Chapter 2: 2
The Balta region, home to the Duke of Landgel, was located in the north, where the winter was long, and the land was very barren .
Landgel has an expansive manor, but the harsh land and cold climate make it difficult to produce crops, so much of its food is dependent on imports . In addition, as barbarians frequently invade near the border, they had to continue to strengthen their troop .
When looking at the surrounding kingdoms, these provinces are usually avoided by high—ranking nobles, so lower—level local native nobles manage them separately, and when troops are needed, they take the form of dispatching troops from the capital . This type of form is often incapable of properly defending against the invasion of the enemy, so there is a risk of serious damage .
There were many countries that had collapsed in the same real case, and for that reason, the more a country with a large land mass such as the Kronos Empire, the more it had to be done to defend the border .
The northern part of the Kronos Empire was directly ruled by the Duke of Landgel, so it has always been kept safe from the danger of invasion . From the defense level alone, the Duke of Landgel was in the form of a principality, but since everyone knew that Landgel was loyal to the Empire, few people thought disrespectfully of the Duke’s troops .
The Balta region, which serves as the roof of the Kronos Empire, where the Duke of Landgel and his vassals reside, spans the Balta Mountains, making the entire region like a fortress . Most of the Yeongii people living in the Balta are a are commoners who can be used as soldiers when wartimes occur, and they the characteristic northern temperament, so they are tougher and sharper than the capitals .
They had strong vigilance against outsiders because they had to always consider the invasion of barbarians . The Balta region, where the Duke of Landgel’s nature is located, was particularly severe, perhaps because it was directly managed by the Duke .
Jay stood in front of the central Balta region of the northern part of the empire, the Duke of Landgel, said to have the highest boundaries on the continent .
Already, the guards at the gates and towers entered emergency alerts when Jay’s figure began to be seen from a distance . Duke Fortress, located on the top of the mountain, was tightly controlled because the castle itself served as a fortress .
Except for the states and the vassals, there are only a few people who enter and exit the Duke Castle by necessity . Most of them were breakdowns to deliver supplies and food that are regularly needed by the castle, or to deliver emergency information sent from out side . All of them came up on a cart or horse, so it should be considered that there are no people walking up to the castle from the manor under the mountain .
In particular, due to his notoriety for Duke Landgel, even the nobles, not to mention the commoners, were very reluctant to visit the Duke . Furthermore, it was strange to walk up alone from the bottom of the mountain toward such a d uke castle, but even the clothes were bizarre, so I couldn’t decide whether it w as a barbarian or not .
“Isn’t it clear that you’ve been lurking around?”
Bern, the head of the Knights of the Duke of Landgel, asked, looking down from the tower above the castle gate, frowning .
“As soon as that stranger was caught, we sent a search team to the outskirts, but there is no one near the castle other than him . ”
“For what purpose are you approaching the castle?”
“that’s… . ”
Jason, in charge of the gate guard, couldn’t find the right answer, so he sweated his forehead and blew his lips . Only the person concerned knows the purpose of the stranger who is now approaching the castle .
Bern also looked at the stranger who was approaching the city gate, whether it was a question asking for an answer . ‘Is it a woman, not a man?’
Bern quickly scanned the outline of the stranger with the knight’s keen gaze . For a man, he feels some curvature of his body, and his skeleton is thin overall . I thought it might be a child with a small height, but the skeleton seems to have already grown…
‘So, not a girl, but a short adult woman . ’
When the Gentiles approached the gates, Bern sharply determined the gender and age in seconds . But that’s all . Aside from being a young woman who is a little short and has a thin skeleton, it was unclear her status, her job, and even her country of origin .
She was wearing a woolen, ear—covered hat, so I don’t know the color of her hair, but her little by little skin was definitely a color he had never seen before . Half of the face is covered with black glass, a large dark, bright blue hooded jacket that is difficult to see with imperial dyeing techniques, a windbreaker coat, tight pants, and even a transparent jewel powder, reflecting light whenever you walk .
Even shiny shoes . It was a very bizarre costume . It was as if she fell from another world . The guards at the entrance to the gate will find out what purpose the stranger approached Duke Castle . That’s their job .
“Wow…” Jay looked at the castle from the middle of the mountain and admired it several times . Duke Castle was much more elegant and beautiful than the German castles that were impressed when I went backpacking in Europe when I was in college . The appearance of a collection of pointed spiers all over the place looked cute like a castle on the Disney logo, and the white bricks that sparkle reflected in the sunlight looked like an ice princess with a high nose .
The appearance of the castle, which I thought ‘cute, pretty,’ made Jay’s mouth wide open when she arrived at the entrance of the castle gate . She couldn’t shut her mouth down because she was so impressed with how solid and magnificent the look from right under the castle was .
With such a stupid look, she felt somebody approaching, while its like her neck broke for a while looking at the castle . It was one of the soldiers standing in armor at the entrance of the castle gate .
A guard, almost twice as tall as Jay, was approaching him with a spear taller than him . Bern, who was watching the situation on the tower, looked like an enemy of persecuting a child and frowned . It was Jay who had already frowned on the knight commander’s eyebrows several times, consistent with his expressionless expression in any situation .
“Hello . ”
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