I Inherited a Beautiful Wife and a Territory - Chapter 39

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Inheriting a Beautiful Wife and Estate Episode 039

39. Plan B

The fact that Baron Ballard’s nephew had served as a knight in the Platice Family.

From that moment, I had a feeling.

If Baron Ballard wasn’t stupid, he would have prepared a winning strategy. So there was a high probability that he had secured the dispatch of knights from outside forces, namely from the Platice Family.

But ultimately, the Platice Family knights were outsiders.

‘They won’t perform beyond their designated role even if the Ballard Family is defeated.’

For example, like this.

They would only play the role of protecting the commander, not actively helping other Ballard Family members or attacking our allies.

Baron Ballard probably anticipated this and positioned them around the commander.

‘But if the target changes, there’s a high probability they’ll remain silent.’

Teobaldt didn’t aim for the enemy commander.

Instead, Rowi.

He charged toward him.

“…!”

Rowi, who had been preparing to step forward himself, flinched in surprise at that movement.

His attitude showed he never expected Teobaldt to come at him.

Awooooool.

At that moment, the Shadow Wolves also began their action.

First came the howling that made the soldiers cower.

The wolves confused the soldiers as expected. The moment they were paralyzed with fear, Teobaldt clashed with Rowi.

Clang.

Rowi’s shield deflected Teobaldt’s greatsword. Then Rowi also drew his longsword, aiming for the opening that appeared in Teobaldt.

But something happened that flustered him.

Neighhhh.

The warhorse he was riding reared up with a mournful sound.

In an instant, Rowi’s body swayed on the horse.

“…Lord Rowe!”

Adolf urgently called out to him and moved to help him.

But that was also difficult.

Awooooool!

Another howling spread.

Neighhhh!

This time, the horse Adolf was riding had a fit.

Panicked, Adolf hastily jumped off his horse. He judged that even if he lost mobility here, it was better to plant his feet firmly on the ground.

However, the moment his movement stopped briefly as he moved like this, and while Rowi was panicking on his rearing horse unable to make such a judgment, Teobaldt didn’t miss the opportunity.

Whooom.

Teobaldt’s greatsword emanated blue aura.

“…!”

Rowi saw this too.

But in that instant, his mind went completely blank.

He was still young. It was difficult to handle the successive variables in his first real battle.

“Kraaah!”

For the first time since the fight began, blood splattered.

The first to shed blood was Rowi.

Through instinctive movement, he avoided vital spots, but the wound cut deep. Already a serious injury. In that state, he fell from his horse.

Neighhhh!

The horse, forgetting even its master, reared up and trampled its owner.

Unable to respond and struck by the horse’s hooves, there was no way Rowi could make any other movement.

“Noooooo!”

Adolf’s eyes bloodshot as he rushed at Teobaldt.

‘He deliberately targeted Lord Rowe, that bastard dares!’

Rowi, who had been off guard at first.

Then Teobaldt who charged in a surprise attack. Also, perhaps due to the wolves’ killing intent, the horse that suddenly went wild at a critical moment.

It was difficult for Rowi, who already lacked skill and experience, to cope. Because of that, Rowi lost his fighting power so easily it was pathetic.

Adolf’s sense of responsibility grew.

He had to change the atmosphere. He had to defeat Teobaldt here to win this battle.

‘Otherwise… we might lose.’

The soldiers still standing were just like spectators anyway.

It was impossible for soldiers who had already seen the wolves and were demoralized by Rowi’s death to resist the enemy.

It was also difficult to expect aid from the Count’s knights.

They too would have gradually caught on to their plan. They were probably looking at the Ballard Family with some displeasure.

‘Use us to catch the enemy’s high-level forces, while they have an easy fight?’

The opponent was also an experienced general.

Seeing the formation that remained still even after the battle signal was given, there was no way he couldn’t think this.

So Adolf had to defeat Teobaldt here.

“Hyaaaah!”

A haze also rose from Adolf’s sword.

Teobaldt also continued fighting seriously against Adolf. After exchanging blows several times, Adolf’s expression hardened.

‘Did this guy always have this much aura overflowing?’

Even though he seemed to have finished quickly, Teobaldt had already expended strength to cut down Rowi.

Also, Adolf had trained longer than Teobaldt. He should have been ahead of Teobaldt in the amount of aura.

But the more they fought, it was rather Adolf who felt the lack of aura.

‘This doesn’t make sense. This guy wasn’t at this level… Unless he swallowed some elixir, this shouldn’t be possible…!’

And what made him even more bewildered happened next.

It was time for the Elimis Family’s hidden card to step forward.

“…Leticia.”

Cliff called to her, who was wearing a hood pulled low.

She was covering her face to avoid being discovered as an elf.

She nodded.

“Yes, Master.”

The strategy was already decided.

She called her friend with her beautiful voice.

“Wind, according to our covenant, please defeat my enemies here and now. Silafe.”

At her call, wind gathered in the air and began to take shape.

Someone who guessed its identity shouted loudly.

“A, a spirit! How can this be, a Spirit Mage…!”

Spirit Mages were rarer than mages.

And Spirit Mages were also more difficult to deal with than mages.

While mages required time and concentration for each spell casting, spirits had no such limitations. Magic without delay was a disaster in itself.

“Ugh.”

Under the intense pressure of wind, Adolf’s movements became sluggish. Conversely, Silafe overlapped with Teobaldt as if covering him, reducing the wind resistance Teobaldt experienced.

Slash.

“Guh.”

Teobaldt’s greatsword finally grazed Adolf’s body.

The spirit, as if that moment was an opportunity, created wind blades and tore at that wound.

“Grgh….”

Not even several exchanges had passed.

In that brief moment, Adolf was quickly pushed into a defensive position. Conversely, Teobaldt, receiving the wind’s help, overflowed with even more power.

“…This is the end!”

Clang!

It was because Adolf was experienced that he had managed to hold out this much.

This time too, he barely managed to parry Teobaldt’s sword strike. But even he was being pushed to his limits.

Anyone could see that Adolf was being overwhelmed.

The Ballard Baron’s son, who was the commander, saw this and shouted.

“He-help him! Quickly go rescue Lord Adolf and cut down the enemy!”

These were words directed at the three knights from the Count’s house who were protecting him.

However, they did not follow the Ballard family young master’s words. Instead, the two knights turned their gazes to the veteran knight.

‘What should we do?’

The veteran knight met their questioning gazes and fell into contemplation.

The tide of battle was completely turning.

Of course, if they intervened, they could reverse the current situation.

‘But a spirit…’

He never expected there would be a spirit mage on the opposing side.

And Teobaldt’s skill was also a problem. Even if they had fought in perfect condition without the spirit’s intervention, it didn’t seem like Adolf would have won.

Such a formidable knight.

And a spirit mage.

What could it mean that they were in the enemy camp?

“We were merely asked to guard this position.”

“Th-this!”

The veteran knight made his decision.

Observation.

It wasn’t simply just the fight between Teobaldt and Adolf. Depending on the situation, he was determined to withdraw from the battlefield entirely.

‘It doesn’t make sense for such high-level forces to be in a mere place like Elimis Domain. This is… the Duke’s house was scheming from the beginning to hand over Ballard Domain to the Elimis family.’

Having realized this, the Platice family’s response changed.

They had participated in this war thinking the Duke’s house had abandoned them. But if the Duke was on Cliff’s side, they should have reconsidered participation in the war itself.

This was what Count Platice had also told him.

-If it seems like this war will worsen our relationship with the Prime Minister… return without swinging your sword even once.

He was a person of the Platice family, not the Ballard family.

However, the hot-blooded Ballard young master in his twenties could not understand this.

“How dare you say such things now! Can you not hear my orders! This is a war situation, and I am the commander of this battlefield! How dare you disobey the commander’s orders during war!”

He flew into a rage.

In his small domain, he had never once been refused until now.

If there was one exception, it was losing Priscilla of Elimis Domain. Only she, or more precisely, only her family had refused his demands.

And through this war, an opportunity arose to regain her whom he thought he had lost.

‘Isn’t carrying out the commander’s tactical orders on the battlefield a knight’s natural duty?’

Moreover, he believed he had given the right order now.

They just needed to defeat Teobaldt.

And if the knights here helped, they could save knight Adolf. Not only that, they could reverse the entire war.

So as a commander, he wasn’t giving unreasonable or wrong orders either.

Just to win the war…

“The only one who can give us orders is our lord. My comrades and I, as knights, follow only the commands of one lord and those he has designated.”

Resolute words came from the veteran knight’s mouth.

“Kugh.”

Meanwhile, Adolf was pushed further into a defensive position.

As if he had suffered internal injuries, he coughed up blood. If just a little more time passed, even saving his life would be difficult.

“Shut up! Quickly go defeat the enemy and save Lord Adolf!”

So the Baron’s son jumped around even more frantically.

His face turned pale.

This wasn’t simply because he was foolish. In this situation, there really was no other option besides the Count’s knights stepping forward.

“Haah.”

The veteran knight sighed.

And just as he was about to glare at the Ballard Baron’s son and say something.

‘Hmm?’

The surrounding air changed.

Flinch.

Not only he but all of the Count’s knights stiffened.

‘This is…’

As a veteran knight, he recognized this feeling.

The aura emitted by high-level magical beasts or high-level knights.

Killing intent that stimulates the opponent’s fear.

However, a presence different from killing intent filled this space.

“Huk!”

It seemed even the immature Baron’s son felt this.

He broke out in a cold sweat with a pale face.

The remaining two knights of the Count also hardened their expressions. They each circulated aura within their bodies to relieve their stiffness.

The veteran knight blocked the Baron’s son’s front.

And the moment he glared forward, he was greatly flustered and shocked.

Tremble tremble tremble.

All of the Ballard family’s conscripted soldiers trembled.

They couldn’t control their bodies due to overwhelming fear. Several collapsed right where they stood.

What was surprising was the Elimis family’s army facing this.

‘H-how…’

This was an act of some powerful being emanating their presence.

To affect this many people to this extent, they would have to fill this entire space with intimidating magical power.

But it was peculiar.

If that were the case, it should have been impossible to distinguish between friend and foe. However, the Elimis family soldiers were fine while the Ballard family soldiers had collapsed.

They could only tremble, unable even to flee.

Shiver.

Even the Count’s veteran knight trembled.

He couldn’t believe there was a master capable of this level of magical control.

And perhaps noticing the strange change.

Baron Ballard, who had been in the witness stand, stepped forward.

“Stop!”

Baron Ballard urgently requested a halt to the war.

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