“Damn it.”

Siegfried ground his teeth. He never thought he’d get stabbed in the back like this. He had believed that the Southern Army would be secretly maneuvering themselves to try and keep him in check. Who would have thought they’d attack him head-on like this? But since the Führer himself sent down the orders to retreat, he couldn’t go against it. However…

‘I’m gonna go crazy.’

Within half a year, no, three months if they pushed hard, they would have been able to break the Lester Kingdom. But to have to pull out now…

Siegfried tightly closed his eyes. 

And when he reopened them…

“It can’t be helped.”

Neither anger nor resentment could be seen in his eyes. 

Siegfried’s position in the Republic was merely the Fuhrer’s secretary right now. There were limits to what he could do in his current position and power. No matter how stupid and incomprehensible the orders from above were, there wasn’t anything he could do about it.

Since that was the case, it would be best for him to stop dragging his feet and start thinking about the future. However, even if his brain knew that, it was difficult to actually accept it.

But…

Siegfried could do it. He was someone who could fully control his emotions with reason. He quickly gave up on the inevitable and immediately made two moves. The first was to pick a path of retreat and begin preparing for it. And...