Iron Blood Earl Riccianne

Chapter 1. The Missing People (2)

“No matter how much I think about it, I can't think of anything the young lady can help me with. ”

“Are you sure?! ”

“I know the lady wants to help us... but I can't help it. I'm sorry."

“This isn't going to be fun! Or I'll tell my brother Anton thinks I'm a pervert! ”

But it was Anton who had already figured out the nature of Lycaen. Lycaen, who glimpsed Anton in the eye, was not such a great man to fall for such lies. Rather, when such stories come to pass, Senna will be in even more trouble.

But I didn't feel a bit uncomfortable trying not to take her. It was also because he was experiencing the difficulty of this training.

Eventually, Anton offered some consolation to Senna.

“If you take a break from this research... you'll probably need to rest later. ”

“Huh? Really? ”

“Yes, think about your personality. ”

“Hmm, I don't think so…. ”

That can't be what Seña used to know about Lycaen. No, Riccianne would never have allowed herself to train like this in the past.

‘Since my brother's personality changed.... ’

No matter how much I thought about it, it made sense.

“Okay. I'm just gonna train, which doesn't help. ”

At last, Anton smiles and nods toward Sena.

“You thought well. ”

Julia, who was listening quietly, said in a cautious voice.

“Stir... Master. I don't think I can help either. Can we just train? ”

But it can't be happening now that you're out. Anton's strong hands grip Yulia's back.

“Let's go.”

“No! I'm just going to train! ”

Yulia struggles hard, but her body is already being drawn to Anton.

“It's a beanie!”

“Shut up.”

* * *

“Kaaak, shuck! You're in luck today! ”

A noisy gambling den. A man grunts, spitting out thick spines. The man who appeared to be a friend walking alongside him asked with a surprised look.

“Yes? What's wrong? ”

Then the man pointed to the back and said,

“Did you see that? ”

“Huh?"

A friend turns around and sees the hooded man walking over there with his back turned. But I still couldn't understand the sudden behavior of the man. Finally, the man added an explanation.

“Desert beggars. ”

I thought my friend would be flawed by that, but I distorted the impression of warak.

“Damn! What the hell are you doing running a store? ”

“I know. ”

Desert beggars are words that bind and humble the land of the kingdom of Byron and those that wander around as refugees.

The Byron refugees had to be despised by the people of other kingdoms. It is because the country is a party to an ominous incident that disappeared overnight.

“Dammit! I thought I'd have a bad day if I didn't... I'm just gonna go home. ”

“I think so, too. I ran into a godforsaken desert, and now I can't even get a proper hand. ”

While the two men were constantly mumbling and gambling, the troubled Byron was entering one of the innermost parlors of the gambling parlor.

“Hello?”

As Byron steps inside, someone greets him inside. The figure covering his face with a deep pressed hood was the same as the Viron who entered the parlor.

Byron, who was walking inside, takes off his hood.

“It's been a long time. Lahron.”

The Byron who appeared out of the hood, he was Vermook, who had suddenly vanished during the Territory War between Earl Procurus and Prince Leon.

A man greeted by Vermouth takes off his hood and says,

“I see. Did you finish what you left? ”

A man called Rahron is also a viron with tan skin. Bermurk replies, sitting across from Ragron.

“Of course.”

“Looks like you handled it well after your first job. ”

“It's not done very well. Pretty good performance. ”

Rahron tilts his head in a proud expression.

“Good performance? ”

“Yes, about 10,000 of them. ”

“What! 10,000?! ”

Surprised, Rahron grunts with a shrill voice, crumpling his voracious impression.

“Have you forgotten the rule not to exceed 1% in one territory? ”

“Did I forget that? But, you know, everything's supposed to be fluid, right? Prince Leon was a tyrant after all. It's obvious that the entire war has driven the territory away. ”

The reward Vermook asked for while helping young Leon was nothing more than a man. Extracting 1,000 people without leaving a trace of their territory.

On that note, Leon accepted without much concern and was feeling better about things being done than expected, preparing 2,000 territories, which doubled the first thousand.

But something happened that I hadn't even thought about. A bird army with absolute power was defeated in a territorial war. It was an unexpected result, but it was a better opportunity for Bermurk.

Of course, the territory that was defeated by the war is in chaos. No matter how quiet the whole process may be, it is inevitable. And that chaos was an opportunity that we couldn't miss when we were secretly plotting.

Contrary to Vermouth's suspicious expression, Rahron's face is even more distorted.

“10,000 is not something you should think about so simply. ”

“Don't worry too much. It was handled by mistake. ”

But Rahron's expression was still stiff. Bermurk gives you a slight twisted smile and opens his mouth, watching him for a long time.

“The crops are now headed for Gronze Plain, the primary rally point. ”

Rahron replies with a stiff tone without expressing his firm expression.

“Are you going to use the ship? ”

“Wouldn't the ship be safest with that many? ”

“You're gonna need a lot of ships. ”

“Hehe, I think so. ”

As he nods and answers, Vermouth's appearance slowly begins to change.

The distinctive tan skin gradually changed brightly while all the characteristics of the Byronites disappeared, and it was transformed into a man who was a full-grown and tall continent.

After seeing him, Rahron asked.

“Do you intend to move forward in your appearance? ”

“Yes, we do. We have to stand out. ”

“I see. Let's get ready for it. But don't forget, your sudden movements will also be reported to the top. ”

“Of course I do. I'll be going, then. ”

Bermurc leans out of the room, terrified to be finished. Rahron mutters in a small voice, staring at Vermouth's back.

“It was a merchant's mistake to leave the harvest to him. ”

* * *

“Hmm, the north.... ”

Yulia nods at Anton's muttering.

“I wonder if it's not Gronze Plain in the north...? ”

“Maybe that's all there is, right? ”

Raul, who was tilting his head earlier in their conversation, suddenly interrupted and asked.

“Why Gronze Plain? ”

There are 10,000 missing persons. If you leave the area that many people lived in, there will be traces in any way.

Anton and Julia investigated relatively populated villages or cities and found out that most people's traffic was headed north.

But Anton pointed out the main Gronze Plains after they found out they were heading north. And Julia nods.

But from Raul's point of view, it was a completely understandable conclusion. Of course, Gronze Plain is to the north, but it has nothing to do with anything other than just the north.

Julia strokes Raul's head without hesitation.

“Oh, did you wonder that? ”

“Woo, what's wrong with this? ”

Raul avoids his head with an annoying look, but Julia looks at Raul with a look that says he's still cute. Whether it was because Raul cried on the day Lycaen hired three men, Julia always treated him like a child. Of course, Raul had always hated it, but Yulia's habits were rarely fixed.

“Shame on you, kid. ”

“Who's ashamed...? ”

Raul tries to say it with a frightening expression again, but Julia pauses and starts explaining.

“10,000 people are gone. Same rate across the territory, same day. Now, this must have been... done by quite a lot of people at this size. ”

“Who doesn't know that? ”

“So what do we do with 10,000 people? ”

“Of course I'll take you where you want to go. ”

“Right? They'll try to get you where they want you to go unless there's a special purpose. ”

Raul nervously asked Yulia for a step-by-step explanation.

“We all know that. But why is that Gronze Plain? ”

But Julia still said with a smiley face that she didn't even like that reaction.

“Now, for some reason, I dragged 10,000 people away. So what's the best way to move them all at once? ”

“I don't know. ”

“Hehe, you're a genius. You don't know everything. ”

Raul had great memory and brilliant mathematical ability, but he couldn't have been a genius in every way.

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