Heavenly Swords of the Twin Stars: Volume 1 [Complete] by Riku Nanano

Author:Riku Nanano
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter Three

“Good morning, Sir Raigen!”

“Good morning, Teiha. You’re up early.”

In the north of Keiyou, right at the edge of the river, stood Hakuhou Castle. Hakuhou had been built with high ramparts, mainly used to keep an eye on Gen. This morning as I stood at the height of one of such ramparts, Teiha—my distant relative and a young man for whom my lord, Chou Tairan, had high expectations—joined me.

Teiha used to be overconfident to a fault, but ever since meeting the young master he’d become quite humble; Lord Sekiei had the uncanny ability to push others to better themselves. We’d first met the young master just after he killed the bandits who’d murdered his parents and servants... I still remember the way he stood there on that plain, covered in blood from head to toe, dagger in hand. Back then I’d insisted on his immediate termination.

I’d been a fool.

The morning mist concealed the opposite side of the river. Teiha looked at me, his expression tight with anxiety. “It doesn’t look like there’s any movement this morning either.”

I hummed and nodded in agreement as I stroked my beard, which had turned bright white over time; fifty years had passed since my first battle. My eyesight was still the same as when I was a young man though, and I could only barely make out the massive war flag on Gen’s side of the border. The river bisecting the continent was so wide here that one could mistake it for the sea.

Teiha’s face turned serious. “When will General Chou return? It’s been three months since he made for the capital.”

“It will take him some time still. They’ve finished the joint practice with His Imperial Majesty’s soldiers, but the emperor hasn’t reviewed our troops yet. General Chou also has yet ahead of him the difficult task of convincing the pacifist faction.”

My Lord Tairan, who had protected the Ei Empire for the past twenty years from the front lines and served as the cornerstone of its national defense, was not in Keiyou at present. Three months ago he’d made his way to Rinkei. He had wanted to inform the emperor of the dangerous cavalrymen from the northwest who Lady Hakurei and Lord Sekiei had encountered, as well as to request reinforcements.

Under his helmet, Teiha’s expression darkened. “Do the people in the capital seriously plan on making peace with Gen? They must be mad.”

“I’m merely an old man; I cannot fathom what goes through the minds of the great magistrates in the capital. But the young master, upon returning to Keiyou, said the same thing as Lord Tairan—that the people of Rinkei view the world in a different light than we on the front lines do.”

“The young master said that?” There was a fearful awe in Teiha’s voice. He was starting to realize what kind of person the young master really was.

The morning mist was beginning to clear. “The young master is truly a mysterious person. Despite his youth, he already grasps the importance of military logistics and he brims with a talent for battle, no matter how much he tries to hide it.

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