The Knight Wants To Be in a Relationship

19. Not a scam

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Black hair like the night sky. Contrast that with pure white skin. Her pale skin made it easy to see what kind of life she was living.

‘No no no, that’s not what’s important… ….’

I set my eyes on her chest, which was hidden under her robes. It wasn’t until he checked the two pairs of her bulging breasts that he could admit that she was a real woman, not a pretty man.

Yes, she was a woman. Canelli, a gloomy bastard, and a mysterious alchemist who couldn’t understand her true intentions.

She was a woman.

“My, am I a woman…… ?”

Cannelly glared at me asking what kind of bullsh*t I was talking about. Her sullen personality has been transformed into an introverted personality, and her inscrutable suspiciousness has transformed into a mysterious one.

To be honest, it was cute.

“Crazy.”

“Why, why are you swearing…… ?”

“No, I didn’t do it to you…… I didn’t know she was a woman. Sorry.”

“…… Is that enough? I-I don’t have that much charm… ?”

As Canelli said that, she began to half cry. She looked at her and said that she didn’t know she was a woman, it seems to have been accepted that there was absolutely nothing attractive about her as a woman.

It was cute that she cried like that.

“Crazy.”

“Again, again, swearing… ….”

“No, I didn’t really do it to him… ….”

It was only a few hours, but the bad feelings I felt for Canelli evaporated in an instant. In the empty place, the label of good memories settles down.

Once I realized how crazy this was, I kept swearing at myself. No, does it make sense that just because the other person is a girl and her face and voice are cute, those memories are automatically corrected in the brain?

“Huh, huh… ….”

It makes sense.

I felt sad for the crying Canelli, and at the same time I wanted to protect her. This feeling that she wants to protect something.

In other words, it was love.

‘Crazy, crazy… ….’

However, I know that I’m such an asshole who’s crazy about women.

I didn’t want to admit that I was a goldsmith.

So I gritted my teeth and denied the reality in front of me.

…… By the way, is the carriage ride going on a date today?

* * *

“Are you calm?”

“Ugh, yes. Thank you… ….”

After some time had passed, Evan, seeing her tears stopped, asked her for several explanations.

How the king of the spears appeared here, what he is doing, etc.

Following the king’s order, Canelli took the key from the corpse of the corpse thief and opened her mouth as she placed the dragon’s body in the subspace.

“The nobles of this kingdom are all the hands and feet of His Majesty the King of the Window… ….”

“I know that a noble is below a king.”

“I don’t mean that…… In the sense that if His Majesty wants it, I have to dedicate myself to it.”

The way to become a noble in this country is very simple. It is to pass the nobility exam held every year in the country.

Those who pass the exam receive a title appropriate to their grades—and at the same time receive a drop of His Majesty’s blood transfused.

Most nobles willingly accept the fact that the blood of a great king can flow through them, but it wasn’t just a ritual designed to give them the title of nobility.

“Your Majesty the King can control nobles who have accepted his blood. It weakens a little, but you can use that power freely.”

“How is that possible?”

“Because that’s an innate ability that His Majesty the King of the Window was born with. Gift. He is literally the one who came down from heaven. His Majesty the King of Chang.”

Evan, horrified at the fact that it was in a weakened state, realized one thing and looked at Canelli. Canelli looked at Evan as if he had a question.

“…… Mr. Canelli, unexpectedly, you use honorific words for His Majesty, don’t you?”

“Ugh, huh? That, that- that person is the one who executes my research funds and other budgets…….”

“Ah…… So snobbish.”

The reason she feared her king was very simple. That’s because the king executed the research funds. If you hate the king, your research funds will be blown away. I hate that. It was a very original reason.

Shortly thereafter, after collecting her body, Canelli put her subspace key into her arms and smiled.

“Sue, collection is over. Let’s go back now.”

“As it is?”

“Ugh, yes. Since His Majesty said that he would send troops…….”

As she said, an army dressed in armor began to appear from afar. Hundreds of knights in gorgeous platinum full body armor.

They rode their horses at breakneck speed, spotted Evan and Canelli, and turned the reins this way.

Knowing the face of the one running in front of him, Canelli quickly put on his robe and clung to Evan’s back.

Soon after, the troops arriving in front of them slowed to a halt. And a blonde knight in the front slowly got off the carriage.

“—Isn’t that Miss Canelli?”

“Allen…… Greetings to the 2nd Prince, His Highness.”

“His Majesty the King sent me here…… Only. It must be too late.”

The man called the 2nd Prince looked at the ruined county and smiled bitterly. But did she see things like this often, or did she even fake that bitter expression?

“Where is the dragon’s carcass? We will take it.”

“That, that’s—”

“—Wait a minute, why are you taking that?”

“…… You are?”

Evan naturally stood in front of the second prince who was about to take the dragon’s corpse. Seeing Evan’s appearance, the 2nd prince sneered as if it was ridiculous to see a young kid blocking his way.

“This is Evan. He is the owner of the body.”

“Ah…… You.”

And that snort immediately turned into exclamation. It was because I didn’t know that the swordsman who killed the dragon was such a child.

However, for a while, Aline thought that she could use Evan in front of her to eat it. Isn’t this too young?

“Your Majesty told us to escort the dragon’s corpse. We do not have any other ulterior motives to take it, just to safely transport the dragon’s corpse to the capital.”

“You can’t believe it?”

“…… Did you just say that you wouldn’t trust His Majesty’s line?”

“But—you’re later than me, aren’t you? I’ve already been to the capital once before. How can I trust you who are later than me? There is a certain level of being lazy.”

Evan’s words were the right theory. Where and what did he do? During the time Evan went to the capital and back to the county, his eyes and nose were not seen, and then he suddenly appeared?

And what about the one that shows up and tells you to hand over the dragon’s carcass only after everything is over?

Most of all—these guys could be cut.

“How lazy you are, weaker than me.”

“—Because the kid wants to see you! What nonsense are you talking to, Your Highness!”

“Shall we try?”

Seeing the knight step forward with his sword drawn, Evan grinned and touched the hilt of the sword. In an imminent situation, Aline swung her sword at the knight who stepped in front of her.

Chow-! Her arm was cut off, and her knight, who had lost her arm in her sudden attack, blinked her eyes as if not understanding what was going on.

“—Quaaagh-!?”

“I’m sorry. Sword Master. My subordinates are so extreme.”

She casually cut off the arm of one of her knights, and Aline wiped off the blood on her sword with a nonchalant expression.

After hearing that Evan was the swordsman, the knights behind him began to hum little by little.

“Sword Saint…… A swordsman?”

“That little boy…… ?”

“Well, so the prince… ….”

Just as the buzz had died down, Allyn looked at her Evan and opened her mouth.

“If that’s what you’re entrusting to us, then just go with us on the way to the royal capital. I will escort you on your way. I can’t go back without doing anything.”

“If that’s enough…… More than that, Prince.”

“Yes, what is it?”

“Wielding a sword is a little clumsy. Do you think you need to learn again? Shall I teach you?”

Looking at Evan talking with a smile, Aline smiled along. But she didn’t think that was her real smile.

‘Is this person better than I thought?’

Except for Evan, who was pleased with the way she cut off his subordinate’s arm, she said to herself.

* * *

“God bless these lambs…… You take us into your arms. Let’s pray.”

After returning to the capital, a joint funeral was held to commemorate the disaster in the county. It was an event that occurred because more than thousands of people, including the Count, had all died.

Of course, as it was close to the royal capital, there were many people living in the county with their acquaintances, family, and lovers—they began to pour out their sorrow at the funeral.

Evan, who didn’t have any special emotions until he saw the corpses piled up in her county, began to feel something about her when she saw middle-aged or elderly people who had eaten twice as much as she shed tears.

‘…… If I hadn’t killed the dragon, these people wouldn’t have died.’

Of course, the fact that she caught the dragon wasn’t wrong. If she hadn’t killed the dragon, the citizens of the county would have been killed by the dragon, not by warlocks or bandits.

I didn’t mean to feel guilty about not protecting anyone. If that’s the case, Evan will have to suffer from the guilt of not being able to protect people around the world that she can’t see.

What Evan had was more of a sense of responsibility than guilt.

“If I hadn’t left then and taken the corpse…….”

If I had taken the dragon’s corpse instead of leaving it alone because it was annoying—if at all I had waited for the troops to transport the corpse to the capital…….

If that were the case, wouldn’t the people of the county have survived?

Isn’t there such a thing as dying in vain?

Sure.

“That’s it, give me the subspace key.”

“Eh, huh?”

“Quickly.”

“Yeah, but this… ….”

“Uh huh.”

This isn’t about ripping off people, it’s about taking responsibility.