'After I conquered Babel, the King rejected my peace offer, after all, paying me the war reparations is the same thing as admitting defeat, and he couldn't do that. But while the King probably wanted to accept it, the nobles all around him forced him to refuse. They couldn't willingly accept that they lost the war. Seeing that the negotiations were not going anywhere, I pushed deeper into Zhcted's territory.
My army completely ignored Legnica, and marched directly to Silesia, the capital. Burning anything in their way. However, they didn't siege it. Sieging a city with millions of citizens while I only have 90,000 elite soldiers, and 20,000 forced conscripts is not something I wanted to do. The city has 3 walls, and was located close to the Valta river, meaning that it was impossible to starve its population.
Instead of doing that, I choose to capture the nearby cities, and harass any merchants that tried to use the normal road to enter the capital. For 7 days, I was attacked 7 times by an army led by multiple Vanadis, however, they were all defeated. In the end, after killing more than 100,000 Zhcted soldiers, the King sued for peace.
And I made sure to punish him in this piece treaty for not accepting my first offer, and at the same time, I also made sure not to cross certain lines. I want Zhcted to be focused on Brune not on my nation, so the peace treaty signed by the two nations was the following:
1- the Dinant Plains are now part of the mountain King's nation.
2- Zhcted will sign a non-aggression pact with the mountain King that will last for 2 years.
3- The mountain King promises not to intervene, should Zhcted invade Brune in the next 5 years.
4- The mountain King's army will leave Zhcted´s land immediately and it will stop attacking passing merchants.
5- Zhcted merchants are free to pass through the Dinant Plains as they please, without any threat to their safety.
6- The mountain King will return the Vanadis Elizavetta Fomina to Zchted.
Honestly, it was a shame having to return Liza, however, I have other things to worry about. For starters, I have a nation that has 4 different ethnic groups, so there will be a lot of conflicts.
From people of the mountain, Brune, Asvarre, and Zhcted, there are 4 different groups that all hate each other. If I'm not careful, then I will face rebellions. But my biggest concern is the navy. Or the lack of one. I have no ships that I can use, if I had, then I could have captured the capital. Each time I was close to capturing a Vanadis, they would retreat. It was probably an order from their King since they cannot afford to lose more of them. After all, they only had 5 of them, now they have 6, and 1 who is bedridden.
But whatever, I have already planted the seeds. Now, the only thing I will do it wait for it to grow. I will break Zchted from the inside out, but first I needs to take Brune. After I returned home, I made sure that Machi got some rest, poor girl, she was getting fucked almost 24 hours a day.
I went to battle, fucked Machi, and petted Shiro. That was my life, an enjoyable life... a pity that Machi don't have half my stamina. she spent most of the day sleeping to recover the little she has. With Machi resting, the first I did was write a letter to the King of Muozinel thanking him for the assistance in the invasion on Zhcted.
Apparently their armies still haven't retreated from Zhcted, and the King of Zhcted has send the remaining Vanadis to fight them, and they are still fighting. I also received a messenger from the King of brune, I still remember the words he said.' I placed my hand on my chin while I recalled.
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"The king is very pleased to know that your nation has stopped Zhcted from invading Brune. Not only that, you managed to push them back, and took their own territory. Babel is a terrifying fortress that Brune has tried to take multiple times in the course of 200 years. The other nations are starting to call you the"God of War", a god in the battlefield. A God that doesn't lose a battle. This is why his majesty, the King Faron Soleil Rauy Blainville de Charles, wants to bring our two nations together." The messenger told me.
"Go on, what is it that the King of Brune wants from me." I wondered.
"Since your sister, Shiro Britannia, is the duke of Eisen, the King wants to marry your sister to the Crown Prince Regnas."
'To think that the King has the audacity of proposing this.' I squinted. "Have I heard that right? Does he think that such a Mongrel like Prince Regnas, is good enough for my sister?" My killing intent began to leak. "It looks like my army will have to march out again. This time, the destination is the royal capital of Brune, Nice."
The messenger's face instantly paled when he felt my bloodthirst. "Y-you dare threaten the K-King of Brune?!" But he still had the courage of talking back. I don't know if it is stupidity or courage.
"It is not a threat. I will make sure that my army will go south, and completely pillage the capital." I smiled before I moved my finger and a thread appeared on the neck of the messenger, slowly, the thread was tightening.
But at this moment, Shiro appeared. "Nii there is nothing to worry. I will do it." Then she turned to the suffocating messenger. "I will get married to Prince Regnas when I reach 15, now leave, and convey that to your king before you get murdered by my brother."
I released the messenger's neck, and he ran away while coughing.
"What are you planning, little Shiro?" I grabbed her and placed her on my lap.
"According to what you said, Prince Regnas is actually a girl." She reminded me.
After a few seconds of silence, I looked at her. "Oh that is right. She is Regin, after the King dies, she becomes Queen."
"Yeah, so there is nothing to worry about. I will train her, and discipline her. I will make sure she swears loyalty to you brother, that way you will have a legitimate reason to take the Brune throne." She cutely said.
'She is right, taking the Brune throne by force will be rather troublesome, however, taking it, and putting a royal puppet on the throne might work.' I messed her hair.
"Nii, send a messenger. Say that the fiancee must get to know the groom, invite them to our nation, and I will make sure that she is completely trained." After saying that, she hugged me.
"I will leave that to you, I have other things to worry about. I have two years to make a strong navy." I leaned on my chair.
'I have to start my plans on the contruction of a naval fleet... but first I will have some more fun with Machi, she should still be awake.'
(Vergo POV)
'Oemitsu teleported us to a world that is only ice, and snow. With Neon's Nen ability, we could find out the general locations of the crystals, however, according to her ability to read the future, there is still something else on this world that Oemitsu wants. Two sisters. Apparently, one of them has a great ability, and the other one is a scientist. I don't know anything about the ability but I know that Oemitsu needs a scientist.'
"Should we just raid the palace, and get this over with?" Menchi asked.
"Raiding the palace might force our next family members to run away. That would be rather troublesome to deal with." Ponzu denied.
"I am bored! I wanna go home! We have been here for way to long." Neon complained.
"Wait. We are almost finishing our quest, we have already got 2 crystals, there is only one left." I told them.
"Yeah, but the problem is its location." Ponzu said.
I just nodded. "The crystal in the palace of the country is rather troublesome to get, but we can manage it somehow. If we can't find the scientist, and her sister, then we will just raid the castle, and leave. Remember, the crystals are the priority."
"True... but this blizzard is rather annoying to deal with! I can't see anything!" This time, it was Menchi's time to complain
"This is good for us to use. If we plan it out correctly, we might be able to use the blizzard as a cover for our escape." Ponzu analyzed.
"Perhaps. But I still hate the low temperatures. I like the summer, and to dress myself freely!" Menchi commented.
"You can only dress like a slut in the summer!" Ponzu fired back.
"Who are you calling a slut?!" Menchi approached Ponzu.
"There is someone knocked down over there." I pointed, interrupting their squarrel.
"But we are in the middle of nowhere." Neon said.
After taking a better look, I saw that it was girl that looked like a child, and a adult woman, lying on the snow.
"They look like sisters." I commented.
"No. They don't. They are completely different." Menchi stated.
"I can tell. They are sisters." I reaffirmed.
"But they are completely different, let's just ignore them." Ponzu continued walking.
"Let's take them in. They might be who we are looking for." I said before I began to walk at their direction.
"Whatever, let's just find a warm place, and get something to eat." Neon followed behind me.
"Huff." I picked the woman and the girl as if they were a bag of potatoes. "Let's go. Our time in this world must end quickly, after all, only Oemitsu can accept new members into the family." I told them. 'This is something that we all agreed. Only Oemitsu has the authority to add new members into the family. I just hope that we aren't committing a mistake in rescuing these two.'