How to live as a wanderer

Besides, Eldans is a merchant of the Khettana Parliament. Breaking the problem has made it difficult to get hired within the reach of the Khettana Council.

‘Dammit... can't we just run away? ’

How much money do I have to put my life on the line? ’

The mercenaries grip it and watch the conversation. There was Goran, the commander, who didn't run away.

“I know. I don't want to fight knights. ”

Eldans frowns and ponders.

“I thought you checked out all the landlords around here? ”

“Of course I checked! ”

Eldans, a middle-aged feline Demibeast, rolls his head. I'm sure all the owners of the nearby territories are accounted for. I paid my taxes.

Then, is it really a robbery?

Eldans glances at the forest. Escaping was a hard place to chase, but going into the woods was suicide. And if the target is really here for the robbery, there could be an ambush in the forest.

John arrives in front of the group as he ponders. The mercenaries grip their weapons tightly. If things go wrong, I was going to run away with money and reputation.

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“God bless you, God bless you. Which distinguished family did you come from? ”

“May God bless you. This is John of the Yates family. ”

John changed the name of his family. Change the spelling of Ayetsu to Ayetsu. There will be a lot of small and small families on the continent anyway, so they won't even know the fake family name.

“Ah! I see! ”

What a knight! ’

There were two types of articles:

One is that a civilian mercenary is lucky enough to be armed and equipped to become a heavy soldier and say, "I am a knight." If I was really lucky, I could be a real nobleman in the battlefield or in the tournament by receiving the attention of the nobles.

Of course, these people bought ridicule at the front, but not at the back. He's a mercenary with no idea what he's talking about.

The other one is literally a knight from a noble family. Some were untrained like John's half-brothers, but that was the exception, and the fiercely trained knights from childhood were so different from ordinary mercenaries.

Systematically diverse in weapons, horseplay, how to handle armor and shields, hunting, chess, tactics, and more. Noble knights are busy training all day long, and civilian mercenaries barely survive on the battlefield when they were young in the neighborhood from old mercenaries.

The story of a lowly man who raised a ball and became a knight was a story from a bard's song. Reality was much colder and harsher.

The noble knights, of course, despised and reluctant to say they were from the commoners themselves. How are we supposed to distinguish between the pieces of equipment? 'I could have thought, but I didn't. It was almost impossible for a commoner to impersonate a nobleman. Accent, behavior, sophistication, common sense, attitude. These were things you couldn't learn unless you were born as a noble.

In that sense, John's accent was a perfectly noble accent. Even in the same Empire language, the nobles' accent was different from the commoners'.

Eldans rolls his eyes. I knew I wasn't a mercenary pretending to be a knight, but things didn't get any better. If it were an enemy, it would have been more dangerous. A mercenary would be better off.

“Lord Johann, what brings you...”

“Where are you headed? ”

“We're heading to Luzbek. I'm going to go through there and head to Marcel City. I pay the toll to the great Erl of Zarfen...”

The name of Earl Jarpen, now owner of the territory, was only to threaten John a little. By paying taxes to Earl Jarpen, he meant that they are now under the protection of him.

Of course, if your opponent tries to kill all of them, the Earl who is not here will not stop you, but it will be better than not. The name was sometimes stronger than the sword.

John understood the meaning and smiled bitterly. Why were they so vigilant?

‘Well, we have to be vigilant first. ’

“I didn't mean to hurt you. I thought the road would be overlapping, so I asked him if we could travel together. ”

“Ah…! It's an honor!”

Eldans' face brightens noticeably. It's a good thing I'm not a robber, even for you.

It was an offer I could not refuse and had no reason to refuse. Eldans accepted it coldly.

“Why would the knight want to see Gil? Isn't that suspicious?”

“What if something's fishy, you idiot. Shut your mouth. If you don't want to search.”

“Looks like a wandering knight... 10 years. ”

Kan, the oldest mercenary in the mercenary army, mutters. Khan was experienced and knowledgeable for his age.

“Wandering Knight?”

“Knight without a camp. It's gonna be like three guys in a family. ”

The first inherited the territory, but there was no soup below it. Each of us had to find his own way. But it was better than the common man. They have connections, they have a certain amount of property. If I aim well, I might be able to find a new lord and gain territory. It was a much more likely story than the one from the commoners above.

“But don't you take your servants and slaves with you? Why would someone like that wander around alone? ”

“I don't know what's going on with the nobles. There are even poor nobles. ”

The Khan shrugs and shuts up. The mercenaries also kept their mouths shut. It was a good choice to keep your mouth shut rather than say something inappropriate in front of John.

John naturally rode beside the Eldans. None of the mercenaries were on horseback. Even if they did, they wouldn't try to mix words together next to John.

The equipment, by the way...

John was surprised to see the mercenaries' equipment. It was too slower than I thought.

Once there was no one wearing metal armor. They were all wearing shabby cloth armor. Even though it was thick and filled, it was almost limitless. The best dressed man covered himself with a metal plate and a chain around his arm.

It was worse when I went to the weapon. Let's hit the spear or the bow. There was a woodcutter, an axe, and even one with a club. I knew that a good tree here is hard and heavy like iron, but it's still a club.

It's too different from the Akiten wolves. ’

John was mistaken. The wolves of Akiten were famous mercenaries among the continent's mercenaries. I had to consider myself the best mercenary to hear such rumors even in Johann's territory.

There were hardly any paramedics in this era. It cost a fortune to recruit, train, and maintain soldiers. It was common to train a few slaves to use as escorts, or to train a few civilians or servants to use as escorts.

Most nobles preferred to hire mercenaries to use at that time. And around the Great Lord, there were mercenaries who hired them all the time. And Aquitaine's Wolves are mercenaries that the Emperor will hire at all times. I had to outdo the knights with the same equipment and weapons.

Among the mercenaries on the market, the Goran mercenaries were quite decent. Everyone, except for a rookie, had real experience, the blacksmith Goran was fine, and everyone was wearing one piece of armor. From there to the shield.

‘Quite poor mercenaries... Well, mercenaries must be poor to begin with. ’

The Goran mercenaries are under a ridiculous delusion.

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John was basically a good opponent to get along with. You can drop all kinds of arrogance as long as you are a nobleman, but John was humble and kind.

“You're in the Sanctuary? ”

“Yes, it is. ”

“I heard the Council makes that kind of money. Is it true? ”

“Haha... The High Council makes a lot of money, but a wandering peddler like me makes a lot of money. ”

Merchants' Guild, Award.

The people of the Middle Ages were united in their jobs to protect their own interests and rights. The same was true of the merchants. The great councils set up their branches in each city, generating enormous profits from their merchants.

Of course, it was the whole story, and Eldans running as a pedestrian couldn't have been so rich.

The Council of Kettana, an Eldanese affiliation, was a guild centered on the Holy Southern Empire and the free cities of the Catalan Peninsula beyond the more southern Dwarf Mountains.

“I wanted to go to the Chamber of Commerce. ”

“Hahaha! Thank you for saying that. ”

Eldans laughs, mistaken for John to make a joke about himself. Many merchants wanted to become nobles, but few nobles wanted to become merchants. Especially when it comes to knights.

But I didn't feel bad. Eldans felt familiar with this young knight.

‘Oops. We have to be more careful the more we do this. ’

The opponent appears to be about 20 years old or older. If Eldans were married, he would have been a child, but that was not important in front of his identity. I had to be more careful when this happened.

“I dreamed of being a knight when I was a kid. And of course, it was an unfair dream. How can I fight on such a battlefield? still walking around trembling like this. It's good to see you. ”

I was half sincere.

It was an age of all kinds of dangers on the road. If the power increased at all, it was a good thing. As long as it's a knight.

“Isn't it relatively safe around here? ”

Earl Jarpen is a decent nobleman, and I was told he cares about managing his own security. Many nobles who only take tolls and wipe their mouths clean were very good at this.

“That was before. Earl Jarpen said he lost in the Territory and lost money to the mercenaries. So the mercenaries down there fled...”

Eldans shrugs.

The mercenaries were greedy and rough. There were not many mercenaries to endure even though the repairs were pushed. Go somewhere else, or take a little detour around. It was hard to distinguish between mercenaries and bandits.

“I'm going to take it easy around here now. I hope the mercenaries get somewhere quick. ”

The continent was overflowing with blood and iron without rest. War was near everyday. The Holy Empire fought among the nobles inside and against the nobles outside of the Kingdom of Erence and the city-states on the southern peninsula of the Dwarf Mountains. The Kingdom of Errance fought among the nobles of the Elves inside and against the nobles of the Holy Empire and Finland outside.

It is not a war where countries and nations draw their power and fight until someone is defeated, but a war where the lord and the lord compete and agree for a line of honor. The most active soldier in this war has always been a mercenary.

The mercenaries who flee and rob now will most likely flow to you if there is a big fight nearby.

“That's the situation. Are you okay with these people? ”

“That's all right. We follow the Imperial Way, and no mercenaries mess with it." ”

The bandits were targeting weaker, more worthy opponents.

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