How to live as a wanderer

Thanks to you, Eldans was able to convince Goran. Without his usual behavior, he might have bought the suspicion.

“Where did you get the information? Did you buy something expensive? ”

“No... no. They're quite common. Of course, if you take them and sell them, they can be quite expensive...”

Barley and wheat from the Upper South Village. This was something that I would stop by Luzbek and sell or trade. I was informed in Luzbek that barley and wheat are now being sold for a high price.

Animal skins from the town down south. Luckily, I was able to get a well-tanned bear hide from the hunter. I bought it for a high price, but I didn't regret it because it was a gift worth giving to a nobleman who watches over the Chamber.

“That's all? ”

“Yes...”

“I don't think we're ready for an ambush. Anything else? Is that another reason you're here? ”

“I had a few letters to deliver to the Chamber of Commerce in the Southern City...”

“What letter? ”

“I don't know about that. ”

Touching the sealed letter was an insult to the honor of the council.

“And it couldn't have been that important. If it was such an important letter, he would have left it to me. ”

When Earl Jarpen becomes anxious, and he hears signs of territorial warfare everywhere, Eldans plans to rest for the last time.

Experienced vendors did not stop immediately, even if there was a possibility of war. I told him all about it in the village I owed him and finally traded it. The merchant who cut off his feet without saying a word was not trusted. The relationship in each village was sometimes more important than life.

‘With all the letters, it's too late. There's no way to know. ’

John looks at Eldans. Eldans seems very anxious about an unknown vendetta.

“I can't help it. I'll help you.”

“Yes!? ”

“It's your job as a knight to help people in danger. ”

“... Thank you! John!”

Eldans was surprised and delighted by John's words. Goran and mercenaries looked surprised. From their point of view, they didn't understand that they were helping out for nothing.

‘Thanks to you, it's easy to show your face and face. ’

If you enter the city while helping Eldans, the Council of Kettana will personally vouch for John's identity and assist him. The Chamber won't let the guild member help you. What if the opponent is a skilled knight?

The Chamber of Commerce will try to become even more friendly.

No matter what John was doing, it was good to get to know the effective forces a lot. There was a limit to what I could do here by myself.

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“I'll take these guys with me. ”

“I have a broken leg. Can you take me? ”

“Ah…”

Goran looks slightly embarrassed. He said that he would take him with him because he was in front of John, but when I thought about it, it was too much.

“But not the knight's loot? ”

“I'm responsible for my loot. Let's just leave it. ”

“Oh, no! ”

The two mercenaries scream. What am I supposed to do here if my leg is broken? It was flat, but there were forests nearby.

“Have mercy, Knight! I will never do this again! ”

“Mercy? Kill me? ”

John grabbed Mace. I thought it might be better to die neatly than to be torn alive by an animal.

“No... it's not that...”

“Shut up! If you don't want to be scavenged here. ”

The Goran mercenaries roar at the raiders. Had it not been for John, he would have gone straight to immediate disposition. There are no mercenaries to be trifled with first.

“I'll exchange the rest of the loot for money when I get to the city. ”

“Jung... Are you sure? ”

“I didn't fight alone. ”

It became generous and merciful when a person with a high status did something natural. John says the mercenaries are turning white. I got an unexpected bonus.

He's better than you think, isn't he? ’

"The last knight I saw was a real pain in the ass..."

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“Goran.”

“Mr. Khan. What's going on?”

“The new guy's a bigger asshole than I thought. ”

“Is that all? ”

Goran frowns. Khan has known Goran for quite some time. I did not take his words lightly.

“I hope you get rid of him because he looks like a man who could get into trouble. ”

“Hmmm... I can't right now. Eldans won't like it. We're short at least one. ”

“Didn't you see the fight? We got into a fight, and we ran away, and then we just stopped coming. ”

“I've seen it. But we should go to the city, even if it's punishment. If we do it before it's done, we'll be the only ones to lose face." Maybe we should keep an eye on him until we get back and then dispose of him. ”

“Damn it. I'll do it. Bring that bastard from somewhere... and an experienced one from the next. No matter how cheap it is. ”

“I understand.”

Fortunately, there have been no fights since. Two days later, the group arrives in Luzbek.

“Luzbek!”

‘Much better than Aces territory. ’

“Can I go right in? ”

“It's okay to be face to face with the chief. There are a lot of people who know. ”

Aces territory, where knight-like lords lived and ruled by themselves, was a special occasion, and usually nobles did not live there. The time has come for us to send our delegates to collect tax.

In that case, the village rolled by itself. The chief of the wealthy farmers took care of his village while dealing with the major issues. Management is ridiculous in the eyes of the modern people, but it was their ability to get along well with these chiefs. Trouble with the chief bothers me.

“Have you guys been here? ”

“I've been here. It's a good brewery. ”

Khan replies. John laughs.

“I like that. Anything else? ”

“You'd better not eat the food from the inn. I'd rather have the Brewery ask Cole. Because if you give me a fairy tale, I'll bring you something good to eat with beer. ”

“I'll keep that in mind. Thank you. ”

John said so and went into town. You notice the villagers are nervous in a different atmosphere than the mercenaries. You hear a chattering voice.

What, a knight?

Walking around with mercenaries. There's a war going on around here...

You're still young.

I thought I was grumbling, but I heard it all. John shrugs and ties the horse up in the stable. The owner rushes out as he enters the inn.

“Welcome! ”

The innkeeper in Eights was unfriendly. To be precise, I often wasn't there. If you do something else in your life and you come as a traveler, you get paid to go to an inn. I had to be unfriendly because I could not stop being there.

However, Luzbek's inn was quite reasonable to know if tourists frequent it. The host was not surprised at the sight of strangers.

“Are you a knight? ”

“Johann of the Yates. Have you ever heard of a knight? ”

“You do sometimes. Shouldn't you stay too? ”

A wealthy and powerful noble would borrow the chief's house or borrow his favorite house from the town, but a wandering knight would have to stay in an inn.

“You've heard of a few people in the past year. These were the guys who wanted to go to the tournament. Are you also interested in the tournament? ”

“No. I'm just passing through. ”

John hands over half a coin of the empire with his horse. Accommodation costs were sufficient.

“If you want something to eat...”

“Dinner is fine. ”

John's words caused the owner's face to become sad. I wanted to get rid of more fairy tales.

John, who went into the room, lay flat on the bed. It wasn't that fluffy, but it was enough. I never felt properly relaxed after escaping the territory.

‘The door is locked... I should be able to rest in a while. ’

The plan ahead is to sleep and wake up and rethink. John closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

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“Is that knight that good? ”

“Oh, I see. ”

Eldans said that Chief Atanca wouldn't believe me.

“I didn't see a man in one of the wandering articles. Those bastards from last year, too. Do you know how arrogant those without families are... Do you know what happened to them? ”

“Did you get beat up and kicked out? ”

“Yes. I tried to be patient, but it was too far. ”

If it was a true nobleman, he would have endured it because he was afraid of the future, but a wandering knight without a family was not just a nobleman or anything. He's just a mercenary who talks about himself as a knight.

Give up the chief's house, give up food and liquor for free, bring a woman, and all kinds of shit, so the people of the village have reached their limit.

Aces territory was full of soldiers, a few slaves, a few servants, and a few families, but Luzbek was different. There were some vigilantes, because they were large. When the farm-trained village youths decided to gather, the untrained wandering mercenaries were beaten to a pulp.

“He's different. He came from a proper knight family. And you're good at it. ”

It was common for knights from the Knights family to be strong, but it was rare for them to be completed like John at such a young age. Eldans thought it was only possible with talent and harsh training.

“Yeah? Why would someone like that wander around alone? ”

It was rare for a nobleman to wander around alone, no matter how young he was. There is nothing strange about a servant or two. Even the mercenaries who claim to be knights brought their minions here as servants.

“There must be a family situation. ”

A humble family or a fallen family. Eldans turns around and says, The chief immediately understood. Even if I wasn't here, I didn't have to uncover the nobles' flaws.

Where there were no tigers, the fox was king, and where the nobles did not rule themselves, the chief had the power to do so. It's a life of its own making.

But that's the inside story. Even if the nobleman sent me as a caretaker, the chief had to drop his sheep like a liver or gallbladder. The chief knew his place well. To be the chief of such a large village, you had to have some political sense.

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