"Hey, Ars, we should start leaving for the city!"

"Where are you going, Baito-nii? The Fontana family hasn't arrived yet, no?"

"Are you stupid? Is there someone who bothers to wait for the opponent to come attacking? You must strike first to win, right?"

　It was when I finished giving the Barca surname to the villagers who responded to our convocation, with some Mana Recovery Medicine in one of my hands.

　Baito-nii who was next to me stood up vigorously and made a declaration.

　What are you saying so suddenly?

　Is my brother already in combat mode?

　However, when I think about it again, I was too conscious of gathering people anyway.

　I wasn't thinking about what to do in the future.

　At best, I could only think of waiting for the ojiisan to collect the information.

　If you think about it carefully, there may be some logic behind what Baito-nii's words.

　Barca village is a land surrounded by the outer wall that I built.

　However, this land is too large.

　It will be impossible to protect this land, which is about 4km on a side, with less than 100 people.

　And although the walls are thick, they are not made like fortress walls.

　They were built so that they could stand recieving the stampede of wild boars, but it was not designed to intercept humans attacking.

　However, that doesn't mean that I'm going to start the battle right away, as my older brother says.

　It is too dangerous to dare to rush to the other party's home base.

　They are a group that has strength beyond ours, both in the quality and strength of soldiers.

　Originally, in recent years, there might be a difference in strength between the villagers of the past and the villagers pf the present because the farmers were drafted to fight.

　But still, it may be better to come up with a little plan than charge straight ahead.

"Okay, let's go out. However, the destination is not the city. We will go to the neighboring village."

　After thinking for a while, I decided to go to another village.

　* * *

　The city of Fontana is in the south, about 3 days away from Barca village near the northern forest.

　Of course, there's a few obstacles between my village and the city.

　There are several other villages.

　I decided to head from Barca village to the nearest village.

　However, it is not for the purpose of attacking and looting the village.

　We citizens of Barca were going to tell the other villiages why we were upset this time.

　The outrage is caused by the Fontana family, and we can't stand it so we decided to rebel.

　This is the story that was used to convene the villagers from Barca which is to be extended to other villages.

　It can be called a kind of propaganda.

　It makes us seem like justice is on our side.

　Of course, even if they hear such a story, many may not believe it, and it may only be regarded as annoying.

　However, I'm hoping that there are a certain number of people who will listen to me.

　It is difficult to eat every day, and there are quite a few people who die from freezing and starvation every winter.

　There are people who are living a life that may end tomorrow.

　I persuade, almost brainwash, them by saying, "It's all because of the aristocrats that you are living a difficult life," and then show off my magic.

　Now, along with providing food, I appeal that they will be able to use this magic as well.

　Maybe some people will get together.

　Let's use magic that all the villiages near Barca village have never seen, and show the scene of one or two people getting magic to the others.

　Then there will be no doubt that they will be able to use magic upon joining our forces.

　If it succeeds to that extent, the rest will depend on the subsequent flow.

　We might then head to the city.

　It is also good to have a place which will be a battle-field somewhere.

　It may be possible that if the battle field is Barca village, we might get cornered and laid siege upon.

　Rather, it depends on the other party's time of appearance.

　I want to take the initiative, but if the other side puts in a tremendous amount of manpower behind them, I can't imitate that.

　I'll have to think craftily at that time.

　In this way, nearly 80 people from our Barca village rushed to the neighboring village.

　* * *

"Hmm, it's unexpected. I feel like they won't even lend an ear to listen to our opinion."

"It's natural. In ANY village, if such a large number of people approached with weapons, no one would think they came to 'talk'."

"I thought it was a good idea. Dad, what should I do?"

"Your father doesn't have a clue, son."

　The neighboring village is came diagonally downwards from Barca village.

　Apparently ur side was the only one who wanted to have a discussion.

　The people in the neighboring village who sensed our existence as a group approached immediately gathered with weapons.

　Somehow, they seem used to fighting.

　As was the case in our village, every house has a special weapon to use as a weapon in case of emergency, and when something happens, they immediately bring them all together.

　Their movement was fast because they probably thought that their lives depended on their speed, unlike the lack of motivation that people seemed to move with in the disaster prevention drills in my previous life.

　Perhaps we haven't experienced it in my village, but this village may have experienced a sudden attack by some kind of group before.

　On the other hand, I was also a bit upset at myself.

　This reaction was natural, when you think about it.

　I was just going to come to talk to the neighboring village.

　But it wasn't informed to the villagers.

　I just told the people around me about my destination and then headed to the neighboring village.

　Perhaps some of these people with me think we have come to attack them.

　I haven't had the experience of leading a group with weapons in the past.

　I may have moved too much without thinking deeply about what everyone thinks.

　In the situation where our groups met each other while semmingly angry with each other, I involuntarily looked up at the heavens.

TLN: So... we are gathering more of an alliance, eh?

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Oh, and this was supposed to be released an hour earlier, but I forgot to save the draft and x-ed out of the site. Oops.