Game Difficulty
Went Crazy
Chapter 33
The next morning.
In the small courtyard attached to Ovenue Fortress, Tris groaned lowly as she swept her hair back.
No. I can’t let him go. I can’t…
Waaah… Don’t go…
“Ughhh…!”
She felt her face burn bright with embarrassment, recalling how drunk she got at yesterday’s victory feast, making a scene in front of the commanders and Glenn.
Lucy, standing nearby, tried to comfort her, saying that everyone was looking at her with warm smiles, but hearing that only made her feel more shame.
“Haah…”
Since she would soon become the head of the Wardsworth family, she had wanted to maintain dignity and grace.
But drunk, holding her brother and crying and whining, her messy behavior would be remembered in the minds of Ovenue Fortress’s commanders for a long time.
“I just want to hide…”
“Why?”
Startled by the sudden voice from behind, Tris turned her head.
“G-Glenn?!”
“Yes. It’s me, sister.”
“Uh, when did you come?”
“Just now. But you want to hide? Is something troubling you?”
Her already red face turned even redder.
“A-ah, no. Glenn. Nothing’s troubling me.”
“Hmm? Oh… is this because of what happened at yesterday’s victory feast?”
She hadn’t noticed the surroundings, but somehow Glenn was quick to read this.
Tris sighed deeply, as if giving up.
“…Sorry. Was it too much for you?”
“No. Actually, I should be the one apologizing.”
Glenn smiled gently at Tris and sat across from her.
In just a month, she had grown so much that she now seemed mature.
“Even with the household in chaos, if your brother just keeps going out and causing trouble, how could you not feel frustrated?”
Her words, as kind as her matured appearance, made a smile naturally appear.
“No. I understand, Glenn. Keeping a hero like you in the family is probably just my selfish desire, isn’t it?”
The situation had changed.
The clumsy, immature sister, who had previously received love from no one, had finally become a sacred being—a saint—whose name surpassed even the Wardsworth family.
Now, Tris had already given up on staying with her brother.
‘It will be a little lonely, but…’
Putting aside her personal wish was for Glenn’s benefit.
Hiding her true feelings said in drunkenness, Tris offered a soft smile.
“So… where are you planning to go?”
“I’ll go to the Reigle territory.”
“Reigle… you mean.”
“Yes.”
The Reigle territory was west of the Papal Kingdom, south of Wardsworth.
In other words, it was the center of the long front line from north to south, where the main forces of the Papal Kingdom and the Demon King’s army faced each other.
Thus, compared to Wardsworth’s northern territory, Reigle was incomparably important.
“If you gain the advantage there, you could lead the war against the demons favorably. So it’s the right choice. But…”
A shadow crossed Tris’s face.
“Are you okay, Glenn? You don’t know how they might react in Reigle.”
The Reigle Marquess family, along with the Alberluce Count family, was one of the Papal Kingdom’s most prestigious houses.
But since the days when Wardsworth was the top noble house, they had quietly felt inferior and constantly tried to counter Wardsworth.
“Even if you’re recognized as a saint, Glenn, they won’t follow your orders willingly.”
Tris’s words were true.
Other noble houses aside, a house like Reigle could ignore some orders from the Church headquarters and act as they wished.
Especially Palador Reigle, the head, who seemed kind and easygoing but was skilled at subtly manipulating situations to his advantage.
“Even if I go to Reigle to help them, they will try to subtly exclude me. But…”
Glenn gave a sly smile toward Tris.
“They will need me in Reigle.”
“Reigle… needs you?”
“Yes. Otherwise, Reigle will be destroyed.”
Tris’s eyes went wide, jaw dropped in shock.
Given everything Glenn had said so far, this was no joke.
“Destroyed? The Reigle territory?”
“Yes. Though it is a large noble house, with strong military power in the Papal Kingdom outside the capital. But if left alone, Reigle will be overwhelmed by the Demon King’s army.”
Even in the original scenario, if the player chose the human side, only the Reigle territory maintained balance.
“But if we do nothing, Reigle will be crushed by the demons.”
This was a completely different flow from the original.
This prediction came from Penelope’s information about the Demon King’s army deployment.
Reigle territory: As expected, the Demon King’s second-in-command, the 2nd Legion Commander, considered it the most important location and stationed the 1st Legion there.
Excuse me? About the 1st Legion Commander? If you speak of him, the information known to humans is mostly consistent…
S-Sorry, ma’am! The 1st Legion Commander is Rowen, a demon sword-user from a lower-class background.
‘1st Legion Commander, Demon Swordsman Rowen.’
A name she had never heard.
Thanks to the Lunatic correction, this commander was added beyond the original work.
From Penelope’s added explanation, Glenn understood how threatening she was.
If you consider the Demon King’s second-in-command, most people choose the 2nd Legion Commander, Cacherto Lienz, for strategy. But in pure combat ability, Rowen is second only to the Demon King.
And she is a 9-star, on par with Demon King Rupellos.
Without a strategic weapon matching a 9-star Demon Swordsman, Reigle’s troops cannot hold the front line.
“So they will need help.”
“Demon Swordsman Rowen… I didn’t expect her to appear at the front line.”
Tris’s gray eyes trembled in disbelief.
“…You are really going there?”
Her concern was clear; sending Glenn to a front line with a 9-star demon was terrifying.
But Glenn, as always, answered with a gentle smiling eye.
“…Yes. That is God’s will, so I cannot avoid it.”
At that bitter moment, Glenn continued.
“Yes. My mission is to destroy the enemies of the Church. But sister… may I make you a promise?”
“…Hm?”
Tris slowly raised her gaze.
Feeling the dense saint power radiating from Glenn, her pupils dilated.
“O-oh… how…?”
