Recruitment

~ ONE YEAR LATER ~

The situation in Northern regions isn't going well and we are now in War...

For too many months we tried to negotiate with this rising Monarch in the North but all our efforts failed

Those riots began to slowly expand, covering half of the Empire now...

The enemy seems to have unlimited troupes and resources

They must have planned their moved for ages... The Plan to take over the Empire could even goes back for generations seeing how prepared they are.

Too many Innocent lives are diying and commoners are getting less and less easy to deal with.

A civil revolt occurred at the capital, since everyone was getting doubtful of the Empire's will to help them.

The Emperor finally declared war after endless threatening from both the nobles and the commoners...

Criminality is at it's excess and fear rules the street of almost every city

Only those as stupid as the folks here, and other small villages, are opposing to war, or even not caring about such a menace.

They believe that as long as their field will be full of rice and their Chickens fat, then everything is alright...

But only a blind idiot will still think like that once death knock on their door.

The streets are getting filled with more and more hungry refuges, but our people still discriminate them and treat them like rubbish...

They need food and water yet nobody is willing to share.

Even the bigger businesses are having troubles, merchant's boats are constantly beign robbed and everyone's work partners are betraying them...

Some more coward nobles even decided to take the enemy side, only to fill their own wallets and bellies...

Prostrating to that filthy man and covering that fake Monarch with lodes, decanting their splendid future with unreal complements...

These humans truly are disgusting.

...

I take off my eye bandage, lowering down my bow...

-Perfect hit, it died on the spot and have no injuries- I comment looking at the tiger, which didn't even had time to notice me before diying

-I'm getting bored... Ohy! Tiger, if you got more firends who want to be a menace to our village please bring them to me...- I yell approaching it

-As if you could hear me- I extract the arrow in its head and wipe the blood off

-It seems like even animals are feeling all these changes...-

Eve tho it is easier for them to hunt due to the chaos, they still come near the villages... Yet not for food but just to kill.

I change my clothes up and mount my horse riding back to my village... I did came quite far away following those tiger's traces.

Yet it was worth it since I managed to rescue everyone in danger and secured their fields.

I'm also getting good with blindness, you never know what could happen in life.

...

I reach my village and see some tends outside the walls along a few soldiers eating and talking together...

I rush back inside the walls and leave my horse to my attendant who was waiting for me

-Miss! Where have you gone this time?! It's been two days, your mother fainted for the worry!-

-I was helping some farmers with their fields... Take back my horse first, I'll be coming home shortly-

-S sure...- He takes the reins and leaves.

I approach the central plaza of the city, trying to understand what's going on

There's quite the crowd, people are circling around a group of soldiers on their horses

-Silence! And don't push! We told you already! Two more days before we depart, whoever not on the list who want to arruolate has time untile tomorrow's sunset!-

I make my way between the people, elbowing them away, to reach the soldiers at the centre.

There's a Royal Minister behind them holding a long parchment...

-I do not accept that! My son must help us in the fields! My husband can't to all the work alone, he's too old!-

-Yeah exactly! Who will mange the shop if both my sons depart, I'm just a widow?! Tell your Emperor we refuse!-

-As read before "Whoever oppose will have to pay the debit with their life"- he reads from the parchment in his hands.

-Mister what's happening here?- I ask approaching

-Oh Miss Ying... As you know we live in dark days... We can't take old or injured men in war but we must take everyone else according to the new rules...

Even if they are the only one being able to earn money for their family... We also accept refugees who wants to arruolate or other peoples who were initially considered non suitable...-

-Then I volunteer- I state leaving everyone speechless

-M Miss... I really appreciate your strong patriotism but we must decline-

-And why is that so? I'm extremely healthy, more than half of these villagers you're taking... I have a strong body and I know how to defend myself, contrary to all the older farmers-

-Yes Miss I do not doubt that you are well fed but you see... MyLady is a woman-

-So just because of our gender you do not accept thousands of valuable cadets who, with some training, can hold a sword more than skinny starving men? just because we have full lips and lovable bodies?-

-It is not possible for a woman to even touch a sword...

Come on My Lady, they are meant for pleasure and birthing a child... I ask you to go away if you can only speak nonsense in front of my men-

-I'll leave only when my name will be written on the volunteers list, since it can't be on the other one-

-Miss you are only shaming yourself here... Your father would be very disappointed for how you're ruining his good name, you aren't even married...-

-How dare you...!- I want to punch that man in the face so bad -I'm not leaving-

-Yes, You are- says a voice as an arm passes around my waist hissing me on their shoulder -Good evening to you my dear sister-

-Put me down Pei'Ge!- I hit his back

-Tz, not a chance-

...

He throws me on my bed

-Do you seriously think that going there, saying those absurd things, will solve anything?! It's only ruining your face!-

-Then what am I supposed to do?!-

He turns his back to me looking outside -Where have you been these two days?! I came this morning to find out you went missing two night ago and our mother went completely insane!

Everyone's eyes are already on you since you refused all the proposals last year, this is only going to make it worse-

-I... Was helping some farmers-

-And that's the official story, tell me the real one-

-I heard news about a tiger hunting a bit far from here... So I followed its traces-

-A tiger?! Again Lai'Er...-

-But if I didn't went peoples might have died! The tiger cornered some men in the wood and one was even wounded!-

-One day you will be killed if you keep being so reckless!-

-I'm not reckless, I've done even worst, I know how to fight PeiZhi!-

He sighs trying to let off the rage

-I know you do... And even better than me but still... Incidents happens- he pinches his nose bridge seating down, remaining silent for some time

-Do you really wants to arruolate? The Battlefield Is not as epic and pleasant as the books say...-

-I do-

-Well... Then there is a way... You might fail and if it happens you risk an execution-

-Tell me!- I stand up

-Ah, Sure...-