Volume 3, Chapter 33 – Sister Xiaomu Narrowing Her Eyes

But facts prove that if a loli feels like she’s doomed, most of the time it’s just an illusion.

Especially if she’s a silver-haired idiot loli.

Under the stern training… no, education from Xingyu Muxi, the three lolis whose positions and identities in Eden are all extremely special also settled down, behaving obediently and quietly.

Speaking of which, as everyone grew closer, Tianyin vaguely felt that Sister Xiaomu held an unshakable “absolute authority” in this group, almost like a parent?

Well, maybe it was just an illusion~

After the morning’s commotion, Tianyin also learned some relatively confidential information from Xingyu Muxi.

That was that the scouts they sent to investigate the half-beast soldiers seemed to have observed a fairly large-scale battle at the Northern Fortress?

“Eh? Isn’t the Northern Fortress Graveyard territory?”

Tianyin couldn’t help voicing her confusion.

Honestly speaking, when it came to the Northern Fortress, in Tianyin’s memory it was the first fortress in this world to fall to the undead.

Even now that the Graveyard had lost the war, the Northern Fortress was still firmly within the Graveyard’s sphere of influence.

But if a large-scale battle occurred at the Northern Fortress, according to Tianyin’s understanding, there was only one possibility.

“Could it be that the Kingdom’s army already reached the Northern Fortress?”

That was Tianyin’s conclusion.

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However, to Tianyin’s surprise, Xingyu Muxi shook her head.

“Nope, Xiaoyin. The ones fighting at the Northern Fortress are the Stronghold’s beastmen and the Kingdom’s humans~”

The Stronghold’s beastmen?

Tianyin immediately thought of the beastman army that had previously appeared near Eden.

Then according to what Xingyu Muxi was saying, if a battle between the Stronghold and the Kingdom had broken out at the Northern Fortress, didn’t that mean that the missing beastman army had actually rushed ahead to clash with the Kingdom’s forces?

“Wait, Sister Xiaomu, so what exactly happened?”

Tianyin’s loli-level comprehension still struggled a bit, but the fact that she could immediately associate the beastmen at the Northern Fortress with the beastmen who previously appeared near Eden was already very good.

“Mhm, to put it precisely, at the Northern Fortress a skirmish broke out between the Kingdom and the Stronghold over control of the Northern Fortress~”

“Competing for the Northern Fortress?”

Tianyin sharply caught the critical point.

That was the phrase in Xingyu Muxi’s words… competing for the Northern Fortress.

“But Sister Xiaomu, right now the Northern Fortress is still inside the Graveyard’s sphere of influence. Even if they fight over it, won’t they still just end up being wiped out by the Graveyard’s undead? It feels totally pointless?”

“Well, Xiaoyin being able to think that far is already impressive~”

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Xingyu Muxi didn’t say yes or no to Tianyin’s doubts. She simply gave a gentle smile as she lightly stroked the girl’s long silver hair.

“Sis… Sister Xiaomu?”

“Mhm, Xiaoyin, even though you can see part of it, you still don’t understand just how important the Northern Fortress is to the Kingdom and the Stronghold~”

The meaning behind Xingyu Muxi’s words was clear. Given the Northern Fortress’s importance, it was worth fighting over no matter what.

“You should know this, Xiaoyin. Before the Undead War, the Northern Fortress was the only connecting point and the only border passage between the Kingdom and the Stronghold.”

“Mm, I know that much.”

Tianyin had spent some time studying the world’s geography and history, so she understood what Xingyu Muxi meant.

“Since it is a border pass, then the Northern Fortress is extremely important to both factions. The Kingdom can use it to defend against the Stronghold. And the Stronghold, if they seize the Northern Fortress…”

“…then after that, relying on the Northern Fortress, the Stronghold can recklessly plunder the Kingdom’s inner territories, and if they need to retreat, they can use its terrain advantage to block the Kingdom’s army outside the fortress.”

“In this way, whether for the Kingdom or the Stronghold, the Northern Fortress is a highly important fortress~”

“Ohh… I see?”

She was still a little confused, but Tianyin understood the basic idea of how important the Northern Fortress was to both major factions.

“So that’s why the two factions sent troops to fight over it even though the Graveyard hasn’t been completely defeated yet?”

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“That’s right, Xiaoyin is smart~”

“Ehehe~”

Tianyin couldn’t help showing a cute smile. Being praised by Sister Xiaomu felt a little nice.

“Then Sister Xiaomu, since the beastmen and humans are fighting at the Northern Fortress, what are we going to do?”

At this moment Tianyin suddenly thought of a problem.

That was what Eden, as a bystander faction, should do next.

Technically speaking, they could treat the two factions’ conflict like it had nothing to do with them. But Eden was extremely close to the Northern Fortress, so inevitably they might get dragged into it.

“Well, I already thought about that too~”

In response to Tianyin’s unexpected question, Xingyu Muxi answered while slowly narrowing her eyes.

And that beautiful girl narrowing her eyes so suddenly gave Tianyin a faint sense of danger.

“Well, Xiaoyin, for now we can just watch from the sidelines and observe how the two factions fight over the Northern Fortress~”

“Huh? So we’re really not participating?”

“Not exactly. We’re just not joining in during the early stages. But when it reaches the later stages…”

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As she continued speaking, Xingyu Muxi smiled.

“If my judgment is correct, when the two factions are almost done exhausting each other, we can just swoop in and take the Northern Fortress~”

“Mhm. So that’s it? I see…”

After processing it, Tianyin suddenly let out a shocked cry.

“Eh? Eh eh eh eh eh?!”

“W… what, Sister Xiaomu… what are you saying… the Northern Fortress… we’re going to steal it from the two major factions?!”

There was no way around it. This plan sounded downright unbelievable.

“Of course. And what I’m saying is that once the Kingdom and Stronghold are almost done fighting, that’s when we make our move and snatch the Northern Fortress~”

“I get the idea, but… what’s even the point by then?”

Tianyin was baffled.

However, Xingyu Muxi looked like it was completely normal.

“Of course it has value. Because only at that moment can we seize the Northern Fortress at the lowest cost. And after that we can ensure for a very long time that neither the Stronghold nor the Kingdom will have any intention of attacking us~”