Chapter 94 (1/2)

“Congratulations, Lord.”

When Luke was done with the honoring ceremony, Philip and Mabu, the wagon driver, congratulated him.

“Thank you, let’s get out of the palace quickly.”

Luke, who had no intention of staying in the Baroque Empire any longer, hurried them to get going.

When they were about to exit the garden and enter their wagon.

They heard someone calling them from the back.

“Hold on, who could this be? If it isn’t Philip who had been kicked out of the Knights of Guard?”, said someone.

When they turned back to see who it was, three knights dressed as guards were approaching their direction.

With a grin on their faces, they were laughing at Philip.

“You, you guys are…!”, stuttered Philip.

Philip’s face hardened after looking at the faces of the knights.

It was because they were the three people who made Philip quit the Knight’s training.

“After leaving the Knight’s of Guard, are you now the escort of this little boy?”

As he glanced at Luke, the guard, who was talking, walked toward Philip.

Wiggle!

Luke moved in front of Philip, who was feeling uncomfortable, and said,

“I am Luke de Rakan. Who are you?”

“Ah! You are the descendant of Rakan who was getting the title ceremony today. I am Juan, the third son of Marquis Makrev, and these are my colleagues Jake and Carwin.”

Marquis Makrev was one of the key figures of the emperor. A large noble with a manor in the eastern part and the other were all noble figures.

Juan bowed to Luke and asked with a doubtful expression,

“But Lord, do you know? Philip had committed a sin during his stay at the Knight’s quarters.”

“What sin?”, asked Luke.

“He took out the magic stone from a Gigant which belonged to a knight and then sold it off. Lord, I advise you to please be careful around him. He might touch your Gigant too, hehehe.”

Juan responded with a mean laugh at the end. His fellow knights too began to laugh.

Luke looked at Philip who had turned stiff because of their words.

Luke looked at the three knights who were standing in front of them.

“I don’t think that Sir Philip had done that. And even if he did do something like that, I know that there is a valid reason for why he did.”, said Luke.

“Reason, what reason?! That guy is a natural born-thief, not a knight. He had the seeds and teachings of the back alley,” said Juan

‘Kuek! That bastard!’ thought Philip.

At the words that Juan had spoken about him, Philip ground his teeth.

The truth was that Juan was the one who had pulled and sold the magic stone from the Gigant at the Knight’s quarters. Philip knew that and yet he was the one who took the blame.

That led to the board assuming that Philip was betting and gambling in the Gigant Arena.

It was true that Philip had entered and attended the Gigant Arena.