Volume 5 Chapter 9 (1/2)

[Elmer]

It e are walking behind Sir Keirai in the royal palace that it appeared unexpectedly in front of us

I thought at first it was fog or smoke, but I realized it was a translucent white film e approached closer

“What’s that?”

Didn’t anybody walking in front notice? Or did they notice it but they didn’t think it orth ?

No one stopped and just continued walking even if they are approaching the filh, the film traced the shape of a human then turned back in the next second The fil happened

It was a mysterious spectacle

I stopped walking as I had no courage to pass through this thing which true nature I don’t know

What do I do? I utilized my position at the rear and poked the er I felt a faint elasticity on htly depressed It is as thin as soap bubbles If I use a nail to scratch it, it seems like it will easily tear

While I did so like that alone, everybody turned at the corner without noticing that I did not follow the to what Sir Keirai said, the training grounds is just around the corner so I won’t lose my way, but what should I do?

I don’t want to pass through here even if I know that I need to hurry up and follow them

I expected that fil the film

There should be many people in the royal palace, but it is convenient that there are no signs of life in the place I a to

I conored the road and walked ahead I forcibly elbowedthe film I felt that I walked a considerable distance, but the film seems to continue forever and I cannot see the end

“What is this, really? It feels unpleasant”

I re where it leads to

“What’s wrong?”

While I worried for a while, I heard a voice from behind and raised my lowered face

When I looked back, I saw a strange old

He didn’t seeed that this old ht of a proper excuse and tried to run away I ree so much words to people related to the royal palace

“No, it is nothing I a in the ht? Pardon me”

I did not see hi here, so he must have passed from the other way

I intended to make room for the old man and moved aside

“Good gracious…”

There should be nothing obstructing the old man since I already stepped aside, but the old ns that he alk forward

“Uh?”

I wondered if his condition is bad The olddifferent from before

“You”

The oldlance

“Why did you stop here? I want you to tell ht”

“No… I had some spare time, so I just stood there”

Are you still fixated over this place? Why won’t you just go past

“I see, I see It was onWas it ination?”

“Indeed”

I thought the oldI do not want to be considered a weird person so I gave a vague answer

“It is sad but I can hardly see in this age I cannot see your face very well That is why I orried”

When the oldin a hoarse voice, he watched me with a smile

When I observed hie The condition of his body ood any here or I was just staring absentmindedly here, I feel like it will still be suspicious no matter what

Maybe I can say it to this person He looked like he knowsthis person even for an instant

“I sahite filo I asked what it was to the people with h it… I was thinking what to do”

“I see, I see A white film, huh…”

The oldhis expression The old rumbled to himself, while I looked for words to say

“Are you easily scared that’s why you were afraid of it?”

“No way! It’s nor as weird as that”

My h as I denied it, but the oldand just narrowed his eyes

After staring at each other for a while, I beca to a person I just an to precipitate in my chest

“Ah, really! Please cut it out I a at all”

Stubbornly, I declared that to the old

If I don’t go back quickly, my disappearance will cause a commotion I also feel bad it will betray Teacher Saleel’s expectation ofme since I am reliable

I spit out those words and stand before the fil

I entered inside while feeling the sense that so scenery doesn’t change and my body didn’t experience any pain, either

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If I had

“Hey, old ma—”

Did you see that? I had a somewhat proud look and said that to the old man

“It’s good to act thisyouth Well then, boy with the silver hair, I’ain”

Uhmm, I looked behind

However, the figure of the old man is not there anymore

“Why…?”

I didn’t go that far away I did not even take a step

I tilted ot wrapped up with a fox Since then, I never saw the old ain no matter how much I looked

In the end, I found the others while Sir Keirai was giving other explanations in the roo me as I slipped in with an innocent look

“Oi! Where did you go!? I was so surprised when you sudeenly diasppeared!”

“Sorry, sorry I was caught by a weird old man for a moment”

Rent had an expression that shows he didn’t understand what I htly It can’t be helped Even I myself don’t understand it so I was not able to explain further

“Hah? Well, no one noticed except me so it’s fine”

“I was not noticed after all…”

“You’re lucky it wasn’t discovered If they did, it will be a pain”

Should I be pleased that

As we approached the training ground, I heared the shouts of several people

Several voices mixed and it can’t be understood because there are also other sounds echoing But still, the enthusiasan to sparkle

“You guys are really lucky Anyhow, today…”

“No way! Whyyy?!”

When ent out of the building, it ide open in front of us Rent cried out, as if al, and interrupted Keirai-san

“Lie…”

What!?

I looked up, and was dazzled by the figureat the center I instinctively leaked out a muffled voice

“It’s Lord Matthias!” (Rent)

“M-m-ma… Matthias is…” (El)

My small voice was drowned out by Rent’s shout so it did not reach Sir Keirai’s ears He ht that I was so surprised that I became speechless Well, it is true in a certain sense

Sir Keirai laughed quietly when he saw the wide-eyed children

“That is right Westvern House’s Lord Matthias ca”

“I didn’t hear about that…!” (El)

I couldn’t believe it so I stared hard at the scene

But even if ere a distance away, that man with vivid red hair is unmistakably Matthias whom I see everyday

Teacher Saleel asked if our visit today was a bother but Sir Keirai shook his head From Teacher Saleel’s perplexed expression, he was also not informed that Matthias will come

“Please do not worry about it It’s inevitable since it was suddenly decided I also did not believe my ears when I heard it yesterday”

The students near Teacher Saleel were happily surprised with that response, but I was still confused

“I have heard that Lord Matthias is recuperating at the main residence but I never even considered that he will come back to the Imperial Capital I took account of his physical condition and assigned new recruits as sparring partner, but as expected… no one can match him”

Sir Keirai looked at the training grounds while trailing off his words

At the training area, Matthias is still in thea sword practice

They drew their swords and faced each other

There is some distance between us so I can’t hear it, but as soon as the young soldier said soh metallic sound followed immediately Ti area, sand whirled up

In the next instant, the soldier was sent flying and fell to his backside, while Matthias just lowered his sithout changing his expression

“A!”

Rent gulped next to me

When the cloud of sand settled, the soldier as bloay hurriedly stood back up He bowed to Matthias and returned to his colleagues watching over fros It looks like they will alternate

“The both of you are the h it’s not possible for you to talk directly, it’s a good fortune that you saw his swordsmanshi+p You should carefully watch”

“Yes! Of course!”

Rent cheerfully answered back to Sir Keirai

Good grief… it’s not ‘yes!’ What the heck is this? I put together the situation while pretending to look hard at the training ground

It looks like Matthias just teht Order For a ht Order I do not knohat Matthias do while I’m at the academy since I never took a day off

I still get it until that part

But why did he choose to be here out of all days? Matthias only has to say it ahead if he also had the sae I saw it in his expression when I told hi

If Sir Keirai only heard about it yesterday, then does that mean it’s because of yesterday’s sudden decision?

“I have a bad feeling”

“What did you say?”

“No, it’s nothing”

Could it be… I grimaced when it suddenly dawned on me Rent looked at me in wonder

“Is that so? Since we caht Order, El’s expressions increased, and I think it’s strange…”

Are you worried about hed

When we finished laughing, we turned back our eyes to Matthias again Fro After fighting with two people for a while, Matthias gave soain

Against the people fro since a while now, it beca from the sidelines that Matthias had plenty of room to relax

“It’s absolutely…!”

My hunch turned into conviction while I watch Matthias

Ever since we arrived here, Matthias has been looking at the students several ti it, but I beca to Rent

He’s un this way

Now that I alances made me uneasy

Fro It’s different from my everyday impression of hi person

If that is the case, repeatedly sending glancing looks at children is all the uished son

I am sure Matthias is worried about me

His art personality sunk deeply into arding e, even if I say I will be fine because I arader, Matthias cannot accept that After he kneill be going to the Knight Order, I am sure he contacted the strange

“Haah…”

I believe it’s safe since it’s the Knight Order Headquarters, which protects the Iets exposed that Matthias and I know each other

For the ti but pray that Matthias will concentrate on the fight for now

“Maybe I’ here…”

Holding my breath, I looked at Rent seriously with a puzzled expression

“Eh, it’s just your iination! It’s impossible! Really impossible!”

“R-right…?”

I inadvertently raised my voice and Rent looked taken aback I cleared norance

Ah, he’s really bad for my heart

Will Matthias be alright with such a mother-hen personality?

I don’t have parents here so I a extremely surpassed the level of those normal parents But even so, I can’t believe he’s so, but I feel like it’s better if he had a more cool alias

“I know you still want to watch but do you want to start talking to the Knights now?”

“Yes, the students would like to directly ask the Knights soht Sir Keirai…”

The two adults had a conversation It’s just grade school kids’ off-ca Teacher will be troubled if we finished too late It looks like a considerable tiht Order

“It’s a special opportunity so should I call other Knights? …ah, you guys! Come here for a moment!”

Sir Keirai placed his hand on his chin while pondering over it, but he quickly gave a loud call when sohts’ uniform came

“Ye~s”

The noisy men with excellent physique came when Sir Keirai called them

“What is— Huuh!? These children… Sub Leader Keirai’s illegitimate children…!”

One of the to be astounded in an exaggerated manner

“Wha–!? Of course not Don’t screw around! They’re students frorade school department who came for a field trip”

“Is that so? Sorry, Sub Leader”

Another man pushed the head of the one who made the joke and lowered it to Sir Keirai

So Sir Keirai is the Sub Leader Leaving that aside, I’ined they will be more intense since they’re the so-called military

There are five new Knights who came The other kids had a so

“Let’s go back to the topic You guys, you’re free for a while anyway Stay here and answer their questions”

“Free ti a break now…”

Patrol group? It see around the royal palace

“I’ll leave it to you”

“Wai…! I get it We will do it”

Keirai-san went so their shoulders He looks like the serious type so he must have some work

Five Knights lined up while facing the students After taking out notes, a student who looked at the Knight with sparkling eyes started asking a question

“How can I becoht?”

“Thank you”

“Please give the contents of your work ”

“Uhm… public order maintenance…”

My classhts The questions are decided and given OK by teacher beforehand, so there is no interruption in the order of things

I looked at the s and scanned the contents I can’t seem to use the questions listed here

“What are the things necessary to start a coffee shop? How much capital should I prepare? “

“If you cannot gather a certain number of visitors, ?”

Because I planned to go to a coffee shop, I expected to do it alone I wanted to ask about a lot of things, it’s disappointing I don’t knohat everyone wants to ask so I lined up at the very back

Free time~ I have no questions and I can’t use my notes so I let my eyes wander at the sky, and let thehts

Then, ht’s

Oh?

Though I think it’s strange , he averted his eyes aardly at once Moreover, after pretending to look at the notes into confirm what kind of person he was

I only intended to check his appearance in secret However, our eyes ain

It wasn’t by chance The knight who looks quite younger than Sir Keirai, probably wants to say so since he opened his mouth repeatedly I only stared at hi on the answers, and didn’t seem to notice