I Try To Enjoy My Life But This Woman Keep Calling Me Villain-Chapter 100: Talk

|Catharina von Xenotra - Heiress of Baron Xenotra|

After ordering the others to rest, ask the soldiers in this city to prepare for the burial of the soldiers who fall in battle. This is the first time I see a noble lord and his heir bowing to a commoner but Lord Alexander and Gwyndolin decide to bow to the family of the fallen soldiers that fight in battle.

The burial will happen tomorrow, but the compensation for the family has already been distributed, and the soldiers from the other city are also compensated, even those from the north.

And the compensation is not tiny either. Lord Alexander gave them two hundred gold coins for each family whose family member died in battle. Two hundred gold coins are a large sum of money. With that kind of money, they can buy a home with a small patch of land to farm. Unlike the regular commoner whose land is not theirs, this land will be theirs for the rest of their family tree.

And depending on the lord and their negotiation skill, they will have some of the money left.

What makes me go in shock is the amount of people that he compensates. He did not compensate people who made large contributions. No, he compensated all the soldiers who died in battle. That means he needs to compensate three hundred and seventy people.

That means he was willing to give away seventy-four thousand gold coins. With that money, I can build four galleys and the goods to start an overseas trading route to another continent or the opposite kingdom in the Southern Continent.

I snap from my thoughts when Lord Alexander sits on the chair. The meeting is about to start.

"Thank you for coming to this meeting. I know that you guys are tired, but we need to think about the defense against the monster that will soon come."

"Excuse me, my lord. However, can I ask the reason for us to prepare? I already know the Gokuya Kingdom has a Monster Summoning Device, which they use very often. However, we did not know why we needed to prepare as if we were going to war again."

I decided to ask the question some of the lords who stay in the Shadowfall want to ask. I can see Lord Alexander nodding his head before saying.

"As you already know, the Gokuya Kingdom decided to ally themselves with the Monsters. However, we do not know just how crazy their king truly is. That man decided to sacrifice the entire city and the soldiers from the other territory to the Monster Summoning Device and create the biggest Void Crack in the entire history of the Southern Continent. The Void Crack they summon is the biggest one this continent has ever heard and seen."

I can see the people who just hear this news get pale at the implication. From the history book I read from the library of this place, the biggest Void Crack that appears in this continent is High-Ranking Tier-3 Void Crack, and that is already a nation-level threat.

The news of a Void Crack that is even bigger than the previous one is something that people need to worry about. We are lucky the distance between the Gipan and the Gokuya Kingdom is quite a bit large.

It takes a week or two to go through that massive land between the two kingdoms. That means we have a few days to prepare.

"I see that is worrying. What should we do now, my lord? If it was a living being, they could only go through one place, and we could defend the fortress. However, these are monsters, and they can use the Death Zone, where they get other monsters to go with the leader of the monster to attack."

"That is why I want the soldiers to get back to their homes and defend their hometowns. I want you to gather all the villages and let them into the city. I know it will deplete your food supply; we already think about it. The Cunningham family will be the ones taking care of the food supply. We will give you a certain amount of food to eat every week."

"How? I’m sorry to say this, but I don’t think the Cunningham family can feed all the Nobles House of the South. Even when you only feed the one bordering the Gokuya Kingdom."

Lord Alexander smiles a little and says.

"Many people forget this, but my son is a [Druid]. He is the one making this plan, and he says that he can make a farm that produces a large amount of food for all the people. Even if he cannot produce enough food, I’m willing to spend some money to buy a large amount of food from other continents."

Right. I always forget that Gwyndolin is a [Druid], and his main weapon is Nature and Plant. He can grow some kind of mutated plant that produces more food than its regular counterpart. Or make it grow faster and can be harvested every week or so.

The potential is limitless.

I frown a little as something gets inside my mind. Gwyndolin can easily destroy the food trade. He can sell food around the continent at low prices and make the other competition get a large loss in their revenue.

I’m lucky that he is not a petty person. If he is petty, he can destroy many Northern Nobles who dwell in the food trade. Among those nobles, my family is one of them as I’m the one starting the glass business, making my family switch business from food to glass.

I decide to push that thought away for a moment and continue listening to what Lord Alexander is saying.

"No, we did not ask you to hold your people for a year. We only want to take care of them for two months to ensure no more monsters are coming from the South or at least ensure they do not attack us."

The other Southern Nobles nod their head in understanding, and by the look of it, they are willing to do it. If only the Northern Nobles were like this. Oh, well.

"What about the northern lords? I did not get any news from the king."

Lord Verqur looks at me and says,

"The king asked us to help the South in defending against the monsters. We will spread throughout the frontier territory and occasionally patrol the area. We will make sure the monster does not reach the northern area. The king will also help with the food supply to the South."

"That is good. What about the Gokuya Kingdom? The army is retreating, and the fortress is abandoned. What about the culprit behind this? They can attack us and get the important fortress."

Lord Verqur smiles at me, a sinister smile. The same smile Jonathan uses when he is about to destroy someone’s life.

"You don’t need to worry about it, Catharina von Xenotra. Some of the spies the king sent to the Gokuya Kingdom already informed me that their kingdom is at war on all fronts. The king wrote a letter to the other kings around the Gokuya Kingdom, saying that their greatest enemy is fighting on two fronts and their army is stretched thin."

Ah, I see where he is going with that.

"The other kingdoms decide it is time to attack, and now the Gokuya Kingdom is at war against many kingdoms at once."

"That’s right. They bite more than they can chew. War on two fronts is not good, especially when you do not have any allies."

"That is true."

"What makes matters worse is the monster is attacking them from the North, and they keep going south."

"If the monster is going north, why do we need soldiers in the south?"

One of the lords who stayed with me in the Shadowfall city asked Lord Verqur.

"Because at least half a million monsters migrate North."

And that is a good enough reason why they need to place the soldiers in the South.

"Can I ask how many monsters are coming from the Void Crack? Does the spy manage to count them or at least guess the number?"

I ask Lord Verqur the question that I have wanted to know since the news of that blasted Void Crack appeared. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"They did not know the exact number, but they predict there are more than three million monsters spread across the Gokuya Kingdom."

Yikes. That is too much. I cannot imagine how the Gipan Army can withstand three million monsters. I know that not all of them are as strong as the soldiers. Hell, some of the monsters will be as weak as a civilian. However, civilians with sharp claws can still kill a soldier.

The meeting continues for a few more minutes, and we are dismissed after it is done. I quickly get up from my chair and walk toward Gwyndolin, who is about to go somewhere.

"Gwyn! Wait a minute."

I call his name and see him look at me with a smile.

"Ah, Cathy. What’s up?"

"C-Can we talk in private?"

I want to know if my theory is right. Is Gwyndolin a fellow reincarnator?