Day 291-296/Day 294

Day 294
Unfortunately, it began to rain in the morning. After a short warm-up under the roof and breakfast, a message came from the Tomboy Princess. About what happened, it turned out she had a job for me.
The subject of this job is to carry out a secret training of the [Heroes] of the Sternbild Kingdom. In general, the theme of the task is very similar to the one I previously adopted. I just wonder why this issue suddenly surfaced right now.
Apparently, Tomboy Princess wants to strengthen the [Heroes]' forces. Compared to the Lumen Holy Kingdom, the power of this kingdom is quite weak. The difference lies in the size of the territory, their industrial power and most importantly, the number of [Heroes] that serve in the military.
Although the fighting potential of this kingdom has been restored thanks to the efforts of the Tomboy Princess and the collapse of the noble faction, the fact is that this time, the enemy is another kingdom, thus the threat cannot be ignored.
Usually, after a country's civil war, allied nations will take advantage of the confusion by extending a helping hand during the chaos. But thanks to an alliance with the Kirika Empire, secured by the political marriage (and given the history of the invasion of the Kuuderun Great Forest and the war with the elves), the unrest in the country does not exceed a certain level.
But since state of the union is not absolute, there is still some tension. As a person governing a country, they should ensure to remove any uneasiness. Although the royal army is strong enough and quite capable of defending themselves against foreign aggressors, and if I'm in the mood and want to do it, we could even launch a counter-invasion.
But after the Holy War, who knows what will happen to the global balance of power. I don't plan on losing the war and if there is no chance of success I won't fight in the first place, but the future is not predetermined. 
Yet, no matter what happens, a Holy War will happen and there will be chaos, I guarantee it. That is because, in case of a Holy War, there will be countries that will decide to revise their national boundaries or bandits that will try to take advantage of the confusion in the political turmoil, and the amount of monsters that appear will increase.
No matter what the situation is, for the sake of self-defense, the more power the better. To get power, military training is still the best way. Especially considering the fact that this world has a system of levels and jobs, training will show its effect in a short time.
Whether one likes it or not, training a large number of soldiers will still take a long time because raising the overall level of the force is no simple matter. If this weren't the case, the difference between the forces of the Kingdom and other countries would've been increased even further.
So, just as the Tomboy Princess suggested, instead of raising the overall strength of the troops, it is much faster and cheaper to further strengthen [Heroes], which will play an important role in the upcoming conflict. Because even [Heroes] are mortal.
Fortunately, no heroes of the state had died in any of the wars the Kingdom engaged in. This is good because the [Heroes] are an important national force, and if any of them die, the loss of state power will be tremendous. A battle with a force equal to or substantially superior to them is pretty appealing to train them.
As for participating in the Holy War, there is much work including the protection of the country from 3 different parties despite only having one enemy. If they acted rashly and were to be injured seriously, it would be illogical and would need time to recover. As for growth, it is only by challenging a labyrinth and moving to a lower layer slowly. 
Therefore, I was chosen for this task. Carrying out this tasks, I, at least, would not kill them, but wounds can be cured. Of course, it is good for the Kingdom to have me training these [Heroes]. Given that they can defeat some opponents for me in the upcoming Holy War, it would also benefit me to train them.
Thus, from a rational point of view, since we are not part of the Kingdom's military, I would not be obligated to help. Nevertheless, I decided to accept this task of the [Tomboy Princess.
Also, another reason is that the Tomboy Princess knew what commodities we require, and came with gifts prepared, making this situation pretty hard to refuse. But the most important reason for us participating is that it would be good practice for the members of Parabellum.
Yet, I feel that the Tomboy Princess has just gotten a little too used to negotiating with me. Thinking that she might've grown up, I patted her on the head and prepared for the assignment, which will start tomorrow. Although I have additional plans for 2 days, I will have to start right away. 
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