The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects: Volume 5 [Parts 1 to 3] by Fuurou

Author:Fuurou
Language: eng
Format: epub

The senjis led me eastward until an old man came into sight, dragging more and bigger logs behind him than I possibly could have expected. There were five in all, recently cut down and with the branches all sheared off, all tied together with rope that the old man was using to pull them along.

All I could do for a time was stare in shock. Where did such a little old man find that kind of awesome strength? And what was he intending to do with all those logs anyway? But as these thoughts flitted through my mind, the old man noticed us and grinned.

“Wow! You really are just an ordinary man!” his voice boomed over the plains. “Just a plain ol’ human with no magic and no nothing! You have done a remarkable job surviving this long!”

His jovial attitude and the honest-to-God happiness in his voice told me that the old man probably didn’t mean us any harm, and I felt myself relax a little as I walked on over to him. When I got closer, I noticed writing on one of the logs.

Take home and make into timber today.

It was a message that Senai and Ayhan had written on the tree when we’d last been to the forest. When the old man saw me looking, he gave the logs a couple of slaps.

“Ah, these?” he said. “Looks like you forgot them last time you were in the forest, so I figured I’d chop them down for you. Some of them just said to cut them down and leave them, so that’s what I did. If you need those ones you’ll have to go and get them yourself.”

“Oh, uh, thanks. And uh, by the way, who are you...?”

“Hmm? Oh, me? I’m a cavekin. Go by the name of Narvant. I’m here to help you, to keep a promise made a long, long time ago in the long, long past. I left a message with the two little ones and then followed their magic here.”

I scratched my head and let out a long “hmm” as I considered the old man’s words. It looked to me like this was the old man that Senai and Ayhan had told me about. He didn’t look senile, and he didn’t look like he was up to no good either. If he was, I feel like he would’ve behaved a little more...normally, so as to not look so suspicious.

We’d know for sure once Alna had a chance to work her soul appraisal on him, but I was pretty certain already.

“And what is this old promise you mentioned?” I asked.

Narvant thought for a time, then threw his rope to the side and stroked his beard.

“Ah... That’s a long story, and it’s going to take some time to tell it. But let’s see... Let me tell you the simple version so you get the gist of things. A long time ago, and I’m talking more than a century here, these lands were ruled by monsters and miasma. It was pretty much a no man’s land.

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