I Am the Monarch – Chapter 61: A new start (4)

 

 

Dudududu .

Tens of cavalrymen rode down the plain escorting a big carriage .

“It’s a really secluded place . ”

The carriage shook about .
A middle aged man that had a big build looked at the scenery outside the carriage and frowned .

‘Should I have rested instead?’

His regret came late .
But in the end the man shook his head .

‘No . I can’t just leave that Reil guy alone . ’

If he slipped up, a force from the eastern region that followed him could appear .

“I can’t let him be like that . The eastern territory is my territory . ’

The face of the man stiffened .
He was a middle aged man with a large build .
He was the commander of the eastern region of Rinse kingdom, Viscount Benjamin Doyle .
Then from the other side, a cunning voice could be heard .

“There’s no need for you to step out for things like this……”

The owner of the voice was Baron Ive Lever, who was a staff officer that had the rank of a corps commander and was close to Benjamin .
He was putting on a smile as cunning as his voice .

“No . I have to certainly press him down at this opportunity . ”
“Viscount Baker is only a skilled spearman . He doesn’t even have a force at his side, so why are you this worried?”

He made a stupid sound .
Benjamin’s eyes became fierce .

“Don’t say such comfortable things . There are countless people that would gather below him if he just raises his flag . ”

He clenched his fists .

“Now is the only opportunity to press him down . ”

If he raised a disciple or obtained a territory, it was obvious that his forces would grow at an amazing speed .

‘If that happens, it would be dangerous for me . ’

Benjamin took in a deep breath .

‘I have to make the corps commander stand by my side at this opportunity . ’

He needed to have a starting point which Reil wouldn’t even be able to touch .
A dense desire appeared in Benjamin’s eyes .

******

“No . That’s not it . The position of your foot is wrong . ”

Reil moved around busily and yelled .
He was checking on the training of the soldiers of rose troop while they were on the training field .

“You have to twist your wrist there . ”
“Yes! Understood!”

The soldiers were putting in a lot of effort .

‘When will we be able to receive teachings from Viscount Baker!’
‘I have to learn all that I can!’

Their gazes were naturally directed to the front .
There was a youth with a childish face who trained just like them at the front .

‘This is all because of sir adjutant Roan . ’
‘Sir adjutant begged Viscount Baker himself . ’

The reason why the soldiers could receive Reil’s teachings .
That was because of Roan .
Actually, Reil already planned to teach Roan some important things before he returned to his territory .
Although he couldn’t take in him as a formal disciple because of the mana technique, he couldn’t just leave an outstanding talent alone .
In Roan’s case, if he fixed his many bad habits he had and altered some sloppy parts, he would be able to raise to a greater level than now .
Because of that, he followed Roan all day and taught him this and that .
And Roan realized that Reil’s teachings were quite an important thing .
At the same time, he thought that he didn’t want to receive the teachings alone . Instead he wanted to do it with the soldiers of rose troop .
Roan carefully revealed his thoughts and Reil accepted them with pleasure .
Because of that, the soldiers experienced an exciting situation that they normally wouldn’t be able to have even once in their lives .

“Now! Let’s do it from the start!”

Reil clapped and encouraged the soldiers .

“Good . You have to do it like that!”

Whether he complimented them .

“You have to step a bit more to the left when you do that . ”

Or he gave them advice .

“Again! It’s all wrong!”

Or he became angry .
Reil passionately taught the soldiers .

“Mmm . ”

His sight moved towards Roan .

“Ah…… . ”

A low exclamation flowed out .

‘He certainly became better . ’

Originally, Roan didn’t have many useless movements in his spear skills .
But even so, there were still some lacking points in Reil’s eyes .
He showed Roan some postures of himself, and Roan fixed them .
And the effects appeared on the spot .

‘Do I have to say that his eyes are good?’

Roan had an ability to not miss even the slightest movements .
Actually, Reil didn’t know it, but Roan’s ability was thanks to Kalian’s tear .

‘I get to see many more things in a short moment because of Kalian’s tear . ’

Even if Reil made a small movement, he could grasp all of the information like: the position of the wrist, the foot, the twisting of the joints, etc .

‘Because of that, I get to know how to make a proper and precise stance . ’

Roan ground his teeth .

Spat!

The spear cut through the air and moved .

‘It certainly became more comfortable . ’

He had only changed some small movements, but swinging and stabbing the spear became much more comfortable .

‘I have to learn all that I can before Viscount Baker leaves . ’

Roan was even more passionate than Reil .
Although he couldn’t become his formal disciple, he tried extremely hard to properly learn even a single stance .

Spat!

His spear cut through the air again .

*****

“Baron Tate, nowadays you would feel full even if you didn’t eat anything . ”
“Hahaha . Honestly speaking, it is a bit assuring . ”

Aaron faintly smiled and nodded .
He was facing Io and conversed with him .

‘To have the opportunity to talk with Count Lancephil for such a long while . ’

He was noble that had only five such similar nobles in the kingdom .
For Aaron, who was only a baron, he was an existence that was really difficult to see .
On top of that, it was almost impossible to get closer to him with only conversing .

‘It’s already been four days since we were together . ’

This was all for Roan .

‘It seems like he has fun when he talks about Roan . ’

Io stayed in the headquarters of rose troop and talked about many things with Roan at his side .
Tactics and strategies were obvious, but they also talked about their own lives .

‘I have to get in his eyes in this opportunity . ’

Aaron bit his lower lip .
If he could do so, he could gain a rock solid background into the kingdom .

“How long is Count Lancephil planning to stay in the kingdom?”
“Mmm . I wonder………”

Io’s last words dimmed .
Even if he didn’t do so, he was already worried about that part .

‘I was planning to return to Pavor castle after meeting with Viscount Baker……… . ’

His first objective was returning to the castle after taking Reil .
But now, he was pouring more interest in Roan rather than Reil .
But even so, he couldn’t leave his territory empty .

‘It would be good to move when Viscount Baker also leaves . ’

He wanted to take Roan with him, but there was something called procedures in the army .

‘I could also invite Roan later . ’

Before that, he was planning to raise their intimacy .

“Probably ten………”

When he talked up to then, a knock was heard .

Knock . Knock . Knock .

“It’s Mendel . ”

The owner of the voice was the closest one to Aaron and the eldest among the staff officers .

“Come in . ”

Aaron slightly smiled towards Io and then looked at the entrance .

Kiig .

The door carefully opened and Mendel showed up with a perplexed expression .

“What happened?”

At the question, Mendel bowed down .

“The gift you asked for has just arrived . ”
“Ah……”

A low exclamation came out of Aaron’s mouth .
He brightly smiled and nodded .

“It came at a suitable time . ”

His voice was a bit excited .
But Mendel still had a perplexed expression .

“But……”

He couldn’t finish his words and hesitated .

“But……… . ?”

As Aaron asked back, Mendel let out a short sigh .

“Whew . The commander of the eastern region, Viscount Benjamin Doyle, has brought the gift himself . ”
“Huh?”

Aaron frowned .

‘Viscount Doyle moved by himself?’

Something he had never thought about had just occurred .
Benjamin was originally someone with a heavy **** .
Aaron’s face stiffened .

‘It’s because of Viscount Baker . ’

Benjamin not liking Reil was a fact that was well known .

‘If I make a mistake, a disorder may hap……’

When he thought up to this part .
Io’s voice was heard .

“Don’t worry too much . ”

He also knew a lot about how Benjamin was thinking about Reil .
But there was no need to worry .
Io brightly smiled and continued saying .

“I’m here . ”

Although Benjamin was the commander of the eastern region, he wouldn’t be able to act as he wished in front of a count .
The smile on his mouth became even more dense .

*****

Benjamin was really displeased .

‘I’m here but they don’t even come to greet me?’

This was the arrival of a commander .
They had just sent a staff officer that was called Mendel .

‘He wouldn’t already have connoted to that Reil, right?’

His face stiffened .
Ive, who was looking at the side, shook his head with a cunning expression .

“Baron Tate is really bad mannered . ”

It was a sound that scratched your insides .
Benjamin tightly bit his lower lip .

‘I will have to properly scold him . ’

He was planning to show his imposing self .

‘I will make him realize where the 7th corps is from . ’

Benjamin and Reil .
He was planning to clearly show him who he had to serve between him and Reil .
Then, Mendel who was walking in front, stepped aside and bowed .

“It’s here . ”

It was quite a shabby and small entrance .
This was Gale’s office .

“Whew . ”

Benjamin spat a long breath and kicked the door .

Bang!

A sound that seemed the door may fly off rang out .
Benjamin moved inside through the open door and yelled with all his strength .

“Baron Tate! I came to visit myself but you dare……”

But his intent soon disappeared .

“Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?”

Benjamin stammered because he was seriously surprised .
He discovered Io too late .
Benjamin pointed at Io with a trembling finger .

“Why, why is sir, sir count here……”

Then, Io brightly smiled and shook his head .

“Viscount Doyle . Did you just point your finger at me?”

At those words, Benjamin was surprised and hid his finger behind his back .
And then, he deeply bowed .

“Greetings to Count Lancephil . ”

Ive also hurriedly bowed down .
But Benjamin slightly turned his head and looked at Ive .

‘Why didn’t you tell me that sir count was here?’

Those eyes .
Ive shook his head with a perplexed expression .

‘I also didn’t know . ’

Those eyes .
Then, Reil and Roan appeared from the open door .
Reil discovered Benjamin who was bowing deeply and burst out in laughter .

“Hahaha! Viscount Doyle, you have come!”

Then, he hit Benjamin’s back and sat next to Io .
For Benjamin, this was a really humiliating situation .

‘Reil, you bastard………’

Curses surged up to his throat .

‘Damn . Let’s calm down for now . Calm…… . . ’

He forcefully smiled and stood still .
Only then did Aaron stand up .

“Come over here . ”
“Thank you . ”

Benjamin had a rotten smile and moved towards Aaron’s seat .
He bowed once more towards Io .

“I didn’t know that sir count Lancephil was here . ”
“I hurriedly came here after hearing that Viscount Baker was here . ”
“Ah… . . You did . ”

Benjamin was still putting on an awkward smile .
Then, Aaron’s voice was heard .

“Sir commander . Should we start?”

A carefully asking look was seen on his face .
However Benjamin saw him to be really detestable .

‘Damn . I can’t even say anything because of Count Lancephil . ’

He couldn’t do anything and just awkwardly smiled and nodded .
Aaron smiled brightly and looked at Roan .

“Roan . ”
“Yes . Corps commander . ”

Roan replied in a low voice .
He was feeling stifled right now .

‘Benjamin Doyle . Why did this Viscount come over here?’

His eyes became fierce .

‘In my past life, because of this viscount…… . . ’

One of the reasons he would stay as an ordinary spearman .
That was because of Benjamin .
Then, Aaron’s voice was heard .

“Do you remember what I told you before you left for the temporary retirement?”

Roan didn’t reply hurriedly and waited for the next words .
Aaron faintly smiled and continued saying .

“That I would give you a gift when you returned to the troop . ”
“Ah…… . . ”

Roan let out a low exclamation .

‘He did . He said that he had some gifts for me . ’

As he couldn’t get a hold of himself, he had forgotten that truth .
Aaron slightly looked at Reil .

“One of those was an invitation for Viscount Reil Baker…… . . ”

Now, he looked at Benjamin .

“The other one…… . . ”

Benjamin stood up as if he was waiting for it and extended his hand towards Ive .
Ive hurriedly approached and gave him a wide wooden box .

Click .

The lid of the box opened along with a pleasing sound .
Benjamin carefully raised the object inside the box with his two hands .
A round object that was a bit larger than a coin and had a high class silk band hung from it .
Aaron brightly smiled and continued saying .

“It’s a commander class military achievement badge . ”

At that instant, Roan’s eyes turned big .

‘Badge?!’

This was a really unexpected gift .

‘At most, I thought that it would be a good spear or an armor . ’

Just thinking about it made him satisfied . But to suddenly receive a badge .

“It seems like you’re really surprised?”

Aaron faintly smiled and grabbed Roan’s shoulders .

“Although it’s a commander class, it’s a military service badge that received permission from the kingdom . Do you know what this means?”

Roan shook his head .
Aaron said as if he was whispering .

“That however much you accumulate merits, there’s a limit to the rank of a commoner . At most they can become staff officers in their respective troops . Beyond that, you need a title of nobility . ”

Roan nodded .
It was something he knew very well .

“But for a commoner to obtain a title of nobility and become a noble is as difficult as getting a star from the sky . You can see it as being almost impossible . ”

Aaron’s sight moved to the badge .

“But if you have a badge, the situation changes . A commoner that has a badge reaches the minimum condition for enabling you to receive a title of nobility . ”
“Ah…… . . ”

Roan let out a low exclamation .
His eyes moved towards the badge on its own .
Aaron’s voice was heard .

“Roan . Now, the path to become a noble has opened up . ”

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