CH 150

Grandma Magali’s plan.

As a diversion, a small group of people would attack Abraham on his way home.

The idea was to use only cat tribesmen and humans, but Suzana insisted.

“It won’t do any good if we don’t hit him with all of us. We need to be accomplices!”

My father’s expression became blatantly sullen.

“Why? Do you think we’ll betray you?”

Suzana hurried to deny it.

“Not at all. I’m saying that we all have to make equal sacrifices!”

Grandma Magali’s face became expressionless.

“You’ll be revealing our hand, you know. The winged ones are the trump card. They won’t even know they’re there.”

Suzana shook her head.

“The Chief is worried that a quarrel will break out over the amount of sacrifices we make after we win.”

My father became blatantly unhappy.

“You say equality, but the Chief has not shown up. I’ve heard he’s ill.”

I didn’t know what to expect from the battle, but I wondered if we could win like this.

Suzana shook her head frantically.

“Our apologies for the Chief’s absence will be made after we win. Lord Lefi. For the diversion, we will not participate, only the humans and winged tribe.. Is that alright with you?”

You’re right, that wouldn’t satisfy us ……

My father fell silent.

Grandma Magali sighed.

“If you insist, then it can’t be helped. However. Don’t complain if your plan fails because of it.”

Suzana puffed out her chest.

“We won’t! Besides, the wise Miss Magali said that we can win. I’m sure we’ll win.”

Granda Magali looked up at the sky.

“The plan is this. The enemy knights are elite. We can’t fight them head-on. First, when Abraham returns, we’ll attack them with the minimum number of men. The boy will certainly have an escort. Without guards, the doggies won’t join them. Abraham was testing them with his own body.”

My father, who had been listening intently to the conversation, nodded his head.

“Did he try to find out their true intentions? The chief himself as bait?”

“He’s a theorist, but he’s got guts. However, it’s a gamble. So he used himself as a bet.”

Suzana leaned forward as if she could not wait.

“I understand that. So we’re going to make an example out of Abraham for abandoning us!”

Grandma Magali looked up at the sky with a look like she was helpless.

(T/N: She means Suzana.)

“This is a diversion …… because we don’t need to win. The enemy will then have to send out the maximum number of guards to emigrate the doggies. If they don’t, the doggies will suspect them. They’ll send out all or almost all of their knights. Then, the base will be thin. If we get attacked there, they won’t be able to defend the leader. The boy probably didn’t think he’ll be a direct target, either. If we just go through the ground, we’ll never get there. We’ll just swoop in there and be done with it. At least they won’t fight back right away.”

My father looked a little curious.

“What if the guards are not from the Knight’s Order?”

“That’s where you guys will scout and confirm it. If it is not the Knights, we will attack with all our might against the migration of the dog tribe.”

Suzana looked at Magali with expectant eyes.

“Will that be enough to win?”

Grandma Magali looked at Suzana with a perceptive look.

“If all the immigrants are wiped out, no one will go to the humans anymore. And then the enemy’s movement will stop.”

“Just stopping them is ……”

“Well, don’t worry. He’ll send out the Knights. That’s for sure.”

My father didn’t seem to understand what Grandma Magali meant when she assured him.

I don’t know what she meant, either.

“How can you be so sure?”

“If I’m right, the boy is very clever. He would never send the wolf tribe with a grudge to guard the dog tribe. And he’d have to send out the Knights. The doggies will think they’re taking them lightly. I don’t think he’s stupid enough to accept those dogs like that ……”

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Grandma Magali had instructed us to continue to gather information even after the mission was set.

After father and Suzana left.

Grandma Magali suddenly looked very old.

“Grandma Magali, what’s wrong?”

“Well, you see, it’s difficult to combine species. Just like before, there’s a grudge afterwards and the strategy changes.”

“But I can understand Suzana’s point.”

“If you want to win, you must not worry about such things. People who think about the mess they’ll make after they win before they fight usually lose. Unless the opponent is a total idiot. When you lose, you can’t afford the luxury to hold grudges.”

“But will we lose just because we’re mixed together? I can’t imagine it.”

“Since we can’t see them, we should do our best to keep them in the dark. If they find out the existence of the winged ones, the raid itself could fail.”

“You knew it was a young man, didn’t you?”

Grandma Magali started laughing.

“Remember, don’t judge people by their looks. Even if it’s just a kid, if it’s a demon inside, it’s a bad joke.”

Grandma Magali’s face turned serious, as if she had never seen it before.

“It won’t end with just burns. If you’re not careful, he’ll take your whole arm.”