Cycle 1 chapter 6: 1st War – Total Defeat

The awaken Lynn receive the explanation of what happening after he fell into the state of coma. There, he realizes that he already fallen asleep for almost a month.

The first things happen after the day of his achievement, there’s an idiotic guard who want to take all his glory away. Instead of achievement, what the guards receive is a capital punishment, because of his stupidity in shouting a warning to the assassins that make the assassins agitated and make them attack desperately, at the same time as his negligence in keeping the safety of the princes and princess, and the heaviest sin of stealing achievement of duke Zhield’s son.

There’s no compromise of that because of the fury of the crown prince, he was executed at that day. His family bears the grunt of their family member’s sin, but there’s no punishment for them aside from sullied family name.

Then, in his comatose, the prince and princess visit him several times. Not only that the king himself announce that because of the deed he’s done to the royal family, in protecting the children of the king. The king gave him a title of Duke to Lynn.

Of course, the king already aware that Lynn is Zhield’s family’s adopted child. And by the kingdom’s rule, even if he isn’t receive the title now. He still will receive the title in his coming of age ceremony at the age of 16. However, there’s still be a pro and con in there.

In order to avoid that, even though there will be displeasures in another nobles’ eye. It won’t be shown haphazardly. After all, Lynn is a benefactor of the Royal family. In addition, his achievement of killing the assassins from the Black hood organization itself worthy of a title of a Genius swordsman. Although the future is indefinite, early investment is always a good thing.

Then, several days passed just like that. In those days, Lynn recuperates. Eating and resting, restoring his energy. Even though most of his injury already healed in those weeks of coma, he still very week. After all, he’s still a child. Having nothing to eat lower his metabolism, and digesting the memory he receive itself is a hard thing to do for now.

However, by digesting the memories of some anime and novels. He got heated up, because many of new knowledge and swordsmanship style he could use varied. He is a person who learns sword art in his infant stage after all. So he unknowingly became a sword otaku…

In his day of recuperation, he met with his Grandpa from his mother’s side. The disgust on his eyes vanished, instead it changed to curiosity. While his grandmother look at him reproachfully and sad at his weak state he’s in right now.

Being pampered like this by his family feel’s good. He felt thankful that he isn’t some novel main character like in the novels.

Alas… his feeling of not becoming an MC of a certain novel stopped… his first battle start, in just 2 year after.

In the span of 2 year, Lynn had become a pure swordsman. He’s even able to battle against the royal guards’ chief on par, even overwhelming the other royal guards’ member. How did he know?

In the span of 2 years, his relationship with the princes getting closer. The 1st prince that always being grateful to him treat him warmly, while the 2nd prince look up to him. Even though the princess feels a bit distant to him, there’s a trace of jealousy appear in his eyes. Not to him, but to the 2nd prince. Lynn himself feels a bit awkward at the look in her eyes. But, he’s still can’t say anything to that.

‘I am only an adopted son after all, there’s no way I am worthy of standing beside her… and I didn’t really like a flat chested girl…’

I guess you could say that, Lynn were being corroded by the big bust big sis that he watch in some adult site from Stewart’s memory… he see others that have no chest not as a woman but a kid.

And somehow or another, the princess was able to see that.

Bad news always came in the peaceful days.

In the 13th month of the year, Xierz Empire launches their 1st attack to the Riezet Kingdom. In order for them to occupy the vast and fertile territory of the kingdom’s, in the battle there’s a total of 400 casualty in the defending troops.

Because of the mountainous terrain of the border, the commander that stationed there able to repel 40.000 infantry of the Xierz Empire with only 12000 archers and soldier stationed there.

So, a direct order to call the nobles and their forces to enter the battle issued. This event creates a disturbance to the circle of nobles. Even so, the first to comply is the Dukes force.

Riezet Kingdom had 4 dukes that in power, that is the recently appointed Zhield house, the Saber house, the sahm house, and the Lance House. Each of the Dukes represents their household cherished weapon. The weapon that bestowed to them by the king in the day they appointed to be a noble household.

Shield for the Zhield’s household, Spear for the lance household, Sword for the Saber household, and Bow to the sahm household.

In a day their forces gathered amount to 10.000 of infantry and archer. It’s only that much because, they must go to the border in the fastest time possible. So those 10.000 soldiers were all elites from the army of theirs.

And as expected, by the time they arrived at the fort. The border soldier diminished to 3000 soldier in just a couple of day, and all of them in the brink of collapse and mental stress.

Luckily, the arrivals of the dukes increase their morals. Which resulting retreat from the Xierz Empire that diminished to just 25000 soldiers.

Thus, the 1st war against Xierz empire result is a total victory from the Riezet Kingdom.

Alas… Victory of theirs… is only an opening to a greater stage which not even an intro of a great play that will start a new era of the continent…