Vol 1 Chapter 1 (1/2)
Chapter 1 - Knight of the Empire
I from the day of the oath, five years had elapsed
Chrom Jarrett had settled down in a home he built deep in the etables in thewild beasts for food, he was living a simple life almost no different fro to the rustling noises of the forest, feeling the palpable presences of living ani su under the chilly winter cold
To Chrom who had once lived in the imperial capital, this kind of life in the ia but also aided hiain More importantly, this sort of quiet environ and developing a holistic understanding of the various skills he had learned in the imperial capital
Thus, after experiencing the saes of the four seasons ain this year Fresh green shoots were also sprouting all over the mountain wilderness
”Hey hey, Chrom”
While Chro the spring breeze against his face, the girl raised her little hand and tugged his sleeve gently
”What's the matter, Ryuryu?”
The girl who into the distance at the vasteyes Chroaze and saw a stretch of rosy forest, filled with an air of fantasy
(It's blooain this year!)
Chro a layer of faint pink to the surface of the ly beautiful just like last year
Chro at the cherry blossoe, Ryuryu possessed a face with vestiges of childishness After witnessing her whi for sohter from a noble household The kind of rustic airs unique to mountain dwellers could not be sensed from her at all
Seeing her gaze fixated on that patch of forest with bloo cherry blossoms, Chrom took the initiative to ask a question
”Ryuryu, are you hungry?”
”Yes, I am”
Seeing Ryuryu nod honestly and respond, Chrom immediately took out meat jerky from his front pocket
”Is this jerky?”
”Yes, it's jerky indeed”
””
”Are you dissatisfied?”
”No, but I do wish to eat so else once in a while”
Despite saying that, Ryuryu reached out to take the jerky that Chroan to chew
Just as the two of the casually, Chrom suddenly felt a presence behind him
Having realized the identity of the visitor, Chro The visitor was an oldbefore Chrohtly
”Chro me”
Saying that, the old ave Chrom a different vibe from before
”Did so happen?”
”Some lowlanders have evidently entered the mountain”
”Lowlanders? But this area is very near the volcano and compasses don't work”
”Indeed The visitors apparently knew this and consequently brought four uides”
”Even so, it'll still be dangerous Besides, astheainst the rules of the mountain”
Even when accoraphy, entering this erous In particular, this land where arded as an absolutely forbidden zone Telling lowlanders not to enter without permission was part of arelationshi+p was built between settlements and the mountains
Chroan to contemplate about how to deal with these lected their duties when the oldeven more unbelievable
”Hmm, it seems that they have mixed poison into the lowlanders' food with ulterior motives”
”Coain?”
Hearing that, Chrorabbed two sets of bows and arrows that were propped up on the side
”Please tell me the exact location”
”Are you going there?”
”Of course Iftrouble, it's also my duty as a mountain dweller to stop them”
”I see, I see I do not wish to see unnecessary bloodshed in the mountains either”
As soon as the old man finished, he provided Chro the detailed location and number of people at the scene
The place was not far away, but even at nor speed, it would still take thirtya shortcut was imperiative There was a total of four h the lowlanders had numerical superiority, it would be a totally different situation if they were poisoned
Chrom picked up several vials of antidote he had preserved in advance and stuffed them into his front pocket Immediately, Ryuryu suddenly asked hi somewhere?”
”Yeah Do you want to help out, Ryuryu?”
”Of course”
Chrom nodded at Ryuryu and handed one of his bows to her, then ran as quickly as he could Exiting the thatched hut, he ran down thedown a rocky slope that was almost like a cliff The difference in elevation was over 218ht Be that as iton a nearby foothold of rock then following hisvirtually vertical rocks to slon his rate of descent, he raced down the mountain in almost no time at all
Meanwhile, Ryuryu followed hi to catch her breath
Along the way, Chrom found a tree he needed and immediately stopped, drew out hishis machete to chop the tree hard, he also applied force to make the blade slice vertically down fro the fibers of the wood, he successfully extracted a patch of bark
Slicing the bark vertically in equal intervals, he quickly created dozens of wooden rods Then he shaved the front ends of the sticks into sharp pyraradually started to resemble arrows However, these arroere not fitted with fletchings It would be utterly iets accurately without fletchings, but Chro these arrows into his quiver, he began to hurry on his way again
”Hey Chrom, even if you make wooden arrows from the bark”
Even the nor a troubled look
”I knohat you're trying to say, but this will suffice for my purposes”
”Oh, I see”
Ryuryu nodded and did not pursue the issue any further While explaining to Ryuryu what needed to be done next, Chrom continued to sprint
After running like this for a while, they finally reached the vicinity of their destination
At this moment, a conversation could be heard from the depths of the forest
Chrom and Ryuryu concealed their presences and hid behind trees to observe the situation
”Hehehe, looks like the drugs are definitely taking effect”
Men clad in anirinned crudely The numbers were as described as the old man, a total of four Nearby, there were several human corpses that were dressed as soldiers
(Am I too late?)
Chroaze back to the mountain dwellers
The group had surrounded a young girl who seemed to be a minor
”Hey look, this little lady seery”