The Old Knight of a Frontier District

1

"Customers.

If you're going to eat moon fish (yuetan), I wouldn't recommend this drink.

The sake (shiyu) is clear.

Clear and clean though.

If baked liquor or cloudy liquor, it kills the taste of moonfish. "

"Oh, really?

Then give me that plan liquor.

By the way, what kind of fish is a moon fish?

Boil and eat?

Bake and eat?

What does it taste like?

"That.

Guest, don't you know?

Then don't tell me.

Both flavor and flavor.

Tastes good, how many?

What a flavor.

Some people say it's disgusting.

Well, I can't stop once I do it.

I think I'll go eat around tomorrow. "

It's been about two months since Gordon took us on a journey.

The two are in a small village on the outskirts of the south of the Great Lord of Xela.

From Maisian territory to this point, if you take the shortest road, is it about sixty minutes?

It's a much more relaxed horseback journey, as the owner of a leg can walk for four minutes a day.

I love the scenery and enjoy the flavors of the land, so I can't help it.

Later, Gordon seemed to assume that the journey was a folk salvation journey, and in the village that he was suffering from the beast, he hunted the beast for a week.

I used to wander down the mountain road for eight days searching for a five-man bandit.

In the end I couldn't find it, but the bandits must have escaped somewhere, the villagers thanked me.

That's good, but I wanted you to stop touching people's names everywhere with Lord Bardo Lowen, the Knight of the People.

When I arrived in this village and asked about the specialty dish, I was told that it was a lunar fish.

Going up the mountain, there is Sawa, and there is a shop there.

The moon fish can only be eaten at the store.

The people of this village also go there when they want to eat moonfish.

I can eat even by day, but it's better at night, and I can dawn in that store.

Drinking while eating moon fish while looking at the moon is said to be interesting that you can't taste anywhere else.

Yueitan.

Fish from the light of the moon.

What the hell kind of fish is that?

You can't miss this, you can't miss eating.

The two drove their horses without hesitation.

I immediately found out what store was in Sawawa.

The little fat, prestigious general welcomed me.

Seeing that two large samurai had arrived, it seemed at first that I wondered what was going on.

When I said that I wanted to eat moon fish, they wanted me to wait until night because I can't catch it now.

Drinking the tea served, I listened to the general's body.

The general came to this mountain with her husband, he said, eleven years ago.

My husband really liked this Zelig.

Fish and mountain vegetables are delicious and the view is beautiful.

And Toga was swarming.

Toga is a spicy, refreshing spice.

Clear water only grows in lush areas in a sober climate.

My husband and the general wanted to sit down here.

The village chief was delighted with the discovery of Toga and hung on the lord to make two wishes.

Instead of cheap tax rates being applied only to the general and her husband, it was arranged that Toga would not be sold outside the village at the foot.

Then the four families came to this Zelig.

My husband allowed four families to pick toga.

My husband died three years ago, leaving me to say it was a good life.

I noticed the presence of moon fish as soon as I started living there, but it was the second year that I realized its true value, he said.

Lunar fish harvested under certain conditions and eaten in certain ways were so delicious that they could not even be considered worldly.

But after just a little time, the taste of miracles is lost.

So they say it's the only fish you can eat here.

After the tea, there was booze.

A serious problem was discovered when he was drinking while pinching the jade of mountain vegetables.

I don't have much alcohol left.

The general asked the four families, but there was no better liquor to match the two mouths.

If you go down with a horse, it won't take much time to get to the city at the foot.

They decided to go down to the city and buy booze for the moon fish.

2.

The two men, who bought the liquor and tried to return to Sawa's shop, noticed the army coming down the road.

Two soldiers with shields are leading the way.

Ten archers follow.

Going behind the archers is five baggage holders.

The barrel of arrows carried is packed with fire arrows.

There is a knight at the rear of the line.

Two township-like people continue after that.

The air the troops put together tells us they are in the middle of a shitty mission.

After the troops passed, I learned of the mission from rumors of people.

There was an outbreak of leprosy in many settlements.

The village pharmacist confirmed that the general of the store had developed an illness.

It is the word of a pharmacist who has helped people for years.

The lord immediately sent a knight.

The knight, in addition to explaining the circumstances to the village chief, reprimanded the supervisory misdemeanor.

And now the knight and his men are about to enter the mountain.

Leprosy.

To the best of Bardo's knowledge, there has never been an outbreak of leprosy in or around the Tercian family territory.

But suppose it was happening.

Baldo had to burn down the village, the city.

I had to kill all the people who lived there.

Leprosy is such a horrible disease.

A sick person can have spots all over his body like ash.

The spots grow bigger and eventually the whole body is covered.

If you do, you don't want to drool all the moisture and die while you're numbing.

Whoever touches the sick man even slightly suffers from the same disease.

If there are sick people in the village, they will destroy the village, if there are sick people in the city.

If the sick flee to the next city, the next town will perish as well.

There is no point in the soldiers having a frightened look.

The disease itself is horrible, but it's not the only one.

We must kill the people to protect.

The soldiers will never sleep in peace again.

In addition to touring the city, the family of the murderer will feel that a friend, a lover, is looking at this one.

But still, what you have to do, you have to do.

The suffering of a knight who leads his fearful soldiers and makes them perform hard duties resolutely is daunting.

No.

No, wait.

Lots of settlements, huh?

You think the general's sick?

Didn't you have a good conversation with us until a moment ago?

This is not a mistake!

Bardo thought so and drove his horse to catch up with the troops and spoke to the knight, the commander.

But as soon as the knight saw Baldo on the side, he would not stop, nor would he respond to the discussion.

I don't care who says anything, don't lend me an ear, but I guess I'm under orders.

The soldiers are also trying to ignore Bardo.

This kind of task cannot be fulfilled unless the mind is firmly closed.

They are desperate to block their ears.

Considering that it was unclear as it was, Bardo took Gordon ahead of his troops and went up the mountain path.

Except for the knight, he's on foot, so he's not marching fast.

A short while before Zelig, there was a convenient point to stop the troops on single rides.

The two waited there.

Eventually the troops will come.

I wonder what to do.

Do you want to keep your troops at bay and let the damsels and settlers escape?

But it's leprosy.

Those who flee are thoroughly searched and killed.

In the first place, that general doesn't abandon a home of memories with her husband so easily.

Drive the troops back.

If you two are Gordon and Bardo, that might be possible.

Nevertheless, the opponents have shields and arrows, as well as heavily armed knights.

This one against is just putting together light armor worthy of a journey.

It will be a battle that can't be helped.

In the first place, even if I drove him back, he wouldn't visit Sawa's settlement in peace.

What should I do?

If you are the commander of this unit, what will you do when you get to Zelig?

You'll never get inside the settlement.

They would position soldiers to surround them, shoot arrows in from afar, and burn down the settlement.

If anyone jumps at me, I will shoot him.

You won't try to get close enough to see your face and be able to talk.

That means.

Gordon!

Bring the general this far.

Hurry!

That's what I ordered Gordon Zarkos to do.

Gordon, oops, barked and ran up the mountain path.

You just have to give it some time.

Troops must not be allowed to move up any further.

Coming.

Troops are here.

The sound of soldiers' feet striking the ground is unnaturally powerful.

I guess I can't move on without inspiring me.

Baldo shouted when his voice reached a distance.

My name is Bardo Lowen, knight of the pacra.

With regard to the settlement of Sawa, I would like to say that I have this!

I asked for your honor, Commander.

In response, for the first time, the commander sent a response.

"That's Margagheri Ecola, the knight of Drano.

The Knight of the Journey.

I hope you don't need to give me an exit.

Make way. "

A strong and deep voice.

It's the voice of a warrior in a circle of years.

Troops don't slow down a bit.

Lead the way with the shield and come in a vertical row.

Bardo thought he saw a safe general just two minutes ago.

That's one thing to confess, touching a leper.

If you utter that word, you will kill Bardo without question.

The distance between a shielded soldier and Bardo is already about ten steps.

Bardo pulled out his sword.

I didn't pull it out trying to slash it in.

To restrain it.

"Shield, stand up.

Assault! "

The commander commanded in a sharp voice.

The two shield holders set up a shield and rush into Baldo.

I can't complain about being shot with an arrow because I put my sword at a unit that is in an urgent military operation because of the Lord's life.

Even so, this commander is not a heartless man because he tries to push it with a shield without arrows or swords.

From Bardo, the knight of the war, it is not difficult to plunge two shielded men into a line of archers and plunge the troops into a state of confusion.

But if you do that, it will be a battle.

What am I supposed to do?

It's Stabolos.

Tell me.

With his left hand, he took the sword sheath, which is the shape of Stabolos.

Soon after I got lost, a shielded soldier ran into me.

Bardo accidentally poked his shield with the sword tip of an ancient sword.

Shit!

Bardo was up to his own behavior.

The sword tip of the ancient sword is untouched.

It is shaped like a neat cut off to the side.

I just poked you with this, and I can't do anything about the shield.

What's wrong is Bardo's shoulder.

The opponent is a big soldier.

It's bursting through my body.

If you poke this with the flat sword ahead, all that shock will come to Bardo's shoulder.

The moment the shield and ancient sword collide.

Baldo saw the blue-green phosphorescence shine.

No pain or destruction visited my shoulders.

I was responsive to poking things, but it was very light.

The blows suffered by the shielded soldiers were not light, etc.

The leading shield hold blew up behind him.

The shield hold that was running right behind me, instead of supporting the leading shield hold, came together and blew up behind me.

The two broke into a line of archers who were about eight steps apart, knocking down the soldiers.

The archers were defeated by chess, and in the end, every soldier but the commander fell and lay down on the spot.

The commander's knight accidentally stopped the horse and opened his eyes.

"Hey, what a martial art.

Wait a minute.

Baldo......

Baldo Roen? "

At that time, the sound of driving a horse approached from above the mountain path.

It's Gordon.

I have a damsel in the back.

"Wait, whoa!

Wait, wait, wait, wait!

I am Gordon Zarkos, knight of Maisia, in the presence of Sir Bardo Lowen, the Knight of the People.

You're right, I brought the general from Sawano's shop.

What's the matter with this damsel?

And you can see it with your eyes. "

And he slid through the side of Baldo, screaming, and stopped the horse and went down, and lowered the general.

If they bring the general in front of you, you can't just not look.

And up close, it's clear you're not suffering from leprosy or anything like that.

"This?

Lord Pharmacist.

What the hell is this!

The voice of the commander has the sound of a harsh stuffing.

The pharmacist's man walked into the spot.

A man who was beside the pharmacist ran away.

Two soldiers chased after him and seized him.

The general who saw the man,

"Is that it?

A man who has been selling and selling our shop for some time now.

I don't know what to look like around here. "

When the commander's knight poked his sword, he immediately confessed the truth.

The man was part of a band of bandits who were vandalizing the north of this great lord.

For making too much flashy money, the Knights were dispatched and a flavor devastated.

One man shook off the chase and came to this mountain.

He buried the large sum of money he had taken out of the lair, under a landmark tree in the mountains, and fled lightly and far away.

That was fifteen years ago.

This year, I came back to find that most of them had sacrificed themselves.

I was surprised to go to the place where I buried a lot of money.

The trees were cut down and the shop was built.

I pressed you to give up the store, but the general won't take care of it.

When I was wondering what was going on, I ran into a druggist guy.

This pharmacist used to be a part of the Bandits.

My neck flies if I get my identity scattered.

The pharmacist complained to the lord that General Zelig had leprosy after being threatened by a man.

3

"I don't know what will happen, that pharmacist"

The pharmacist has spent many years in the village.

He would examine me comfortably even in the middle of the night, and he said he didn't try to force the poor to pay for drugs.

A gentle pharmacist, he was admired by the villagers.

Old sins as sins, death may be spared.

Nevertheless, lying that you are lepticus is roughly the worst sin as a pharmacist.

It's supposed to be on fire.

The general was in heaven when she heard that a great deal of money was buried under her house.

It's nighttime now, so two soldiers stayed in to escort us, and a detailed investigation is due tomorrow.

The Commander's Knight was such a regular at Sawa's.

He bowed his head to Bardo and Gordon, saying that it was because of you who did not kill the general.

They said they would love to come to the Lords' Hall, but that was a rhetoric.

Whatever Bardo's name is, the name of Maisian lord Gordon Zarkos will be well known around here.

When the lord of another realm stuck his neck in the middle of nowhere, it was bad for both sides.

It is best to decide that there was nothing.

Gordon Zarkos did not come here, and it is therefore better not to go to the Lords' Hall either.

That's what Bardo preached to the commander.

As a matter of fact, I didn't like the trouble because my body was so weak and my head ached.

"I didn't expect a man who used to be a brutal robber to live a life admired by people as a gentle pharmacist.

I don't know what humans are. "

That's right.

A human being is something you don't understand.

Speaking of which I don't know, I don't even know this ancient sword.

He didn't show his strength in a confrontation with Gordon.

From then until today, I've cut the beast many times, but I haven't seen a single strange force.

I was wondering if there would be no true power if the Warcraft were not the opponent.

Earlier, however, the Warcraft was not the target.

What the hell is going on?

"Nevertheless, the moon fish has been eaten up"

Bardo accidentally pulled the reins and stopped the horse.

You ate moon fish there, didn't you?

Bardo turned around and started turning back.

"Whoa?

Oh, uncle?

Are you leaving?

Didn't you decide to go to Nojuku today because you don't like the pain?

If you go through the village, you can't go into the mountains.

Are you going home now that you've dropped me off so grandly?

Uncle? "

If it were tomorrow, part of the store would be destroyed in search of the large sums buried.

Tonight, we can still make it.

The general said the moon fish is the best on a full moon night.

It is precisely tonight that the two moons will shine in true circles.

My sister's moon (Surah) is already in Jomtien, and my sister's moon (Surrier) has just turned to the edge of the mountain.

I also bought plain liquor.

"Oh, Uncle Yu.

No rush, no rush, no rush. "

Gordon doesn't know, Bardo thought.

Things have a light weight distinction, and there's a rush.

We should not focus on trivial matters before they are important.

We should not hesitate to act in advance of matters that need to be rushed.

As for the two moons, there is this legend.

The star god Zayen applied to his sisters' princess for a marriage.

Her sister's princess rushed to take her things and became her wife.

My sister's princess took time to dress beautifully and didn't make it.

Therefore, her sister's princess is called the Queen of the Stars (Surah), and her sister's princess is called the One Who Comes Later (Surrier).

Sarrier is also called the One Who Has Everything because he could not go to his daughter-in-law and gave up all his ancestral possessions.

My sister's moon is much brighter and faster than my sister's moon.

Tonight, in a polished silver carriage, I'm chasing my sister's princess, Sula.

Sula gently cheers, waiting for her sister to catch up.

If you hurry, you can drink moonshine while looking up at the two moons.

No, maybe tonight was the day of the meeting.

When the two full moons overlap, Sirlier is illuminated by her sister to put together the crown of light.

The alcohol you drink while watching the bi-months of "The Union" has an exceptional flavour.

I'm sure the moon fish and the dots must be extraordinarily good.

By the time Sarrier catches up with Sulla, she has to wear it to Zelig.

Run.

Come on, run.

The beautiful Sarrier runs up the void and brightly illuminates the ground.

The shadow of a human horse, gradually drawn neatly, cleaves the meadow like a two-wielding knife.

Bardo drove a chestnut-haired horse with an early summer scent on the growing grass.