Name: Henkyou no Roukishi(The Old Knight at the Frontier): Bard Loen Japanese Name: 辺境の老騎士 Raw Link: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n5011bc/ NU Link: https://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-old-knight-of-a-frontier-district/ Mangadex Link(for adaptation): https://mangadex.org/title/27114/henkyou-no-roukishi-bard-loen Cover Art: Description: A lone knight who for many years served House Tersia, on the eastern edge of the continent. Now old and weak, he saw that it would not be long before he left this world. And so he retired from his master’s service, gave up his fortune and set off on a journey. A carefree journey with rare sights and food. But he did not know it. That this journey was the beginning of a story that would one day be talked about all over the continent. Why It Should Get Picked Up: This novel has many unique features for a fantasy adventure series. - The main character is a 60 year old man who is already strong and a legend; he is going on an adventure just because he wants to travel and see more of the world before he dies. - There are no 'cheat abilities' and there's very little magic. The battles are all realistic ones and based on strength, skill and tactics. Also a lot of the time Bard is able to solve things without fighting. - The characterization of both Bard and the people he meets is excellent as is the gradual world-building. Please give it a try by reading a few chapters of the manga. This is a great story whose manga adaptation is quite popular, but the original novel, which is complete, is barely known.
If in case you haven't checked yet, I actually started translating this series a week ago. Very lucky timing.
i tried to mtls up to ch2 part 2 sword demon. check it out on kscans. i might forgot to turn on commenting -_- p/s : i'm went back to my parents home for eid for 1 week, ch3 will need to wait till 2nd week of may.
Give up his fortune? Why not use that wealth to fund his journey? or if dislike wealth then he should give it to his childern or descendants, they need it.
"he has no family. he never married" excerpt taken from ch 1. he left his wealth to give some buffer to the tersian family.
This is constantly being bumped, is it not being translated? I see there is already a translation by Kscans.