âItâs surprisingly tiringâŠâI am now at one of the room at the lordâs mansion. I was sighing while looking down at the street. After taking control, some residents rebelled but it was soon put out by the guards. However it was still tiring so I just pray that nothing else will happened.
At that time, someone is knocking on the door.âExcuse me.â
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the one who come in is the count Airia. I didnât take her off her position because she is talented and trusted by the people. The only question for now, is whether she is willing to completely cooperate with us.
If she wanted, it wasnât hard to raise another rebellion and even the guards will followed her order. So, if she did that, the werewolves control of the Ryun city will definitely gone.
When I was lost in my thought, Airia was puzzled.
âIs there something wrong Raito-dono?ââAh, itâs nothing Airia-dono.â\n
Because she is still the acting leader in this city, I should maintain distance from her. However with sad face, she told me.âThe city has been controlled and so far no signs of any rebellion.ââI see. Iâm grateful for your hard work. Even if weâre now here, I will try to not hinder the citizens daily life.âhowever her face isnât calm yet.âActually, there is still one more problem⊠regarding the guard corps.ââThe guards?âI thought that they simply surrendered but it does not appear to be so simple.
Airia then told me the story.The guard corps is not the private army of the Airia household. It actually belong to the allied force of Mirarudia kingdom which Ryun city belongs to.Because of that, even Airia as the count couldnât give an order to them. Even to give a mission, she need to ask the permission from the Mirarudia senate.
I roughly understand the situation.
âIn other words, even if theyâre not going to acts against the demon lord army but we canât cooperate with them either.ââThatâs right since I canât ordered them, Iâm your only ally.âwhen looking at Airia expression, she isnât lying. She doesnât have the smell of lying. Actually, when a person is lying, we werewolves can pick up a faint smell of sweat which is signaling their hidden intention. \nâIt seemed like that.âafter that I shake hand with her once again.
The guards corps total is around two hundred people, with their main duty is to maintain security. Since they donât want to cooperate with us then I need to assign some werewolves to guard too. However if that is happening, when the werewolves are guarding the city it will reduce our overall strength and we couldnât rely on the Inu tribes strength. If one day the Mirarudia kingdom troops come to free the city, I am not confident that we could win.
âHmmâŠâthere is always an option to threaten the guard or I can kill half of them to teach them a lesson but that will makes my domination is based on fear and it is hard to maintain the fear level. If I did it wrong, it could in fact lead to another rebellion.
When I was thinking about the trouble, Airia opens her mouth timidly.âThen, why donât you threaten the guards?ââDo you want me to?âwith a wry smile, Airia shook her head.
âBut if you didnât want to then surely you will have a hard time.ââWell, after all just getting along with a demon lord army causing many people to have a hard time.â
Airia understand well the meaning of my words. If they Mirarudia kingdom found out that she agree to make a pact with the demon lord army, she will face hardships.