THE FIRE DRAGON WARRIOR
CH 36'S. Seeking Traces of the Past (Emperor's Personal Guard)

Hasea along with hundreds of other soldiers were in the palace grounds to undergo training. When not on a mission, the soldiers are preoccupied with training activities.

In the distance, Hasea could see princess Senni walking on the terrace of the Palace. He was escorted by several soldiers. Along with the 4 ladies-in-waiting, it seemed like the noble princess was heading towards the Empress's palace.

" Daughter, our distance is indeed close by now. Unfortunately, we cannot meet. You don't even know I'm in this place." Mumbles Hasea. He was unceasingly looking at Princess Senni who was passing by.

" Hey, you. Until when are you going to look at Princess Senni's entourage like that?" A head soldier snapped at Hasea. " Are you planning on approaching the noble's daughter? You better not dream too far." The head Warrior's words made all the soldiers who heard it laugh.

" Hurry, continue your practice." Snapped the head soldier to Hasea.

" Basic.new to be a head warrior alone is already arrogant so. "murm Hasea. " But I really don't think Gea. How could the watch of this palace be so weak. I've been in this place for a few days, but no one knows it." Hasea smiled knot.

" For people like them, there's no need to know a lowly warrior like you personally. They only care about numbers. They only consider lowly soldiers like you like a weapon. That's why they don't need to know each one of his men." Gea lirih.

" Hey. I'm not a lowly soldier. I'm not even a soldier. I'm just undercover." Hasea protest.

" What a difference now, you dress like them, practice like them. Just wait until you kill those poor people too. Haha." Gea taunted Hasea.

" It won't, it won't happen." Hasea disagrees with Gea.

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" Hi.. You're that kasmaran boy, right?" A soldier approached Hasea on the sidelines of their break. Hasea could only be confused to say the soldier . He did not understand at all what the soldier before him meant.

" Not to be ashamed, you're not the only one who fell in love with Princess Senni at first sight. But it's true said the head warrior, you better lowly soldier like us don't dream too high". Said the soldier while patting Hasea on the shoulder.

Hasea could only smile knots and show off her innocent look . She herself did not even know what feelings she felt towards Princess Senni. What the warrior before Hasea did not know was that Hasea was quite close to Princess Senni. At least first, while at the camp.

" Oh he.introduce, my name is Beggu. Looks like you're a new soldier, I've never seen you before." Beggu said as he stared at Hasea from top to bottom.

" He.eh he's a senior. I just joined." Hasea. He hoped Beggu would not ask further. " Oh yeah? Where are you from?" . Hasea had not yet thought, she was again confronted with an unexpected question by Beggu.

" That's..." Hasea looks confused. " Ah.sudah many of us do not want to tell the place of origin.It is also not very important . Oh he... are you going to take that selection?" . Beggu again raised a question to Hasea which made him even more confused.

" Senior sorry..What selection does senior mean? I don't understand. " Hasea scratched his head that was not itchy

" You are. This important thing you don't know? The selection I am referring to is the Selection of being the personal bodyguard of the Emperor. Every year the emperor's bodyguards and empresses were rotated. Soon the rotation will be done. 10 People will be selected through the selection of martial arts fights." Beggu said excitedly.

" You don't understand, do you? As long as we become the personal bodyguards of the Emperor, that means for a full 1 year we do not need to carry out missions to the Battlefield. It also means our lives can be saved for at least a year. " Beggu said slowly more like a whisper. " It's true that most soldiers don't really think this job is important. They prefer to carry out missions to fight with the enemy in the field of battle. They considered it more a knight than just serving the Emperor in the Palace." For a moment Beggu was silent.

" But I have a different thought. Look how vile they are now in the field of battle. They don't think about our safety at all. They only care about victory even though they have to sacrifice many lives of lowly soldiers like us." Beggu said very slowly and carefully. He was afraid that his words would be heard by others.

" You know.3 The palace army has not even returned from the battlefield. I do not understand why now the Partungko Naginjang Kingdom is very happy to colonize other kingdoms. Though in every war must sacrifice a lowly warrior like us." Beggu's eyes looked teary.

" Last year, my brother was killed in battle. You know what he got? Just an honorary funeral that I know of is just a formality to appease the families of the soldiers who died on the battlefield. My brother died leaving behind a wife and two young children . Somehow their lives were now, the palace party didn't even care about them in the slightest." Beggu wiped away the tears dripping in the corner of his eyes.

" That's why, I don't want that to happen to me."

" Then why don't seniors just get out of here?" Hasea said pity. The most rational thing he thought about at this time was that if a soldier did not want to die on the battlefield was not to become a soldier at all.

" Are you stupid or what? Have you ever heard of a soldier resigning? It was a suicide. Never think like that. If the commander finds out, it's your life." Beggu said irritatedly.

Hasea's mouth can only gap, he really does not know the rules in this palace. Naturally, he was just an intruder who had only joined in the past few days .

" You better take the selection, you're a weak boy." Gea's voice suddenly appeared in Hasea's brain .

" Say the logical reason why I should go through that selection?" Hasea spoke against Gea.

" Oh, I really don't know a good reason. One thing I do know is that something you want to investigate is in this palace. That means if one day you are sent on a mission and you have to leave the palace to carry out a mission, then you can't investigate anything, because what you're looking for is not out there in the palace. Do you understand me, weak man?" Gea said annoyed. He really cannot tolerate Hasea's inaction in thinking.

" Hm. You're right Gea too". Hasea spoke spontaneously while holding her chin.

" What? What are you saying?" Beggu asked as if he had heard Hasea say something. " Ah. uh it's nothing senior." Hasaea to confusion. He does not want to be considered crazy for his own behavior. " When will the selection be held senior?" .

" 3 days from now the selection will be held in the arena of competition. You just come over there and sign up right then and there.

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