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A few days ago, I received a message from Marquess Rommel's pigeon.

The message sent to me told me to prepare myself to receive a military operation that would be carried out by Marquess Rommel.

I understand why they had to do this as soon as possible.

With the territory directly bordering the noble family that supported the opposition faction, it had already put the Marquess Rommel family in a bad situation.

Marquess Rommel's territory itself did not have a strong alliance to defend between its open territories like that.

The only area that was safe from attack was the dense forest located behind their Main Mansion. However, it had another problem with the appearance of monsters that inhabited the deepest part of the forest.

Defend or put up resistance, was what Marquess Rommel was experiencing. I don't know what steps the senior who excelled in military academy was taking, but it made me frown after reading the message he gave me.

"Lily-sama will put up a secret resistance before the opposition faction around them moves?"

"What's the meaning of this?"

That's what I said on the day I received the pigeon letter.

Without knowing what the intentions and goals of Lily-sama would be, I was just someone who would serve as her sword and shield, apart from my family and bloodline who had been cursed by her directly.

By spurring my galloping horse, I looked around me which was now filled with the fast steps of my soldiers. The sound of heavy footsteps that showed a lot of numbers did not make Lily-sama worry about the presence of enemies on the border of my territory.

After we managed to get out of the iron mine that had been abandoned because it ran out of iron ore, we should have been in my territory. However, this area was still a border between regions where unintentional conflicts often occurred.

That made me a little wary after Lily-sama appeared with an eye-catching appearance.

Her light brown skin with silver hair looked very striking and attracted the attention of all my soldiers. Especially with the female soldier who had officially become the leader of the female soldiers that I was bringing to escort Lily-sama.

Her gaze was still fixed on Lily-sama like a woman who was captivated by the appearance of a fashionable girl. I didn't blame her because Lily-sama's current appearance looked like a military girl who had given the order to move non-stop.

Together with her loyal aide who seemed to be looking around just like me, it made us move in a large and alert group of soldiers.

Sraaakkk...

Sraaakkk...

My ears also heard some movements from the stealth slime herd that had been ordered to spread out to carry out the escort.

I have personally witnessed the great power of the stealth slime herd that had hunted the Golden King Bear herd. With the right direction, they can be a source of terrifying power when on the battlefield.

An example of what is happening right now.

Braaakkk!!

"NYYOOOEEGGGH!!"

My horse screamed after seeing a bird that fell with its body split in two. It came from the escort of the stealth slime herd that had detected spies around us.

I also remembered Lily-sama's previous words that told me that she found an animal controlled by magic.

It was one of the high-class mages who had the Tamer ability. A common ability to control animals from a distance to provide information from the animal's perspective.

The ability sounded terrifying but had a major weakness, like the user of the Tamer magic spell would also feel pain after the animal being controlled by him was killed.

That's why several Tamer magic book guides contain a warning that the pain of the controlled animal will be carried over. In magic theory, this happens because the consciousness of the Tamer magic spell caster will transfer his consciousness to the animal being controlled by him.

Braaakkk!!

Several birds that were flying around also fell with their bodies split in two. With the fresh blood wound, my horse almost screamed after seeing it but managed to calm down with the gentle caress that I directed at its head.

"Calm down, you should be used to seeing blood after I took you hunting monsters in the forest near Marquess Rommel's residence, right? Blood like this is nothing compared to the blood of the monsters we've hunted," I said to calm my horse who was almost panicking like this.

Seeing my horse panic like this, made my pride as its owner a little tarnished.

"It seems like the hard work of the stealth slime herd made your horse panic, Earl Timoti," said Lily-sama who invited me to talk in an aggressive movement like this.

"Yes, this horse of mine is indeed a little scared but sensitive in feeling danger signs. That makes me often bring him when hunting or circling the battlefield far from puddles of blood. It seems like your horse is much calmer after seeing the rain of blood... Urr... rain of bird bodies that were cut in half in the air like this," I was a little chatty after talking to Lily-sama.

The calm aura given by Lily-sama made me see her as my own daughter so I slipped up to talk about something casual talk with her.

Maybe this is my habit of always talking casual tone with my daughter.

"This horse of mine seems to have gotten used to seeing pools of blood but is afraid of the darkness like entering a dark iron mine before," Lily-sama replied while giving a word that made her horse sound like a protest to her.

"NYYIIEEEGGGHHH!!"

"Ah, hey! That's a fact. You're afraid of the darkness like in the iron mine earlier, right?!"

"NYYIIGH!!"

I saw Lily-sama's horse as if making a small protest. The words given by Lily-sama slightly insulted his pride as a horse that was often used to penetrate enemy defenses on the battlefield.

"Oh, you don't need to be ashamed of that one shortcoming of yours. A great horse doesn't necessarily have any fear of anything, right? Like Earl Timoti's horse who was afraid of seeing the body of a bird that was perfectly split in two," through Lily-sama's words, she saw my horse that had become a comparison between her horse and mine.

"NYYOOGHH!!"

"NYYIIGGHH!!"

A loud cry came from my horse and Lily-sama's horse. They seemed to be communicating with each other.

"Did you hear that? There's nothing wrong with admitting to being afraid of something. Even I have one thing I'm afraid of."

When I heard Lily-sama's words, my face naturally showed doubt.

Lily-sama who's afraid of something?

What kind of nonsense is that?

Someone who fought the Golden King Bear and fought directly with one of the cursed swords has fear?

I don't know what fear Lily-sama has, but I would be much luckier if I could prevent Lily-sama's fear as her sword and shield.

"NYYIIGGHHH!!!"

"Hey, I do have fear! Don't you see me to have a great fear of that disgusting thick slime mucus that makes me execute Aiko as a severe lesson for the other stealth slime herd?"

Hearing such an answer, I immediately glanced at Lily-sama's aide who officially worked as her Exclusive Maid.

"Did something happen before meeting me?" I asked with a little curiosity about what had happened before.

"Lily-sama only gave a severe punishment after the body of one of the stealth slimes exploded and made Lily-sama's face covered in disgusting slime," replied Lily-sama's aide with a calm face.

"It seems like I heard something bad, do you need clean water to clean Lily-sama's face?"

"No need, I have cleaned Lily-sama's face using my drinking water supply."

"..." I was a little speechless hearing this.

The drinking water supply should be an important supply that should not be wasted to clean the face of slime mucus like that.

Seeing the sacrifice made by Lily-sama's aide, I want to provide some food and drink supplies that will make them feel comfortable to carry out military movements within my territory.

Braaakkk...

Slaasshh!!

On my way to the city where I live, I realized that this border area is filled with spies.

The work done by the stealth slimes has amazed me once again.

"Lily-sama, the stealth slime herd is working hard according to your previous orders. Is this the aggressive strategy that Lily-sama said before?" I asked Lily-sama who was still teasing her horse with some strange questions that I didn't know.

"Yes, this is an aggressive strategy to make the spies who are spying on us run away, right?" replied Lily-sama with a strange smile on her face.

"Those who are curious will immediately mobilize their controlled animals and see what is happening. However, when they want to see what is happening, they will feel pain after the body of the animal being controlled by them is split in two," continued Lily-sama's words, giving her main intention in an aggressive movement operation like this.

Compared to moving silently, Lily-sama moved at a fast tempo while causing severe trauma to the spies who were trying to see the situation around the border.

It was a clever way and made me admire Lily-sama even more.

Could that be why Lily-sama received full trust to become the Matriarch of the Marquess Rommel family in the future from her father directly?

I have seen Lily-sama's skill and cunning with my own two eyes when forming the Golden King Bear Hunting Operation.

However, on this occasion, I saw that Lily-sama acted by giving terrible terror to the spies who were curious about the movement of my large troops like this.

This fast and aggressive movement made us leave the forest area. The road in front of us now turned into smooth, well-maintained soil.

The view of the forest leading to the abandoned iron mine soon changed to a view of a plateau filled with domestic vegetable crops.

"Lily-sama, we will soon reach the city," I said to warn Lily-sama.

Through my small warning, Lily-sama immediately raised the scarf she was wearing so that her face was covered by the shadow of the scarf.

Like an Assassin girl wearing a veil, it made Lily-sama look like a mysterious military officer who wanted to investigate the mysterious case that was happening in my territory.

That made some civilians look at her with questioning faces.

Although Lily-sama's face was not visible, the light brown skin of her hands was very striking.

Some civilians seemed to have recognized her and waved at her.

To reduce Lily-sama's discomfort, I immediately changed the marching formation of my troops to hide Lily-sama from view.

The tight formation of the line made us enter the city area slowly.

When I get to the city, I will buy some special gloves and a robe so that Lily-sama will be harder to recognize.

With her military uniform looking fashionable like this, it will certainly attract everyone's attention.