I am the Monarch

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“Deputy Roan. Sorry I'm late.”

Glenn scratches his head with an awkward smile.

Roan nods instead of answering.

Glenn points to Selene, who's still standing at the entrance.

“This is my brother Celine. I came up with my relatives because I had some business to attend to, but I brought them home because the house was locked for a while. I'm sorry."

Glenn apologized again and again.

Roan stares at Celine as she listens.

‘Yes, she was still a girl. ’

Self and Celine are a year apart.

She was still a 17-year-old girl.

Thanks to this, there was a big difference from Celine's last memory.

‘Because we were separated in our late twenties. ’

It was definitely different from then.

But the feeling was the same.

"You're crazy. I can't believe my heart is pounding with a child. ’

I tried to turn away, but my heart was beating.

You hear Glenn's voice.

“Deputy Roan. ”

A lot of stiff-looking faces.

“Ah.”

Roan finally came to his senses.

“I can't help but notice the house is locked. Come and eat with us. ”

“Thank you."

Glenn bows.

Celine, standing near the entrance, smiles shyly and bows her head.

“Thank you."

Soft and audible voice.

Glenn and Selene are seated at the end of the table.

The atmosphere of the squad gathering changed quickly.

Squads, mostly in their early 20s, showed great interest in the red dot, Celine.

“How old are you? ”

“Is your name Celine? ”

“Do you have a boyfriend? ”

Questions poured out.

Roan raises his beer with a bitter smile.

‘If you decide to forget, you're right to forget. ’

I tried hard to get a look at Selene.

However, there was nothing I could do about the sound of conversations I heard in my ears.

“He doesn't have a boyfriend. He's so ugly... ”

Glenn's words.

“Brother.”

Selene calls Glenn in a small-toothed voice.

But Glenn shrugs, smiling faintly.

“Why? Whatever. And you can't cook very much.... ”

“Brother.”

Selene winces at Glenn once more.

“Are you mad at me? ”

“Oh, no. It's not like that...... ”

When Glenn makes fun of her, her face glows pink.

Embarrassed.

Glenn continues to tease and tease me about how cute Celine is.

Seline sticks out her puckered lips for a moment at a time.

She is as cute as a seventeen year old girl.

Roan sits sideways and smiles as he listens to each other's conversations.

‘I've missed my brother all my life.... ’

I was so glad to see Glenn and his joking and chattering together.

‘Yes, I want to be less sad in this life. ’

Celine's voice in my ears was so sweet and soft.

Austin, who was sitting next to him, picked up a plate of duck meat.

“Try this. ”

Looks like he's trying to impress Celine.

Roan, who was drinking beer, unconsciously picked up another meat plate.

“Not ducks. ”

At that moment, Austin and the rest of his squad looked at him.

Roan realizes the situation later.

‘Oh my……. ’

The horse pops out unconsciously and the hand moves first.

‘Celine doesn't eat duck meat. ’

Her diet and habits remained on her fingertips and ends of her mouth.

A awkward silence followed.

“Hmm. No, I like duck meat.... ”

An awkward excuse.

"Roan." Is that an excuse? ’

When you blame yourself.

Glenn smiles brightly and receives the plate that Roan was holding.

“You don't have to give duck meat. He can't eat ducks. Unlike what it looks like, there are a lot of other things to hide... ”

“Brother.”

Selene glances at Glenn, grabbing his side.

Boom.

At that moment, Roan felt a huge chunk of rock in his heart.

‘Phew. That look.... ’

Even in my last life, I was weak in the eyes like that.

I want you to pinch my cheeks right now.

Roan raises his beer again.

The squad members fill each other's glasses for a while and talk excitedly.

“Then what is your dream? You don't want to be a soldier like Glenn, do you? ”

Selene shakes her head, smiling shyly.

“Then what do you want to do? ”

Rand asks again.

Ronan was also interested in this question.

Celine's dream? What was it? I don't think there was anything in particular I wanted to do. ’

I don't remember.

I remember everything about Celine, but the poison is white as a sheet.

Roan takes a sip of beer and listens to Celine.

“I……. ”

Selene hesitates for a moment, smiling brightly.

“I want to be a baker. ”

Boom.

At that moment, Roan felt shocked as if he had been hit with a hard back head.

‘Baker……. ’

My face is stiff.

‘Foolishly, foolishly forgot about it.... ’

I was so pathetic that I couldn't bear it.

"Yes, you said you wanted to be a baker. ’

When we first met, and soon after we started dating, Celine dreamed of becoming a baker.

‘But because of me... …. ’

Selene gave up her dream because of Roan.

Costs for purchasing and repairing weapons, including armor and spears.

Bribes you had to pay for your promotion.

Selene pursued money for Roan, not a dream.

‘But I am... ’

I took it for granted.

I promised the commander that I would let him live a grumpy life.

The worst of the worst.

‘Whew.’

My sigh went up to my throat.

I couldn't sit still.

Roan empties his beer cup in a heartbeat.

“I'll get it. ”

Austin looks at an empty glass and wakes up.

Roan shakes his hand and raises his glass of beer.

“No, don't worry about it. ”

Smile faintly.

Austin nods, rethinking his appetite.

Roan hands the beer to the tavern owner and stands with his back against one wall.

“What's your hobby? ”

“What's your favorite food? ”

The squad members are still busy asking Selene about things.

Seline smiles shyly at each moment, answering questions or confronting.

Celine.

Roan bites her lower lip, looking at her bright, crisp face.

‘The dream I gave up in my last life. I'll help you get there this time. ’

I still wanted to see him again, but I didn't feel the same way about loving him.

Now it was just that much in this life that I wanted her dream to come true.

Rand hands out a plate.

A dish that is deeply roasted pork.

“Try this, too. It's the best in the house. ”

“Yes? Ah……. Yes, thank you. ”

Selene pauses, then nods.

After a brief glance at Rand's face, she smiles faintly and eats a speck of meat.

“What do you think?”

Selene nods, smiling awkwardly.

“No, it's delicious. It's really delicious.... ”

The end of the sentence trembles.

My face turned red.

“Why, what's wrong? ”

Rand's expression was overwhelming.

Glenn looks at Selene, wondering what was going on while she was talking to the rest of the squad.

“What's wrong with you? ”

Celine points to the red pork with her finger instead of the answer.

Glenn frowns.

“Did you eat this? You can't eat spicy stuff. ”

Bumpy noise.

Then I brought out a cup of water.

Celine emptied her water cup urgently, but the spicy taste rarely goes away.

“Hoo. Hoo. Wow."

I held my lips together and took a short breath.

“Well, what do I do? Hawk, you want a beer? ”

Rand gives out a beverage of embarrassment.

“I'm still 17. ”

Usually 18 years of age to drink.

Glenn clears his beer and refills his glass of water again.

At that time, Roan silently approaches and puts down the large wooden cup.

“Hoo. Hoo. Wow."

Celine is still holding her lips together and short of breath.

She turns to look at Roan and the wooden goblet.

What is this? ’

The big eyes asked.

But Roan goes back to his seat, drinking a beer without saying a word.

At that moment, a very familiar aroma rose from the tip of my nose.

“Huh?"

Selene picked up a wooden cup and smelled the aroma.

I suddenly smiled brightly at my mouth.

‘This is a blended car. ’

Your favorite car.

It was sweet and sweet.

She drank a blended tea with both hands and a large wooden cup.

The sweetness that spreads in your mouth.

The flavor that was spicy enough to make me cry disappeared.

“Whew.”

Celine takes a deep breath.

The face that had been shining red returned to its original color.

Then Glenn and Rand felt relieved.

Selene bows her head to Roan.

“Thank you."

In return, Roan nods, smiling faintly.

‘I used to love blended tea. I used to make weird noises every time I drank it. ’

Celine's way of expressing it.

‘Is this still before I write that word... …. ’

I felt sorry for him.

Meanwhile, Celine drank a sip of blended tea again.

“Ha.”

Smiley face.

It was a smile that made even those who were watching smile.

Roan shakes his head, smiling unconsciously.

‘Whenever I drink a blended tea and smile like that, I always get a month.... ’

When I thought about it.

Seline mutters in a small voice, wrapping her hands around the ball.

“Oh, I love the moon. ”

Her own way of saying that no one else understands.

The tail of Roan's mouth rises slightly.

"It's been a long time."

One side of my heart pierced and resounded.

A feeling of happiness and longing.

Several scenes came to mind.

At that moment, I heard Keefe's voice in my ears.

He just pushed off Rand and took over Celine's front seat.

“You said you didn't have a boyfriend? So, what happens to the ideal? ”

“There's no such thing. ”

Selene shakes her head.

Keefe didn't give up.

He points straight at the squad members.

“So which of these do you like the most? ”

Selene looks at the squad members silently.

“Deputy Roan, are you the same age? Or Fields?”

The question repeatedly raised everyone's gaze on Selene.

I guess everyone was curious.

Even Roan pretended to be careless when he drank the beer, but he was slightly concerned.

Selene hesitates for a moment, then carefully speaks out.

“I……. ”

When the horse continued, the tavern door suddenly opened.

Boom!

At the same time, you hear an urgent voice.

“Deputy Roan! ”

Roan turns his head and looks toward the entrance, focusing on Celine's answer.

“Hmm?"

Two eyes that grow in a circle.

There was an unexpected figure at the entrance.

“Deputy Roan. This is bad.”

A man approaching loudly.

Roan looks surprised and wakes up.

“Chris. I thought you left for Delón. ”

The protagonist of the voice.

He was Chris who left Beno Castle two days ago.

* * *

After leaving the tavern, Roan and Chris set out for a quiet alley.

“Chris. Weren't you visiting an old couple in the Delan area? ”

“Yes, that's right. I was going to.”

Chris nods severely.

“But I heard a strange story on my way to Delon. ”

“A story?”

Roan frowns.

“Yes, the merchants from the northern border were talking about seeing strange landscapes in the northern part of the kingdom. ”

Chris whispered in a small voice.

“All the weeds that had to grow long in the fields were crushed. It's like hundreds of horses running around. ”

Unusual stories.

Roan's expression hardens.

“I heard merchants weren't wheat or barley. Weeds were crushed, so they didn't report them to the royal army. ”

Chris continued.

“I was going to go to the Delhi area, thinking it's not a big deal, but I wanted to take a look north, see if this guy's personality is a problem, or if he's a useless nuisance. So I went to a place where merchants had seen strange sights. ”

The horse speeds up a bit.

“But when I crossed the Cape, I found a group of people moving fast on a mountainside. It was a very rough and fast movement, even though it was so far away that the ground was ringing. I felt just in time. Those are the ones who crushed and trampled the weeds. ”

“Have you identified the herd? ”

Roan cautiously asked.

Chris nods, biting his lower lip.

“The identity of the herd……. ”

A voice full of energy.

“Orcs.”

Roan's eyes are wide open.

‘Orcs? An Orc army? ’

Unbelievable face.

As a result of the Fedian Plain subjugation, all the Orcs in the unit were pushed to the border.

There can be no Orcs moving within the Kingdom as a unit.

‘But Chris can't be wrong. ’

Roan bites his lower lip tightly.

Chris continued.

“The number of Orc troops is roughly 2,000. They were all on Lofos. ”

“Hmm.”

Roan struggles to swallow the depression.

Lofos.

A wolf-like monster that was smaller than a horse, but had a more vicious and aggressive nature.

‘As soon as the subjugation of some crazy Orc is over...' ’

Roan frowns and looks at Chris.

“Have you seen the troops? ”

Chris nods, smiling faintly.

“Fortunately, I was able to confirm. The whole flag was a mixture of red and blue, and a black vertical line was going by in the middle. ”

At that moment, Roan's face hardened.

‘If it's a mixture of red and blue, the dead Cedec's base. ’

A black vertical line across the shape.

Roan was a familiar base.

‘This is Baalin's unit. ’

He looked at Chris and asked carefully.

“Wasn't the Orc Merchant leading the troops a woman? ”

“Huh?! That's right.It was definitely an Orc Woman Warrior. ”

Chris looks surprised to see how he knew.

Roan bites his lower lip.

‘Damn. I can't believe Sidek's wife just showed up. ’

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