This side story is size of two chapters
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Everyday he wakes up, take care of his dog. His dog was not a spirit beast but rather a normal dog. He walk out with his dog then leave it on road to stroll by itself, until it came back to home itself. Then he leaves to border town rampart, to petrol a while then he will take care of his business of being Commander of Border town.
It was an unusual day to Commander Ryan. He woke up late today, it never happened in last 10 years but today he woke late. He was not just 5 minutes or 10 minutes late but 90 minutes late. It was first time in his career that he woke up late, Ryan used to wake up late when he was teen and still did not join border town military. It was little off but not much off as his dog, his parent brought this dog when he was about to join border town military. Border town Yomtim was lawless place; everyday one can hear a story of bugler, brigandage, arson and many more type of crime. Therefore, they gave their son a dog so it can detect something like that and wake up Ryan. This dog save 4 times Ryan in Ryan's early days, but what off about dog is that it has been 10 years since he was with dog and a dog's should look old or act like old dog but somehow this dog still act like a child. Ryan took assumption that there is two possibility about this dog; first is that, this dog is a spirit beast but no one knows about this. Second is that, this dog was really a dog but somehow awoken. There were very rare cases where some ordinary animal turn themselves into kind-of spirit beasts.
Commander Ryan went out with his dog and came back alone, and then he was getting ready to go to Border Town Rampart but today was not going to give him leeway. His dog came back with right hind leg broken, so Ryan has to take him to veterinary. Today was very busy day because for some reason many other spirit beast too was injured. It made him wait for more hours when he got free from his ordeal, it was already afternoon.
When Ryan just reached on border town rampart's stairs, he heard some loud noises so he made his way to area of commotion. A scholar looking guy was arguing with worker. In border town worker's work was to collect everything came from outside on price they think is right, until price crosses the limit. From noises he can understand that the group scholar came with is kind-of hunter from some tribe. The scholar's group was somewhat interesting to him. The person with sword was just standing there but one of his hand was still on sword. There was another one, who was digging ground with a twig. Then there was a merchant looking guy too in-group who is somehow getting ready to butt in if scholar guy back off some reason and there was a boy, who was just standing there and occasionally opens his eyes to observe random person then closes his eyes again. To Commander Ryan it was very interesting then some soldier caught the whole group for interrogation. Commander Ryan reached to interrogator and switch with him for interrogation, somehow interrogator was looks like that he does not want to let Commander Ryan to take over the case but he has to let go.
First Sam's turn to be interrogated but he told others to spilt everyone in different-different room. Sam called in; when he saw Sam first time, he thought that Sam was an immature boy but right now Sam was full of confidence and for some reason inspecting building as if he wants to break building if needed. From Sam confidence and eyes, he was impressed so he called Sam to come and sit front of him.
Commander : "Come, Sit front of me."
Commander Ryan could have use good interrogation room for more comfort but he decided to use this one, as he wants to see how Sam reacts. As Sam's reaction was, nothing other than being more confident so Commander asked reason of being so confident and in got answer. He was surprised to get this kind of answer that one of his companion is at least A-Class mercenaries. Commander Ryan was sure that the scholar looking guy is mage, the other merchant looing should have great insight in human settlement and the last guy who was acting like a idiot was surely a something like as his physics was.
From conversation with Sam Commander Ryan could tell that Sam is intelligent enough. Then Sam revealed corruption in his castle, Commander Ryan had hunch of it but it was just hunch and he wanted to catch every corrupted officer and worker at once. However, he just cannot believe in a young boy even if he looks intelligent, so he asked for evidence as result he end up seeing a Dragon Eye. His right eye was a Dragon Eye; In Empire Penguin there is rumor of emperor having Dragon Eyes. Moreover, Dragon Eyes known to be omnipresent. Commander Ryan decided to show some desire to covert Dragon Eye in Sam's right eye as test but he seen through instantly. Commander Ryan decided to go to other members of this group but in return got warning that to stay away to sword guy, kelp. According to Sam he was A-Class mercenary at least, which was almost matches to his assumptions.
Commander Ryan decided to meet this Kelp in end. After Sam, Ryan went to meet Kiddo. Commander Ryan also wants to know why they have so weird names.
Commander Ryan reached Kiddo room, and Kiddo was sleeping in his room. Therefore, Commander Ryan knocked table so hard that metal table bend slightly but Kiddo did not open his eyes but responded by a spell, which remove bend on table in blink of eye like it, was there at first place. Commander Ryan totally impressed by Kiddo. So he asked why he got name Kiddo.
Commander Ryan : "Why your name is Kiddo?"
Kiddo looked at him for while then said.
Kiddo : "I was lost in jungle and saved by tribe leader, at that time I was just a kid. Later I became merchant but tribe leader still calls me Kiddo so it became my name."
Commander Ryan : "What is stolen from your commodity?"
Kiddo : "Young master should have told you that at least."
Commander Ryan : "I want to learn from you to know that if someone is lying."
Kiddo : "Fine, Commander Ryan, what stole from our commodity is kind of mana stone with spell on it to track it if needed by its energy signature."
Commander Ryan was not that famous but lot of people knows him.
Commander Ryan : "I have never told you my name."
Kiddo : "I am merchant, what do you think?"
Commander Ryan : "Alright, do you confess that you guys were going to make big uproar?"
Kiddo looked at Commander Ryan with uninterested eyes and said.
Kiddo : "By your laws, you cannot punish me on intension of party or me. You can only punish me for what I have done; we are not leaving in era of war. If it was era of war then by name of intension you could punish us if but for our good luck era of war passed many years ago."
Commander Ryan : "Alright do you want to say anything else before your punishment issued?"
Kiddo : "I don't but beware we are powerful, let alone Kelp. If he used his secret technique to rise his power, he will sure level this border town. There are others too, be careful before making a bad decision because in tribe we are not strongest."
Commander feeling was little panic but shown brave front.
Commander Ryan : "There are powerful mages too, let me tell you right now we have 3 A+-Class mages and 7 A+-Class melee fighters. Are you sure that you can win from us?"
Kiddo : "If its just that then Kelp alone level this take care of it. With secret power, Kelp power reaches to S-Class mercenary, with sword S+-Class mercenary and if he teamed up with Aachariya then even a SS-Class fighter is not enough. And our leader can defeat these two alone are you sure you want to pick fight?"
Commander Ryan now having imaginary pour over sweat feeling, He now really want to ask Sam why they are so overpowered that they pick fight with whole Empire Pike. Empire Pike has not many fighters, they still exists because of this got backing of Empire Penguin for some unknown reason.
Commander Ryan coughed and then said.
Commander Ryan : "Ahem… I was just asking, don't worry."
Kiddo helps Commander Ryan by comforting him.
Kiddo : "If we done something wrong leader won't come so it alright, I was just telling you take side of justice, that all."
Commander Ryan : "Alright I will tell decision after talking to everyone."
Then Commander Ryan left kiddo's room while Kiddo closed his eyes again.
Commander now put Achariya at second last position to interrogate so he left with TxT Boy, who has most weird name. When Commander Ryan reached to room of TxT Boy's room, it was awkwardly full of animal voices, so Commander Ryan braced himself and opened gate of Txt Boy's room and he penetrated with hundreds of killing intents.
What happened is that every animal was laying in front of TxT Boy and waiting to be fully groomed by TxT Boy but TxT Boy stopped grooming and looked at Commander Ryan so season of grooming is stopped so everyone shown killing intent on Commander Ryan while Commander Ryan was thinking that no one in this group is normal. First one was Dragon Eye boy, second on is at least B+-Class mercenary mage, third one is awesome tamer, fourth one is probably a mage to and at level of sword wielding freak and last one is sward wielding freak.
Commander Ryan had overcomes with killing intent and said after coughing.
Commander Ryan : "Ahem, TxT Boy can you send them back, you can continue later after out talking is over."
TxT Boy : "Sure. Alright boys go back. I will call you back when I done with it."
Then a Horse neighed and TxT Boy shown surprised faced then he said.
TxT Boy : "I should not kill him as he is important character in this town. So go back."
Then Txt Boy shouted.
TxT Boy : "Comeback later, and make line as it decided before. No cutting in line or you will not be groomed."
Commander Ryan saw almost all animal left but some animal refused to leave.
TxT Boy : "ignore them if they don't want to."
Commander Ryan : "They are still glaring at me with killing intent, its hard to avoid that."
TxT Boy : "Alright, listen you bunch of you. Go to sleep, I will wake up you when I done with Commander Ryan."
And then killing intent fade away.
Commander Ryan : "Why is your name is TxT boy."
TxT Boy : "I was born with power of communicate with animals and monsters. In my presence they feel comfortable so my tribe decided to make me messenger to talk with animals later which many co-incidence I decided to change my name to TxT Boy."
Commander Ryan decided to believe him as so many weird people in group if more weird people name story this group got than it was alright to Commander Ryan.
TxT Boy : "What bring Commander Ryan here?"
Commander Ryan : "Did your animals told you that?"
TxT Boy : "You are famous inside community of animals because of your dog, so they did told me your name."
Commander Ryan nodded his head and said.
Commander Ryan : "What was stolen from your commodity?"
TxT Boy : "It was a mana stone of my leader, from his personnel collection."
Commander Ryan : "He has many of those mana stone?"
TxT Boy : "My leader used make magic sand first, with his concentrating his magic. Then was used to sell this magic sand to monsters and get magic stones."
Now Commander Ryan was sure that their leader is at least SS-Class space mage. To him it was waste of him to let him stay in depth of forest but calling him out also can be disaster. A SS-Class Space Mage can be an important figure in empire and here he was leading his tribe only.
Commander Ryan was going to ask more but before he did, he felt a higher quality of killing intent from behind. Commander Ryan looked behind very slowly and spotted a lion behind him looking at him, Commander Ryan first time saw lion in room he thought that just some pets were here but some reason a lion was here too for some reason.
Commander Ryan looked at TxT Boy and said.
Commander Ryan : "I will tell you my verdict after talking to other two. Yes, also since you are a good tamer, can you look at my dog?"
TxT Boy : "Whenever come back from our trip, I will do that for sure."
Commander Ryan : "Alright I am going."
Before could get out of room he heard TxT Boy roared.
TxT Boy : "Come back, my work with commander is done."
And even before Commander Ryan able to run out TxT Boy's room, room was already filled with every kind of animals and spirit beasts. It took long time to get out from room.
Next in line was Aachariya, a powerful mage.
When Commander Ryan entered into Aachariya's room, room was empty only light was hanging there. Table and chairs just disappeared which was way of show hostility for Commander Ryan.
Commander Ryan looked at Aachariya and asked.
Commander Ryan : "What happened to chairs and table?"
Aachariya gave answer with straight face.
Aachariya : "They disappeared as one of our commodity."
Commander Ryan : "Which one of your commodity disappeared?"
Aachariya : "A magic stone."
Commander Ryan : "I am looking for sure but what about table and chairs?"
Aachariya : "They will appear again when our commodity returned us back."
Commander Ryan : "You are most unfriendly one from your group."
Aachariya : "Then go and meet with my pal, Kelp. Then I will be angel in your eyes."
Commander Ryan : "That's all you want to say?"
Aachariya : "Yes, that all. Since you took mine statement then go and investigate yourself, don't look at me."
Commander Ryan parted with Aachariya who was rude but he has to meet real deal, Kelp.
Kelp's room was awkwardly silent and Kelp was standing there then sitting, as he should.
Commander Ryan : "Kelp, why is your name Kelp?"
Kelp : "…"
Commander Ryan : "Alright, what is stolen?"
Kelp : "…"
Commander Ryan : "Hmm… let me say it again. Which commodity was stolen from you?"
Kelp : "…"
Commander Ryan : "That silent may lead your young master to get punished."
Kelp : "…"
This time kelp said nothing but his hand move where his sword used to be as they were confiscated.
Commander Ryan showed his both hand to calm him down and said.
Commander Ryan : "Look don't be angry. I just need to know what has stolen to make correct decision."
Kelp move his hand back to his previous position as they were in front of his chest.
Kelp : "… Mana Stone"
Commander Ryan : "Do you want to say anything else?"
Kelp : "…"
Commander Ryan : "Anything?"
Kelp this time had shown a rich killing intent, which was taking form. For this type of killing intent, one needs to kill tens of thousands of people or monsters at least. Now Commander Ryan was scared, Sam, Kiddo and Aachariya told him that this guy was dangerous and rude but Commander Ryan wanted to try and result was that he pissed Kelp even before proper conversation.
Kelp : "Kill"
After hearing, what Kelp said Commander Ryan run out of room. To his surprise, there was no killing intent outside of room. To control on this degree on killing intent, Commander Ryan was sure that the Kelp had killed more than just tens of thousands; he must have killed more than hundreds of thousands if not less.
Now what left for work to Commander Ryan was to find mana stone, which a lie made by Sam's group since so it was impossible to find. To make it more real Aachariya disappeared from his room, as he was a shadow and left some trace of magic of mana stone on corrupt officer. Aachariya was proficient on reading minds so recognizing corrupt officer and worker was no big deal. Commander Ryan left to search mana stone but all could find was magic trace of mana stone.
After wasting one and half hour to find mana stone Commander Ryan gave up, he could not ask where is mana stone from victim so he decided to compensate for mana stone. After thinking a while, he decided to give Sam 25 gold coins. Well, Commander Ryan did not lose money at all; if he had hired a spy to find who corrupted in castle then he would have lost some reputation and much more money than just 25 gold.
Commander came back to Sam gave him 25 gold coins told him that money of mana stone is included in it. Sam was not angry and helped him to catch almost all corrupt officers and workers.
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Later in afternoon
That day Commander Ryan was very happy even though he paid 25 gold coins but he got rid of almost all corrupt officers and workers in one go.
When Commander Ryan was in happy thought two people came in without knocking door. Commander Ryan looked on them with angry face but then turn his face with happiness because who entered were Sam and his subordinate, Aachariya.
Commander Ryan : "What bring you here, young master?"
Sam gave Commander Ryan 2 moon lizard, one was magic warrior and another was just a warrior. Commander Ryan knows that power of this party so he didn't ask anything. Not only he bought two moon lizards but also made friends with Sam; afterall having a powerful friend is always good no matter where he lives.