74 – 74. Unbroken Shackles (2)
“Junon…”
“Fortunately, it seems to have come just in time.”
When I heard the voice, I was nervous, but when I heard the name, I was convinced.
Sylvia is nearby, and something has happened.
‘Two opponents. Probably… Judging by the seal, it’s a family knight. So, is it a knight of the Count’s family?’
There is still a lack of information, but what is certain is that their target is Sylvia.
I know that, but would you just let me take you? Even if it’s a pity, it’s not like that.
“You bastard, kicking out of nowhere. Do you know who we are?!”
“Do I really need to know that? At least, in my eyes, he’s nothing but a bastard trying to lay his hand on one of my friends.”
“We are the knights of Count Kutelli! We are obliged to take Miss Sylvia, a member of Count Kutelli and the daughter of the count!”
The knight justified his actions by shouting loudly.
‘This. It’s very bad.’
For a while, I was worried about Sylvia because of the anxiety that her Countess would take her back.
Because there are such abnormal parents who demand repayment by telling them to repay the kindness they gave birth to.
I thought she was interested in Sylvia in the count’s book, but considering today’s events, she is no longer something to be seen.
“Duty! I never asked for anything like that! I don’t need a countess or a nobleman or anything like that!!”
Well done.
That’s why those two knights are frowning.
“My lady. Your dignity has been greatly damaged. You must be educated again.”
“The Count will yell at you too. If you will quietly follow us even now, I’ll make things happen today.”
“I hate it!! I hate it!!”
Their goal is to take Sylvia.
And Sylvia’s wish is not to return to her countess.
Isn’t it obvious which way to go with conflicting opinions?
“Is that so? From what I’ve seen, you’re just two bastards trying to get your hands on a female student, aren’t you?”
The two knights gnashed their teeth at the provocation, then drew their swords.
For those who value honor, this must be something that can never be tolerated.
“You arrogant bastard. I’ll make you pay for making fun of your snout without knowing the subject.”
“Thousands would dare to make the count’s precious mistress go away. You are the problem!”
“You pay the price with your life. You dare to coax a young lady with that vulgar mouth… I can’t forgive you.”
“Ha, you’re going to blame everything on me like that?”
“Shut up that mouth! A snout that can’t hurt to tear it off… The crime of giving the lady a strange color will pay dearly!”
As soon as I saw the family knight in front of me, I expected it to be a bloody battle.
However, the circumstances and conditions are quite bad.
Aside from the fact that the opponent is a well-trained knight who is not a gossip, this one must deal with them while protecting their target, Sylvia.
Even the Blasure Ark could be a problem at the night market, so there is only one way to do it. You have no choice but to risk everything in one chance.
“Sylvia. Do you remember when you were fighting Osoptera?”
“…Did I tell you not to use unique magic?”
“I know that. Even if you wield something like that, knights with as much experience as me will quickly avoid or avoid it. The chase is much more disadvantageous this way.”
So, it was necessary to deal with it a little differently.
***
-Tuong!
A ripple that echoes again and again.
A lot of time has passed, but the battle continues in this clumsy place.
For some reason, the knight’s sword couldn’t reach Junon.
‘Sure. This guy is twisting…!’
How many times has the sword been swung? It was a posture that he perfected by swinging and cutting countless times.
But why does the swinging sword feel like it bumped into something, or why it strayed from its course and headed to the wrong place?
It was clear that it was the work of the cloth that blocked Sylvia right in front of her eyes.
“Cheet…!”
Aww.
Since he twisted the path of the sword, he made a gap in a different way this time, and thought he would be able to subdue that black-haired boy using martial arts.
But he quickly rolled off the ground and stood up, and it didn’t take long for him to get back into his position.
It was too flexible and skillful to be seen as a mediocre student. Even when dealing with the two, there is almost no distraction.
It responds lightly to the movement of parrying or avoiding sword strikes, so the balance is well-balanced, and even if the sword touches, thick blocking-type magic is in place.
It was quite a formidable enemy, as the wind mage’s unique arc from behind matched well.
I couldn’t wait any longer.
“────.”
The sword of the knight who was muttering quietly caught fire with a roar.
“Yes… I see.”
He sent an autograph to another knight. Then, after being chanted, the sword was imbued with magical power.
Enchantment.
It is a magic that enhances firepower by putting emission-type and expression-type magic into weapons. Only those who skillfully use this magic can become knights, so it is the same magic as their identity.
However, as much as the firepower was increased, there was a downside that the sound resonated around.
Casting a spell that might cause a commotion means that time will be delayed if you deal with it slowly, so I will finish it in one blow.
‘It doesn’t make sense for me to struggle with this cat academy student.’
No matter how solid the defense is, it will succumb to more power.
He is a knight from a prestigious family called Count Kutelli. The opponent is just an academy student.
There is no way we can lose because we have the upper hand in every way.
With that thought, the swords of the two knights headed for Junon at once.
Kaang-!
“…!”
“…!”
The two enchanted swords made sure to touch each other.
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But what does this sound mean? The metal-like scraping sound made the two knights doubt their ears.
Even though the boy’s weapon didn’t exist.
Aside from that, isn’t it an enchanted sword?
One wore a flame, and one wrapped a blade of wind. A situation in which the nature of magical power alone should burn or cut sharply.
The boy who blocked the swords of the two knights was enduring even the two enchantment spells.
The two swords couldn’t even split a boy’s arm, and even though they were enchanted, they couldn’t even do any magic damage.
Feeling strange about this situation, the two knights check each other’s eyes, saying that it would be better to take a step back, but—
“Sylvia!”
As if he had been waiting for this moment to come, he called the count’s name.
Sylvia’s magic circle, which had accumulated well without consuming much mana, created two large gusts of wind and attacked the two knights.
“What is this…!”
“Damn it, I can’t access it like this…!”
It’s just a gust of wind, but even so, the gust of wind that was manifested by mobilizing the maximum amount of mana it had possessed could easily block the movement of humans.
The two knights who were caught in the gust of wind had their swords stuck in the ground, and the limit was to stop them from being pushed back.
Junon seized this gap without missing it.
“Anit…?!”
“Something on my foot…!”
“Guys, you fall backwards because you only look forward and run.”
Their bodies get caught on something circular and tilt.
The strangeness of the boy who twisted the path every time he swung his sword, this time precisely shaken the balance of the knights and knocked them down.
By the time I realized that, it was already too late.
The fallen bodies of the two knights are flying in the direction of the shabby house on the gust of wind from Sylvia.
***
Soon, there was a sound of being pushed into a corner, and the figures of the two knights escaped the sight of Junon and Sylvia.
“Ha ha… Ha ha…”
Because of squeezing out all of her mana, Sylvia’s body trembled greatly with the recoil.
“Are you okay? Can you move?”
Sylvia shook her head.
She tried to move somehow, but she couldn’t even move because she used up all her magic power.
But shaking her head now doesn’t mean that.
“It’s okay though. We’ve kept the distance wide enough, so we can run all the way to the city and let people know.”
It’s true that there was enough distance, but it couldn’t be.
As Sylvia, she knew the truth as long as Junon did not.
“There’s still… More…”
“Sylvia?”
Why does her throat tingle so much when she tries to speak out?
The inside of his neck was hot, as if it had been heated on a blazing stove.
“Let’s go. Sylvia. If I carry it on my back and run, I can get out of here in no time.”
“No… No, no… Not yet…!”
“What are you talking about! Hurry up!”
Junon shouted in frustration, but Sylvia had a good reason.
‘I have to tell you that henna was taken…!’
The presence of one more person must have been an unexpected variable for Junon. Sylvia was the only one who knew there was one person who took henna.
But her body didn’t follow her, and her eyes were closed because she used her magic power to her limit.
“Haa, really.”
I looked around her, but all I could do was make a fuss because the knights got stuck in a house due to a gust of wind out of nowhere.
After you’ve caused such a commotion, you won’t want to stir up a fuss here again.
The only thing left to do is carry Sylvia on her back and take her…
“Senior, Heo Eok. What happened to this…?”
“…Did you follow me all the way here?”
“You call that a horse? You run off without saying a word!”
Rhenias looked worried at Junon, who looked like she had been through a battle, asking if she was injured.
“Sorry. I have a reason.”
Speaking of her circumstances, Rhenias tilted her head and found Silvia who had lost her mind.
“Huh? You’re the senior friend I met then?”
“She was also the daughter of Count Kutelli.”
“…!”
Rhenias, who tilted her head, brought her to her senses at those words.
The knights who rode horses across the night market. The seal of Count Kutelli, which was drawn on their outer shells.
I immediately noticed why Junon ran to this place.
“Couldn’t it be… That your senpai’s friend was being targeted?”
“I guess.”
“…Wait a little. I’ll call someone.”
Renias’s excited face disappeared at the thought of the snack, and he became serious in an instant.
I wonder if they had been using magic in a hurry, someone was called right away, and Sylvia was transported with the help of the leading members.
Junon and Renias, the reporter, who watched it nearby, moved to make a statement, and the work seemed to be over…
“Huh… I was wondering what someone was saying about fighting with magic at this festival…”
“Tell me. What are you doing carrying an academy student?”
Because there was a commotion nearby, it caught the attention of Senia and Aris.
Senia witnesses an uneasy situation and points her sword at her knight.
“You won’t be able to communicate with words. It’s the family of that knight, Count Kutelli, who treats commoners as cattle.”
“Really? As you said, Aris…”
“Trouble!”
“Wow…!”
However, the other knight gets out of here on horseback after setting a smoke screen.
‘Damn it, now that it’s like this, I have no choice but to take two years instead…!’
A knight who couldn’t rush out due to the uproar around him was taking Henna to the Count’s house with a judge.