The boy's name is Jean.
He was a fourteen-year-old boy coachman with two horses.
“You’re so brave in a place where you might lose at any moment... Do you need the money that urgently...?”
As he was moving his luggage into the hold, Revan asked with a face that looked like he was about to die.
“Yes. There is someone sick at home.”
“Wow, you’re so special for being young.”
Ryan quickly lifted a lot of luggage and loaded it all at once.
These items were food and necessities purchased a little while ago. They were enough to last about two weeks.
Food? Necessities? Why? Jean, with disbelieving eyes, continued to help carry the luggage and finally asked.
“I’m sure you’re not. I’m just asking, just in case... You’re not moving into Belzer, are you?”
“...? That’s right.”
Jean was surprised by Ryan's words. Ryan showed her the land deed he had folded and tucked away in his front shirt pocket.
“I bought that land. I own it. It’s all my property.”
“What?!”
As if he had expected a surprised reaction, Ryan moved his luggage without saying anything else.
Revan kept mumbling things that could be misunderstood by others, such as, “I’m going to die, I’m going to die...”
Jean, who had been looking back and forth between the two with a pale face, suddenly grabbed my arm and quietly walked into a corner.
And he said solemnly.
"Listen carefully. I'm telling you this because you seem like my sister. You shouldn't go with him. It seems to me, those people are... thinking bad things and are heading to Belzer."
Well, that's a huge misunderstanding.
“I know, because I've had those bad thoughts too. It's so hard, I think we should just all die together.”
“Oh, that’s okay. But it’s okay. I’m not going to die.”
"No! You're too young to know, but you're clearly giving up on life. You emptied your entire savings to buy Belzer? That alone is obvious. You've found a quiet place to die!"
I just scratched my cheek. There's no way to clear up the misunderstanding.
"Thank you for your concern, but if it's a demon, it doesn't matter. Since the subjugation is over, it won't come out for half a year."
"What if unsuppressed demons are hiding out there? And aren't demons the only problem? It's been so long since humans lived there that wild beasts and wild animals are swarming around, too!"
Ryan goes to catch those beasts, wild beasts, and wild animals...
“An ordinary person would die if he met a bear!”
Ryan is probably not an ordinary person...
...I couldn’t say that.
Instead, I pointed to Ryan.
“I really appreciate your concern, but I have to go with Dad.”
“Oh, Dad? Was it Dad?”
Jean looked at Ryan, who looked too young to have a twelve-year-old daughter, and his expression darkened again.
Having a daughter at a young age, making a living is daunting, and so on... It was obvious that he would have another misunderstanding.
“Yes, let’s go now!”
Just then, Ryan shouted.
We diligently memorized the route to Belzer as we went. We had to walk back out…...
Nope. They're not troops waiting to block those entering, but rather knights stationed there to block those who might crawl out.
'This is truly absurd.'
Anyway, we won. Ryan leisurely entered the territory, passing the bewildered knights.
Revan sighed and followed him, and I followed him with an awkward smile.
“Hey, hey... Hey...”
William of Saxony, who seemed like a kind person, quietly held on to me, who was too young to die, as if trying to dissuade me.
'I'm truly sorry. Actually, it was all my plan to get here...'
I quietly apologized to myself and ran away.
William Saxony tore his hair out.
What is going on?
“Come on, Captain! What should we do?”
One of the subordinates asked.
How do you do that? If you ask me that...
No matter how much he searched his head, there was no manual for how to properly respond in such an unexpected situation!
Here in the east, Belzer was once the private property of the Wassenberg family. It's a dangerous area, so naturally, no one lives there. It's simply dead land.
'Selling that land?'
He knew they were fucking bastards, but he didn't know they had this much conscience.
Anyway, even though things had come to this, William had no way of stopping them.
Why would we arrest, discourage, and intimidate people who legally purchased land and intend to stay there?
Rather, that is a crime...
As a knight belonging to the royal family, it is a difficult situation where one cannot do anything.
'So you're just going to leave them alone?'
If I leave it?
He felt like they were going to die, either by being eaten by demons or wild beasts.
“First, report and upload.”
“Yes? Where is it?”
"Where is it? I should report it to my direct supervisor."
William's direct superior, Nike Valensier, the third prince of the Valensier Empire and the youngest commander of the Imperial Knights.
"But what do you report? The Wassenberg family sold Belzer, and someone bought it and moved in?"
"Ah..."
Soon, William looked at the dangerous land that had swallowed the three of them with pitiful eyes.
Why did they come in here?
He can guess what they mean.
He must have gotten it for cheap. The one in the middle seemed to be living only for today, eating cheap rice. And the luggage was so small, it didn't seem like it would last long. And the little girl with a sad smile on her face...
He's got a rough idea.
“Report... Yes. Do that.”
William said bitterly.
“...A family trying to commit suicide entered Belzer.”
He was a fourteen-year-old boy coachman with two horses.
“You’re so brave in a place where you might lose at any moment... Do you need the money that urgently...?”
As he was moving his luggage into the hold, Revan asked with a face that looked like he was about to die.
“Yes. There is someone sick at home.”
“Wow, you’re so special for being young.”
Ryan quickly lifted a lot of luggage and loaded it all at once.
These items were food and necessities purchased a little while ago. They were enough to last about two weeks.
Food? Necessities? Why? Jean, with disbelieving eyes, continued to help carry the luggage and finally asked.
“I’m sure you’re not. I’m just asking, just in case... You’re not moving into Belzer, are you?”
“...? That’s right.”
Jean was surprised by Ryan's words. Ryan showed her the land deed he had folded and tucked away in his front shirt pocket.
“I bought that land. I own it. It’s all my property.”
“What?!”
As if he had expected a surprised reaction, Ryan moved his luggage without saying anything else.
Revan kept mumbling things that could be misunderstood by others, such as, “I’m going to die, I’m going to die...”
Jean, who had been looking back and forth between the two with a pale face, suddenly grabbed my arm and quietly walked into a corner.
And he said solemnly.
"Listen carefully. I'm telling you this because you seem like my sister. You shouldn't go with him. It seems to me, those people are... thinking bad things and are heading to Belzer."
Well, that's a huge misunderstanding.
“I know, because I've had those bad thoughts too. It's so hard, I think we should just all die together.”
“Oh, that’s okay. But it’s okay. I’m not going to die.”
"No! You're too young to know, but you're clearly giving up on life. You emptied your entire savings to buy Belzer? That alone is obvious. You've found a quiet place to die!"
I just scratched my cheek. There's no way to clear up the misunderstanding.
"Thank you for your concern, but if it's a demon, it doesn't matter. Since the subjugation is over, it won't come out for half a year."
"What if unsuppressed demons are hiding out there? And aren't demons the only problem? It's been so long since humans lived there that wild beasts and wild animals are swarming around, too!"
Ryan goes to catch those beasts, wild beasts, and wild animals...
“An ordinary person would die if he met a bear!”
Ryan is probably not an ordinary person...
...I couldn’t say that.
Instead, I pointed to Ryan.
“I really appreciate your concern, but I have to go with Dad.”
“Oh, Dad? Was it Dad?”
Jean looked at Ryan, who looked too young to have a twelve-year-old daughter, and his expression darkened again.
Having a daughter at a young age, making a living is daunting, and so on... It was obvious that he would have another misunderstanding.
“Yes, let’s go now!”
Just then, Ryan shouted.
***
We diligently memorized the route to Belzer as we went. We had to walk back out…...
As I'd heard, the closer I got to Belzer, the more desolate the surrounding landscape became. The human presence gradually vanished, and even though it was a large city, not a single ant was visible on the outskirts of Koenig, adjacent to Belzer.
Did we ride like that for about two and a half hours by carriage?
“They’re all here.”
Ryan shouted as he spotted a few barracks in the distance.
“Let’s stand here!”
I was surprised when Jean came over and stopped the carriage with a "Whoa" sound.
“Are you only going this far?”
"Uh."
“I still have to go to Belzer...”
"We're all here. That's the entrance. You go now. We can just walk from here."
Speaking, Ryan and Revan began to unload the luggage one by one.
Jean, who felt sorry for their consideration in telling him to go back here because he was scared, dragged me away again.
"If your father ever says anything like, 'Let's die together,' just say no. And run away."
And he returned the brooch I had received as carriage fare to my hand.
“Oh my, why are you giving it back?”
"No need. It's unlucky to think of it as the last life of someone going to die."
“...”
"Just follow the path you came in and come back out. You'll find a place to catch a carriage. Tell them to take you to the Koenig Pier and come find me. Yes?"
He said I was like a younger sibling. Jean seemed quite worried about me.
'There are many good people in the world.'
It's probably not that he's in a good position to support himself at such a young age.
“Yes, I’ll do that. Thanks. But the brooch again...”
“Yes. See you later.”
Jean continued to worry and greeted Ryan and Revan.
“See you again next time!”
While telling me not to die.
And so Jean's carriage leaves...
The three of us were left alone.
"Let's go!"
Ryan took the lead with great enthusiasm.
“Stop!”
But it was soon stopped.
The entrance to Belzer.
There were about twenty uniformed imperial knights and five barracks where they stayed.
It is common knowledge that knights dispatched by the imperial family are always stationed in dangerous territories.
So we weren't surprised.
I guess it was they who were surprised...
“...Who are you? Identify yourself.”
The knight had a bewildered expression as he asked.
Two young men and one young girl.
It would be absurd to see someone carrying all that luggage and trying to enter the territory.
“The owner of this land.”
"What?"
“I’m on my way home. Do I have to reveal my identity to get home?”
The knight looked dazed for a moment at Ryan's nonchalant words, then whispered to his colleague next to him.
Then he said.
"Belzer is private property owned by the Wassenberg family. Outsiders are not permitted to enter."
“Oh. Why is the news so slow?”
Ryan, speaking in an irritated tone, took out the land deed from his front shirt pocket and thrust it in front of the knight.
“The landowner has changed. Can I leave now?”
“?”
A document clearly stamped with Wassenberg's seal transferring Belzer.
“You checked? Give it to me.”
Ryan snatched the documents and tried to go back, but the knights were startled and quickly stopped him.
"Hey, stop! This estate... did you buy this place? Why on earth? Do you know where this is?"
“I wonder if you bought it without knowing?”
The knights gaped in amazement.
“The landowner wants to move in, so are you going to keep blocking him? Get out of the way!”
“Wait a minute!”
The knight, his expression pale, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and spoke urgently.
“I am William Saxony, a knight of the Royal Household of Valencia and commander of the garrison currently stationed at the eastern last line of defense.”
“I’m so busy, but you’re talking about things I really don’t care about...”
"I don't know why you purchased this estate, but Belzer borders the Cursed Lands. Therefore, the Imperial Family has designated this area as a danger zone and has dispatched knights to station them permanently to prevent any potential loss of life. This place..."
"Yes, thank you for your hard work. Now, let me speak. I have one question."
Ryan, who had been listening halfway, said.
“Do you have the legal right to stop me or not? Just tell me that.”
“...”
Did we ride like that for about two and a half hours by carriage?
“They’re all here.”
Ryan shouted as he spotted a few barracks in the distance.
“Let’s stand here!”
I was surprised when Jean came over and stopped the carriage with a "Whoa" sound.
“Are you only going this far?”
"Uh."
“I still have to go to Belzer...”
"We're all here. That's the entrance. You go now. We can just walk from here."
Speaking, Ryan and Revan began to unload the luggage one by one.
Jean, who felt sorry for their consideration in telling him to go back here because he was scared, dragged me away again.
"If your father ever says anything like, 'Let's die together,' just say no. And run away."
And he returned the brooch I had received as carriage fare to my hand.
“Oh my, why are you giving it back?”
"No need. It's unlucky to think of it as the last life of someone going to die."
“...”
"Just follow the path you came in and come back out. You'll find a place to catch a carriage. Tell them to take you to the Koenig Pier and come find me. Yes?"
He said I was like a younger sibling. Jean seemed quite worried about me.
'There are many good people in the world.'
It's probably not that he's in a good position to support himself at such a young age.
“Yes, I’ll do that. Thanks. But the brooch again...”
“Yes. See you later.”
Jean continued to worry and greeted Ryan and Revan.
“See you again next time!”
While telling me not to die.
And so Jean's carriage leaves...
The three of us were left alone.
"Let's go!"
Ryan took the lead with great enthusiasm.
“Stop!”
But it was soon stopped.
The entrance to Belzer.
There were about twenty uniformed imperial knights and five barracks where they stayed.
It is common knowledge that knights dispatched by the imperial family are always stationed in dangerous territories.
So we weren't surprised.
I guess it was they who were surprised...
“...Who are you? Identify yourself.”
The knight had a bewildered expression as he asked.
Two young men and one young girl.
It would be absurd to see someone carrying all that luggage and trying to enter the territory.
“The owner of this land.”
"What?"
“I’m on my way home. Do I have to reveal my identity to get home?”
The knight looked dazed for a moment at Ryan's nonchalant words, then whispered to his colleague next to him.
Then he said.
"Belzer is private property owned by the Wassenberg family. Outsiders are not permitted to enter."
“Oh. Why is the news so slow?”
Ryan, speaking in an irritated tone, took out the land deed from his front shirt pocket and thrust it in front of the knight.
“The landowner has changed. Can I leave now?”
“?”
A document clearly stamped with Wassenberg's seal transferring Belzer.
“You checked? Give it to me.”
Ryan snatched the documents and tried to go back, but the knights were startled and quickly stopped him.
"Hey, stop! This estate... did you buy this place? Why on earth? Do you know where this is?"
“I wonder if you bought it without knowing?”
The knights gaped in amazement.
“The landowner wants to move in, so are you going to keep blocking him? Get out of the way!”
“Wait a minute!”
The knight, his expression pale, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and spoke urgently.
“I am William Saxony, a knight of the Royal Household of Valencia and commander of the garrison currently stationed at the eastern last line of defense.”
“I’m so busy, but you’re talking about things I really don’t care about...”
"I don't know why you purchased this estate, but Belzer borders the Cursed Lands. Therefore, the Imperial Family has designated this area as a danger zone and has dispatched knights to station them permanently to prevent any potential loss of life. This place..."
"Yes, thank you for your hard work. Now, let me speak. I have one question."
Ryan, who had been listening halfway, said.
“Do you have the legal right to stop me or not? Just tell me that.”
“...”
Nope. They're not troops waiting to block those entering, but rather knights stationed there to block those who might crawl out.
'This is truly absurd.'
Anyway, we won. Ryan leisurely entered the territory, passing the bewildered knights.
Revan sighed and followed him, and I followed him with an awkward smile.
“Hey, hey... Hey...”
William of Saxony, who seemed like a kind person, quietly held on to me, who was too young to die, as if trying to dissuade me.
'I'm truly sorry. Actually, it was all my plan to get here...'
I quietly apologized to myself and ran away.
***
William Saxony tore his hair out.
What is going on?
“Come on, Captain! What should we do?”
One of the subordinates asked.
How do you do that? If you ask me that...
No matter how much he searched his head, there was no manual for how to properly respond in such an unexpected situation!
Here in the east, Belzer was once the private property of the Wassenberg family. It's a dangerous area, so naturally, no one lives there. It's simply dead land.
'Selling that land?'
He knew they were fucking bastards, but he didn't know they had this much conscience.
Anyway, even though things had come to this, William had no way of stopping them.
Why would we arrest, discourage, and intimidate people who legally purchased land and intend to stay there?
Rather, that is a crime...
As a knight belonging to the royal family, it is a difficult situation where one cannot do anything.
'So you're just going to leave them alone?'
If I leave it?
He felt like they were going to die, either by being eaten by demons or wild beasts.
“First, report and upload.”
“Yes? Where is it?”
"Where is it? I should report it to my direct supervisor."
William's direct superior, Nike Valensier, the third prince of the Valensier Empire and the youngest commander of the Imperial Knights.
"But what do you report? The Wassenberg family sold Belzer, and someone bought it and moved in?"
"Ah..."
Soon, William looked at the dangerous land that had swallowed the three of them with pitiful eyes.
Why did they come in here?
He can guess what they mean.
He must have gotten it for cheap. The one in the middle seemed to be living only for today, eating cheap rice. And the luggage was so small, it didn't seem like it would last long. And the little girl with a sad smile on her face...
He's got a rough idea.
“Report... Yes. Do that.”
William said bitterly.
“...A family trying to commit suicide entered Belzer.”
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