The days have been passing relatively well. As the war advances, Esther shows just how brilliant she is, making every battle decision — decisions that are clearly executed so flawlessly that all I have to do is obey.
Thanks to her, the soldiers have begun to trust my orders more, and since the orders seem to truly come from me, I end up taking all the credit. My three puppets handling the kingdom's administration are doing a perfect job as well.
However, a problem has surfaced. Just as Esther warned, the beastmen are all stirred up and ready to join the war too, and because of that, Esther is planning to go deal with them personally.
But neither I nor Esther can agree on how this is supposed to work. After all, I don't want her to go unless I go too, and she doesn't want me to go because I'm forbidden from leaving the kingdom. So we decided that neither of us will go.
