A week has passed since I lived in the South.

A week, short if short and long if long, was enough time to get acquainted with knights and rangers, butlers and maids who were unfamiliar with each other.

As I got to know them, I learned a lot.

Unlike their appearance and behavior, they are surprisingly naive, and there were times when they were caught and scolded by executives for telling them things they shouldn’t.

The thing that surprised me the most while learning about Easton was that everyone in Easton was an instant maneuverable combat force.

Butlers, maids, and even children who seemed so fragile were basically able to handle memorization.

It wasn’t just about swinging a few times, each one was of a high level.

A look that is impossible without practicing and practicing for a long time.

I am often surprised when I see children wielding daggers and playing pranks with each other.

A child of about 10 years old was not only handling the real sword, but also ran towards his friend while spraying murderous intent.

At first, I blocked them without even realizing it.

At first glance, dangerous situations were created.

And later, after listening to Lanos’ explanation, I learned why children use real swords.

Easton was on display 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

I had to live in anxiety of not knowing when barbarians would attack, and in fact, I was attacked a few times.

And in the raid, some people were kidnapped.

‘In preparation for kidnapping, let everyone deal with memorization, and educate them so that they can decide themselves immediately when the situation does not work out.’

It was decided through a meeting with executives.

Educate everyone living in Easton to handle at least one weapon, and to commit suicide immediately when kidnapped.

This cannot happen in the center.

One person, one person is precious, but telling them to commit suicide.

However, considering the habits of savages, it was not something that could not be understood.

Among savages there are cannibals.

eating humans.

No, even if they weren’t cannibals, savages had a ritual of eating the heads of prisoners captured in battle alive.

A decapitated prisoner suffers as if he will die, but does not die.

In such agony, they are dragged by cannibals and feel the pain of their limbs being cut off and their internal organs being pulled out.

Although it is better to commit suicide than to feel that way.

‘This is why it is Easton. That’s why I’ve endured so far.’

Just because it was a wartime situation didn’t mean I didn’t have children.

Rather, there were times when it was difficult to receive help from the country, so it had to create its own troops.

So Easton was more open than other places.

A child raised between knights and maids often had difficulty distinguishing fathers.

And when the child grows up to a certain extent and can move, he is trained to handle weapons, and when he becomes an adult, he moves as a soldier.

Those who had the talent and realized the aura became knights, and those who did not awaken the aura due to lack of talent became rangers.

However, that did not mean that there were no Aura users among the Rangers.

Because you can voluntarily transfer to a unit of your choice.

If anyone saw it, the knights dispatched from the kingdom thought they were barbaric.

The inspectors I brought looked at Easton’s soldiers with contempt.

But what to do?

That’s how they found it.

That’s how they can survive.

Rather, it is not enough to praise and treat those who protect the kingdom while living like that.

If they didn’t even have the will to do so, the South would have been able to break through long ago.

“May you be alive today.”

The maid who bumped into me on my way to the well smiled and started talking.

Her greeting was something that a first-time listener would say was ominous.

But after spending a few days here, you learn that it’s the best they can do.

You never know when you’ll die in the South. He could die fighting barbarians, or he could meet elves and be killed.

Besides that, his life was in danger due to things like monsters and poisonous insects.

Fortunately, the chance of death decreased due to peace with the elves this time, but the fact that every day was dangerous still remained unchanged.

That’s why when they meet, they say stay alive.

I also smiled at her and said.

“I hope you are alive too.”

She smiles and nods her head.

“Are you going to the well?”

“Yes. I think I need to wash up a bit.”

“Well, you must have been pretty intense this time.”

“I wanted to do it in moderation, but other people don’t let me go easily.”

It refers to the sparring between the knights and me just before.

The start of my day is sparring with the knights.

Crossing swords with them, I feel that I have started my day.

“Sir Raymond must be very strong. Also, isn’t Lord Raymond pointing out the knights’ mistakes?”

While sparring with the knights, I gained a lot.

However, since I couldn’t just receive it forever, I pointed out the gaps and mistakes I saw through sparring with them.

It may have been difficult at first because they were not familiar with their swordsmanship, but now their swordsmanship is clearly visible.

To the extent that if you ask me to practice Eastern swordsmanship, I can demonstrate it right away.

I advance my swordsmanship, and they make up for their deficiencies.

can benefit from each other.

“Because there is so much we can get from each other. The stronger they get, the better I will become.”

“You look great. Other knights often do not speak properly because they do not want to share their vision.”

At her words, I shrugged.

Then he took off his upper clothes and began to wash with water drawn from the well.

The second thing that surprised me after coming here was that the soldiers did not discriminate between men and women.

There were also women among the knights and rangers.

But I don’t care about that and take off my clothes in the well and wash it.

They say that they are a family, and that it is strange to separate men and women during the mating season.

And even if they see each other, they can have children, so it doesn’t matter what it is.

It was embarrassing at first, but I got used to it after living with them for about a week.

“Well… .”

I was in the middle of rinsing off my sweat with water, but she, who should have left to do her work by now, was still there watching over me.

I stopped washing and looked at her, wondering if there was anything more I could say. I noticed a slight blush on her cheeks.

I felt a bit ominous.

I spoke to her with the feeling that it might not be what I thought.

“Is there anything else to do?”

“Well, I have time tonight… .”

Why are my forebodings never wrong?

I cut her off halfway through before continuing.

“Oh, I forgot I had work to do. Then I will go.”

“ah… .”

She licked her lips as if regretting my words.

He rubbed his bruised forearm and left the place.

After wiping off my body with a dry towel and putting on my clothes, something flew and hit my head.

-Human, I’m not sick anymore!

The hatchling is now fully healthy.

I visited the World Tree every single day for a week.

The bloodstone was removed and the hatchling was dipped in water from the World Tree every day.

It seems to be getting better little by little, but it seems that it is completely fine only today.

“By the way, it looks like you’ve grown a little bigger than before… .”

I grabbed the hatchling by the scruff of the neck.

I felt it when I hit my head, and it feels like my body is bigger than before and my weight has increased by 1.5 times.

I used to be able to lift it with one hand, but now it’s a little too heavy to lift with one hand.

– Human But where are you going?

“uh.”

When I put the hatchling down, it flapped its wings and chased after me.

“Oh, Sir Raymond! Thank you in the morning!”

“Can you play sparring with me tomorrow?”

“Sir Raymond, this time… !”

The people who found me approached me with a smile.

Compared to when I first came here, I could say that it has become much brighter.

The peace with Elf had a lot of influence on Easton.

“Are they still unresponsive?”

“Yes. It’s camped not far away, but that’s a common occurrence. Rather, it is so quiet that it even makes me anxious.”

The knights followed me all the way to the wall.

As he climbed up the wall, he saw tents in the distance, just as he had said.

And among them, Kairos tribesmen showed up occasionally.

“Elfs are strong, but they must be strong. Seeing that those who were crazy about battles didn’t rush in.”

“Thanks to that, we have been able to rest well for the last few days.”

I can hear the laughter of the guards watching over the Cairos tribe from the wall.

“That’s fortunate. Then I have work to do, so I will go.”

“Oh, we held on to the busy man for too long.”

“May Lord Raymond be blessed with life.”

I came out of the castle while receiving their send off.

The guard guarding the side door gives you the password and tells you to go carefully.

Once a day, perhaps because I went outside, I became quite friendly with the guards.

-Where are humans going?

“Oh, you are going first. I will know when I go.”

-I get it. I feel good!

The hatchling flew round and round around me, saying he wasn’t very curious.

It must have been frustrating not being able to move around properly for quite a while because of the pain.

‘I don’t know what caused the pain… .’

No, it was a bit predictable.

The reason why Hatchling suddenly became ill.

On the fourth day after being immersed in the water of the World Tree, a change occurred in the hatchling’s body.

The scales began to dry and fell off the body and spilled onto the ground.

As a snake sheds its skin, hatchlings shed their skin.

It can’t be said that dragons are like reptiles, but seeing that they grew in size just by shedding their skin, the only answer was to shed their skin.

“I wish I was better.”

I hope it gets better.

I didn’t have to worry about the dragons attacking, so I was satisfied with that alone.

And when hatchlings grow, it’s a benefit to me too.

It was because I was getting stronger that much, and my stability was also going up that much.

– Humans are strange here.

I arrived at the forest of elves and tried to enter, but strangely, the hatchling hesitated to follow me.

He looked at the hatchling, puzzled by him.

– The forest is alive. How is this possible?

Ah, was it strange that the tree got out of the way on its own?

I had the same reaction as Hatchling at first, so it wasn’t strange that Hatchling was wary.

He reached out to the hatchling and covered his head.

“It’s okay, so don’t be too scared.”

– I’m not scared!

“Aren’t you shivering too much for something like that?”

– I am a great dragon! I have nothing to fear!

I tried to laugh at the hatchling who shouted in a huff at my words.

-Me, I’m not afraid… .

I laughed involuntarily at the sight of the hatchling huffing and hesitating to enter the forest.