The Annals of the Flame Kingdom (WN)

Although the castle of Larchia, the royal castle of the kingdom of Flame, has a variety of functions such as the venue of the king's national act, the general headquarters of the king's palace, which is an administrative organization, and the residence of the royal family of Flame, one of them also has the aspect of a social place that entertains guests from outside the country, naturally, within the royal castle - even Larchian royal castle with a reputation for being 'big in vain' - a large hall has been created to meet guests. That hall, which would otherwise have gathered colorful decorations and lavish dishes, decorated gentlemen and ladies, was now filled with blood-running eye knights.

"... Shit"

The lord of that group, Karl Lausan, head of the Kingsguard Knights of the Kingdom of Flame, turned his chirali and gaze to the door behind him after showing him the bandit-like look with a good tongue. I gave a moment of thought to Elizabeth Orenfeld Flame, the lord of that room, who would be exhausted physically and mentally, and gave my gaze to the young knight who refrained next door after shaking his head lightly two or three times.

"... how about 'back'?

"Ha! We are currently hanging a convocation on the Kingsguard Knights who are heading out to various parts of Wang Dynasty! Yes..."

That's it, the look on the young knight's face clouds a little bit.

"... the... have you not been clever enough to communicate with knights everywhere, the 'returned' knights within the royal castle... the..."

"Well, I guess so."

Blocking the words of a young knight that seems difficult to say, Carl exhales in a small sigh so that he does not sound like such a young knight. Many of the Kingsguards are paying outside the castle due to the fire in the Wang Dynasty. Aiming for an early fire suppression, he also went behind the back of letting him go from where he decided to hold it, and to some extent, leaving security under the castle at the discretion of the site hangs on to it. The Knights of Kingsguard, who found their place safe, voluntarily went out to a handy place of security to continue their guarding… so there is no one in the Knights of Kingsguard who knows exactly where they are.

"... Captain"

"What?

"Well... the vice president has been contacted..."

"Is that Ferber?

"No. I'm Lieutenant Everto." We cannot say that the security on Holy King's Street is still stable, "he refuses to be returned to the Royal Castle."

"... right"

"… but reports from the returning Knights indicate that the guards dispatched from Holy King's Street have already returned to the Guardian's Stuff after a fire broke out on East Street in the holding area. Which means that St. King's Street has already returned to its normal security system."

……

"... Captain! This is-"

"Don't say it. More than that, you'll be in a bad position."

"... but"

"... that's the kind of decision Everto must have made. Then I have no choice. I'm the one who gave you the authority."

And some of them are 'like this'. As he gave up, he lay his eyes down deep and deep as Carl sighed, and the young Knights opened their mouths hatefully.

"... ok. But let me just say this."

"... what?

"I wish I could fry and drink even the dirt of Mitsune's claws from that other country"

After a moment of shuddering in the words of such a knighthood member, he opens his mouth and shows it with a big smile. The members gave Carl a slightly annoying look, laughing in tears at his eyes.

"... what's wrong, Captain"

"Kuck... kuck... right. Everto needs to fry and drink the dirt from Coata's claws."

"Yes! Are you alone in this hostile royal castle to save Her Majesty the Queen of Flame, my kingdom of Reishi? There are many things to apprentice!

"'Your Majesty!' I jumped into this hall and the Kingsguard put a sword on me and I was half crying, eh?

I thought of Kota like that, or curly, I honk my throat again. To that appearance, a young Knights member jammed the words.

"Ugh! So, but..."

"Sure, there's a place to apprentice. I thought he was a little smarter... but he's an idiot to love."

Neither the edge nor the edge, I would say. I won't tell you, but take it from Hota, who was at Terra, and make Liz look like she would clatter and whine that it would be nearly related to others.

"I don't think he's the one who's going to save his life."

Like Liz, Carl has never been with Kota for long. Carl laughs just a little happy, making some modifications to his "Hotai Review," which he felt in less time.

"If he can do something about it, that's fine. You know what? I taught him that. That's me, right?

"Sword moves, are you?

"How to escape."

I didn't know it would be useful in a place like this. Once again, he laughs and takes his gaze off the distracted Knights, and Carl turns his gaze to the Kingsguard knights gathered in the hall. The number is about thirty, uniformly nervous and - and I see a group whose feet tremble on it, exhaling loudly, loudly.

"Uh... well, I can't help it."

On the contrary, long before Carl took office as captain of the regiment, this one since the establishment of the Flame Empire, the Kingsguard Knights have not experienced combat.

……

In a way, there's no big difference from an amateur group, you have to lead them to fight like that. A group that knows nothing about how much of the forces of the 'enemy' are and why they are attacking the royal castle of this millennium. You'll want to sigh even if it's not Carl.

"... uh... hey you guys"

In the words, the gaze of the knights packed in the hall gathered at the curls in unison. Carl gets stuck in words for a moment in despair directed from his gaze and in a sole with expectations that exceed it.

……

No matter how cleverly you do it, it doesn't mean the damage is zero. In other words, 'someone' in this is sure to lose his life. I must say to my own men - who fight on the front lines with Westria, who are not military personnel accustomed to 'death', who, as' nobility ', have no incapacity whatsoever, thought that' death 'was a story of a distant future.

"... you guys"

"Die," he said.

The kingdom and the "Kingsguard Knight", gathered for the sole purpose of defending the king, earned their place of action unwillingly. We must fight for it. Even Carl knows better about that.

……

I have no words. Unlike the Knights of Kingsguard in the past, Carl has been tough and kind to his men, and he has just lost a good best friend named Lotte Baumgarden, and he has resisted driving his lovely men to death.

"... you... et al."

Most importantly, Carl was too kind.

Now my legs are trembling, my teeth aren't roots fit, if I can, I've run away now. I can't tell my men all over my body that I want to, 'Die to protect Your Majesty'.

……

So Carl hesitates. Just one word, that word is far, far too far away.

- It's late, Captain.

I got a voice I was used to hearing in Carl's ear like that. The direction in which that voice sounds, gaze near the entrance.

"............... Ferber? What's up, that outfit? You went to Larchia Boulevard, didn't you?

He raised his dumb voice to Ferber, dressed in armor painted on coal and turned black. Tilt his neck small to such a curl, Ferber steps forward with a cutlet and footsteps.

"I thought you had permission to move at the discretion of the crime scene to some extent? Was I wrong?

"Oh, oh, no. I'm not wrong. I said."

"By the time we arrived at our stuffing on Larchia Boulevard, the fire hold that had already been assigned to the guards was after the fire was quenched. The guards don't have the authority to leave their premises on their own. Leaving a liaison, we headed to the fire on East Street."

"We're on our way..."

"Don't worry, Captain. The fire on East Street has already quenched 70% of the way. There were so many dense stores along the back streets that the damage was immense… but we are still getting reports of minimal human damage."

That said, for the first time since Ferber went indoors, he raised the corner of his mouth with a nibble.

"... the boulder belongs to Flame, which is also a people living in the capital of the King for a thousand years. You don't have to say anything. You have a deep-rooted sense of 'your own city'. We were also actively cooperating in fire extinguishing activities and… priority was being given to fire extinguishing activities in buildings where repairs still worked. Even though their homes and stores have been badly damaged by the fire,"

"... well"

"Yeah, that's right. And as long as there are such people, this kingdom of Flame, Larchia, is bound to rebuild. Whatever you say..."

Take a breath.

"... because 'the people' is' the nation '"

"-! You, that!

"... and Lord Lotte would say. And there is no other 'people' who faithfully perform their duties. Our 'nobles' will have to be role models in order to reward such a respectable 'civilian'."

Talking that far, Ferber glances indoors. The attitude of the Kingsguard gathered in the hall stretches unknowingly to a slightly frightened, then even angry gaze. With that sight firmly in his gaze, Ferber opened his mouth.

"- Pity."

The temperature in the room dropped to the words of Ferber like throwing up.

"With this unfortunate catastrophe unfolding in Larchia, the civilians are contributing to the nation with their own power, right? What's that? Is that sword you're lowering to your hips a decoration or something?

……

"Okay? You are" nobles, "and" Kingsguards. "And you, nobles and Kingsguards, are obliged to give your lives to protect the nation and His Majesty the Dear King. What's that? Alignment is also aligned, face is blued, trembling, etc... pity. So they curse," Kingsguard is a toy soldier, "etc. Shame on you! Shame on you!"

After saying that and tongue-in-cheek abominably, Ferber continues his words.

"- As we all know, our Ferber family is the thirty-fifth son of the forty-ninth king of the kingdom of Flame and His Majesty King of Wales Orenfeld Flame, a lineage that begins with the gift of Ferber territory by Oliver Orenfeld Flame."

Freshly, a question mark floats over the heads of the Kingsguard Knights in an explanation that runs water down the stands. I don't go with my understanding of 'Blood Muscle Pride' jumping out of Ferber, which was revealing my anger earlier, with that look.

"The fact that my Ferber family draws the blood of the Flame royal family means that I have the blood of the great first Emperor of Flame, Emperor Alex Orenfeld Flame."

"... Ferber?

"There's nothing in this that you don't know about the Jian Emperor, is there? Whatever the time, whatever the circumstances, the Emperor Alex did not give up, he did not punish, he did not meow, and he cleared the way to unify this continent of Orkena. Truly great, truly hegemonic. I can't tell you that, it's a great thing. I can't imitate anyone else, that's all."

But, you know, cut the words, look around. Eventually, that gaze stops at the young Kingsguard knight. Ferber smiled brightly at the knight, who shook his body victoriously for stopping his gaze, blued his lips and made his feet tremble.

"... There was a war when such an empire built by Emperor Alex changed signs on the kingdom. Who protected His Majesty the King at the time, Dores?

"... Huh?

"What's up, Dores? Dores Mildart? You have no idea?

It was frightening, for a moment. The knight, called Dores, raised his voice as if he had regained consciousness all the time.

"... my ancestor, the first Marquis of Mildart!

"Who saved His Majesty's predicament during the pro-Government during the Westerly Front, Rudolph?

"… is my ancestor, the first Earl of Lambart"

"During the war against Lyme, who stood at the stake of his life as the emissary of the alliance to the Kingdom of Larchia?" If this life can save the kingdom of Flame, it's a cheap thing, "he said, laughing. Who are you? Don't you see?

"It is my ancestor, Count Raidard!

Now a knight who responds, not asking for a name. He nodded contentedly at the appearance, and Ferber glanced indoors again.

"You are nobles. But were your ancestors born aristocrats? I don't think so. I have you now because your" first generation ", the Lord, put his life on the line and made a contribution to the royal family, to the nation! No!"

No response.

"Who the hell brought you that status? Isn't that the position your ancestors took to protect the nation and Your Majesty until they literally risked their lives? Were your ancestors trembling like you are now? Were you scared? Were you looking at me like a girl or a child who was about to cry?

Now I don't ask for a response. So Ferber gives his own answer to that question. Very simple, just a word of answer.

- That is, 'no', and.

"Turn it down. 'No'! Your ancestors did not tremble like you in protecting your majesty and your nation! Your ancestors fought bravely and gloriously! Thanks to your ancestors, the Kingdom of Flame has built a thousand years of glory! History proves it! You both know that! Because you are 'nobles'! For in your bodies is the blood of the proud 'noblemen' who have defended this flame royal family, whose blood is pulsating!

……

"You are 'nobles'! Don't tarnish the pride of your ancestors, don't tarnish them, don't trample on them more than you are noble! Don't spare 'life', 'name' is what spares! Die, and your work will never go away! proud of that, thats it!!!

Talk that far again and let your gaze stare. Ferber nodded contentedly that the knights who had trembled until earlier were not there.

"Sword Drawing"

As you whisper, with potpourri.

"" "" "- Yes!

What came back was a breathtaking loud voice.

"Hoist, sword"

Grasp your left hand into your fist and place it on your right chest. A unique structure of the Kingsguard Knights pointing to the oblique sky with a sword held in their right hand.

- We are.

"" "Your Majesty's Sword!

"We are."

"" "Your Majesty's Shield!

"What do you want"

"" "Just the peace of mind of the nation!

"Wish for what"

"" "I just want you to be safe!

"I swear to what"

"" "To our will and to this sword!

"Bet on what"

"" "Our bodies and this shield!

Once again, snort loudly into the undisturbed voice of chanting.

"- Where do you want it?

"" "- To the proud, glorious Knights of Flame Kingdom Kingsguard!!!

"Deliver, Sword"

With the sound of zah, deliver the sword to the sheath. I turned my gaze to Carl, who stared at him with a smiling face, and he gave me one hand instead of saying, 'Go ahead,' to show me Ferber, and now it's time to sigh back.

"... what is it? Is that what this is about? It's not my job, is it?

"This is rude, Captain. But I still didn't think this kind of work would be right for the captain."

"... I've been thinking about this for a long time, haven't I? You don't have a strong clam against me, do you? What, you don't like me? Just now, Captain, because you didn't give up?

Ferber laughs low at Carl's eyes and voice, which he seems to resent only a little.

"... ask your own chest"

"... Huh? Seriously?

"I'm climbing the castle with a hangover. I try to skip paperwork right away if I think I've climbed the castle. I'm actually going to skip it and try to turn the job around. Face the habit, the martial arts training with joy... bump the rookie"

"Ugh!

"There's more... Shall we talk about everything?

"...... yi. I won't be able to fight."

"Well, you weren't very good."

"That's why he said he couldn't fight!

"… but this is all I can say with confidence, Captain"

- I'm glad you're the Commander of the Kingsguard Knights.

"... it is. Light it up."

"Sometimes you can. You were certainly the head of the moulded Kingsguard Knights... but still, the Knights life I spent with you wasn't bad. So."

Come on, captain? and.

"- The Kingsguard knights don't look good on you. Speak to your team and raise them in your own words."

Frequent flashes in Ferber's words with a full grin. Eventually, scratch your head poly in the light.

"... oh... well, what? As Ferber said, nobility is an important task. To the offspring, 'Our ancestors are amazing!' Cause if you say it, it's more important to us than our lives. But?"

Then scratch my head again in the light.

"... well, more than that, huh? I knew you didn't like it, Your Majesty. - Well, let me dare you to say it. Um, what do you mean," Liz "hangs in the hands of the enemy? You don't want to see that queen, who's nice to everyone, sweet to everyone, still rings at any hour, but a little tearful? Why don't you laugh at her all the time? Hey, Ferber?

"... Shake it on me? But well...... right. I agree with that."

"Look. You said Ferber, too, right? 'Cause a man is such a skank, huh? Look at the pretty girl's smile, she says she'll feel better, too, right?

"... wait, Captain. I don't like that interpretation."

"Then such a pretty princess, we'll have to protect her, won't we? We're men - and the Kingsguard Knights."

That's what I said, nigga laugh.

"- What time? Because it's the knight's job to help the princess, isn't it?

A moment after Carl's dialogue was full of tea, a burst of laughter broke out indoors.

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Approximately, a thousand years after the establishment of the Flame Empire.

It was roughly three hours after the explosion in the hall that the Knights of the Kingsguard of the Kingdom of Flame, who followed with cotton even after the Empire changed its name to kingdom, dropped the curtain on its glorious history by the battle death of Commander Carl Lausan and Deputy Commander Airhardt Farber.