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I ran as fast as I can to the Knight Parlor. The sun already rises for one hour. I was late. It was my first day as a Town Guard. I saw a pair of eyes looking at me. "You are late!!" He said in a rough and loud voice. The captain put his hands on his waist. He's well known in our town. Everyone hails him as a hero. Even the neighboring town was proud of him. "Private Cho reporting to duty!" I said in a loud voice. He glared at me as I saluted him. "Gear up! Corporal Sun, teach him our way!" He pointed to a big guy who stand near the door. "Yes sir!" the man replied. His name was Sun. He started to become a Town Guard 4 years ago. He gave me a good armor and also a long spear. I geared up and followed him outside. As a town guard, basically I just need to protect our town. There are 4 main jobs for us. The most basic one is Town Patrol. Their job is to maintain security inside our town. The second is Gate Keeper. Their job is to guard the gate, to make sure that no bad guys enter our town, or maybe some beast. The third is Border Patrol. Their job is to patrol on the perimeter, and slay any beast that could do harm to our villages. The last one is Castle Guard. Well, they just stay in front of the Castle Gate, and that's it. But people rank them highly because they're close to the Kingdom. Corporal Sun took me to the gate. He introduced me to how the gate works, how to open and close the gate. He asked me to try to open and close the gate. I had to turn a big lever to open and close the gate. It was really heavy! Then he introduced me to the Gate Keeper. They work in shift, they rotate for every 6 hours. "Let's move out. You are going to work on the field today." Corporate Sun left the town, I had no choice but to follow him. He rook me to a watch tower not so far from town gate. There were 10 other people in the watch tower. They were the Border Patrol. Corporate Sun introduced me to the Guard Leader, and left. The Guard Leader told me what our job is. We need to help our villagers who had trouble on the field. There were a lot of wolves, some bear sightings, and ferocious tiger. It might sound easy, but it's definitely not. He told me to patrol on the northern side of the watch tower, because it's the merchant route and they will need some help. I went to patrol with a man named Ji. He was a new Town Guard too, just like me. Both of us walked towards the designated area. The road was bumpy. There were a lot of rocks on the road. And the road was quite lively. There were a lot of merchants going in and out the town by horse. Most of them only brought some small bags with them. Suddenly a cracking sound was heard. There was a carriage that bring a lot of goods, losing it's wheel. Some of the goods fell on the field, and the wheel just rolled away and hit a big rock. We helped the owner of the carriage to secure his goods, and put the loosen wheel to the carriage. He thanked us for our works, and went to the town. I felt so proud because I was able to help a person in need. We continued patroling on the border, found some small issues such as theft, wolves attack, and some small fights. It was hard, but it was worth it. We were able to keep the peace. After 6 hours, we went back to the watch tower to report our duty. The Guard Leader thanked us for our works, then we went back to our own home. As I reached my home, I see my parents were waiting for me outside. I told them my experience guarding our town during dinner, and they were proud of me. I was so happy that I can make my parents proud, and also become one of the Town Guard. When the night fall, I prayed to the God, thanking for everything that happened that day. I was so excited to see what the next day will bring. I will always protect our town, our home. To bring peace, to bring happiness. -choaya | |