Border Guardian Hal Akircius

After managing to persuade him to pull off Erlacia and unravel the knot, Hal.

Time passed quietly for a while, but Altrius slowly opened his mouth.

'... so it's time for you to talk about it in Haruyoshi's past.

"... I honestly don't get carried away.

As for Hal, he wanted to pretend that he had been invited to drowsiness, but he said reluctantly, suppressing his desire to punch his tongue, that Altrius had called out.

"You heard me and Mr. Altrius, so Hal has to talk, too, it's sloppy.

"... okay.

Hal gets barometric pressure from Ellesia trying to get himself out and get close to his side.

Exposed to the gaze of one and one without even trying to hide his curiosity, Hal began to speak slowly after sighing one, oh.

Hal was born in Kungzhang (Kuhari) province, also in the southern part of the group island region.

It is the new province of the Empire today.

Since the climate is warm, snow and so on rarely falls, and the rice harvest, which is a specialty, can be harvested twice in two rainy seasons, the flatlands are by no means many, but abundant.

Livestock production is not overly flourishing except for chicken and beekeeping, which is not unrelated to the scarcity of flatlands, and the cultivation of fruit trees such as citrus fruits using steep slopes and warm climates, as well as oil trees and yellows to collect oil, were flourishing, and the oil and waxes collected were not limited to all parts of the group islands, but were carried by sea to the Empire and Siluha at the end.

People are brave, cheerful and frantic, albeit slightly short-tempered.

The political system is a system of separation in which powerful men, known as the Grand Master, reign in the states and, furthermore, the Young Master, the Landlord and the Territorials, who serve their Grand Master, allocate them.

The southern group islands had 27 archdeacons at their disposal, and the group islands were made up of these 27 federations, but each had strong independence and often contested each other.

It is in the defense against external enemies that we hit unanimously, and Taijun, who was chosen from among Mr. 27, leads the armies of the leaders, but it is actually an interesting thing that I said at other times was a small group of nations, and because there is no concept of a unified state, it is also called the Union of the islands of the group externally.

"There was an invasion of the Empire shortly after I became independent as a swordsman of Yamato.

The beginning of the Battle of the Imperial Groups of Islands ended eight years ago now, five years before now.

At this time, the islands were about to enter the Warring States era, and Mr. 27's footsteps were disrupted, and he could not even elect Taijun at the time of the invasion of the Empire.

As a result, against the empire that was coming into attack, the group islands lost without even being able to organize a satisfactory army as a coalition, resulting in the instantaneous failure of the northern states located on the imperial side, with only eight of them in the south barely continuing to resist.

It was Hull's main family member, the Otomo Akidu family, who dominated Kushu.

The battle against the Empire was fiercely fought by tying the eight remaining houses as temporary positions, the Taijun Dynasty, and the front was glued after the Empire was tired of attacking the southern part of the island.

"I've been on the battlefield... but you don't want to think like that anymore if you can.

Although it is a defensive battle, it seems that he has finally supported the front by repeating a bloody battle against the impending Imperial Army with an overwhelming army, and the pride, bravery and honor of the swordsman of Yamato, who is swept in the alley, did not exist on that occasion.

Hal was also recognized by his master as a cheap swordsman in training and qualified as a Yamato swordsman, but all the ways he was taught to fight blew up in action.

Grandfathers, fathers, uncles and other men of the clan gave in before the onslaught of repeated empires, all killed in battle.

Hal, who had become the head of the Autumn House, had lost the majority of his clan, but still had to continue to be on the battlefield as the head.

"... that was pretty hard..."

You remembered that time, Hal had a terribly tired eye.

"... right"

Altrius and Erlacia quietly wait for Hull to open his mouth again.

But such brutal days will come to an end relatively soon.

Speaking of the results, the Empire gave way, and the Akidu family and eight other great men from the southern part of the island reconciled with the Empire.

It was ostensibly harmonious but the substance surrendered.

The Eight Grand Presidents were appointed as new imperial nobles and allowed to rule their respective territories, but now the group islands are under the control of the Empire.

"I don't think it was all a bad thing, I didn't really like the prestigious imperials, but some of them were good, and the battle was over..."

Until then, however, dignitaries and earthlings, who were ruling classes, were considered civilians, and furthermore, it was forbidden for the Grand Master to serve those people.

It was an imperial measure to cut off the military power of a group of islands that stubbornly resisted bias, but thanks to it, Hal would be cut off the salary he had earned as guardian of the Autumn Capital family and would be lost on the streets.

I had farmland, but it was desolate in the war, and I still haven't regained my old local power.

The workers were not satisfied that they had also died in battle or fled because they hated the war, and the produce of the group islands was devastated by this war.

"So, when I was looking for a job to get paid, I had a registration exam for a junior official of the Empire.

Since the language used is the same for empires and group islands, even dialects can be tested for empires by Hal.

Fortunately, the swordsmen of Yamato, who struggled against their overwhelming Imperial army opponents on the unfavourable front line, were also highly regarded by the Empire, which also actively recruited them as auxiliary soldiers and urban security officials, so Hal broke through the exam and was recently recruited as an Imperial Magistrate.

"So, I've been doing well for a while, but I've been left awake with nobility.

It was two months ago that Hal was entrusted to the Border Guardian.

After the process of paying off the government building where he lived and sending all the money he had saved to his hometown by then, he had travelled all the way to the northern border with the grants paid and the remainder of his salary, as well as all the things he needed to live, on a horse lowered by the courtesy of his superiors at the time.

"Nobility and tabulation... how could there have been life, as strange as it is to have been left transition, well, from the empire's point of view, the assignment to the north is still an equal treatment to the island flow.

"You've come all the way over the impossibility challenge with an additional order, and this will be the last thing you'll ever do with the Empire..."

To Artrius' admirable words, Hal takes out of his nostalgia an additional order ordering the reconstruction of Harmonium with a bitter smile and looks again.

'... I hope it's the last.

Altrius snaps small, but Hal continues his explanation unaware.

"It seems like I didn't really have to go on duty, but the former Legion Commander was right, and my life was in danger, so I came here, and in a way, the additional orders are harassment.

Two and one, who have shown their history all the way through, unnecessarily welcome things that have been difficult for a while.

Beasts, wild grass and how to cook them that are likely to be specialties nearby and ingredients you can take around.

El Laician religious lecture to Altrius' martial arts talk.

The story went on uninterrupted until late at night, as if it were a lie that these three had met for the first time today.