Chương 85: Arriving

"Can't we just go back home?"

"No, can't do, Gin Gin. I really don't want to go to the capital, but sadly the king uses his authority to summon us. This is an official summon."

"But it is really boring!"

"Then how about we play some game?"

"Game?"

"This one is called a battleship."

I summon a battleship board and begin to play it with my little sister Ginerva. It has been two weeks since the summoning letter from the capital arrived at the Sea Dragon City. Right now, we are inside the carriage with two hundred elite soldiers that Leonardo chose personally.

They are equipped with full plate armor that makes them even more impressive. I also ask the other lord to bring at least fifty soldiers with them. I explain to them that we cannot show weakness to the other.

We cannot make them think that we are in a weak state because of the monster wave and the S-class monster, especially when the other noble from the south will also attend this rewarding ceremony.

This is also the rare time where the north showing our might not their weakness like in the past. We were not strong enough to feed and pay a large soldier in the past, but now we have enough food and gold to pay and feed our soldiers and people.

There is also a reason why I decided to bring a large number of soldiers from Sea Dragon City. I want to show the king that we don't need his help to defeat the S-class monster and still have an awesome soldier who can beat the capital's elite soldier. Be it in terms of equipment or strength. We can beat them.

Basically, it was a dick-measuring contest between us, the northern noble, against them, the southern noble.

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|Elizabeth Vulux POV|

I look at the soldiers who march toward the capital city with a perfect formation. There is no imperfection in their formation.

It has been a few days since the day the noble from the north came to the capital, and each one of them brought more than a hundred soldiers. What makes them more intimidating is that they are wearing armor that covers their body.

However, there is something that makes the soldier from the Sea Dragon City is scarier. It was the spear that so long it looks like a tree that is ready to stab you and kill you. Their equipment is really familiar to me. While I'm not really into the history of the earth, I know that the army Isaac brought with him is like the army from ancient Greek.

I think they are called spartan.

I know that they are a fierce soldier but seeing them with my own eyes is something else entirely. While I'm not a fighter, I can see they are strong individually with or without their weapons and armor.

In the middle of the formation are a dozen carriages. There are two fancy carriages that I know of as the carriage where the Lionheart family is located.

"Princess… We should go back. You promise the Queen Dowager to come back before lunch."

"Ah! Sorry about that, Raul."

"It is not a problem, your highness."

"Please call me Eli when I'm wearing a disguise."

"I'm sorry, princess… I mean Eli."

"Good. Now, let us go back."

"Of course, my lady."

I sigh a little at him for calling me with my title. The only reason why I can stand on top of the wall of Drallac city. I walk toward the stairs and go down from the wall. As I touch the ground, I immediately cover my nose as the smell of the outer district hits my nose.

This is the other thing I want to change. I want to create a clean city where there is no poop in the middle of the street. A city where its sewer is working, but if I want to do it, I need a large amount of money and permission from my father to do this project.

Sadly, he didn't give me permission.

Raul and I walk through the outer district with our hood hiding our face. While walking around the street, I see that it becomes more crowded than before. I guess I know the reason why.

The news of my father decided to reward the northern lord for their victory over the S-class monster and try to claim their victory as his own as well. However, he did not know that the news of his foolishness had already spread across the kingdom. Hell, the other country also knows about his foolishness.

He thinks that rewarding the northern noble will make the people think he contributes to the fight.

I hear from one of grandma's rants that the other country has already acknowledged that the northern region is already a kingdom of its own. They already acknowledge the northern region as its own country because they already fulfill the right requirement to become a country.

Food production? The north has food production that is faster than the southern region for some reason. Military? Well, they just beat the Monster Wave and S-class monster on their own. Trade? The Northern Continent and Eastern Continent is their loyal buyer. They sell their goods at a lower price than any other merchant, and they buy something at a fair price, unlike the merchants from here who want to squish as much profit as they can.

The north prefers loyalty rather than a single profit. By selling their goods at a lower price, they get themselves a loyal customer. By buying at a fair price, they get themselves loyal merchants who will sell their goods to them at a fair and even lower price.

As long as you are honest, they will be honest with you. The spy, my grandma, has also reported that they already have a patented drink that the Northern Continent really likes to drink. The commoner called it Man's Drink because of how strong it was.

What makes me more interested in the name of the drink. While the commoner calls it Man's Drink, the northern people call it Vodka. A rather familiar name. It was the name of a drink coming from the Earth. It was the drink that came from Russia, the massive country in the north.

I don't want to be hoping for something impossible, but I hope that someone in the north has the same fate as me. A reincarnator. Someone that comes from the Earth.

And I hope he or she is not a manipulative person as I want to have a friend that doesn't have any hidden agenda that involves me. It is a lonely life, especially if you are a princess, where many people want to stick their so-called sword into your skirt.