Border Guardian Hal Akircius

Western Empire Lemuria State, Lemuria Mountain Road South Exit Station

"I'm really here... a lot sooner than planned, damn it... hey, give General Marquellus a message right away"

"Ha."

A soldier runs on the orders of the captain on duty who keeps custody duty.

"Oh, wow... it's really an army..."

Another soldier uttered a frightened voice, so the captain shifted his gaze to the mountain path ahead of the post where he heard footsteps.

There they were all on foot, but there were Northern legion soldiers dressed in gutter in winter gear and flying legion flags marching in a grand line.

The line that eventually arrived at the checkpoint.

When a small young man, who was walking at the head of it, orders a halt in the rear, he shouts his voice up toward the precinct.

"The 21st Regiment of the Guardians of the North, Hal Akircius and the Guards, total 1,500! Ask for permission to cross the border into the Empire!

"... good luck on the long way, your crossing permit is already down. Please wait while we open the gate."

"Got it. It's a pain in the ass."

Imperial soldiers on guard duty clapped out at Hull's attitude, which was softer than they thought.

A northern victor who defeated the heroic king of Cliffonam with one horse and exterminated 400,000 barbarians in the north.

Soldiers who were frightened that an imperial civil war victorious actor would come, who had defeated the thunderbolt asphallif that had made their name for themselves in Western countries with an oligarchy and devastated the noble noble army, looked at each other suspiciously.

At first, they were suspected of being bandits and deceivers, but it is impossible to say that it is very rare that Mount Lemuria Road, the upper group of islanders, is in the northern land, where no one crosses the border from the north itself.

There are also those who deliberately take as many as 1,500 soldiers along this steep Lemuria Mountain Road, and pretend to be northern protection officers, let alone come across the border in the winter.

soldiers who were convinced early on that they were real.

Only fifty soldiers pack in this fort, which few people pass, and their soldiers on duty begin to move in haste.

The notice had come to tell the northern guardian to pick him up because he was treading down the Lemuria Mountain Road, but no one actually meant it.

In addition, the scheduled arrival date at the checkpoint is the day after tomorrow.

The barracks are built so that 2,000 soldiers can be stationed if regularized, so there is room for size.

Even when it comes to preparation, it's only enough to clean the large room that serves as a resting place.

The guards thought it would be a good opportunity to clean a large room that they did not normally use, so they only cleaned it, so the rest is a small area, so they take food out of the warehouse where the weapons and food are stored together and cook it out.

Imperial soldiers who, surprised by the size of the body of the Northern Legion soldiers who came into the barracks, prepare their rooms for sorting and cooking with their help.

General Marquels, captain of the North Central precinct of the Border Guard, rushed on horses while doing so.

"Lord Protector of the North... I'm sorry I'm late. The plan was to talk about the day after tomorrow..."

"No, I also had no choice because I said I couldn't do this and used a mountain path that I couldn't read my schedule. You can get there sooner than I thought, right?

………

Hal passed on to Marquels, who was silent on Hal's thoughtful words.

"The general will guide you to the Imperial City?

"Oh, yes, I'll take care of it… so I've made a few adjustments to the schedule and I'm going to leave around noon the day after tomorrow, okay?

"Thank you."

Marquels, who was lost in thought, replied to me with Hal's voice and said something about his plans in a hurry to fix them, and Hal replied with a smile.

On his return, Marquels entrusts a letter to the Empire to one of the escort soldiers.

There will be no further comments on the details when I lead the Northern Guardian Officer to the Imperial City, but I must report this fact as soon as possible.

"... I didn't know Lemuria Mountain Road was enough for military roads... it was a blind spot. We have to take action as soon as possible..."

Marquels snapped as he returned a sneering smile from the lookout at the precinct to Hull.

The Northern Regiment soldiers of the 21st Regiment marching through the plains around the Imperial Capital, where the great plains stretch as far as they can see, proceed with a close look until everything they see is felt uncommon, the construction of farmland, the structure of the streets, signposts and waterways are reached.

Sometimes Hal intended it that way, and the walk was slow.

For a while, or the imperial capital, which looks much farther and farther from the area beyond the mountain masses of Lemuria.

When the beauty was finally clearly captured, the Northern Legion soldiers assumed that its size was not so different from that of Cilentium.

But I can't reach the Imperial capital as I move on.

The streets get thicker and thicker, but the Northern Legion soldiers are surprised and excited that they didn't end up in the Empire within that day.

The next day, and the day after that, the soldiers of the Northern Legion continued to move on without feeling that the visible Empire was ever closer.

Teito Kitadaimon

"... this is the gate of Empire...?

"Big..."

"How many times the Cilentium is this..."

The Northern Legion soldiers, finally arrived at the North Gate, overwhelmed by its size, magnificence and well-maintained condition, just looked up at the gate.

"Come on, it's the sunny stage of the Cilentium Legion, be sure!

Hal's jaws fly, and his anger returns to the faces of the soldiers who were jerking off.

Slowly the doors of the North Gate began to open.

Compared to Cilentium, it was the crowd of the Black Mountains who filled the streets and embarked on a glimpse of the new northern hero and his mighty army from a window called the windows of the surrounding buildings.

The trumpets of the Imperial Army Senate Guard Battalion are sounded in unison.

"Twenty-first Regiment forward!

Surrounded by earthy cheers, the northern civilian government led by Hull entered the Imperial capital.

Fully welcoming the citizens, the Northern Legion soldiers entered the Kingsguard quarters, attached to the Emperor's Palace.

Even now there have been close guards of the order of guards, but they have been replaced by Julianus to improve their personnel equipment and carry out renovations to their quarters.

Julianus was going to augment the Kingsguard to about half a legion sooner or later, but now he is still committed to rebuilding the Imperial Army Headquarters, and because he cannot afford it, he converted what only the building had completed into a Northern Legion soldier's quarters.

Emperor's Palace, Emperor's Office

"Totally... you did it"

To Hull, who went out to greet the emperor's office, Julianus gave a harsh look from the beginning.

But Hal answers without looking particularly bad.

"Really?

"... well, now the value of Mount Lemuria Road has increased in many ways. With skill, ordinary people will be able to pass by."

"That would help. But now, whenever there's an emergency in Teito, we can point the Northern Legion from this side, right?

Julianus, who said half as he gave up, but showed a slight face to Hal's words that followed, and slowly opened his mouth.

"... how many legions do we have in Tronia?

"I can't help but think of two legions, 14,000 and a thousand defensemen."

"... I see, okay"

Upon hearing that it was the same number as the 1st and 4th Regiments that kept the Imperial Defense, it was inevitably convincing Julianus, but he made a heartfelt decision to rebuild the Imperial Defense Corps, which had become famously innocent.

"Absolutely not, you don't go with a glimmer of string, especially if you're using the people around you well..."

"Well, I'm always helped by the people around me"

That's what Julianus said. I finally get a grin on the two faces there.

"We have no choice but to befriend each other."

"Nice to meet you"

The next day, the central district of Teito and the Senate floor

The House of Lords consists of civic nobles, territorially held nobles who did not participate in this civil unrest, and even retired former high-ranking civilians and high-ranking military personnel.

It goes without saying that the appearance of active officials and military personnel has disappeared from the floor and that noble nobles have been swept away.

The Senate floor was surrounded by a more demanding atmosphere than usual.

On that central stage, Sir Quinkinatus, who has become the new President of the Senate, is eager to address the senators.

He describes Hull's achievements so far.

"... on the basis of the above merits, I would like to approve the remittance of Border Guardian Hal Akircius with the Guardian Officer of the North and entrust him with the peace and order of the North. I think this is a request from Emperor Julianus to our House of Lords, and from the Emperor that our House of Lords must exchange on behalf of the beneficent imperial subjects," the senators greeted him with full applause as Sir Quinkinatus stepped down from the stage and returned to his seat.

"Then those in favor of appointing Hal Akircius as the Protector of the North, please stand up."

When Sir Quinkinatus declared the vote, all the senators rose with applause.

Hal's appointment as a North Guardian Officer was approved.

"Congratulations"

"Thank you"

When Julianus, who was present, asks Hal, who was sitting next to him in the temporary seat, to shake his hand while stating the words of blessing, Hal responds in a hazy manner.

The senators watching it came to Hull one after the other.

"Lord Protector of the North, my name is Karus... actually..."

"Lord Protector of the North, I..."

"Protector, tell me my story... Huh!

Hal still responds politely as he looks at the more pressing senators with surprise.

"Not at all... because this is what I think is going to be profitable... but the corruption of the Imperial is not from the higher ranks."

When he saw the senators surrounding Hull as Sir Greater Quinkinatus, who was present as consul, beheld and said, his son, Speaker Quinkinatus, responded.

"Absolutely… well, I'm not the kind of person that would let that happen to me, and it's just for today, let's take a look at it very seriously"

"Uhm... still extract the people who spoke to Lord Akircius later, right?

"I understand, my predecessor."

Greater Sir Quinkinatus smiles contentedly when he sees his son answered while trying to.

After this, a grand feast is to be held at the Emperor's Palace.

Participants are in a format that allows anyone who is an Imperial Citizen to participate, and even more so now, and deeper, more profound, with raccoons and foxes making a variety of moves.

"Not at all, Achilles. Not at all."

"Ha, thanks to you, this one helps because you don't have to go into the investigation on your own in detail. You can't just stand up and reform the Empire and destroy Emperor Julianus here."

"It will be good… I will rest in the north."

When I looked at my son as if I were counting on him, and then at the still noisy and ugly senators before Lord Greater Quinkinatus said, as I recall, Speaker Quinkinatus uttered his words.

"Speaking of which, I hear His Highness Claudia has screwed you to His Majesty to be an ambassador to Silentium?

"Hmm... Her Royal Highness Claudia is unwilling to give up."

"His Majesty kicked me out last week to inspect the former Siluha territory, but I hope I don't have to take care of it because I'm the only one who's capable of acting in vain..."

Greater Sir Quinkinatus said as he grinned bitterly at the words of his son, who spoke in the confluence of humility and giving up.

"You're a good old man, you don't have to be so clueless."

"But... I think Lord Akircius prefers His Highness Claudia, so I'm slightly worried"

"Oh, sure..."

Seeing Hal continue to respond to the senators' extra persistence with a slight smile on his face, Lord Greater Quinkinatus nods as he is convinced.

In that case, he suffered from the Imperial Army in the war of control over the islands, and even more so, as a border guard officer, he has won several battles without taking hiatus, but he does not boast of it from himself.

He was indeed a preferred figure of His Highness Claudia, wearing sophisticated manoeuvres as a different samurai from those of the Empire.

"I wish I hadn't let you see me. In fact, His Highness Claudia is not here."

"That's right..."

He was Speaker Quinkinatus, who followed the Hulls as they began to move to the celebration venue, unable to dispel a bit of anxiety.