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After escorting his father riding out on a horse with a few armed attendants to explore the territory, Albrecht hurriedly leapt into his room and took out his Gambison as his outfit.
Albrecht's Gambison looks like a black rug and descends to his thighs above his knees. It was surprisingly well guarded against stabbing or slashing with flax cloth, but it was also a shock-absorbing cloth on the inside of the chain armor.
Not to mention the concept of law, which is easy to obtain and easy to manage in a sparse world, Gambieson was commonly worn with minimal body armor and protective clothing. Gambison of the commoners was very different from Albrecht because it was filled with animal hair debris or cloth pieces instead of flax cloth.
Albrecht stops for a moment and looks back. I naturally knew the appearance of the castle in my memory, but I had never seen it with my own eyes since I was mixed with the 'Me’ on earth.
At 855m above sea level, there was a wooden fortress (Keep), surrounded by log logs and built into three floors for defense and family. Aside from the palace, there are stable, forge, chapel, and warehouse, but you call this Castle?
Though I thought it was too much compared to the magnificent stone castle that emerged in the Middle Ages in Earth's memory, the view from Sub-Seong was as beautiful as it is in the modern world. I didn't get tired of seeing the sunrise and sunset scene in the land and horizon overlooking me a few times.
And I couldn't be disappointed with my father struggling to protect this one territory.
Floating bandits, raiders from the North, monsters and predators, lords of neighboring territories, and even kings.
Calteren was a wheat farmer, but his harvest was not very good. Therefore, it was only at a mouth-watering level that we had to sell specialized timber, so we always had to secure the safety of the trade routes, and we didn't have to worry about one or two things to take care of, such as judging disputes among the territories. The tasks that had to be risked could not be put on a leash of tension, and in addition to that, it could not be roughly put on trial because the stress would not be enough.
Thinking about Father, Albrecht also thought about Mother. So I went back to the castle. Going to the stable, Adelhyde is cleaning the stable with a hood covering his head with a white cloth.
I felt sorry for Albrecht for seeing her like that. There was always a shortage of labor, a lack of food, and a lack of clothing. Even the noblewoman had to help, because everything was lacking.
Although there were employees, it was not enough for them alone. There was a stable keeper, but he was one of the attendants who went out with my father now. He was also the Lord's Rider. Everyone in the castle held a few positions, just like Hans. In the beginning, it was a world without the concept of division itself, like the modern world. Everyone was just doing their best for the assignment. And this world cannot survive unless it does its best for nobles, commoners, or the best. It's not a convention, it's death.
Albrecht has suddenly begun a prank. I didn't even know I was watching, and I wanted to surprise Mother behind me, who was eating food and sweeping the floor hard. I snuck behind my mother because I thought it would be okay.
“Wack!”
“Ugh!”
I held my mother in my arms, startled and terrified.
“Hahaha! Mother, what are you so surprised about? Hahaha!”
She was a stubborn mother who even cleaned the stable, but she usually acted nice and feminine. It was funny to see such a mother angry and surprised.
Albrecht suddenly hugged me, but at first my mother, who was more surprised, looked at Albrecht's face and stared at him for a moment, then began to weep.
“You were surprised...... I was really surprised...... Sniff. ”
“Uh, Mother......”
Unlike what I expected, Albrecht was deeply embarrassed as his mother wept. And then all of a sudden, my mom.
“Wack!”
“...... ”
“Haha! Surprised? Albert, you haven't beaten her yet. Hohoho.”
I was not surprised at the sound of waxing, but I was surprised at the look of tears. Yes, Albrecht's playfulness was inherited from his mother. The mother of Albrecht was a decent and wise woman, yet playful. Since childhood, Adelhyde has played many pranks on Albrecht. At the end, I always hugged her.
She smiled and looked at Albrecht lovingly and said,
“Come down because you have to finish what you started. ”
“I'll do it. She should rest in Sung Sung. ”
Adelhyde clears his eyes and examines Albrecht's cooking. Maybe it's to see if it's a joke.
“I mean it, Mother. I'll do it.”
Albrecht decided to take his mother to Sung Sung with him as a joke, and left the stable as loud as he could.
Arnold the blacksmith and his aide prepare to begin the day.
“Shame on you. Come down quickly. ”
Adelhyde says, shy. Albrecht smiles faintly, lifting up his mother and hugging her more heavily.
“Good morning. Arnold.”
Arnold smiles as he looks at what he wants, and smiles as if one of his front teeth is missing.
“Chuckle. Someone did, and you were a bandit abducting a noblewoman. ”
It was rude, but Albrecht was not offended at all. Rather, it was pleasant.The blacksmith Arnold has been with Albrecht since childhood. Most people fear Albrecht more and more inhuman every day, but he likes to be king when he grows up.
Whenever my father scolded me for mischievous pranks, I came to Arnold and was comforted. Arnold relaxes Albrecht with a smile and a friendly joke. It was a matter of encouraging a man to play around like that.
“Arnold looks like a bandit to anyone. ”
Albrecht laughs and slaps you in the face. Arnold chuckles. I passed him by saying hello to the lord's son, who was not like an employee.
Arnold was worried about Albrecht getting hurt, but he seemed a little different from usual, but he seemed to be in good health.
Adelhyde can't lift his head while he's on his way to the castle with his face wide on Albrecht's chest.
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