Chapter 134 (2/2)
”Rudel Rudel! You're troubling the princess!”
Izu him to repent as he lowered his head at Cleo
”My apologies”
”Think nothing of it You really love dragons, I see But I do understand those feelings just a bit To want to get on such a large back, and ride somewhere…”
Were those her true feelings? It didn't seem the one in question noticed it Rudel would be able to let Cleo on her back But as he thought over whose per made his appearance
(Green hair?)
The knight stood out more than the others No, from Rudel's point of view, he felt his skill level was a cut above the rest But he the soldiers behind him didn't quite look like elites Even as they closed in, the three soldiers cowered at Sakuya
”Princess, so this is where you were? I have a e from his majesty”
”… Yes Ah, Rudel-dono, this is Euard”
”And I auard, Princess”
”Is that so? I had yet to hear about that, but… very well Eain”
”Much obliged”
Cleo happily spoke with Emilio In contrast, Emilio took on a businesslike correspondence To Rudel, it so the e from Barqah, he instantly understood it was meant to pull the princess form her family
Once Emilio related it, Cleo's expression clouded after all And the royal children got together to say their goodbyes
They were firht… E close to rage
”U-um…”
When Rudel turned, he found the three soldiers in light-weight armor lined up
One's face was unshaven One was slender and tall And the last one was short and stout At a glance, they didn't look much like soldiers at all
”Is so the matter?”
”N-no It's just a rare opportunity to speak with a knight of foreign lands, so Um…”
”Boss, you can do it!”
”Boss, fight on!”
After looking at the two cheering on the bearded lance to Izumi and Millia The two of the on either
(It doesn't feel like they're picking a fight)
”W-ere also chosen as guards, so we thought we ought to give our greetings No, I don't know a thing about knights' etiquette, so I've no clue what to do”
A forced use of words And attitude… thinking of Rudel's standing, it wasn't sooon of the eneral consensus
But Rudel sht hand
”I'm Rudel arses There's a lot I don't know in thishelp if you helped me out”
”Y-yeah! Leave it tome”
”He shook hands with a dragoon! Boss is a!”
”S-shake my hand too!”
As Rudel shook hands with the three, Izumi, who had wandered to his side, called out
”Is this alright?”
What, she wouldn't say But he understood what she orried about Rudel was a dragoon in foreign lands… what's ht treatht not be taken too well
”It's fine The feelings got across Rather, I'uard duty onto you two as well”
”That's not a problem It's my field of expertise”
While at this very moment, Izuator, she was originally a high knight As a bodyguard, she was even eable than Rudel
”I'm sorry to you too, Millia”
”I-it's fine, doesn't matter”
As Millia turned her face away, RudelUnlike with Izuhtest
”Boss, you think that dragoon doesn't understand a woman's heart?”
”Quit it, Passan See, get in the way of soain?”
(TL: The saying he's referring to is, Get in the way of soet kicked by a horse and die Meaning, if you stand in the path, the horse is going to run you over)
When Ben looked at Pano, Pano also thought a while But unable to hit on anything, he looked up at the dragon
”A dragon's kick looks painful”
”That's right! Passan, you'll get kicked by a dragon”
”I-in that case, to hell with that!”
As the party of three cowered from Sakuya, Rudel spoke
”Sakuya's fists hurt more than her kicks…”
”Rudel, I don't think that's the point”
”… Why is everyone so stupid”
Izuh
Meanwhile…
”Hey, why are earing these robes?”
”Ah, these are really convenient, you know There's a special fiber weaved in, ical detection!”
”Why did you have so like that on you!? That's what I want to know!”
Aleist and Nate wore black robes as they walked down the alley There were arrows drawn on the walls, and si them, they arrived at their destination As he walked down the do his nose and mouth
”Even so, this place is too confusing, the smell is harsh and… what business do you have here anyway?”
Nate silently cli her palht around, she scratched her face
”No combat took place, so there aren't any traces The main road has too uess we're just wasting our time”
”So time?”
While Aleist looked surprised, Nate deeply pulled down her hood She ran off from the spot Startled by her swift movements, Aleist chased her a little behind There, at the end of the bridge, they ran into aa similar robe
But Nate thrust a dagger at his throat Pinning hiainst the wall, a knife fell at the hooded man's feet Nate kicked it away and slid it towards Aleist
Quickly retrieving it, Aleist felt a dull glow froe A sticky liquid had been plastered over it
”Senpai, you'd better not touch that”
”This couldn't be…”
”Poison A powerful one at that It's the sort that induces nu places and it'll leave permanent effects”
(Yeeaaah, the knife I can deal with, but what exactly is Nate supposed to be?)
While she had always been a er tribe chieftain's daughter Juju, in an assortht she was a relatively docile girl But Aleist felt he would have to reevaluate his recognition of her
When Nate , the power left the robed man's body as he collapsed to his knees He wouldn't meet eyes with her
”Where did you come from?”
”… G-Gaia”
”Eh? The empire? Is he a tourist?”
While Aleist desperately thought, Nate dispatched one question after the next But after a certain extent of time, an arroas fired The sound of an arrow released froe, the one to react quickest was Aleist
Pulling the tords at his waist, he leapt out to protect Nate fro it at the wall There, a man in a robe jumped out from the alley
At the sa
”Senpai, we should probably run”
”Way ahead of you!”
Rather than ai their supposed ally, so Aleist and Nate ran But Aleist…
”You know… aren't we in a really bad situation here?”
Racing down the maze-like alleys, he said to Nate There with her hood still on, Nate stuck out her tongue and hit a fist against her head
”Yep, real bad Tehe”
”That wasn't cute at all! What do you think you're doing!? Rather, what are we even trying to do here!?”
Aleist's pained cry echoed through the alley
Perhaps froood luck, or because they were let off, the robedthe two