Chapter 81 (1/2)

An Escort Knight’s Wish

Blood smeared my cheeks as I breathed out

I used the back of ood since my hand was also covered in thick red liquid as well My nose however has gotten used to the strong blood odour drifting with a foul smell

My breathing was as rough as a beasts' and ly loud

My ar to dull Even so,for the next prey

'As if I aht crept up my mind

In this state, I was definitely not fit to be escorting anyone A fact that I was repeatedly told

Sometimes others would scold me about it Other times it was pointed out to me as a weakness But that's not all

From my few friends and from the elders I respected:

In your way of fighting, although the enemy will be completely annihilated, your escort will not survive with you Who would want to leave their life to those who place i rather than defend?

Looking back, it was such a hard question for me But I finally understood

I had understood the iuard

Protecting Rosemary was more than a duty to me I would never let anyone else take my place

If that's the case, I thought, I will protect Rosemary the best I can

Always keeping an eye on her and never letting her leaveelse

If I could do that, I would be able to protect her I foolishly believed

As a result, I haven't changed at all Well, it was to be expected

I did not understand anything

Not about friends' and

Even now I still don't understand

How can I protect them? How can I stand proud and be called Rosemary's escort?

How do I h?

“This is a problem”

My back was buht back to reality

“I wonder if I' too old for this”

Wolf, as fighting back and forth, did a s over his shoulder

“I don't think your age has anything to do with it”

“I'm older than you at least… Maybe”

As we did our ss

Most of the people ere standing were breathless Many of the other sailors were not used to fighting and it showed There were onlyproperly

Pirates on the enemy side had also decreased by quite a nuh

They ht that a ht

Would you run with your tail between your legs with another attack?

Thinking that, I glanced over towards the pirate shi+p

Several pirates were desperately kicking off the wooden transfer planks into the sea Although it was a galley shi+p and didn't have many rowers, it still started to slowly sail away The re off our shi+p into the sea to flee

Looking at the sight, Wolf carved deep wrinkles between his brows

“I don'tones on the shi+p first”

“Do you think they will surrender?”

Asking while turning my eyes on the leftover pirates

Wolf instantly shook his head

“It’s not going to happen, because pirates are hung to death if they're caught”

I also agreed

Sure enough, the pirates scoffed at the surroundings with glaring eyes like cornered beasts rather than giving up

'What a nasty situation' I murmured in my heart

I could not iine what a cornered man will do

Rather than capturing the about how to put them doould be the proper course of action

One of the pirates moved as I took my eyes off him for a split second

I understood where he was heading and ran at him

I won't let you There's no way in hell I'o there!

But before I could reach him, another pirate moved in the corner of my eye His hands reached out towards an injured sailor

There was no room for hesitation None at all

However,h she should be my number one priority!

While confused aboutthe sailor's head clean off

Ignoring the pirate that was now rolling around in pain, I went after the one that headed downstairs However, another pirate came in my way

Irritably grinding ht

I was nauseated by et every single enemy when I was supposed to protect the one person most important to me