Chapter 96

“I apologize, my Lord . ”

As soon as they had exited the palace, Philip had apologized to Luke .

“What are you talking about?”

“Weren’t you almost ready to duel for me? I am sorry for putting you through that . ”

“Well, it isn’t anything unusual . ”

Maybe because of his past, the expression on Philip’s face was heavy and dark . His desire for getting revenge had been finished, however, he was still feeling uncomfortable .

Seeing Philip feeling down, Luke said,

“Don’t overthink it . Sometimes the leader of the army comes out to protect the subordinate . ”

Those words of Luke made Philip feel a little better, they were easy words to say, but it was very rare for the leader of the army to go out for his men .

Philip couldn’t help but look at Luke in a new light, and soon turned the conversation .

“By the way, where is your assignment?”

“Well, that… Torlot Fortress . ”

Luke had opened the appointment letter he got from Emperor Rudolf .

In the middle of the sentence was written ‘Northern Army Torlot Fortress’ .

The Imperial forces of Baroque were divided into a total of five corps .

There were corps that guarded the East, the North, and the West, and of them, the side which had to fight with the Volga Republic was the Northern corps .

“Did you just say it was the Torlot Fortress?” Philip asked .

When Philip heard those words, he was rather surprised .

Since the emperor specifically asked Luke to enlist, all the retainers including Philip thought that Luke would be put in a dangerous place .

But to place Luke in the Torlot Fortress, the ultimate place where the battle with Volga Republic happened!

“Why are you so surprised? Is it a dangerous place?” Luke asked .

“The most dangerous place!”

Although Philip had been wandering in the suburbs for several years, the rumors of Torlot were well known .

“After losing the border to the Volga in the war seven years back, the northern border had no quiet day . ”

It was because of the interest of the Empire and the dreams of the Volga’s republic war were preventing each other not to cross and occupy their borders .

Most borders of the two countries had turned into conflict zones, the most common and the most-fierce battles were done in Torlot .

Built on the riverside from the Volga republic, the fortress-like a dagger constantly aimed for the Republic, and too numerous aims to bring the other down .

In the meantime, there have been several instances of the stations being destroyed and damaged .

“Dammit! That Emperor is surely determined . Then, your position?”

“Was it the fortress Commander?”

“That is something we can feel glad about . The only time it is good to go there is if you can be the one on the top . ”

Even if Luke was young, the emperor couldn’t help but consider Luke’s title, and his ability to defeat four Gigants all by himself .

Which was why he had given the full control and power of the fortress to Luke .

“Then, should I go straight to Torlot?” Luke asked .

“No, that isn’t how it is done . You need to stop by the northern command office and report them about it to the enlistment . ”

“Is that so? Then let’s go there . ”

Luke nodded his head and moved the wagon to the direction of Krom, where the northern Command office was placed .