Western border area.
Normally, you would see soldiers swinging their swords and sharpening themselves at the training ground, but the training ground in the border area was unprecedentedly quiet.
The soldiers who were supposed to be training and filling those positions were sitting in the tavern drinking strong alcohol and complaining while sitting on rotting wooden chairs.
“What are you going to do now, Captain Goosen?”
“The situation has become difficult for the high-ranking people. This is….”
“So, the circumstances of the high-ranking people are none of my business! I’m asking you to think about our circumstances!”
A soldier with a red face slammed his glass down on the table.
But no one paid him any attention.
The faces of the soldiers gathered showed a deep sense of fatigue and defeat.
There was no one here who did not want to down their drink.
It was the same for Captain Goosen. He answered in a tired voice.
“Just wait a moment. The vice-captain has gone to meet with the manager.”
“I know that you always do your best for us, vice-captain. But you can’t defeat the manager, right?”
“Jeton.”
“I know, I know. I don’t plan on saying anything to the vice-captain.”
The soldier called Zeton said that and took a swig of his drink, looking depressed.
It was a very high-alcohol drink, but because his life was even stronger, this level of alcohol was only sweet.
“Surely the noble of the capital said he would take care of us! I believed then that the vice-captain wouldn’t have to bow down to the manager or that bastard!”
“This is why you shouldn’t trust nobles!”
“I don’t think there really exists a sane person like you, vice-captain, who comes from a noble background!”
Some soldiers also complained behind the scenes. Captain Goosen groaned.
“Captain, can’t you just ask the nobleman one more favor?”
“Yes! Maybe it’s not our fault that we lost contact!”
“We are ready. There is nowhere to turn!”
“I can do whatever you ask me to do! Can things get any worse here?”
Once complaints burst out, they could not be stopped like a breached dam.
Guson watched with a tired face as various sounds came out of the mouths of the soldiers who filled the tavern.
He also sympathized with everything they said. How can you not know?
The western border has long been a region avoided after the north due to frequent barbarian raids.
There was some pride in the fact that we were protecting the border in a place like that.
However, their pride was dashed when Count Belen, who ruled the western border, appointed his bastard son as the new manager of the borderlands.
The son of Count Belen had no interest in what the guards guarding the western border were doing.
In his opinion, the security guards were always greedy, forgetting about money without doing anything special.
It seemed like barbarians were attacking from time to time, but seeing that there was no particular threat to the castle, it was clear that the guards were complaining after defeating the weaker ones.
The son of a fool who made that decision borrowed most of the funds that were going to the security guard for his own comfortable life.
“My salary has been delayed for months! I don’t even have money to buy new weapons!”
“Let’s say the barbarians invade like this. Will we be able to protect this place without damage?”
“To be honest, I want to run away without looking back! But the village residents are innocent, so they can’t do this or that!”
Morale was at rock bottom.
All that was left was the kindness of the villagers in the border area who offered various favors to the guards, saying they were having a hard time.
However, even that was slowly fading away due to the manager’s poor treatment.
Everyone knew it well. So Goosen himself reluctantly accepted ‘such’ a proposal.
However, this situation was not a problem that Goosen could solve.
“……Since the vice-captain isn’t here, I’ll tell you about it later, but the problem is that I can’t contact that noble.”
“If I’m looking for someone, I can do it! Even if just one person leaves, the manager won’t know what’s changed, right?”
“That’s not the problem. Everyone, have you heard that Duke Cicena is being accused of treason today and tomorrow?”
“The Duke of the capital? Yes, I heard.”
“But what does it matter? If we don’t rebel, won’t we die? We’re starving to death!”
“you’re right!”
The rumor that the Duke’s head was blown off was widespread.
The soldiers who had been nodding their heads indifferently paused for a moment.
“Um, by any chance… Isn’t that the nobleman of the capital who said he would support us?”
Guson lowered his head sorrowfully.
Jetton, who had been drinking, widened his eyes.
“Is the noble of the capital, the Duke of Cissena, who asked us to support the rebellion and support us?”
“okay.”
“You idiot, then you shouldn’t be caught first!”
Jetton cried.
