Chapter 34

As soon as the merits awards ended, Roan immediately prepared for the withdrawal of the troop .

He would be returning in several days .

There was excitement on the faces of the troop members .

But of course, even between them, Roan didn’t slack on his training .

And especially including the basic squad training and spear training, he also started another training to make a better use of Kalian’s tear .

Pat!

Roan quickly ran past a bulky rocky zone .

Even though there were big and small rocks, Roan’s feet didn’t have any trace of hesitation on stepping .

As smooth as flowing water .

However Roan, that was running over the rocks, felt stuffed .

‘It’s slow . Slow . ’

Because of Kalian’s tear, his sight-related abilities improved explosively .

Even if he saw the same scene, he could grasp a lot more information than before .

While he was running over the rocks without stop, he could clearly see the angle of how the rock was tilted, and how big it was .

Tadat!

Roan chose a point to land his feet with the sight information as the background and then flew his body .

And a small problem appeared right here .

He had already finished grasping the information for the other point, but his body still hadn’t reached the first point .

IOn simple words, his body couldn’t follow his sight at all .

‘In this situation, what’s the meaning of knowing where the spear will come from and where the arrow will fly from?’

Because he couldn’t dodge it .

‘In the end it’s training, training, and more training . ’

He had to build more strength and stamina than now, to move a bit faster and make his body lighter .

And it was the same for his spear skills and combat abilities .

‘What if I can see the weak points of my enemy? I have to be able to stab my spear intoon that point . ’

He needed a lot more effort than before .

Tat!

Roan once again ran around the rocky zone .

Then, a familiar face appeared above one rock .

“Sir adjutant! Sir adjutant Roan!”

A white and soft look .

It was Glenn .

Roan stopped running and looked at Glenn .

At that instant, he saw the face of him that was far away as if it was right in front of his face .

“It’s the withdrawal . The withdrawal has started!”

An excited voice .

The withdrawal for rose troop had finally started .

‘Is it finally withdrawing . ’

Until Beno castle, where the troop headquarters was located, was 2 days of distance .

After two days, the monster subjugation tactic in Pedian’s plain will truly end .

‘The end of war is always a happy thing . ’

A faint smile appears on his face .

However, his smile turned to a bitter one .

‘No, it’s not the end of war, but is it resting?’

After one more year, the subjugation ofn Pedian’s plain will start again .

Not only that, but more monsters will appear .

On top of that, they were inon a situation that the limiting kingdoms and empires could attack anytime .

War could never end .

‘How much will this break last?’

He didn’t expect in a big way .

Because the first time he grabbed the spear, he decided to live on the battlefield and die there .

“Even so, I want to live a long life ion this life . ”

At least, he wanted to get over 38 .

Roan smiled faintly and shook his hand towards Glenn .

“I will go quickly!”

“Yes! Understood!”

Glenn yelled back and disappeared below the rock .

‘Does he like it that much…… . . ’

Roan slowly moved his feet and burst out of laughter .

It was because of Glenn’s face, that was liking it like a child .

Then a memory he was forgetting, no, a memory he tried to forget passed through his head .

‘Ah! His hometown was near Beno castle . ’

Glenn’s hometown was on Dio village, that was near Beno castle .

Be was born and grew up there .

‘Meaning that…… . ’

She, from his memories, also grew up on that place .

A faint light shines on his face .

He felt a chill, but it wasn’t a displeasing feeling .

Only that he felt so nervous he couldn’t hide it .

*****

At the entrance of the opened Beno castle’s door .

The moment Roan got inside the castle, he opened his two eyes roundly and got surprised .

“Waaaaaa! Hurray rose troop!”

“Congratulations on returning safely!”

“Rose! Rose!”

Yells that hit the ears .

The people flocked over and an overwhelming crowd was lining on the streets .

‘This much cheering…… . ’

He had roamed the battlefield for 20 years .

And during that time, he gained a lot of experiences of returning to a village or a castle, where there was the headquarters .

But the cheering he got at those times weren’t comparable to this .

‘When we won the war against Byron kingdom and returned victorious?’

Back then, they also received an amazing cheering .

However, that was when the fate of the country was on the line, and they returned victorious on the battle .

It wasn’t as returning from a monster subjugation and returning .

When Roan looked at the people with a bewildered expression .

Among the crowd, cute girls appeared holding one blossom of rose each .

Gale and the adjutants got down of the horses as if they were waiting for it and slightly bent down .

The girls put the roses on the oxidized armours with shy expressions .

“Thank you . ”

“Thanks . ”

Gentle greetings .

“We are happy because you returned safely . ”

The replies of the girlsgrils were also pretty and cute .

Then, a really small girl walked towards Roan .

She had come running after seeing his rank badge .

“I’m happy because you returned safely . ”

The shy voice of the girl .

Roan hesitated for a moment and slightly bent down .

The girl moved her little hands and put the rose on one side of the armour .

“Thank you . ”

Roan smiled faintly and stroke her head .

“Hee . ”

The girl smiled brightly and then disappeared between the crowd .

Even during that, the troop members busily moved their feet .

“Waaa!”

“Rose! Rose!”

The cheers of the people continued .

Roan slightly turned his head and looked at the troop members .

Everyone were happily shaking their hands with an accustomed attitude .

‘It seems like they aren’t surprised of this cheer . ’

It meant that the relationship between the troop and the commoners was good .

‘He’s a better commander than what I have thought . ’

He had also felt that Gale was a good commander on his past life .

The look of him staying at Ale gorge at the ambush of the goblins to save even one more person .

‘He should have taken good care of the commoners as his troop members . ’

So that would be the reason they received this kind of cheering .

He saw the headquarters far away .

Roan smiled faintly and placed his hand on his left chest .

His heart that got excited because of the cheers of the people, got even more excited .

Inside his chest there was the small piece of paper Gale had given him before arriving to Beno castle .

‘The squad members would like it . ’

The corner of his mouth kept rising .

I want to quickly go back to the headquarters and show them the piece of paper .

‘They will make a fuss . ’

He was certain of it .

Because there was no object like this yellow piece of paper that made him feel more flustered for the past 20 years .

Before he knew of it, the entrance of the headquarters was right in front of his eyes .

Now, it was the turn for the festival .

*****

“Is, is it true?!”

“Really! Is it really a vacation?”

“And it’s not 2 nights and 3 days, nor 3 nights and 4 days, but 4 nights and 5 days?!”

Expected reactions .

No, fiercer reactions to what he had expected .

Roan smirked and shook the piece of paper .

The piece of paper he had on his chest .

The piece of paper Gale gave to Roan before reaching Beno castle was a vacation permit .

And it wasn’t a normal one either .

‘To give the entire squad a vacation . ’

It was a vacation permit not only for him, but for the entire squad .

“So pack your things already . ”

After he finished saying those things, the squad members scarily packed their things .

Looks of forcefully putting the things they grabbed on the bag .

And among them, there was also Austin that used to show a dignified and orderly attitude .

‘In the face of vacations, theirre dignity doesn’t have any use . ’

Roan smiled faintly and just looked at the squad members .

It was Roan that lived like an ordinary spearman for more than 10 years on his past life .

He knew really well how big of a gift and happiness this vacations were for the normal soldiers .

The members of the 12th squad packed their things ion an instant .

“It seems to be faster than when you prepare for battle?”

Roan put on an ill natured expression .

“Ahem . ”

The squad members laughed awkwardly and coughed .

And then Austin, that was nearby him, asked carefully .

“Sir adjutant . You aren’t going to pack your things?”

Roan nodded with a calm expression .

“My hometown is on the mountainsides of Grain, so a vacation of 4 nights and 5 days is meaningless . I’m just planning on resting on the headquarters . ”

“Ah…… . . ”

Austin and the other squad members let out a low exclamation .

“Then, I will return earlier . ”

Austin’s words .

Continued by the words of each and everyone of the squad .

“I will also return earlier . ”

“Me too . ”

“I will also come . ”

When Roan was about to shake his hands while smiling brightly .

Austin clapped .

Clap .

“Then, how about dining together on this opportunity? Let’s drink some beer before we return back to the troop . ”

As soon as he ended speaking, the squad members cheered .

“Oh! That’s good!”

“Good!”

The cheering sounds filled the room .

Austin shrugged his shoulders and looked at Roan .

An expression asking ‘What are you going to do if everyone wants it this much?’

Roan smirked and nodded .

“Even so, I was planning on drinking together with the squad members . If everyone is fine with it, let’s gather the day before we return to the troop and drink . ”

“Yes! Understood!”

Everyone replied loudly .

‘They are having so much fun . ’

Looking that they are liking it this much he felt gratified .

Clap .

Roan clapped and pushed the backs of the squad members .

“Well! Now return back to your hometowns! Go and rest well!”

The squad members got pushed as if they were being chased out of the room .

Then saluted while holding their bags .

“Then, we will be going . ”

Excited voices .

Roan laughed faintly and shook his hand .

“Go . ”

A short greeting .

Austin and the squad members moved their feet towards the entrance of the HQ .

Roan just stood still for a long while and just looked at their backs .

‘They are good guys . ’

Guys he wanted to be with until the end .

A smile appears on ROan’s mouth .

And then, a familiar voice was heard .

“Sir adjutant Roan . ”

“Huh?”

Roan turned his head and looked at the owner of the voice .

“Pierce . Why didn’t you leave?”

The owner of the voice was Pierce .

He laughed awkwardly and shook his head .

“My hometown is also far . I am just planning on resting at HQ . ”

“Ah . You said that your hometown was on the middle regions, right?”

“Yes . I’m from Blei village from Billington region . ”

“It’s far . ”

“Yes . It is . ”

Roan and Pierce looked at each other and smiled bitterly .

Even after receiving vacations, they didn’t have anywhere to go .

Then, Pierce carefully asked after hesitating for a bit .

“Should we have some drinks?”

*****

It was a strange feeling .

Roan took one gulp on the warm beer .

‘I have drank with Pierce……… . ’

He searched his memories .

‘Ah! There was only once . ’

After Pierce became a duke .

The day before he left to the feudal estate, he returned to the squad’s headquarters and looked for him .

‘He brought a really expensive wine . ’

On that day, Pierce just shared the bottle of wine without saying anything and left .

Roan also didn’t say a word and just emptied the wine .

‘Was that our last encounter… . ’

But of course, they saw each other from far away .

However, the difference on the places they were standing was as big as the distance there was between them .

Pierce was on a high platform, and Roan was on the lowest place .

‘It must have been a sort of consideration . ’

He purposefully distanced himself .

And he hadn’t even said that he was a duke, a supreme commander or a noble with his own mouth .

Perhaps that could have been some sort of consideration for Pierce .

When he was immersed on the old memories .

“Sir adjutant Roan?”

Pierce’s voice was heard .

“What are you thinking that much?”

“Ah, nothing . Only that the past months feel like it passed by without as if they were crazy days . ”

“It passed by without even knowing what happened and how . ”

Pierce smiled faintly and lifted the cup of beer .

Gulp . Gulp .

He emptied the cup in an instant and looked at Roan fixedly .

“Sir adjutant . ”

Roan just looked at his eyes instead of replying .

Pierce’s words continued .

“You know my character really well, right? That i’m shy and timid and don’t even have boldness . I don’t like standing in front of others and i’m sloppy regarding on human relationships . ”

Roan was about to unconsciously nod but stopped .

Pierce scratched the table with his finger .

Scratch . Scratch .

The scratching of the wood was heard .

“I have regretted a lot during the training times . Should I just return to my hometown and live off farming? I thought that a lot . ”

Tak .

His finger stopped .

Pierce looked at Roan’s eyes fixedly .

A hot eyesight .

“But now, looking at sir adjutant, I felt a lot of things . ”

Roan waited for the next words .

“Amazing tactics, outstanding strategies, amazing spear skills…… . Of course I felt all of these things to be amazing, but there is another thing on which I felt more amazed . ”

He puts strength on his voice .

“Effort . ”

Pierce took in a deep breath .

“Sir adjutant didn’t even miss one day of squad training, troop training, and individual training . And that’s not all . ”

Fire appears on his eyes .

“You put effort on trying to understand the squad members and to comprehend them . You nursed Land all night because he hurt his shoulder, and you searched a stomach ache on all the troop because of Keep . And…… . . ”

Pierce started to talk about the things Roan did for the soldiers of the 12th squad without anyone noticing .

Roan smiled faintly .

“I just did the things an adjutant has to do . ”

At those words Pierce shook his head .

“No . There’s only you that goes to this lengths . ”

A firm and determined voice and expression .

“Sir adjutant . You will really become an excellent commander . You will become a great general who will shake Rinse kingdom, no, the whole continent . ”

Roan smiled brightly and nodded .

“If I become a great general you will become the greatest spearman on the continent . ”

“Me?”

“Right . If it’s your talent, you can do it plentily . ”

Roan looked at Pierce’s eyes fixedly .

Eyes without even a trace of hesitation .

‘These eyes…… . . ?’

Pierce felt that his heart beat roughly .

‘It’s the sight he gave me at Int’s forest battle . ’

Back then Pierce was really afraid while facing the ogres .

And Roan just threw a short sentence for that Pierce .

‘It’s the same eyes . ’

Eyes that didn’t doubt that he would really be able to become the best spearman on the continent .

Pierce bit his lower lip .

He looked at Roan’s eyes fixedly .

“If…… . ”

His voice trembles .

“If I get to become the best spearman on the continent, then use me as your adjutant . ”

At those words Roan smirked and shook his head .

“I can’t do that?”

“Yes? You, you can’t?”

Pierce asked back with a perplexed expression .

Roan slowly nodded .

“Of course . I can’t use the best spearman on the continent as only an adjutant . At least, you will have to become a general . ”

“Ah……”

Pierce let out a sigh of relief .

And then, looked at Roan’s eyes fixedly .

“Don’t forget that promise . ”

“Of course . ”

Roan smirked and nodded .

And then, he thought of one thing .

‘If Pierce…… . ’

The corner of his mouth slightly rises .

“Pierce . ”

“Yes?”

Pierce put down the cup he was holding .

Roan asked with a voice so low as if he was whispering .

“Should I teach you a spear skill?”

“A spear skill?”

“Yes . There’s one that really fits you . ”

Pierce smiled brightly and nodded .

“Teach me!”

AndANd then, asked with a careful voice .

“But what’s the name of it?”

At those words, Roan laughed a bit awkwardly and replied .

“Roan’s spearmanship . ”

Roan’s spearmanship .

Actually, there was no way that existed .

‘Even so, I can’t say that it’s called Pierce’s spearmanship . ’

Roan was planning on teaching Pierce Pierce’s spearmanship .

Originally, a spearmanship Pierce would make himself 8 years from now on .

‘If Pierce gets it 8 years earlier, what kind of monster like thing will happen…… . ’

It can become a little more perfect spearmanship .

‘If I get to raise a force………’

The new Pierce’s spearmanship, no, Roan’s spearmanship will be of great help .

Then, Pierce’s ill- tempered voice was heard .

“Yes? That’s a name that doesn’t make me want to learn it that much . ”

End