I Became a Bookkeeper the Monarchs Are Obsessed With

58 – Tactics exam – 3

Charles sat down in a chair. The illusion wizard behind Charles said.

“The welcome magic begins. Take off all magic resistance artifacts and don’t be surprised if your vision suddenly changes, as it’s natural. If you haven’t been enchanted, let us know. Start on the count of three. 3, 2, 1. Start.”

In that moment, the view changed. It was by the river Imor. The quality of the illusion magic was amazing. It was no different from the Imore River that Charles had actually seen. Charles clasped his hand and then opened it. The feeling of the fingers touching the palm was vividly conveyed. Charles saw himself reflected in the river. He had become Crown Prince Leonhard.

“Hey… that’s interesting.”

At that moment, Charles became curious. He wondered how similar Diane de Balboa would be to real life. Charles went to Dian and asked.

“Professor Dian.”

“Yes? Your Highness the Crown Prince, what did you just call me?”

“Oh, no. Diane de Balboa. Great.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

The embarrassed expression was really the same as the real Dian. Charles deliberately asked Chuck Dian, the crown prince.

“Come to think of it, Dian had a nephew.”

It was an intention to test how similar he was to the real Dian. Dian made a puzzled expression for a moment, then replied:

“You mean Juan? I know you are doing very well. He said he had a good reputation even in the military. I feel sorry for her because she lost her parents when she was young, but she is doing better than others, so I am proud of her as an aunt.”

Even Diane’s nephew knew! Wow… The welcome magic is great. It’s pretty similar to the real Dian, isn’t it?

At that moment, Charles had a mischievous thought.

“Dian de Balboa.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“What do you think of Charles Jean Rochepole?”

I asked Dian in the illusion magic about himself. Then, Diane was startled.

“How does Your Highness know about Charles… ? I never said anything.”

Oh, didn’t the crown prince at this time know me? Thinking so, Charles hurriedly evaded it.

“That, that… I heard rumors.”

“It’s a rumor.”

When the prince nodded, Dian pondered for a while before speaking.

“Charles Jean Rochepole. When he entered the school, he seemed like an ordinary guy. He seemed to have ubiquitous talent, neither above average nor far below average.”

“Then what about now?”

“At some point, people changed. Right now, I feel the qualities to be a hero. I brought him here because he did a great job in mock battles, and he’s doing well even here. Even if it’s the first time in practice. This guy will rise high. Maybe even more than me.”

I don’t know how similar the Dian in the illusion magic is to the real Dian, but the moment I thought it was a bit embarrassing to hear compliments about myself, I heard a voice in my head.

[Cadet Charles Jean Rochepole. Please be careful talking to Diane de Balboa.]

‘Oh, sorry. I’m testing, but I did something useless. Isn’t that against the rules?’

[That’s not the problem. This illusion magic is a world created based on the memory information provided by Sir Dian a while ago. In other words, the moment Sir Dian, the owner of illusion magic, realized that this was not reality, but illusion magic, the world collapsed and he had to prepare for illusion magic again for several weeks. Please don’t provoke D-Glasses hastily.]

crazy, was it like that? So, in a word, the world in this illusion magic was the Battle of the Imor River that Diane de Balboa remembered from 15 days ago. Of course, there is a point where the topographical information sent from the scout or the tactician in the field is collected, but it can be said that it is an object made by combining ‘information collected by other people’ on the base of ‘Dian’s memory’.

As such, it seemed that the world would close if Dian realized that he was an illusion in the world of illusion magic. this is true… I’ll have to pretend to be the crown prince to Sir Dian as much as possible. Because I don’t want to ruin the exam.

Thinking so, I pretended to be solemn and told Dian.

“Dian.”

“Yes.”

“Could you lend me Charles Jean Rochepole?”

“Yes? Charles is my temporary assistant, but why did His Highness the Crown Prince… ”

“I plan to entrust the detached unit to Charles.”

thought Charles. If this was a world created based on Diane’s image from 15 days ago, Charles would have been portrayed as a very competent person, as Diane just said. In other words, it was a story that the Charles in this illusion magic would also be a very competent commander.

For this reason, there was no personnel as good as Charles to entrust the detached unit. This is because Dian himself has to be transferred to the main unit, and Liam is not good at commanding because he is a desk eater.

This is the so-called [double Charles strategy]. There was an aspect of cheating by abusing the system called ‘welcome magic’, but you have to use everything that can be used. Only then will he be able to go crazy with Leonia, who is a genius.

Before long, Diane brought in the fake Charles Jean Rochepole. Soon after, Charles Jean Rochepole entered the military tent. The real Charles was astonished. It was because a person who looked exactly like himself prostrated himself with exactly the same body movements.

“Your Highness the Crown Prince.”

The fake Charles Jean Rochepole bowed and prostrated himself. And the real Charles asked the fake Charles.

“Charles Jean Rochepole.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“Do you know the name Siu?”

He had asked if the fake Charles wanted to share his memories with him. However, the fake Charles asked back as if wondering.

“Is that a person’s name? Is it an Eastern name that is unfamiliar?”

Seeing how he reacted this way even after hearing his name, it seemed that he had no memory of the real Charles. It was only the appearance that was identical.

“Mother, what is your father’s name?”

Then, all actions of the fake Charles stopped. It was because there was no information about Charles’ mother or father in the illusion magic. Then, a voice came directly into Charles’ head.

[Information not entered by the welcome wizard is not implemented. If you want to put Charles’ personal information into the Illusion Magic, please come to the Faculty of Magic after this exam is over.]

‘It’s not like that. I was just experimenting.’

Charles felt a bit regretful. It was because if the fake Charles shared his memories, he could reproduce the tactics that existed in real history. However, since the Charles in front of him was ‘the Charles that Diane remembered from 15 days ago’, it seemed that he had no detailed memories of Charles Jean Rochepole.

“Charles, listen carefully. From now on, I will teach you the tactics you will use.”

“Which tactic is it?”

“Everyone, except Charles, go out. I just want to talk to you two here.”

“majesty! But being alone with a cadet is dangerous… ”

The escort spoke, but Charles raised his hand to stop the escort.

“Be quiet and everyone leave. If you do not leave, I will punish you for disobeying orders.”

“… ”

Then the guards began to leave. It’s fortunate that the crown prince has an authoritative personality. No matter what you do, you can press it with authority.

“Charles, I will explain the operation from now on. We divide the county into two groups. One is the main army of 25,000, and the other is the detached army of 10,000. And you are in charge of the 10,000 detached unit.”

“… ”

I thought in my heart that fake Charles would be shocked. However, the fake Charles nodded quietly as if he understood.

“It’s heavy on my shoulders because it’s a heavy job, but I’ll take care of it.”

At this point, the real Charles could not help but be surprised. I’m entrusting 10,000, but you’re not surprised by this? Perhaps the fake Charles is bolder than the real Charles. In Dian’s head, Charles must have been like this.

And before long, Charles’ explanation was over. Fake Charles replied in admiration.

“I don’t know if I can really win with that.”

The real Charles nodded, and soon the battle began.

The real Charles advanced his main force of 25,000 towards the river border as if to attack. And at the same time, he gave 10,000 to the fake Charles and left it behind.

But the real Charles stood at the border of the river and did not charge his soldiers. The drums to announce the charge were sounded and shouts were made, but the generals did not charge the soldiers because they were instructed not to charge without direct orders from the crown prince.

In a word, since they only pretended to charge and did not charge, the enemy had no choice but to be stressed.

However, as the incident continued, the 3rd year senior who took on the role of the enemy was only puzzled.

“What is that doing?”

The tactics exam has a time limit. When the time limit expires, the attacker loses and the defense wins. In other words, if Charles doesn’t attack like this, it’s Charles’ decision. Nevertheless, Charles was passing the time by making the soldiers beat the drums.

After Charles waited for several hours while beating the drum, the cadets started to leave the classroom one by one in a state of absurdity. I thought I was going to take the test tomorrow anyway.

“I heard that you are a war hero, what are you doing while beating drums?”

“It’s just pitiful.”

Everyone kicked their tongues and went out, but there were only two cadets who didn’t go out. One of them was Princess Leonia.

‘I don’t know why he’s behaving like that, but the more time passes, the more the prince is at a disadvantage. The prince’s army lacked food, and it was implemented well in the welcome magic, so it is set that the Cronor army will win over time.’

Since Leonia predicted that the match would happen soon due to the time limit, she continued to sit and watch Charles’ movements seriously. And the second cadet waiting was Maris.

‘Princess Leonia is also watching over Charles, but I, a friend of Charles, can’t leave… !’

With such firm determination, he was waiting for his only friend. Maris kept tossing and turning on the hard chair because her butt hurt, but she persevered. and that moment.

“messenger!”

When the messenger of the prince arrived, Charles, who assumed the role of the prince, asked.

“What is it?”

“Charles-Jean Rochepole said the preparations were complete!”

It seemed that all preparations for the fake Charles had been completed.

And the real Charles cried out.

“Charge!”

The real assault order was given and the battle soon began.