The morning of the day when the morning sun woke me up.

As soon as I finished breakfast, I moved to Charahl’s office.

I gave him advice about the upcoming group of monsters.

“I think it would be better to prepare for a group of monsters to attack from tonight.”

Hearing my words, the Grand Duke of the North fixed his gaze on me while sitting at his desk.

Not with the big-hearted and optimistic appearance he showed in the past few days, but with a rather serious expression.

“A group of monsters are attacking, can you tell me why you think so?”

“The snowstorm will stop and won’t come again for a while, so now it’s the best environment for monsters to attack.

This blizzard lasted for over a month, so the monsters must be starving as well.”

“Right. Is that what you think?”

After hearing my argument, Sharahl continued with another question.

“But if you have to prepare, wouldn’t it be the best way to prepare from today? Why do you say you have to prepare in the evening?”

“First, since Ayla, the sun god, has the protection of the sun during the day, monsters are relatively weak in places where the sunlight hits them. So, of course, they’ll try to time the raid on a night that’s advantageous to them.

Second, most monsters have good night vision, but humans can move only when they light their way in the dark. If it’s a monster in the north, close to the devil’s zone, you’ll probably have that much knowledge.

Lastly, it is because the height of the accumulated snow is still a bit high. It makes sense to raid after half a day has passed and the snow has melted.”

“Mmm.”

After hearing all of my explanation, Sharahl quietly nodded.

“It seems that you didn’t come out to the north for training without any knowledge.”

“That’s right.”

“I was going to call you sooner or later. Because you seemed to be the closest to the leader among the students who came out of the dispatch practice.”

Having said that, Sharahl unfolded a fairly large map on the desk and pointed at one of them with his finger.

The red circle and the part where the words ‘Dispatch practice’ are written.

“Your area is this way. It’s an area originally designated for the students who came out for the dispatch practice to defend.”

“okay.”

“Starting tonight, I plan to pitch a tent close to the front line and set up camp. The mansion and the battlefield are quite far apart, so we can’t assemble right away.

Whether you’re a noble or a saint, if you don’t get used to sleeping on the floor, the rest of your days will be difficult.”

He seemed to be saying indirectly that it was time to endure it, since he had spent the entire month sleeping on a soft bed.

“I’m used to sleeping on the floor, so it’s okay.”

“That is very fortunate.”

With the last words of Sharahl, who folded the map again, I left the mansion and started preparing for the camp.

“Don’t die for nothing. There will be no student more unfair than a student who dies during the dispatch practice.”

“You don’t have to worry about it.”

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After listening to Charahl’s explanation of the strategy, I immediately told Stella and Stella about the strategy I had heard from him.

The explanation was that from this evening, I had to get out of the mansion and move to the camp to deal with the group of monsters that were likely to invade.

“I see, from this evening at the earliest… .”

After hearing about the plan, Saint Clare muttered in a low voice.

“Are you worried that the bed will be uncomfortable?”

“No, what. I’m not worried about that. Until I entered the academy, when I was wandering around with Willia, I slept well in places without tents or in carriages.”

“I’m glad that’s the case.”

I already knew about her past, so I expected this answer to some extent.

“Is Stella okay?”

“of course! As you know, Konrad-senpai camped with us last year, I don’t mind changing beds often!”

“I thought Stella would say that.”

He had already had a history of camping together with Stella in this lifetime, so he thought so.

“Yeah? Have Mr. Conrad and Mr. Stella ever camped together?”

“It was quite a long journey back from the dispatch practice we went out to last year. I had no choice but to stop the wagon several times in the middle and camp.”

“I can’t imagine using the same tent… .”

“Obviously, I used a different tent.”

“Ah, that’s all right.”

I don’t know what the heck happened, but he says it’s okay.

In the first place, besides me and Stella, there were several coachmen and hundreds of children, so there was no reason for Stella and I to share the same tent.

Come to think of it, I forgot to convey the most important information.

“Oh, and Sharahl asked me to convey these words at the end.”

“What is it?”

“Originally, you said you would support two tents for the students who came out of the dispatch practice.

Say sorry that there is only one tent left due to circumstances.”

“… … Yeah?”

“I guess that means… .”

Upon hearing my words, Saint Clare and Stella’s eyes focused on me.

With a somewhat sorry feeling, I finally conveyed the story I was going to tell the two of them.

“So I’m sorry Stella and Saint Clare… .”

“… … .”

“… … .”

“I think you two should stay together in Willia’s tent.”

“… yes? Willia’s tent?”

“Ah, Willia… .”

The name of Willia barely came out of the mouths of the two who showed a strangely delayed reaction by one beat.

“Yeah. The reason why tents are lacking in the first place is because she, the only female warrior in the north, is using them.”

“Is that so?”

“Saint Claire has had a close relationship with Willia from the start, and Stella seems to have gotten quite close with Willia over the past month, so I decided it was okay.”

“Yeah, that’s right. Because I was born and raised with Willia since childhood.”

… What is this reaction?

I heard that women who are close to each other can use a tent, but seeing the two of them are not as happy as I thought.

I don’t know, but I had a little doubt that there was some kind of awkward relationship between the two of them and Willia.

So, I handed the two people a completely different proposal this time.

“I don’t think so, but if Willia is uncomfortable, you can use the tent that I will use for the original practice.”

“Wh, what are you talking about?!”

“Ko-senpai Conrad, those words are soon… .”

“Of course, if that happens, I will have to sleep in another warrior’s tent.

Two unmarried couples and I cannot use the same tent.”

“… That’s it. Willia’s tent would be better.”

“I-I, too, will borrow Willia’s tent so that senior Conrad can be comfortable.”

Having said that, the two expressed their consideration to me with slightly reddened faces.

“Thank you both for being considerate.”

I thanked them very much for their generosity.

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It was a Bavarian estate still covered with snow, but the construction of the camp was carried out quite quickly.

It seemed that he was used to clearing the snow and setting up a tent.

The look of the warriors going around to form a camp was quite busy and systematic.

Even the process of setting up a large tent that could accommodate more than 20 people went smoothly and quickly.

I could see the surprise of the army made up of elite warriors right in front of my eyes.

“Garden, Kakula, Greta, go grab the pole! Pull the rest of the cloth!”

“””Yes!!!”””

“Don’t put the tents too close together! Leave room for a campfire!”

“There are not enough wooden fences here, so tell Shalahl that you will make them right away and fill them up!”

“Yes, I will tell you on my way!”

As if they had already experienced camp construction like this often, the northern warriors were moving in a much more systematic way than I thought.

Nothing I was worried about, such as colliding with others while taking care of my work alone without being motivated, did not happen at all.

Seeing even talk of procurement of insufficient structures locally, it made me doubt for a moment whether they were the people who gleefully drink alcohol every evening.

It seems that it is characteristic of northern warriors to be especially serious about things related to monsters, as was Sharahl.

I silently set up a small tent where I was going to stay alone among those warriors.

After lighting the bonfire, we moved to another part of the camp.

It wasn’t really my role to work hard, but even if it wasn’t, I had a lot to do in this faction.

It was because I thought there would be something to help the other warriors as long as there was time left.

Or use light magic to illuminate people working in a dark space.

Like using wind magic to temporarily offset the strong wind that hits you head on.

Or light a bonfire in the camp where oil hasn’t arrived yet with fire magic.

The magic I use was also highly utilized in real life in this way.

“You don’t have to reveal it like this! Well, since I can see well, it’s much more comfortable!!”

“You children! What’s wrong with not setting up a tent when the boy is blocking the wind!!”

“Why did they go so far as to make a fire that could be lit by simply rubbing the trees together, but! Anyway, I’ll put it to good use, hahahahaha!!”

It was a little embarrassing to see warriors who weren’t used to expressing gratitude, but it wasn’t a bad feeling either.

After taking a look around the camp while accepting their greetings, I returned to the small tent I had built.

Opposite my tent, another tent unknown to me was newly erected with a bonfire.

Looking at the blue hair swordsman standing near the tent, I could immediately figure out who the owner was.

“Conrad-sama, are you back?”

“Is this Willia’s tent?”

“That’s right!”

It seems that it was originally built in a place that was obviously not this close.

When did you move here? Did Willia move?

“Saint Claire and Stella-sama suggested moving it to this area, so I agreed and decided to move it to a location near Conrad-senpai’s tent.”

Surprisingly, it seemed that Stella and Saint Clare’s opinions had a great influence on the location of the tent, not her judgment.

It wouldn’t be so lonely if there were three of them on the other side.

“Good. I thought it would be a waste to use this bonfire alone.”

“I will take care of you for the rest of the period.”

“Okay, I’ll take care of you.”

It’s a short period of time, but the person who has been fighting monsters in the north for a longer period of time must have been Willia, not me.

If you’re nearby, you’ll be helpful in your own way, including sharing information.

There’s nothing to say about Saint Clare or Stella.

“… … .”

Seeing the two tents facing each other around the bonfire suddenly reminded me of the days of the Demon Suppression Team.

Back then, it was almost a daily routine to stay up all night in three tents around a campfire.

Based on my tent and bonfire, there was a tent Stella and Saint Clare used at this point, and there used to be a tent used by Lulu and Xian-senpai on the other side.

Come to think of it, more than half of the members now are similar to then.

In those days, a conversation of one or two words while shifting night shifts was a pleasure in itself.

It was a night where I missed fragments of memories that suddenly came to mind.