Dragon Poor

Those who followed the princess stepped forward and loosened the liquor and meat. People praised the royal grace and ate and drank until they were full. Even the grief about the deceased was overwhelming. At this moment, everyone seemed to forget.

Indeed, there were strong people who did not leave the west despite the frequent invasion of Noctane.

“It's been a long time, kid. ”

Kim Sun-hyuk will attend a seat reserved for the commanders of the Central Army who have carried out the princess. On the spot, he confronted Earl Reinhardt who didn't want to face him. The Royal Guard escorting the princess from the vicinity couldn't have been with her on her journey.

“Well, how are you? Your Highness.”

The baron shows his teeth and smiles as he greets you with an awkward face. He gives you a cold drink.

“Until then, he wasn't a fluffy kid, but he did a pretty good job. ”

Contrary to his concerns, the late Reinhardt was quite favorable. It seemed to have a pleasant and seemingly endless nature.

“I have some injections, so I don't... ”

“If you get beaten up in a frenzy and eat a lot of stuff, you get fixed. Drink up. Let's get this shot fixed. ”

But that thought didn't last long. The late Lord Reinhardt suggests we stick with him and have a drink. At first, I thought it might be different from what he thought, that he was getting drunk without giving up.

“Phew. I don't think so. ”

“Get out of the way. You'll get a seat. Put it in there again. That's the real guy. ”

Kim Sun-hyuk realized that he was badly encouraged to drink. The monarch smiles with a truly joyful smile. He also learned that his injections work in concealment of the opponent.

At this point, I should have lost my memory and started a commotion, and even though I was drunk enough, I was completely out of my mind.

“Well, enough with the jokes. ”

“Was that a joke? ”

“Boy, I wish I'd ended up in trouble. ”

I shouted the ballmen, but as I was guilty, I had no choice but to put my mouth back on the baron's words.

“It was supposed to be the princess, but, you know, she hated the original position, so I said it instead. ”

I met her in the last year, but the princess was still young, and she was not happy to drink. She attended moderately and went straight to her accommodation, with the highest rank here being Earl Reinhardt.

“This time, the king has made a great decision. ”

“What decision? ”

“He seems to think that Noctane was his fault for only caring about the royal family. ”

Though the tone was disturbing enough to make you feel incomplete, it was weightless.

“Really?"

“You can't be serious. I wish someone would get beaten up like that. ”

The monarch took a cup in front of me and drank a bottle of wine to make sure it didn't fill the castle.

“Is this war?”

“Yes, it is war. Many of the Central Army will remain west this time with the Princess. And we will cross the border with some of the Western forces. ”

Kim Sun-hyuk felt sober, corrected his posture and looked around. It was strange that there were so many soldiers accompanying the princess as to be a simple escort.

The Marquis's face is perfectly intact because it is the Manehan who spit out the spirit. I didn't think there would really be a war.

“It really is war. ”

“Yes. War. That's what we're attacking this time, too. ”

In the end, Kim Sun-hyuk groaned. After he came into the world, he only saw Nochtain's invasion twice. It was not so strange that Adenberg would take the lead now.

“The king doesn't care about the glorious lands of Noctane. This war is all about striking enemies and doing damage. ”

“Just like Noctane did.... ”

“Yes. The only difference is, we're not looking for the people of Noctane, we're looking for the main force of Noctane." ”

It meant that I would repay you for being thoroughly punished.

“It was time to give it a whirl. That way they'll be quiet for a while. ”

The war was also a warning against Nochtaine, who had been walking in and out of the borders as if he were living next door.

“Ah. So Commander Mansk is retiring after one last mission..." ”

Earl Reinhardt did not deny it. Seeing that, Kim Sun-hyuk realized that the kingdom's shield was about to become a sword and set it on fire. It was a decision like Mansk commander who had devoted his life to the kingdom.

“As you know, knights and wizards are not at the heart of the battle. War will only be fought by ordinary soldiers. But I will put in all the power I can. ”

The first thing that came to mind was how many soldiers were going to die. But the war had already been decided, and there was no way he could stop it.

“It's getting cold, so it's going to be a tough war for the regular soldiers. Maybe it ends in failure. Nevertheless, His Majesty's will is solid. ”

As expected, he sighed, determined to wage a war that would never be reversed.

The mind was complex. It was self-loathing for a terrible war, and on the other hand, self-loathing for Nochtane, who had lost so many of his colleagues' lives.

“So I'm going to give you a choice. ”

Seeing Kim Sun-hyuk who was confused, Earl Lanehart said in a big way.

“If you want revenge from your allies, come to Mansk Keep. ”

The baron empties out the last bottle of wine and rises from his seat.

“The war will start with Mansk. ”

* *

The drink ended quickly. The commanders of the Central Army, who behaved subtly to deter Kim Sun-hyuk, all followed the late Reinhardt.

“Then we should head to Mansk tomorrow. Now if you'll excuse me."

“I heard you've been recovering recently, but I hope you don't get hurt. ”

The moderately respected commanders leave the barracks, leaving him alone to pour a glass.

“War... ”

I remembered the faces of many of my colleagues who had died first, and then the corpses of the people who had to clean up themselves went through my head. Just thinking about it made the blood spill upside down and furious, but nevertheless, he could not accept the offer of the late Earl Rainhard.

I thought about it again and again, but I didn't decide. I only had more empty bottles. His white hand grabs the bottle again.

“Who?”

A familiar face that looked beyond the blurred vision was silently staring at him.

“Ah, Artie. You need a drink to get some sleep. ”

He frowned, not smiling or crying.

“Can't you sleep? ”

He gives a sudden shout in a heavy voice.

“Can't sleep? Isn't it weird that you're here so well? Hundreds of people have died in my hands! And there are hundreds of people I can't protect! How am I supposed to sleep? ”

The whale screams, and he quickly continues to speak.

“I know. I knew from the start that I couldn't protect everyone. So don't look at me like that. Let him play it cool for a while. ”

The real man does not send his companion to tears, but says he is not involved in the past. But it seems that he has not yet become a real man.

“Spear of the Realm? The hero who saved the garrison with his life? Don't make me laugh. They're getting on my nerves. It's eating me up. ”

The so-called hero was unbearably burdened by the ordinary life itself. The expectation and trust contained in the word "hero" made him more and more obsessed.

“I just did what I could. And there's more I can't do. Then why do you have so many things you want from me? ”

Earl Reinhardt only asked me to visit Mansk Fortress if I wanted revenge. But that simple offer messed with his head. For the first time, he chose whether or not to join the war by his own will, not by anyone's direction. And that was the act of rendering the exoneration he had given himself completely useless.

“I hate war. I'm more afraid of dying, and I'm more afraid of someone else dying around me. And I don't want to kill anymore people. I'm justifying the war in the name of revenge. ”

Kim Sun-hyuk, who was drunk, couldn't overcome the rising emotions, laughed, cried, and laughed. The target listens silently even to the appearance of the beast.

“Am I broken? Has it changed?”

He's chattering for a long time, but he can't beat the hangover and is slowly collapsing. It seemed that there was not much left of my drunkenness, which was pronounced and accented.

“I don't know. I don't know what to do. Tell me, Artie. Do you know that? How to do it, how to do it right. ”

The blurred eyes gradually close. And by the end of the last sentence, he was already asleep with his head on the table.

“I'm not a hero.... ”

After a complete drowsiness, he falls into a deep slumber.

* *

“I was wondering if I could find a horse companion because I couldn't sleep, and then I just saw something nasty. What a terrible drinking habit. ”

The princess said, looking at the razor-sharp bird snoring all the way to her nose because she was completely asleep.

“Moreover, you underestimate the title you've given yourself. You must be quite upset. ”

“Perhaps the weight of the battle was more intense than I expected. You didn't mean what you said when you were drunk. Forgive me.”

Ironically, the woman who thought Kim Sun-hyuk would be Attiya was Asha Trail. He was mistaken for someone who looked just like Attya.

In her reply, the princess opened her eyes in more circles.

“Lord Trail doesn't look like him. How could you leave him there? ”

Asha Trail later becomes aware of her actions and straightens out her posture in response to the princess' question.

“I once led a kite with a sword, so I dared to offend the princess because I couldn't discern it properly. Punish me if I overstep my bounds. ”

The princess filled her tongue with impeccable attitude. Apparently, they weren't really looking for an escort knight. The princess shakes her hands and says, "What a boring greeting. ’I just said something like that.

“I've never seen a knight shed tears before. The men who thought they had iron bars actually lived in weakness in their hearts. I've never felt this way before because my mind is really complicated and dizzy. ”

Then, the eyes of the princess looking at Kim Sun-hyuk were somewhat strange. However, that aura soon passed, and the princess soon stumbled upon her head as if she had realized something new.

“I have now come to understand the reason why the king emphasized the cruelty of war and said, Be vigilant. Even that mighty knight is suffering far and wide, and he understands his misery. War is truly a terrible thing. ”

I was curious about the princess's reckless attitude, but the Asha Trail didn't ask why. I just listened to her story, staring at the princess with the face of a grave as usual.

“But since when did you become intimate with Earl Drahn and his name? ”

“You heard wrong. ”

“From what I hear, the erl called you Asha. ”

In fact, he called out Attya's name, not Asha's, but his pronunciation made me confused.

“If the princess had listened to it herself, it would have been the Earl Drahn's drunken mistake. The Earl and I have never been intimate enough to name each other. ”

Although she answered with a resolute attitude, the princess who would normally do so asked me about her relationship with him today.

“I should get back. I was hoping to hear my Goldie's tale and the Earl's tale, but I peered in the wrong place. However, this did not cause the Earl's wounds to be crushed, so it was not a waste of time. ”

The princess, who had been digging for a long time, turns away. As a child, the princess who appeared vague in her enlightenment looked the same as usual. So the Asha Trail was a small question I had in mind, but I was able to clear it up quickly.

“We'll take you to the barracks. ”

As you leave the barracks, the knights of the escort stand outside the barracks surround the princess. Asha Trail, looking at the seal without any gaps in water, stepped away from them for a moment and told the soldier who was guarding his surroundings.

“With the Earl Drahn drunk and asleep, move him to his quarters so he doesn't break his whole body. ”

“Yep! Got it! ”

A soldier, instructed by a royal guard, leaps into the burinake barracks. As if nothing had happened to Asha Trail while she was watching Kim Sun-hyuk being carried by the soldiers, she stepped into the royal escort ranks.

* *

The next day, Kim Sun-hyuk woke up from his headache and sighed at the familiar barracks ceiling. I refrained from complaining, but it looks like it's been drinking again. I felt like there were so many things I couldn't get over, but I was fortunate that it was Attiya.

“I plan to order new armor and spears as soon as I'm done with my work. I hope that you and Drake will never again be in vain by the swords of your enemies. ”

“I just want to thank the princess for her consideration.

“Then the erl must concentrate on maintaining his body. ”

Thought I'd ask you about Goldrake for a while, but unlike I expected, the princess left the encampment with a few words.

After the princess's party leaves, he can barely breathe. With the help of the priest, he clears the hangover and summons the remaining Drake Cavalry.

“This time, our kingdom will cross the borders of Noctune. ”

After explaining what Earl Reinhardt said, the cavalry looks complicated. Among them, there were those who thought war would make them sick, and there were those who glared at the sight that they had a chance to avenge their colleagues.

“I also want to give you a choice. If anyone wants to volunteer for this war, speak to me separately. Anyone who doesn't want to stay can stay. ”

“What do you think the commander will do? ”

Kim Sun-hyuk answered Clark's question with a stiff face.