Chapter 141
There shouldn’t have been anyone dumb enough to call out “gather here if you want to be my subordinate,” in the streets. Normally, one would salute a promising recruit and approach him respectfully. Politely inviting people would be the obvious thing to do as the goal was not to mass recruit like the regular army would, but to acquire skilled retainers. The local residents who witnessed her recruitment drive likely thought that the Coimbran army looked pretty unreliable. Cynthia knew of her immense martial skill, but that could not be discerned by her outer appearances alone. She merely looked like a young girl to those who saw her for the first time.
“I see. So that’s why a Coimbran commander of one hundred, a knight no less, was sulking dejectedly by the side of the road. W
