Episode 93
Chapter 19 Interest is compound interest (3)
In Bihar, there was a custom where the leader led the knights of the main family, and the vice-captains led the knights dispatched to the branch family.
Accordingly, the 3rd vice-captain, Sylvia Perlotta, has been in charge of the knights dispatched to Harbon following Lashar for the past two years.
Sylvia, who finished her daily routine today, stopped abruptly on her way to the mansion to meet Rashar.
It is because he found Kei, who was gradually approaching her from the opposite direction, leaving the darkened sky behind.
Looking closely, the equipment and clothes were stained with black blood, as if they had been to a contaminated area.
‘You’re really diligent.’
Kei, who I’ve already seen for close to a month, was a stranger living a really diligent life.
It seemed to move 24 hours a day by dividing it into minutes.
Sylvia had never seen him waste time.
‘It’s the first time I’ve seen a person who even plans to take a break.’
Such diligence led to thorough self-management.
If you were watching Kei’s daily life, you could see Sylvia, who has lived a sincere life through repeated training throughout her life, sticking out her tongue.
It seems that he has been diligently moving and hunting in the contaminated land today.
She stopped for a moment and watched Kay.
“hmm?”
At that time, Kei, who was approaching the mansion while rubbing his neck and trapezius muscles as if tired, also found Sylvia.
“Oh, hello.”
“… … Hello, Kay.”
“Are you going to see Rashar?”
“Yes, I have something to report.”
“It’s good, I was about to go up too, but it seems… … .”
Kei, who had been pretending to know first, as always, suddenly blurted out his words.
“Oh, I was going to go with you, but I can’t.”
Looking at the place where his gaze met with one corner of his mouth raised, he almost let out a sigh.
That familiar back of the head with a couple of knights must be.
‘It’s Allen Hogel.’
A few days ago, he was the party to what Kay was heating up.
Did he feel Kei’s persistent gaze?
Suddenly, Allen looked back and found Kay and Sylvia, and his shoulders trembled.
No matter how much he suffered, he had noticeably emaciated in a few days.
Seeing that scene, her mind was complicated, but Sylvia turned her head away without showing any reaction.
Instead of meddling in their affairs, she decided to leave as quickly as possible.
“Then I’ll go in first.”
“Yes, see you tomorrow.”
He hurriedly finished his greetings and was afraid to turn his back on Kei.
“OMG!”
A series of screams and familiar laughter came from Allens.
I wanted to look away as much as possible, but I couldn’t stop the eyes from moving on their own.
Only when she finally looked back did Sylvia see the figure of Allens covered in black water.
‘… … It’s ink today.’
Yesterday it was mud, yesterday it was rotten eggs, and today it has changed again.
‘When did you prepare that?’
He is diligent even to the point where it is really useless.
Sylvia shook her head in disgust.
Over the past few days, Kay has been keen on chasing after Allens.
Not only did he throw horse manure, but he also came to the Knights’ quarters and poured filth into Allens’ room.
“Aww! Really, stop!”
“Oh, what do you think I did?”
Of course, Sylvia stood by and watched the whole situation.
Because there was an order from Rashar not to intervene in the affairs of the two.
From what I’ve heard, it seemed that Allen had quarreled with Kay first.
When she heard about it, Sylvia tried to formally punish Allens.
It was Kay who stopped it.
-I’m not trying to ignore their order, it’s just that I’m not feeling well.
– I’m not saying to skip it at all, just about a month?
– I would like you to wait until the New Year. I’ll tell you when I’ve had enough of my anger.
When I heard that, I felt a little bit of antipathy towards Kei.
Now that I know the meaning of a month, it is different.
‘Walter is a great talent.’
Being punished as a squire, and being punished after being knighted.
Obviously the latter is better.
‘If he is kicked out of the seed state, it will be difficult for him to be appointed a knight for the rest of his life.’
Now that I know that the one month Kay said is a punishment for protecting Balter.
Sylvia had quite a crush on Kay.
But what I can see right now is… … .
“Let’s go together, okay?”
It was Kay who squirmed ink into the back of Allen’s head and chased after him.
Sylvia turned her head with a complicated expression.
Over the past few days, she has caught a glimpse of Kay’s petty and tenacious side.
Even though he didn’t look good, his likes and dislikes toward him didn’t change much.
One of the reasons was the young apprentice servant squatting in the corner of the hall, in the aisle where servants came and went.
“weird… … I thought you’d be back by this time.”
Sylvia, who was about to climb the stairs, found the child and approached it.
“Are you waiting for Kay?”
When she spoke, the child who had been playing with his fingers on the floor jumped up from his seat.
I could see that she was embarrassed, but she pretended not to know, and the child informed her of the person she was waiting for.
“He went to the knights quarters.”
It took a while for the woman who suddenly spoke to me to roll her eyes as if she was having a hard time.
“Go, thank you!”
The child ran in the direction Sylvia pointed, holding a paper bag the size of her head.
Inside that paper bag, there must be snacks like cookies or bread for Kay.
I don’t know exactly what happened, but none of the kids in the mansion hated Kay.
‘Just by looking at that, I can tell that his personality isn’t bad.’
If he had been a really bad person, the kids wouldn’t have come forward to take care of him in the slightest.
Sylvia, who had been staring in the direction where the apprentice servant had disappeared for a while, started walking again before long.
In the first place, she was on her way because she had something to report to Rashar.
I couldn’t continue to be delayed by other things like this.
‘The resistance is disbanded, so it’s crazy.’
Thanks to Rashar’s autonomy, some knights of the Bennet family also supported the troops being reorganized around the church.
Sylvia was on her way to Rashar’s office to submit a list related to him.
However, it seemed that today was not the day.
Before reaching the office, I bumped into Chentler, who was rushing down.
“Ah, Sir Perlotta.”
“Do you have any urgent business, sir?”
“I’m on my way to pick you up since Kay has returned home.”
Sylvia’s gaze turned to the back.
I feel it all over again, but there are so many people looking for Kei.
“You’d better go to the training ground or to the accommodation.”
There, he omitted the word that he was persistently harassing Allens.
Kei’s actions over the past few days have been consistent, so you will know even if you don’t say it.
“Oh, do you know where you are?”
“Yes, I saw you a while ago.”
“I’m glad, thank you. The guest seems to be arriving soon, so I’ll go first.”
“Yes, take a look.”
Zentler passed Sylvia before she could finish her sentence.
Thanks to that, Sylvia, who was left alone, tilted her head as she looked at Chentler’s back.
‘customer?’
Who came to visit him at this hour when the sun had set?
* * *
Today, as always, while I was repaying the interest to Allens, Chentler came to visit me.
“A guest?”
Then he told me that a guest was coming to see me.
Before I could ask who it was, I heard a booming sound.
“gentile!”
It felt like the earth was shaking for a moment.
The ground didn’t actually shake, but I couldn’t keep my balance.
It wasn’t just me, but most of the people at the training ground stumbled.
It felt like the cornerstone of my body was shaking.
I was afraid to check my surroundings to see what had happened, and my expression hardened.
“I see, it’s a peculiar smell.”
The first thing that caught my eye was a black nose, and the next thing I saw were blue eyes.
It was obviously blue, but there was a strange heat swirling in it.
The feeling of looking into the eyes of a beast aiming for its prey.
I couldn’t even lift a finger in front of him.
Fortunately, that didn’t last long.
“Horpe-sama, are you here?”
Because Chentler got in between me and the blue eyes.
Thanks to this, I was able to find out the identity of the person who suddenly appeared.
‘That Horpe who was said to be the king of beastmen?’
Certainly, the appearance was similar to the two beastmen I had seen.
Except for the slightly different stripe pattern and hair color, it had all the characteristics of a tiger-type beastman as a whole.
If it’s not the same name, then that man is really the king of beastmen.
‘Why the hell is the head of a tribe here?’
Scary to suspect, Horpe pushed Chentler aside who had intervened between me and said,
“Get out of the way, I just have business with strangers.”
After overcoming the obstacle called Chentler, he stretched out his hand toward me and said,
“Me too.”
Even though the object word was omitted, I could tell as soon as I saw Horpe’s gesture of stretching out his hand.
It is something that someone who would not even know of the existence of a person called me would come and ask for it.
‘It’s catnip.’
Other than that, I didn’t think I would give the tiger-clan beast anything else.
It seems that rumors have spread among them since they openly demanded it.
Well, I didn’t have to worry about where the rumors started.
“Hey, there he is! K!”
“Yes, yes, Kay.”
Hey, Brecche approaching with Belta in her arms must be the starting point of the rumor.
‘Perhaps the catnip he was carrying caught Horpe’s eye.’
I glanced at the three tiger beastmen and clicked my tongue inwardly.
‘It’s like they don’t take magic detection.’
It wasn’t just the tigers and beasts.
Even among those at the training ground, most of them had their magical powers blurred like fog.
‘The first day wasn’t like this… … .’
Did something go wrong with the Magic Detection Magic?
Even as I pondered my thoughts, I glanced over at Horpe.
He was still holding out his hand.
‘Should I call this my pace… … .’
Why is it that tigers do not make normal voices when they meet beastmen?
There are three tigers I met, and all three times I heard the name through others.
Even though I was full of energy, I soon realized that this was normal.
Because they don’t need a full name.
‘I smelled everything first.’
Belta, Brecce, and even Horpe.
They all identified me through smell.
Even without a name, you can tell each other apart.
It is a different way of contacting others than humans who confirm their existence by announcing each other’s names.
‘I don’t think there’s such a thing as a common name.’
I seemed to be able to understand the tiger beast sign very little.
“Are there any?”
Then Horpe reached out and urged the catnip.
Instead of giving him what he wanted, I held out my empty hand and said.