Chapter 65 (1/2)

Chapter 65

65 Visitors from the Sea 5

Mitsuha: 「…… That’s why the number of people is still unknown, but we are taking all of them as prisoners . 」

First things first, report to the king via radio, and…

Sabine: 『Hey, oneesama, you’re being such a fool again! Life force, your life force is it gonna be okay?』

Sabine-chan s.n.a.t.c.hed the microphone, leaving the King with his mouth wide open .

Oh~, I made you worry… . But this time, it can’t be helped .

Moreover, if it’s impossible win, for the sake of the country, it is decided to declare that she lost her life, she can disappear as easily as [pompf] just like a bubble .

Mitsuha: 「Sabine-chan, in my country, there is a saying…『 If you don’t use it now, then when you use it?! 』… . 」

Sabine: 『Nē-sama……』

Ah, it is becoming a sobbing voice … … .

King: 『My apologies Sergeant Thunder…』

The King’s voice is also somewhat dark .

Are you concerned about me or worried about being preached by Sabine-chan…?

Mitsuha: 「There’s no need to apologize, for the sake of the country, I’m not going to let the people suffer and die for such a stupid reason . Besides, it’s not the King’s fault . 」

King: 『However, it still better that I should be the one, to pay a great price for the country, instead of you …』

If this keeps up, the discussion will not advance……

Mitsuha: 「Well, It’s fine if you fill up some of them, putting that aside, let’s now move on to the more important things . The enemies have completely broken hearts, from the commanders to soldiers, so I think that they will speak anything if they were interrogated .

Specifically, the low-ranking soldiers and those who are recruited forcibly, will easily give out everything they know . The possibility of them returning home, is no longer existent and so, their loyalty to their country will be depleted . Also with the enemy country’s point of view, the ship that they sent out in the uncharted waters, has only gone missing . In the end, they will say [Ah, it was useless, huh] .

There are many possible reasons for this to happen, such as the sinking of ships due to the bad weather, the loss of water and food supply due to the inability to reach the land, and the unforeseen total destruction . Even if they send out a fleet to investigate the ships, it will take many years . But on the contrary, they may come again in just a few years . 」

King: 『In that case, we have to do something . ……』

Mitsuha: 「Yes, that’s right, let’s not talk about this right now, I will discuss this with Marquis Icebringer, and also, when I meet you directly at a later date …」

King: 『Understood, I’m counting on you . 』

This concludes the tentative report .

After that, we’ll secure the enemy soldiers, return the ship to its original position and anchor it, and wait for the arrival of the Marquis Icebringer .

I have no choice but to interrogate them twice because of the language, since the Marquis’ arrival will be after a few days . . It’s really troublesome . If I left alone until then, it will become more easier to speak at the time of interrogation .

Oh, the officers are separated and isolated from the others .

The common soldiers and recruits are also divided into several groups .

This is done to prevent the consultations and meetings, and also to deal a psychological attack, such as [the other prisoners are eating and drinking good food in good condition because they talked obediently,] or [if it’s different from the fact that other prisoners have said, they will dispose those who have been confirmed of telling lies . ]

Also, of course, we will install eavesdropping devices and recording machines .

Oh, come to think of it, we need a lot of food for the prisoners!

I wonder if there will be problems with the lives of my people……

And if you add the soldiers of the Earl and the Marquis’ will bring, with the number prisoners, they will exceed the number of my people!

In the worst case, the Viscountess personal hidden emergency goods and supplies from j.a.pan, will be used…… .

It can not be helped, it’s an unexpected [accident] .

It doesn’t mean that you can’t stop the people from becoming self-reliant .

The Earl will arrive in the day after tomorrow, and the Marquis after 3 days .

When I went to the beach, most of the enemies that were swimming had already been arrested .

It seems that a fishing boat was sent out to contain those who are on the way or swimming away and also to capture those who attempted to escape as it is .

Yeah yeah, they think and act properly, yeah .

… . This is bad, I didn’t thought about that .

The number of prisoners of war, 456 people .

Yes, it is within the expected range .

It’s in the scope of good fighting power and cruising distances without refueling, a number compromising and considering both circ.u.mstances

… . Probably .

The importance of balancing the number of sailors, water barrels and food loading, was a big problem with the game of trading, using a fleet of an old-fashioned sailing ships .

But right now, the unmanned fleet has been drifting to waves… . .

Roughly, there are 150 sailors per ship, and 5-6 officers, I guess .

Of course there is no building that can accommodate such a number of prisoners, so we have no choice but to separate them in several places, also bind the limbs of the remaining ones then leave them in the open-air .

Because there aren’t many soldiers that can be used to watch the prisoners, so it’s troublesome if they go into an all-out prison-break . When the Earl’s soldiers arrive, we can afford to improve the treatment, so let’s be patient for 2 days .