On the other side.
Lime arrived at the meeting area of her team.
Vice Captain Miura looked at everyone.
"Seems Like everybody's here! I'll keep the mission details simple.
We are to go to the City of Nakamura, we have to find out why the Count started a war with the neighboring City and count Murata!
And we are also to stop this war from escalating even more!
That should be all, right Captain?"
Everyone nodded at his words.
Captain Haruta also nodded his head.
Although he was the captain in paper, in truth, it was already vice captain Miura who was taking charge of the team.
At first, he was the one taking in charge, but after a year at most, Miura slowly took charge of the team.
He was dissatisfied at first but he was just a civilian swordsman, and Miura was from a noble family.
He understood from the start that he would just be a Captain, and in time he would be out of the picture, he just didn't think it would get there fast.
But he couldn't do anything about it, Lime asked him about it, but he just told her that it was a set up to help Miura to lead a team in the future and this would be him practicing his leadership skills.
He could've asked Lime for help and it would be over as Lime's family was more prominent than Miura, but that would mean being targeted by Miura and his family so he just let it be.
Besides, it seems like Miura was looking to prove something, so he was taking care of the team and had decent leadership skills, and there was still an existing respect in his words so he had nothing to really complain about.
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As they started their departure, Miura was frowning the whole way.
His fist trembled as he remembered something from his mind.
'Brother! How could you!!'
He remembered a letter coming from his house a few days back.
The contents of the letter was just simple.
It stated:
"Brother, I will become the next Count, regardless of what I have to do!"
And then a few days after getting this message, news started that A War had started between the two Counts, Count Nakamura And Count Murata!
He didn't know what happened, but he was sure that it was his elder brother that started this war!
That was right!
Vice Captain Miura was the second son of the Count Nakamura!
Miura and his elder brother had been fighting on who becomes the successor of their father.
Based on history and on what was mostly believed in, the one to succeed had always been the first born male child.
It was at first, until his birth.
The birth of Miura was celebrated grandly, and as he grew older, he showed more intellect and talent with the sword than his elder brother.
This sparked a jealousy on the eldest, and so started a battle between the both of them.
In truth, Miura also wanted the title of his father.
He had always believed that the strong and the capable should lead, and from the way his elder brother was, he, Miura should lead their City and their Name Nakamura to a path of greatness!
But then this happened!
He had no idea what his elder brother did, but Miura found out that his father passed the Count title to his elder brother Maeda!
This shook him, and he felt this did not make any sense.
Him and his father were close and his father had always told him that he will pass his title unto him!
So this really didn't make sense, unless his elder brother forced their father, or maybe used something against him!
In any case, Miura was determined to stop his elder brother.
This actually also meant, that he had no plans on stopping this war and might even make it worse for his elder brother!
But no one knows what he was thinking at this moment.
The team continued on as they rode the carriage.
Lime and the others also eyed Miura.
They knew that Miura was the second son of Count Nakamura, so this war, and this mission should be very important and personal to him.
"Vice- Captain! Don't worry! We'll stop this war alright!"
Lime tapped Miura's shoulder and smiled.
Miura smiled as he looked at Lime.
"Thank you! You're really the best Lime!"
"Eh?! This again?! I really don't think so Vice- Captain!"
Lime shook her head as he laughed at Miura.
Miura also smiled at Lime.
The others watched the scene with a smile.
Even a blind man can see the Vice Captain Miura likes Lime.
But it was only Lime who was oblivious to the Vice Captain's feelings.
But to them, they were a matching pair, both were good looking, Vice Captain Miura was the strongest on the team while Lime would be the third after the captain, it doesn't change the fact that both of them were strong!
But they can't help Vice Captain Miura, although he had the power to force them to help, Lime's family was even more powerful and stronger than his, so forcing this matter would end in a very bad manner!
*End Of Chapter