I am the Monarch Chapter 39:
“Sir adjutant Roan . I’m sorry for being late . ”
Glenn laughed awkwardly and scratched his head .
Roan just nodded instead of replying .
Glenn pointed towards Seline that was still standing at the entrance .
“She’s my sister Seline . We went to our relative’s house because we had something to do, but the door was locked as if they were outside, so I brought her here . I’m sorry . ”
Glenn apologized .
Roan looked at Seline as if he was barely listening .
‘Right, she was still a kid at this time . ’
He was one year older than her .
She was stlil a 17 year old girl .
Because of that, there was a big difference from Seline from his memories .
‘We separated on our late twenties . ’
She was certainly different than then .
But the feeling she gave was the same .
‘How crazy . For my heart to pound while looking at a little girl . ’
He tried to ignore her, but his heart pounded by it’s own .
Then, Glenn’s voice was heard .
“Sir adjutant Roan . ”
A really rigid look .
“Ah . ”
Only then did Roan get a hold of himself .
“You can’t do anything if the house is locked . Come along and eat something . ”
“Thank you . ”
Glenn lowered his head .
Seline, that was near the entrance, smiled shyly and also lowered her head .
“Thank you . ”
A soft and nice to hear voice .
Glenn and Seline sat at the end of the table .
The atmosphere of the meeting changed in an instant .
The squad members that were on their early twenties showed great interest towards Seline, that was of the opposite **** .
“How old are you?”
“Your name is Seline?”
“Do you have a boyfriend?”
Pouring questions .
Roan smiled bitterly and raised his cup of beer .
‘If I decided to forget her, it is right to do so . ’
He tried not to look towards Seline .
However he couldn’t do nothing about the conversations he heard .
“She doesn’t have something like a boyfriend . As you see she’s this ugly……”
Glenn’s words .
“Oppa . ”
Seline called Glenn wit ha low voice, as if she was rebuking him .
However Glenn smiled faintly and shrugged his shoulders .
“What? What about it? You also cook terribl……”
“Oppa . ”
Seline called Glenn once more time and frowned .
“Are you getting angry at me?”
“Ah, no . That’s not it……”
As Glenn teased her, Seline’s face turned pink .
A shy look .
Glenn continued teasing her as if that look of her was cute .
Seline got angry at times and pouted her lip .
A childish and cute look suitable for a 17 year old girl .
Roan sat slantly and listened to the conversation of the brothers .
‘She missed her brother forever……’
Looking at Glenn teasing her, he thought that it was really fortunate .
‘Right . I would like it if you were less sad in this life . ’
Seline’s voice was really sweet and soft .
Then, Austin that was next to him, raised a duck meat dish .
“Eat this . ”
It looked like he was giving it to Seline .
Roan, that was drinking beer and not paying any attention, raised another dish of meat .
“Not the duck . ”
In that instant, Austin and the other squad members turned to look at Roan .
Only then did Roan realize the situation .
‘Damn…… . ’
The words came out unconsciously, and his hands moved first .
‘Seline can’t eat duck meat . ’
He still remembered her eating habits and other habits .
An awkward silence flowed for a moment .
“Mm . No, it’s because I like duck meat……”
A poor excuse .
‘Roan . Do you call that an excuse just now?’
When he was rebuking himself .
Glenn smiled faintly and received the dish Roan was holding .
“You don’t have to give us duck meat . She can’t eat duck meat . Unlike how she looks, she also doesn’t eat a lot of things………”
“Oppa . ”
Seline pinched Glenn’s side and rolled her eyes .
Boom .
At that moment, Roan felt a heavy rock sinking in his heart .
‘Whew . Those eyes……’
Even in his past life, he was weak on her rolling her eyes like that .
A feeling that he wants to pinch her cheek right now .
Roan raised the cup of beer again .
The squad members drank beer for quite a while and talked elatedly .
“Then, what’s miss Seline’s dream? You wouldn’t like to become a soldier like Glenn, right?”
Seline smiled shyly and shook her head .
“Then what do you want to do?”
Lander asked once more .
And Roan also showed interest for this question .
‘Seline’s dream? What was it? I think that she didn’t want to do anything in particular . ’
He didn’t remember .
He remembered everything about her, but only that part was white like a sheet of paper .
Roan gulped down the beer and listened attentively .
“I…… . ”
Seline hesitated for a moment and then continued to say with a bright smile .
“I want to become a baker . ”
Boom .
In that moment, Roan felt that someone hit his head really hard .
‘Baker……’
His face stiffs .
‘To have forgotten it like a stupid…… . . ’
He couldn’t hold it because he felt pitiful .
‘Right . She said she wanted to become a baker . ’
When they first met, and when it hasn’t been while since they started dating, Seline still dreamed of becoming a baker .
‘But because of me……’
Seline gave up on her dream because of Roan .
Fees to buy armour and spears, and also repair fees .
The things they had to offer for a promotion .
Seline pursued money for Roan instead of her dreams .
‘But a **** like me… . ’
He thought of it as if it was really obvious .
That if he just became a great general, he would be able to make her live a good life .
The results? The worst of the worst .
‘Whew . ’
The sigh surged up until his throat .
He couldn’t keep seated anymore .
Roan emptied the cup of beer in an instant .
“I will get more . ”
Austin looked at the emptied cup and stood up .
Roan shook his hand and raised the cup .
“No . Don’t bother and keep drinking . ”
A look of smiling brightly .
Austin smacked his lips and nodded .
Roan lent the cup to the owner of the store and leaned on a wall .
“What’s your hobby?”
“The food you like?”
The squad members didn’t have any control as they were pouring questions towards Seline .
Seline smiled shyly every time and she answered to the question quickly .
‘Seline . ’
Roan looked at her bright and cheerful face and bit his lower lip .
‘The dream you gave up on your past life . I will help you so you can fulfill it . ’
It still wasn’t a feeling like ‘I want to meet her again, or love her again . ’
Now he simply wanted to help her on her dreams .
Then, Lander lent a dish .
A really spicy pork dish .
“Eat this too . It’s the most delicious on this store . ”
“Yes? Ah…… . . Yes . Thank you . ”
Seline hesitated for a moment and then nodded .
She looked at Lander’s face for a moment and after she smiled faintly she ate a piece of meat .
“How is it?”
Seline laughed awkwardly and nodded .
“It, it’s delicious . Really deli……”
The last part faltered .
Her face became red .
“Wha, what happened?”
Lander had a really perplexed expression .
Then, Glenn that was conversing with the others, looked at Seline’s face .
“Why are you like that?”
Seline pointed to a red pork meat instead . Glenn frowned .
“You ate this? You can’t eat spicy stuff . ”
A rebuking sound .
Then, he lent her a cup of water .
Seline hurriedly empited the cup of water, but the spiciness still didn’t go away .
“Hoo . Hoo . Hoo . ”
She opened her mouth roundly and let out short breaths .
“Wha, what do I do? Do, do you want to drink some beer?”
The perplexed Lander lent out a cup of beer .
“She’s still 17 . ”
The age you could start drinking was 18 .
Glenn took away the cup of beer and filled it with water again .
Then, Roan approached without saying anything and placed down a big wooden cup .
“Hoo . Hoo . Hoo . ”
Seline was still breathing out . She looked at the cup and at Roan alternately .
‘What’s this?’
Her big round eyes asked him that .
However Roan returned to his seat without saying anything while drinking beer .
Then she felt a really familiar aroma .
“Huh?”
Seline raised the wooden cup and smelled it .
In that moment, a bright smile bloomed .
‘This is bland tea . ’
The tea she liked the most .
It was a tea which sweet flavor was excellent .
She grabbed the wooden cup with both of her hands and drank the tea .
A sweet flavor spreading in her mouth .
The spicy flavor that even made her teary disappeared .
“Whew . ”
Seline let out a long breath .
Her bright face also returned to it’s original colour .
Only then did Glenn and Lander seem to calm down .
Seline bent her head towards Roan .
“Thank you . ”
At those words Roan smiled faintly and nodded instead of replying .
‘She really like bland tea . Every time she drank it she said something . ’
A way of expression used only by Seline .
‘Does she not use it yet……’
He felt regretful for nothing .
Meanwhile, Seline drank one more gulp of the bland tea .
“Haa . ”
A brightly smiling face .
It was a face that made everyone who watched her also smile .
Roan unconsciously smiled brightly and shook his head .
‘Every time, after she drank bland tea, she would say dalkang dal…… . . ’
When his thoughts were about there .
Seline covered her cheeks with her two hands and mumbled in a low voice .
“Ah . It’s dalkang dalkang . ”
Her way of expressing others couldn’t understand .
Roan’s corner of the mouth raised .
‘It’s been a while . ’
A happy yet dearing feeling .
Many scenes popped in his head .
Then, Keep’s voice was heard .
He had pushed away Lander and sat next to Seline .
“You said you didn’t have any boyfriend right? Then, what’s your ideal type?”
“I don’t have anything like that . ”
Seline shook her head .
But Keep didn’t give up .
He pointed towards the others .
“Then who do you like the most among them?”
Seline looked at the squad members without saying anything .
“Sir adjutant Roan that’s the similar age as you? Or Pierce?”
At the questions, everyone’s sights were directed to Seline .
It seemed like everyone was curious .
Even Roan that was sipping some beer acted uninterested, but he was slightly interested actually .
Seline hesitated for a moment and carefully said .
“I…… . ”
When she talked up to then, the door of the store opened abruptly .
Boom!
At the same time, an urgent voice was heard .
“Sir adjutant Roan!”
Roan, that was concentrating on Seline’s reply, turned his head and looked towards the entrance .
“Huh?”
His two eyes that get big .
There was a person he hadn’t expected at all standing in the entrance .
“Sir adjutant Roan . It’s big trouble . ”
The man that approaches .
Roan stood up with a surprised expression .
“Mister Chris . Didn’t you leave towards Dellon’s region?”
The owner of the voice .
It was Chris that had left Beno’s castle two days ago .
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Roan and Chris got out of the store and entered a secluded alley .
“Mister Chris . Didn’t you go to Dellon’s region to look for the old couple?”
“Yes . That’s right . I tried to . ”
Chris nodded with a serious expression .
“But while I was travelling to Dellon’s region, I heard a weird story . ”
“A story?”
Roan frowned .
“Yes . It’s a story I heard from the merchants that came from the north, but it seems like they saw a weird scene . ”
Chris continued saying in a voice as if he was whispering .
“That the grass on the plains that had to be grown up were all stepped on it . Just like hundreds of horses ran over . ”
A weird story .
Roan’s face stiffened .
“As it wasn’t barley or wheat, the merchants didn’t report it to the kingdom . ”
Chris’s words continued .
“I also thought that it wasn’t important and was about to go to Dellon’s region, but maybe because of my temperament or my uselessly good senses, I wanted to go to check what the problem was on the north . So I went to the place where the merchants saw the weird scene . ”
His words became faster .
“But when I was about to cross Kape’s mountain, I discovered a herd moving quickly . Even when they were far away, they moved so fast and roughly that the ground shook . At that moment I got the feeling . That the herd I saw was the one that destroyed the grass . ”
“Could you also figure out the identity of the pack?”
Roan asked carefully .
Chris bit his lower lip and nodded .
“The identity of that herd…… . ”
A voice with a lot of strength .
“They were orcs . ”
Roan opened his eyes big .
‘Orcs? An orc troop?’
An expression he couldn’t believe it .
All the orc troops were pushed away from the boundaries after Pedian’s plain monster subjugation .
Because of that, a situation where orcs could move in a troop was impossible .
‘But there’s no way Chris could have seen wrong . ’
Roan bit his lower lip .
Chris’s words continued .
“There are at least 2 thousand orcs in the troop . They were all riding Lopuses . ”
“Mmm . ”
Roan forcefully gulped down the exclamation .
Lopus .
The monster that looked like a monster was smaller than a horse, but it had the characteristic that it was fiercer and attacked you more .
‘Just what kind of crazy orc, right after the subjugation finishes……’
Roan frowned and looked at Roan .
“Did you see the flag of the troop?”
At those words Chris smiled faintly and nodded .
“Fortunately, I could . The overall of the flag was crimson and was mixed with blue, and in the middle of that a black horizontal line crosses it . ”
In that moment, Roan’s face stiffened .
‘If it’s crimson and blue, it’s the dead Sedek’s troop flag . ’
A black horizontal line that crosses it .
It was a troop flag Roan knew really well .
‘It’s Violin’s troop . ’
He looked at Chris and asked carefully .
“Wasn’t the orc leader leading the troop a female?”
“Huh?! That’s right . It was certainly a female orc warrior . ”
Chris put an expression as if how did he know that .
Roan bit his lower lip .
‘Damn . For the wife of Sedek to appear so suddenly . ’
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