chapter 25
Episode 25. XXX
After a stormy day, the attendants return the next day and become normal? After a simple breakfast with Maya, who had turned into a girl, she set out on the road.
She went back to the academy, she packed up briefly, and left the capital with Guy Paul and Guy Lucas Leonhard.
Among the winners of the Mutu Festival, if they even get a knighthood, everyone leaves at least once.
“Why do I….”
“Lucas? Won’t you stop whining?”
“No, so why am I….”
“Why do you talk so much when fouls follow quietly?”
“… You’re not telling your real father, are you?”
“Of course. If only you would follow me to the end.”
Hey Paul, he said I would be his teacher, and since it was a good opportunity, I followed him without saying anything, but Lucas was dissatisfied until the end.
What. Although I threatened to tell the incident that day to his father and eventually brought him back.
I wasn’t sure if that threat would work or not, but even if it didn’t work, it didn’t matter because I was going to bring it by force.
“So, what should we do?”
“I’m trying to teach both you and Lucas how to fight, but you’ll know when you follow me, so just follow me.”
“Chat. Is it that hard to tell you in advance?”
“For now, just follow me.”
The weather is nice.
It’s not that hot and the humidity is just right, which seems to be a feature of this neighborhood.
Thanks to the three horses that Elias had prepared in advance, it’s not a big deal.
“But can you tell me where you are going?”
Hmm? Didn’t you tell me where you were going?
“I’m going to Saxony.”
“It doesn’t go as far as you think.”
“It would take almost ten days to reach Saxony, right? What about the academy if we go further?”
“That’s right too.”
The reason for going to Saxony was simple.
Because there was a place to grow these guys.
If you go, the guys will surely appreciate it.
What. I don’t know if I can run away.
“Hey. Nico.”
While walking for a while, Lucas started talking to me.
“Why?”
“You. Are you dating Lady Maya?”
“What. Yes?”
It’s not really a secret, and there’s no reason not to answer.
“hehehehe…. Really?”
“If you don’t want to believe it, don’t believe it.”
“It’s not that I don’t believe it, it’s because it’s amazing. That cold-blooded witch is her boyfriend.”
What were you talking about?
Since she is usually the leader of the leadership team, she had heard rumors that she was a little cold among the students, but it was the first time she had even heard of the nickname Cold Blooded Witch.
“Don’t curse at my woman.”
“I’m not swearing, hey foul. Don’t you know?”
“Even if I knew, I don’t think I would say that in front of Nico.”
“Chat.”
“If you’re bored, chew beef jerky. Stop talking nonsense.”
“Yes, yes. You guys are good.”
I felt a little strange.
Is it because you’ve never had a friend before? These little conversations were a bit strange.
In my previous life, my family was my family, so I was thankful that I wasn’t bullied, let alone friends.
“Hey Lucas.”
“Why?”
“Are you always that talkative?”
“What. That’s it. I hear that a lot on a regular basis.”
“Is that so?”
I met Lucas for the first time because of his stupidity, but he doesn’t seem to be such a bad guy, and I hope he has some grit now….
“Hey foul. Have you ever been beaten by Nico?”
“… Tsk.”
“What did that Nico eat that made him so strong?”
“I don’t know.”
“Aren’t you always so talkative?”
“Tsk.”
“Chit. I see you just click your tongue.”
Because of Lucas, I wasn’t bored.
Foul seemed a little bothered.
However, a problem arose in a small village where they arrived after a day’s drive.
“That…. Knights? There is only one room left….”
To be honest, it wasn’t a big problem.
There are three men, but it’s enough to just crumple up in one room and sleep….
“I hate it. I absolutely hate it.”
It became a problem because Paul was against it.
“Man. You’re not at home right now, so why are you being so picky? A guy.”
He stopped Lucas, who was worse than him, but Paul was stubborn until the end.
“I hate to die. I’d rather kill you.”
“No, I don’t intend to kill you….”
Yeah, sometimes.
People who are a little picky and stubborn compared to others.
I’m also in a position to understand, but I’m not going out to play right now, so this is a bit….
“You two sleep in a room. I’ll figure it out on my own.”
“Tsk. Then, if your condition deteriorates, is it your responsibility?”
But what can I do?
You’re stubborn like this.
If you can’t see the village anyway, you’ll have to be homeless, so you should think of experiencing fouls early.
Foul went out like that and Lucas and I went up to the room.
Not too bad, but there was only one bed.
“Hey. You sleep in your bed.”
At that time, Lucas gave in first.
“Because I am strong, sleeping on the street is no problem. Just sleep in your bed.”
“… I look stronger than you.”
“I’m not talking about that.”
“Then what is it?”
“hehehehe. Tell me honestly Did you drink your pills during the final?”
“…”
Lucas caught me off guard.
I didn’t think anyone would notice, but this guy did.
“It must have been strange. Your body can’t be that strong.”
“I don’t know what you are talking about.”
“Sour. Because I don’t have anything to say. It just sounds like you sleeping in bed.”
After saying that, Lucas threw the backpack he was carrying in the corner of the room and lay down.
“Grow up on your own. I just sleep like this.”
“… Wash and sleep. It stinks.”
“It’s annoying. I want to wash in the morning.”
Lucas fell asleep in his snoring after less than three minutes of lying down.
A little bit strange.
Noticing drugs that no one noticed, being easy-going not like a noble.
It was the first time I knew that Paul was such a picky guy.
She’s not a girl and would care about that with her boys.
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“I’m going to die….”
“…”
It was hot.
I’ve only been here for about a week from the capital, but it’s insanely hot.
I’m so exhausted that I’m gasping for words. What should I say?
“Hey…. Nico…. Are you still far away?”
“… 3 More days to go.”
“I’m going crazy.”
I think I’m going crazy too.
At least the foul was quietly following, but the guy also looked rather dangerous as his sweat poured out like rain.
“This is also an experience.”
“No, who said what? It’s just hot.”
“Tsk. Cultivate patience.”
“You also talk nonsense while sweating like that.”
“Both of you.”
At this rate, a fight is likely to happen.
I’m getting annoyed too.
I wish the humidity was low, but the humidity is so high that it’s hard to breathe.
Around the time when I was so irritated, something happened that I thought I would experience at least once.
“Give me everything you have!!”
It was an attack by bandits.
About 40 people can only see the number.
Did you lie down and hide? It was hot, so I looked around and couldn’t find it in advance.
I need to reflect on this.
“Bandit? No Should I say that I am a field enemy because I am in the field?”
In the meantime, Lucas was talking nonsense.
“How stupid. Just call them bandits.”
Again, tackle the foul.
“Oh. Are you smart?”
“Haa…. You guys are stupid.”
“Please stop fighting. Both of you are real.”
I’m dry.
This has been a routine that has been repeated over the past few days.
“These bastards!!!”
Those guys showed up in the middle of the day.
“Misters, just go when they let you go.”
The scan has already been completed.
Judging from the armed condition and expressions of the bandits, these guys are obviously newbies.
Of course, there are only a handful if you can see guys with the scent of a professional stuck in the middle.
Even that doesn’t look particularly good.
“Don’t be ridiculous! Hurry up and give up everything you have! Otherwise, I will kill you!!”
“Haa…. Should I just kill them all….”
I don’t have the confidence to convince you.
Annoyed and annoying….
As I was thinking about it, Lucas spoke to the thieves with a worried look on his face.
“Uh…. Uncle behind it? Aren’t you Uncle Hans by any chance?”
“Also…. Young master?”
“Euhahahaha, is that right, Mister?”
It was an acquaintance.
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“Ha ha ha…. I don’t even know about this. Sorry….”
“Tsk…. A colleague with the thieves, you really….”
“You bastard! What kind of habit are you talking about, Bocchan!!”
“Ahhh man stop! Stop!”
A mess ensued.
The other thieves also seem to be perplexed.
It wasn’t until after the foul that had been grumbling for so long that a conversation began to take place.
“As you can see, the drought is severe….”
“But what if I steal?”
What. It was a simple story.
A drought begins due to abnormal temperatures.
But I have no intention of reducing taxes.
Because they couldn’t pay taxes, they were either taken as slaves or robbed like them.
I was just driven to either choice.
“Heuk…. The children are starving at home….”
“Haa….”
Being the head of the household, it must have been difficult to watch the children starve.
I understand.
I understand, but….
“Then what about those who were robbed? Don’t they have families too?”
“I didn’t attack anyone! I didn’t even kill anyone!”
Even if you can believe that, ha….
“Let’s go to your hideout.”
You have to go to their hideout and check it yourself.
“Yes?”
“Didn’t you hear? I asked to go to your hideout.”
“Why is that… ?”
At times like this, it’s quicker to press the rank.
“My name is Nico Schheiser, whom the Emperor himself appointed as a knight. As a knight, I cannot leave you alone like this, but if what I just said is not false, I will try to take it into account.”
I couldn’t leave this group of bandits like this.
If it’s a lie, I’ll kill them all, and even if it’s real, I can’t leave it as it is.
“What are you doing? Hurry up and guide me.”
I hurried the thieves who were completely taken aback by my words.
We still have a long way to go, so we had to deal with it quickly.