Albrecht's Chronicles

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Albrecht tucks his cloak next to the furnace and sleeps beside it. When the dawn came, I woke up right away, as I had done for 15 years. Even if I had superhuman physical abilities, I felt uncomfortable when I slept on the bottom of the bed for the first time.

Albrecht rises to his feet, and the delicate women wink at each other in their sleep.

Albrecht looked at the women and said,

“Let's start with breakfast and decide where to go. ”

The women stood up and prepared a meal.

Albrecht drank as he finished killing rabbit meat.

“There's a woodshed nearby. I've never been there before, but it's probably a place people go to all the time. I'm going to the city from there. What about you? ”

The women did not speak Katabuta. Albrecht sighs.

“My name is Albrecht von Hoenclatern. I was in an accident on the territory and my father banished me. He's just a boy who was born out of his territory for the first time. I'm a nobleman myself, so I'm just a martial arts expert. There's no need to be too careful. ”

When Albrecht said this, the women glanced back at Albrecht.

Anna, a brunette, said. If advancement of the eldest is what other women, other than Elena, have said, it's progress.

“We have nowhere else to go. I don't have any money...... If I go to the city like this, I'll be sold as a slave. ”

Albrecht listened to Anna and said what he had in mind before bed yesterday.

“How about this? You hired me with the gold and silver coins in the chest. Jewels are yours to keep. ”

Albrecht, of course, thought women would like it, but he didn't respond. No. Why?

Perhaps he didn't believe what he was saying after going through the exhausted winds. If you give him jewelry in the city later, he'll take care of it. More than that, he didn't have to take responsibility. That's enough to protect an innocent man, right? Dad? Dad?

“Sunrise is a precious time. Let's go.”

Albrecht rises, speaking the Northmen's adage. The crate was carried out, placed on a horse saddle and secured with a leather strap.

The women come out of the hut with their heads bowed as if they were sinners. And then I saw the scene of the overnight massacre, and I took a whiff.

Then Diego, who was good around the horse, came out and shouted.

“Hey, where are you taking the women? ”

Diego trembles, pushing his butt back and arms forward, and aiming his dagger at Albrecht.

“Diego!”

Martina shouts. Albrecht was the same merchant guild, so I thought I'd get to know him.

Albrecht told Diego:

“We're going to the nearest town. You can follow me if you want. ”

“What's the city for? ”

Albrecht was annoyed.

“Put the dagger away and tell me. Because it sucks.”

Diego posed no threat to Albrecht at all, but it was an offensive move for him to leave and point his weapon at someone else.

Diego quickly put the dagger into his waist, recalling Albrecht's lightning like skill yesterday.

“W-why are we going to the city? ”

Albrecht doesn't think fast enough. Why are you going to the city? Of course I'm trying to set you free.

“Just, what, help each other out? No, fuck it. If you want to follow me, wash up first. ”

Diego couldn't convince Albrecht with a suspicious glance.

“Wash up. Take off your clothes. Right now.”

Albrecht draws his sword as he speaks. Diego takes off his clothes and goes to the canteen in a frenzy.

The canteen was originally used at the inn. However, a thief's den that was a long way from the river was used as a canteen and could not be used for washing except for mercenaries and women.

Martina said she was watching Diego go go to the bathroom.

“H-can I help you wash Diego? ”

Albrecht nods. Then Martina goes into the hut and comes out with a cloth or something. Going to the washing place, Diego's skinny-dippy naked man pours water on his body hard and washes his hands barefoot. Diego is shaking and washing hard because of the cold dawn air in October.

Martina looks sad and touches her back, and Diego looks back, furious.

“No, Martina. ”

“I'll give you a push. ”

After that, they just washed without saying anything. Albrecht, who was watching from afar, turned around and said, "What's the story?"

“I'm gonna go get some grazing, so come by when you're done. ”

Albrecht grabs the picket fence and grazes the horses.

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Albrecht is walking down the road yesterday, with a reed field next to him holding onto his horse. The other four are walking a short distance behind Albrecht.

Diego still had hot dark brown hair and beard, but he looked surprisingly young after washing. Brown eyes also looked clearer. Diego, who was looking at Albrecht's back, took courage and approached the monster knight, walking side-by-side.

“Hey...... knight. ”

“Why.”

“Because it's true that I'll give you gems when I go to the city? ”

“It's not for you, it's for you. If you can go alone, I'll give it to you now. ”

“No, it's, it's not weird......? Why don't you have all the knights......”

Albrecht sighed, with no way to explain Earth's ethics.

“Ha...... a knight. Knights.”

“What is a knight......? ”

In fact, there was no word "knighthood" or concept in this world. Albrecht was the word that came out of this world. My father always taught me honor as a duty, but I never wrote the word "knight," just saying it's an ancestral tradition.

I thought that the ancestral tradition was some kind of rule. I thought that the principle of governance might have worked in part for the establishment, but instead, I learned empirically that it was necessary to maintain the territory for generations to come.

Once the Feudal System is established, it will also function as the life norm of the apostles. Of course, we know that the knights were not kept well in the history of the Middle Ages, but there is a big difference between having such a concept and not having it at all. It's kind of like inserting the first button. The first button must be inserted to insert the next button.

Anyway, Albrecht was hesitant to tell Diego how to explain the knighthood.

“Y-you know what? A knight's mind, fame, duty. That's what we're protecting. ”

“Honor? Isn't that like a dragon or an elf? ”

“Dragon or Elf? ”

“I've heard of it, but I've never seen it. ”

“...... I think you're right. ”

Diego looks at Albrecht as if he still doesn't know. I didn't understand why he didn't take all the treasure and give it to himself. They're supposed to do it? Yeah, but why?

Of course, leaving the road without Albrecht's strength was a dangerous act, so I would appreciate it if I could give Albrecht all the treasure to escort him to the city or town. But that's how Albrecht got his hands on something. They're giving you jewelry now.You really don't sell them as slaves? Can I trust him?

Diego, who has worked at the Merchants Guild his whole life, has only been thinking clearly. Nevertheless, I have always felt that I should seek something higher from the depths of my heart. I don't know what Albrecht is talking about, but I think it might be that high.

Diego fell into a trance and suddenly asked Albrecht, one head taller and one bear taller than a decent person, whose face looked awkward.

“By the way, how old is the knight? ”

“15.”

As Albrecht speaks, the women who bend their heads and stumble looked at Albrecht with puckered eyes as they raised their heads together.

Diego glances up and down through Albrecht's eyes and says,

“Are you sure......? ”

“Yes."

Diego looks at Albrecht and comes out of his mouth without even knowing what he has to say to the knight.

“Well, since I'm 24 years old, can I say half of it? ”

Age was not an important world, but fifteen were certainly very young.

“Yes."

Unexpectedly, Albrecht accepted immediately. Diego stares at Albrecht blankly, wondering if he heard something at first and says in a panic.

“Are you sure? Do it!? Really do it!? ”

“I won't say it twice. ”

“Do it!? Really!? Oh, my God! I can't believe I'm about to tell a knight everything! Hahaha!”

Diego laughs with a joyful laugh. I laughed for a long time, and then I bent over and squawked, but then I laughed so loud that I didn't know if it was a laugh or a shout, and then I shouted at the sky.

Albrecht frowns and turns to Diego next to him, walking straight ahead. Diego's tears were squeaking.

The Merchant Guild's supply drop, and after a long, frustrating and uneasy day, people get attacked and people die and mercenaries kill them.

I regretted thousands of times living in isolation for six months. I had ample opportunity to leave the merchant guild and live my own life.

I was displeased and resentful to think that my life ended so miserably because of those glittering stones. I was most angry at myself for not being able to get rid of my greed and leave the merchant guild.

I felt a joyful feeling that I would never feel again, so I couldn't stand it without shouting. Tears continued to flow.

Diego said to Albrecht, smiling brightly as his emotions calmed down after a long tear.

“Nice to meet you. I'm Diego Rhinez from Vivar. Amigo.”

Then I reached out my hand and asked for a handshake. Albrecht shakes hands with a smile.

“Greetings. I am Albrecht von Hoenclatern. Friend.”

Diego was surprised with his eyes wide open. It was an act of emotion because I didn't think Albrecht would really accept it. I felt better again. Albrecht seems to be washing off a lot of the snakes of the past due to his kind response.

And you can see the woodshed from afar.

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