Urgent news has come in that a small castle in the Braidea territory has been taken. Not by monsters, but by humans. The nations that exist in this world are broadly divided into two stances.
One is the idea of seizing territory from monsters and expanding the human world.
The Kingdom of Braidea, to which I belong, is driven by this idea, and it's the main reason why the king has entrusted me with producing children.
And the other is. The horrible idea of seizing territory that other countries have developed.
Monsters are tough to deal with. The powerful monsters placed in key locations, commonly known as "Keystone Beasts," are particularly tough, and there's no doubt that they are as strong as the giant iron magic golem I slaughtered the other day.
If you don't possess near cheating levels of fighting power, you have to prepare yourself for considerable sacrifices. It's better to deal with humans than take that risk. The Vallegarda Empire has many siege weapons that are specialized for dealing with humans rather than monsters, based on the worst kind of idea that "if we can't take the land from monsters, then why not take it from the humans?". In order to expand their territory, they are currently fighting the world in all directions. The reason they are fighting against the world is because the empire has multiple princes and princesses, and they are fighting fiercely for the succession due to their achievements in acquiring territory.
The scale of the invasion is incomparable to that of our country, Braidea, where only the top players competed against each other. When they reached adulthood (13 years old in this world), they were given the same military forces, funds, and suitable bases, which were chosen through obviously unfair options to test whether they had the luck to do so, and their adult siblings were busy invading other countries. Obviously, the older ones have more time, so they have an advantage, but it seems that being older does not necessarily mean they are superior. As proof of this, there are older princes who are quickly deemed to have no hope of becoming kings.
If they were just fighting for the throne, they should keep it to their own country, but since they're involving the whole world (which is only a tiny fraction of the world ruled by humans), it can only be described as a nuisance. Although the castle itself was taken, fortunately there were no casualties. It seems that the outer walls were only slightly damaged by catapults. Under Braidea's policy of avoiding war against humans, the lord of the castle surrendered without a battle.
The king was aware of this, so he would not be particularly reprimanded. In fact, he would probably be happy that there were no casualties, calling it a blessing in disguise. The Imperial army did not take any hostages as bargaining chips, and instead released everyone, although they only had the clothes on their backs. The invasion itself is not something to be praised, but this was relatively humane.
For that reason, a meeting was in the middle of discussing what to do about the Empire in the future, now that the small castle had been taken. The reason why I, the kingdom's breeding horse, was in such an out-of-place place was because, even though it was an emergency situation, many people saw me easily defeat the giant iron magic golem.
It seems that since that incident, I have been completely relied upon as an excessively powerful military force. "With all due respect, Your Majesty." "Go ahead and tell me." "Yes."
"May I ask you to ask Lord Eucharlouch to take care of this?" "I see, let me hear the details." "Yes. Then if I may..."
Look, it’s my turn now.
"You have the strength to even defeat the giant iron magic golem, which was a 'Keystone Beast'. I'm sure you, Lord Eucharlouch, will be able to handle this difficult task with ease."
In short, it was something like, "It's a tricky problem and it's too much hassle, so we don't want to do it ourselves. Fortunately, we know someone who can do it, so we'll leave it to you." "Hmm..." The king was pondering something. After a moment, he spoke. "Eucharlouch." "Yes."
"How many men do you think you need to lead to complete this mission?" "With all due respect, Your Majesty." "Yes." "I don't need soldiers. I'll handle the mission by myself." "You don't need soldiers, huh? Why?"
"If I lead soldiers, it will lead to war. As a nation of Braidea, we abhor war with other humans, and I understand that this is something we absolutely want to avoid. I will go as an envoy to negotiate." "Hmm..." The king nods. My answer seems to be satisfactory.
There is no way that this clever king wouldn't understand something that someone like me could understand. He knows this and is still asking me. "So then, Eucharlouch." "Yes." "I leave this matter entirely to you. I have high hopes for you."
Just as the matter was about to be settled, another minister interrupted.
"With all due respect, Your Majesty."
"Speak."
"Lord Eucharlouch is an unparalleled hero that our country takes pride in. There's no doubt about that." "And?" "But he has no experience in diplomacy, and I'm sure he's never been involved in the country's political affairs. Are you sure you're okay with leaving it to Lord Eucharlouch?"
If I didn't have to do it, that would be fine, but I didn't want to be forced to stay here dragging on without any progress. I don't have time either. "Oh, is that so? There's no problem." The king dismisses the minister's concerns with "that." "I would like to hear your reasoning, if I may be so bold as to say." The minister continues to press on. "Eucharlouch doesn't pretend to be able to do things that he can't. That's the reason." The king's words show his immense trust in me.
Although I am not the heir to the throne or given special treatment, I am just a low-ranking prince, but the king trusts me from the bottom of his heart. Those words were more than enough to make that known. The minister could not argue against those words.
"So that's why. I'm sorry to have asked you to do so many other missions, but I'll leave it to you." "Yes. This is an order from none other than His Majesty, so I will humbly accept the order." I stopped there for a moment and glanced at the minister in question. "Please remember that my true role is to produce the future heroes."
I told the minister who had proposed to use me that he owed me a favor, and that it would cost a lot. It seemed that because of this, I might have to fight not monsters, but humans. I couldn't help but feel sad about the existence of those who disturb the world.
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