Still a better world : Male Reader x Fantasy Harem

Part 7 : calm before the storm

(Y/N) : your name
(L/N) : last name
" " : dialogues

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((Y/N)'s POV)

It's been only a few days since I've been in this strange new world. To be honest, I was immersed in many beauties of this world when I first woke up. Breathtaking sceneries from everywhere I laid my eyes upon.... the skies, the rivers, the mountains....

And yet.... how did I end up in the middle of a siege?

I could only sigh as I think about everything that had happened.

Claire : "what is it?" She said after she noticed my sigh. At the moment, we're sitting next to each other along with Lord Dietrich, some knights, and Ulrich as we sat around a large table, discussing about what course of action we should take.

Me : "it's nothing, just thinking."

Dietrich : "if you have opinions, please share them with the rest of us. We don't have much time before the Orcs arrive at our doorstep." He said, turning all the gazes at me.

Me : "well, before we think about how to defeat the enemy, we should take a good look at our own first. Just what do we have at our disposal?"

Knight : "we have a about a hundred fresh garrison soldiers and a few dozen injured that can still fight. The citizens also volunteered and formed militias. That leaves us with almost three hundred able bodied men." With only that much, will it be enough to hold the enemy off?

Ulrich : "I talked to some hunters earlier. They were said to be able to handle bows. Those men can be useful."

Dietrich : "that's good news at least."

Me : "what about weapons? Do you have any gunpowder weapons in your arsenal?"

Dietrich : "this is a small frontier town. Only large cities will have that kind of garrison." Damnit, gunpowder will definitely work wonders here. From what I've seen, I guess we only have medieval period weaponry available.

But as we talked, the door suddenly burst open to reveal a soldier. He was panting as if he had been running for miles.

Soldier : "M'lord! One of the scouts request an audience." He said as another soldier came in.

Dietrich : "finally, what have you discovered?"

Scout : "the Orcs have set up camp in the forest northeast from here. They numbered more than three hundred and are preparing for an assault. They are making ladders." The room fell silent as he said that. Three hundred of those things.... a handful of them managed to inflict heavy losses on our forces back then, I can't even imagine what an army like that can do.

Ulrich : "three hundred.... we can't hold the walls against such a force."

Knight : "we don't have a choice. We should prepare as best we can."

Ulrich : "you've seen what they can do! They will cut through your men like ribbons!"

Dietrich : "what will you have us do then?!!"

Claire : "why not attack them?" She suddenly said as we all stared at her like she's some kind of lunatic.

Dietrich : ".....what?!!" As I looked at her eyes, I could tell that she's serious.

Ulrich : "we can't abandon our wall defenses. They are our best chance to hold them off."

Dietrich : "little Claire, I understand that you're still young. These matters need to be handled with a cautious state of mind. We can't do something so unreasonable." With that, she just looked at him slightly agitated.