Border Guardian Hal Akircius

A few days later, on the roof of the Cilentium Administration Building

With a puffy spring cheer, Cilentium's boulevard is walked by many citizens.

One goes shopping to the commercial district, and the other to the administrative district or craft district for work.

The rooftop of the administration building facing such a street.

"... so I'm not going back to Autumn Land.

Calling Maple, Hal explained how he had been and told him he was not going back to his hometown.

Needless to say, I told her that I was marrying Ellesia.

Maple fogs the first bright atmosphere and stares at Hal, who quietly and clearly tells the facts of the shock with a stunned look.

"Oh, no..."

And when I finally said that, I sat around nagging as I watched Hal.

"Bad, this is my choice... you go back to the realm and do it with everyone in the village, and I want you to tell them, that Sunny found a new way of life in New Heaven and Earth," he said.

"Ugh... wow!

When Hull told me that with his hands gently placed on his shoulders, the tears that he had managed to endure overflowed from both eyes of the maple at once.

Hull held on to Hull's kneeling shoulder and continued to cry without embarrassment.

Maple, who had done so for a while, finally regained his composure.

Gugu wipes his tears with his sleeve as he snorts, raising his face with tears still slightly brewing.

And I said pompous as I stared at Hal.

"... I'm not leaving.

"What?"

"I can't go back. Yikes! Brother Hal, what do you do with the wax? Can't you make wax without me?

"It's..."

Hal himself has a way of taking care of things, but as things stand, other business is too busy to do that.

Since there are no collaborators from the group islands other than maple, Silentium's wood wax production will certainly get up on the reef when maple is gone.

All the prototypes and equipment we've built will be wasted.

Even when I say I will recruit another human being, Hull has a handout in the middle of a war recovery, just one Autumn Rural that even lacks manpower and supplies.

I don't think you can send a few craftsmen or their equivalents from there.

Maple was able to leave the realm only because it had the purpose of bringing Hal back.

But there was also a different problem from that.

"But Maple, what are you going to do with Autumn Land's succession... wouldn't it be hard without you?

"Brother Hal, if you're going to succeed me, I'll be fine because I have Yuanyi.

"No, he's only ten, isn't he?

Maple said something about Yuanyi Akiru, 10, the great-grandson of Yuanye.

If Hal, the contemporary of the main house, the Autumn House, is to move to Cilentium, he will let the realm inherit in the form of the adopted son of the main house from the branch house, but only Maple is now an adult without inheriting the house.

Being a minor is not a reason not to inherit the house, but it is common sense in the islands that it is not a good thing.

"That's not what Brother Hal calls dialogue..."

"Ugh, well... right"

Hal came out to Teito on the grounds of earning money before Maple was still an adult.

Hal getting poked there and stuck in words.

It was Hull who threw out the territory in the first place.

"Even Grandpa Yuan is still fine, and he's a jerk! I can send you a letter as soon as I can."

Maple stood up with Hal's hand, smiling with his face still wet in tears.

"So I'm not leaving yet, and I want to see what Brother Hull does in Cilentium until Brother Hull abandons his territory and village.

"... okay, I'll write to Uncle Yuanjiao myself.

"Right, that might be better... I'll write a little in that corner, too. Hal, just like brother can do, right?

To Hal, who said strangely, Maple laughed mischievously and said:

Cilentium Official Inn, Office

I received Lucius' visit and at first he was a loving and responsive Primia, but his face grew stronger and stronger as I proceeded to hear the matter.

"... the rumors were true, weren't they?

"Rumor is, well, who was actually watching that sight? Because it's a story from. Hey, you call that a rumor?

"Were you..."

To Lucius' words, depressing primea.

Lucius' business is to ask the official inn to cook and set up a venue for Hal and Ellesia's wedding, as well as meet about the security plan.

The rumors about Hal and Ellesia all over the city held me together, but the rumors were true, even though I thought they were rumours about the two people I was with all the time, especially if I didn't care.

It was only during Lucius' visit that the facts were revealed.

Oh, no... Mr. Hal married Mr. Ellesia?

I don't think so.

Indeed, there were times when the two had an atmosphere in which the others could not enter.

I also noticed that there has been a recent increase in the atmosphere to say so.

But still... so suddenly?

"Talk, go on. Are you okay?

"Ugh... no, it's nothing. Go ahead..."

Primia, who was too immersed in the thoughts and had a strong grip on the schedule and the cooking and venue setting materials handed to her by Lucius, returns to me with Lucius's voice.

"So, it's a place, next time we use the renovated City Councillor's Council Hall, the alliance ceremony and the wedding will be done at once in the same place, then we move to Central Square and we behave like cooking and booze, here it is..."

Although Lucius diligently explains the security plan and the setting up of the venue, Primia is just stunned.

I'm asking questions and writing about where I need to be for now but somewhere above the sky.

"... shall we get this far today?

Lucius, who thinly understands why Primia did so, finally worried and said so.

"Ha, yes... su, sorry..."

"Fine, fine, never mind, Ma, that's what happens when you hear the guy you like is getting married.

Lucius' bomb statement makes Primia's face red at once.

"Bebe, nothing. I ha-ha."

"Fine, you don't have to hide it."

I desperately try to make excuses, but the words don't come out, and on the contrary, I'm seen with pity, and there's more blood on my face.

At the end of the day, I was speechless.

"Ugh, uhh..."

"Ah, well, what... cheer up, huh?

"Ugh."

Primia manages to nod back at Lucius' encouragement.

Lucius, who can no longer resist that appearance, begins his return journey.

"I'll leave the material here, so if you settle down later, take a good look, and let me know if you're flawed.

"Ugh..."

Pompous and gentle beating of Primia's shoulder in reply with a groan and a nod at the end, Lucius followed the office of the official inn.

"Ahhh... poor thing... I don't know, huh?

And when Lucius says so to himself in a bitter mix as he walks down the hallway of the official inn, he is suddenly pushed back from behind.

"Brother Lucius!

"Oops!? What... what's wrong with Ortus?

The sight of Lucius, who looks back in surprise, enters the figure of Ortus, Primia's brother.

When Lucius looked back and smiled, Ortus finally smiled too.

And a word.

"Regards, sister!

"... you..."

As Lucius, with his eyes rounded, perceived what the word meant and was utterly silent, Ortus carried on the word as a precaution.

"Right?"

"Wow, I get it.

When Lucius replied as he was pressured, Ortus deepened his grin and then left him to say as he ran through beside it.

"It's Zetai ~?"

And Lucius, who sits until Ortus turns the corridor of the official inn and his back is invisible.

"... horrible guy"

Lucius couldn't help but twinkle away the look.

A few more days later, Silentium West Farm

One spring day, when the sowing of wheat was over and the peasants' busyness separated them.

In the middle of the farmland, there is a picture of the trees left uncut.

This was a square set up at Hal's direction so that it could be used as a resting and evacuation place, dotted all over the vast farmland of Cilentium.

Many peasants and their families gather in the west square, the largest of the squares.

Today is Toyota Prayer Festival Day.

It is one of the traditional festivals of Cliffonam that takes place seasonally.

The peasants were all dressed up, gathered with magical faces, and the usually lively children didn't give a single voice to say that all this day was well included, and they grew up.

Needless to say, the altar set in it houses a large number of offerings.

After a while, Ellesia appears with her hands drawn by Hal, who wraps her dress around the west castle gate.

El Laicia wears a silver circlet in pure white long clothes for the high priest, holds a large cleric wand of newly built oak trees, walks on in tight condition and takes plenty of time to reach the altar.

Release the hand he was pulling, and as he turned around, Hal gradually knelt down and began to state his mouth.

"We will unite this land in the world of men," says Qiu Ru Qingyi. If you will, the protection of the Sun God will suffice in this new land, and all that is made of the earth will be abundantly fruitful, fulfilling, and moisturizing in the world of men. I represent this land, and I ask you to do so.

"What unites the world of men, Akirharyoshi. If you vow to make an effort to bring peace and happiness to this land, let us hear it.

"I swear.

"Then there is nothing different about that oath.

At the end of the oral intercession, Erlacia stabbed the high priest wand into heaven once and momentously into the ground in front of the altar.

When the Grand Cleric Wand stood on the ground with the sound of more and more words, multiple pieces of circular light emerged so that ripples spread from it to the surface of the water.

The ripples of light reach every corner of the farmland, and when they envelop Cilentium, the entire farmland emits a strong light for a moment and then fogs all the way.

After quieting down with Shin, Erlacia erased the harsh atmosphere until then, smiling and proclaiming.

"The blessings of the Sun God have gone well to the land of Silentium.

In the words of El Laicia, the joyous voice of the peasants explodes

The peasants, who immediately took out the liquor and food they had brought, rarely became car seats with their families and those close to them, and at once turned the venue into a ballroom.

Occasionally, Hal and Erlacia were also added to the ring, and Hal was held by a nearby peasant with a wooden cup in his hand and poured all over the wheat liquor.

Ellesia also sits on the rug with her pharmacist daughters and mouths barley early.

The peasants, who were watching their way through the other squares, also began to break into the banquet one after the other when they saw the peasants in the Great Square to the west start making noise.

Today is the Day of the Toyota Prayer Festival, one of the most hopeful days of the year.

Same day, in front of the central square and fountain of Cilentium

"Ah - if it's the work of the Great Cleric, then the momentum will be different - psycho!

"Hmm, something like that... I don't feel anything.

Aquarius leaks his exclamation while making his body glitter in the blue light, but Altrius usually returns his words because he feels nothing in particular.

'Really? Poor thing, it's going up so much.

Aquarius, in a good mood, took the word after pitying Altrius and then watching the altar set in front of the fountain.

The altar is served with flowers, liquor, honey, salt and bread, and the beautiful candles are lit with fire.

'Uh-huh, I've never had such a good festival. I got you an offering.

"Oh, they decided to hold the Spirit Festival of the city with the Toyota Prayer Festival. What do you think?

'Very good!

Just then, a small child was drawn to Aquarius' eyes by his parents, offering a small flower that had just blossomed on the altar and then his head was lowered with pepper.

And when I lifted my head, I looked up with extra momentum, and my eyes met Aquarius, who was on the fountain.

For a moment, the decent kid waved at Aquarius laughing after watching Aquarius still for a while.

"That's good, there's people..."

"Would it be?

He smiled and waved back a loose hand at the child, and when Aquarius said in a snuggly manner, Altrius responded with his chest stretched.

A few days later, the Cilentium administration, Hal's office.

"Lord Achillsius, those whom I was calling have arrived.

As Hal was fighting the paperwork in the office, Sittius came into the room saying so.

Behind it there are several men and women who can clearly be seen as imperial officials.

Those who are all covered in traveling dust, but who seem to have a one-of-a-kind spine stretch.

Everyone turned their gaze toward Hull, but Hull opened his mouth as he received the gaze without moving.

"I wouldn't dare to introduce you, would you?

"Oh, right... then go to your desk for the conference.

When Hal says so as he stops and stands up, he moves to the large desk located in the center of the office.

The officials caught their eye when they saw how it was going.

It is unlikely that it has ever been the custom of imperial officials to take their own seats and designate them as high-ranking officials.

It is a world where all your men guide their bosses after they have eaten, and there are idiots who say the way they guide them is bad and use them for reasons of bullying them.

However, this border guard officer began to move by designating his own seat.

The officials look at Hal's back at each other, and Sittius grins faintly as he looks further behind him.

At the end of everyone's journey, Hal slowly opened his mouth.

"Welcome to Cilentium! Again, this is Hal Akircius, the border guardian I invited you all to. Thank you very much for coming.

When Hal is more thankful, he rushes to send an imperial-style greeting that also puts his hands on his chest.

And Sittius started introducing him as he stood.

"Well, let's keep it that way. The woman on the right, Sekunda Kaudex, was an accountant in the city of Libria.

A glossy brunette woman from the second half of the twentieth moved forward.

"Thank you very much. Lord Achillsius."

"Thank you very much.

As Hal is shaking hands, Sittius tells Cowdex's biography.

"Ms Cowdex was invited by the nobility, who was also her boss, to both men and women, and she was left from the Imperial Capital after being able to interact with this terribly. This time I asked him to resign because he was more persistently harassed. Well, you're one of us.

"Please don't ask me what I can interact with, okay?

You perceived Hal pulling slightly, bitterly smiling at Cowdex, who says with a bright smile, while Sittius put the next man forward.

"Next door is Salstius Orchius, a former official familiar with commerce.

"Thank you for inviting me, thank you very much.

"Yes, thank you, this way.

Now mid forty with a good width, a short haired man with gray hair advances in and out.

"Orchius is a former colleague of mine, but his exemption from commercial taxation has sucked up merchants from aristocratic towns, and he has been dismissed.

"Waha, I failed, I didn't know you'd be fired! Ma, I'll try.

When Orchius, who said so with a frantic laugh, dropped a little, followed by a skinny woman in the first half of her thirty years standing in the middle.

"The woman next door to it was Lucia Suilius, who used to be in charge of the crafts district under me.

"... This city is beautiful, seems to have a lot of talented craftsmen, and it's rewarding.

"Thank you very much.

Swilius shakes hands with Hal in a quiet atmosphere.

"Ms Swilius was dismissed for her terrible appreciation of the noble work of a self-proclaimed artist.

"... terrible things are terrible, I'm not coming to bend the truth.

You remembered that time in Sittius' introduction, and Swilius said so in an atmosphere of expressionlessness but anger.

"The father beside it is Tiberus Tarpeius, a former soldier and architect official. My men when I was governor of the state, unfortunately, ate all of mine and were dismissed.

"No, that's not true, that's just a word of tyranny!

To the guttural stature of an ex-soldier-like, loud, is he over fifty years old?

Talpeius said with a smile as he stepped forward and held Hal's hand hard.

"Oh...? Lord Border Guardian is an unexpected user!

"Thank you very much.

When Hull smiles back and greets Tarpeius, who has taken over the words in surprise at Hull's strong grip, Sittius introduces the leftmost youth at the end.

"The young man next to it is Luz Sachs, a young man, but a former official who has passed through agricultural techniques and cultivation laws.

"Nice to meet you, I'll do my best.

"Thank you very much.

Sacks gripping Hal's hand as he grinned, not trying to get his hands off him, but Sittius left the two of them intact to begin the narrative.

"He pointed out deficiencies in agricultural policy and was dismissed from the nobility of neighbouring aristocracy, where he rectified them, as a result of pressure. They were searching for a combination of farmland they could freely afford, depending on how well they responded to the Cilentium invitation.

"If it's about farming methods or crops, I'll take care of it!

"Nice to meet you..."

Hal answers as he opens his eyes to a saxophone shaking his hand.

"That's the end of all the smart-ass officials I've invited.

"" Don't say the end of being!

When everyone protested with their mouths together, Sittius picked up a single eyebrow and added words.

"... ma, I'm the ones who haven't lost my temper.

"" Naturally!

Ex-officio officers who sit at the big desk prompted by Hull at the end of each introduction.

After confirming everyone was seated, Hal slowly cut them out.

"I didn't bother to call you anything else, I want you to help me with this Cilentium. It may have been in Mr. Sittius' letter, but this is not an empire, even if it is an empire. If you say so, this is where you are about to become an empire and another country. And any of this could really be hostile to the Empire. Can you still do all you can for this Cilentium?

The former officials, with the exception of Sittius, looked at each other.

I'm finally ready.

I don't need to be asked again.

Then Cowdex speaks as he stands.

"Don't worry, we have come with the intention from the source. Those with families are bringing families, and we have heard from Mr Sittius about the background of Lord Achilcius and the course of the establishment of Cilentium. After a discussion, we decided to dedicate ourselves to this Cilentium... and honestly, there is no untrained empire today.

Everyone sends their endorsement of Kaudex's words to Hull.

The firmness of determination can be seen in its eyes.

Just because you've traveled all the way to this northern border before that, you'll know as much as you're prepared.

All those who burned for the sake of the Empire and ideally became officials.

Though they entered the work, committed themselves to measures and research, and achieved results, they were all those who clashed with the ideas and interests of the nobility, but were therefore left behind, dismissed and tormented.

Loyalty has gone to resentment, ideals have taken the place of giving up, they have taken the place.

But we received successive letters inviting ourselves to do so and asking them to be the basis for creating a new country.

A letter accompanied by Sittius' sentence, which only gives a pale account of the facts, and Hull's sentence, which spells out that we want to invite ourselves in good faith.

They all regained their forgotten ideals and aspirations to the trembling thoughts of their bodies and reached this place today.

I feel the strong will of everyone on my skin and Hal utters the words in a firm tone.

"Okay, thank you again. Your position is as the head of your respective department. My men may be invited by the Empire as long as they are trustworthy, but I want them to recruit and educate them in Cilentium if possible.

"We also hear from Mr Sittius about hiring and educating government officials. I am aware of the difficulty, it is also woven, so there is no need for concern.

Cowdex replied with a grinning, glossy grin at Hal's words.

"Really, thank you.

Hal smiles back the words and finally the soothing atmosphere fills the office.

And when Hal opened his mouth to wander the labor of the long journey, Sittius uttered words as if to control the flight ahead.

"Now, let's quickly write your name down in the organization chart. Besides, I have already categorized the work I take over from me and put it with the materials at each desk, thank you very much. I will now show you all the departments in charge in turn.

"Hey... we just got here today, didn't we?

In the tone in which Cowdex protested, Sittius responds with a raised eyebrow.

"What's that?

"Become?"

Sittius' words relentlessly pursued the outrageous Cowdex.

"I have a lot of work to do, there's nothing you shouldn't start today.

Two people, Tarpeius and Orchius, are bitterly smiling at Sittius' words, but the other three are taken aback and look at Sittius with an eye that sees something incredible.

Hull rushed inside.

"As it were, well, today, once dissolved! We can arrange the house, so we'll settle down after work, right?

"If Lord Akircius would like that, well, I don't mind... but we'll be working very hard tomorrow, okay?

Everyone now gazed at Sittius, who was finally broken by a little dissatisfaction.