I Was Reincarnated as a Mob Noble, and I Swear I'll Protect the Villainess Who Got Married Off to Me No Matter What ~To Dodge Our Total Downfall, I Went All Out Training My Trash Skill [Super Recovery] Through Crazy Hard Work, and Before I Knew It, I Could Totally Wreck the Game Protagonist Who Condemned My Wife Easily - Chapter 44

Chapter 44: Healing Ten Thousand Wounded Soldiers and Ending Up Creating the World’s Strongest Army

“Ohhh, wait a sec. Yeah, you’re right… that means I can get way, way stronger too!?”

Alfin’s eyes were sparkling with excitement and anticipation.

“Exactly, that’s the answer to Father’s question. If I use my [Super Recovery] Overheal, I can bring wounded soldiers back to life and basically build the strongest army in the world. Alfin, you could get a ton stronger too, I bet.”

“Whoa! Yes! Then I can do any crazy training I want, right!? Like fighting a whole pack of monsters while wearing dozens of kilos of weights! Or sneaking into a dragon’s nest on some remote island in the middle of nowhere and stealing eggs! Every time I get beaten to within an inch of my life, Zenon can just revive me, and boom—I’ll become the greatest greatsword master in the world in no time!”

“Uh… what?”

If she actually tried training that insane, she’d run out of lives in like five minutes…

“Alright, it’s decided! I’m gonna train by hunting dragons! For Zenon’s sake, I’m gonna power-level to the absolute strongest!”

Alfin pumped her right fist into the air.

“Whoa, whoa, Alfin! If you die, you’re dead! Please don’t do that shonen-manga-level training!”

“Manga?”

I hurriedly tried to stop her.

She just tilted her head, looking totally confused.

Ever since we were kids, she’d secretly trained in the magic sword skills Father had forbidden, doing reckless stuff like that… but ever since she turned into a dragon girl, it felt like that side of her had gone into overdrive.

“Um, Father, you probably already get it, but my body right now has physical abilities on par with Alfin’s. That’s also thanks to [Super Recovery]. The more times I get injured and recover, the stronger I become.”

“Wh-what…?! To think I treated such an incredible skill like it was worthless…!”

Father’s face twisted in regret.

I gave him a small smile.

There was no point in blaming him now.

“No, if I had ended up getting magic-type skills instead, people would’ve said I was slacking off on sword training anyway, so… it’s fine.”

“You’ll forgive this old man!?”

Father’s eyes went wide in surprise. Then he bowed his head deeply.

“Zenon. For everything I’ve done to you up till now… I apologize like this. If possible… would you lend your strength as my successor from here on out, to protect this land?”

I was honestly shocked to hear someone as proud as Father apologize so openly.

I nodded.

“Of course, Father. I’ll take more than ten thousand wounded soldiers and turn them into the strongest troops in the world. That way this territory will be safe.”

“Is that true!?”

Father’s face lit up with hope in an instant.

Right then, I decided to go all-in and make the big gamble that would change our doomed fate.

Sure, we’d just won a huge victory against the imperial army, but we let First Imperial Princess Leticia get away.

Healing over ten thousand wounded soldiers was gonna take time no matter what. And if Saintess Alicia’s volunteer army showed up here, the situation could still swing either way.

“So that’s why… please make me the supreme commander of the Greivan frontier army. Before Saintess Alicia can launch her plan to destroy this place!”

“…What? You want me to make you the supreme commander?”

Father’s expression instantly hardened.

“W-wait, Zenon! What are you even saying? That’s way too—!”

Alfin was at a complete loss for words.

What I was asking for was basically the same as demanding the lordship itself. The supreme commander of the army is, in practice, the lord.

Normally, no matter how many achievements I had, if I said something like this myself, it would’ve been taken as outright rebellion.

But Father was the type who believed Saintess Alicia was the savior.

If she pulled off some scheme and Father was still in charge, even with super-strongened troops, the frontier army could fall into total chaos and lose.

To win the next phase, I—who had game knowledge—needed to be in a position to command the entire force.

“Besides, what does she mean by coming to destroy us? Saintess Alicia is God’s messenger. The only person in this world who can use [Miracle of Healing]… ah, well, I guess that’s not true anymore.”

It was true that generations of saintesses had brought healing and salvation to the people. Hearing that the saintess was our enemy clearly didn’t sit right with Father.

But to overturn our fated destruction, this one point had to be made crystal clear to him.

“The truth is, Saintess Alicia attacked Valeria to eliminate her and wiped out her entire guard, the Schwarz Ritter.”

“What?! Is that… true, Lady Valeria…!?”

“It’s the truth, Lord Baldo.”

Valeria nodded firmly.

“Saintess Alicia deliberately provoked the kingdom’s invasion by the empire. She did all of it just so she could be hailed as the savior. She wants to use that fame to become queen and take control of the entire country! To make that happen, she framed me for the attempted assassination of the crown prince. Your father was also removed from his position as guardian of the royal capital because of her scheme.”

“What?!”

“Wait, wait—is that actually true!?”

Both Father and Alfin looked completely stunned.

“That’s exactly why I believe Zenon should be made supreme commander of the frontier army. No matter how much Saintess Alicia schemes to control this country, in front of my husband—who carries royal blood and is the true hero—her presence will fade away. Eventually the people will start shouting that Zenon is the one who should become king!”

“Huh…!?”

I couldn’t believe my ears.

She wasn’t just talking about supreme commander—she was straight-up saying I should become king. That was way too big a leap.

“Hey, what are you talking about, Valeria?”

“Even if you don’t want it, the people will eventually demand it. You’re made to be king. You have everything it takes to wear the crown. It’s only natural, isn’t it?”

Only natural…?

“To make the daughter of the Asphodel ducal house say something like that… Zenon, you’re seriously amazing.”

“Y-yeah. I’m shocked too.”

Father and Alfin both had their eyes wide open.

“But if it’s Zenon… it wouldn’t be strange at all for him to be called the true hero. He has the qualities of a general and the martial strength to back it up.”