Chapter 359 – Sparrows Can’t Just Walk Past the Mill.
“I don’t know because I’ve never experienced it myself, but it must be a pretty tough feeling.”
Trisian, who rode the horse and moved toward the barracks for a while, suddenly brought up such a story.
“What?”
“That means I have no memory. Didn’t she say she didn’t even know who she was until she met Miss Natalya and she told me about it?”
“Ah, yes.”
“I’ve been thinking about what it would feel like to be thrown into the world without any knowledge or information. I thought it wouldn’t be easy.”
“Well, yes…”
I nodded moderately at Trisian’s words and answered. As she answered, a strange feeling of frustration developed in her heart.
Before, I had never felt the slightest bit of guilt about this or deceiving others. No, rather, he was only looking for opportunities to take advantage of them.
But now these things are choking me and making me feel stuffy.
A lie, once started, cannot be stopped without the truth.
Especially when it comes to my identity.
At first, it was Natalia’s misunderstanding. I just took advantage of her by jumping on the bandwagon of her misunderstandings and illusions.
But at some point, the lies started to multiply like a landslide.
When I came to this world, all I was given was the things the god of death had.
But now, unknown mana wriggles within her body, wielding various powers that she should not have been able to use.
Evidence of incarnation is emerging.
Evidence of being a normal human being is disappearing from my body.
The human being ‘I’ continues to contemplate on the identity of ‘I’ myself. She is questioning who ‘I’ am.
The lies that have grown like a landslide are sweeping me away.
It’s not even funny that she gets eaten by her own lies. Isn’t that the same as paranoid, delusional disorder?
“Wow?!”
How engrossed were you in your thoughts? In an instant, the horse sped up and nearly rolled backwards.
Embarrassed, I put my body close to Trician’s back and hugged her tightly. Trician glanced back at me with a strange smile on her lips.
“Are you okay? You have to pay attention when riding a horse. You are not even an expert.”
“Uh… By any chance, did you speed up on purpose?”
“Well, it seems my driving was a bit inexperienced. When riding on the back of a horse, hold on tight to the rider’s waist.”
I thought she was just a blunt woman, but I laughed because I thought she was playing pranks like this unexpectedly.
Come to think of it, when she joked with her while riding in her carriage this morning, it might be that Trician has a playful and caring personality.
“It looks like you haven’t talked about the homunculus.”
“Ijicho Hana, there are a lot of things that need to be explained to talk about the homunculus. Nothing is definitive, everything is just speculation. Those with poor accuracy were excluded from the report.”
“Hmm…”
That’s it. Ijicho To report her identity, there is nothing definitive about her or her relationship to her.
Wasn’t it because of her old man that she knew that she was a homunculus in the first place?
“Above all, she doesn’t really matter if she’s a homunculus or not.”
“Isn’t that important?”
“Whether she is a homunculus or not, it is an undeniable fact that she has been acting suspiciously in the forest near the city, and her purpose is unknown, and she uses strange magic to manipulate trees.”
“Hmm.”
“Moreover, you are the ones who assumed that she was her homunculus. If I want to report it to the lord, I have no choice but to tell you your story. But wouldn’t that trouble you?”
“That’s right. Thanks to you, I was able to avoid trouble.”
“Considering all those things, she didn’t need to report that she was a homunculus. She doesn’t have to thank me.”
“But it’s true that there was consideration for us, right?”
Trissian paused his words instead of answering.
“She has arrived,” She said. This is the barracks where the guards are staying.”
With Trissian’s help, she dismounted from her horse. She gave the reins of her horse to the guard who was guarding the entrance to her barracks, and went straight into her barracks, and I followed her.
Every time they encountered the guards in the hallway inside the barracks, they were horrified and lined up against one wall to make way for Trisian.
Trissian, who was walking in front of her, sniffed at her, then frowned.
“No matter how cold the weather is because winter is coming, the smell of sweat is vibrating. Sundrying and ventilation should be ordered.”
Trissian’s pretty back figure gave me a familiar feeling for some reason.
“Trician, do you have any shipments on duty on weekends?”
“Being on watch? She doesn’t now, but she often stood when she was a centurion or a decathlon. Why?”
“Are you on duty on weekends, maintaining a minimum level of discipline?”
“Isn’t it natural for guards to maintain discipline? And cleaning is important. You can get a sense of their state of mind by how tidy they keep their living quarters. The barracks are where the guards live. Of course, being clean is good for the crew. I think it’s better to clean when you can rest like on the weekend.”
“Isn’t the hurdle of discipline required high?”
“What are you talking about? I’m not that kind of an obstinate person. Members only need to do well when performing their duties. As long as the members keep what they will, I won’t get involved.”
‘I’m only good at what they protect~ I won’t touch them if I keep them~’
For a moment, it felt as if a familiar accent had been heard in his head, so he closed his eyes tightly and shook his head wildly.
“Come in. This is my office.”
Following Trissian’s guidance, I entered the room. A desk in the center, a simple bed on one wall, and a blanket placed in an angular shape caught my eye.
“It’s quite frugal for a guard chief’s office.”
“I put away everything except what I needed for work. Sit in that chair for a while.”
“Ah, yes.”
As soon as I sat down on the sofa on the other side of the bed, Trisian picked up the bell that was on the desk and shook it. After a few seconds, a smart knocking sound was heard.
“Come in.”
“Yes. What business did you call me for?”
“Instruct all personnel in the barracks to sun-dry and ventilate, and to collect and bring blankets that need to be replaced within an hour.”
“A blanket that needs to be replaced… Are you talking?”
“Okay. Things that are worn out or contaminated and dirty even after washing.”
“Uh…”
The guards who entered the room at Trisian’s instructions showed a curious reaction. Trisian also looked at the guard, perhaps feeling that attitude was strange.
“Is there something in my instructions that you do not understand?”
“Well, as for the demand for blankets that need to be replaced, the centurion Bagger conducted it a week ago…”
“The Bagger Centurion… ?”
“Yes. Oh, I’ll check it once more and put it together.”
Daewon closed the door and left, but Trisian did not stop stroking his chin with one hand while crossing his arms. It seemed uncomfortable to plant a strange expression.
“Why? Wouldn’t it be nice to have things done in advance?”
“It would be if it were normal.”
“What if it’s normal?”
“I am the captain of the guards. And he is an aide to the current lord, Count Verolder.”
“However?”
“The Bagger Centurion is on the tricker side.”
“The tricker? Didn’t all the people on the Tricker’s side inside the guards be purged?”
“Captain Bagger wasn’t originally a Tricker guy. He was the one who stuck with the tricker because I was pushed out of the promotion when I became the captain of the guard.”
“Aha…”
The background of Trisian becoming the captain of the guard is influenced by the current lord, Earl of Verolder.
From the Count of Verolder’s point of view, it would have been reasonable to appoint Trisian, the centurion’s most trusted aide, as the captain of the guards, but in the process, the centurion named Bagger suffered unintentional damage.
Did Bagger think that his political quality at the top level unfairly pushed him away from self-promotion?
“Anyway, if someone called Bagger joined Tricker’s side, the investigation of the blankets in the barracks that he said was…”
“There is a possibility that it was carried out on its own, and if it goes further, it may be related to the administrator, Baron Simir Jack. The budget related to wintering goes through Baron Simir Jack.”
“The replacement of blankets is treated as a winter-related budget… We might be able to save the guard’s budget.”
“Yes, the budget saved so much is used for the welfare of the security guards… Anyway, if you turn it inside the guards, the other members will be quite happy.”
“Are you doing something like that without permission from the chief of guards?”
“Well, I’ll have to call and check the details.”
When Trisian lifted the bell again and shook it, a different member knocked and entered.
“Call the bagger centurion.”
“Yes. Please wait.”
