Back to the Battlefield: The Veteran Heroes Return to the Fray! Volume 2 [Parts 1 to 6] by Kiraku Kishima

Author:Kiraku Kishima
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 4: Preparing for War

After securing the cooperation of Kevin Laphicet the Unrivaled Gadabout, Alan and Rosetta returned to the First Kingdom posthaste and reported the development to Empress Margaret Whitehyde.

“Thang you zo muuuuuuch! Das great neeeeeews! I was sho worried about what to do if he really didn’t agree to heeeeeelp!!!” Margaret hugged the two of them in a grand display of tears and snot that thankfully remained unseen by any outsiders. Receiving thanks personally from the empress herself, the highest authority of all humanity, was quite the honor, but Rosetta would rather not have snot on her uniform.

Margaret gave them a day off to rest from the long trip despite the fact the rest of the kingdom bustled with activity as it prepared for war. In Rosetta’s mind, a day off for Alan was all well and good, but she had no intention of neglecting her duty of tending to him just because he had no work.

“Listen, Rosetta. This is an order from Her Imperial Majesty herself. Don’t worry about me, just go rest,” Alan told her. She couldn’t object to a direct command from her master himself, so she ended up taking a day off for the first time in a while.

“I don’t actually know what to do now that I have the free time,” Rosetta said with a sigh as she walked around the courtyard of the royal palace. It was around noon, when she’d usually be serving Alan his lunch or preparing for her afternoon work. Without any of her duties, she had so much free time she was bored out of her mind. It wasn’t like she had anything else she wanted to do, so what was the harm in letting her work?

“Master Alan, you dummy,” Rosetta said. She fiddled with her bright red hair as she sat on a bench in the courtyard.

“Um, excuse me, could you please stand up for a moment? I’d like to sweep under the bench.”

Rosetta looked up to see a contrite janitor who was sweeping the courtyard with his broom. “Oh, I’m sorry for getting in the way,” Rosetta replied before jumping up. She mentally chastised herself for not being considerate enough to stand up before he could ask.

“Oh no, don’t worry about it. I appreciate it,” the middle-aged janitor said. He bowed his head deeply, then proceeded to sweep the leaves and dust under the bench with efficient motions that betrayed his familiarity with such work.

Wait a minute... I feel like I’ve seen him somewhere before, Rosetta thought. She had a hunch that it was at a really important place. When she took a closer look at the man, he wasn’t dressed like a servant, which meant that he wasn’t part of the palace staff. He had a medium build, was around Alan’s age, and his amicable-looking eyebrows and eyes drooped a little at the ends.

“Ah!” Rosetta shouted.

The man started. “Whoa, you almost gave me a heart attack! What’s wrong?”

“Hey, you! Aren’t you one of the Seven

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.