Chapter 27. The wolf recognizes those who stand up for themselves. (7)
“Yeah, I see.”
Diego put down his wine glass.
“So you’re saying you want to go back to the capital?”
“yes.”
He answered while gently smoothing the bandage around his neck.
Diego and my conversation continued well into the night. They were sitting across from each other in Diego’s office.
“Tsk.”
Diego clicked his tongue in disapproval.
“Why do you keep touching my neck? “Does it hurt that much?”
“That’s not true, I just want you to look at your father and feel the pinch.”
“… … .”
Diego furrowed his eyebrows, then found something in a drawer and threw it away.
Tuk.
What I received in my palm was a high-performance ointment provided at the border.
“Either apply it or not.”
I burst out laughing at that grumpy voice.
“Why are you smiling?”
“No, just.”
Actually, it reminded me of someone who used to receive ointment from me.
“I will use it well.”
Anyway, a wound like this will heal quickly.
“I guess I’ll be busy with work again for a while.”
Diego took a sip of wine and sighed.
“I could do well if you just asked me to fight for a week. “It doesn’t matter that someone who is good at his job is leaving.”
His blue eyes glanced at me. His eyes were full of regret.
‘… … ‘How are you?’
Every time you get angry at someone for violating your authority, now you expect me to help you.
It must have been quite a headache.
‘Well, there is a bit of a manpower shortage in Obest Territory.’
I nodded, calculating something in my mind.
“We will send you a capable administrator later.”
“Really?”
As expected, Diego was pleased.
“Yes, Philip will do his best to assist his father in the meantime.”
“Hmm.”
“It’s not easy to find a butler like this anywhere.”
As I gently comforted him, Diego’s face slowly softened.
“Okay, whatever. “Then I understand.”
“Have you thought about the reform plan I posted?”
When I slowly changed the subject, Diego cupped his chin.
“It was fresh. “Not only was the salary good, but the frequency of sending scouts was also good.”
“Whoever wrote it is obvious.”
“… … However, it may be said that excessive benefits are given to those who return from the subjugation war.”
“If you’re going to say that, you should have volunteered a long time ago.”
He countered with a cynical smile.
“Isn’t it that those who lost in the drawing had no choice but to join the northern subjugation team?”
Diego licked his lips and looked away.
“It’s a bit ridiculous to call out discrimination now when there was always a time to withdraw like that.”
“Hehehe.”
Now that I see it, Diego tends to clear his throat loudly when he doesn’t have anything to say.
thud.
He ended up putting his stamp on the reform plan I wrote.
“What are you planning to do with them?”
Before answering Diego’s question,
Grung-
Requiem nudged me and told me that someone was approaching. After scolding me harshly earlier, he became a little discouraged.
‘Hmm.’
After thinking about something for a moment, I opened my mouth.
“I will use it to fight against the wind and blood.”
“Hmm.”
“I think the wind of blood will probably lead to a supply offensive.”
He continued as he felt the sound of small steps approaching this room.
“I can assure you, they are probably better personnel than anyone else in the current Order of Ovest.”
And when I thought the time was right.
“The Black Knight will soon appear in the capital. “To fight against the wind and blood.”
Pointing to the door with one hand,
“He is a righteous man and cannot tolerate injustice.”
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I tapped my ear with my other hand.
“Perhaps the identity of the Black Knight will also be revealed soon.”
Diego raised an eyebrow and looked at my fingertips.
“… … .”
He understood what I meant and slowly opened his mouth.
“Do you think people will accept the Black Knight?”
The question was whether you would accept me as holding the sword of the four seasons, Requiem.
The sword that has the fate of coveting the lives of others and has no choice but to harm others.
“I will accept it. no,”
I added with a meaningful smile.
“We have to make them accept it.”
After finishing the conversation, I left the room.
Sweet.
When I opened the door, I saw Leah standing against the wall on the other side, looking the other way.
“ostrich?”
When I asked casually,
“uh… … “Uh-huh.”
Leah awkwardly raised her hand.
“Abel.”
The eyes, shaking back and forth, looked at me.
“What’s going on here?”
“I wanted to have a long conversation with my father. I guess you and your father… … .”
Lately, Leah looked worried.
“Anyway, I came here just in case.”
“Didn’t the butler stop you? “I would have had everyone bitten.”
Leah answered with a face without the slightest remorse.
“I left it tied up.”
“… … Tied up? Philip? “Where is it?”
“On the pillar at the end of the hallway. “How dare you block my path?”
“Is that so… … .”
Now that I see it, Leah seems to have quite the temperament of a tyrant.
‘Lord, no, you idiot!’
Thinking of Philip tied to a pillar and whining, I let out a helpless laugh.
Leah looked like her mouth was itching.
“But you clearly… … .”
Leah’s mouth stopped as she was about to say something.
“… … What’s that on your neck? “Are you hurt?”
Leah pointed her finger at the nape of my neck. The place lightly wrapped in bandages.
“Ah, this.”
I answered in an indifferent tone.
“I was fighting with my father.”
“Did you really fight with a sword?”
“A man speaks with his sword.”
“… … .”
No, not until you make such a blatantly pathetic expression.
“It’s not a big deal, so just skip it. What did you want to say more than that?”
He gestured to Leah and began to walk away.
“Oh right.”
Leah followed me and raised her voice.
“When I asked you, you said you had nothing to hide.”
“It did. “Why is that?”
“But just now with my father… … !”
Leah, who was talking in tears, said, “Oops,” and closed her mouth.
“I didn’t know you had a hobby of eavesdropping.”
Leah’s face turned red as she laughed. Perhaps because her skin was so pale, the change was obvious.
“… … sorry.”
Leah immediately admitted her mistake.
“I didn’t mean to eavesdrop. But then I heard the word “black knight” so I stopped… … .”
Actually, it wasn’t Leah’s fault.
Because I deliberately leaked that story so that only outsiders could hear it. After realizing that Leah was nearby.
Of course, Leah, who didn’t know that, writhed in shame. However, in the end, he could not overcome his curiosity towards the Black Knight and said,
“Anyway, I’m really sorry for overhearing. “But I was so curious that I couldn’t help it.”
Leah took a step closer with a distressed look on her face.
“You know about the Black Knight. “Why are you hiding it?”
“Hide it. “I never asked you if you knew about the Black Knight.”
“Are you kidding me?”
Leia flashed an emerald glow in her eyes.
“That’s it!”
“If you get that angry, you won’t say anything more?”
“Abel!”
Leah jumped up from her seat and instantly became quiet. She nodded, pressed the corner of her eye once, and then lowered her voice.
“… … “I won’t get angry, so tell me.”
I giggled and continued walking, pretending not to notice.
“Ah, Abel!”
How long has it been since Leah impatiently followed me?
Trudging.
The two of us had already arrived at the horse farm outside the castle.
“… … Hee hee!”
The young man at the wooden horse shop who discovered me let out a loud scream.
“Ah, Master Abel?”
“Hey, how are you?”
He let out a dark laugh and then shrugged his shoulders.
“I guess it would have been a pretty good life without any troubles?”
“Oh, no. “No, that’s right.”
The young man was rambling frantically, as if he didn’t know I would come back.
earth!
Then, he kicked his foot on the bucket on the floor again and jumped up.
“Ouch, ouch!”
He was a guy who didn’t make any progress at all.
“Give me a horse. “Be the best guy here.”
“Yes, I understand!”
The young man literally moved like the wind. In the blink of an eye, a strong, well-trained horse was in front of me.
“Why the horse?”
Leah, who had followed me there, stamped her feet.
“Where are you going? “I have to finish what I said and go!”
The young man laughed as he climbed onto the horse he had rescued.
“I have somewhere to go for a moment.”
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The atmosphere within the Ovest Knights was strange. This was due to the dissonance created by the knights returning from the subjugation battle.
“What on earth happened to those guys?”
“Your skills have improved tremendously. I can’t win… … .”
The knights who had not participated in the subjugation war gathered together and whispered. Their faces were distorted with jealousy and envy.
“What on earth did you do there?”
“Were the northern monsters stronger than here?”
“That can’t be possible?”
Their pride in protecting the western border of the empire was strong. Therefore, he could not allow a knight who had been forced to go to a subjugation battle to get ahead of him.
“Hey, Klaus. “Tell me in detail what happened there.”
“There is a saying that this subjugation war was led by Master Abel. “I guess that’s not true?”
In response to the barrage of questions, the knights who participated in the subjugation war proudly straightened their shoulders.
“Children, all you have to do is understand that you have been deceived.”
“Okay, why on earth did you believe that rumor? Anyway, it’s shallow.”
“Master Abel is a swordsman as great as Lord Diego.”
There was a part of their confidence that was difficult to understand. It was because of the closeness of those who shared the same time.
“It seems we have misunderstood Master Abel all along.”
“He is a true knight and the wolf of Ovest.”
The same was true for experienced knights who were negative towards Abel at first. Even they were now influenced by Abel and began to raise their voices.
“Did these kids take medicine together?”
“What nonsense are you talking about?”
As a result, the group within the Knights Templar was divided. Those who absolutely support Abel and those who only know about it through existing rumors.
“Vice-captain, please tell me something clearly.”
“Why did you follow that stupid master? yes?”
Conrad turned his back and said nothing. Then, as the cries of his knights grew louder, he finally raised his hands.
“Everyone be quiet!”
The mouths of the knights who were talking loudly stopped for an instant. Everyone looked at Conrad, hoping for an answer.
“It was entirely my decision to follow Master Abel. “Other knights resisted at first, but in the end I realized that my choice was right.”
“No, I don’t understand that.”
After Conrad, the oldest knight came forward.
“Don’t you know the rumors about Master Abel? “Why did Lord Diego never bring him to the border?”
He looked around and asked for agreement.
“This is so unbecoming of the Knights of Ovest. “Have Vice-Captain Konrad forgotten who we follow?”
The knight’s eyes sparkled strongly.
“I don’t understand. never.”
Conrad bit his lip.
This was something I had already experienced a few months ago. These stubborn and inflexible knights were even more difficult to believe because they had not seen them in person.
“You guys think I…” … .”
The moment Conrad was about to open his mouth,
“Don’t you understand?”
Someone’s crisp voice intervened.
“Come out and see. “If it doesn’t work out, I will make it happen.”
It was Abel who entered the living room with a cold smile.
“Before that, let’s look at this paper first and then talk.”
Palak-
A piece of paper held between his fingers shook slightly.
fantasy,
