Chapter 78 - The General ands to Kneel (Part 2)
Phill:
I’m following the boy who was running through the garden area. For some reason, he kept rubbing his face while he ran.
“I’ll catch that boy. No one insults the king and his ente!”
I walk slowly, watg as he moves farther away. He stopped running for a moment and started walking, the pce.
“What do you think? Better than your shitty garden, you lunatic?” he says to someone.
There’s no ohere.
The boy keeps walking, looking around, and occasionally rubbing his face with his hands. I kept following at a distance when I saw a soldier approag.
The soldier came running frantically toward me.
“Sir! What are you doing here? This area is off-limits. You shouldn’t go any further,” he says, panicked.
Who is he to order a royal guard?
He realized the offense he had itted and tried to correct himself.
“The area beyond is protected by the saber-toothed tiger pack. If you go further, we ’t guarantee your safety. They’re extremely territorial.”
Damn it! I fot about those beasts!
I look in the dire the boy had gone.
“Thanks for the warning.”
I’ll let that kid get himself killed.
“I'm here for that. My job is to keep a if aries to e this way. Miss Joana was supposed to stay he door, but I think she left.”
“You’ve done a good job,” I say, smiling.
This guy’s fucked when the boy dies, hahaha.
“I’m off duty since I asked for a rept. Do you know where those soldiers are camped? I’m in the mood to drink and celebrate.”
Nathan Evenhart:
I was walking through the garden and wandering into a small forest. Luckily, the bleeding had stopped, but I took some time to admire the sery.
I had to deal with an irritated Goddess who wasn’t happy about not finishing her meal and tagging along with me. Fortunately, Athena became curious about the garden filled with so many different flowers. Even though it was night, the pce was illuminated by mpposts with light crystals, and I strolled for a while, enjoying the view.
I got blood on my shirt… Martha is going to kill me.
I always carried a cloth in my pocket ever since I started g blood, but I left it in my room when Chloe barged in and dragged me out. My solution was to wipe it on the sleeve of my dress shirt. With the jacket on top, no one would see the stain underh.
The air here is refreshing.
Part of me was still furious with that king for c my mother. A wave of anger surged through me, and I couldn’t tell if it was the mixed rage of a child’s body or the fury of General Icarus, but I did something dangerous.
I ended up losing trol of my emotions and unleashed a murderous gre at that guard. Thankfully, I wasn’t seeing clearly, or I might have done something reckless… I o trol my emotions, or I’m in serious trouble.
In my former world, long before my jouro overthrow Olympus, I never let anyone challenge me when I was a General—I would kill without hesitation. When I lost everything and became Emperor, isotion taught me that instilling fear in others was a lonely existence, but by then, it was too te. Fortunately, I had befriehe Titans and was able to tinue my journey alongside them.
I sighed.
You've chosen to be human, Natha's honor that decision. The General is dead… only a boy remains, a son of a good mother.
I repeated this in my mind, but part of me khat any child would have been enraged.
"I'm giving the king one more ce. He was drunk and a fool, but if he does something like that again…"
‘ROAR!’ Before I could finish my sentence, I was interrupted by a roar.
“Well… looks like I’ve found some trouble.”
A massive tiger roag me. It had two long fangs protruding from its upper jaw, so long they looked like horns.
‘GRRRRR!’ I go the side and saw aiger.
I tried to back away, but something snorted behind me.
‘Grrr!’
I looked in all dires and found myself surrounded by at least eight adult tigers, the kind that would make a their pants.
I put my hand on my head and took a deep breath.
“I’m not really in the mood to waste time with this nonsense. Part of me is still angry about what happeonight, and I’ve got an annoying headache.”
The tigers began to circle around me.
‘Rrowled a rger ohat seemed to be their leader.
I could see some of the tigers croug, ready to pounce.
“So, that’s how it’s going to be?” I asked, my anger rising as the headache intensified.
‘AARGH!’ their leader responded.
“KNEEL BEFORE YOD!”
Phill:
I walked toward a guard post the soldier had pointed out so I could grab a drink. A military force was statiohere to watch over the property, and since I khe men, they were probably already drinking, given that today’s duty was an easy one.
“Looks like you’re having a good time,” I said as I heard the men’s ughter and even saw some of them singing around a campfire.
These guys are going to be screwed when the boy turns up dead, haha.
Being a royal guard was the pinnacle of guard duty, and it osition I had fought hard to achieve. Even though my family had always been castle guards, I was the first to reach the rank of personal guard.
“Where’s your ander?” I asked a soldier who was drinking.
“He’s in that red tent. He’s having a drink too.”
He's going to be the most screwed—he'll still be drunk.
I headed towards the tent, notig a few men looking at me with respect.
This armor isn’t just for show; take a good look and envy how far I’ve e.
As soon as I opehe tent, I was greeted by a surprised ander.
“Cousin Phill?” the man said cheerfully when he saw me.
“Joe?” I asked, equally surprised.
He hurried over to me and grabbed a chair.
“Bring a drink for my cousin. Don’t you see this man is a royal guard?”
Fuck! I may have climbed high in the hierarchy, but if things go to hell for him, it could drag me down too.
“What are you doing here, Joe? Weren’t you supposed to be guarding the capital’s wall?”
Joe smiled.
“I’ve been slowly climbing the ranks, and thanks to your name, I had the ce to go far. Let’s just say that ily, you got me this position,” he said, ughing as he handed me a mug of beer.
“We’re screwed, Joe! We’re totally screwed!”
He looked at my serious expression.
"What happened, cousin?" he asked me.
