chapter 29

"I think you girls should just drop the disguise now." Conner gave them the advice.

Ryan and Mavis just look at one another.

"Are we going to be sent back to the garrison city now?" Ryan asked Conner fearfully.

"Nope," Conner replied with haste.

"But but we- eh?" Ryan was quite surprised by Conner answer.

"Why...isn't war dangerous?" Ryan asked him.

"Not always, it's usually dangerous for the one who's fighting on the frontline, that's a given, but for the logistic members of the army and some of the higher up officers, it really isn't that much of a big deal," Conner told her.

" I know the reason why you two are here, I can tell you about Leonard situation, but not now," Conner added.

"Is he okay?" Mavis asked the man.

"He's doing more than just okay, probably having the time of his life right now," Conner said jokingly. "Once again, I'll tell you later- for now just take a stroll around the camp, if you want to help the logistic members, just ask them," he added.

"But can we at least know where he is right now? And the woman...the woman that was spotted with him when they left." Ryan called out to Conner.

"Sorry I can't, Leonard is in a very dangerous place right now, also the woman is also another classified secret as well, for that you need for Leonard to come back- then you can ask him personally," Conner told her.

"But when will he come back?" Mavis asked him.

"If I'm not wrong, he should return after we route the Rosen invasion army." Conner made an educated guess and then headed off.

Leaving the two girls to themselves.

"What should we do now Mavis?" Ryan looked at Mavis as Conner was leaving them there and headed back to whatever he was going to do.

"What else can we do but wait for him?- Ryan...did you get jealous when I mentioned that a woman tagged along with Leonard?" Mavis grinned pervertedly.

"I-I don't know what's you are talking about." Ryan pretended to be oblivious.

"Oh sure, you do~ I'm going to tell Leonard when he gets back." Mavis pulled to Ryan and give her a snuggle.

*****

In the Rosen camp.

Once again, the army commanding officers and the general, Gilbert has gathered for another meeting.

"General, we are suffering heavy losses to the enemy strange new weapon!" one of them reported with a grim expression.

"I can see that, but what are our losses?" Gilbert asked them.

"Reporting, General- our losses are almost half of the infantry we sent out, that number is close to around a thousand men." another reported.

Gilbert just nodded as he heard the report.

"How is our rations situation now if we were to rationed it all out until more arrived for the campaign?" Gilbert asked his logistic officer, Michael.

"...general, if we were to reduce our portions and number of meals a day, at most we could extend it another day or two longer," Michael reported bitterly.

"Good, you do that then, the courier should have arrived at Trost by now," Gilbert muttered.

*****

The road between the Rosen camp and the city of Trost.

A man wearing clothes with a crest of the Rosen army was currently being tied up and placed next to his dead horse on the side of the road, with his mouth gagged by a piece of rag.

Surrounded him were two men in a dark green hooded cloak.

"What are we going to do with him now, captain?" one of the men asked the one who stood next to him.

"We wait for lady Luminous to return so we can start questioning him, she should know on what our next move is." the captain said.

"Talking about lady Luminous, what do you think the relationship between her and our Lord is? The two of them seen quite close and intimate back in the camp." the youngster asked.

"Who knows, but I know for a fact that starting a rumor and gossiping about your superior could get you into some deep shit." the captain advised him.

"What are you two talking about?" then the voice of a woman sounded out behind the two men.

Which instantly freaked the both of them out.

"Ah it's you lady Luminous, please don't do that...you almost gave me a heart attack." the captain lamented.

"Oh please, if you weren't gossipping behind my back, there's no reason for you to freak out," she commented.

The men were embarrassed and felt quite awkward.

Luminous then brought her attention to the courier who was listening fearfully on the side.

"Alright, we got a lot of questions that needed to be answered."

She began to crack her knuckles and smiled menacingly at the terrified courier.

"*Gurgle *gurgle!!!!" the courier began to struggle and squirmed as Luminous was approaching him.

"Time to diss out all my frustration because of that kid Leonard." Luminous thoughted and began her work to "persuade" the courier for his information.

She then pulled out the rag from the courier mouth.

"No no no- please! I'll tell you everything!" however was all gone to a deaf ear, Luminous start her beating.

The two men who were spectating this process had a chill ran down their spine as they witnessed the bloody, barbaric scene unfolded before their eyes.

*****

Somewhere else, in the Rosen army.

Leonard was working and "helping" the Rosen army with their logistic works, creating rationed portions for the returning knights who came back from their bloody massacre from the Evergreen army,

But then suddenly he felt a chill and start to break out in cold sweats.

"What the fuck is going on?!" he questioned fearfully.

"What's up Leonard? Caught the flu or something?" a logistic member asked him out of concern when he saw Leonard shivered when it was bloody roasting outside.

"No, it's nothing, just suddenly had a chill, it's felt like someone is fantasizing themselves about me of all people," Leonard told the man.

Upon hearing Leonard answer he just laughs.

"At least you have someone to think about you, brother." the man said jokingly.

"Just hope that it's a woman." he then added.

"Yandere perhaps?" Leonard thoughted, but once again he felt that creepy chill.