Pichio

**Pichio** is the Captain of Mediasis Castle's City Guard.

## Background

He lost his parents in an epidemic at the age of 11.

During his life, his sixth sense saved his life twice. Once, when he decided against going to collect herbs from a mountain; he later learned that a tiger came down the mountain and killed the herb gatherers. Secondly, he decided against going to battle with a certain troop; he later learned that enemy troops ambushed that troop.

Afterwards, he became a guard of Istel Kingdom who patrolled the border connecting to Rinse Kingdom. He has an unusually sharp sixth sense which allows him to see things that others don't notice. Due to this he tends to be suspicious of most people. He was regularly harassed at his previous job due to this.

## History

Pichio, who was guarding the border when Charity Trust entered Istel Kingdom, instantly became suspicious of Roan who had taken the guise of a porter. When he tried to inform the head guard of his suspicions, he was brutally beaten up by the latter who had received Clay's bribe. Over the next four months, the border guards continued to repeatedly harass Pichio after receiving bribes from Clay. Clay did this in hopes of Pichio getting fed up and leaving Istel Kingdom. However, when Roan learnt of this, he ordered Clay to immediately stop this. He personally went to Pichio's residence to apologize. And to his surprise, Pichio was expecting him. Pichio explained that he had an idea that the person he was expecting may be Roan as the border patrol was informed by the royal capital three months ago that the "**Crimson Ghost**" Roan Tale was in the Pershion Kingdom and would most likely return to Rinse Kingdom through their kingdom. However, even he was shocked by Roan's apology as he never expected a noble to apologize to a commoner, especially to he who had always been an outcast due to him finding most people suspicious. As a result, when Roan recognized his talent and offered him a place in Tale Barony, he readily agreed. Pichio was then appointed to the post of Captain of Mediasis Guard.

When the Tale Legion entered the Lancephil County during the fief war, Roan brought Pichio along. Later, Roan crossed over to the county's northeast along with Pichio whose instinct allowed them to avoid enemy troops. However, Roan charged towards a rather large legion of the Chase Forces who were pursuing the Lancephil Legion which was then known as the Lancephil Guardian Army. Pichio also had a to fight a few soldiers, however, he was able to hold off a dozen men due to having learned the Tale Mana Technique. After Roan reached the Landingham Barony, Pichio returned back to the Tale Barony.

Sometime later, Pichio became suspicious of the Southern Rinse Mercenary Guild which was secretly following Count Jonathan Chase's orders. He reported this to Clay who realized that Pichio is the descendant of Hexers. Roan used this fact later by ordering Pichio to join Clay's side when he turns traitor with the reasoning being that Roan had learned of his Hexer bloodline while fighting Prince Simon Rinse and his Legion of Dark led by Hexers. Clay immediately accepted Pichio since he believed his words and valued Pichio's sixth sense. However, he didn't give him any important tasks since he still had an inkling of suspicion about him. However, Pichio dedicated himself to slowly working and was eventually promoted to the post of Guard Captain of Sedes Castle. After Clay was killed in battle, he volunteered to guard Sedes Castle while the third division of the Rinse Liberation Army consisting of 50,000 soldiers led by Mills Voisa rushed to battle against the advancing Lancephil Fief Regiment.