Chapter 39

“Sir adjutant Roan . I’m sorry for being late . ”

Glenn laughed awkwardly and scratched his head .

Roan just nodded instead of replying .

Glenn pointed towards Seline that was still standing at the entrance .

“She’s my sister Seline . We went to our relative’s house because we had something to do, but the door was locked as if they were outside, so I brought her here . I’m sorry . ”

Glenn apologized .

Roan looked at Seline as if he was barely listening .

‘Right, she was still a kid at this time . ’

He was one year older than her .

She was stlil a 17 year old girl .

Because of that, there was a big difference from Seline from his memories .

‘We separated on our late twenties . ’

She was certainly different than then .

But the feeling she gave was the same .

‘How crazy . For my heart to pound while looking at a little girl . ’

He tried to ignore her, but his heart pounded by it’s own .

Then, Glenn’s voice was heard .

“Sir adjutant Roan . ”

A really rigid look .

“Ah . ”

Only then did Roan get a hold of himself .

“You can’t do anything if the house is locked . Come along and eat something . ”

“Thank you . ”

Glenn lowered his head .

Seline, that was near the entrance, smiled shyly and also lowered her head .

“Thank you . ”

A soft and nice to hear voice .

Glenn and Seline sat at the end of the table .

The atmosphere of the meeting changed in an instant .

The squad members that were on their early twenties showed great interest towards Seline, that was of the opposite sex .

“How old are you?”

“Your name is Seline?”

“Do you have a boyfriend?”

Pouring questions .

Roan smiled bitterly and raised his cup of beer .

‘If I decided to forget her, it is right to do so . ’

He tried not to look towards Seline .

However he couldn’t do nothing about the conversations he heard .

“She doesn’t have something like a boyfriend . As you see she’s this ugly……”

Glenn’s words .

“Oppa . ”

Seline called Glenn wit ha low voice, as if she was rebuking him .

However Glenn smiled faintly and shrugged his shoulders .

“What? What about it? You also cook terribl……”

“Oppa . ”

Seline called Glenn once more time and frowned .

“Are you getting angry at me?”

“Ah, no . That’s not it……”

As Glenn teased her, Seline’s face turned pink .

A shy look .

Glenn continued teasing her as if that look of her was cute .

Seline got angry at times and pouted her lip .

A childish and cute look suitable for a 17 year old girl .

Roan sat slantly and listened to the conversation of the brothers .

‘She missed her brother forever……’

Looking at Glenn teasing her, he thought that it was really fortunate .

‘Right . I would like it if you were less sad in this life . ’

Seline’s voice was really sweet and soft .

Then, Austin that was next to him, raised a duck meat dish .

“Eat this . ”

It looked like he was giving it to Seline .

Roan, that was drinking beer and not paying any attention, raised another dish of meat .

“Not the duck . ”

In that instant, Austin and the other squad members turned to look at Roan .

Only then did Roan realize the situation .

‘Damn…… . ’

The words came out unconsciously, and his hands moved first .

‘Seline can’t eat duck meat . ’

He still remembered her eating habits and other habits .

An awkward silence flowed for a moment .

“Mm . No, it’s because I like duck meat……”

A poor excuse .

‘Roan . Do you call that an excuse just now?’

When he was rebuking himself .

Glenn smiled faintly and received the dish Roan was holding .

“You don’t have to give us duck meat . She can’t eat duck meat . Unlike how she looks, she also doesn’t eat a lot of things………”

“Oppa . ”

Seline pinched Glenn’s side and rolled her eyes .

Boom .

At that moment, Roan felt a heavy rock sinking in his heart .

‘Whew . Those eyes……’

Even in his past life, he was weak on her rolling her eyes like that .

A feeling that he wants to pinch her cheek right now .

Roan raised the cup of beer again .

The squad members drank beer for quite a while and talked elatedly .

“Then, what’s miss Seline’s dream? You wouldn’t like to become a soldier like Glenn, right?”

Seline smiled shyly and shook her head .

“Then what do you want to do?”

Lander asked once more .

And Roan also showed interest for this question .

‘Seline’s dream? What was it? I think that she didn’t want to do anything in particular . ’

He didn’t remember .

He remembered everything about her, but only that part was white like a sheet of paper .

Roan gulped down the beer and listened attentively .

“I…… . ”

Seline hesitated for a moment and then continued to say with a bright smile .

“I want to become a baker . ”

Boom .

In that moment, Roan felt that someone hit his head really hard .

‘Baker……’

His face stiffs .

‘To have forgotten it like a stupid…… . . ’

He couldn’t hold it because he felt pitiful .

‘Right . She said she wanted to become a baker . ’

When they first met, and when it hasn’t been while since they started dating, Seline still dreamed of becoming a baker .

‘But because of me……’

Seline gave up on her dream because of Roan .

Fees to buy armour and spears, and also repair fees .

The things they had to offer for a promotion .

Seline pursued money for Roan instead of her dreams .

‘But a bastard like me… . ’

He thought of it as if it was really obvious .

That if he just became a great general, he would be able to make her live a good life .

The results? The worst of the worst .

‘Whew . ’

The sigh surged up until his throat .

He couldn’t keep seated anymore .

Roan emptied the cup of beer in an instant .

“I will get more . ”

Austin looked at the emptied cup and stood up .

Roan shook his hand and raised the cup .

“No . Don’t bother and keep drinking . ”

A look of smiling brightly .

Austin smacked his lips and nodded .

Roan lent the cup to the owner of the store and leaned on a wall .

“What’s your hobby?”

“The food you like?”

The squad members didn’t have any control as they were pouring questions towards Seline .

Seline smiled shyly every time and she answered to the question quickly .

‘Seline . ’

Roan looked at her bright and cheerful face and bit his lower lip .

‘The dream you gave up on your past life . I will help you so you can fulfill it . ’

It still wasn’t a feeling like ‘I want to meet her again, or love her again . ’

Now he simply wanted to help her on her dreams .

Then, Lander lent a dish .

A really spicy pork dish .

“Eat this too . It’s the most delicious on this store . ”

“Yes? Ah…… . . Yes . Thank you . ”

Seline hesitated for a moment and then nodded .

She looked at Lander’s face for a moment and after she smiled faintly she ate a piece of meat .

“How is it?”

Seline laughed awkwardly and nodded .

“It, it’s delicious . Really deli……”

The last part faltered .

Her face became red .

“Wha, what happened?”

Lander had a really perplexed expression .

Then, Glenn that was conversing with the others, looked at Seline’s face .

“Why are you like that?”

Seline pointed to a red pork meat instead . Glenn frowned .

“You ate this? You can’t eat spicy stuff . ”

A rebuking sound .

Then, he lent her a cup of water .

Seline hurriedly empited the cup of water, but the spiciness still didn’t go away .

“Hoo . Hoo . Hoo . ”

She opened her mouth roundly and let out short breaths .

“Wha, what do I do? Do, do you want to drink some beer?”

The perplexed Lander lent out a cup of beer .

“She’s still 17 . ”

The age you could start drinking was 18 .

Glenn took away the cup of beer and filled it with water again .

Then, Roan approached without saying anything and placed down a big wooden cup .

“Hoo . Hoo . Hoo . ”

Seline was still breathing out . She looked at the cup and at Roan alternately .

‘What’s this?’

Her big round eyes asked him that .

However Roan returned to his seat without saying anything while drinking beer .

Then she felt a really familiar aroma .

“Huh?”

Seline raised the wooden cup and smelled it .

In that moment, a bright smile bloomed .

‘This is bland tea . ’

The tea she liked the most .

It was a tea which sweet flavor was excellent .

She grabbed the wooden cup with both of her hands and drank the tea .

A sweet flavor spreading in her mouth .

The spicy flavor that even made her teary disappeared .

“Whew . ”

Seline let out a long breath .

Her bright face also returned to it’s original colour .

Only then did Glenn and Lander seem to calm down .

Seline bent her head towards Roan .

“Thank you . ”

At those words Roan smiled faintly and nodded instead of replying .

‘She really like bland tea . Every time she drank it she said something . ’

A way of expression used only by Seline .

‘Does she not use it yet……’

He felt regretful for nothing .

Meanwhile, Seline drank one more gulp of the bland tea .

“Haa . ”

A brightly smiling face .

It was a face that made everyone who watched her also smile .

Roan unconsciously smiled brightly and shook his head .

‘Every time, after she drank bland tea, she would say dalkang dal…… . . ’

When his thoughts were about there .

Seline covered her cheeks with her two hands and mumbled in a low voice .

“Ah . It’s dalkang dalkang . ”

Her way of expressing others couldn’t understand .

Roan’s corner of the mouth raised .

‘It’s been a while . ’

A happy yet dearing feeling .

Many scenes popped in his head .

Then, Keep’s voice was heard .

He had pushed away Lander and sat next to Seline .

“You said you didn’t have any boyfriend right? Then, what’s your ideal type?”

“I don’t have anything like that . ”

Seline shook her head .

But Keep didn’t give up .

He pointed towards the others .

“Then who do you like the most among them?”

Seline looked at the squad members without saying anything .

“Sir adjutant Roan that’s the similar age as you? Or Pierce?”

At the questions, everyone’s sights were directed to Seline .

It seemed like everyone was curious .

Even Roan that was sipping some beer acted uninterested, but he was slightly interested actually .

Seline hesitated for a moment and carefully said .

“I…… . ”

When she talked up to then, the door of the store opened abruptly .

Boom!

At the same time, an urgent voice was heard .

“Sir adjutant Roan!”

Roan, that was concentrating on Seline’s reply, turned his head and looked towards the entrance .

“Huh?”

His two eyes that get big .

There was a person he hadn’t expected at all standing in the entrance .

“Sir adjutant Roan . It’s big trouble . ”

The man that approaches .

Roan stood up with a surprised expression .

“Mister Chris . Didn’t you leave towards Dellon’s region?”

The owner of the voice .

It was Chris that had left Beno’s castle two days ago .

*****

Roan and Chris got out of the store and entered a secluded alley .

“Mister Chris . Didn’t you go to Dellon’s region to look for the old couple?”

“Yes . That’s right . I tried to . ”

Chris nodded with a serious expression .

“But while I was travelling to Dellon’s region, I heard a weird story . ”

“A story?”

Roan frowned .

“Yes . It’s a story I heard from the merchants that came from the north, but it seems like they saw a weird scene . ”

Chris continued saying in a voice as if he was whispering .

“That the grass on the plains that had to be grown up were all stepped on it . Just like hundreds of horses ran over . ”

A weird story .

Roan’s face stiffened .

“As it wasn’t barley or wheat, the merchants didn’t report it to the kingdom . ”

Chris’s words continued .

“I also thought that it wasn’t important and was about to go to Dellon’s region, but maybe because of my temperament or my uselessly good senses, I wanted to go to check what the problem was on the north . So I went to the place where the merchants saw the weird scene . ”

His words became faster .

“But when I was about to cross Kape’s mountain, I discovered a herd moving quickly . Even when they were far away, they moved so fast and roughly that the ground shook . At that moment I got the feeling . That the herd I saw was the one that destroyed the grass . ”

“Could you also figure out the identity of the pack?”

Roan asked carefully .

Chris bit his lower lip and nodded .

“The identity of that herd…… . ”

A voice with a lot of strength .

“They were orcs . ”

Roan opened his eyes big .

‘Orcs? An orc troop?’

An expression he couldn’t believe it .

All the orc troops were pushed away from the boundaries after Pedian’s plain monster subjugation .

Because of that, a situation where orcs could move in a troop was impossible .

‘But there’s no way Chris could have seen wrong . ’

Roan bit his lower lip .

Chris’s words continued .

“There are at least 2 thousand orcs in the troop . They were all riding Lopuses . ”

“Mmm . ”

Roan forcefully gulped down the exclamation .

Lopus .

The monster that looked like a monster was smaller than a horse, but it had the characteristic that it was fiercer and attacked you more .

‘Just what kind of crazy orc, right after the subjugation finishes……’

Roan frowned and looked at Roan .

“Did you see the flag of the troop?”

At those words Chris smiled faintly and nodded .

“Fortunately, I could . The overall of the flag was crimson and was mixed with blue, and in the middle of that a black horizontal line crosses it . ”

In that moment, Roan’s face stiffened .

‘If it’s crimson and blue, it’s the dead Sedek’s troop flag . ’

A black horizontal line that crosses it .

It was a troop flag Roan knew really well .

‘It’s Violin’s troop . ’

He looked at Chris and asked carefully .

“Wasn’t the orc leader leading the troop a female?”

“Huh?! That’s right . It was certainly a female orc warrior . ”

Chris put an expression as if how did he know that .

Roan bit his lower lip .

‘Damn . For the wife of Sedek to appear so suddenly . ’

End