' The new Duke of Batternberg is too young to control a duchy ' is what everyone said . But the duke single handedly killed a whole forest full of monsters at the competition between nobel families last year , which is held every year to decrease the number of monsters near the capital .
This so called monsters are said be easy to defeat even for a newbie knight . But if you run into them in a group , you have to be a silver medal knight to return with your limbs attached . This monsters don't really have any kind of magic powers to be wary of , but their physical strength is enormous . When they are in a group they are very strong and dangerous .
In the compitcompe held near the capital no one go without a knight squad accompanying them . But duke Harren Battenburg went to this hunt with only two footmen as his companions and returned victorious by defeating all the monsters in the forest with the shortest time in the empire's history. The other families could not believe his strength even after watching it first hand .
But everyone have to acknowledge him when he returned from the forest of hell perfectly fine .
The emperor started to fear him and send him to the border to do a full servey and eradicate the monsters all around the empire .
The duke didn't say anything and quietly left on the journey with few of his trusted knights. As he was taught through out his life to trust and serve the throne of the empire , just like his father , the previous duke .
When he reached the Cutron village he was already tired by the last 6 months of monster hunt , which was mostly done by Harren himself . When he heard of a bar only for relaxing he went there without a second thought .
But when the performing girl started singing he looked up and couldn't took his eyes off of her .
Her voice was just mesmerizing , it soothed the depth of his soul . He felt like he was getting bewitched , but the girl was definitely human , or maybe he's seeing things now . Her soft voice wrapped the whole place with a warm embrace , which was really comforting . He couldn't focus on the song but still his head is getting clear and all the exhaustion is leaving his body . She is still singing at her own pace . It feels like she is the only one in this land who is awake .
At last she looked his way and her jewel green eyes were as beautiful as her voice . More like it suits her . Her silver hair over her shoulder is reflecting the moon light in the small room of this pub . Her smile at the end was like out of the world . Harren remembered her smiling face over and over again in his heart . His companions were worried when he was still sitting there even after the closing song .
" My Lord , is everything alright ?" one of the knights eventually asked him .
" Hmm..why? " Harren was quite surprised by the sudden question .
" No I mean you were just sitting there my Lord . " the knight was sweating right now .
" It's alright , let's leave . You all should rest ." Harren still looked back wanting to see her one more time . But no luck....
For the first time the duke Harren felt something deep inside him and he thought to himself ' I love her' .
He felt a little chill by her voice earlier . It's definitely LOVE!
Harren came back to the bar the next day in the morning . His companions said that they don't remember much of the girl even though they were listening to her , but they only drank two glasses before that , so it's unlikely that they were drunk , but they still can't remember her singing clearly neither her face . Knights don't get drunk on two glasses of alcohol anyway .The bar owner was managing the counter when Harren arrived at the shop ealy in the morning , they were open at least."Excuse me" , Harren said with a little smile on his , which incidentally creeped out his knights companions ."Yes , how may I help you , sir?" Gordon was quite calm while replying ."Um. . can I ask about the girl that was singing here yesterday." With the hesitation in the question the knights really felt chill in their back . The duke never really hesitate in his speech even with the royal family . So this
"Ew , I didn't ask for a love from you Lord . I asked about the lady and if she is someone suspicious ." Mat shrugged ."Well I don't think you have to be concerned about her and her identity . " Harren was sad now that his friend don't really like his story . Although bit of it was fictional ."Really then how much do you know about her ?" Mat was excited now ." Well , she is an orphan . She came here almost three years ago . She is really good singer and kind to everyone ." Harren was happy to deliver the news to Mat ." But you still don't know if she...."" Oh..shu s up Mat , I will talk with her and then I will know how she is ." Harren left without saying anything more ."This guy! " Mat sat there thinking how he should start investigation .Harren asked some villagers about her and comes to know that her real name is Seilin
The place where they were talking was almost empty , so it was convenient to talk there ."That's not an answer to my question ."" I am not obligated to tell you everything now am I ? You didn't tell me everything about you too ." Harren smirked a little at his revenge from last time in the field ."Alright then tell me where you came from ." Seilin was a little irritated ." I came from the capital . ""Really? You are from the capital ! Did you see the emperor there ? ""I did ; why ?""WHAT ! You have ? Wow it's the emperor no one from around here saw a single royal member let alone the emperor .""I see . Well I can guarantee that he is not like the stories though . ""Whatever he still is the emperor of our land ."" I see ." Harren was quite sad by her interest th
"I'm sorry for lying to you ." Harren fell on his knees in front of Seilin . She was still crying while holding her face .After a while she calmed a little and then she finally spoke ."No I'm not sad because you didn't said the truth , but I'm sad thinking I talked to you all this time in that manner ,you must have neeb hurt sometimes . I'm sorry . ""No no I didn't really mind."" I talked about the people from capital even you without knowing . I'm so sorry .""Please don't say sorry anymore it's more sad for me ." Harren gave her a hug which stopped her tears suddenly . "I'm glad that you don't hate me Sei .""Of course not , I don't hate you . ""Do you not find me hard to talk with ." Harren was hesitant when he asked that ."Why should I ? I talked with for this many days why would I think of you as a different
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