Chapter 364: Chrysanthemum War II (5)
“Baroness De Blanc!”
“Y-Yes!”
Was she alarmed because Laura had suddenly called out to her? Mercenary Captain Juliana De Blanc was startled as she had been blankly watching the two of us converse.
For some reason, there was a new type of expression on her face when speaking to Laura now. It wasn’t something wholesome like respect. It was a little more subversive. You could call it a type of fear.
“I will leave 250 troops under your command.”
“Will……I be dealing with the scouts?”
“No. Take the troops and go toward Pavia. There should be a forest near the city. I ask that you start a grand fire there.”
A bitter smile appeared on my lips as I listened to their conversation. The forest near Pavia was a location I was acquainted with. It was none other than the place where the Slave Merchant Jack Aland committed suicide by slamming his head against a boulder…….
“A fire, is it……?”