The Sage of Einar

Einar who was sleeping could feel someone grab his face, so he opened his eyes and could see his little daughter Katherine, two years old, playing with his beard.

"What happened Katherine? Are you hungry?"

Katherine nodded and hugged Einar with her small hands. "Dad, I love you very much."

Einar stroked his daughter's red hair. "I love you too Katherine and I will always love you."

With great care, Einar got out of bed, avoiding waking up Helmi, Erik and Laisa who were sleeping.

When he got to the small kitchen, Einar looked at Katherine. "What do you want to eat peanut or apple?"

Katherine scratched her cheek and smiled. "I want apple daddy."

Einar looked fondly at his daughter and very carefully took an apple, which he began to cut into slices.

After this, he sat Katherine in her baby chair and gave her the apple so she could eat.

He fondly looked at his daughter as she ate her apple with a blunt wooden fork.

"How do you feel about the birthday party yesterday?"

Katherine who was eating her piece of apple showed sincere joy. "I am already a big girl. Mother Kassia would be proud of me.

But Daddy, is she taking care of me from Valhalla or taking care of me like sister Erika? "

Einar stroked his daughter's hair. "Mom is taking care of us from Valhalla with sister Erika."

Katherine shook her head doubtfully. "But why can I see Sister Erika and Mama Kassia from time to time? I can only see her in pictures."

Einar felt a little saddened by his daughter's innocent question. "That is because mother Kassia is in Valhalla. She is in a better place.

When you have lived a long and prosperous life, you will be able to see Mama Kassia again.

In Sister Erika's case, she is a Valkyrie; she has to do the work of bringing souls to Valhalla or wherever they need to go; it is something she cannot help but do. "

Katherine nodded and continued eating her apple pieces. When she finished, she stretched out her hands for Einar to charge her.

"Dad, tell me a story."

Einar lovingly hugged his daughter and laid her on the bed so he could tell her some stories.

The next morning, Einar felt a little hand touch his face when he saw Erick. Einar smiled. "Good morning Erick, how did you sleep?"

"Okay dad, but let's play."

Einar picked up his son and played with him while he was laughing, after which the whole family brushed their teeth and went to prepare breakfast.

As a fairly normal family, they all helped prepare breakfast, so when they finished, they sat down at the table and enjoyed breakfast.

"Okay kid's dad has to check the army to see if everything is ready for the trip I will make to Ireland in maybe a few days.

I know you don't like the idea of ​​Dad getting out; I don't like it either, but work is part of being the leader of the nation.

Maybe some of you want to be king or queen. That's why you have to take this into account. Sometimes you will have to make sacrifices, but it will be for the greater good. "

Erick shook his head to the side as he just wanted to play, although it wasn't that he fully understood his father's words, either.

But Katherine showed a curious look. "Dad, I want to be like you and be able to take care of people."

Einar smiled and looked at his daughter with affection. "It will be a complicated road, but if you can manage it, things will improve completely in the nation because unlike your father.

You can grow up to be a ruler. Your father is more of a soldier, engineer, father and husband than a ruler. "

Katherine hugged Einar's hand lovingly "I will father, I will be a queen."

Einar nodded and caressed her face. "You will be an empress if you wish."

Katherine was happy and holding her father's hand. She got down from her chair because she wanted to play with her brother Erick because she was imagining that she was an empress.

Seeing her daughter with such joy, Einar could only smile because perhaps she could be the next empress, although, as a growing girl she could always have different ideas.

In any case, he would not force his children to do something they did not want because he did not want them to grow up with complexes or constant stress of wanting to be something they did not want.

After this, Einar said goodbye to Helmi and Laisa before heading to the military barracks.

Where were the 20,000 soldiers ready for the expedition. Among them were the 500 snipers who were his elite force.

The most loyal warriors made up that battalion, this to prevent them from running with the weapon, which would be useless if they did not even know the composition of the gunpowder.

Not to mention that the tools to make them were something they did not know, so imitating the model of the weapon would be impossible.

When he arrived at the training ground, he was met by many soldiers and warriors lined up in lines, all wearing their uniforms and green caps.

Einar stood on a fairly high podium and shouted with a megaphone.

"Today all of you finished your training, so from now on you will be the expeditionary force that I will personally lead.

Along with you, there will be 10,000 auxiliary soldiers who will have the mission of logistics and of taking care of our important positions.

When we leave for Ireland, we will only have one ally who will be my father-in-law. Anything that does not belong to my father-in-law is an enemy.

We will conquer that place in less than a year, because I am not going to waste my time on a small island because my children need their father.

That is why I hope that everyone can respect the rules, otherwise they will be taken to the military court where they will suffer a horrible fate.

Now I want to see all that they have learned. I want them to be ordered into battalions. "

All the soldiers made a military salute and began to move with their respective battalions.

Einar looked at the 40 battalions of 500 soldiers each, so he smiled, because with those soldiers he is going to conquer Ireland.