Haroon

Harun checks for information on the Secret Keeper, but he finds Debron in secret.

“Haha! Are you here to ask me what I am? ”

Debron is preparing a warm herbal tea and two glasses, just as he knew he would come.

“Yes, there are some questions I'd like to ask. ”

“Come on, let's have a cup of tea. ”

Debron pours a familiar brewed herbal tea into the cup and delivers it to him.

Hooray.

“I like that. Sharing tea with a good person is one of the few luxuries I enjoy. ”

“Is that so?”

I didn't understand. Debron, who is worthy of saluting even his own son and who is worthy to call her maiden name. There didn't seem to be a lot of things that he didn't want.

“First, let me tell you my story, which you may be curious about. ”

Devon closes his eyes, wrapping his hands around the teacup to savor the warmth. His face and thick-slimped wrinkles were slightly trembling, representing the rough and hard texture he suffered.

“Haha! That's a new feeling to tell you about my life. ”

His presumption falters.

“Let me be brief. I'm actually Briella's uncle. My youngest dead sister was the current emperor. My family has been dispensing military forces for generations. At an early age, I started training knights as a family tradition, and after graduating from the Academy, I became a training knight for one of the Imperial Secret Knights, the messenger Knights. However, it was tragic that the late Duke Fukov, who was commander of the current emperor, discovered that he had broken the Golden Battle rules and secretly supported another emperor. ”

Debron was not a prominent nobleman, but he was born to be the deficit of a great knight, revealing material from childhood, and became the most regarded messenger knight of the imperial empire in the early twenties with systematic teaching and enthusiastic training.

However, the commander was found to have been involved in the Golden Battle for breaking the law, and the prince was the most intimidating person to the current emperor.

So the current emperor immediately exterminated the messenger knights to their roots, and he escaped dramatically with the help of his sister, who then served as a court wizard.

“The only reason I was able to escape the Imperial Court was because I was training my messenger knights vision skills with a handful of colleagues at the time in a state where I had not been formally appointed, and only a few of the earliest Purged Brainiacs knew of my existence. Of course, if it weren't for Briela's mother's dedicated help, we wouldn't have been able to escape through the imperial guards as sturdy as an ironclad. ”

Later, he began traveling the world with Tino, a family slave. It's because the family could have been destroyed if they found out that they were messenger knights. There are two secret knights in the Imperial Court who track and deal with the bandits, and he was well aware of their cruel hands and skills.

So he deliberately wandered the grasslands of the North outside the Terron Empire, and spent his days as a mercenary in other empires, and spent his days as a wanderer thoroughly outside the Terron Empire.

“I didn't realize that my sister had become rain in the eyes of the current emperor. It wasn't until I left the world that my parents died and my family became famous. Anyway, it wasn't until two years ago that I entered the Empire. ”

He was a noble and noble knight who wandered the world like a savage because he was afraid to follow him.

“If I thought no one would know I existed, I wouldn't have had to avoid it...... Life seems cruel, considering. No, just in case. If I had stood out in that place or stayed in the Imperial Palace and touched a string of terrifying information organizations, my family would have perished and my sister would have no access to the water. ”

It was Debron who had lived a very hard life. Harun says nothing to Debron but silence.

“I need to ask you something else. After you left, I spoke to Baron Briella and Parosh. ”

The prompt rang and the quest window opened so I didn't have to listen to what he had to say.

- I got a quest.

Story Quests (Grade 'C')

Title: Help Empress Briella become the last four successors to the throne!

Contents: Princess Briella's current power is extremely minor. Help her expand her power and make her one of four imperial successors recognized by the Senate a year later. However, if there is a dominant force, it includes all the public works of that power.

Reward: Knight Status and Territory Awarded by Contribution Points

Item set, Spirit Stone, Cash and Soul Points difference will be awarded for each Contribution Point.

No special limitations on failure.

- Do you want to accept the quest?

‘Hi-yu, that's huge. ’

The reward was enormous. Of course, there was the premise of paying by Contribution Points, but it was nothing compared to any other quest. It would be a testament to Briella's current predicament. Beyond Beyond's NPC, he had little interest in power or territory, but the elvish stones, items, and money provoked his appetite.

“What's the status? ”

A somewhat comprehensive question, but my somewhat nervous eyes brightened. Confirming the situation was evidence that expressed sufficient attention.

“The current emperor is a great man to enlighten women. ”

In his words, there was a young hostility to the emperor who ended his life with just a few months of love for his beautiful sister who did not need to be caught in the eye.

“I've seen many offspring through fifteen to ten beans of obesity. It's hard to find in the history of the Empire. That's why there are 32 people in this Golden Battle. But the three men who gave up the Golden Battle and six have already been eliminated from the first gate beyond the occupation, and eight are still unaware of their lives. ”

“That's a minimum of 16 and a maximum of twenty-four. ”

“Yes. We believe at least twenty successors have passed through the first gate. The highest number of candidates for the Golden Battle of all time. Compared to the previous cases where more than half were removed in the first course, the successors of the imperial throne struggled. Since the current emperor's reign has been over 30 years, it's proof that the power of the nobles has accumulated so much. ”

Is it compressed into approximately four out of twenty people? Well, that's five for one. It's a good chance... ’

Harun, thinking for a moment, asks Debron.

“But I have a question for you. ”

“Ask me anything. ”

Devon says it coolly.

“Why me? ”

“Haha, you really don't know your worth. Or is there something you want to hide? ”

Debron's words make him and the others curious eyes, but Harun can't say anything.

“The ability to poison in Dionymous Pass and Saron Marsh, the memory skills that move like a living creature, and the ingenious crisis management skills and strong responsibilities that you demonstrate when you leap. And the ability of the human body to still not know the end. Is it still not enough?”

Harun shakes his head bitterly.

Despite Debron's appreciation, in fact, most of his skills were more than his abilities.

Of course, Harun felt fine claiming that he was a pet master, but he lacked the ability to see for some reason.

“For the time being, I want to focus on growing the skills of mercenaries. So I don't think I can give you any special help. ”

It's a decision I've made at the end of my career. I wasn't confident enough to jump into the Golden Battle yet. I wanted to join the Golden Battle after growing my strength.

“Good idea. What you need to do is start a real battle between the princes in six months and a year. ”

“Don't get your hopes up. ”

“Don't worry about it. All you have to do is work hard to build your abilities. Briella and I have other things to do. Now we will take the Princess Briella to Earl Thebes, where there is land of tranquility. It leads to the Hookland Mountains where you're going. Earl Tebe, to me, is the center of our power. Even though the land of tranquility is barren, mining development is powerful. We need to secure funds and build up a force there. We don't have much time to create a force powerful enough to defeat twenty or more imperial successors. ”

The main pillar supporting Princess Briella was the outsider.

“Debron and Doran are doing all right. ”

“Yes, we should. ”

Strong convictions flow from Debron's face filled with resolutions. But in his eyes, there was also an unavoidable worry.

Everyone has to prepare for the Earl behind them in the land of the monsters, the Silent Land, where they compete for the powerful Duke or the Marquis as their guardian.

“In the meantime, I will raise my strength and rally as many mercenaries as I can. ”

Harun reminds me of the mercenaries I've been in love with.

“Yes, please. If there is a full-scale power struggle later, the mercenaries will be fierce, but if we get the right mercenaries ahead of us, we stand a chance. ”

It was the mercenaries that Debron and Doran came up with in the weakest situation. Trying to empower mercenaries was a common sense way to temporarily catch up with the power of other massive forces with significant disparities.

As the estramorwn emerged in this world, the work of mercenaries was dwindling. Once the quests for defeating monsters were given significantly to foreigners from all over the Empire, such as ascents and escorts were already increasing in competition. The plan was to absorb naturally slaughtered mercenaries into the military.

“Perhaps I can help you use the secret training ground in Fuchran." We'll provide supplies for your trip, training expenses, and funds to recruit skilled mercenaries. ”

“Very well. I'll decide in a good way. ”

It was a bargain with Harun that had nothing underneath. We don't have to stick together and do everything we can. We have to go around to be strong and recruit talented people. It was an additional thing.

Funding was also a good condition, but I wanted to skip it. If funded, the storm troops will lose their position freely. Although he did participate in the Golden Battle, he didn't want to be all-in on the Story Quest.

“But who is Tino? ”

“Tino?”

Harun's question reminds me of Debron's eyes.

You close your eyes for a moment, but you see a warm smile on Debron's face.

“Tino is like my brother. He's been through the same thing I've been through. When I got kicked, he was less than ten. You've been with me since you escaped the Imperial family at such a young age. Though his identity was a slave to our family, I have freed him once before. ”

I didn't think so. According to his usual attitude, oysters had boats on their bodies. I was a little surprised that he was only 40 years old, by the way. Maybe he looks old after all he's been through.

“If he hadn't been born as a slave, he would have won a seat. Since I was a child, that clever and quick friend was good at learning the knowledge or skills needed over his shoulders without anyone having to teach him. When I left the world, who knew nothing about the world as a nobleman, I was a good friend who gave a lot of help beside me when I was in an accident and couldn't control my tears. Thinking about it, if Tino hadn't been here, it would have been so hard for that wanderer's lifetime. ”

His voice felt infinite trust and affection for Tino. Harun was even more burdened, but he had to say what he wanted to say.

“Actually, I'd like to recruit Tino to our mercenaries. ”

“Tino? Hmm, that 'd be okay, too. By the way, Tino is 43 this year. He'll be an old man soon enough. Now that you have suffered so much because of me, it would be better for him to get out of my shadows and live a new life. ”

Debron expressed a variety of emotions on his own in that short amount of time. Since the two of them had not made a home for a long time together, the love that had been piled up was unusual.

“If you don't mind, Tino, do it. Since a long time ago, his identity was free to walk his own path of free will. ”

“Thank you."

“Gratitude, everything is his will. Convince him well. I'm so sorry to think about it. I always took it and gave him very little. I've always relied on him by my side, but I didn't know his value. I took his abilities for granted, and I didn't give him a chance to live a new life. ”

Harun listens silently to his monologue. The more you talk to Debron about what Tino looks like, the more detailed he becomes. Debron is about to release Tino.

“With him by my side, I will always be a slave. It's late, but now I want him to have a family and have fun living in the world. You have to do it. ”

Harun nods forcefully at a request that reveals his earnest will.

“For me, or for our mercenaries, we are essential. I'll take care of it.”

“Thank you. I'm sure you've put too much weight on your shoulders. ”

“You're like a teacher to me. Although I am a foreigner, I will never forget that grace. Don't say that. ”

“Thank you. Though Briella is my niece, you seem more bloodied to me just now. ”

The panorama of emotion is insurmountable from Devron's wrinkled hand. Suddenly, Debron's eyes were filled with moisture.

"You're a very lonely old man, too. ’

Harun held Debron's hand without a word and became happy to receive his love.

Harun leaves after meeting Debron, but it's late at night, and he decides to visit Tino.

Tino was living in the most shabby room of his servants, even in the guesthouse.

Tino wakes up in a hurry to make the bed and greets Harun.

“Captain Harun, what brings you to this dreary place? ”

“I'm sorry to interrupt your break. I came here tonight with an excuse to say a few words. ”

“What do you mean. It's okay, tell me.”

He was embarrassed by Harun's polite attitude and words.

“I've learned a lot about Tino while traveling here. Tino is a knowledgeable, wise and talented person. ”

“No, it's not. That's just a little gift I got somehow. You don't deserve this much praise. ”

Has he never been complimented? Seeing Harun's uncomfortable attitude, Harun felt heartbroken for some reason. Even though he had abilities because of his identity, he could not escape from one person all his life, and his life without revealing his existence made me sad.

“formally requested. Please join our storm troopers. ”

“Yes?”

Tino's eyes widen. His eyes widened and his face distorted strangely, perhaps because of an offer he had never imagined.

“Our squadron of thundering mercenaries may be small and insignificant, but if someone like Tino could come in and grow up to be a great mercenary. ”

“Well, that's ……. ”

Tino looks into Harun's eyes several times to see if the proposal was genuine and to express a complex heart. For some reason, he didn't take his mouth off easily.

“I've already spoken to Devron. Dev 'ron said that Tino is a free man with free will, and it is time to experience a new world. ”

Harun's words widen Tino's eyes.

“Y-you really... said that? ”

“Yes, my brother Tino asked me to take Tino to the world, wanting to leave his side and start a family and have fun in the world. ”

Tino was speechless.

Harun also didn't say anything. Tino must have felt those feelings that Debron felt. You will feel sorry for Tino, who killed himself for a longer time than he has lived, and has only lived for Debron.

In the room for a moment, there was a pale silence with hot moisture.

After taking a deep breath, thick tears pour down his coppery, hard face.

“Did he really say that, Captain Harun? ”

After a long time, Tino checks in one last time. He could no longer conceal the tears that were flowing.

“Yes.”

Tino closes his eyes and bites his lips tightly, trying to hold back his tears, a short but resolute answer.

“It's what he wants. Let's do it. ”

It was a difficult answer, but Harun didn't want an answer.

“I want Tino's will. ”

“Well, that's ……. ”

Did he feel betrayed by Debron, whom he had so little regard for, or did he feel moved by Debron that he would finally let him go?

Harun seems to be neither. Debron's relationship with Tino was not as simple as he thought.

“Tino is what I and the mercenaries need, not Devron. My dream is not to use the Golden Battle to join forces like Devon, or to raise mercenaries with a rope to connect Tino who is brilliant for later. Though he is a mercenary who leaves the world homeless, he wants a small but powerful mercenary who leaves his quest to roam the continent freely looking for new things. I want the brothers and sisters to fulfill that dream together. ”

Tino's face slowly changes. His gaze at the air without words was getting deeper and deeper. Slavery slowly changed to that of the deceased, the aged sage in his face as a van usually did.

“Can you do it, me? ”

For the first time, the spark of a jolting aspiration appeared as a vision in his eyes, staring at Harun head-on.

Harun nods slightly, looking him straight in the eye.

“We desperately need Tino's administration and ability. If you want, I'll give you a position as commander. ”

Harun's sincere words remind me of Tino's smile for the first time. Even though it was an awkward smile, Harun could tell. His eyes were clear and cool when he first decided something of his own accord.

“Phew! I hate commanders. That's probably not going to work for me my whole life. ”

“I won't let you down. Whatever you say, I'll send you on your way if I get the chance. Greetings, Hurricane Mercenary Commander Haroon. ”

“Hehe. I'm Tino. I will do my best to be a true talent, but I will do my best to be one. ”

“Hahaha!”

“Hehe!”

The two of them burst into laughter, facing each other.