I, who was reincarnated as the villain character in a game, was secretly enjoying my role as the villain while pulling off heroic moves behind the scenes. However, my actions were exposed to my fiancée, who absolutely despises me - Episode 49

Episode 49

Even if we issue a city-wide evacuation order and people act immediately… two hours might be a bit tight.

It’ll be a massive movement involving everyone, and the entire city will likely experience significant congestion.

There may be people who don’t want to evacuate, and we don’t have the luxury of persuading them all.

Firstly, among the evacuees are ordinary civilians. To escort those without combat capabilities, we’ll need to allocate soldiers accordingly.

…Diverting soldiers to that and further delaying the advance of the monsters would indeed be reckless.

If the premise is for them to be wiped out, then maybe it could work.

The family members look pale-faced.

Among them, Father will surely raise his head.

“…We’ll intercept the monsters at the western gate. Prepare for combat immediately!”

“Understood!”

Father shouts with determination, and Zangell salutes.

Then Father steals a glance at Fylia-sama.

“Fylia-sama, it’s dangerous here. Would you please ride the evacuation carriage with my sons?”

…The brothers will evacuate her. Which means Father might be planning a strategy where he alone remains as a sacrifice.

That might indeed be the right choice.

However, Fylia-sama shakes her head.

“No, I’ll stay as well. Even in this state, I can fight to some extent. I don’t intend to hold back the soldiers.”

“But if something were to happen to you, it would affect the honor of our Validor family! Please, evacuate with them!”

“But won’t you be the one leading the charge? As long as you’re commanding, it should be possible to stall the monsters as much as possible, then set up the barrier and buy time until reinforcements from another city arrive, shouldn’t it?”

Fylia-sama’s plan is probably like this.

In major cities, there are magical tools called barrier devices. Although they consume a lot of magic stones as fuel, major cities have enough reserves to deploy them for about a day.

So, the plan would be to delay the monsters’ advance as much as possible, then deploy the barrier device just in time.

Even from within the barrier device, attacks with magical tools are possible.

With the use of magical cannons and such, even monsters from the third or fourth layers should be manageable.

Even if they can’t defeat them all, reinforcements from the nearest city should arrive within a day.

By stalling, they can definitely keep the monsters in check… that’s what she must have calculated.

How naive.

Our city’s barrier device storage lasts only half a day. Even this was squeezed out from our limited funds by instructing me to procure magic stones here and there.

Of course, using magic stones for the barrier device means there won’t be fuel left for the magical cannons.

Fylia-sama is overestimating our family.

“…Understood. But if there’s danger, please withdraw immediately.”

“Of course.”

Saying so, Fylia-sama nods to Father.

As I watch her, I can’t help but think that this battle might be where Fylia-sama meets her end.

Even if attacked by High Wolves, the city wouldn’t suffer significant damage.

However, in a situation like this where monsters are pouring in large numbers, it’s a different story.

…Fylia-sama is likely to participate in the city’s defense and is highly likely to lose her life.

If we summarize the fall of the Validor family, which can be heard in the game, it goes like this: “The family abandoned Fylia-sama, Fylia lost her life, and the city suffered great damage.”

…Could just one High Wolf really cause significant damage to the city? I doubted it.

Well, considering the city’s military strength at the time, even just one High Wolf from the third layer would undoubtedly pose a threat. But even so… it wouldn’t be to that extent.

The current situation matches the fall of the Validor family in the game more closely.

If this is correct… If we fight with the forces as in the game, Fylia-sama will die, and the city will suffer great damage. Of course, I would also suffer significant damage.

Previously, I thought it would be fine as long as I made it safely to the start of the game.

…But now it’s different.

I don’t want the people in the mansion or the people in the city to experience sadness.

If I can help, I want to.

…Now, what should I do?

I lock myself in my room to devise various strategies.

Reem, who came with me, sits on my lap.

It’s to smell my scent.

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