Chapter 87: Establishing a base (2)

The station was a distinctive spring .
Wind blew over the camp .

Flock!

The high flag fluttered with strength .

<Amaranth . >

Amaranth troop was marching below the flag .
And the one leading at the front was Roan .
His armor was really wore down because of the continuous subjugations and battles that happened during the past 5 days .
But the eyes shining below the helmet was clearer and deeper than before .

“You have done well!”
“Hurray Amaranth troop!”

As they entered the camp, the troop members that were standing guard shouted cheers .
The more was as high as if it would poke the sky .

“Troop commander . ”

The centurion(hundred man commander) Semi, that was guarding the camp while the troop was away, approached .

‘Huh?’

Roan opened his eyes roundly .
Because he saw a familiar face behind Semi .

‘Barone Hape?’

A middle aged man with neat and tidy clothes .
He was a retainer of the Lancephil family, Jerom Hape .
Because he came once per two weeks to provide them with food and provisions, he was familiar with Roan .
Semil said in a low voice .

“Barone Hape has come . But it’s not because of the supplies . ”

A little excited voice .
Roan slowly nodded and bowed towards Jerom .

“Barone Hape . ”

Light greetings .

“Troop commander Roan . You came just now . ”

Jerom smiled brightly and grabbed Roan’s hands .
Greetings came and went for a short while .

“Troop commander Roan . ”

Jerom’s voice became lower .
A faint smile .

“Receive this . ”

He took out an envelope from his chest .
A high class paper .
Roan carefully teared the envelope and took out the letter inside of it .

“Ah…… . ”

A low exclamation flowed out .
His eyes stopped in one sentence .

<I’m naming troop commander Roan of the 2nd rose troop that got exiled to Tale region as the vanguard of the subjugation of the monsters . >

The letter he had waited for 5 months .
It was a letter that informed him of his remission .

‘It seems like the situation finally concluded . ’

Roan heard the situation in the capital of Mill through the staff of Chris’s agency .

‘As Benjamin died in prison, the final judgement got suspended . ’

No, it wasn’t merely a suspension .
But rather, the situation took a great turn .
The atmosphere of having to reevaluate Roan’s merits and remit him from his exile turned to a situation of inquiring the conspiracy theory of Benjamin’s death .
Even when Io paid attention to laying down the final judgement, the nobles showed more interest in other stories .
In the end, it took five months until he received the judgement of remission .
Roan breathed out longly .

‘Anyways, the results are better than what I thought . ’

In Roan’s situation, there was nothing bad .
ALthough he still was a sinner, compared to the exile situation, he became a lot more free .

‘Is it the real start . ’

His mouth slightly rose .
He bowed towards Jerom for now .

“Real thanks . ”
“Hahaha . What did I do? Thanks anyways . ”
“I will cleanly subjugate the monsters in the region of Tale . ”

Roan said as if he was determined and then looked towards Semi .
The troop members had already gathered behind him .
Roan looked at the members with a nervous expression and put a faint smile .
Because he thought of another thing that was written in the letter .

“Count Lancephil has forgiven the sins of all those soldiers that received the punishment by him . ”
“Re, really?”

Semi and the ex Sollum troop put surprised expressions and asked back .
Roan smiled faintly and nodded .

“Right . You aren’t sinners anymore . ”
“Ah……”

Semi and the others let out low exclamations .
Originally, they were soldiers that belonged to a troop in the Lancephil territory but got punished because they made small and big mistakes .
Originally, there were even sinners that got exiled from other places but the ones that didn’t belong to the camp had already died .

“Ah! Only now do I feel my chest cleared up!”
“Damn! Am I also a common resident now?”
“Kuk! It feels good!”

Cheers poured up from everywhere .
Roan looked at that for a moment and then cleared his throat .

“Hm!”

The troop members shut their mouths like a lie .
However, they couldn’t hide their happiness .
Roan smiled faintly and continued saying .

“The soldiers that want to can return to Pavor castle . ”

As soon as he finished saying that .

“Troop commander!”
“What do you mean?”

The expressions of Semi and Sollum’s troop members stiffened .
And the happy look also disappeared .
They shook their heads with an angry expression .

“Return to Pavor castle?”
“Dont’ say such things . ”

Their voices became bigger every time .
Semi took in a deep breath .

“Troop commander . We……”

He continued saying after he looked at the soldiers at his back once .

“Are of Amaranth troop . ”

Everyone’s expressions turned red .
The soldiers yelled with all their strength .

“We aren’t going anywhere!”
“We will remain here!”

Composed voices and expressions .
But of course, there were some that stepped back and wanted to return to Pavor castle .
But they were the minority .

‘If we return, we will get treated as returnees anyways . ’
‘Patrolling the castle is tediouis and boring . ’
‘Tch! I don’t want to return to where those helpless **** are . ’

In the first place, the members of Sollum troop didn’t have normal temperaments .
Because of that, they could keep guarding Tale region even after they got punished .
If they were normal people, they would have thrown down everything and become farmers .

“Mmm . ”

Roan put a satisfied look at the ex Sollum troop .
He got surprised at the reactions that weren’t expected .
It has only been 5 months since Sollum troop joined them .
Roan thought that they would choose the safe Pavor castle instead of one of the most dangerous places, the region of Tale .
But most of them chose to remain here .
It felt like Roan’s actions until now were proved to be correct .
A feelign that the spirit of the members were poured in his entire body .
He smiled brightly and nodded .

“I’m glad . I also didn’t want to lose outstanding soldiers . ”

What Roan wanted to see was right this .
Pressing down with strength and make them submit through rank, power and honor was an easy thing .
However Roan didn’t want to increase his force through that method .

‘I’m gaining their hearts . ’

He wanted to make the contents and not the shell to be at his side .

‘At least I made the feelings of Amaranth troop to be mine . ’

He felt moved .
The wind blew past him .

‘Then, shall I start earnestly?’

He received the commision and the troop members also became one .
Only work remained now .

‘The first is certainly…… . ’

Many plans were drawn before his eyes .
And Chris’s agency was at the top of that .

‘I have to establish an agency . ’

It was now turn to become proper eyes and ears for Amaranth troop .
Roan clenched his fists tightly .
His eyes moved to the north, where Pavor castle was located .

*****
An earnest change started to occur in the region of Tale .
Chris’s agency, the alchemists guild, and the associations of skilled people entered the region .
As it started in a low scale, the migration ended only after one month .

“We are finally together . ”

Roan sat facing Roan and tilted his tea cup .
And Chris also smiled while remembering the past .

“There really happened many things . ”

Until now, quite many things had happened .
In the first place, he who’s dream was running a travel agency opened his eyes on gathering and analyzing information and roamed the entire kingdom .
He had also roamed the battlefield and even entered enemy territory .
His life had entirely changed after meeting Roan .

‘He’s my top benefactor . ’

Then, Roan’s voice was heard .

“I’m thinking of moving more earnestly from now on . ”
“Earnestly… . . ”
“I will leave your travel agency separately for international uses and establish another organization that will gather and analyze information . ”
“Ah……”

Chris let out a low exclamation .
Even so, it was something he had pondered about .
He couldn’t keep running the information agency in a size this small .

“I’m planning to call the group agens . What do you think?”
“Agens…… . Good . ”

Chris smiled faintly and nodded .
Roan kept speaking .

“You be the head of the agens . From now on, you will have to be the ear and eyes for our Amaranth troop . ”
“Yes . I will do my best . ”

Chris clenched his fists with a resolute expression .
After that, conversations about the operation of the agens continued for a while .
It was decided that the members of the agens would learn basic martial arts and stamina training and get a more organized system .

“The agens will work as an affiliate of Amaranth troop . ”
“Yes . I understand . ”

Chris took in a deep breath .
Magnificence kept surging up .
Roan saw that and extended his right hand .

“Let’s keep working hard . ”

Chris hesitated for a moment and then said with a careful expression .

“Troop commander Roan . ”

A kind of serious and solemn expression .

“The agens now formally became an affiliate of Amaranth troop . From now on, please speak comfortably . ”
“Ah……”

Roan nodded with a low exclamation .
Because he realized Chris’s intentions .

‘Right . We can’t maintain this relationship forever . ’

Chris’s relationship was different with the other members .
As they each started in different situations, they got accustomed to speaking formally to each other .
However, now that the agens became part of Amaranth troop, there was a need to clearly differentiate the ranks .

“Fine . From now on, I will speak comfortably . ”
“Yes . That’s the right thing to do . ”

Chris smiled brightly and bowed .
In the first place, Chris received Roan’s help when he established his agency .
And after that, most of the inversions were provided by Roan .
Chris’s agency was just like Roan’s .
There was no displeasure or rejection about the ranks of superiority .

‘Rather, I feel more secure now that a branch was formed . ’

Roan’s voice was heard .

“Then . Let’s work hard from now on . ”
“I will do my best . ”

The two people smiled while looking at each other .
Like this, the best information agency in the continent in his past life took its first step .

*****

Tang! Tang! Tang!

Hammering sounds were heard .
A wide plain spread at the south of Amaranth troop’s HQ .
Tens of houses were being made in the place that didn’t have humans in it because of the frequent appearance of the monsters .

“Is there a need to go up to this point?”

Austin had an uneasy expression .
In the other side, there was a faint smile in Roan’s face, that was watching the houses being built .

“Tale region becomes more fertile the more we go to the south . We can’t just let this good soil go to waste . ”
“I do know that . But compared to the north, the south has much more monsters appearing in it . Will people move to this dangerous place?”

Austin let out a short sigh .
The smile in Roan’s mouth became even denser .

“We have to make it so they do want to move . ”

A composed voice and with strength .

‘I have to move the residents in the north migrate to the south . ’

Although Tale region was one of the most dangerous ones and an exile place, it wasn’t that it didn’t have residents at all .
With the permission of the Lancephil family, about 2 . 000 people were placed to live in a comparatively safe zone located at the north .
It was a measure to provide supplies and for the comfort of the ex Sollum troop, that protected the region and subjugated the monsters .

‘Because there’s a limit with the supplies given my the count’s family . ’
The residents of this region gave some of the harvested crops to the troop and made a living like that .
Even in that situation that life wasn’t easy and you didn’t know where monsters may appear, the residents didn’t leave the region of Tale .

‘Because the Lancephil family exempted them from taxes . ’

Tang! Tang! Tang!

The sound of hammers became clearer .
The ones building the houses were the carpenters belonging to the artisans associations .
And they were also really uneasy when they first moved over to the region of Tale .
But after they realized that the surroundings were safer than they thought because of the subjugation of Amaranth troop, they got a bit relaxed .
On top of that, they started to build tens of houses according to Roan’s plans and gaining quite the good profits .
Roan looked at the construction and fell in his thoughts .

‘I will build the houses first and make the rent to have no compensation to the ones that decide to move over . On top of that, I’m stationing two companies(hundred men squad) over here . ’

The methods to make the residents of the north migrate to the south .
The establishment of houses was one of the main businesses of gold master Sale, in his past life .
Normal commoners made their own houses with their own hands .
But this was a difficult thing and lasted more time than thought .
Because of that, commoners just raised up a wall roughly so it didn’t collapse and covered it with weeds and branches to make a roof so rain didn’t leak in .
A really sloppy shaped house .
If a strong wind blew, the roofs would get blown up and the walls would crumble .
And everytime that happened, they had to repair it or make a new one .
In this situation, gold master Sale made tens of units to build houses and started a business that consisted of lending it instead of a certain rent .
Roan was planning to use Sale’s house business .

‘I will provide them with a house a lot better than what they are living right now . ’

It certainly was a condition they would get charmed by .

‘On top of that, if they are farmers, they won’t ignore the fertile ground of the south . ’

If only security was assured to some degree, they would come running immediately and start farming .

‘For now, I will have to meet the residents of the north . ’

He was planning to meet them and reveal his plans and convince them .
But of course, he didn’t think of forcefully make them move .

“Austin . Keep guard thoroughly and protect the carpenters . ”

At those words, Austin that was looking at the situation, made a short salute .

“Sir . Don’t worry about here . ”

A reliable look .
Roan bowed slightly and got up his horse .
As he pulled the reins, the horse turned to the north .

“Hiyat!”

As he kicked the horse, it started to ride with strength .

Dudududu .

Horsesteps were heard along a white dust .
Roan sticked his chest to the saddle and took in a deep breath .
Then, he saw black smoke surging up consecutively .
At that moment Roan’s face stiffened .
He knew what the identity of the smoke was .

‘Beacon?’

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Translator : Subak

Proofreader: st8_lupe .