Rewinding time to a few days before my proposal to Lyn:

"A letter?"

"Yes. I have a destination to send it to. I've just finished writing it."

"Alright. You said you had something to discuss? Just wait a moment."

Having finished the letter, I sipped the tea Airen had brewed as I briefly outlined the upcoming plans.

"You’re sending me back to the battlefield?"@@novelbin@@

"That’s correct. As the commander of the newly constructed fortress, you will have full authority over approximately 30,000 to 40,000 troops."

"Full authority... But I'm not sure how feasible that is. The lord doesn’t trust me much. After all, my last assignment at the fortress was essentially a death sentence, but perhaps that made it easier to hand over temporary command. Commanding entirely new forces is a different matter."

"We can use that to our advantage."

"How so?"

Airen looked intrigued as she asked.

"Lady Lyn seems unusually eager to eliminate you. If giving you full command is what it takes to remove you, she might just do it."

"Full command as a precondition for elimination? That’s a hard concept to grasp… What exactly does this full command entail?"

"I plan to propose the construction of a fortress in front of Valharat Castle. And I’ll suggest that the full command of the fortress be temporarily granted to you."

"Valharat Castle, as in the capital of the Aishus Army?"

"Yes."

"Why? Even if it’s your plan, Lyn is inherently skeptical. Without solid evidence, she’s unlikely to agree to 'build a fortress to attack Aishus.'"

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