Chapter 144 - Signature Hunting!

Heavily willing to help, the messenger started leading Guard Commander Dalerus Aze away from the bundle of Guards who were unloading Cargo with the help of some townsfolk who noticed their arrival. The two made their way towards Town in aims to reach this Revolution's Leaders.

As if a lot ot sprint piled up on his knees, the Messenger speed walked his way to their location since this order from Delrus is of great importance, the town's future can heavily depend on it. We could be looking at a possible union between Kingdoms here and the Messenger was more than happy to be a part of such an act.

Seeing the Messenger walk this fast, Delrus could already sense the tension this man was carrying. This Messenger has been generally hyper active throughout the whole trip, always trying to help and even offering to bathe the horses. Even when he first rushed through Pameres Castle's doors, his tension was large. But this time, the Guard Commander could sense even more tension. The people he is about to meet are the leaders of this little revolution after all.

Not to be so surprised, the Leaders have already walked out of their houses and were rushing towards the scene. They surely heard about the Platoon's arrival, now have an urge to find out more and see for themselves. You would expect those leaders to be as tense as the Messenger, but no. They were approaching the Messenger with big genuine smiles, almost unintentionally pretending that the Guard Commander isn't there.

"I knew you could do it!" Expressed one of the Leaders with his tone raised high in enthusiasm. He expressed his thoughts before even reaching the messenger, he was  around 10 feet away from the Messenger and Delrus when he expressed himself. Afterwards he walked in for a congratulating hug.

"The good old mister Reliable arrived with help. I can't say that I'm surprised!" Complimented another leader a few seconds after, when he reached the scene. You don't see leaders anywhere else being this supportive.

"I told you that i can do..." Trying to reply to such warm welcomes, the Messenger got interrupted by the third and final leader of this little revolution who ran his way here as soon as he saw the Messenger. Let me say it again. HE RAN HIS WAY HERE AS SOON AS HE SAW THE MESSENGER.

"Gilbert!" The third leader yelled from a distance while still running at a medium pace. "You never fail to surprise us." Of course he was referring to the messenger. One genuine smile is enough, but 3? They are treating Gilbert the Messenger like a hero over heroes. His task was nothing more than delivering a message, even though he went the extra mile by barely sleeping throughout his journey, these people are still oddly over welcoming.

On top of that, they lifted him off of the Ground, placed him on their shoulders and started cheering, "Gilbert! Gilbert! Gilbert!" And I know what you are thinking, but oddly enough they didn't even take a glance at the 5 Kilogram sack of gold of which Gilbert was carrying. Their caring welcome seemed so genuine, you would think they all are dating each other.

"I see you 3 love Gilbert's work a lot. I'm not going to lie, he can't stay in one place due to his never ending itch to help!" Expressed Guard Commander Delrus Aze. And much like the 3 leaders, his compliments were genuine too. Having a short view on how these leaders express what they think, gave him an idea on how to continue with this conversation. A lot of genuine compliments and a kind way of expressing, topped off with respect to differences.

"Oh, the town would parish without his help and contribution over the years." Replied one of the 3 Leaders as they carefully set Gilbert the Messenger down.

Another leader Continued with the Compliments, "Oh without doubt. He even struck the first Sword against our enemies." Paying attention to the color of the Guard Commander's skin enough to not accidentally offend him. He finished it off by saying. "We thought of the plan, but he made it happen, he started the battle against the evil ill.u.s.tratian Alliance." The last thing these leaders need right now, is to insult a man who travelled 100 kilometers to help them.

"Gilbert seems worthy to be memorized in song." Complimented the Guard Commander, but even though neither of the five have any trouble with going on and on with these compliments all day, he decided that it is the most appropriate to get into a different, more important future shaping topics. "Gilbert here tells me that you 3 are the leaders of this tremendous revolution." A rather nice way to start this topic without bashing plans and tension on their faces. It is all about the wordplay. It's all about how Guard Commander Dalerus Aze portrays the plan. If described the wrong way, something random like feeding horses can sound bad and evil.

Deciding to stay humble for the 3 of them, one of the leaders replied,  "Well we wouldn't say leaders. We just tried to help this town with carefully thought out plans."

Hearing what he craved wanted to ask about so badly, with joy in his tone and a wide smile throughout his face. Delrus expressed, "Well perfect. My point is, you 3 speak for the people and they listen to your words with the greatest attention. So that makes you three of great importance to the King and his intentions to help undo what the ill.u.s.tratian Alliance caused upon this fine town."

"We really are that important to King Zar? Well, we got inspired from him. He is the first after so long to defy the ill.u.s.tratian Alliance. His courage gives us courage." Expressed the 3 Leaders, although interrupting each other, they still finished each other's sentences.

"King Zar appreciates your courage. What you see over there." Aiming to move on to more important matters, pointing at the bundle of Guards in the beginning of the town. "Is what King Zar offered freely and he will continue to offer more until further notice. Although the Guards will prove of great help, they belong in Pameres Kingdom." With such wordplay, he was already teaching these people to be depended on their selves. They just need to fuel up with motivation, from one source or the other.

"Your point being?"

"Well yes, that is their home."

Although similar with thoughts, sometimes they still had thoughts of which were very different from each other. Differences shall be respected, especially since those differences don't mean any form of harm.

"Indeed. But what I'm trying to say, is that King Zar can help you become an independent town. With your own reliable Guards and a steady food supply. But it will need some official governing." Finally, the main topic was revealed. Governing. It is not like King Zar wants to claim this village as his own. This Village doesn't even belong in Pameres Kingdom's domain.  His aim is to help these people and he intends to do it professionally instead of helping like as if he threw a piece of bread to a hound.

"Well that would be amazing."

"It will take a lot of work and time."

"King Zar is going the extra mile with all of this help!"

Their thoughts? This time a bit different, but their will for success was very similar. Thankfully they didn't let ego take part at this conversation and refuse official governing. These people clearly don't have any qualified governors so it's difficult to help these people without bringing governors from Pameres Kingdom.

"Indeed he is. But my point is, we can bring qualified people who can help you govern your town. Their salaries are covered by King Zar so your town doesn't have to hold such burden throughout its development. The Governors offer to form a stable economy, hire apprentices who will follow the skill of governing, with an ultimate goal of helping this town become independent and stronger than it ever was. But for us to start all of the above, we need permission from this town. This is where you 3 come in. We need your permission to start, your official signatures will be required as well." Guard Commander Delrus Aze felt like he was losing them after he noticed that they were struggling to catch up, so he slowed down a little bit which resulted to the 3 Leaders to catch up, understanding most of his words.

"That sounds amazing!"

"Are you serious?!"

"All hail King Zar!"

"All hail King Zar!" Followed people of the surrounding area who heard one of the leaders utter out such a Cheer, the Guards followed as well which shook the ground to its core and caused many goosebumps as well, Including on Delrus Aze. He can never resist such loud deep voiced cheers. He even followed the Hail without hesitation, he didn't waste a heartbeat.

Right after the cheer, one of the Leaders walked closer. Delrus could notice the clear confusion and curiosity on his face. The leader whispered in a bit of embarrassment. "So how do we catch these, "Signatures"."

Perhaps they didn't entirely understand the Guard Commander, it isn't such a big surprise considering that there is no school in sight. Not knowing whether to smile or frown, he felt that the best way to approach this topic without offending any of the leaders, was to ask a simple question regarding their academic knowledge. He asked, "Do you three know how to read and write?"

"No, not exactly."

"I know a few letters."

"No, we don't have a school here."

"Don't worry about it." Answered Delrus as he gently grabbed one of the leader's shoulder (specifically the one who wanted to catch a Signature). "You don't need to catch a Signature. You just need to write it. A couple of letters is all it takes."

"Oh then, bring the parchment so we can sign!" Broke another Leader the awkward moment, this isn't how they wanted to portray themselves. Their minds go a long way, but they aren't literate which makes them appear a bit less intelligent.

Waving at a Guard who was a bit distant, even gesturing with his hands to be more clear, he proceeded to shout. "Bring the Parchment for the leaders to sign quick!" And afterwards turning to the leaders in front of him, continuing with some questions dipped in compliments as if dipped in honey. The leaders are being very kind and welcoming, it would be inhumane if Delrus Aze didn't do the same for them at this point. He proceeded to ask.