Chapter 107
Gray hair grown long enough to cover one eye.
A petite frame, small enough to be mistaken for a child.
Yellow eyes that seemed dull but gleamed sharply in certain situations.
“What do you think?”
“…This area looks dangerous.”
“I see. Then we’ll avoid engaging in combat here.”
Hans, the vanguard leading the frontline of the Lorelai Alliance Army, immediately adjusted his strategy based on the petite woman’s words.
None of the others around Hans voiced any objections.
It was as if following the girl’s advice was the natural thing to do.
“I’ll go here.”
The girl with yellow eyes nonchalantly pointed to the frontline on the map.
Hans and everyone else participating in the strategy meeting had their eyes light up at her words.
“Oh! Would you? Then we’ll assign you reinforcements. It’ll be easier if you…”
“No. I’ll go alone.”
“If that’s your preference, so be it. If you can break through this front line…”
The girl with yellow eyes cut off Hans mid-sentence, speaking firmly.
Despite being interrupted, Hans, who could have taken offense, nodded without hesitation.
“Then I’ll head out first. Let me know when preparations are complete.”
“Alright! Take a good rest, Jacqueline.”
The girl with yellow eyes, Jacqueline, tilted her head slightly and left the tent where the strategy meeting was taking place.
Her yellow eyes looked somewhat sleepy.
“Haaaahm.”
As soon as she stepped outside, Jacqueline yawned loudly and walked toward her tent.
Jacqueline had come to the western continent to investigate black magic with Erica.
It had only been a week since Jacqueline joined the Lorelai Alliance Army, and she had already become a vital asset.
Her remarkable achievements started with her first battle, where she killed the Black Sheep that no one had been able to deal with effectively.
The Black Sheep, a killing machine created with black magic, appeared on the battlefield as a fearsome creature.
Jacqueline destroyed it in a single strike, something no one else, no matter how strong, had been able to do.
This feat alone earned her the right to be considered the army’s greatest asset, but Jacqueline’s accomplishments didn’t stop there.
Despite her small stature and youthful appearance, Jacqueline demonstrated skills that were entirely contrary to her looks.
In just a week, Jacqueline had destroyed at least dozens of Black Sheep on the battlefield.
The number of enemies she had killed was likely several times that.
Thanks to her exceptional performance from the very first battle, Jacqueline had solidified her place in the minds of the alliance’s leadership.
In just one week, she had gone from being a mere mercenary to participating in strategy meetings.
“So sleepy.”
Of course, Jacqueline didn’t think much about this.
She was only annoyed at being woken up early in the morning for a strategy meeting.
“Why hasn’t Erica contacted me yet?”
Jacqueline was faithfully following the last words Erica had said to her.
Hold your ground and survive well among the Lorelai Alliance Army.
So far, Jacqueline felt she was doing a good job of not falling behind, but Erica hadn’t contacted her.
Jacqueline’s habit of heading straight for the frontlines was also because of this.
She thought she might encounter Erica, who had infiltrated the Flora Kingdom, if she went to the front.
But in the past week, that hadn’t happened.
“Maybe today?”
Jacqueline scratched her head as she entered her tent.
On her first day, she had shared a common tent with others, but by the second day, she was given a private tent.
Thud-
Jacqueline threw herself onto the blanket.
It wasn’t as comfortable as her bed at home, but it was soft enough.
She decided she needed a nap since she was too sleepy.
“They’ll call me if they need me.”
Thinking this, Jacqueline rested her head on the pillow and closed her eyes.
Snore-
It didn’t take long for Jacqueline to fall asleep.
The quiet tent echoed softly with her low, faint snores.
***
“I finally made it here.”
Erica sighed in relief as she looked around.
Dressed in the uniform of a Flora Kingdom soldier, Erica had infiltrated their camp.
It had taken her a full week to acquire the uniform and infiltrate the camp.
The Flora Kingdom’s security was that tight.
Even Erica, a master of stealth and tracking, had struggled.
Of course, simply entering the camp didn’t mean her work was done.
She had only just obtained the freedom to move around the Flora Kingdom camp without drawing suspicion.
“The soldiers don’t seem to know much about black magic.”
From what Erica had observed over the past week, not all soldiers in the Flora Kingdom were connected to black magic.
In fact, it was the opposite.
Only a very small number of people were involved with black magic, while most soldiers were unaware of it and feared it.
When new creatures were delivered a few days ago, the overall reaction from the Flora Kingdom soldiers was confusion and fear.
This meant that uncovering the mastermind would make the job easier than expected.
If black magic wasn’t widespread in the Flora Kingdom, tracking it would be simpler.
And Erica had finally taken the first step to uncovering the truth.
She had successfully infiltrated the Flora Kingdom’s forces.
“Recently, a lot of creatures have been destroyed.”
“How do you even destroy something that creepy?”
“Well, it’s basically a global alliance, isn’t it? They’ve got a lot of strong mages supporting them.”
“Ugh. Doesn’t that make things too unfair for us?”
Erica wandered around, eavesdropping on the soldiers’ conversations.
It was clear that the Flora Kingdom soldiers’ morale wasn’t high.
The prolonged war, combined with the fact that their opponents weren’t just the Lorelai Kingdom but an alliance of soldiers from across the world, was taking its toll.
As this war drags on, even a child could tell it would become increasingly unfavorable for them.
Erica sat down, pretending to rest, while focusing on the conversation happening behind her.
“They say a girl who specializes in dealing with creatures has appeared in the alliance army. Apparently, she can destroy the Black Sheep in a single strike.”
“Are those creatures even destructible? Don’t they just divide?”
“She turns them into dust before they even have a chance to divide. I heard a new creature is being sent in this time.”
“Ugh. What kind of monster are they planning to deploy now?”
‘Oh?’
Erica instinctively nodded at this valuable information.
Indeed, infiltrating the army made it incredibly easy to gather high-quality intel.
‘A girl, huh. Surely it can’t be Jacqueline.’
While Erica doubted that Jacqueline would step forward to such an extent, part of her felt uneasy.
A girl capable of destroying a creature created by black magic in a single strike.
The only person who came to Erica’s mind with such abilities was Jacqueline.
“Whew… How did things end up like this?”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Oh, uh, Princess!”
The two soldiers, who had been chatting, suddenly jumped to their feet in surprise.
Erica, reacting to their sudden movement, also got up and turned around.
‘That person…?’
What Erica saw was a woman in an elegant dress, completely out of place amidst a war.
She was none other than Arte Flora, the princess of the Flora Kingdom.
“What’s the situation?”
“Ah, um, that is…”
Princess Arte asked the soldiers again, who were chatting among themselves.
Although she spoke with a smile, it was clear to anyone that her words carried a sharp edge.
‘How did she get this close without me noticing?’
Even though Erica had been focused on the soldiers’ conversation, she was shocked.
Someone had approached this close without her realizing it.
“I’m curious. What do our loyal soldiers think about the current situation?”
“We firmly believe in the kingdom’s victory!”
“Hmmm.”
Princess Arte made a meaningful sound, frowning slightly at the soldier’s response.
‘I should leave before this gets complicated.’
Sensing that getting involved in this situation would only make things worse, Erica cautiously began to step away.
And that was when it happened.
“You there. Come here.”
“…”
‘Damn it.’
Her uneasy premonition had come true.
The moment she took a step, Princess Arte turned to Erica and addressed her directly.
“I said, come here.”
‘Stay calm.’
Gulping, Erica bowed deeply at a 90-degree angle toward the princess and approached her slowly.
The faces of the two soldiers standing stiffly beside the princess were filled with fear.
“You heard everything, didn’t you? What these loyal soldiers were saying?”
“…”
Erica didn’t respond to Princess Arte’s question.
She wasn’t sure of the princess’s intentions and didn’t want to risk revealing her voice.
Arte frowned even more when Erica didn’t answer immediately.
“Answer.”
‘What…?’
Suddenly, Erica felt a chill run down her spine.
The soft and gentle atmosphere from earlier vanished in an instant.
The beautiful smile that matched her elegant appearance disappeared, replaced by a cold and rigid demeanor.
The shift was so extreme that it instilled a sense of fear.
“Yes, I heard.”
“A woman?”
‘What is this tension…?’
Erica instinctively felt unsettled by Arte’s ability to change the atmosphere so drastically with a single word.
This princess was no ordinary individual.
“That’s correct.”
“Wow, a woman among the soldiers? I haven’t seen that before.”
“Yes, I volunteered to serve the kingdom.”
“Hmmm.”
Princess Arte’s attention quickly shifted to Erica.
It was as if Arte no longer cared about the soldiers’ answers and was now solely focused on Erica.
‘This might actually be an opportunity.’
Erica’s mind began racing.
Turning a crisis into an opportunity.
Adjusting her posture, Erica looked at Princess Arte with a respectful demeanor, filled with apparent admiration.
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