I Returned As the Governor of the Country That Abandoned Me

37 – We are

“Move as fast as you can. It would not have gone very far.”

“”I see!!””

Right after His Excellency ordered the arrest of the mercenaries who had fled through the back door, Commander-in-Chief Serena came out of the house and told us.

“Ariel.”

Then she calls my name.

“There is only one road to the village, right?”

“Yes. However, if they had gone out through the back door, they would have gone all the way down the mountain, not through the entrance.”

There is only one official way to enter and exit the village. That’s why I didn’t think they would have chosen that path.

“Commander-in-chief! It’s over there!”

And then it was. A soldier pointed his finger in one direction and shouted.

In a remote mountain with no road. The direction he was pointing was definitely that way.

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, I am sure. There are testimonies from villagers and traces of some people moving there.”

The residents of the villages surrounding this place. These are probably people who came to see what was going on. It was then that the familiar faces of a man and a woman caught my eye among so many people.

‘Mother. Father.’

My mother and father. When I was expelled from this village, the two people who looked at me helplessly.

There is no particular ill feeling left between the two of you. It’s just that our relationship ended that day.

Two people were staring at me. Did he recognize me, or did he think he was someone similar to me?

It is unknown. Right now, I just do my best in the mission I have to do.

“There is no time to find out more clearly. For now, go there and search for criminals.”

“””Yes!!”””

The Commander-in-Chief Serena gave the order, and me and the soldiers of the Imperial Army started chasing after him.

Thick trees and grass. In a place where only the chirping of insects and the chirping of birds can be heard, we started running to chase the criminals.

‘..The grass is bowing its head.’

This means that someone stepped on the grass and passed by. Other than that, footsteps, broken tree branches, everything said that they were running away through this place.

‘If this happens… It’s too late.’

They are faster than I thought. We’re not slow either, but we’ll miss them if we keep going like this.

“I will go first and catch them.”

This is the place where I was born and raised all my life. No one can move faster than me in this place.

“..Is it okay?”

“Yes, I am fine.”

Commander Serena asked me with a worried expression. I answered her with a smile as bright as possible.

After hearing my words, the commander-in-chief wanted to ponder for a while, but then opened his mouth.

“.. I’ll chase after you as much as possible.”

With her permission. She also vaguely knows. If I go on like this, I will miss them.

At her words, I nodded and started running at high speed, overtaking the soldiers of the Imperial Army.

I run through the trees and grass blocking my way. I haven’t run on terrain like this in a long time, but my body remembers all of this.

‘There it is..’

How long did it run like that? Their backs began to show little by little. Perhaps they were conscious of me, and started running at a higher speed, but they were still numerous.

In order to match the speed of others, you have no choice but to slow down.

“Kyaaagh! I’ve been chasing you! What should I do, Kai!!”

“Imperial forces may be behind! I’ll buy you time!”

“..No..I..Blocked..”

As the distance narrows, you can hear their conversation. Hearing that conversation, I drew my sword.

Someone turns this way and starts running towards me. Two daggers, held in reverse, flying towards me.

Chaeng-

His sword collides with mine. Judging by how small the body was, this person seemed to be a woman.

Huwoong-

When I swung her sword at her, she decided that it was too much to stop her, so she avoided my sword and stepped back. Eventually, the robe she wore came off, and her face began to be revealed.

“.. Gee..”

A low pitched voice. The person whose robe was taken off was, as I predicted, a woman.

“You…”

A familiar face. I know that face. When I was imprisoned, wasn’t it the mercenary group who came to get me out?

“.. Huh? You… “

Looks like she recognized me too. Her I asked towards her, her blank staring at me.

“Are you the Resistance?”

“.. I don’t know. We.. Just do.. Whatever Kai tells us to do..”

I don’t know if what she said is true or false, but that’s not the point.

I grabbed the sword in both hands. There is no time. You have to subdue this person and go after the others.

Strength began to enter my hands holding the sword. I don’t know why. It’s just that my instincts are shouting that this person is strong.

My instinct screamed that her opponent in front of me was strong, but I still moved her body and swung her sword at her.

After seeing me wielding her sword, she also held the two swords in reverse and took a posture to block my sword.

Bang-

It was then that she started flying behind her as I lowered her sword towards her.

‘..Why?’

Weak. Contrary to what my instincts warned me to do, her ability to block my sword was so poor.

“Ugh.. Strong..”

She got stuck in her tree, staggered her body and rose from her seat.

I, in case she was trying to catch me off guard, continued to carefully swing her sword at her, but her result was the same.

Chaeng- Kwang- Knock-Gig-

Even though I abandon defense and focus on attack, she doesn’t even see a chance to counterattack and focuses only on blocking my attack. As if even this was too difficult.

‘This isn’t it..’

Our fight shouldn’t have been so one-sided. A little more fierce, a little more desperate fight. Our fight had to be like that.

I don’t know why I felt that way. I just thought that it should be like that.

“No!!”

It was then that I heard another woman’s voice as I swung her sword at her with such thoughts.

Different from this girl who uses two daggers, a girl with a huge sword that doesn’t fit her body.

Bang-

However, her skills were also poor. Two people rushed at me at the same time, but they were busy going backwards just by swinging my sword once.

“We are here to help!”

‘Persistent..’

This time, a girl wearing a maid outfit…?, Holding a mace, started attacking me.

I wield my sword against the three girls like that. Am I strong, or are they weak?

One to two. Two to three people. Obviously, the number of them increased, but the weapons they wielded did not feel any strength at all.

“Hiya Yaap!”

“Take my mace!!”

“Shuk.. Shuk.. Shuk..”

Those who keep wielding useless weapons at me.

‘This isn’t… it’s not…’

In the midst of exchanging weapons with them, only the same thought lingered in my head.

Our fight shouldn’t be like this. Our meeting shouldn’t have been like this.

It’s not a one-sided fight. It should be a fight to find something to learn from each other, equal to each other.

There is no such thing as living in it. A fight to train each other. Our fight definitely had to be like that.

And at the end, we look at each other and smile. In this way, like now, it’s not a tragedy of aiming for each other’s lives.

However, whether they knew my heart or not, they continued to wield meaningless weapons at me.

“Guys! Step back!!”

It was then that a boy’s voice was heard. A boy with yellow hair and a human-looking face. A sword in his hand was swung at me, emitting a red aura.

“Yes..”

I blocked his sword from swinging at me, but my body couldn’t help but be pushed back due to the recoil. Because the difference in skill between Aura users and non-users is obvious.

‘..This guy is strong.’

A real strength different from the three girls I faced earlier. I can’t beat this boy

“Ariel?”

“… “

Calling my name, looking at me. I met the boy’s eyes.

‘It’s strange.’

It was really strange. When I shared swords with those girls, I felt all kinds of emotions, but why do I not have any emotions from this boy?

‘I don’t know.’

Nothing is known. The feelings I have for those girls, and even whether I can win against that boy.

Sureureureung-

Nevertheless, I grabbed the sword. The important thing now is to carry out my mission.

“Kai! You are here!”

Girls approaching the boy who swung a sword at me. No. It’s not the place where you guys should be.

“There it is!!”

Soon, I started to hear the voice of Commander-in-Chief Serena from behind me. It sounds small now, but it seems she has come this far.

“Oops..!! Let’s run away quickly!”

Kai shouted to the girls. But I couldn’t help but watch it.

I grabbed my sword and ran towards Kai. I felt guilty when I swung my sword at other girls, but for some reason, when I swung my sword at this boy, there was no hesitation.

Chaeng-

However, my sword never touched him. Because the girl who held the two daggers in reverse, blocked my sword.

“Run.. Hit.. This is.. I..”

With a different momentum than before, she started swinging her sword at me.

Nevertheless, it’s not that his skills suddenly improved or anything like that. She switched to her attack, which only bothered her a bit.

“Over there! I see Ariel-sama!”

The Imperial Army is approaching at a distance. After confirming the appearance of the Imperial Army, Kai’s party started to run away.

“Must..!! You must run away!!!”

“I’ll come to save you!!!”

They walk away with a single word. The girl who interrupted me responded by raising her thumb at them.

No.. You guys can’t go there.. You can’t block me..

However, this girl who couldn’t understand my heart, she swung her sword at me, standing in my way until the end.

“Sorry… “

Finally I swung her sword at her, with all her might. She was blown away by the power of her sword that I swung.

She overpowered her and tried to chase them again, but before she knew it, she came under my feet and grabbed my leg.

“Please let go of the girl..”

I moved her feet as I said that, but as she grabbed mine, she only gave more strength to her arms.

“The store.. Can’t be left.. Can’t.”

Even with her eyes closed almost tightly, she held onto my legs tightly as if she would not let me go.

“Please..”

I looked at her and said her bite in her young voice. Even so, she didn’t let go of her foot.

After struggling for so long, when she passed out with all her might and let me go, Kai and the others had already disappeared.

“Why.. Did you do that..?”

Imperial forces begin to swarm around me. The soldiers who flocked around me began to be wary of the surroundings.

“What the hell..Why..”

But I didn’t care about them. I just kept muttering to her who had passed out.

I also didn’t know why I was doing this.