New Adventure
Red stain
Ten Minutes passed. A tall, long-bearded old man dressed in luxurious clothes and wearing a crown suddenly appeared from behind a throne that was none other than the king himself. Everyone in the room immediately bent their knees, including Sero who spontaneously followed.
No one had paid any heed to his strange and sudden appearance. With a flat face he walked slowly along with the golden stick he held then occupied the throne.
"What do you need, my people?" Said the King.
Sero felt that something was awkward at the time, but he could not waste time thinking because the king was in front of him and waiting for an answer.
"Your highness, I am the representative of a remote village in the west." Sero said without looking at the king.
"Continue." King Saying.
"I am here to express our grievances and sufferings and to ask for your mercy for what happened to us." Obviously Sero.
Still with his flat face, the king looked and observed Sero as if he was uncomfortable with his presence. The spacious and magnificent throne room felt quiet because every word Sero spoke echoed throughout the room, so that every slightest sound would be heard.
Everything he revealed to the king ranging from economic crisis, hunger, to discrimination treatment carried out by some royal soldiers.
"Secondly, please kindly magnanimity and wisdom." Sero concluded the explanation.
"I'm sorry for the inconvenience you've been through, I promise you your problems will be resolved soon and you will live in peace." Said the King still with a flat face.
Actually here Sero felt a bit annoyed with the response of the King who seemed not to care too much and wanted to immediately solve the problem. But he is the King, the risk will certainly arise if he misspoke or act.
"Is there anything else you want to say?" Ask King.
"No thanks, my lord, I beg you to solve the problem." Sero Say.
"Then, disperse!" King Saying.
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The two of them came out of the castle and walked through the city to find a nearby inn. Many things Sero needs to investigate there before he returns to the village and brings good news. Until the middle of the journey Sero accidentally hit hard by someone from behind to make both fall. The items that Sero carried fell scattered on the floor to become the center of attention of many people.
"Sorry." Said the person who hit him then went back to running without helping Sero collect his belongings.
All the items he collected with the help of Senju who was with him to prevent local road users who were leased. One by one they put the stuff in the bag, then tie it tight.
Just as they stood up, Sero accidentally got hit again harder until bounced by a large-bodied man from behind him and made the goods he carried again scattered. Without apologizing the big-bodied man just left.
"BASE!!" Shouted Sero very annoyed.
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It turned out that the big-bodied man was a bandit with a colleague chasing after someone who had also hit Sero before. They ran as fast as they could through a crowded crowd trying to dodge and try to catch even had triggered a commotion.
"Hey you quit!" Shouting Bandits.
In the midst of the chase, someone who was chased grabbed a tavern and pulled it up to make the shop collapse blocking the road and hampered the pace of bandits who chased him. For a moment they stopped to look for another way, but because they did not find it they were forced to get rid of and destroy everything that was blocking the way.
The figure they were chasing was getting further and further away. But unexpectedly another herd of bandits suddenly appeared before him and blocked the road. The person turned away from him then entered a narrow alley then turned back towards where he had hit Sero before.
It turned out that the bandits and their herd were not only in pursuit, but they had launched their plan to capture the target. Evident from the appearance of the bandit before him and make the person being chased cornered can not go anywhere. Unwittingly it turns out that the streets there are empty and gloomy, which turns out to be a slum home for homeless people.
Finally he was caught without a fight and dragged into a dark alley also narrow. A few moments later Sero coincidentally passed through the alley and saw the person who was caught turned out to be a woman and was being abused. Strangely, the people outside the alley just do not realize their existence in the alley, or it turns out they have realized but do not care or ignore it, except Sero who felt moved to witness the incident.
Sero approached the men to stop their unfaithful deeds. Just a few steps he suddenly hit the bandits near him for no apparent reason to hit Senju.
"Go there or you'll die!" Firmly bandit it with emotion.
Both are equally emotional with different causes until there is a jotos to vent their respective anger. The two of them fought in the narrow alley was witnessed by Senju as well as bandits who were still harassing the woman earlier.
Punch after punch he landed on the face of the bandit and punch after punch of the bandits he avoided nimbly did not hit his body in the slightest. Sero can now be called quite an expert in martial arts thanks to the hard training he went through by Commander Aumus. One has fallen, and the other two remain. They attacked simultaneously so as to produce an uproar with the noise they made to the point of attracting the attention of the people outside the alley, they only saw in a glance except for Senju who watched the fight with sweat.
It did not take a minute, Sero managed to defeat his two opponents who have a body bigger than himself. Senju is pinning his hopes on him because Sero is strong and may be able to rely on him. All the bandits were lying helpless and full of bruises, while the woman was visibly sobbing and Sero approached her to calm her down.
"Now it's safe, are you okay?" Sero said beside the woman.
"I'm fine, thank you very much." Reply to the woman.
"Better you leave soon, here's the danger." Sero is worried that something bad is happening again.
"Yes." Yeah." The woman answered while wiping her tears.
"I'm sorry I might not be able to take you somewhere, I'm in a hurry so I'm leaving first." Sero said as he turned around leaving the place.
"Wait on! may I know what your name is?" The woman stopped Sero.
"My name is Sero, Sero Hotaru." Sero left the place.
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Just now that he left the dark narrow alley Sero immediately found an inn that was strategically located, it seemed like his misfortune had become a fortune. They entered the inn and booked a room with two beds. All administrative costs are borne by Sero who was actually suddenly rich thanks to the grant of Commander Aumus.
They both relax in the room, unwind and tired after a walking trip. Sero asks Senju to buy a weapon and gives him two gold coins.
"What kind of weapon?" Ask Senju.
"What you're comfortable wearing." Sero replied while lying down.
Senju was a bit confused, but he immediately understood and left.
When Senju went out, Sero again remembered the awkwardness he found when he was in the throne room when facing the king. At that moment he felt some pretty strange things and probably shouldn't have happened. Sero saw blood spots attached to the soles of iron shoes worn by the king. It is not very clear but Sero is very sure that it is blood. On the golden scepter of the king there are some incisions that look very clear, plus in the throne room it turns out there are almost no soldiers at all who accompany the king. It's really very strange what if the king was attacked.
It made him curious about what had happened and hesitant about the king's previous promise. Later, Senju brought back a short sword and a letter.
"So there's a letter for you." Senju said, giving the letter.
It was late afternoon, Sero got a letter out of who he thought was a letter from the village. A regular letter with a seal made of red wax stamped in the middle to prevent the letter from opening. When he was about to remove the seal of the letter Senju suddenly asked.
"Sero what do you have to do with nobles?" Ask Senju.
"Lordinates?" Sero's confused.
"There is a picture of a lion roaring at the seal of the letter, it must be from the royal family." Senju.
Sero was curious about the contents of the letter, whether it might be a letter from Mr. Aumus. Sero also opened the letter and read it, writing style and language style that really feels good to read and even heard. It turned out not to be a letter from Lord Aumus or even Mr. Mazo, but rather an invitation letter for the banquet of the Saphire prince of Glutonia at night.
It was written that Sero was allowed to invite another person to come with him. He did not know who invited him and the reason why he was invited. Perhaps this was an opportunity for him to get to know the king, and investigate where Abara had gone.
Did this noble who invited him have any ill intent on them?
Next one! "Blood trail"
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