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The dinner I attended ended peacefully.

Several families that were part of Earl Timoti's central family didn't mind me making a scene earlier.

A scene like destroying one of the defensive walls in Earl Timoti's residence and giving a crippling on Earl Timoti's father-in-law.

That was enough to get me treated badly, but...

"Is there something stuck to my face?" I said while preparing for the night military operation together with the noble girls who had prepared their horses.

One of the noble girls looked at me in surprise after I finished getting ready by carrying my personal belongings tied to my horse's backpack.

"Lily-sama, you've really gotten used to living in the wild huh?" she asked as she observed the equipment I was carrying seemed lighter than theirs which looked heavy.

The noble girl who spoke to me was Earl Timoti's daughter and I had received permission to train her to be more adaptive in various situations.

Whatever happens in the future, it will be a valuable lesson for these noble girls.

"Yes, most of them are in my magic box storage and the equipment I'm currently carrying is only something important for exploring the wilderness that requires additional preparation," I said while patting the head of my horse that was ready to move at night like this.

"Is that so? I don't have enough magic capacity to study the magic box storage. So I bring what I can carry in military training like this," she replied with a cheerful face and her eyes shining with enthusiasm.

Seeing girls my age who are full of enthusiasm made me almost lose my motivation to train them well.

"Just think of this as your first training that will depend on nature," I replied while watching the other noble girls who were preparing their last equipment before going to train at night with me.

"Um, Lily-sama. If you don't mind. May I introduce myself so that I can get to know Lily-sama better?" said the daughter of Earl Timoti who suddenly extended her hand to shake mine.

"My name is Evelyn Del Timoti, the only daughter of Earl Timoti. I have heard that my older brother once did something rude to Lily-sama. Is that true?" While extending her hand to shake mine, Evelyn gave me a simple introduction of herself.

Seeing her attitude which was much more polite than her older brother, made me feel a little guilty about the Zoe curse that was embedded in her body.

I immediately returned the handshake that Evelyn was doing and gave a reply that slightly lightened the atmosphere about the past incident that made her receive the butterfly wing curse from Zoe.

"Yes, it was an impolite act by using the Crown Prince of the Kingdom as the main shield to bully me in the past," I replied while shaking hands with Evelyn.

"Please forgive my older brother who was a bit useless and became a pawn for bullying in the past, Lily-sama. Unlike in the past, we are now stronger after the Crown Prince lost his right to become the next King. Now there are several Princes of the Kingdom who are fighting for the title of Crown Prince to ascend the throne," said Evelyn while giving me new information about who has not followed the politics of the Aurora Kingdom.

"It sounds very troublesome if the kingdom is divided by political struggle for the title of Crown Prince like that," I replied to comment on the state of the politics of the Aurora Kingdom.

I don't care at all about the politics that are currently happening in the Aurora Kingdom.

The only thing I care about right now is my family who is under threat of war between opposition nobles who want to legally take Marquess Rommel's territory with a war decree officially given by the Aurora Kingdom.

In order to prevent unwanted incidents and damage that will destroy my family, I need to take troublesome precautions like this.

My hand immediately let go of the handshake given by Evelyn and started to turn my face to the noble girls who were participating in this military training.

"By the way, is it just me or is the number of people participating in the training increasing?" I asked Evelyn while counting the noble girls who would be participating in the military training given by me.

"Yes, Lily-sama. After the words you gave during dinner. Several family members wish to participate in the brutal military training often used for Marquess Rommel's military training. We heard that the training is quite fun to torture the mind and body," with a smile adorning her face, I felt like I saw a noble girl who had great intentions to serve her family's military.

For some obvious reason, I could see the shadow of Earl Timoti in Evelyn. As the only daughter born in the current generation of Earl Timoti, I felt a clear similarity between the Father and his daughter.

A desire to undergo military training that tortures the mind and body to grow stronger.

"However, because of the limited time, my Father only limited ten girls who were allowed to participate in the military training given directly by Lily-sama," Evelyn continued while observing her other sisters.

"That's a good decision since this operation is officially carried out in secret since Marquess Rommel's goal is a long-range attack that will be activated at any time," I replied by giving sensitive information about the military sabotage that will be carried out by changing the structure of the river flow.

"Hmm?" Evelyn tilted her head as if she was understanding the words I had said.

Not long after that, I received a report from Mio and Sirius regarding their preparations.

"Lily-sama, preparations for replenishing food and drinking water supplies have been sufficient," said Mio who reported that our personal food and drink supplies had been sufficient.

"Supreme Commander, we are ready to move and have received news from Aiko about her body that has recovered. At this time, Aiko is moving following the Supreme Commander's movements. Shall we wait for Aiko before moving?" said Sirius giving the good news about Aiko's slime body that has finished regenerating.

I immediately pulled my military cap to indicate the serious decision that was about to happen.

"At this moment, we are racing against time. The news about the opposition noble family that we are spying on is also getting worse with the war preparations that they have made. Without wasting any more time, we must carry out a military operation as soon as possible, Sirius," I said in a serious tone to reply to Sirius's words.

My serious tone and my military cap that covered the shadows of my face seemed to add to the intense atmosphere. It made several noble girls and Evelyn starts preparing their horses to depart at any time.

"I understand, Supreme Commander," replied Sirius with a nod to the stealth slime herd to prepare for the military operation.

"We will do what we can to scout and take precautions against mysterious things, Supreme Commander," continued Sirius's words.

"You only need to do scouting and report the situation around me. This is a military operation as well as military training for them," I replied while directing my gaze to the noble girls and Evelyn who were already preparing.

"As you command, Supreme Commander," Sirius replied as she gave orders to the herd of stealth slimes on duty around me.

It seemed that Sirius' ability to give orders had improved and did not involve Aiko in asking for advice from her.

With Aiko's movement that was following me from the former iron mine to Earl Timoti's residence, it would take quite a while. If I waited any longer, it would be the same as giving the opposition nobles a chance to make war preparations.

I immediately gave Mio a nod and started to saddle up my horse.

"NYYIIIGGGHHH!!" my horse cried after I sat on its saddle.

"Oh, it seems like you can't wait to move and do extreme actions huh," I said in response to my horse's enthusiastic cry.

"NYYIIIGGG!!" my horse replied by stomping its hooves on the ground.

"Save your enthusiasm for running later, we will be conducting a military operation with an unknown level of danger," I replied to calm my horse.

While giving the final signal to Mio, Sirius, and Evelyn. We immediately spurred our horses to get out of the main city of Earl Timoti's territory.

In the night that showed the speed of several horses, we passed through the busy streets of Earl Timoti's main city.

The horse I was riding led the journey along with the movement of the stealth slime herd that began to spread in all directions.

The speed of the horse I was racing began to attract the attention of several people, especially with my black military uniform and my light brown skin. Just by showing my body riding a horse like this, several civilians seemed to recognize me.

Several civilians began to call out to me and that would be a source of news the next day.

When the main city exit gate came into view, we did not slow down our horses and passed through the gate guards who seemed to want to stop us. However, because I was in the front row and my light brown skin color was visible, it made all the gate guards clear the exit path for our horses to pass through.

While passing through the disciplined military gate guards, I gave a salute with a nod of my head to those who had been on duty.

Klaakkk...

Kllaappp...

Like breaking through a windstorm, my horse ran energetically and almost gave a large distance to the pace of the noble girls' horses who were having a little trouble balancing their horses' speed.

By giving a small touch to my horse's body, I began to slow down the speed of my horse which was too exciting like this.

With this fast horse, we have left the safe area of ??the patrol boundary carried out by Earl Timoti's soldiers who guard the main city border.

My horse's speed now penetrates an area unknown to me. My hand immediately grabbed the small map given by Sebastian and saw some natural signs that led me to a main river that had a branch of the river that entered the territory of the opposition noble family.

With the night sky accompanying us in the darkness, we only left a trail of sound without using the light of the magic lantern.

In the silent and secret night attack tactics, this is basic training that must be done by penetrating the darkness of the night without using a light source such as a magic lantern.

"Okay, this is your first training. We will spur the horses and penetrate the darkness of the night without using a light source. Do you understand?" I asked the noble girls who participated in this military training.

In the darkness of this night, I got a silent answer as if they knew the military training they were going through.

I also fell silent when the night sky began to cover the small map that I was looking at.

Using my ability to see in the dark, I looking forward the darkness of the night.