CH 48

What? Nadia didn’t even expect this kind of reaction…

Even at the moment Nadia yelped oh my, Glenn’s voice continued.

“So I hope you don’t feel compelled to help me.  I can’t deny that one day there will be a major conflict between the South and the North… If possible, try not to get yourself caught up in the fight.”

“….”

At this point, Nadia could only guess that Glenn misunderstood her.  Hence Nadia didn’t know what to answer.

Organizing her thoughts, Nadia finally opened her mouth.  She sticked to the role of a woman in love.

“Well, for saying so… Thank you so much, but…”

“But?”

“Still, I think it would be better not to show up at the welcoming ceremony.  I want to help you not because anyone forced me or because I feel obligied to.”

“….”

“I just want to help because I like it.”

Even after she said it, Nadia slightly averted her gaze like she was embarrassed.

Her cheeks weren’t flushed at all, but she pretended to be shy.

It was Glenn who caught fire in his face.  He gritted his teeth and thought.

‘Damn it, are southern women usually so open to showing affection?’

No matter how many times he heard the direct expression of love, Glenn couldn’t get used to it.

Especially after realizing that she was sincere, it seemed to make him felt even more strange.

Glenn cleared his throat, barely clearing the heat off of his face, and said.

“If you say so… I understand.”

Of course, he still couldn’t make eye contact.

“If you want, you can just stay in the carriage during the welcoming ceremony.  Even the fact that you made a big contribution, I shall issued order to keep it a secret. And the thing you’re worried about… I will try to prevent that from happening as much as possible.”

“Thank you for your understanding.”

When she smiled and said that, his mind suddenly fled out of the window.  Glenn muttered it was time. He just realized he was too excited.

He said with a slightly embarrassed expression.

“It’s almost time to leave, you should get on the carriage now.”

“Yes, see you later, Glenn.”

Nadia waved her hand and ran to the direction of her carriage.

Her escort knight, Fabian, followed suit.

Glenn watched her climb into her carriage, then he too took his steps to the place where his horse stood.

“Your Grace, would you like to leave now?”

“It looks like everything is ready. Do we need to waste any of our time?”

“Yes, then I will tell everyone to depart now.”

After he gave the order to depart, he mounted his horse. The saddles of his horses were not equipped with stirrups because Nadia gave her advice only a few days ago.

“Right, I would like you to keep the things I told you a secret for the time being.  Our practice has to be done secretly by gathering only trustworthy people. Isn’t it better to hide a trump card?”

Stirrups were difficult to come up with at first, but they were simple enough that anyone could use it once they saw it.

But if they used this item in a public place, it wouldn’t take long for it to reach the South.

Of course, even if the Southerners followed the same tactic, it would not be as efficient as the Northern army, but it would be more advantageous for the enemy to know their plan.

The vassals and knights agreed with Glenn, and they agreed to keep it a secret until they revealed it in the battlefeld.

And one more thing.

There was one more thing Nadia hinted at that day.  She was lost in her thoughts when she said it to Glenn.

‘A commander who is not bound by social status and knows how to boldly overturn conventional common sense…’

The faces of the lords of the Southern nobles come to his mind one by one.

There were stupid people among them, and there were smart one too, but they didn’t have anything in common to Nadia’s description.

‘They all seems to be old-fashioned and conservative.’

They were all mostly typical aristocratic middle-aged men.

In addition, it was unlikely that a lord with a large territory tended to be dependent on their status.

Because their prosperity depended on it.

None of the people in his mind matched what she said.

But Glenn wasn’t stupid enough to think that Nadia was only worrying for nothing.

Was it something he had learned from some experience that she had never said something wrong?

Besides, the look on Nadia’s face the moment she mentioned this unknown figure bothered him.

‘It’s the first time I’ve seen such a sunken expression on her.’

It wasn’t that she was being cautious for the unlikely event, it was more that she had already known that there was such a person on the enemy lines.

‘Who is it?’