I Became the First Prince

I asked Hannibal's progeny what kind of weapon he handled well.

“I was a ranger and I learned that, but the best thing I ever learned was an axe. ”

Before he became a ranger, he was a woodcutter who cut down trees for his native livelihood. His answering face was somehow awkward.

It was embarrassing to notice that the woodcutter had still not taken off his womb in time.

But I took it for granted.

His ancestors were no different.

One of Hannibal's blood lovers is a woodworker, or two axes.

Even as a Ranger after a hard training, it was only because the axe was still ripe in his hands that he inherited the aptitude of the Progenitor. It was never a shame.

“From this day on, all the other things are put away and let's practice dealing with the axe. ”

“I don't know what you mean...”

“You're not part of the Rangers now. ”

Hansen looked at me with a firm face.

Seeing the look on my face that something is coming, I must have misunderstood my words.

In exchange for blaspheming your superiors, you will be expelled from the position of Ranger.

I immediately rectified that misunderstanding.

“From now on, you are a prince, not a member of the Balahard Rangers. The position is a knight trainee, and the exact position will be established after his subsequent appointment. ”

“Ah?”

Hansen opened his mouth and looked at me.

I smiled as I watched it froze.

He also thrust away my forefathers, who were innocent.

Hannibal also struggled to hide his face like a young man in front of his eyes, and even after being in the position of a blood lion and being placed in the hands of the Kingdom, the face did not change a bit.

Of course, it was the story of not catching an axe anywhere.

Hansen is still unconscious and looks at me with a brutish face. He must not even know the history of my family.

It was not surprising.

I already knew through Gallahan and Boris that the empire had determined and erased the name of the blood lion from the history of the kingdom.

Of course, they did not forget the teachings of my forefathers even under oppression, but there was no law against others.

Even though I saw Adelia alone without going far now, I was a great knight called Swordsman, and I was not a maid even though I was the blood of the preemptive.

“If you don't know, you can start teaching now. ”

“Your Majesty?”

Jorden questioned him on behalf of Hansen, who was unconscious.

However, Jordanian expression was really worth looking at.

Alternating between me and Hansen, I looked like a frightened puppy.

“Jordan.”

“Yes, Your Majesty. ”

With a desperate expression, Jorden quickly became a face filled with expectation as I called him.

But unfortunately, what I'm about to say has nothing to do with the Rangers' expectations.

“Again, I will pray that your ass is well. ”

It was just a small mourning.

Jordanian looks at me as if he has been betrayed.

After that or not, I touched two men.

“Let's go out. You'll call again soon enough. ”

Hansen became a face full of expectation, and Jorden became a face that chewed more shit.

I burst into laughter at the end of my patience.

I immediately found Vincent, who sent them out.

Then I asked Vincent to change Hansen Hannibal's affiliation to mine.

“I think he liked it. ”

Vincent sighed as he looked into my face and added a word.

Now that I've heard it, I can see his future.

“That's why I'm going to let you go, or not. ”

“What the hell do you want to use it for? ”

“What a knight. ”

“You're going to see Gear Jorden kick his ass. ”

“It's not what I wanted, but it will be. ”

Vincent laughed at me and told me to do what I wanted.

I didn't even ask what I was going to raise as an article because I saw what I saw in the alternative end ranger.

I can't believe I'm doing that.

Seeing that trusting eye, I felt sorry that I had secretly vacated my seat for three days.

Vincent, who saw me like that, yelled at me and said, "Get rid of the face that looks like you're going to have an itch."

Then he asked as if he remembered.

“But how far do you intend to grow the plates? ”

It was a question that was cut out before and after, but it was not difficult to understand the meaning.

“I can't wait to collect as much as I can. ”

“Will the kingdom's finances endure? Even if they were treated as petty mercenaries, once they deal with Manas, they can't treat them like ordinary soldiers. ”

It was as Vincent said.

There is no specialty like this in the defence. Even the country of defence is so scarce.

Simply put, the kingdom had no money.

And the army was a money-eating ghost.

In fact, the goods confiscated from Montpellier and the renegades were consumed at the expense of the war, and the enormous reimbursements received in return for the previous war were also being quickly exhausted for expanding and running the troops.

This way, the treasury would run out before the next winter.

The nobles of the kingdom have repeatedly demanded that their troops be reduced.

Even though the old ones who came back from the turbulence were able to hear that voice, it was certain that the kingdom's finances were for the time being.

It was not unusual for Vincent to worry about that, since I had issued a massive recruitment order in that situation.

I felt that way too, but I also sought understanding from the crew and the superior before turning the torture around.

And in a few days, I will somehow support you, so you can be answered to do what you want.

Vincent said to me with a face full of worries,

“The Prize crew didn't know you were going to do such a big job. ”

If they had foreseen the same situation, they would never have supported my intentions.

“By now, the reappearer and his crew will be suffering from osteoporosis. ”

I snorted at Vincent's words, whether he was sorry or not.

“I haven't been worried about the money I've made so far, but I'm sure they'll resent me.

I wasn't just saying.

It was me who confiscated Montpellier's property and led the plan to behead the renegades and take back their property.

It was me who tore a huge indemnity from the Empire, and it was me who made less money from Dothrin as a mercenary.

“It is undeniable that no one has ever fed the kingdom. ”

“Would you be foolish?”

As I grumbled and said, Vincent sighed and shook his head.

“So how many plates are you going to raise? ”

“I told you, I'm going to put it together as far as I can. ”

“So that's what I'm asking you to tell me. ”

I frowned at Vincent as if I were frustrated.

What I'm saying is so hard.

But I couldn't be bothered because I had sinned, and I explained my intentions more easily.

"I intend to accept a hundred when a hundred come, and a thousand when a thousand come. ”

In sum, I was willing to accept everything without every one coming.

Of course, if anyone had serious grounds for disqualification from their personality or past work, they would have to work on filtering it out, but basically the idea of accepting the maximum troops remained unchanged.

“And what if there's an unbearable crowd...”

Vincent said it was outrageous.

I was just funny.

How long will people come to this fallen country at the end of the world, where the chaos of the return of the old is so dramatic that the ransom of mercenaries is unparalleled?

I don't know, but there will be more people going to the rotten empire or elsewhere.

I thought so, and I believed so. But it wasn't.

One day, Eli's descendant made the same manahart that my ancestors had in me, and after a while, he returned.

However, the number of those who followed was so much that I laughed at my expectations.

No matter how young you are, a thousand can become self-sufficient.

I nodded.

“You said you were sending it out, all at once. ”

At first, I thought the Commander of the Southern Army had changed his mind about sending a few mercenaries for smooth control.

“It was a split. ”

Until you hear Eli's explanation.

Eli said there is no place in the border fortress because of me, and the mercenaries are only a tenth of them.

Why the hell.

The empire would be overflowing, too, but I didn't understand how many of them had gathered to the cold north.

“The mercenaries who found the eclipse of Bourgogne are stranded. ”

That's how Eli reported the situation across the border to me.

“At first, everyone thought that the expelled mercenaries were not in the eyes of the Imperial Court, so the contract was not signed."

But it wasn't.

The breach of contract was all the same, regardless of the size, performance and reputation of the mercenaries.

Some of the famous mercenaries said they knew each other by name.

It was strange that the Emperor of Bourgogne did not know that he was willing to hire mercenaries by then.

But the question remained.

“The lords of the Empire who would hire them, even if they were not imperial, would count? ”

“But there wasn't a single place. ”

Eli's answer was so different from what I expected, it wasn't even common sense.

Unlike the empire, which foresaw chaos earlier and responded actively, the empire was said to have completely failed in its initial response.

If the presence of mercenaries is not too bad, then that was strange.

“It's not just the absence, but the mercenaries didn't even feel comfortable entering my territory. Some of them send soldiers and knights to expel mercenaries, and even those who forcibly mobilize forces to dissolve mercenaries who have found territory. ”

I was utterly laughed at by actions I would not have had to go crazy.

Of course, the aristocrats of the Empire could not have gone mad at once.

There was only one crazy one.

And I knew him.

“The Three Princes have intervened. ”

In my words, Eli's eyes widen.

“How did you know? The 3rd Prince turned the door on the imperial name early. If anyone enlarges his troops, he is anxious and will be punished. Like the lords of the northeast, other nobles are anxious not to revolt. ”

As expected.

Behind the nonsensical actions of the Empire's nobles as a group, there was a fool wearing a trio of princes.

“Ha."

Expectations were right, but I wasn't even happy.

Surely I have waited for such a day.

I've been waiting for that moment when the nature of the destructive material that leads to everything around me is fully flowering.

His traits have been flowering and waiting to lead the Empire to destruction.

I did. I certainly did.

“The mercenaries, who had no sense of humour, were inevitably scattered all over the world, and the largest number of them were coming towards our kingdom."

I never thought the kingdom's finances would be in crisis because of his foolishness.

It was ridiculous.

Only elongated laughter flowed.

For a long time, I turned my head with a stare.

Behind Eli's shoulder, the mercenaries were looking at me.

Some are hopeful, some are already discouraged from now on, and some are curious.

I sighed less than I expected of them.

Then I murmured.

Screening.

Aggravation!

At that moment, a window of information that could not be in the air came to mind.

When I saw the flashing letters, the tumult in my mind shrivelled like a lie.

I changed my mind, and the view was different.

Above the corpse of mercenaries who rushed long distances in a harsh climate, the majestic knights were overflowing with armed men waiting for an attack.

I bought it late.

“Your Majesty?”

Eli looks at me with a sudden change of face.

He raises his head.

He seemed to ask what he was smiling at.

I did not answer.

It won't be visible to Eli anyway.

The gloom of the world, the glow of a heap of light shining on the kingdom.

But for me, all of that seemed so clear.

The myriad victories this small country has achieved against the great empire that dominated half the world 400 years ago, and the past of the kingdom that has shined ever more gloriously.

There is a shining future for the kingdom that will finally come again after today.

The glorious old name of the kingdom that will be reunited with tomorrow.

I went before a thousand mercenaries, recalling the glorious old name.

"Welcome to the Knight's Country, Leonberg. ”