Hearing the villager’s words, Valin’s expression grew sour and he grumbled.
He could personally empathize with the villagers. Even Valin himself thought that he wanted to completely prevent Kazura from being captured.
However, if they dared defy Nelson-sama’s army then what awaited them would be capital punishment or enslavement.
If it would be finished only by sentencing Valin to death, then he would gladly do it numerous times for Kazura, however he had no doubt that the village would also receive heavy punishment.
Of course, his family would be put to the death while the villagers would be certainly be killed or turned into slaves.
「I also agree with what everyone has said. I also thought that if they came to capture Greysior-sama, then even if our opponent was Nelson-sama’s army, we would raise our weapons and fight them.」(Valetta)
While Valin was thinking about what he should do, Valetta, who was silent until then, personally gave out her opinion.
Valin, who never imagined that Valetta would say something like this, was very much surprised and looked intently at his daughter.
The villagers also had their resolve strengthened by Valetta’s opinion.
「However,」(Valetta)
When Valin was about to open his mouth to remonstrate Valetta for agreeing with the villagers, she turned her position towards the villagers and continued her speech.
「I’m afraid to say, even if every one of us held a weapon and went to battle, it would still be hard for us to repulse an army close to 100 people. After all, the people in this village who can fight on par with a soldier, based on my estimation is only 10 people at most.」
The villagers, who were at first pleased that Valetta agreed with their view, were making noises after having that be pointed out by Valetta.
「Ho-However, while that may be true we still have to battle! After all even Valetta-san had said that about going to battle just now, right?!」 (Villager)
An agitated male villager approached her and spoke out. Valetta looked him in the eyes and nodded.
「Yes. If it is necessary then of course I will fight. However, that’s only as a last resort. Since our objective is to protect Greysior-sama, as long as this can be achieved, there is no need to fight against Nelson-sama’s Army.」(Valetta)
「However, to protect Greysior-sama we can only fight....」(Villager)
「I’m certain that there are still other options that we could take other than fighting. About the army who heading to the village, do anyone here know when they will arrive?」(Valetta)
When Valetta asked that question, everyone looked at each other, then one young male villagers raised his hand.
「I heard that they will arrive at the village in 1 Koku[3].」(Village)
「From whom did you hear this?」(Valetta)
「From a Rata[4] Cavalry. He said that, since the army will arrive in one hour, please tell the village chief to come out and meet with them.」