I am the Monarch

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Roan speeds up his preparations to leave.

But it wasn't just a sneak away to the Persian kingdom.

First, I had to return to the Baron Tail with a newborn army of tails.

'Be prepared there.'

It was hard to doubt his march in the two princes, Tommy Lines, or the three princes' column lines.

Thanks to me, every action was cautious.

Then.

"My lord, you have a visitor."

O'Neil's voice is responsible for managing the temporary mansion.

He smiled faintly and spoke in hindsight.

"This is Princess Aelys."

Tuck.

My busy hands stopped to clean up the office.

Roan clears the dirt from his clothes and walks to the entrance.

"Where are you?"

"He's in the mansion garden."

"Why didn't you take her to the reception?"

"You're pretty messy, too."

In Onil's reply, Roan nods slowly.

I kept going faster.

After seeing that, O'Neil takes a step back and bows.

Roan hurries to the mansion garden, completely unconcerned.

"Ah......."

Low elasticity poured out by itself.

A small shade on one side of the garden.

Below is Princess Aelys.

She is so relaxed and refined that only time seems to flow around her.

"Princess."

"Ah, Baron Tail."

The two of them looked each other in the eye and bowed their heads.

Roan asked politely in a soft voice.

"What brings you here?"

She replies with a pleasant smile.

"I heard you're leaving soon. So I stopped by to say hi."

"Oh, thank you."

Roan sighs unknowingly.

'Leaving.......'

I was so busy that I couldn't think about it.

No, I was thinking of returning to the Baron Tail, not leaving.

But...

'You're leaving. At least in this situation.......'

Go back and leave.

The two words made me feel too different.

Roan glances quietly at Aeleee's two eyes.

An unknown emotion struck me and flowed away.

'Ah.......'

She smiles shyly and lowers her head slightly.

"I wish you all the best from now on."

Roan nods and answers.

"I wish you only happiness."

She smiles and smiles, covering her little red lips with her right hand.

"It's like people never see me again."

"Is that so?"

Roan smiles and asks again.

Then I hesitated for a moment and carefully said the back word.

"I'll be sure to check in with you when you get to Mill."

"Yes, I'll be waiting."

After answering coldly, she looks surprised and blushes.

'What are you waiting for?'

My heart was pounding rapidly.

As Roan looks at him, he smiles unconsciously.

I had courage.

"And if you don't mind, even the Baron Tail..."

When the horse goes on like that.

"My lord."

I heard a voice.

A voice that is very familiar to the ears.

Clay.

"Hmm."

Roan turns his head and looks at Clay.

Clay greets Ailee first and then looks at Roan.

"We're ready."

The report said he was ready to leave for Baron Tail.

"Yes, I understand."

Roan nods lightly.

Clay looks at Roan and Aelee alternately for a moment, then raises his greeting and leaves the garden.

"Is that Clay?"

Aley cautiously asks.

In Mill, the king's men became as famous as Roan's.

Austin, the youngest, Harrison, the impending imperial prosecutor Brian, and Clay, who joined later but showed outstanding craftsmanship and cunning.

Roan nods, looking at Clay's disappearance.

"Yes, that's right."

At this point, Aelee's hesitant glow settles down, and she speaks carefully in a small voice.

"I'm sure he's a man of few talents, but please don't give him all your heart."

"What the……?"

As Roan blurs his words, she smiles bitterly.

"I don't see Clay's insides. I don't know if it's black or white in there. In this case......."

Her face is a little stiff.

"It's my first time."

"Hmm."

Roan lets out a brief drool.

He could roughly see what she was trying to say.

"Don't believe too much….."

Roan nods slowly.

"The princess says, I'll keep that in mind."

She lowers her head without a word.

"Clay. Unrecognizable person inside......."

She was clear about who she saw.

It wasn't a kind of hunch.

'This is the first time I've seen it since I gained this ability.'

My heart stopped.

She takes a deep breath, holding her little hands together.

'We need to watch. Maybe Baron Tail is in trouble.'

An ominous thought fills my mind.

My chest became tighter.

Then.

"Thank you for your concern."

You hear Roan's voice.

At that moment, the sinister feeling of filling my head and chest like a lie disappeared.

"Whew."

A short sigh of relief gushes out as you rub your small, red lips.

Roan's voice had a strange magical power.

It relaxes the mind and makes people happy.

Of course, Alien didn't know it yet, but it was only for her.

Roan and Ailee stare at each other for a while and say nothing.

No, I didn't have to.

The hearts of each other seemed to infiltrate each other.

That's how Roan and Ailey broke up.

After a more thorough day of preparation, Roan headed for the Baron Tail in a frightening sunny day.

Simon and his neighbours escort him out to the mansion.

But most of all, it was the saints who delighted in Roan, stretching out to the gates of the city along the way.

Unlike other nobles, they had great gratitude and respect for Roan for taking care of themselves throughout their stay in the royal city.

The saints applauded and cheered until there were no members of the Roan and Tail forces.

A cold breeze rises from the north where they have left.

The Shirin Northwind.

The season was now entering winter.

* * *

Deep in the mountains, without moonlight or starlight.

Food duck!

A small bird flew between the tree and the dragoncake.

After a while.

Queek!

The little bird sits on a tree that has just begun to grow and makes a sharp cry.

A black space that doesn't feel very popular.

At that time, a small torch appeared pushing out the darkness of the space.

"A message at a time like this."

The message was not a letter or item, but a bird speaking directly.

It was so special that most of the new people were hard to see and could not be handled carelessly.

Immediately under the torch, a crude and rough-looking man appeared.

He reaches out his right hand to the bird and mutters an unknown word.

Queek! Queek! Squeeze!

Then the little bird climbs up on the palm of the man's hand and starts chatting nonstop, as if talking to him.

A new cry breaks the silence in the mountains.

"Hmm."

The man shed low tears.

The message was quite surprising.

"You don't have to hide anymore?"

He frowns and ponders for a moment, then waves his hand lightly.

Queek!

The little bird left a short cry and flew high into the night sky.

The man followed his appearance and muttered in a small voice.

"Looks like you've sent all your messages wherever you can reach them."

Perhaps word of advice has come to comrades, relatives and brothers who have been hiding deep in the world by now.

Yeah, that's probably not a great number.

The man waves his torch, then mutters in a small voice.

"The Baron Tail....... shall we go?"

A hesitant voice.

It was a difficult decision to make that easily.

"Well, there's still time."

According to the news, there was still enough time left.

The man slowly hides himself in the darkness.

In the mountains, the silence settles again.

* * *

The Baron Tail had no permanent residence and no proper castle.

The town of Mediacis, the center of administration and politics, is quite large, but still surrounded by tall wooden walls instead of solid walls.

"When the lord returns, we must build a fortress and a wall first."

After Roan left for King Mills, Sammy the White Captain, who was in charge of the entire security of the Baron, shakes his head at the shabby walls.

"We should build a fortress at every point."

"Clean up the road."

"We also need to expand our training center."

The White Captain and the Dozens helped out one by one.

"That turned out to be quite an accomplishment, even though the training center was small."

"I know. You're all handsome mercenaries."

The white blacksmiths complimented a young man.

"Thanks to the hard work of the recruits."

Glenn was the young man who laughed shyly and humbled himself.

Appointed to training camp by Roan, he has been training recruits with all his might over the past few months.

Thanks to this, the recruits who were just a bunch of misfits were able to be reborn as legionnaires.

As a result, the remaining armies of Amaranth in Mediacis were able to achieve great quantitative and qualitative results.

"The Lord will be surprised, won't he?"

Sammy says a number of white blacksmiths nod.

They look at the road that stretches well inside the town.

On the road, there were a line of handsome soldiers lined up.

After the soldiers, the people of Mediah and the villagers nearby were waiting for me and Roan.

It was a great crowd.

"It's time for you to come..."

Sammy frowns at the west entrance of town.

Then.

Deng, Deng! Deng!

The Bell of the Watchtower rings frantically.

At last, the forces of Roan and Amaranth appeared on the western edge of the field.

Suddenly, the whole town was filled with a strange heat.

It reminded me of hot lava.

I feel like I'm condensed with an enormous energy that seems to explode right away.

Sammy and the Amaranth troops stared at the western entrance while holding the heat in their hearts, as well as the common people.

And finally.

Flutter!

< Tail Corps. >

A squadron leader enters the village.

< Amaranth Corps. >

< Roan tail. >

Then the commander and the general showed their greatness.

And right after.

Everyone who had waited so long revealed themselves.

Roan Tail.

He appears majestic with his body on a firm horse.

Moment.

"Waaaahhhh!"

"Roan Tail! Roan Tail!"

"Tail Squad! Tail Squad!"

A shout came out.

The heat that was in my heart burst out at the same time.

It makes my body wobble in spills.

Roan smiles brightly and raises his right hand.

'You're back.'

I was filled with joy and longing.

It was the same for the Amaranth troops who followed him back from Milr.

"How's everybody doing?"

"I'm back!"

"Have you heard from us?"

As they go, they shout, waving their hands at the soldiers sitting next to them.

I had an unprecedented happy look on my face.

On the other hand, after the insurgency, the soldiers who became Tail Army reacted with tremendous hospitality.

'What the…..'

'You're very popular.'

'I can't believe the commoners like nobles so much.'

It was hard to imagine elsewhere.

They lifted up their heads for a moment because they felt proud.

'I am no longer a rebel. I'm a soldier in the Tail Army.'

I'm going to bury the bones here! '

There was an uproar.

My shoulders started to open and I was able to walk.

The procession continues slowly, but with great confidence.

'Glenn did you a favor.'

Roan smiles faintly as he looks at the soldiers with long scales on either side of the road.

I liked the posture and eyes.

There are still a few things that are lacking compared to the old Amaranth troops, but if we refine just a little further, we can be reborn as the most powerful mercenaries in the region.

"My lord!"

At the end of the road, Sammy, as well as the Caucasian commanders and the Dozens, took their customs.

Roan steps off the horse and approaches Sammy.

"You've all done a wonderful job."

"I just did my best."

Sammy replied on behalf.

He looks directly into Roan's eyes and speaks behind his back.

"I've been hearing from the Agence informants. So congratulations."

"Congratulations!"

Subsequently, the other soldiers shouted loudly.

Roan nods, smiling and smiling.

"Because you guys were there, I was able to do my job with ease. Everyone has suffered a lot."

In response, Sammy and several white blacksmiths made an expressive expression.

Recognition.

They were recognized by Roan.

Though the work and behavior were good, there was nothing pleasant like being recognized by the master of the temple.

"Waaaahhhh!"

"Welcome back!"

"Roan Tail! Roan Tail!"

Roan closes his eyes slightly, hearing the screams still pouring out.

The warm energy wrapped around my whole body.

Familiar and homesick.

He closes his eyes and whispers in a small voice.

"Yes, this is my home."

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