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Ben held out a silver tray of letters.
“Your Majesty, today’s schedule ends by replying to a letter from the Presbytery.”
Cynthia looked away from the knights.
“Is this all?”
“yes. A few important points of the correspondence will have to be examined in detail, but this is the end for the first time.”
“Whoa. I’m glad.”
Cynthia sat down at her desk again and reached out for a letter from the Senate.
Then suddenly I had a question.
‘I’m going to check out the village, and you’re leaving at sunset like this?’
It felt like I was missing something important.
But it was too late.
‘Even if I came as a reinforcements, I cannot intervene in the affairs of the Knights of Graytown. It’s a good idea.’
Cynthia shook her head.
She stopped thinking about the Knights Templar there.
* * *
fault!
As the horse’s hoof spurted the ground, the soil bounced.
Ethan and the knights had been riding their horses for several days, heading for the Haup.
Ethan asked Konrad.
“Who is the pursuer?”
Ethan was important to the Imperial Army.
Therefore, if it was known that Ethan had escaped the fortress, the pursuer would have followed suit.
“Not so far!”
“Good luck.”
Instead of using the Templar as an excuse to patrol the village, Ethan sneaked out without telling anyone.
This was to prevent unnecessary interrupters from occurring.
Seeing Ethan like that, Konrad was curious.
“By the way, the priest is very strange. You seem very familiar with riding horses and military operations.”
If it was a paladin, it was the first time that a priest rode a horse so well.
Moreover, even during the secret meeting, he seemed very accustomed to making plans.
Among the priests whose virtues were obedience and humility, Ethan stood out.
“Well, something like that happened.”
“okay.”
Ethan looked around, but Conrad was convinced.
Because it was impossible to know all of a person’s personal history.
‘I’ve been more out there than you, bastard.’
Ethan chuckled.
Conrad was a knight, but he had never experienced such a large-scale war as the Anti-Magic War.
On the other hand, Edan, as the demon king’s henchman, went through various battlefields and suffered all kinds of hardships.
Although he was a wizard, it was no exaggeration to say that he lived on a horse throughout the war.
Conrad, who was a one-day puppy compared to himself, couldn’t help but laugh when he said something like that.
“It is now the realm of the Haup.”
Another knight told Ethan.
Ethan and Conrad looked at each other and nodded.
and at the same time dismounted from the horse.
Other knights followed suit.
Afterwards, the party hiding their horses climbed the mountain and headed for the Haup.
Haup was a stronghold for the rebels attacking the fortress.
There was a scout nearby, so I had to sneak in on a hike.
“From now on, we will be infiltrating Haup’s estate in earnest.”
Conrad warns Ethan.
It meant that once the operation began, it was not easy to go back.
“Who doesn’t know that?”
Ethan smiled as if not to worry.
And the moment you want to infiltrate the territory.
creepy.
Ethan felt a shiver down his spine.
“Why?”
another article asked.
Ethan looked in the direction of the fortress.
Ethan shook his head, feeling a creepy feeling for some reason.
“no. It is nothing. Branch.”
* * *
Cynthia’s face hardened.
Unfinished business was piled up on the desk.
However, Cynthia sat still in front of the desk, motionless.
A dark shadow crept over her eyes.
He felt his clenched fists suppress the rage that was about to explode.
“So, you still haven’t found it?”
The escort knight, Ben, was bewildered.
I’ve been serving the princess for many years, but this is the first time I’ve seen something like this.
“yes. Haven’t found it yet. We selected the fastest soldiers and sent them to a nearby village, but it is said that Priest Ethan and the knights never arrived there.”
“Then where did Priest Ethan go?”
It’s as if there was only frost in this room.
It was chilly.
Ben felt like he was walking on thin ice.
“Given the direction in which the knights disappeared, it appears to be heading towards the Haup.”
“You went to that dangerous place with only the knights?!”
Cynthia eventually couldn’t contain her anger and burst out.
The explosion in the basement of the fortress was not long after Ethan had taken care of it.
It passed casually, but in reality it was a desperate crisis.
But this time, you’re jumping into the enemy line yourself?
“I can’t. Send the pursuer now.”
“Your Majesty, that’s not possible.”
“why?”
Ben was startled at the question that seemed to shoot him.
But when the master lost his temper, it was time to offer advice.
“Ethan Priest and the Knights have entered the Haup Territory as a small number of elites, so if you pursue them prematurely, they may be in danger.”
Cynthia sighed at the reasonable remark.
“okay. You’re right. still… … .”
While Cynthia was persuaded, she was restless with her concern for Ethan.
‘Where are you going without properly bringing your weapons?’
He knew that Ethan’s gauntlets had been broken.
So I thought I’d make a new one.
But even before preparing the new gauntlet, Ethan headed to the dangerous Haup estate.
Cynthia was upset and couldn’t stand it.
* * *
The regent was bewildered by his daughter’s unexpected request.
“What? You want me to get the handcuffs?”
“yes. Can’t you?”
At Vivian’s earnest eyes, Prince Regent was immersed in thought for a moment.
“There’s nothing that can’t be done. Instead, it will take some time to find something useful.”
“I hope you can get it as soon as possible.”
“Then why are you asking for the gauntlet?”
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Vivian’s shoulders twitched.As she rolled her eyes and thought of an excuse, her father’s sharp eyes met.
In the end, Vivian sighed and lied with some truth mixed in.
“When I went down to the basement of the fortress, I was indebted to Priest Ethan. At the same time, the priest’s gauntlet was broken, so I’m going to present it. Father, you just need to find good things first. I’ll pay for it!”
“Viv, are you going to make me a bad father? Could I have asked for money?”
“Then why did you ask?”
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Vivian opened her eyes and asked.“I have a child who never asked me for a favor in my life, but who wouldn’t be curious about it?”
“Oh, was that so?”
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Vivian, who had been stabbed for nothing by the thief’s numb feet, was relieved at that time.“Anyway, if you’re going to give it to Priest Ethan, there’s no need to rush.”
“yes? why?”
“Because Priest Ethan is not in this fortress right now. It will take some time to get back to work.”
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Vivian was surprised.It’s strange that Ethan hasn’t been seen for the past few days, but I didn’t know he had escaped the fortress.
“It’s business, where have you been?”
“We don’t know for sure. They’re looking for it, but it seems like he and the Knights of Graytown headed to the vicinity of Haup’s estate.”
“Hey, are you Young Hauf? That’s a rebel stronghold! Why is the priest going to such a place?”
“Looking at the equipment carried by the Knights Templar, it seems like something they are trying to do in Haup’s estate… I don’t know for sure.”
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Vivian was dumbfounded.‘You’re trying to get a job?’
The regent did not care about what he said, but Vivian knew what it meant.
“Did you just watch it? You should have dried it!”
When his daughter rebuked him, the regent became unhappy.
“Didn’t you say you’re on a search? Ethan Priest and Knights arbitrarily and secretly did it.”
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Vivian’s fists trembled.‘Have you been whispering with the knights a while ago?’
– What were you doing here?
– It’s nothing. It’s just a joke. What’s the deal?
– Are you talking now?
Then it shouldn’t be overlooked.
‘How long has it been since you’ve been through such a dangerous thing? Are you really crazy?’
Unbeknownst to Ethan, suspicious anger was accumulating here and there.
* * *
Ethan was staring intently at the Haup estate in front of him.
Now Ethan and the Knights were encamped in the dark without even a proper spark.
This is because there was a risk that the location could be discovered by the enemy if the bonfire was lit.
Christopher and Dylan admired Ethan like that.
“Priest Ethan, are you really just a priest? If you were a paladin before… … .”
“I’ve never heard of such a thing. At least it doesn’t look like a flower in a greenhouse.”
He knew that he was familiar with travel as he was a priest who had traveled from place to place after leaving Nouvelle City.
However, accustomed to the arduous task of camping while traveling, and being accustomed to the extremely restrictive environment of survival for operations were two different things.
Nevertheless, Ethan easily adapted to the limited survival environment.
It was like that when I was making a bed earlier.
When camping in these mountains, they dig a hole and make a bed out of leaves.
The knights went out to help Ethan, but Ethan had already made all the preparations.
– No, how did you know about this?
-Learned by looking over the shoulder.
-Ah yes. okay.
Is there anything a priest can learn from seeing this over his shoulder?
The knights tilted their heads.
Another surprising thing happened.
Ethan well ate the tasteless preserves.
That was the part that the knights were most astonished by.
The only food to preserve was bread and biscuits that were hard as stones.
Among them, Ethan ate biscuits well.
“Huh, sir. You enjoy eating this tasteless thing.”
“I just want to eat.”
At Ethan’s reply, the knights widened their eyes.
Is it okay to just eat?
It was really polite to express preserved food like that.
This preserved food was, after all, a magical food that neither smelled nor tasted nor textured, nor could it arouse people’s appetite.
There are likes and dislikes about food, but it was the kind of food that raised the question, ‘Is there really anyone who likes preserved food?’
Food to eat to live.
It was nothing more and nothing less.
Of course, the knights could not know Ethan’s heart.
‘It’s like a church meal or something.’
Ethan thought as he ate the hard biscuit with his mouth.
Of course, the biscuit was less palatable by a slight margin.
However, it was as meaningless as the acorn key recovery to dare to argue which one is more savory.
What he thought of it, Christopher looked at Ethan with a happy face.
“I’m glad that I got used to it so quickly. But if you ever get tired, just tell us.”
It was as if he had informed Ethan that he had a chance to return at any time.
Ethan smirked.
“It’s not going to happen.”
Christopher was puzzled by the firm answer.
“Why are you taking such a risk?”
“I’m the type of person who can’t live on what I receive. Whether it be grace or the enemy, we must return it.”
Ethan went through several things at Miles.
And most of them were crafted by the rebel sages and plaguesmiths.
Of course, his target wasn’t Ethan.
But that wasn’t the point.
Whatever his intentions, it was Ethan who suffered.
And Ethan had no intention of passing it on.