184 Robert was found
***[Heroine Oscar]***
When I arrived at the fortress city of the duchy, the only thing that greeted me was the lord of the castle in charge of it.
It seems that he saw me and the procession approaching from the top of the fortress wall.
The castle gates opened, and Grandpa, the Marquis of Hoven, jumped out first.
“Duke of Weiss!”
Grandpa shouted and looked at me, then spread his arms as he mounted his horse.
“It is dangerous to let go of the reins on a horse.”
The pleasure of meeting you, or the surprise you saw here, outweighs your worry.
When I panicked, Marquis Hoven laughed loudly and shook his body even more.
“This is nothing. It’s not dangerous, Duke.”
“No, it’s dangerous, Grandpa.”
There were only dukes and marquesses around.
There is no need to call him a duke or a marquis.
When I called him grandfather, Marquis Hoven’s face broke into a big smile.
“hahahaha, Oscar. Let me show you how well this old man rode a horse when he was young. When I was young, I didn’t even hold the reins on a galloping horse…”
Saying that, I hold onto the horse with only my legs and move it, and my heart really flutters.
I quickly got closer and grabbed the reins, and the Marquis Hoven smiled and leaned forward.
“Are you so worried about this old man?”
I think I want to hear you worry.
The military officers behind the Marquis Hoven shook their heads.
“Grandpa, I’m not just talking empty words, I’m really worried. Please don’t do that.”
“Hmm, we can’t help it. If our grandson says that, we have to be careful.”
The Marquis Hoven spoke as if in a muttering voice and took the reins, but somehow it seemed to be rough and seemed like it would slip from his hands any moment.
“Grandpa! My heart trembles when I see you. Please hold me tight.”
When I said it again, Marquis Hoven shrugged and straightened the reins.
“But what are you doing here? I don’t think I even received a call to come.”
Saying that, he slightly shook his head as he looked at the official of the duchy.
It seems that he came without any contact.
The military officer behind the Marquis Hoven stepped forward and opened his mouth.
“I’m sorry. I know it’s rude, but I need to inform you urgently. We were going to send a liaison officer, but the Marquis…”
As if it could not be helped, the military officer glanced at the Marquis Hoven slightly.
“The Marquis jumped out before the liaison officer.”
Seongju, who was in charge of the fortress city, followed him.
“The Marquis and a few soldiers arrived first, followed by additional soldiers. We were a little surprised, but in fact, since we are acquainted with the Marquis, there was no big shock.”
“hahahaha. I even mixed knives with this person a few times when I was younger.”
At one time, it seems that they even clashed directly with each other.
The castle lord of the fortress city smiled bitterly.
So, I still haven’t heard what it was for.
Receiving my gaze, the military officer of Hoban Street opened his mouth again.
“Prince Robert has been found. They say he found him wandering alone at the border.”
“!”
If so, the news would have reached the duchy by now.
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Did Grandpa come running here as soon as he found out about it in the palace?
But to say that he was faster than the duke’s messenger, how much he had to run.
As I stared in amazement, Marquis Hoven shrugged and smiled.
“Hmm, I think I need to tell you this sooner rather than later.”
“…”
“You remember Igor the fortuneteller, right?”
“no way….”
When I widened my eyes, Marquis Hoven nodded with a serious face.
“I heard it was just like that.”
The military attaché of the Marquis of Hoven intervened again.
“However, we still do not know the veracity of those words. We left before we could find out more.”
The military officer glanced at the Marquis Hoven once again.
I would have wanted to check the exact information, but it seems that the grandfather was in a hurry and ran without doing anything.
If so, the official of the duke’s family in the palace would confirm all of that and inform them.
Grandpa’s gaze suddenly turned to Gorukawa and the steppe warriors.
“Grandpa, these are the warriors who came running from the meadow.”
As I turned my head, Marquis Hoven abruptly held out his arm toward Goruka.
“I also learned last time. Was it like this?”
It seems that he deliberately learned the greetings of the steppe tribes.
When Marquis Hoven greeted Goruka in a slightly clumsy steppe language, laughter broke out among the steppe warriors.
If he was a noble from another kingdom, he might have been somewhat angry.
But Grandpa chuckled and shrugged his shoulders exaggeratedly.
“Well, maybe I’m not very good at it.”
Goruka, who knows the kingdom well, knows the position of Marquis Hoven.
You should also know that the Marquis Hoven’s behavior is unprecedentedly friendly.
Goruka stretched out her arms with a smile on her face.
On the horse, the two hugged lightly, and Goruka opened her mouth this time.
“Thank you, Marquis Hoven.”
“Oh, I thought so before, but Chief Goruka speaks the kingdom very well.”
“Because the teacher is good.”
Goruka glanced at me.
Well, although Goruka’s real teacher is Martin.
“My teacher is a warrior over there.”
What Marquis Hoven was pointing at was the warrior who came with Goruka.
He was a young warrior who had previously been taught how to use magic in the Marquis of Hoven.
The young warrior muttered with a troubled expression.
“I’ve never taught with such a strange pronunciation.”
People laugh loudly.
The Marquis of Hoven was driving a horse among the steppe warriors before he knew it.
‘Grandpa is really amazing.’
From the time he was born until now, he has lived as a nobleman of the kingdom.
Your gaze towards the steppe people must be different from mine, but it seems that your way of thinking is surprisingly flexible.
As I entered the fortress city with admiration inwardly, I heard a little more about the crown prince from a military officer in Hobaen Street.
“The reason why the Marquis came running like this directly wasn’t simply because the Crown Prince was discovered.”
The military officer said in a low whisper.
“It seems that the crown prince was still walking on his own feet when he was found, but he said he passed out right after that.
“…”
What will happen to the crown prince’s body?
‘As expected, the god of crossing the stars…’
My heart naturally became heavy as I remembered the night when the moon and stars all hid.
***[Chief of Silvermoon]***
“You still haven’t found it!”
As the Silvermoon chieftain shouted, one of the scattered warriors drew closer.
“Sorry, chieftain. There’s no sign of them at all.”
“Chit!”
You unknowingly click your tongue.
The faces of the warriors around him changed slightly.
Because I know I’m particularly picky when it comes to red hawks.
The chief kept his mouth shut, and pushed his irritation into his body.
I look around in all directions with a rather violent action.
“Tch, you clever bastards!”
When the empty lot came into view, I naturally cursed.
As soon as he learned that the Red Hawk Warriors had left the plain, he ran to the place where they lived.
However, the women and children who should have been left behind were nowhere to be seen.
There was nothing left where the tent would have been sagging not long ago.
It’s cleanly empty, probably expecting us to come in.
Only the spot where the fire was lit remained sparse.
Is it still young Goruka’s trick, or is it the old chieftain’s idea?
The Silvermoon Chief clicked his tongue hard and looked at the warrior standing next to him.
“Dogs? Still can’t find dogs?”
Here they brought the best smelling dogs of the tribe.
Even if it has been more than tens of days or more than a month or two, you can find it if only traces are left.
“That looks tough too.”
The warrior glanced at his face.
Even that expression is angry.
The Silvermoon Chieftain’s voice naturally became harsh.
“No matter how much you erase the visible traces, the smell will remain! It’s a living person. It’s not just one or two people, and there are children, so you can’t completely erase the smell! Don’t just stand here like this, take the dogs and go further. Find it somehow !”
That’s what I said, but there are already warriors with dogs far away.
Even they couldn’t find it and eventually returned.
This warrior is one of those people.
I looked far and couldn’t find it.
The warrior lowered his head slightly and opened his mouth.
“I’m sorry, Chief. Looks like they’ve been using cattle manure to erase the tracks. The dogs aren’t heading at all.”
“Does that make sense! To erase all the smells of that many people, at least…”
The chief clicked his tongue hard.
I think I know because I’m talking.
The Red Hawk must have been preparing to erase the smell even before the meeting of the Chiefs.
Perhaps cattle blood and manure were applied not only to people, but also to carts, horses, and sheep.
If it was simply that, the dogs would not be able to find a trace.
You’ve probably scattered things with human scent in different directions to attract dogs, and you’ve probably installed something else around a large area.
An older warrior came closer and spoke to him in a soothing way.
“Chief, the red hawk woman must have a former chief attached to it. We know that man is as cunning as a fox, and if he puts his hand on it, it’s no wonder the dogs can’t find it.”
The old warrior spoke slowly, as if patting the chieftain’s heart.
“Your father had a hard time with the old Chief of the Scarlet Hawk. It’s harsh to ask young warriors to pursue him.”
So he came by himself.
Even if Goruka left the grasslands with his warriors, the former chief would surely remain to protect his family.
Because the other warriors would be incapable of dealing with him.
But even he was far from him.
The Silvermoon Chief gritted his teeth.
After suppressing the rage welling up in his heart for a moment, the Silvermoon chief turned his horse.
“Let’s go back! If we spend more time here, we’ll end up pursuing the wrong things. We’ll hold off on pursuing them until someone sees them.”
But don’t give up.
As long as you live in the steppe, you cannot completely cut off your connection with other tribes.
Someday, someone will reveal their whereabouts.
‘I’ll just leave some warriors behind for that time.’
The Silvermoon chief looked around the place where the Red Hawk tribe was once again and ran.
Warriors follow him all at once.
The dogs, which had been lingering and sniffing at a distance, quickly ran ahead of their masters.
‘There’s no way that it’s going to be like that tomorrow just because it’s safe today.’
One day, for sure, I’ll catch their families when the Red Hawk Warriors aren’t there.
When the Gorukawa warriors return to the plains, they will find their beloved wives and children enslaved to the Silver Moon.
“…”
The steppe warrior is not just a fighter.
He is the one who feeds and protects the family.
It was the most dishonorable thing to let one’s own family starve, drop into slavery of another tribe, or die.
There was a reason why the red hawk was admired by all tribes and held the highest honor.
Even in the kidnapping of the grassland tribes this time, not a single member of their tribe was taken away.
Old warriors and young men are always guarding women and children.
No matter how many things to do and how few men there are, no matter how many boys flock together if there are no young men, their tribe never separates women and children.
Always protect somehow.
There is no gap.
Power determines everything in the grasslands, but honor is not determined only by the strength of the warriors and the strength of the tribe.
But it’s time to change that too.
In the future, when the war with the kingdom is over, the silver moon will be the law of the grasslands.
A ferocious smile appeared on the corner of the Silvermoon Chieftain’s mouth.
My father was killed by a red hawk, but he is different.
sure to win
can win.
‘Goruka.’
As the broad face came to mind, Chief Silvermoon urged his words even harder.
Upon arriving at the realm of the Silver Moon, the appearance of several tribal warriors caught my eye.
These are the people gathered to depart for the kingdom.
Most of the tribe seems to have arrived while the red hawk was out.
“Which tribe hasn’t come yet?”
When the Silvermoon Chief asked, the warrior who was checking the participation of other tribes answered.
“The two places haven’t come yet. I haven’t heard from them, but it seems they’ve decided not to join us.”
“Heung! A cowardly fellow.”
It’s because Goruka talked about being the child of the moon.
After his remarks, he chose to be neutral in several places, but even at the end, Goruka’s words seemed to occupy people’s heads.
The strange death of the wolf pack, combined with Goruka’s horse, planted an unknown fear in the grassland.
“What should I do? Would it be better to send someone to urge me?”
“Leave it alone, let’s take the unmotivated ones. After we return from the kingdom, we will subjugate all the tribes that do not agree with us. They are not children of the grassland.”
The Silvermoon Chief turned his horse in the direction of the kingdom.
“Prepare to depart. We depart when the sun rises high above our heads.”
“All right.”
While the warrior was giving orders to the other tribes, nearby tents began to be demolished.
An old warrior who was always by his side advising him rode his horse beside him.
“You stay here and finish hunting the Red Hawk. I’ll give you about a hundred old and young warriors.”
“…”
“Be sure to track them down before I return.”
“All right.”
He is the man who was his father’s right-hand man.
Although he is old, he is a superior warrior and is good at tracking.
If he did, he would be able to do it without himself.
The Silvermoon chieftain glared at the distant sky.
How will the expressions of Goruka and the Red Hawk warriors change when they find out that their entire family has become slaves of the silver moon?
“I’m really looking forward to the day I meet him.”
A small laugh came out involuntarily.