Ha Noon's
CHAPTER 18 – Pair of Brown Eyes

Moon Juha stared at the moon that was beginning to be covered by thick clouds in the middle of the night, her skin openly accepting the cool breeze that was blowing towards her. After a great banquet, Moon Juha received her first order to do a little pratoli around the center of the capital. He was told if there was anything suspicious, he had to report it directly to the king. There was no further explanation of his duties, therefore he wondered what kind of suspicious thing would happen in the center of the capital.

“You found it?”

“No, they wear black cloth, it is difficult to find them at night.”

“Sial, they drained the treasure in the warehouse. If Mr. Ri finds out about this, we'll be done.”

Moon Juha squinted her eyes at the commotion not far from her place. It seemed, the orders given to him were not just about patrols. Moon Juha grew curious and approached the group

that soldier. A few steps from where they gathered, the soldiers sped up with their swords to catch the sound of the approaching horseshoes. Moon Juha noticed this and stopped her horse, then descended on the ground, and approached them on foot.

“What happened?”

The soldiers slowly lowered their swords hearing the voice of a young man, and brought the lantern closer to Moon Juha's face. Realizing that the young man who came was a soldier in a different uniform, the group lowered their swords. Among the royal soldiers and warriors working for the nobles, they had different uniforms to make it easier to identify. Noble soldiers wore uniforms with light brown tops and black subordinates with gray stripes. While the royal soldiers have uniforms with white tops and moss-green subordinates with black stripes, and there are rank stars on both shoulders, indicating how high they are in the army.

The group of soldiers looked at the golden Moon Juha rank star with two stars, and spontaneously raised their right hand they saluted.

Moon Juha felt a little awkward with this reverence and only nodded stiffly receiving their respect. “So, what happened?”

The group of six-man soldiers looked at each other, throwing each of their unwillingness to answer Moon Juha's question. Moon Juha watched their every expression with both eyebrows raised. “To whom do you work?” moon Juha asked again as she was sick of waiting for their mouths to move.

One of the soldiers pushed his friend forward, his heart filled with reverence could not ask Moon Juha to ask again, but on the other hand he did not want to answer. His driven friend clucked in annoyance, then looked at Moon Juha stiffly while nodding awkwardly, forcing his strained smile, “We..

“Family nobility Ri?” repeat while thinking, “Minister of finance?”

The soldier nodded half stiffly and half enthusiastically.

“Then, what are you doing in the center of the capital?”

“Begini..” The soldier turned his head stiffly at his comrades, but the cowardly fellows slowly retreated, handing the entire matter to him. He cursed inwardly, then looked back at Moon Juha with a forced smile. “General, there was a group of thieves who broke through the mension of the noble family Ri, and we lost track of them.”

Moon Juha widened her eyes, “Holymer?” then slowly frowned, turning his eyes away, “Is this what the king was talking about?” muttered. He remembered how the king had asked him to meet him

directly to give one trivial order, one order only to patrol the center of the capital, he wanted to meet him directly. Surprisingly, he was not given any comrades to do this work, nor did the king ask him to bring a single soldier. If indeed this was an ordinary patrol, there was no way the king would want to meet him with four eyes.

“What did they steal?” The soldiers looked at each other again, again throwing a gesture to answer Moon Juha's question. Moon Juha was fed up with this, she closed her eyes stifling resentment, “Listen to me, I will help you guys look for that bunch of thieves. Just tell me what they look like, how many they are, and where did you last see them?”

“They, we could not see them clearly because they covered their entire bodies with black cloths, each of them on horseback, and they also had swords and weapons. And,”

the soldier frowned trying to remember, “I don't know if he is the leader, but he is the one who paved the way for his group. He's so great, he's good at using swords and arrows. Their numbers, I think, I can't see them clearly because they move very much

quickly behind those black cloths, and the last time we saw them was in front of the mension gate of the noble family Ri.”

Moon Juha sighed harshly, “Haah, so from the beginning there was no hint at all.”

The soldier directly lowered his head, “True, General,” he raised a little pupil of his eyes to peek at the Moon Juha identification mark attached to his right chest, “General..

Moon Juha watched the movements of this warrior and glanced at his identification marks. Once again, Moon Juha sighed harshly, “Alright, continue your work, I will continue my work as well.” Moon Juha immediately turned around and charged her horse, leaving behind that group of cowardly warriors.

Moon Juha glanced suspiciously at this group of soldiers. Isn't Ri's noble family a victim? Then why are they so scared just to say what stuff they stole? Moreover, why were the palace warriors still not moving? Even if they were to break through in groups, the soldiers should have reported this to the palace, and it was impossible for the palace soldiers to allow this to happen, they would definitely start helping to search the entire capital. In fact, they would probably block every path to find the group of thieves. However, they did not even dare to report this to him. Rather than about that group of thieves, Moon Juha was more suspicious of the noble Ri family.

Moon Juha watched the shops that had closed, the dark streets made her stop her horse. He thought, didn't that group of thieves use a black cloth to cover their entire bodies? With such clothes, they must have used the darkness to hide. Therefore, it should not be looking for them with lanterns. To catch them, he also had to hide in the darkness without any illumination. It was true that he would not be able to see anything, but he could sense their presence.

Moon Juha came down to the ground, rubbed her horse's hair, asked her to be quiet and not make a sound. Slowly, Moon Juha stepped very slowly, so slowly that her thin shoe right did not make a sound. One step, two steps, three steps, Moon Juha walked very calmly, even she also adjusted her breathing to keep from making a sound. One by one his senses other than his eyes began to become more sensitive, his ears patiently waiting for a sound.

Slowly, he was able to catch a bit of a sound, just a little bit, but he was confident he could get it. His hand slowly approached the pouch in his pants, taking out a small tube. It was a small lantern that was created three years ago when the war broke out. His troops had trouble sneaking around due to limited vision, making it difficult to read maps or other information in paper form, and carrying lanterns was risky in difficult situations. Therefore, a weapons expert tucked a small lantern, a tube filled with fuel oil and would let out a fire if the button on top of the tube was pressed.

A few faint steps were caught in his ears, and Moon Juha stopped her steps. Moon Juha was sure that if the move got closer to her, she waited, and waited with a calm breath, her hands had prepared to catch the thief. One person, from his step, there was only one person dressed in black. Only one person, Moon Juha was confident he would succeed.

The move drew closer, and slowly his eyes widened as he felt the wind hitting his right side, and swiftly Moon Juha reached for an existence that passed him, pulling him, lighting a lantern

small in front of his face.

Ha Noon widened his eyes when his hand was suddenly pulled by someone, and his face stiffened when he saw the face of Moon Juha who was looking at him so close in front of him. Moon Juha frowned, she frowned,

this person completely covered his entire body with a black cloth, leaving only his two brown eyes staring at him. Fire lanterns dancing in the cool night breeze give light to Ha Noon's brown eyes. Moon Juha looked at the two brown eyes and was stunned for a while.

Ha Noon sensed that the grasp of Moon Juha in his hand was starting to loose, he took this opportunity to free himself. The one thing he was thinking about right now was to run away, he drew his sword and

slash the little lantern until the fire goes out. Moon Juha spontaneously retreated towards the tip of the sword. The sound of Ha Noon's footsteps was no longer calm, he quickly ran over. Moon Juha could not let him escape just like that, she quickly chased after Ha Noon.

However, Moon Juha had only stayed one night and one day in the capital, she was not so familiar with every street, she just followed her instincts where Ha Noon ran. Ha Noon was clearly aware of this fact, he took the complicated and narrow path to trick Moon Juha. Moon Juha was still able to follow Ha Noon who turned in an alley, but when she turned, she found a dead end. However, Moon Juha was not stupid, she could find

an iron staircase attached to the wall, he was sure that Ha Noon passed through this staircase.

Moon Juha climbed the stairs until she reached the roof of a shop. However, unfortunately there are many roads that can be taken by Ha Noon. A few steps ahead, there was another ladder, and Ha Noon could have come down

return to the ground and hide through small alleys. There are other paths on the left and right sides, passing through the other roofs to find the end. Moon Juha really lost track of him this time. With a severed breath, Moon Juha cursed inside.

Ha Noon dropped his body on the balcony of his room, his chest heaving with a heavy breath. He only thought of escaping until he didn't come back to pick up his horse. Ha Noon closed his eyes

while complaining, “Sial, the man was so stubborn. Good thing I managed to trick him.” Ha Noon stood up again, pulled the rope hanging from his balcony, "I have to ask Pa to pick up Gras," then entered his bedroom window.

Ha Noon felt so sultry, he violently removed his black robe, changed his clothes in red satin pajamas, then opened the door of his room violently, making the two warriors

he stood up surprised to stand up. They must have secretly taken the opportunity to close their eyes. Ha Noon does not care about this, “Call Mom Suri, I want to drink tea.”

The two warriors looked at each other strangely, “Middle of the night like this, Princess?”

Ha Noon glanced at one of the soldiers sharply, “Why? I can't drink tea as I please!?”

The soldier immediately shook his head stiffly, “No, Princess, I immediately executed.” The soldier immediately left Ha Noon's room door, and Ha Noon returned to his room while covering the door violently.

The warm scent of lavender tea filled the room, and Ha Noon heaved a sigh of relief after a few sips of tea warmed his throat. Mom Suri looked at Ha Noon as she sipped a few sips of tea,

waiting for him to tell the story of the incident that made this princess call him midnight just for a glass of warm tea.

“I met General Moon.”

Mom Suri widened her eyes, “How can it be?”

“Haah...” Ha Noon put his tea cup on the table, then threw his body on the back of the sofa, “I don't know. He was very clever, he removed the aura of his being in the middle of the darkness to

Mom Suri frowned, confusion filling her wrinkled face, “Are General Moon on patrol?”

“It looks like so.”

“This is weird.”

“True,” Ha Noon re-enforce his body, “He patrols the center of the capital alone, without troops.”

“How do you know he did it without team?”

“If there was an army, he should have asked for help to block the entire road. Although his entire army was unfamiliar with the capital, at least by a large amount, they could block all possible escape routes. But, he chased me alone. Did the king ask for it specifically?”

“I am sure, the king will not let go of this opportunity. General Moon was one of the best soldiers with his experience on the battlefield. Perhaps, the king thought he would be able to capture the entire rebel group.”

Ha Noon nodded in agreement, “It's getting harder.”

“We should pay more attention to it, Princess. Our greatest threat is not the Great General Ring. The fact that the king gave this order to General Moon, then the king had started to seriously eradicate

rebel group.”

Ha Noon's frown grew furrowed, he thought of all the possibilities in his head, and ended up at one decision. “Aibi,”

“Ya, Princess?”

“I'll do it.” Ha Noon looked at Mom Suri right in her pupils, “I'll pay attention to her personally.”

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The closed arena time after time was visited by soldiers who were curious about how General Moon's army was formed. Some of the young warriors are confident and convinced that they deserve to

being part of General Moon's army lined up neatly in the middle of the arena. This news must have been very remarkable to see the fact that some ministers, and great generals also witnessed. In fact, the entire royal family also attended this selection.

However, there was only one person who complained, namely His Highness the Honorable Crown Prince. She had absolutely no interest in this match, she only wanted to calmly read the farm book in her room, but her father forced her to attend given that the entire royal family members including Ha Noon were present. Ha Jungi had no choice but to listen to her father.

Ha Noon lazily stared at this line of warriors who had high self-confidence, his head leaning against his palm, he said, gazing at the Gim brothers with hope in his heart that the three of them would successfully join General Moon's forces. Although he said that he was the one who would pay attention to Moon Juha directly, the fact was that it was quite a difficult job. Therefore, he needed the help of the Gim brothers to pay attention to Moon Juha by joining in

his army.

The senior soldier in charge of this junior soldier entered the arena, saluted all the guests present, then bowed his body to the royal family. Not long, Moon Juha

entering the arena accompanied by his officially formed army. This army consists of soldiers who also devote their lives on the battlefield. They could be considered as an elite force because their experience was much more than that of the senior soldiers working inside the palace. They

a young warrior with a minimum black star rank with three stars. For the time being, the young soldiers still gained one star, so if they managed to become part of the Moon Juha army, their rank would rise to three stars.

A step behind Moon Juha, a soldier with a gold-colored rank star with one star, showed that he was the deputy general working under Moon Juha, Vice General Ju Yuan.

Moon Juha watched the entire guest present, and her brain could not accept any reason that made them so interested in this simple selection. Just to recruit an army, why would they waste their time coming? He understood that only a few soldiers and other generals came. If it was for the great general, he himself suggested this selection, since it was only natural that he also came. However, what does that have to do with the ministers and even members of the royal family? Even the queen who was known to be silent in her residence also came. Moon Juha really did not understand the way the nobles thought.

Moon Juha was heartily forced to bow her body to the royal family, then stood up straight again and gestured for the senior soldier to continue.

The senior soldier raised his hand in salute, then walked towards the young soldiers who were about to compete with each other, standing right before them. “All! My line takes over! Right face!”

The order that roiled throughout the arena made these young soldiers stomp their feet firmly and neatly.

“Reverence!”

Quickly, have the young soldiers bow their bodies to the royal family.

“Hahh, this reverence is endless, boring.” complains Ha Noon in a very small voice, until only Mom Suri can hear it.

“Back left!”

The young soldier followed orders.

“Reverence!”

Their hands were raised to salute Moon Juha. Moon Juha raised her hand in response to that respect and in a split second instantly lowered her hand. After the tribute

this ended, all the young soldiers did the line-up rule as the senior soldiers became the leaders of their ranks. This was the first test, and Moon Juha would pay attention to them one by one, selecting every young warrior who deserved to enter his army.

Ha Noon was not interested in this line-up art, he even complained in his heart, is it just like this test to be done? Ha Noon raised her eyelashes looking at Ring Gilya who was

calmly sat across there, smiling obliquely watching this young soldier. Ha Noon got the information from someone in the military, that the Gilya Ring was the one who arranged the recruitment of these troops, and Moon Juha only agreed to it. He really expected something more from Ring Gilya.

Ha Noon again lowered his gaze, and this young warrior was still performing line-up art with swirling orders, very boring to watch. Those nobles really knew how to curry favor with others if they could still maintain their enthusiastic faces seeing this boring thing. Ha Noon noticed the Gim brothers, the three of them were very serious about this exam. Well, they had to do their best in order to join Moon Juha's elite army.

By the way, Ha Noon was still very shuddering in horror at Moon Juha's ability. Right, he should have known Moon Juha's level given that the man was born and raised on the battlefield, and for 7 years

all he did was kill thousands of enemy soldiers. With such crazy experience, it was impossible for him to have an empty head. He is the youngest general in history. Normally, even if one already had good abilities, great generals would wait for them to turn 20 to raise their rank as generals. However, Moon Juha's case is different because she has a fairly close relationship with the Gilya Ring.

Ha Noon moved his pupils to stare at the serious face of Moon Juha who was watching the young soldiers, he was very earnest to do this recruitment. Ha Noon knew this would not be easy, given how intelligent Moon Juha's brain was.

Moon Juha alone did not need to linger too long to select every young soldier. Just by paying attention to them for a while, he had already marked the faces of the young soldiers he had

consider joining his army. Moon Juha was curious about the expressions of the nobles who witnessed this tedious selection. They were quite two-faced if they still maintained their enthusiastic expressions. Even for a soldier himself, these lines were one of training

what boring.

Moon Juha sneered in her heart looking at the nobles who still maintained their expressions. Seriously, he would never want to care about the contents of the minds of these nobles. Moon Juha too

become more curious about the reaction of the royal family. Staring at the watching king with a fairly enthusiastic face, Moon Juha only cursed him because he had heard from the Gilya Ring that this king was once a general. Perhaps because of that, he was interested in this simple recruitment.

The only person who did not fake his feelings was the Crown Prince, he was completely fed up with this line-up art. If there was a chance, Moon Juha was confident she would disappear without a single person noticing. Moon Juha shifted her pupils and found Ha Noon leaning against her palm. Ha Noon who noticed that Moon Juha was also looking at him for a moment was stunned, then she straightened her head and pulled both ends of her lips, trying to be friendly. However, across the street, Moon Juha did not care about Ha Noon's friendly attitude, she wondered if Ha Noon was staring at her?

Moon Juha did not turn her gaze away from Ha Noon, and Ha Noon felt awkward with that gaze. However, he still maintained his friendly face. After all, he had to establish a good relationship with Moon Juha. Moon Juha squinted her eyes a little, and somehow Ha Noon's two eyes made her fixate, she didn't want to switch from those eyes. He feels familiar. Sure, he had already met Ha Noon personally for a few times, but this familiar feeling was not a feeling that could be forgotten just like that.

He was sure that something that felt familiar was very important in his memory.

Moon Juha explored her own mind, trying to remember where she found this familiarity. Suddenly, the scene that night when he managed to catch one of the black-clothed thieves was implied in his mind. He still remembered the brown eyes that glowed under the fire of the lantern. Moon Juha felt this was impossible, but the more she noticed that pair of brown eyes, the more her feelings grew.