70-Knights Words (1/2)

Hey. You okay? What the hell happened?

I ask as I run to the knight.

”Why were you all out of control?

”...... I don't know. I don't know. By the time I realized, I had lost all reason. I was a knight and I wanted to kill Her Highness.

The knight said as if to spit.

This is unbecoming of a knight.

Don't talk too much. Don't talk too much. You'll hurt yourself.

”Don't talk too much.

...... I guess you guys had some sort of pride in being knights. I thought that you were soaking your toes in personal greed.

”Don't worry about it. You were robbed of your reason. And now I'm alive.

Sonia said to the knight.

If you have time for regret, use it for the future.

Her words seemed to stop the whirlpool of repentance swirling around the knight's man. Seeing that he was finally listening, I asked him.

”Did anything strange happen?

”...... Something strange?

”Yeah. I've seen your symptoms before, when you were out of control. I've seen similar symptoms in adventurers who've run amok in the city.

I recall his testimony.

”The doctor who saw him said. ”The doctor who saw him said it looked like he'd ingested demon blood. Demon blood is poisonous to humans and if ingested will cause them to run amok. I thought you knights might have ingested demon blood too. Does ...... ring any bells?

”...... Demon's Blood. Such a thing is ......

The knight man spoke once, then said.

”No, maybe, at that time.

But it can't be.

But that can't be ......!

Do you have any idea what's going on?

...... I'm sure I'm imagining things. I must be imagining things.

We'll be the judge of that. Just tell me what's going on.

Get the f*ck out of here. Hey!

Mr. Spinoza!　Stop grabbing the wounded man's chest!

I'm not sure if you've seen this before, but I'm sure you've.

I'm not sure if you've heard of it or not, but I'm sure you've heard of it. I was wondering why the commander, who usually moves precisely to the minute and second, pulled a fast one today, so I followed him.

”Huh?

Then I saw that the Commander was pouring something into the lunch drinks that had been served in the cafeteria.

”It was demon blood.

It's not impossible.

It's not impossible. The adventurer also said that he had demon blood in his wine.

Perhaps he's right.

Eleanor said, reinforcing the knight's story.

Eleanor said to reinforce the knight's story, ”By the way, Eleanor is safe.

She has kept her sanity in the Order.

”Yes. I skipped lunch today to lose weight. That explains why I was the only one in the Order who didn't go berserk.

He put demon's blood in the knights' drinks.

If that's the case, then .......

If so, then it's possible that he's the one who invited the demon into King's Landing. The timing of the attack is too good to be coinciding with the knight's delirium.

Are you saying Mr. Gregor is the inside man?

It's possible. If he's the one who laced it with demon blood, then he must have connections to get it.

”He hasn't shown up in King's Landing even though it's in trouble. So he was a traitor after all.

Spinoza said.

”Well, I've had a hunch about that. He's got an insider's look. He looked like he was in league with the demons.

I don't care what you call it, rock-paper-scissors.

You can say whatever you want in a game of rock-paper-scissors.” Fam cowers and complains to Spinoza, who makes a smug face.

I'm not sure what to make of this. He was just practicing before the real thing.