Episode 24
Episode 15. From the conquest of the returned kingdom of Ahmad to the occupation of the plains of Yonir.
Duran, who made a revolutionary achievement, was scheduled to be the main character of the splendid improvement ceremony this time as well.
“I will recommend you to His Majesty as a recipient of knighthood and medals.”
However, Duran intended to give all the credit for this battle to Yuma.
After winning the knight war, Duran’s troops were resting in the barracks.
The soldiers had already
called Yuma ‘Kyung’.
Thanks to the victory in the knight war, the soldiers can return to the arms of their families as improved soldiers without shedding a drop of blood.
To them, Yuma was nothing short of a hero.
“I don’t like it, Master. The Puang merchant family will be waiting for me anxiously.”
After a long time, Puang enjoyed the majesty of the line and was not focused on managing the guild.
Since no one asked if it was Yuma or Devil, he could feel the fact that he was truly the owner of the guild.
I hope Yuma never returns like this. It was Poin’s futile wish.
“If you make a contribution, you deserve an award. Wasn’t that why you applied for the battlefield?”
“Meeting Master and Lord Randell is a prize for me. Didn’t you get the famous sword and name armor too? I even drank the blood of that precious ogre.”
“Why on earth do you hate it? Aren’t you interested in riches and movies?”
Yuma grinned.
“It just doesn’t seem to be filled with ordinary movies of wealth and fame.”
“You talk like a traitor when you say you only drank. Do you want to be an emperor or a king?”
A young disciple who does not know the inside of the whole.
For some reason, Duran felt a sense of incongruity.
“Master. Would you like to talk dirty with me? I said the other day that I wanted to give a present to the Zach family.”
“It’s a dirty story.”
“From now on, the Fuang Merchant will provide seven magic stones every month to the Zac family. If you don’t need to use the magic stone, I’ll give you gold worth it.”
“Was it the top with such assets?
I didn’t know. So what do you want from the Zach family?”
“Please lend a helping hand when the Puang Merchants are cornered someday.”
She was conscious of the various secrets of the Puang Merchant Company that Cindy would report to the imperial family in the future. The imperial family will press the Puang Merchant whenever the time comes.
Yuma knew better than anyone how the empire manipulated the money of the nobles and merchants.
“Did you see this master as a person who would only help if he received material from his student? I am Duran Jacques, I am Duran Jacques. The incarnation of the world’s strongest man’s loyalty.”
Duran said as if he was dumbfounded.
“Of course, Master will always help me without any cost. No matter what accident I get into.”
“As long as you don’t become a traitor, you won’t be sentenced to death by imperial law. never. This Duran will block them all.”
Duran looked directly at Yuma and said. He was such an influential figure.
“haha. Can’t you stop the crime of treason?”
“I will be under the guillotine with you. Or I’m hitting your neck.”
When he replied honestly to the joke he had just thrown out, Yuma felt embarrassed for a moment.
“There is no such thing. It’s just that Master will always help me, but not all of Jacques will.”
“I am the head of the Zach family. My will is Jacques’ will.”
If the body is weak, the head suffers.
Duran was such a person.
A monster who was born as a genius in the great aristocratic family of the world’s most powerful nation from birth and soon became the head of the household and has never been defeated. On top of that, she received the extreme trust of the empress.
That is why power struggles and secret struggles were not a problem for him.
Duran did not know and did not need to know how fiercely the people who tried to defend their place were fighting even inside Zach.
“That’s right. But I don’t like being hated.
If you send gifts every month from the Puang Sangdan, Master will also have a justification. It’s getting harder for the other nobles of the Jacques family to turn away from me.”
Duran frowned as if he couldn’t understand even after hearing the story.
“Just take it. I feel comfortable that way.”
“Then you too receive a knighthood and medals. If I recommend it myself, His Majesty will pay attention to you.”
“great. Instead, I will only receive medals. When you get a knighthood, you lose your freedom.”
Anyway, the military service medal given by the empress was not something she could refuse.
His name will be revealed to the world earlier than expected, but Yuma decided that there would be no problem.
This is because it quickly made some of the central powers into allies.
Randel, who had been drinking with the soldiers, entered the commander’s barracks.
Duran hit him on the head several times with his fist.
“Oh, why are you hitting me again!”
“I thought that this guy was going to go home after coming to the battlefield.”
“The ‘strongest orderly in history’ over there has done everything, so I’m going to play and play or work?”
“The strongest orderly in history? What’s that fucking nickname?”
Randell explained that the soldiers were calling Yuma that way.
The story of Yuma, who went naked with Duran to the enemy camp, introduced himself as a ‘order-in-arms’, participated in a knight war, killed the enemy general, and delivered the supply directly to the enemy commander, is already regarded as a legend among the soldiers. .
Unlike Duran, who was uncomfortable, Yuma liked the nickname.
They also drank all night and talked like old friends.
The Imperial Army was stationed for half a year, alternating between the Yonir Plain and the Imperial Territory of Ahmad. It was in the name of managing the plains nomads and the people of Ahmad.
It was unusual for Duran to remain stationed in a conquered land for so long.
In fact, Duran made that decision just to make it easier for him to teach Yuma.
In the meantime, Yuma learned from Duran the arcane swordsmanship of the Zach family and various combat techniques devised by Duran.
Duran’s combat skills were subdivided into battles against ogres, against dragons, against demons, against superhumans.
“Why did you create separate skills for ogres, dragons, and demons, aside from dealing with superhumans?”
Yuma asked. It was because he wondered if Duran was preparing for the dragon horse war in advance.
“Because among humans there is no one to deal with me other than Hugo. Also, in my opinion, no human country can compete with the Empire.”
“The world is wide, Master.”
“I wish I could have some, at least one. Come on, grow up, you bastard. That would be most likely.”
* * * After two seasons, when spring arrived, Duran’s troops returned to the capital.
Seventeen-year-old Yuma no longer showed any signs of being young. It was because of rolling the battlefield and digesting Duran’s training.
Wow!
From the entrance of the capital, countless people threw flowers at Duran and his army.
Randel and Yuma were on both sides of Duran. As second-in-command and orderly.
The eyes of the nobles who came out to celebrate were focused only on Yuma.
Rumors of him being the ‘strongest orderly in history’ and that he had cut down Tenchu, a high-ranking sword master of Haseo, had already spread throughout the capital city a long time ago. Rumors that he was the successor chosen by Duran Jacques were a bonus.
The aristocrats were already starting to think about whether to join hands with that commoner boy or somehow get him out of the grip of power.
Puang came out to the square with Cindy to greet the triumphant army.
He hoped the news would end forever, but this time Yuma returned with a criminal record that far exceeded his expectations.
At the end of the flower road with tremendous cheers, the Empress, the Princess, and the Hwangseong Ministers were standing.
The Imperial Guard, armed with golden decorative armor, raised their heads and bowed to the returning commander.
Duran and the knights got off their horses and bowed to their master while on one knee.
“Reformers, raise your head! Wake up, Lord Duran.”
Asuka Roze said.
“God Duran Jacques. Following His Majesty’s orders, the Empire expanded its territory and returned safely!”
“You worked hard as always, Lord Duran.”
While the Empress congratulated Duran for his achievements and talked about the backlog, the two princesses on either side could not take their eyes off the strongest guard in history.
‘Isn’t that the stern and funny commoner I saw in the mountain behind the Hwangseong? I thought it was the same person, but it’s strange.’
A smile bloomed on the lips of First Princess Jischka Rosé.
She had a hunch that there would be fun in the company of that lowly fellow at the soon-to-be boring banquet.
‘The author is a commoner who drank the blood of that precious ogre. Even though he’s the Duke of Duran, he still doesn’t understand.’
The second princess, Hella Rose, was staring at Yuma with a hard expression.
How much he cares for Duran. Doesn’t he feed the ogre’s blood for research? Isn’t a commoner riding a horse next to the commander? Isn’t he wearing rare armor?
‘Hella Rose. My old lord, who saved me many times and killed me only once.’
Yuma was also looking at Hella Rose.
It was the face of Hella Rose that I saw for the first time after returning.
It was far away, so those beautiful features couldn’t be seen directly, but Yuma could tell. That Hella Rose was looking at her. And why.
‘You might be wondering why Prince Duran cares about me so much. Anyway, you are still a child who has a cute side. Anyway, I don’t see Winslting vs. the ball.’
Grand Duke Winslting, husband of the Empress.
He didn’t like Duran Jacques. No, Jacques hated everything. Maybe that’s why it hasn’t come out yet.
Meanwhile, Hella Rose could feel Yuma’s gaze.
The gaze of a commoner boy, who was born as a princess and was full of passion without fear, which he had never experienced since he was born as a princess, and who was clearly focused only on himself among these countless people.
For some reason, Hella Rosé felt stuffy and stuffy in her chest.
I wanted to order him to withdraw his stern gaze right away, but I couldn’t help the atmosphere of the triumphal ceremony in which Mama Ma was in person.
‘What the hell…
Even Yuma was laughing. It was hard to see, but Hella Rose could be sure it was.
In the end, Hella Rose was the first to take notice. Born as an imperial princess, this was something that could never happen.
Even though I turned my attention to the other side, I could still feel Yuma’s gaze.
Hella Rose trembled with some unknown shame.
“Are you the hero of a splendid heroic story with a funny nickname called the strongest orderly in history?”
While talking with the Empress, Duran ran out of praise for Yuma.
Eventually, out of curiosity, the Empress spoke to Yuma.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Attend the banquet that will be held at night.
Even though you are a commoner, I would like to invite you specially.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
“Prince Duran, please choose the appropriate attire for the banquet. He said he was a special orderly.”
“haha. I understand, Your Majesty.”
Meanwhile, at the far end of the plaza, there was a man who was pouring out all kinds of curses in his heart toward the triumphal army, or Yuma.
Knight Mero could not comprehend this terrible and unreasonable reality.
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