Three mercenaries

Chapter Three, the Iron Horse Glacier

"Who?" The Little Boy asked subconsciously. Then, he suddenly thought of how this person could stay with the snow wolf. He was so scared that he hugged his grandfather tightly and almost screamed.

The village of Heck, where no Hami ever came, even when taxes were needed, it was the Hami who sent humans of other races. Therefore, in this area, there are wolves no man, some people no wolf, Wolf and man will certainly not coexist.

"Well, is this the Marcus Haber House? I'm a friend of Lake Marcus Haber's," said a pleasant male voice from above.

"Daddy, Daddy, he's Daddy's friend," said Émi, forgetting everything when she heard his name. She reached for the Padlock, and the old man tugged at Émi.

"From your language, you're not a Hami, but from the Aeolian Empire, are you?" The old man asked in a low voice.

"Well, yes, you must be uncle Marcus Haber. Lect and I are in the Aeolian Border Guard."

"How do you and Snow Wolf together, they except Hami, other people will eat, you..." the old man's words with doubt.

"Oh, it's all right, I'll let them go, Uncle Marcus Haber. There are some special chances, so I'm one of the few people in the Aeolian Empire who won't be eaten by snow wolves," the man said, it seemed to say to the snow wolf in the house, "Hey, brothers, come on, I've got things to do, Ghost, get your brothers out of the village."

"Ooh..."

After a deep howl, the voice of the snow wolf disappeared quickly inside and outside the house.

The old man hesitantly opened the iron door a small gap, from the gap to confirm that there is no any snow wolf, the old man fully opened the iron door.

A young man in a simple military uniform of the Aeolian Empire was sitting by his bed. When he saw the old man come out, he immediately stood up and nodded politely to him.

"Hello, Uncle Marcus Haber. I'm a friend of Lake Marcus Haber's from the army. My name is Eric Wagner. Or you can call me Eric

"Uncle, where is my father?" Émi asked the young man anxiously as he jumped out of the hole in the ground. Marcus Haber had the same question in his eyes.

"Well, you wouldn't believe me if I told you..." the young man said seriously. "I don't know, that's why I'm here."

"It's like this..." the young man sat on the edge of the bed and told Marcus Haber why he had come to Heck.

It all started when Émi's father left the village -- the people of Heck, like most of the people of the warm river, were mostly immigrants from the Aeolian Empire or the holy church, the north is surrounded by ice forests 1,000 km long and 200 km wide, while the east is the only non-coniferous forest on the frozen continent-the warm water river forest. It is also very large, with a width of about 300 km each. To the south and west is the sea.

The Aeolian Empire had no right to build a port here, and because of the climate, kingdom the Hami would not build a port here. So most residents, especially first-generation immigrants like Grandpa Marcus Haber, rarely leave once they arrive.

Unlike young people, who spent their childhood in the Northern Confederacy, Lake Harper grew up in Heck village, where young people were determined not to live in one place for too long and to go out into the world. Marcus Haber's message is clear: young people need to go out, live decades, and do what young people do when they're young.

So, ten years ago, during the latest invasion of the Aeolian Empire, 20-year-old Lect Marcus Haber joined the Imperial Army as a guide.

Five years ago, in the year 187 of the Frost Wolf, Lake Marcus Haber, who had already served in the army as commander of the border guards of the Aeolian Empire, returned to Haake village on leave with his two-year-old son, Émi.