I Am the Monarch – Chapter 11 : Travias spear (2)

 

“Hyung!”
“Oppa!”

Sniffing voices .
Kids that were around 10 years old .
5 little kids were grabbing Roan’s leg and cried .

“Save our mom . ”
“Boohooo . ”

Sad cries cover the sound of the wind .
Roan patted the heads of the children awkwardly .

“What happened?”

At the considerate voice, at least the biggest girl looked at Roan .

“Some bad guys came to our village . They, they took away mom and dad . Boohoo . ”

The girl couldn’t hold it anymore and started to cry .
Roan patted her head and frowned .

‘Bad guys?’

He searched in his memories .
But there was no particular case .

‘Originally, the rose troop gets annihilated and doesn’t pass through here . ’

It meant that it was completely unrelated to him .
Roan looked at the crying girl and asked gently .

“What’s your name?”
“Sob . Sob . Lia . ”
“It’s a nice name . Lia . Lia, are you the oldest here?”

Lia wiped off her tears with both of her hands and nodded .
Roan pointed towards the rose troop camp that was far away .

“If you go there, there will be a lot of tough uncles . Will you go there and tell them what happened in your village?”
“Then, those uncles will save our mom and dad?”

From deep within her eyes could be seen a light of hope .
Roan couldn’t ignore that hope .

“Well . Of course . ”

Only then did the crying children stop crying .
Roan started to walk towards the camp in the front, while guiding the children .

“Roan!”

Before he could get in the camp, a scary yell was heard .
It was Dosen .

‘This **** dares to come after idling there?’

He was outside because he was thinking that perhaps…
He was planning on punishing him if he was idling without him knowing .
However, he couldn’t discover Roan nearby at all .

‘Right . You got well caught . ’

Deserters have the punishment of having to live hiding for life .
He thought that he wouldn’t be so stupid as to fulfil that punishment, and that he would be hiding somewhere .
What kind of punishment should he give, it was at that moment when he was thinking that when he saw Roan coming into the camp .

“Just where have you bee…… Huh?”

He was about to yell at him when he saw the children lined up behind him .
Dosen frowned and looked at Roan .

“What are those kids?”
“It’s……”

Roan explained everything that happened in a calm way .
Dosen’s face contorted .

“Someone attacked the village and took away their parents?”
“Yes . That’s right . ”

Roan nodded with his face having darkened .

‘He wouldn’t be making up an excuse, right?’

It was Dosen that didn’t feel good towards him .
If he resorted to violence in vain, only the children would be at a loss .
Dosen that was thinking for a while, hit Roan’s shoulder .

“Good . Take the kids and go to commander Gale . ”
“Yes?”

Roan asked with a surprised expression .
Dosen’s eyes twitched .

“It means that innocent villagers are in danger . So we have to rescue them . ”
“Ri, right . ”

Roan laughed awkwardly and nodded .
Dosen said as if he was just spilling it .

“You thought that I was going to resort to violence?”

Roan didn’t talk back .
Dosen looked at the children that were about to cry at any moment and continued saying .

“It’s true that I don’t like you . But i’m also a soldier of Rinse kingdom . And it’s my duty to protect the people of the kingdom . ”

Roan just nodded instead of replying .
Dosen smiled at the kids once and went towards the camp .

“Kids . Let’s go . ”

Roan took Lia and the other children and followed his back .
When they got in the camp, commander Gale approached them with a well disposed smile .

“Oh dear . These little kids are having it really hard . ”

He sat Lia and the children and patted their heads .
They being seated just like chicks was really cute .
Gale ordered the soldiers to bring hot milk and bread .

“Eat slowly . ”

A gentle voice .
The kids were looking at their surroundings, and then grabbed the bread .

Munch .

The children that eat a big bite as if they were really hungry .
Gale just looked at them .
Lia, that finished her bread, drank some milk and looked at Gale .

“Is uncle the leader here?”
“Right . Uncle is the leader . ”

Gale nodded along a bright laugh .
Lia returned the cup and asked with a begging expression .

Then, are you going to save mom and dad?”
“Yes . Of course . ”

Gale nodded and carefully continued to say .

“However, you have to tell me what happened in the village . Can you tell me?”

At his words, Lia nodded .

“We were playing hide and seek in the woods when about 20 dangerous and big uncles appeared . And suddenly…… . ”

Tears appear in her big eyes .
Gale wiped off her tears with a handkerchief and carefully asked .

“Did those uncles kill the townspeople?”

Lia nodded .

“The chief, uncle James and uncle Michael all died . ”

Thick tears drop .

‘These small things went through such a thing . ’

Gale thought that in regret but still asked a question .

“Then what happened?”
“The big uncles tied the people with a rope and took them . And we were still hidden in the bushes when that happened . ”

Gale nodded with an admirable expression .

“You did well . Really well . Uncle will ask you two more things . First, what’s the village Lia lived in?”
“Hotton village . ”
“Hotton village…… . ”

Gale frowned .

‘It’s not familiar . ’

A village he had never heard of .
Then, that meant that it was a really small village .

“Then, the last question . Where did the bad uncles go with the villages people?”

Lia thought for a while and answered with a confident voice .

“To the east, they went to the east Trum village . They certainly went that way . ”
“Mmm . ”

Also an unfamiliar place .
It had a high possibility that it was as small as Hotton village .

‘Then, even Trum village may be in danger . ’

Gale frowned and stood up .

“What do you think?”

Dosen, that was listening next to them, replied in a voice so low as to the children couldn’t hear it .

“Aren’t they thieves or slave merchants?”
“There is a high possibility . ”

Gale nodded and grabbed Dosen’s shoulder .

“Adjutant Dosen . ”
“Yes . ”
“I will leave this to you . First, find some soldiers that know about Hotton village and Trum village, and take 5 cavalry men and chase them .
“Yes . Understood . ”

Dosen slightly bent his head .
At that time, Roan that was observing the situation, slightly raised his right hand .

“Commander Gale . ”

Gale looked at him as if what happened .
And Dosen was the same .
Roan looked at the two of them and continued to say .

“I know about Trum village . ”

At that moment, Gale and Dosen put on surprised expressions .

“You know about Trum village?”

Roan slowly nodded .

‘Trum village . I can’t not know about it . ’

A bitter smile appeared on his face .

‘Because there’s the travias spear . ’

The travias spear that was going to be discovered in 17 years from now on .

‘Even if that wasn’t the case, I was planning to go there after the subjugation of the monsters ended and i’m heading to the Potter region . ’

However, he was unfamiliar about Hotton village .
On top of that, there was no case he remembered aside from the travias’s spear one .
Then, he heard Gale’s voice .

“Good . Then Roan, you will take the role of guide . ”

A situation that every minute was precious .
It was much faster to take Roan rather than asking all of the soldiers .
Dosen approached Roan and grabbed his shoulders .

“Do you know how to ride a horse?”
“Yes . I know . ”
“Good . ”

Dosen nodded with a surprised expression .
There weren’t many normal soldiers that knew how to ride a horse .
However Roan, that dreamt of becoming a great commander, slowly learnt cavalry .

‘I also rode the horse for 10 years . ’

He couldn’t say that he rode it outstandingly, but he was on a level he didn’t fall back .

“Then, we will be going . ”

Dosen bent towards Gale got out of the camp .
Roan quickly followed his back .

‘It’s something that I haven’t experienced in my past life . ’

Chills ran down his spine .
A completely different feeling compared to when he confronted the goblins in Ale gorge .
On top of that, the opponents weren’t monsters, but humans .
Roan gritted his teeth and gripped his spear .

‘Let’s hope that this choice is followed by good results . ’

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