The Old Knight of a Frontier District

1

Bardo was thinking about Stabolos, rocked by the big back of White Horse Uytan.

When I died, I was just sad.

I had the loneliness of being left behind, and the loneliness of finally losing it to Stabolos.

But this way, after taking the time, the wound healed and another way of thinking could be done.

He's a big horse.

When I was young, I put my big body on it and did my best.

I was smart, too.

My wicked men said that my operation was Stavros' wisdom and so on.

I lost it when I was younger, but when I got older and stopped on the battlefield, I turned into a quiet horse from my hand.

And the last time I blossomed.

He accompanied me on my death journey and carried my luggage without a trace.

When Yotish Payne and Ven Urrill attacked me, he kicked me in the stone and helped me.

When I passed out smoking the powder of the devil's fruit, he pulled me up from the river.

And when the conspiracy of the Coendella family came to pass, he saw me travel without feeling comfortable, and then he died.

Until noon that day he walked fine, fell ill in the evening, and died quietly at night.

without suffering for long periods of time.

What a brilliant way to die.

What a brilliant way to live.

There's no way to die any more.

I wanted to die like Stabolos myself.

Maura, the subhuman who put Baldo in front of him, sometimes looks back.

Sui the Spirit drifts around Fluffy and Baldo.

"Horse.

Horses. "

And Maura said.

Are you happy to be on the Uytan?

Or are you reading Bardo's thoughts in his chest?

2.

When I tried to get ready for camp by the Valley River, I had a visitor and I was fishing.

Are you fourteen or five years old?

Surprisingly, the boy seemed to see a sui floating beside Maura, looking straight at the sui,

"Is that a spirit?"

I've heard that.

Bardo was impressed by the terrible calm of that attitude.

I also liked what you said about spirits rather than demons.

Bardo showed Maura's face, and explained that this child was Lujra-Tiant, and that Sui the Spirit was not a friend of this child.

"This is the first time I've seen the Spirit.

I'm surprised you're really here.

Is it Sui?

Nice to meet you.

This is also the first time I have seen Lujra-Tiant.

I'm Ausa Condora. "

and the boy said.

It would be more surprising to be able to take such an attitude towards the Spirit that we first met.

Surprised to see it in the first place.

According to Maura, when she gets along with Sue, she sees Sue, and when she gets closer, she hears her voice.

However, Bardo and Jurchaga now see Sui by the way, but Gordon is still invisible.

Yet this boy seems to see Sui from the beginning.

The Ausa Condora boy says he is the eldest son of Lord Shesa.

I was surprised to hear about the boy's age.

Twelve years old.

Good physique for that.

The spirit and intelligence are a lot firmer as well.

Most importantly, he was a very refreshing boy, and Bardo particularly liked it there.

So I accepted the boy's request to stay in the castle and let him talk about his journey.

3

Surely there was territory there.

It's more of a village than a city, more of a hall than a castle, but for such a despicable place, it's well built.

Sounds like a mechanism for soldiers to combine pioneering peasants, and the peasant who has greeted them says he is a soldier.

Upon entering the hall, the boy engaged his mother and the Baldos.

The father, the lord, is in the hospital bed, so the mother says it's partitioned.

The mother was surprised at first, but prepared the room and meal for me because it was a guest invited by the successor boy.

On the boy's advice, Sue kept him from showing up.

Her mother was surprised to see Maura, so this is still her normal reaction.

If you look at Sue, you'll make a fuss.

My brother came to visit me as I was colluding with the Ausa boy in the guest room.

Ausa boy's brother was ten years old by the name of Philica.

Unlike his wild brother, he was a quiet and cute boy.

The next morning, the Ausa boy brought an unexpected favor to the Balds.

"Lord Maura.

I want Lord Sui to create one illusion.

The illusion that I'm dead. "

In a surprise line, the Ausa boy told me why.

Ausa Boy and Philica are real brothers and for their mothers they are both real children.

But her mother only wonders at the bottom of her heart if her second son, Philica, was cute and managed to make her the next lord.

In fact, Filica is very resourceful, has the charm to attract people, and is worthy of a lord.

But the father of the hospital bed thinks the traces of the house are inherited by his eldest son.

My mother also thinks that's the right way to go, so when I put it in my mouth, I'm not saying I'm going to inherit Philica.

But for not speaking, thoughts are solicited every day.

Conflicts are also beginning to arise among ministers, and even if Ausa succeeds her lord as she is, the lump remains.

I was worried about what was going on and fishing in the Valley River every day, and the Baldos came.

Heaven must have pointed it at me, I thought.

Maura told Bardo to decide what to do.

Bardo asked Ausa if she'd decided to die and leave, and where she was going with who.

"I go alone.

I haven't decided where I'm going.

Find your life while you adventure "

And Ausa answered.

Normally, it's a very unnodding favor.

The method of deceiving family and close people is not good in the first place.

And it's bad because we're going to die.

Fathers, mothers, brothers, family ministers, and the inhabitants, they must grieve.

That would be all you need to do if you became a lord and ruled friendly with your brother.

I could have said that I should have given up my lord's seat and supported my brother's rule.

But Bardo thought he could take this boy's request.

It's strange for me, but I figured it was okay for some reason.

Bardo felt that there was a conflict between ministers and an air of uncleanness in this hall, without having to be told by the boy.

If this constant air gets even more cloudy, it will be horrible ahead.

Just because my brother and brother get along doesn't mean that the conflict that arises once will dissolve.

We must not make this peaceful settlement like Sir Ensaia's territory.

People can't see after 10 years when they look at it now, but sometimes there are people with tabled (immediate) eyes who can see after 10 years.

Elzella Tercia was.

Maybe this boy does, too.

Suppose I make Lord Ausa's wish.

Together, they nodded to Bardo's decision.

4.

The next day, Baldo left Shesa territory and was on the northern side of the river.

Not long ago, Ausa Boys and the ministers who went out to pick nuts must have seen Ausa Boys slip their legs and fall to the west valley bottom.

By now, at least a diligent search would have been carried out to find him dead.

That's an illusion.

The real Ausa boy is with Bardo.

"Hmm?

Horses are coming.

Looks like he's coming for us.

That's how you fly. "

And Jurchaga said.

After a while, Baldo also began to hear the sound of his hooves, and further beyond the wooden tree, he could see a glimpse.

"Garx Lagolas."

said Ausa boy.

Shortly after, the youth knight Garx Lagolas caught up to the line and went down from the horse.

"I knew it was on this side.

It was helpful because it wasn't going very far. "

"You saw me die, didn't you?"

"I saw it.

But I didn't believe it.

It's impossible for you to slip your legs and fall in a place like that. "

"Right.

So, why are you on a journey?

"To follow you."

I can't feed you.

"I'm not thinking about feeding you.

Instead, I'll feed you. "

"Hmm.

Will you replace your master? "

"It's not.

It's not your duty to take care of the minister. "

"Well, what am I supposed to do?"

"Train your knights.

And you become a knight, and you defend the lives of the people. "

"Oh, my God, where are you?

I've just abandoned my territory. "

"We're going to get together.

You have given up your territory to your brother so that ministers may dispute with each other over succession issues and that the inhabitants will not suffer.

That's just like dedicating your territory to Iahoe, God of Peace.

Those who dedicate greatly will be greatly rewarded. "

"No.

I'm not gonna have any territory. "

"Even if thou wilt not, he that beareth the signs of a knight protects the people and is admired by the people.

Otherwise, it was my misprospect. "

"The knight's sign, I don't have it."

"I don't see it myself.

But here you are, indeed, there are signs of knights "

Garx Lagolas pointed to the forehead of the Ausa boy.

And he took off his sword from sheath to sheath, and knelt down, and offered it.

"Just now, sword vows, please"

Hearing this, both Baldo and Gordon went down the horse.

It's not something you can look down on from the horse.

"Why do you have to do that now?"

"Because if you take the sword oath, no matter how much you, it will be harder to leave me"

"You're a blushing sword."

"Leave me alone.

It's not from the realm, it's my own sword that my father gave me. "

With the bumps said, the Ausa boy took sword vows as usual and lowered his sword to Garx.

At the end of the ritual, Garx put the Ausa boy on a horse.

Because it is better to move as quickly as possible to a distant place where there is absolutely no one who can tell the face of the Ausa boy.

"Lord Bardo.

I'll see you around!

Left to say, young. Or walked away with only one subordinate.

Bardo also raised his hand and said he would see you again.

I will never see you again, but goodbye greetings may be hopeful.

He was a pleasant subordinate.

Young men will grow up and give their best swords to a knight who will one day minister.

The Ausa boy made a solemn vow to the god to whom he was devoted.

While considering the boy's chest, which brings together the king's style, Bardo remembered an occasion.

5

"Baldo.

When will you give me the sword vow? "

And Idra said.

By the way, I had intended to give my sword, but I had never done so much swearing ritual.

Bardo knelt before Idra with his bandage off each sheath, offering his sword and drooling his head.

How dare Idra, take that sword.

Even with the same sword oath, the oath against the master and the sword against your lady are of different manners and meanings.

When your lady is offered a sword by a knight, she can mouth the scarf and other things she is wearing and tie it to the sword she has been offered.

If it is tied to the pattern (one or the other), the consent is tied to the cutting-edge, and if it is tied to the cutting-edge, the rejection appears, but it is assumed that it is a nuisance to tie it to a subtle position and convey the rejection.

In any case, I will not lift the sword itself.

But Idra received her sword and pulled it out of her sheath.

And in the flat of the sword, he said this three times on Baldo's right shoulder, and five times on his left shoulder.

"Sir Bard Lowen.

I will always keep an eye on the sign of a shining knight on your forehead so that it never clouds.

Protect the people and have mercy on the people.

I'll give you the real sword you deserve one day. "

That's right.

That's certainly what Idra said then.

I'll give you the real sword one day, I promise.

Bardo pulled out an ancient sword.

The ancient sword emitted soft blue-green phosphorescence, even though it had not yet called its name.

Plump flooded from the sword body gently wraps around Baldo's entire body.

This one.

Is this sword so?

Is that the sword the princess promised me?

Has this sword come unto me by the princess?

Bardo gave the ancient sword high in the upper right corner.

He made a powerful noise and stepped on the earth, waving his sword down in contemplation.

He then stepped in the opposite foot as he sank his hips and swung off his sword to a transverse letter from left to right as he advanced his body forward.

My right shoulder and right elbow don't hurt.

Until a little while ago, it could not be raised upright.

And yet now, it doesn't hurt to shake it down thoughtfully and until your elbows are stretched out.

The fact that the old body was not rejuvenated or the weak hips regained strength, but the pain that prevented the movement disappeared, made me feel as free as the feathers had grown on it alone.

Stabolos came into my body and healed me.

For some reason I could have believed that without a doubt.

That's right.

Stabolos didn't leave Baldo behind.

Now is exactly the time to be together.

We were all staring at how Bardo waved his sword forcefully.

Sometimes it's evil.

Whether it be people or things, if you stay in one place, you will be rewarded.

So when you travel or start something new, let the samurai shake your sword and pay for it.

Everyone thought that Bardo would be disturbed by his young master's journey.

No.

Not everyone.

Maura, who was struck by something by Spirit Sui, looked wide open at the double eyed,

"Chantra Meguierion"

And snapped.

Long after, Bardo thought that Maura had crushed "Chantra Meguierion, the sword of the Divine Dragon".

However, at this time, I felt like I heard a word such as "sword" or "king".

Bardo shook up his ancient sword again.

One-handed large upper stage, high, high.

I saw the sheath made of the skin of Stabolos.

Then I just realized.

It is with this sword that Stabolos dwells.

To this sword that the princess has sent down to me.

So I'm the only one who misses this sword.

I thought both the princess and Stabolos would wait for me in the Gardens of the Gods.

It wasn't.

This is how you're trying to help me.

The journey to find a place to die is over.

Even if you die tomorrow, won't you live today?

From today on, we're going on a journey to live.

As he inhaled the atmosphere large and deep, he opened his eyes slightly and stepped in with such temper that the earth swayed.

Stabolos, come with me!

Shouting with his heart, he struck down the ancient sword straight.

The ancient demon sword emitted a light unseen to the everlasting man, slashing the forest, the mountains, and tearing apart the sky on the other side.

Beyond it, where the heavens and the earth were cut into two truths, the old knight saw the way of every sign.

Illustration/Mr. Kudari Tanimachi

(End of Chapter 1 "Ancient Sword")