The Noble Lady of Lust

Chapter 239: Collaboration

I didn’t know if this continent even had hidden families existing or known, but I took a chance and, worst case scenario, I would move on.

”Yes, as you could see, my family has passed down rare crystal magic, and the reason we came here is because a member of our family, my younger sister, disappeared, during her coming of age ceremony.”

I acted sad and heartbroken. I imagined one of the girls disappearing, and it would certainly be a serious issue, that thinking about it brought me more anger than anything, for not being able to do anything about it.

”Haaaa~!”

But then I calmed down. Well, I guess it worked, to give it more realism.

”Ehem... And the reason we’re here is because he possesses a tracking device that guides us to the demonic side.”

”...”

Well, everyone was seriously listening to my made-up explanation. I had time to think about it during the day and I thought it was perfect.

”We don’t know how it happened, but we’re sure she there and I’m not going to lie to them, the reason I’m here is because we want to use your kingdom and allies.”

”What?!!!”

”What nonsense is that!”

”How can she be so cheeky, you’re just a brat!”

” I see you’re an arrogant family. I like your style.”

”Let’s calm down a bit, let her finish talking.”

Well there were reasonable between them allowing me to finish explaining.

”We’ve already done our research and we know the reason for their aggressiveness. I mean, they will be in serious trouble now that there is no one to inherit the throne, right?”

Yes take out e, what I knew to use it, disguising it as an investigation, well it is an investigation of my alternate self from the future, so I don’t lie.

”I’ve heard enough. This is nonsense. This girl could be a spy.”

”Hey, shut up! Don’t be silly, a spy for who? For demons? Is that silly”

”Well , I guess a hidden family has their methods of gathering information.”

”This is a goddamn state secret, dammit! We must get the truth out of him, even if it’s by force.”

”everything is solved using violence for you, huh?, haaa~... That’s why they shouldn’t choose generals based on their strength alone.”

”come on let’s calm down a bit, we are adults, let’s act accordingly, we must first listen to everything he has to say and then decide”.

Yes, it was chaos filled with many opinions, but that didn’t matter. I was laying my cards on the table, and laying my own with my fictional backing.

Now, while my real self had not yet found the current whereabouts of my ”little ticket platinum,” regardless of the situation, I must form my foundation here.

”Shut up, all of you!... As General Paola says, let her finish speaking. Her achievements so far are not something we should forget. First listen to her and then we will decide what to do.”

””””.....””””

” Well, go on. ”

general Philips, put the order and asked me to continue with what I had to say

”As I said, we have done our research and the reason is because my younger sister somehow ended up being imprisoned by the lord of the city Tyravok, yes, the same city where your prince is. Hence we know about it. Now, I propose a collaboration.”

”Wait... the city, Tyravok? ,you mean the first city after the portal right”

Now it was Philips who interrupted me, although he was the mime who said not to interrupt me now he was interrupting me. But since he seems to be on my side I will listen to him.

”yes I mean that city, that’s where your crown prince is, as well as your son”

”””””....””””””’

what’s going on’ I don’t understand why they are all silent.

”...no, go on, it’s just that your information is of great help, until now the whereabouts of the hostages was a mystery”

’oh, so it was, that, humm..., I thought they would know’

This could be bad, since, if it’s not information they gathered themselves, I wouldn’t know how much collaborative they are based on my words, but well, it wasn’t a lie, so I think it will work.

’well let’s move on, where did I stay? ..oh yeah’

”Unfortunately, only my father and I are here at the moment. Originally, only my father would go to rescue my sister, but he realized that the situation he was in was not easy to deal with, so he contacted me and asked me to somehow collaborate with you, who have a similar goal.”

”What about the rest of your family, why just you and your father?”

well, a question I was expecting.

”Unfortunately, our family is a bit far away. We already communicated, but it would take at least two week. That’s why my father and I want to use them.”

”Tsk, you’re still going on about that? You think only you and your father can use an entire continent, girl? If you need us, it means you’re not that strong.”

”Haaaa~! Let me finish. Yes we want to use you, but you guys can use us too. My father went ahead and is inside the city. just like me. He’s good at breaking barriers The plan is for you guys to arrive and besiege the city. Distracting the forces of the lord of the city ”

Well, the final touch.

” and he can rescue my sister and why not the prince and the other hostages, it’s a win, win, everything would be fine even without the need for the patriarch of the family, my grandfather, to get involved...”

I threw out that last detail, to tell them that we are not mere members, and that we were worth collaborating with, even if there are only two of us the family sucks and their prince is dead, but as long as the humans attack, my main self has more leeway to act in the chaos.

”Well, that’s it. Keep in mind that we only contacted them because we want to rescue my sister as soon and safely as possible. Even if you don’t help us, when the rest of our family comes, we can do it, and at that point we won’t worry about any princes.”

”Is that a threat?”

’Yes, dammit, yes it is,’ I wanted to say, especially to that general, fat man who seemed to be going against me, with every thing he said, but I couldn’t provoke them too much or maybe my whole story would backfire.

”Take it any way you want. You can call me anytime you want. By the way, my father is an expert who passed the twelfth barrier of existence. Take him into consideration.”

I said as I walked out, trying to simulate the atmosphere of an heiress of a hidden family, who might be stronger than her kingdom.

Since I said that considering that this realm is a little stronger than my realm, leaving out my father who was an abnormality, the headmaster of the academy who is the second strongest is only at the first rank of soul conversion or overcame the eleventh barrier of existence.

Now while I acted impassive so as not to show hesitation and have the whole lie I told uncovered, besides, the final decision will probably not come from them but from the highest authority in the army, the great general.

who was not present in this campaign, and I thought I knew why. I was hoping that they would get in touch somehow and he would make a decision quickly.

..

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The next day, they seemed to accept my offer, which relieved me. Honestly, I didn’t know if they could know if my fictional family’s existence was real or not, but apparently, they are not a powerful enough kingdom to find out.

The general, son of the great General Philip Anstrong. He explained to me how we were going to work and what his father’s contract consisted of, as we rode along on a scaled horse.

When I finished listening to him, I realized that they did not agree 100% with my proposal, since he left the possibility of withdrawing from the deal if the demons negotiated with the release of their prince.

But I didn’t care, that guy couldn’t be any deader, and the demons wouldn’t tell until they found out themselves. So they would inevitably be guided by my proposal.

We continued our march until we finally got out of the wooded areas and entered the foot of the mountain range, the whole little axis of more than 300,000 soldiers, facing the left mountain of one of the two frontal fortresses was.

There were no attacks, and the reconnaissance team had gone ahead to find traps or any snags in the area we would use.

So, keeping in mind how difficult it would be, quickly the entire army worked as one and began to make trenches.

With warriors digging and laying the foundations for temporary walls, while other mages began to work together to activate barriers with the maximum magical technology in the kingdom.

Archers were in guard positions, in case the enemy interrupted, but we were at a distance where cannons or any weapon would hardly reach. Only the most powerful ones, from time to time, arrived, but they were stopped by the joint work of the elite.

It was a race against time. Finally, after a while the demons sent hundreds of golems each one with more than three meters and some reaching up to ten meters, and they were made of different materials.

They were disposable units and not only that, they had explosive devices attached to them, which caused some casualties, while the elite and part of the army had to divert from their work to stop them.

I watched all of this as I learned and tried to understand the consequences, purpose and advantages of this type of strategy and how the geenrals gave orders to counter it.

If I looked closely, the golems didn’t just carry explosives. There were also devices that brought poison and other things, which caused casualties and disrupted the formation of our front for the siege.

It was a simple but effective strategy that did not waste lives, on the part of the demons, but definitely burned resources.

I continued to watch the scene from a relatively safe place, without missing anything, it was my first real War and I had the privilege of not participating directly for now.

For me, the more I learn, the less likely it is that something will take me by surprise and kill me in the future.

The healing mages were striving to create barriers that generated an anti-venom area or cast purifications and healings towards those wounded by these golems.

Now, even with the delay and the inevitable casualties, at the end of the day with the insightful guidance of the generals and their subordinates, we were able to create our bases and have a firm foothold for the next siege.