BARON THE YOUNG NOBLEMAN
Chapter 1: Introduction
My name is Khairul Shah, a commoner who lives in a large kingdom called Numsyah. I grew up in a small and poor family. When I was 8 years old my house was attacked by bandits. All my family members were killed...
When I was 15 years old I joined the training of young knights. And within 3 years, I became one of the best knights in the training. When I was 18. I was deployed on the battlefield for the first time, when I was still a young Knight.
In that battle I was with 100 other young knights facing an enemy army of 500 men. Our army is led by a young knight appointed as the head of a young knight named John. He was a great and wise leader, when the war started, he calmly set the strategy and encouraged us. In this battle we defeated the enemy....
However, we received a loss of 64 men in the first battle... It was a terrible battle.
Within 2 years, our troops were dispatched 38 times on the battlefield. Although that number is small. But I felt like I was too long on the battlefield... When I was 21 years old I was made an Official Knight.. It was quite a long time ago for us to become Official Knights... Though already about 200+ young knights who died within 2 years...
At my 42nd battle, I was with my army of 500 knights facing 1,000 enemy Knights. And who would have thought, the battle this time took 8 days.. And on the eighth day when our army was 284. Suddenly the enemy troops fired hundreds of cannon shots at us.. And as for us, many of our troops have fallen. I fainted from bleeding in the head. When I realized... John, along with my other friends, is dead....
I saw their bodies... I feel so sad.... I feel so angry... Then the enemies approached me cautiously... I quickly drew my sword and unconsciously... Slash them quickly and go towards the enemy army... I vent my anger and slash them one by one... Blood flowed and hit my clothes and face... And that's when I was called "The Devil Sword"...
I wept and lamented my fate, and the day turned, I was sent to the royal palace and to the king, I could tell that he was a king who would do anything to win... Then the king said, "With this, I will crown Khairul Shah as a baron for having successfully faced the 1000 troops of Barvaros kingdom alone bravely and I will give you a small territory!"... Everyone in the palace clapped their hands happily without them knowing the suffering and sorrow in my heart...
Then the king said "as a gift from me, I'll give you 3 things you want!" there were many nobles who were silent and trying to hear what I wanted.. They looked at me with very curious eyes... I said, "your Majesty, let me ask you a question" and the king said "what is that?" I said, "what territory will my lord give me?" then the king showed a terrible smile and said "the northern part of our kingdom!" then I was shocked and all the nobles laughed...
The northern region of the kingdom was very barren and there were very few plants in the region.. There are many hunger and poverty crises... Does the king want me dead?... Then the king said, "name the gift you want!" then I thought too... After thinking for a few minutes I said, "good your majesty, the first thing I want is, let me set up my own army that will protect the territory and myself" and then the king said "all right, then what's the second gift you want?"..
I replied "the second thing I want is, let me bring John's sword" and the king said "well, last one?" I said, "let me bring food and drink with the number of inhabitants in the region" and the king said "alright"...
After a few days I was sent to the area..