!”

“There is no slight movement!”

“Gather the 1st battalion!”

It seems that the knight who has been talking to the gatekeeper since earlier is the commander of the 1st battalion.

“Flanders, lower your sword.”

Marianne calms down the battalion commander.

“Stop, saintess!
Were you worried?!
If you leave so suddenly…”

“Thank you.
For your concern
But you came back like this.
Everyone was so scared.
Stay calm.
We will all survive.”

“Where is Captain Russell?
Command should be gathered here.”

While Marianne calms the people down, Angela finds her command post and tries to build her bargain.

“That… Well, Captain Russell is over there…”

Apparently, the person who frothed at the mouth in front of the tent and was healed by priest Bill was the knight commander.
In the meantime, I lost weight.
Dark circles are also increasing.

Angela is still upright in her slightly embarrassing outfit.

“What about the chief of staff and the staff?
Are all the battalion commanders here?”

“We are looking for the chief of staff, the rest of the staff are right here.
Battalion commanders were stationed at each gate to guard the remaining gates.
I’m in charge of the North Gate here with the 1st Battalion, but the battalion commanders can’t change their deployment.
Because of the numbers…”

The battalion commander, called Flanders, stuttered but accurately reported the current situation.

“You must have gathered in that tent.
Let’s go, everyone.
Flanders, come with me.”

“Boo, Vice-captain. However,
The fact that you surrendered… Is it?”

Angela’s eyes twitch.
Yes, it is a disgrace for a knight.
It’s more honor than life.

For other knights, life or money comes first.
Angela is different in that respect.

“… Okay.
But I did not surrender to the demon king’s army.
This one here
I surrendered to the iron mask, the former commander of the 3rd Corps of the Demon King’s Army.”

Angela’s voice was rather loud, maybe because all the soldiers were only staring at this place from earlier, everyone turned around at Angela’s words.

“Iron mask?!
No, it’s a wooden mask?”

“Ah, let me fix that.
Today is a wooden mask.”

My words must have caused a panic.

“Isn’t it fake?!
What iron mask… “

“If it’s an iron mask… Aren’t you just letting us go after negotiating like that time?”

“Wouldn’t it be nice to go back to the capital and fight together with the Templars?”

“Hey!
How can you trust those Berserkers?!”

“Well, then you can be sharp?!”

“The vice-captain and the saintess have come again.
Let’s fight!”

“Then what about the prisoners of the Byeoldongdae?”

Angela raises her hand to calm her confusion.
She covered her body with a cloak.
Well, it’s a relief that you can’t see the torn part of the tights from the front.
It might be a little uncomfortable if you keep your legs together.

“Comrades. Don’t worry.
I guarantee it on my neck.
We return to the capital safely.
Balak, the commander of the 2nd Corps of the Demon King’s Army, made a promise.
And Khan paid the bill.”

“Ha, but…”

“We are all surrounded, but what guarantee is your neck, Vice-captain?
Vice-captain, are you okay?!”

Angela is stingy, but she recites her words as instructed.

“We will also take this man hostage.
And the saintess and I will be the last to retreat.
We have mutual hostages, so it’s okay.”

Sailors.

While the soldiers are whispering, a man with a mustache runs from afar.

“Uh!
The Chief of Staff is coming!”

“Oh, vice-captain!
Do you know how worried I was?!”

“Thank you for your concern, Mister.
… I am unscathed.”

She is a scary girl with a poker face.
The hardships I had gone through came back with an expression like ice that I couldn’t even guess.
You’re proud of the subject you’ve just been rubbing your chest with.

“Then let’s go inside and talk!”

The chief of staff looks around.
Discussing whether or not to surrender in front of the soldiers was undesirable.
Of course you want to go in.

We followed him into the tent where the knight commander lay.

The staff and us, the commander of the 1st battalion and the knight commander, remained in the tent.
Bill wakes up the knight commander and goes outside.

“Uh… Head, did I fall?”

“… Yes.
It’s okay, you just woke up.”

The facial expressions don’t look all right.
The leader of the Knights Lassel brushed off his clothes and sat down.

“Ugh, I had a terrible dream.
The vice-captain and the saintess surrendered first and urged surrender.”

“… It’s all true, Captain.”

“What?!
Don’t talk nonsense!
Chief of staff, are you out of your mind?!
What, what! Demons are here!”

When I saw my horns rising above the wooden mask, I was startled as if I would fall off the chair.

And… How is this person still alive?
Really compare
The officers of the Demon King’s Army are all competent.
Why?
All the incompetent officers were stabbed in the back and died.

If I had been foolish, I would have been killed by a fireball when Ludwig and Jacques tested Marianne.
It was really thrown to block it, so if I can’t block it, it’s my responsibility.

“Captain.
You’re right about surrendering.
But…”

Angela explains softly.
Just like I did with the battalion commander.
At the very end, Angela and Marianne will leave.
If I am an iron mask, I am a military corps commander and a hostage.
If you return to the capital without conditions, release the detached prisoners.
That we just need to return to the capital with supplies.
Ballack and Khan personally guaranteed, and that the documents were given yesterday.

“Good!
Let’s go back soon!”

“Captain!
How do you trust Berserkers?!”

The staff members are furious at the commander’s one simple word.

“No, I can’t even contact the rear right now, the detached unit has been captured, and the vice-captain and the saintess have surrendered and are not fighting.
Do you guys have a sharp tip?”

“…”

Opposite is easy, and alternative is difficult.

The knight commander clears his throat once more and continues talking.

“Although we were attacked, there were no clear resources, houses, or strategic goals to protect here in the first place.
Because of the cursed land, the rear is also ambiguous.
What are you doing by forcing yourself?
You can go to the capital and bring reinforcements and come back.”

“But… Because of the cursed land, it is difficult to re-attack.
Because I can’t use magic…”

“It’s the same with demons who can’t use magic.
Magic originally belonged to demons.
If a holy war had been declared, there would be an overflow of non-magic troops, so what to worry about?
Just give it away
Let’s go home.”

When you surrender, you’re logical.
From a human point of view, he must be a very nasty person, but at times like this, there is no gap in logic, so it is difficult to refute.
He is a rare person.

Arguments continued, but with the persuasion of Marianne and Angela and the insistence of the knight commander, the decision was made to withdraw troops to the capital, Amitie.

And, according to the document handed over yesterday, all the troops gathered at the parade ground in the middle of the garrison for the detailed implementation.
Let me do a personnel check.

“Open the door!”

Zach, Ludwig, and the mercenaries came inside.

“Uh!
Me, those guys
Aren’t they the ones the herbalist brought?!”

“Gee, it’s true!
Then please… That wooden mask?!”

These are the longbowmen who went to rescue the rear base with Angela.
Sheesh, I knew that.

With the cooperation of the battalion commanders, I gathered everyone at the parade ground without exception.
The space is too small for everyone to gather, so the tent is removed to secure space.

With Angela’s advice and the cooperation of each battalion commander and staff, staff cups and my mercenaries brought all the human soldiers who were afraid and hid in every corner.

I assigned Angela to check her personnel.

“All of the guards at each gate have gathered here.
A total of 2,753 current members.
We’ve even completed checking each platoon, lord.”

“Good.
Good job, Angela.
Let’s have lunch together now.
And when cooking, add this medicine evenly.
After eating, the ritual is performed.
Eat at the parade ground, and check each platoon’s bowl to make sure they’ve finished eating.
Marie, did you put what I said in your breakfast?”

Of course, what I asked to put in the letter was the hypnotic stimulant that was in the wagon.

“Yes, it is.”

“Okay, I’m going to start the ceremony, so bring all the bells and drums.
Oh, by the way, as long as there is paper and pen.”

Angela’s expression is dark.
Because I know what I’m trying to do.
Now I can make these soldiers mine with group hypnosis and group suggestion.
In fact, whether or not you agree to surrender, if you do this, everyone will agree to surrender.
However, it is annoying when there are those who resist.

“My lord, it’s a shameless request… My men did not harm the lord’s family.
Please be kind…”

“Shut up.
Saying I don’t resent
Don’t kneel here
Take off the cloak?
Would you like to show off your ass?”

“Even if you take it off, I will support it.
However, they were once all privates of the Valentine family.
They are the ones I cherish.”

“I heard that the Christophe family is half-controlled?”

“That… As the family slanted little by little, the mind also lifted.
I can get it back if I stand upright.”

Angela respectfully drops to her knees and prostrates herself.
Ugh, look at how upright he is even in this situation.
Laying down and praying doesn’t look servile.
She’s a woman with strange abilities.

“Okay, so do as you say.”

“Lord…”

“Oh, let’s go, quickly.”

I sat down on a chair and waved my hands like a khan.
Hey, it feels good to imitate Khan, right?!
It’s good to live happily.
Shall I be the warchief too?

While thinking about miscellaneous things, the troops lined up in the parade ground sit and eat.

Yes, enjoy your meal

After the meal is over, I carefully check to see if anyone throws it on the floor or replaces it with something else.
After that, bells and drums are struck.
Group hypnosis, or group suggestion, is a very difficult task.
If it was an enclosed space, they would have added hypnotic scent and even used their sense of smell, but here, only medicine and sound in food can be used.
So I have no choice but to consume more of my mana.

“Come on, concentrate!”

With Angela covering her body with her cloak, she cries from the podium.
Everyone’s eyes are fixed.
I, who was sitting behind him, stood up and raised his hands.
The prepared collective hint was triggered.
Because it was a large-scale spell, the casting time was too long.
Oh my, it’s hard
Let’s finish it quickly.

“Collective suggestion!”

Since hypnosis is moving in a trance state, it is not suitable for long-term missions.
It was decided as a suggestion to plant a policy in the unconscious.
All of them lack magical power to control their mind, and it is difficult to maintain them.

“You guys are absolutely loyal to Angela Valentine!”

“Insect… Castle…
Angela… Valentine…”

Knight Commander Lassel, staff, and even the battalion commanders who were standing in the front muttered.
Alright, everyone took their meds without exception.

“Lord, Lord?!
How…”

“Why.
They said they were originally your family’s soldiers.”

Angela’s expressionless face shakes wildly.

“Wasn’t the lord directly ruling it?
Jeon… I know that…”

If I could, I would too.
But there are some orders that even a sapient body with no magic resistance doesn’t want to follow?
They unconsciously resist such orders.
If you told me to be loyal to a demon with horns, how hard would that suggestion work?

So, even in the unconscious, you have to make a suggestion that you can accept well enough not to resist.
That way, the success rate is much higher and maintenance is easier.

If the target is Angela, who is the vice-captain and is respected as a knight of the moon, she has no objection to group suggestions.

No, rather, there is a synergy of collective suggestion.
Because they reinforce each other’s suggestions in a common consciousness.

But you don’t have to tell Angela all the time.

What if Angela gets caught or unknowingly spreads this information?
It’s like a restaurant that discloses a recipe, and loses money.

So, let me explain in a simple way.

“Your soldier is my soldier.
Didn’t you swear allegiance to me?”

“Yeah, yes…”

“Then your subordinates are my subordinates.
Okay then.”

If the Christoph family takes over the knights, I’m annoyed too.
You have to take control of that family.

Angela’s eyes soften.
I pat her on the shoulder once and have the lined up soldiers swear an oath of allegiance to Angela.

“Come on, Angela.
As promised, it’s time to swear allegiance to me again in front of your men.”

“… Yes, lord
I will follow.”

Angela gets down on one knee to me again and swears an oath of allegiance in front of his men.

I took the Phantom Rapier out of her scabbard and handed it to Angela.

“Now, as promised, I will return it.
Be loyal to me even in death.
Your body, mind, family and honor are all mine.”

“Black… I will serve you!
Lord!”

Angela got down on one knee, bowed her head, and lifted her hands gently to retrieve her phantom rapier.

With this, I only have to mind control one Angela, and the Knights only have to periodically manage hints.

“Wake up, raise your head.”

I take off my wooden mask.
Everyone is in a trance state and is undergoing suggestion injection, so there is nothing to be offended by.

I lift Angela’s chin in front of the soldiers and put her lips together.

“Suck!
Lord, everyone sees… Um… Chew up… Ha…”

Tasting her lips, her tongue mingling, her tongue chasing her tongue.
After her deep kiss, I release her lips, and her saliva comes out so much that a bridge runs between her and her lips with her spittle.

“Main… Army… I’m ashamed.
This is against the principles of chivalry…”

How big is the difference between this guy and when he was hard?
If Marianne is pretty when she is released from her sanctity and uprightness, Angela is cute when she changes from a cold, rigid commander to a woman.

“What is this?
I will do something much more intense from now on.”

“Yes… ?”

Angela asked blankly.
I laugh evilly.
Did you really think that I would give you back the Templars, return the Phantom Rapier, and spread it all out?

Whirik!

Take off Angela’s cloak.

“!!!”

Angela hastily crosses her legs and covers her hips with her hands.
Her buttocks and crotch, deep blue panties and white buttocks, exposed through ripped tights, look good.

While making a collective suggestion, I also need to make the Knights feel no resistance.

Dogs bark when strangers come.
However, if the stranger seems friendly to the owner, they will open up.

In the same principle, if the object they pledged allegiance to shows that they love me, they will also develop a friendly heart towards me.

“It is pretty.”

Seruk.

I pull my pants down
Also with underwear.

My lower body is exposed as thousands watch from the podium in bright sunlight.

I wickedly curl up my lips.

“Suck.”

“!!!”