I Reincarnated But Will Try To Live Without Using My Cheat Ability - CH 302

As usual, do I need to explain my true intentions?

“If a conflict is inevitable, how much damage can be minimized and what can be done about it? Don’t you think that’s my first priority?”

Mil raised an eyebrow.

“Of course I do… You don’t want to fight Mr. Oliver, don’t you? Weren’t we in agreement on that?”

“Sir Oliver says that from the standpoint of the demon tribe, he is thinking of getting the maximum benefit from it. Even if it comes to a battle, he wants to settle the conflict by settling it as a skirmish. If we were to clash seriously, there would be no chance of winning against them.”

I looked outside without a care in the world.

It doesn’t snow, so I don’t have a strong image of winter.

Kiara’s coughing sounded out such sentiments.

“I thought you agreed to it, but… are you going to renege on it?”

“In the first place, what we agreed upon was the return of prisoners of war and an armistice. After that, nothing else was agreed upon. If the demon tribe does not start a battle, that’s great, so I just gave Sir Oliver a souvenir. Of course, Sir Oliver understands that. I’m sure he also knows what I’m after.”

Kiara looked puzzled.

“Does he that brother is going to fight the demon tribe and settle the score?”

“Of course. In my position, with all the different factors, you wouldn’t expect me to just leave someone who doesn’t want to coexist.”

“But, as you and Mr. Oliver have shown, you are solemnly putting up defenses without putting pressure on the demon tribe, aren’t you?”

I laughed and nodded.

“That’s only because it’s in line with my intentions, too. Personally, I think Sir Oliver is a trustworthy and likable person. But I am the lord of Ravenna. My priorities are different from those of an individual.”

Now Mil leaned forward.

“What does Al want?”

“If Sir Oliver can suppress the demons from attacking, that’s fine. We have no intention of attacking from our side. And I also think that fighting Sir Oliver will cause more damage. If Sir Oliver is still alive, I will avoid fighting. If he dies and the other side attacks, I will solve the problem by hitting them.”

Mil looked at me with a determined look on her face after hanging her head for a while.

“What would you do if Sir Oliver attacked?”

I didn’t look away from her gaze and smiled a small smile.

“I can expect that they’ll die in battle.”

The whole room becomes noisy.

“”

Knowing how I handled things in the past, which could be called naive, I wondered if I would seem like a different person.

And they all know that my expectations are not just to sit back and wait.

“Does Mr. Oliver know about that?”

“Of course he does. He also knows what I’m trying to do. That’s why he’s making an effort not to fight. Even if we did, he would try to pull out before we get bogged down.”

We both know that, and that’s why we made this agreement.

Ideally, I wanted someone like him as an advisor, but the world is not as it seems.

I decided to go this way.

And I’m getting a lot of people involved.

There was no room for my sentimentality from the start.

I would destroy them with a single blow and bring them under my control or exile them.

Otherwise, we will have to fight them for a long time.

I’m curious about the dragon story, but there’s no way to know for sure.

We can’t deny it, but that doesn’t mean we should sit back and watch the bloodshed continue into the future.

As I was thinking about this, Kiara let out a small breath.

“When the fight starts, will you try to keep them from escaping?”

“If there is an opening for it… yes. If they succeed in withdrawing, and once they gain a foothold, the demons will then come on strong. Knowing this, Sir Oliver does not want the territory, but it will be difficult for him to do so because of the pushback. How hard will he try and keep the demon tribe at bay? Or will he lead the clan by forceful means… In any case, as long as we avoid fighting, we will stay out of it. That’s about all I promised him.”

“Brother, up until now you have been very cautious in battles, not knowing how things would turn out, after all. What makes you think you can win when it comes to the demons?”

Thank goodness we are not tainted by the myth of the undefeated.

Of course, I don’t believe we can win 100 percent of the time.

But the odds are in our favor.

“First of all, we have an overwhelming advantage in logistics. The other side will have to put in a lot of effort to maintain logistics. As for armaments, we have the upper hand. In the last battle, I asked Sir Rossi to look at the enemy’s armament, and he said it is average. As for the number of troops, we are also superior. These are the grounds for my decision.”

I’m probably the first person to be so, so confident.

Everyone looked at each other.

Mil looked worried.

“Al… are you forcing yourself? It feels a lot different than it has in the past.”

I shrugged my shoulders in response to her concern.

“I’m not forcing myself. I just have a lot of things to think about.”

For now, time should be on our side.

But what the Teacher told me about God and the apostles.

I can’t get it out of my mind.

If we continue as we have been doing, there is a possibility that we will not make it in time.

We are not yet ready for that moment…

I can’t tell this story to anyone.

I just have to hold it and keep running.

And I don’t want to disappoint Teacher.