30-Deputy Leader of the Knights (2/2)

I'll join you.

I'll join you. I'll join you. I can't stand the way they've been behaving lately. It's not a bad idea to give them a good beating.

And Femme got on board.

...... Oh dear. I never thought this would happen.

I don't know how I'm going to explain this to Commander Bolton later.

It was at this time that I was inwardly grumbling.

...... You've been making a lot of noise since a while ago. What are you doing stopping in traffic all the time?

A voice came from inside the carriage belonging to the Knights.

The curtain behind the carriage, where the seat was, was opened.

What appeared was a woman in silver and white armor.

Her lustrous hair stretched to her waist.

A cold gaze of absolute zero. Butterflies on her face. Slender limbs. I'm not sure what to make of it.

”Vice Commander Eleanor......

My ears caught the knights muttering that.

Vice-Commander--.

So this woman is the number two of the Order.

That made sense.

I could tell just by looking at her. She's strong. She's different from the common knights. She had a dignity that only those who devote themselves to the sword can possess.

”Do you know what I hate the most?

”Ha!　The dirt in my room!

Yeah. That's the seventh thing I hate.

Eleanor muttered.

What I hate the most is people who let their emotions get the best of them and shout in anger.

””......!”

The knights shriveled under the icy glare.

Can you report on this situation?

”Well, that's the thing. These guards have turned on us!　We were just about to defeat these miscreants!

Eleanor turned her cold gaze on us this time.

Then she must have realized that we were in danger.

The boy from earlier said to Eleanor as if to appeal to her.

”Oh, you know what? I was playing ball, and the ball rolled in front of the knights. The knights were kicking me, and my brother, the guard, helped me. ....... So it's not your fault. It's all my fault.

............

You idiot!　The guards are just as guilty as us when they turn on us!

Vice Commander Eleanor!　These guys are guilty of treason for turning against the Order!　We have to punish the bandits!

That's right. You're right, they need to be punished.

Eleanor nodded.

The knights laughed in triumph.

”Hahahaha!　Did you guys hear that?　We're in control once the Vice Commander joins us!　The future other than death has just been crushed--

Hyun!

The tip of the sword is thrust at the throat of the laughing knight.

His smile retracts.

”What ......?

The one who was thrusting the sword at the knight was - Eleanor.