A Famous Traitor and Treacherous Genius

325 – Siege of Orosol (2)

[The morning of January 6th of the Imperial Calendar, the office of the Chairman of the Gorge Foundation, Orosol Academy, Nostrum Royal Capital.]

A person’s choices may change, but the essence does not change.

The human essence of Grayden the traitor, Grayden the guardian, and Gray Gibraltar does not change.

The entire Nostrum is in crisis.

‘If it were me, I would have abandoned everything except Gibraltar.’

If I were in charge of Gibraltar, I would have strictly protected only the places I was supposed to protect and cut out those who fell behind.

Only those who want to live will survive.

Only those who reach Gibraltar will survive.

Those who do not believe in Gibraltar and are slanderous, envious and jealous of Gibraltar, and who lock themselves in their castles and do not allow anyone to go out, will die.

Gibraltar, the canyon, and even Barcelona.

They may have abandoned all territory while defending just that much, and instead cheered the imperial army from deep in their hearts to reduce the number of refugees.

Why?

Although I haven’t experienced it, I can guess the background that led Guardian Gray to make the choice to only protect Gibraltar.

As much as I experienced it directly through regression, I also have the experience dealing that traitor Gray had when with all kinds of refugees who flowed into Gibraltar.

What is the biggest problem?

“Lord Grey.”

Now.

“There is not enough food.”

Queen Naria approaches and says with a serious expression that the root cause of the problem is the food problem.

“I see.”

“Lord Grey.”

“Are we just running short of food?”

“For now.”

“Okay then. Let’s have a cup of tea first.”

I brewed somnus tea myself and gave it to Queen Naria.

“Lord Gray…”

“Take comfort that the worst is not the case, Her Majesty Queen Naria.”

Even though we couldn’t get the perfect temperature, you can still enjoy a cup of tea even in this busy situation.

“If it were the worst, I wouldn’t have time to drink tea now and I would have to keep walking around without sleep.”

“…”

Queen Naria lightly sipped her tea.

Although he may be trying to find a solution on his own, it is natural to feel anxious as the person in charge of bringing in the increasing number of refugees.

‘The texture is similar.’

Whether it’s my father or Queen Naria, in the end, they are people who fundamentally cannot abandon Nostrum.

These are people who only hate an individual named Saint Geo, but have a sense of debt and responsibility towards the country called Nostrum and the people themselves.

Duty of royalty or nobility.

As a leader, the responsibility to lead the people and the territory.

Without it, my father would have made the choice to cut off everything except Gibraltar, and Naria would have become like St. Geo Nostrum, country and all.

“Let’s take a look at the current situation step by step. What happened when Her Majesty the Queen sent refugee rescue ships to each Nostrum territory.”

The car is sore.

“What happened to food requisition from each territory?”

“Because we took care of the refugees first, we each only had a few days’ worth of food.”

On the first day, the number of people who came to Orosol Academy on the magic automatic ship was small.

As soon as Queen Naria’s order was given, it was better if the lord and his family, including the people, boarded the magic automatic ship first.

At least, if the people of the territory find out that ‘the lord has escaped!’, The people of the territory will realize that the situation is really serious and start packing their bags.

“I just brought back useless gold… Sigh.”

Since these people also bring gold rather than food, the reality is that although they have a place to lie down right away, they do not have food to eat.

“It’s already winter.”

The weather is cold.

This has the advantage of slowing down the decomposition of the body, but it is so cold that one wonders if a living person might freeze and become a corpse.

The only reason the refugees are being managed is because they trust and follow Naria, the queen, and are strictly following instructions.

Although there was no separate manual for this situation, Naria is skillfully controlling the current situation.

“Lord Grey.”

“Yes.”

“The education you received at the orphanage. Was it education prepared for the current situation?”

“No way.”

When Naria came to Gibraltar at the age of 13, she started taking survival classes at daycare.

How to survive in the forest so that you can survive anytime and anywhere, rules of conduct when going to another territory, and how managers should act in such situations.

“It’s just a coincidence.”

“I understand. Coincidence. It’s working, so I won’t ask any more questions.”

Naria looks out her window.

There, people wearing academy uniforms, swords strapped to their waists, and batons sparkling with the light of magic stones are guiding the refugees.

“Queen Naria. Academy students, are they actually acting as administrators and soldiers now?”

“Yes.”

If there is a secret to managing refugees, it is the students who studied at Orosol Academy.

“I don’t know if it was a good decision, but we grouped everything into regions.”

Most of them were children of nobles, and even among commoners, they were children of wealthy families with a strong reputation.

“The people in their hometown do it themselves. Fortunately… There is no one yet who says, ‘Why should I do it?'”

“At least on the outside.”

“…Even if you think to yourself, it is said that a position makes a person.”

As a result, a situation emerged where each student managed those from his or her own region, and in fact, people from the same region gathered in the lecture hall, which was wide enough for several people to enter.

“Aren’t the nobles dissatisfied?”

“If the manager is managed directly by one’s own child, there is no particular comment, but if the manager is a commoner, they say various things.”

“How did you do it?”

“Power, and speaking.”

Naria pointed to her left shoulder.

“Those who disturb and disobey order are granted the right to be brought to the judgment table in front of the Queen. All Academy students wearing red armbands are members of the Royal Knights.”

“Well done.”

How commoners can suppress nobles.

Giving commoners ‘the right to speak to the queen.’

“The students soon become administrators, and the student council executives become ministers. If you look at it, the queen is also a third-year student at the academy.”

“I missed semester classes, so according to the regulations, I have to repeat the grade due to the number of days of attendance.”

“Isn’t that something that can be solved somehow with power?”

“…After.”

Naria sighs deeply.

Not a sigh full of tension-

“It feels like I took off my corset.”

A sigh of relief.

“Her breathing was tighter than when she was wearing the corset, but now it feels like her tight chest opens up with every breath she takes.”

“You don’t have to tell me such trivial things.”

“That means I feel a little relieved.”

Queen Naria smiles slightly.

“There is enough food in the capital to last until next summer. The problem is that although it can handle the people of the capital, it is not enough to support the other fiefdoms who come to Orosol.”

“Yes, that’s right. But that doesn’t mean the king can command the residents to provide food right away.”

It is possible.

“Your Highness Naria. Do you know what an empire or emperor would do in this situation?”

Just follow the emperor’s method.

“It causes natural selection. Among the plants, only those that stubbornly are left behind, and the corpses of those that survive out and die are quietly burned. In fact, they may even be used as fertilizer.”

“Until there.”

Queen Naria interrupts me.

“There is no need to go back on it. And there is no need to say more. That is a method I would not choose.”

“…”

I take a quick sip of tea.

The bitter taste goes away, and a spicy scent fills the mouth.

“And Lord Grey, you may have a solution to this situation.”

“…I’m not the kind of person who immediately finds a solution when a problem arises.”

“I prepared, thought about it, or was able to respond. If not, I wouldn’t have collected it all into Orosol like this.”

“…”

Before I knew it, Naria had come to know something about me.

“Yes, there is a way.”

“As expected.”

“If it was something I couldn’t handle, I wouldn’t have chosen this path in the first place. Rather…”

“Rather?”

“It’s easier to respond.”

Unfortunately.

“Do you know that? When we thought of Orosol as a temporary relief center for refugees, and now, there are far fewer refugees than we originally thought.”

The number of people who escaped to Orosol was less than the food prepared.

“It’s not something to blame yourself for. There were just more people like St. George than you could imagine. That’s all.”

Who are the people who are not on board the rescue ship called the Magical Autonomous Ship?

“Those who think that Naria Geo Nostrum killed Saint Geo Nostrum and usurped the throne. Those who believe that such a lord ignores the queen’s royal authority and prevents the residents from leaving the royal capital. Sirene has reached that point, but they do not believe. . Because they have not seen it in person. Those who think that it is a usurpation of power to forcibly bring in the population to the royal capital.”

The king has changed.

At the same time, war broke out.

“People who are so absorbed in conspiracy theories that they close off their own way of living, while at the same time holding everyone else back and lying down to die with them.”

From the perspective of a person who knows everything, it is a situation that makes one burst out of frustration, but they have no choice but to judge only the information given to them.

“If the war with the empire is over, create your own newspaper. And spread the kingdom’s policies and news through the newspaper.”

“Are you trying to make us blindly trust the newspaper?”

“There are side effects, but at least we can spread the news quickly.”

Although there is a side effect that public opinion can vary depending on the direction of the pen of the person writing the article, it is more important to deliver news quickly than to have such a mature consciousness.

“Fortunately, everything is ready in Orosol. The queen should be worried that her people will not leave for their hometowns and say they will stay in Orosol and work as cleaners even if they are penniless.”

“…Because the facilities are so good?”

“If nothing else, isn’t it clear that the empire’s culture brings convenience to life?”

I opened the door of the director’s office cabinet.

“It’s food. Well, everyone would have baked bread mixed with sawdust every day at home and dipped the bread in watery soup, so it must have been difficult to come to a place without such facilities and have no bread to eat right away.”

“That’s… “

“It’s simple.”

I took out a piece of food that had not yet spoiled from the cabinet.

“If you don’t have bread, you can eat cookies.”

“…”

“It may not be a lot, but it will be enough to feed us while we bring back the wheat harvested from the Golden Plains in Barcelona.”

Although it is an empire.

“I’m hungry, so what’s the big deal about imperial food? If there’s someone who refuses to eat it just because it’s imperial food…”

“I will force it into your mouth. If you still refuse to eat it.”

Queen Naria stood up from her seat.

“Instead of a biscuit, I will put a musket in your mouth.”

“…”

That’s the kind of joke my father used to tell.