From a terminal Soldier to Monarch

Boom.

You hear the sound of a stone wall crumbling behind me. The dust rises and settles on your shoulders.

I swept the table and looked around, but there was no one left to stop us.

This place was in the middle of the city, and me and the Digo and Barnes were just tearing down a building.

No, one of the knights did, to be exact.

The scene where Digo smashes the stone wall with Halberd and breaks it, is like magic that stops anyone from talking.

Bang, bang!

What a building builder. The glue between the stone walls breaks so easily.

Seeing it from far away, you see them running from the other side of the city.

City guard, guards.

The two of them stumbled over whether they were drunk or not, and I doubt the rest of them would be able to fight with their bellies sticking out.

Seeing them running and panting, I felt like I needed patience to wait for them to come and talk to me.

I turned my back on them and looked at the boy bandits.

Was it Lydia? ’

I made Grafe know my name on the continent.

I even posted a clue that said, 'I mixed up a lot of rumors as much as possible.'

Some of the boys who caught my eye stopped talking.

It was something pressing to tell me what had spread about me.

It was the perfect thing to do while waiting for the city guard.

The quick one speaks.

“There's a rumor that he's a man. ”

“It is said that he is King Edik's hidden son. ”

I'm more in love with you than with the king, son.

Well, I hope you don't mind me saying that, but I'm strangely offended.

“…… You really are the Prince. ”

Barnes went out among the prowling boys.

He can hardly read his eyes because his eyes are small.

“You didn't believe me? ”

“I do now. ”

I don't believe you for a while.

The boy's eyes were really small, so I couldn't see well.

It will shine brightly.

The sun was starting to grow.

Bang, bang.

As you take down a few of the building's cornerstones, the building collapses.

The dust rises deeper and Digo comes out, covering his mouth and nose in between.

Some of Barnes' boy robbers coughed without avoiding the dust.

That building was just a spare room on the outside, but the basement was a fighting field for gladiators.

It is not visible from Sercago and Palmoon, but it is also a common place for slavery.

It was illegal, of course, to let monsters and boys fight, to survive, to gamble, to die, and from Barnes.

When I first entered, there were some scoundrels.

When Digo smashes the wall with his guillotine and splits the two running men in half into four, no one comes forward.

Barnes loosened the cloth around his neck.

A zigzag marks the neck of an earthquake pharynx.

A seal of Swordsmanship.

“My hobbies suck. ”

I saw it and I recited it.

“I will repay you for your kindness. ”

Barnes bows.

Grace, not a blessing.

“Do you want to come with me? ”

Barnes blinked at me. I stared at him dazed.

“I'm a king, but I'm also a knight. I'd like to propose that you be my acolyte. ”

“…… Seeds? ”

Barnes blinks. I had a hard time reading emotions in his eyes.

At least I'm not impressed.

The continent's most discussing knights proposed seeds, face-to-face.

By the way, those guards are walking in blind.

It seemed to me like it was crawling up.

The citizens of the city have only seen the guards crawling from afar. The citizens' mood did not seem very promising.

What a shitty city.

“Whew! Halt! Halt! ”

You wouldn't have heard me if I wasn't the vice knight. Son of a bitch.

I ignored the guard. We still needed time for them to get here.

Slowpokes.

I looked back at Barnes in the meantime.

The boy blinked and looked at me.

“Why are you doing this? ”

Seeing him ask why, I was delighted in myself, but I had a hard look on my face.

Why do you ask? It's so funny.

Build temples, collect orphans.

Send it to Technologies to train the fundamentals of the flesh.

Why would you do something like this?

I've seen Barnes' youth, and I've heard rumors in my past life of what he's become.

Well, actually, if you don't want to, you can let it go.

So, what makes you my squire?

“Fight under me. ”

Anything special?

The rest of them. Send them back to the territory and Emiliana Grafe will take care of them.

If you don't want to, I'll kick you out.

Why would I want you to fight under me?

If I let Barnes go like this, will he be the little Barnes I used to know?

I don't know.

I changed history, and that's how many people ended up living other lives.

As I came here, I met a great man who was famous in my past life.

As soon as I saw the name, it was a face in my memory.

The poet, Doublekin, who sang that sorrow in the middle of the continent became a drunkard.

“Give me another bottle! ”

“Pay for your injuries! Not before that! ”

To be precise, I was beaten by the owner of the bar.

‘People change. ’

It can change with very little effort.

The future is not set.

If I made a hero stupid, nothing would be as bitter as that.

“What do you believe in me for? ”

The boy who tried to rob me.

The king who stopped it.

There was no contact. His questions were reasonable.

“Intuitively.”

You don't have to tell me the right answer to that question just because it's reasonable.

“I like how it looks. Especially if you can learn swords from ant poop with your eyes. It's kind of hard to read the eyes."

“…… Is that right? ”

I'm joking, man.

Your shoulders are firm.

“What are you going to do? ”

I made an offer, but if I said no, I was willing to take it.

Barnes looks at me.

Bite your molar tightly, then bow your head.

I saw it and I bashed his head in. I'm supposed to tell him to get down on his knees.

I think I'm gonna be a little busy. I pushed the other one back.

“Who are you?”

It's a guard. Just come and take a breath and let it out. A middle-aged man saw me with half his beard moderately whitened.

You look greedy with a thick cheek.

He rolls his eyes and sees the collapsed building.

How did you destroy that building? Did it collapse on its own?

Then why is the building next door intact?

Who's that big guy back there? Halberd in his hand? Damn it, damn it. Did that Ogre guy bring it down?

What the fuck are these kids? The seal on his neck, the gladiator slave?

I guessed very strongly his thoughts, following his eyes. And I saw and said that his eyes had stopped at Barnes' throat.

“You in charge?”

“…… No. ”

He avoided responsibility.

“Call the chief. ”

As I spoke and crossed my arms, Digo came and took the appropriate stone from the rubble of the collapsed building and put it under me.

The citizens were surprised to see it, and the guards took a step back, swallowing.

It didn't seem like he was going to jump.

“Have a seat.”

I sat on a stone covered in grey dust.

Digo stands behind you with a halberd.

“Get the mayor! ”

The commander looks back, but speaks in a powerful voice. I felt very good because I felt urgent.

Gambling den is not a place you can run with some money.

And this was a stateless city, between the borders of Teggis and Sercado.

In a stateless city, there was a man in charge of the town of the party.

Soon there came a man worthy of such a master's ambition.

Flat, luxurious fabric and a luxurious hat.

A nobleman, a wolf from the side of Teggis.

“How dare you come here! ”

Oh, I bet the guard commander didn't notice.

From asking around, you must have misexplained me.

If you were a tourist who destroyed a building, I wouldn't have said so.

“Where am I? ”

Anyway, apparently, I just look like an incredibly handsome vagabond.

That, too, carries a load around.

Digo's got a backpack of my soluble stuff, so if we're good, we can look at it as a hawk.

“I don't know where I learned it, but...."

Waste of time. I cut off the mayor's word.

“My name is Chris Fraunmoont. ”

With the horse, you throw out a dagger with a seal around it.

Puck.

The dagger is inserted into the bottom of the blacksmith.

“Hehehehe!”

Only after I put it on the floor did the surprised market retreat and hiccup.

The reaction is so slow.

“…… who? ”

“Let's send word to King Chris Fraunmoont. ”

Digo said.

The dagger was drawn by the mayor and manager of a stateless city. I didn't pull it out with one hand, so I grabbed it with both hands and pulled it.

Qadang.

He pulls out his dagger and smashes his rear hip. Soon, I examined the pattern in detail.

The sun is still young, so we should be able to see enough without torches.

“No, why is the hero of the war? ”

Looks like Grape decided to spread the word.

It doesn't make sense that a man with a disability wouldn't recognize my marksmanship in the front yard.

“Just."

You want to know why?

I spoke with my mouth and asked with my eyes.

“... Hehehehe, hehehehe! ”

The mayor hiccupped and held his dagger in both hands and stared at me dazed.

It was beyond embarrassing.

That's the look on his face when he tried to fart.

“Give it back.”

Let me tell you, he gave me the Dagger. Very polite with both hands.

I took it and I said,

“If they catch you, you die. ”

“Hiccup, huh? ”

I looked at Barnes.

“Yes, yes! ”

The mayor answered. All right, we're done here.

“Then Barnes follows me and you guys..."

I took out two gold coins from my arms.

Then he said to Barnes,

“All you have to do is borrow a wagon and follow it. ”

“Yes, there should be no problem. ”

Barnes replied.

Me and Digo are vice knights, so it shouldn't be too hard to stay up all night for a day or two.

I could walk through the night without the moon rising.

But not Barnes.

Well, it's not urgent. Let's take a day off.

“Hey, Mayor, I'm taking a day off. ”

“Yes? Yes. ”

I'm going to keep an eye on the mayor so he can't hurt the kids.

“Have you seen it? Go do your job!" ”

The swift guard commander scatters the people.

He stood in front of the market and said,

“I'll show you. ”

He's the most useful one.

I gesture and move with Digo and Barnes. And I thought of two faces in my head.

‘Grafe, Lydia. ’

It looks like Lynd, Agatha, and Emilia are also involved in the robbery of jokes. I decided quietly in my heart.

We must find out whose work the cripple is.

* * *

That night, King Fraunmut, who took over the mayor's mansion, summoned Barnes.

It was a small backyard at the palace.

Barnes walks away peacefully.

“I would like to appoint myself to the Squire. It's a pill, but I'll be the attending, Lord Digo the attending, and the mayor the witness."

He was a man who baked beans in lightning.

Barnes nods in a daze.

“Okay. Hey, Mayor. ”

A few hours after sunset. Barnes lived as a gladiator and saw that greedy mayor many times.

The mayor, who had lived until now, ran in the most respectful posture.

Since I first came here, I've been following the king around, not the mayor, but the servants.

“Yes, Your Majesty! ”

Very loyal.

“Witness. ”

“Yes!"

“So Barnes, will you be my squire? ”

I met him this afternoon.

He was the only one I'd ever heard of.

Barnes didn't know anything about him.

Politeness, formality, and the moonlight were a bright night.

On a land where the full moon shines brightly.

Barnes felt like he met a person for the first time since he was born.

My chest jumped and my forearms gave me a good creep.

I was really curious.

This man, what he believes in and does this.

“My name is Barnes. ”

“I know.”

“I will be your servant. ”

I didn't know what to say.

I didn't know what was important.

Chris Fraunmut laughed at himself like that. The moonlight shines on his face.

Barnes looks as if his cheeks are turning red.

My cheeks are burning up. The face of the person smiling behind the moonlight did not seem to belong to this world.

“You don't need to take an oath. If you qualify as a real knight, I promise you your freedom. ”

Barnes thought he was a different slave by noon today.

A king's slave, not a gladiator.

That was his conclusion.

But it's not like that, given the atmosphere that is going on.

I turned my gaze. I saw the face of the market.

There was horror on his face. He said with a face.

Why are you doing such a favor to this man?

Why is he really doing this?

“Yes, thank you. ”

Barnes bows. I didn't have anything to say. It was an awkward stroke of luck.

And the next morning, a moment came when I left the mayor's palace.

The day after I came back to this city and destroyed the fighting pits, I felt strange.

I felt like I was dreaming. A nightmare has been added to it.

“Is that okay?"

Was he a pervert?

Barnes thought so.

The moment I saw the backpack he handed me, I thought my shoulders were going under the ground.

No, someone's still squeezing their shoulders and squeezing them down.

“This is the master's armor. As soon as I fall on the floor, I will ask for my sin. ”

A knight like a bear rebuked himself.

The moment I took a step, my footprints remained on the ground.

It was so damn heavy.

“How far is it? ”

Barnes asked.

“Valtis.”

With clear skin and a bright face, the lord and the king smiled brightly and replied, perhaps the most beautiful man on the continent.

And Barnes looks at that smile and wrinkles.

Valtis was a city two days' walk away. I couldn't walk an hour carrying this.

“Are you going without a wagon or a donkey? ”

The mayor asked.

“There's no luggage. ”

Chris replied:

Barnes grumbles.

I had to walk for two days carrying this monstrous backpack.

"Damn, you're a pervert. ’

Among the rumors of Chris Fraunmutt, there are rumors that bullying people is a downfall.

“Let's go, then! ”

He shouts in a cool voice. It was a cheerful face.

Barnes staggers and takes a step.

No way, you're not walking around with this on you for two days.

I thought I'd find a wagon or some other means.

It was a big mistake.