Pretty Face- Yuna the bandit king
I don't own Pretty Face or its characters, but Yasuhiro Kano does.
Chapter One-Randoh the bandit King
This is story started in the medieval world as where begin his life as a bandit. His life goal was to become a king of Bandit and putting his name well-know n thru out the land where people would respect and fear him if they saw him. But would change…
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His laughter echoed the forest, disturbing the peaceful night. Without fear in his heart, he continued laughing as he don't care about revealed his position to the soldier that seek his head. "No one able to stop me now as I am the bandit king." Randoh boasted himself as his mind still thinking about recent raid he managed to pull off.
"Leader. Please quiet down please." Tekuya asked Randoh to quiet down as he worried about the soldier still searching for them. His eye kept awareness the forest surrounding, on his lookout for any soldier appear to them. Meanwhile Shiyuuji and Takahiro carried two big chest of gold, struggling to follow their leader.
"What going to do with all of this gold?" Shiyuuji asked as never before he got so much of gold in his life as a bandit. Takahiro shudder his shoulder as he had no idea.
"We will feast like king. We don't have any decent meal for a long time." Tekuya mind thinking about food now. The image of the roast meat and jug of beer lying on the table, beckon him to come to have a bite. "To the tavern…" Tekuya shouted with delight
"You don't like my cooking that I provide to you all." Randoh seemed annoyed with Tekuya indirect complain. He was the one cook for them since the day they joined him. Now they complained for not had any decent meal.
"No, your cooking is good" The trio quickly asked, tried to please him.
"Then what is about decent meal you mention earlier?" Randoh still unsatisfied with their dishonest answer. "Come on, speak out!"
"Ahh…Well, we grow tired with the vegetable that we planted." Takahiro spoke out boldly first, seem couldn't stand with about it.
The trio didn't say about hating of eating vegetable for a long time. Even at the point of time, they felt themselves already become one of the Chinese monks. That was not their problem at all. It was Randoh cooking was their problem. He was a terrible cook.
"What wrong about planting our own vegetable?" Randoh asked.
"Well, we are bandit and not the farmer." Tekuya reminded the leader about current occupation. They could rob the farmer on daylight for supply and money but instead Randoh preferred them planting their own food.
"Yes, it is true as what you say. But we can't be bandit forever; at least you have some skill to survive in the harsh world. Do you remember how we manage to live during the difficult" Randoh said.
The trio kept quiet, didn't forget that harsh time as where raiding caravan was so few in those day. Almost half of year they had waited and managed to rob only one caravan was heading on their way. They struck farmer caravan and their booty claim was the food and plenty bag of seed for them to grow food. They have to grow food and gave a close lookout for other caravan
"But since we got a lot of gold, we got spend a bit." Randoh lifted their spirit high. The trio celebrated behind Randoh back, their worry about their stomach problem was finally over but their celebration didn't for long as Randoh gave another order to them.
"We will go to the market to get the food supply by tomorrow. Stock up and I will cook some nice dishes for all of us. We will have a better strength for another raiding" Randoh announced his plan which leaves the trio mouth opened wide.
Shiyuuji lifted the chest higher to his chest and began to shake a bit. Then he looked at two of his best friend, shook his head silently. The rest of them also nodded their head silently in response Shiyuuji means. How much thousand pound of meat Randoh going to stock and cook for them.
"New dawn await us to claim more gold and fame." Randoh said his motto loudly as he marched back to his hideout.
"New terror awaits us to claim our soul and stomach." The trio sighed followed him behind.
Inside the court of Kurimi province,
The lord Kurimi sat on his throne, listening envoy complaining about the gold that supposed to send as the tribute to the emperor was raided. "Seem you are upset with the situation. But I will assure we will help to solve your missing gold." Kurimi tapping his finger on the arm rest throne as he told the envoy, not to worry about it.
"But the gold must send now by following the emperor deadline. I think it will be wise to provide the amount from your treasury to please the emperor as well as cover some issues of some security blunder" the envoy suggested. The advisors of lord Kurimi began to whisper among themselves. They felt unfair about the whole thing about paying up for not their mistake. They looked the lord sat there, calmly even he was forced.
But not for one person stood up for his lord side. Soujiro the royal guard for Lord Kurimi and considered himself as the most loyal to the Kurimi family since he entered his service as personal guard. Strong in strength and speedy in agility but had a problem with him. He was not the brightest guy and often cares about his beauty more than other girl.
"How dare of you say is a security blunder. My province security is the tightest in this land." Soujiro jumped on his feet after heard the envoy absurd solution. He defended his lord honor.
"Then your meaning that you are not going to gives any gold. How disappointing" The envoy replied back.
"It was not our fault. Your caravan was raid far away from our lord territory and it was your own lord territory that you being rob. You should ask your own lord to provide it." Soujiro clarified it but his lord raise his hand, just above on Soujiro chest to speak no further about the issues as doesn't help anything but created severe between the relationships of him and his next neighbor lord.
"I will prepare the gold as you can send it back to the emperor and must escort by your soldier to ensure that there will have no second time." Lord Kurimi ordered his advisor. The advisor bowed as followed the instruction.
"Then I must take my leave. I wish that the caravan prepare as soon as possible as I prepare my soldier to escort it" The envoy felt uneasy for staying so long but he got his job done. He hurried back to the quarter.
"My lord, you are preparing the gold for him. He is like robbing us in daylight." Soujiro stomped his feet on the ground as letting his furious out. Lord Kurimi laughed at Soujiro acting a childish behavior.
"My lord?" Soujiro confused as well as his advisors felt the same way.
"Nothing really, thanks for stood for me." Lord Kurimi smiled.
"What the gold? Are we going to give to him? It was his lord mistake." One of his advisors asked.
"Yes, we do." Kurimi nodded his head, disappointed them with his answer.
"But sent the gold with our country emboss on it and arrange a messager for me" Lord Kurimi ordered. His decision was planned in his mind as the envoy asking for the gold. So he decided sent the marked gold to the emperor as if he was paying tribute, not his neighbor province.
"Yes, understood." The advisor seemed understood the lord means and quickly works on his order. Soujiro still stood there, confused.
Suddenly Soujiro jumped as someone touched his back. He looked around and found Rina stood behind him. "Lady Rina, it is you." Soujiro gave a silly embarrassing laugh as he scratched his head.
"Yes, nice to see you." Rina greeted happily.
"So, what bring you here?" Lord Kurimi asked.
"Nothing much, just wanted to see you. That all" Rina answered.
"That is nice to hear that. I got some precious stone to show you." Soujiro wanted to show Rina about his new collection of gem stone. But Rina politely refuse the invitation.
"Why not? I thought you have an interest to like see precious stone." Lord Kurimi recalled his daughter interest and now she didn't want to.
"Well, I… don't to…" Rina blushed as she recalled the incident a year ago, Soujiro invited her to see diamond and almost end up in Soujiro weeding proposal. She took hours to reject him.
"Well, if you want to see it in some other time, I am glad to show you." Soujiro said with a happy voice as he seemed forgot about that incident. But his mind still concern about the raiding incident. He wondered who are daring enough to rob that convoy with a group of soldier guard it. The most puzzling is person made the raided didn't kill any one guarding it.
Soujiro decided to hatch up a good plan to stop this person from raiding again and harming the province security and his lord reputation.
"We are back, home sweet home." Randoh stepped into his hidden fort. The trio staggered behind Randoh, felt relieved for their return. Shiyuuji slowly place the chest on the ground before he felled on the ground to get some rest. His both arm and leg being to ache that make him unable to move for short period of time.
"Hey, are you dead yet? Seem you dead tired" Tekuya joked around.
"You looked the same thing to me but the worst thing you haven't carry anything. You are such as a weakling." Shiyuuji replied back, unsatisfied the remark he got from him. Then both of them exchange bad remark one until their argument started to get on Randoh nerve.
"Both of you shut up." Randoh shouted to stop them. "I am the feel disappointed on you two." He managed to make them shut up. Then Randoh noticed that Takahiro still carry the chest and stood there with strongly look in his face.
"At least someone showed some difference compare with you guys" Randoh patted on Takahiro shoulder, praised him for showing a quality example of strength. Tekuya and Shiyuuji looked envy as his friend Takahiro got some credit from Randoh praise.
"I hope you exercise more and become stronger like him." Randoh ordered them. "Yes…" Shiyuuji and Tekuya nodded their head, satisfy their leader saying.
"You can put down the chest now." Randoh patted Takahiro shoulder but Takahiro didn't put down, still lifting the chest. Randoh looked curious at him.
"Leader, can you help me to put the chest down. I can't feel my arm and leg. It is kind of stiff for a moment." Takahiro asked, leaving embarrasses feeling for Randoh. Randoh slapped his forehead for praise him earlier. Now two guys started laughing.
"Takahiro is now a stiff as statue. Wow, how strong is he look?" They began to teased Takahiro and indirect teasing their leader.
"All of you are terrible weak. You are better start training by tomorrow." Randoh grabbed the chest from Takahiro and other chest too. He didn't what to do with them, maybe a start with the training exercise work would work on them.
Randoh headed to his room as he began to splitting up the share. He began to start; he looked the picture of Rina hanging on the wall. In the picture showing Rina stood on the riverbed, looking direct in front to get her face draw. Her smile was lovely as if she smiling on Randoh with care.
It had made Randoh sometime, wondering where he got the chance to meet her dream girl and marry her. Maybe as rich like the emperor, he would stand up a chance. He looked around his room, empty and there is nothing valuable to show to Rina.
That why he made a purpose in life as a bandit king, so he could make up with his standard statue to become rich, marries her with giving a good comfortable life as much as he could. Maybe god gave a chance for him.
Randoh looked around, see anyone looking at him as he made a pray to god. He seldom done it as he felt unnecessary for him and furthermore he felt himself weak for asking god a favor.
"God, I pray to you tonight, let give a chance to me to see my girl of my dream. Even how I will become, I want to live with her for the rest of my life. Please god fulfills my wish." Randoh silently pray before he returned back his work, counting the gold coin.
To be continue
Well, God really listen to him and decided to give him that chance. He is going to live with Rina soon but different with Randoh though. See you next chapter. Remark please