The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects: Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 8] by Fuurou

Author:Fuurou
Language: eng
Format: epub

Ten Days Later, On the Plains by the Yurt—Klaus

I looked up at the vast blue sky that spread wide over the plains, and then I thrust my spear forwards, swung it upwards, then brought it down. Then I did it again. With each movement I let out a breath in time with my strike, and I repeated this without rest. I swung my spear as if to torture my own body.

It had been ten days since I began working under Lord Dias, and I took to this training everyday without fail. And not just with the spear, either—I also trained with swords and bows, and went jogging to ensure my stamina was on point. When Lord Dias was free, I asked him to spar with me, and in this way I did my utmost to rise to his level. I was nothing if not desperate to ensure that I was worthy of fighting by his side.

At the royal capital, the nobles had broken into factions as a battle for succession raged between the first prince, the second prince, and the first, second and third princesses. Plots and conspiracies were put into play and revenges were planned, and all of it played out over and over in the unique and ugly way that only the nobility are truly capable of.

This pointless back and forth was the reason that returning soldiers and mercenaries were yet to receive their just rewards, and why the citizens had yet to feel reassured and safe in the aftermath of the war. As a result, the people became angry and wild, and the areas outside of the royal capital fell into an awful state.

And in the areas on the frontiers, distant from the royal capital, things were even worse. Beyond the eyes of the officials in the capital, unscrupulous domain lords were free to do as they pleased, and this was especially bad in the neighboring Kasdeks region. I saw it once on my way to the Nezrose grasslands, and it was so awful that the mere thought of it even now sent a shiver down my spine.

The reason that Lord Dias had not received money he was owed for his position, and the reason that the third princess Diane had gone to visit him, was due to that battle for succession. Of this I was sure. It was likely that Lord Dias’s money had been stolen by the second prince, who was infamous for his greed. Princess Diane, on the other hand, was said to be the weakest of the factions in terms of military strength, and had thus wanted to recruit Dias by any means possible.

But the rippling effects of the battle for succession were far from over, and I felt certain that Lord Dias’s domain would yet see more of its effects as they rolled over the lands. Others would come to the plains, but I knew how Lord Dias would respond—I knew that just as with Princess Diane, he would stand up to them, and he would drive them away.

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