Abandoned by my Childhood Friend, I Became a War Hero chapter 78

78 – Iron Blooded Knight

After escaping the back alley with the two men, the afternoon patrol was completed without any problems.

After returning the wallet to Schurz, who apologized for causing trouble to the instructor with his mistake, and joining the other students, it was time for the patrol to end before he knew it.

It is dangerous for students to patrol even on the main road at night, so the military police with increased manpower took over the night patrol, and the students dispersed at this point.

“Oz! Come see the festival with me!”

“… No.”

“Don’t do that! Look! A man over there is breathing fire from his mouth! Let’s go see it together!”

“I just want to go back- ugh….”

There were also students who stayed on the streets to enjoy the festival.

“Marian. Are you going to the festival too?”

“No, I have to stop by my parents’ house today. Grandma is upset because I didn’t show my face for too long..”

“Really? Then be sure to say hello to the Marquis. Batar is… You’ve already left Saladin, what about you?”

“I’m going to go around on my own and go back to the dormitory on my own.”

“Okay. What will Gwynn do?”

“Me? Um, well….”

There was also a student who was not interested in the festival and went home immediately.

In Elizabeth’s case, it was the latter.

“Instructor. I will go back first.”

“Are you going to the imperial palace?”

“Yes. Even now, it’s because I took some time to come out. The next time we meet may be the time for the parade.”

“I wouldn’t have to come out if I was that busy.”

I honestly thought I would. I know she’s been really busy lately. She thought she was really surprised when she came out in the morning to join the patrol.

Elizabeth shook her head in response.

“I am also a student of Opal Black class. I’m the instructor’s student. It’s unfair to fall alone. I have no intention of being treated specially as a princess.”

“Is that so?”

“That’s it. Whooping…. Then excuse me.”

She lifted the ends of her skirt and saw her elegantly greeted with a nod of her head.

As Elisabeth walked away, her long white hair rustling, the female Royal Guard, who had been waiting around her, immediately followed her.

Although she is wearing plain clothes now, she was the same royal guard who stood by Elisabeth and her chest when she first met her.

“… ….”

Since she suffers from constant work at home and is followed by an escort wherever she goes outside, the title of princess must have put a lot of pressure on her.

While seeing her Elizabeth off, she suddenly felt her tugging on her sleeve, and when she turned around, she saw Titania smiling brightly.

“Instructor!”

“Hmm?”

I thought she went to enjoy the festival with Oznia, but is she still here?

Beside her, I could see Oznia, who pitifully was building a statue of Titania with her wrist held by Titania. She looked like a rabbit on her leash.

Titania said in a bright voice.

“Do you want to go to the festival together?”

“With me?”

“You didn’t have a chance to look around the market properly last time! I want to take this opportunity to look around properly. Oz and her other friends too! How are you? Is that a good idea?”

Her bright voice seemed to already take for granted that I would go with her rather than a suggestion.

But I shook my head slowly and replied.

“No. Go by yourselves today.”

“Yes? Aren’t you going?”

“Yes.”

“Really? Why?”

“Because I am busy.”

“Ugh… !”

At my words, Titania’s eyes widened and she put on a puzzled expression, like a wet puppy.

“… ….”

I wondered if it would be such a shock. If you need more companions, you can bring Gwynn, who has been deafened by the word festival tour.

I don’t particularly regret it, but I had a different schedule from now on. Therefore, Titania’s proposal had no choice but to be rejected from the beginning.

Titania quickly regained her expression, she asked again in a slightly brighter voice, although her volume was slightly lower than before.

“If it’s not today, it’s okay, right? Then how about tomorrow?”

Is that how it works?

But it was the same that I had a schedule for tomorrow as well. Because I decided to pay off the debt I owed to Instructor Lilya.

“Not even tomorrow.”

“… Then the day after tomorrow?”

I rested my chin on my chin for a while and lost myself in thought. At that gesture, Titania’s face showed tension.

Looking at her like that, I finally had to nod my head at her. Rejecting the student’s proposal three times was also stabbed by my conscience.

“The day after tomorrow will be fine.”

“Wow!”

Titania smiled brightly and was delighted with my answer, and Gwynn and Oznia also made their eyes shine more than usual.

I could understand Titania’s reaction, but I couldn’t figure out why the two reacted the way they did.

“Then see you the day after tomorrow, Instructor! Gwynn too, don’t stand there, let’s go and have a look! Oz too!”

“Huh? Uh yes! Okay!”

“I hate….”

I held Gwynn’s and Oznia’s wrists and watched Titania’s back as she began to walk proudly for a moment, then looked away from her.

The destination was the arena of the underworld.

***

“I’d rather not play today.”

A completely unexpected word came out of Sylvia’s mouth. Right before leaving the game.

I asked, wondering how she looked completely different from the girl who had been begging her to do it just one more time until last week.

“What happened?”

“I just saw the entry.”

Sylvia, disguised this week in the face of another beautiful woman, put on a seriously hardened expression befitting her beauty, she said.

“You came out so fancy last week. Beggar King, Drug Dealer Ulrich, and Moneylender Bondman seem to be very upset because all of their players have been robbed. The guys united and called a new player… Actually, I don’t like my opponent.”

I asked suspiciously.

“Are you that strong?”

Sylvia shook her head lightly.

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“No more than you. But you and I are a bit uncomfortable to see each other… It’s one of the reasons I’ve been cautious every time I tried to take control of the arena.”

“Inconvenient? Why?”

“Well, you’ll know when you see it for yourself. But you don’t have to meet. It could be dangerous if the other person recognizes you. That guy is in the middle of a busy time right now, so I thought it would be okay, so I thought I’d make a lot of money on this opportunity… Perhaps your performance last time hurt the other three a lot.”

I thought about Sylvia’s words.

There is a possibility that they will recognize me, and if they do, they may be dangerous… There aren’t many people like that.

She pondered for a moment before asking.

“What happened to the information about Ella?”

Sylvia’s voice, which had a serious expression on her face, fell even more melancholy. She said, shaking her shoulders helplessly.

“Sorry. We’re still gathering information, but it’s not easy.”

“Hmm….”

The reason Sylvia is having trouble gathering her information is that she doesn’t have full control over the underworld yet.

At this point, if Ian, who is gaining fame in the arena under the support of the Changgwan owner called ‘The Queen’, avoided a fight, it was sure to be a trigger for the audience to accuse Ian and the Queen of being cowards.

If that happens, it will take much longer for Sylvia to completely take over the underworld.

I made a decision.

“It’s okay, prepare for the game.”

“Are you really okay?”

“It doesn’t matter.”

I said, wearing the mask tightly. My voice resonated deep and heavy behind the mask.

“Tekken Ian doesn’t avoid fights.”

I strode down the dark underground corridor and confidently stepped into the arena.

When I showed up at the stadium, the crowd filled the stands and gave enthusiastic cheers.

“Tekken! Tekken! Tekken!!”

“Ian! Ian! Ian!!”

“Tekken-! I’ve been waiting for only you for a week, zenjaaang!”

Even though the debut match was held only a week ago, the cheers from the audience were unusual.

Perhaps my ability to knock down all my opponents in one blow was quite impressive to the crowd.

During the week, the rumors spread considerably, or whether the fervor of the festival on the ground had an effect on the underground, the audience was packed to the brim with people.

All the spectators were passionately chanting the name Tekken.

At that moment, the door on the other side of the arena opened wide.

Then a slender female swordsman slowly walked up the arena.

In contrast to my black mask that covered her entire face, she chose a stylish red mask that covered only her eyes and nose.

When I checked her dark red bobbed hair and her gaze that looked cold even through her mask, I felt as if I had seen her somewhere for a moment.

But it was the people in the crowd who recognized her first, rather than me.

“That mask… that hair color… No way! Tongue, plasma taste!?”

“Blood Fray! Oh my god… The appearance of the previous arena champion!!”

“Wowaaa!!”

As if accepting the enthusiastic cheers from the crowd as if it were a routine background sound, the woman in the red mask walked into the arena and gazed calmly in this direction.

Then he spoke to me with a stiff tone like a knight.

“Are you that Tekken? Became the new champion by defeating the bloodwind sword, black sword, and thunder all together?”

“What if?”

Plasma Mi tilted her head, shrugged her shoulders once, and drew out her sword.

“Hmm… You’re younger than I thought. It seems that he won the title of champion while I was gone, but I am on a different level from those nerds. It would be a mistake to put me on the same line as those guys.”

Plasma Mi drew her rapier and placed it in front of her chest, adopting her signature technique.

She deliberately staggered her movements to hide her own swordsmanship, but I couldn’t fool my eyes. In an instant, he recognized what the original swordsmanship was.

The basic posture of the imperial swordsmanship.

It was mainly used by the Royal Guard.

The moment she saw her posture, she was able to recognize her true identity. It was also understandable why Sylvia avoided meeting this opponent.

‘Iron-Blooded Knight’ Frida von Sternrict.

A member of the Warriors’ Party and the current vice-captain of the Royal Guard.

A woman who is only entangled with me through bad ties.

She stood before my eyes with the name of her blood rose, Frey.