Chapter 10 (2/2)

It was a change caused by the fact that he had taken to swinging around his sword every chance he got

His sta everyday as well He had barely lasted thirtythe first few days, but Kurotan could keep up a decent pace without much effort now

All of this was possible due to Luke’s guidance Luke had accurately calculated the liht to the limits

‘Now that I think about it, I’ve trained Kurotan in everything that I learned as an apprentice knight’

Luke stared at Kurotan, as taking bites out of a piece of bread while sitting down They had gotten fairly close during their journey

‘Never in ined I would become this friendly with an Orc’

On the outside, Kurotan appeared no different froular human He was definitely different from one He retained his almost stupid simplicity and honesty, and never doubted Luke

No matter what Luke said, Kurotan would always take it at face value and believe it fully

‘To be honest, it’s easier to deal with him than other humans No need for me to calculate this or that’

The thought startled Luke out of his aorously shook his head

It was a thought that he shouldn’t have, as a human

“Your running training has pulled us ahead of the schedule We should be able to reach the borders of the territory by tomorrow”

“Do you mean Esteban Earldom?”

“Yes A convoy sent by the House will be waiting for us”

Luke turned serious as he said to Kurotan

“From there on, we must be especially careful of other people’s eyes”

“How so?”

“When it’s just the two of us, we can talk co in such a way in front of others”

Kurotan frowned slightly

“It’s hard to speak politely”

“Then don’t speak at all You reht you?”

Kurotan took his fist to his mouth

“You mean this?”

“Yes Use the gesture when other people try to talk to you They will understand if I tell the And additionally…”

Luke continued to stare at Kurotan for a while before speaking

“I will introduce you as an apprentice knight I have taken under o when I was stationed at Fort Potellan, so there should be no problems”

“All right”

Kurotan nodded without second thought, but Luke still felt conflicted He had not known that his first apprentice knight would be an Orc in huuise

‘I suppose it’s my fault that I took him in in the first place’

Luke smiled bitterly and shook his head

Just as Luke had predicted, there were athered on the borders of the Earldoret him

Luke’s face brightened when he saw the aged knight standing in the front of the crowd

“Sir Benjamin”

A vassal of the Esteban Earldom, Sir Benjamin had taken care of Luke as a child It had not been an unusual sight to see Luke cla on to his back

“It has been too long”

“Young nize you”

Benjahtly and wrapped up Luke in a bear hug

“Si-Sir Benjamin, there are a lot of people around us”

As a startled Luke squirmed in his arms, Benjamin released him with a smile

“I’ for five years You are a man now”

“I have grown a bit Haha”

“We should have gone to Potellan City to greet you, but the situation in the Earldoood that you have made it back safely”

“It wasn’t a big probledom is well maintained”

“Yes, young master Who is…?”

Benjamin laid his eyes on Kurotan When he had seen the convoy of people waiting, Luke had stopped Kurotan’s training and handed him the reins

“He’s an apprentice knight I took at Fort Potellan”

“You took in an apprentice knight at Fort Potellan?”

Benjahts were usually chosen froes were around thirteen to eighteen

Boys of noble Houses that wished to becohts They took care of the Knights’ equiproomed their horses, and ran errands They learned of chivalry and etiquette, and advanced on to official apprentice knights to begin learning swordsmanshi+p

Luke had also gone through this process until he had been officially knighted

Benjamin couldn’t help but be surprised by the commoner that seemed to be older than Luke, and seemed somewhat delinquent

“Did you receive a lot of payment?”

It was cohts to pay a fee as a show of sincerity to the knights they had been apprenticed under Luke smiled and shook his head

“Who do you take me for?”

“Th-Then why?”

“I just took a liking to hiht decision, so please understand”

“Y-Yes, young master”

Benjamin looked away from Kurotan