I am the Monarch

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I was not surprised.

‘The battle of The Forest and the operation of the Fréli River were different from the future I knew. ’

But there was a clear difference between then and now.

‘It's a chance to see how the future I used to know has changed. ’

How did the Joyce Merchants Guild's persecution change Chris' life?

A strong curiosity arose.

Then I heard Chris' voice.

“The information I collected suggests that the headquarters of the Joyce Merchant Guild has been captured by the Imperial Army. ”

Roan nods slowly.

It was he who captured them.

Chris continued.

“There were those who acted separately from the original. Thanks to you, I was safe. But I can no longer stay in the Kingdom of Rhine. There's a bounty on them. ”

“Ah.......”

Roan and Fields shed low elasticity.

The fact that I first learned that there was a bounty on human traffickers at the Joyce Merchants Guild.

“Eventually, they made plans to cross the border into the Eastern Kingdom. But all the bases were captured and the money was dry. They want to make a getaway fund.......”

“You've been trafficking again. ”

At Roan's words, Chris nods.

“Yes, that's right. They kidnapped young women and children in secluded rural villages and sold them for a fair price."

“Bastards. ”

Phil mutters in a small voice.

Ronan nods, his mouth clasped.

There was an unpleasant and angry look in his eyes.

But their evil deeds were not that bad.

“That's not all. They either brutally murdered those who were interfering with their work or cut off their limbs and put them in a slaughterhouse. There were a lot of crazy perverts who raped little girls themselves or had their families kill each other. ”

“Hmm.”

Roan and Phil have lost their horses.

Their wickedness was more than I could ever imagine.

Chris sighed deeply.

“I started chasing after the old couple in the countryside when I heard they had their daughter kidnapped. ”

The reason Chris suddenly showed up in the eastern part of the Rhine Kingdom, which was supposed to be an errand in Miller until he met Ian.

It was to find the daughter of a country old couple.

Chris's expression darkens.

“Our research shows that the daughter of a rural couple has already been sold somewhere. The moment I was about to give up, I realized that they had a book of information about trading. ”

“That's the book he ran off with. ”

As Roan speaks, Chris nods.

“Yes, that's right. ”

Roan takes a deep breath.

‘As I captured the foundation of the Joyce Merchant Guild, the separated traffickers began to kidnap young women and children to raise money for their escape. In the process, the elderly couple who had been kidnapped went to Milr to complain, and Chris happened to hear about it and followed the traffickers to the eastern part of the kingdom. ’

It was clear how the future I knew had changed.

‘Wonderful.'

One small incident led to a completely different outcome.

‘However, changing the future does not mean that 20 years of experience, knowledge, and information are lost. By the way.......’

The cool energy is hidden in my eyes.

Roan looks at Chris.

“What are their numbers? ”

“Twelve. ”

Chris stretched his two fingers.

Roan cautiously asked.

“Can you move? ”

Chris nods, touching his chin and side.

“Yes, there's nothing wrong with moving. ”

At this point, Roan looks at where Norman has escaped.

“Then let's go after them. ”

At that moment, Chris' eyes widened.

Something unexpected.

“Are you helping me? ”

His voice sounded surprised.

Roan nods.

“We can't let those scumbags cross the border. Let's capture them and take their books. ”

“Wouldn't it be better to inform the base and get reinforcements? ”

Chris asked with a worried face.

Their numbers are 11, with the exception of captivated Steve.

By comparison, there were only three of them.

“It's too late to make it to base camp. ”

Roan shakes his head.

One of them escapes.

If word gets out about this place, traffickers might try to cross the border.

"Once you cross the border, you have no choice. ’

We need to get in pursuit now.

Chris still looks anxious.

“Wouldn't that be dangerous? ”

At that, Roan shakes his head, smiling faintly.

“It's dangerous, and it doesn't matter unless it's dangerous. ”

A calm but powerful voice.

“The important thing is to catch them so we can find the unfair kingdoms. ”

“Ah.......”

Chris bursts into low elasticity.

I thought you were after the bounty. ’

In fact, at first I thought that Roan was trying to do too much for the bounty.

But Roan thought about the people of the kingdom, not the money.

“Let's get the kingdoms taken from them home. ”

I thought that was what the Imperial Army should do.

Chris was pretty shocked.

Has there ever been a royal army like this? ’

Has anyone in the Kingdom ever thought of anything like this other than a one-man army?

There was none.

At least I've never seen such a royal army before.

‘They were all urgent to fill my stomach. ’

A country old couple begging for her daughter.

They left their hometowns and came to King or Milr because the local royal army told them not to know about their elderly couples.

‘So was the king of Milr. ’

Eventually, he, who was just an errand boy, stepped up and chased after the traffickers.

That's what the Royal Army was like.

I did not show much interest in the work of ordinary people.

At least the royal soldiers I've met so far.

But Roan was different in front of me.

‘You're stabbing something. ’

One side of my chest froze.

Not a bad feeling.

At that moment, you hear Roan's voice.

“But in order to do that..."

Roan looks Chris straight in the eyes.

“Chris, I need your help. Can you catch up with them? ”

Chris smiles and replies, frightened to the end.

“Of course. I'm confident I'm going after them. because I've been following them for over a full night. ”

A face and a voice you can be confident in.

‘I want to help. I want to help as much as I can. ’

He liked Roan.

Roan looks at Fields, grabbing his spear.

“Fields. 11 traffickers. Are you confident?”

In response, Phil smiled faintly and asked again.

“With your eyes closed? ”

Unlike usual, I was nervous.

That you're that confident.

Roan and Fields tied Steve to a tree with a tight squeeze.

He's completely out of his mind and hasn't woken up for a while.

“Then shall we go? ”

At Roan's words, Chris nods and starts running ahead.

My jaw and flank were tight, but I was tolerant enough.

Fabababad.

After escaping the forest, the three men rushed out into the field, cutting through the wind.

A red sunset falls over their heads.

Red earth and sweet spring breeze.

A beautiful landscape was unfolded.

Roan, Fields and Chris ran restlessly, drawing long lines in the landscape.

This is how their relationship began.

* * *

“Captain, we're here. ”

Mendel gives out a long cylinder.

Aaron sets aside the documents he was reviewing in a frenzy and hands over the cylinder.

Click.

Twisting the cylinder, the upper part drops with a cheerful sound.

Aaron tucks his index finger inside the cylinder and pulls out the dried stone paper.

Blur-ub.

As you spread the dried paper, you see densely packed letters.

Aaron examines and examines only three sheets of paper very carefully.

“Hmm.”

Satisfied face.

He hands the paper over to Mendel.

This time, Mendel carefully read the contents of the paper.

“You weren't lying. ”

Mendel reappears and puts the paper inside the cylinder.

Aaron nods.

“You're from a mountain village at the foot of the Grain Mountains, and you're from Peton Training Hall. Family relationships are all true. Everything he said to us turned out to be true. ”

I repeated with the tail of my mouth slightly up and down.

It means it feels good.

Mendel asked with a look on his face.

“He's only a Grade 5 deputy, at best. I don't think it was necessary to request from the Information Guild. ”

“I don't know. I'm a Grade 5 deputy now, but.......”

Aaron blurs his words and touches his lips with his fingertips.

The eyes sparkle with a strange light.

“He's not that talented. ”

He looks into Mendel's eyes.

“Roan certainly has a talent for greatness. ”

Mendel shakes his head.

“Talent isn't the only thing that makes you successful. You know that too, don't you? ”

“Yes. We need a lot more than talent. ”

Aaron nods slowly.

The gear's tail rises straight up.

Strange smile.

“That's why I'm going to give you something other than talent. ”

A very strong declaration.

Mendel frowns, forgetting that Aaron is the commander and nobleman.

“Why are you doing this? ”

It was a somewhat provocative tone, but Aaron did not respond well.

He leans back against the chair for a short time.

“I don't want to end my life as Lord Commander of the 7th Army and Baron. ”

The right answer.

But Mendel couldn't ask any more questions.

Because the laughter disappeared from Aaron's face.

He covers his face with both hands.

‘Anyway, if you're not a spy, that shouldn't be a problem. ’

Numerous plans were hatched in his head and he repeated the collapse.

‘All you need is…..’

Aaron's fingertips tremble.

One of the plans got stuck at my fingertips.

* * *

‘This is a completely different kind of genius. ’

Roan sticks his tongue out as he sees Chris move ahead.

He knew that 10 years from now, Chris would be the General Manager of Agents, and he would have all the information on the continent in his hands.

But that's literally 10 years from now.

Moreover, it wasn't until he met Ian that he learned how to gather and handle information.

‘Now, before I even learned proper follow-up…..’

Now, Chris was just an errand boy for the king to take over Milr's back alley.

“This way.”

Nevertheless, he instinctively knew how to track.

No, I was beginning to realize that.

A faint footprint, grass seating, the direction in which the branches were bent, and even some intuition that could not be expressed in words.

Chris quickly pursued the traffickers with various insights and senses.

Thanks to this, I was able to catch their tails before the dusk that was flowing on the ridge disappeared.

“Fuck. I can't believe I'm running into a royal army in a place like this. ”

“Is that why Steve got caught by them? ”

“Yeah, I saw him get hit by a pole and pass out. ”

Tons of squirming voices.

It was Norman.

“Damn it. He acted smart all by himself. ”

“Asshole. I've known you since you pretended to be a smartass every day. I figured it out.”

The men surrounding Norman make fun of the lips.

They didn't think that Roan, Fields and Chris would come after them.

No, I thought if I wanted to follow him, I couldn't follow him.

They move as fast as they can, leaving no trace behind.

“Anyway, the ledger's back, so when the sun goes down, it's across the border. ”

“Got it.”

“Finally, the life of a fugitive is over! ”

A little excited.

“Whew. I can't wait to have a drink, anyway. ”

“Sul? Hehehe. I'm a woman.”

“Women? Women are good. Last time I checked, a girl from the countryside killed me. ”

“Are there one or two villages we wiped out? Hehehe.”

“I still remember that ten-year-old. Hehe!”

Evil spills.

‘Scumbags. ’

Roan, Fields and Chris bit their lower lip looking at the traffickers.

“Chris is waiting here. ”

“Well, I can help. ”

In Roan's words, Chris spoke in a small but powerful voice.

But Roan shakes his head, smiling faintly.

“If this is Chris' mission, then it's ours from here. Give us a chance. ”

“Leave it to us. ”

Phil leads the way.

The window blade lying down toward the ground shimmers with light.

Eventually, Chris nods slowly and pulls back.

Roan smiles faintly and sends a tone to Fields.

The ringtones I've been repeating over and over again.

Ta-ah!

Roan and Phil slam themselves into the bushes, lowering their heads.

Agile movements, such as a shield.

I remembered the anxious look on Chris's face watching them.

‘Are they really going to take on eleven? You look so young. ’

No matter how much I think about it, two-to-eleven fights are incredibly disadvantageous.

Moreover, Roan and Pills looked younger than themselves.

But it didn't take Chris long to realize that he was worried.

* * *

What the hell?

What is this kid? ’

The traffickers, who were waiting for the sun to set, suddenly went through the forest and frowned, staring at Roan and Pills who appeared.

“Huh? Huh? ”

However, Norman, who remembered Roan and Pills' faces, was frustrated and stuttered.

Human traffickers stare at him strangely.

“Bastards. ”

Roan's cold voice echoes loudly, but low.

Immediately, the traffickers' faces distorted.

“Son of a bitch! ”

“Where did this crazy bastard come from all of a sudden? ”

At that time, the sunlight that had been hidden in the forest shined on Roan and Pills' armor.

Then, the armor, as well as the battalion insignia and rank, was clearly seen.

“Huh?! ”

“Hey!"

“Wow, the Royal Army? ”

The traffickers just took a step back, surprised and flawed.

Roan aimed at them with his spear.

"This is Deputy Roan, Class 5, of the Roses Unit of the 7th Army. ”

He looks directly into the eyes of the traffickers.

Cold eyes.

A cooler voice followed by the westerly wind.

“If you don't want to die, just surrender. ”

I have a cool smile on my mouth.

“But personally..."

A spear flickers.

“I hope you rebel hard. ”

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