Chapter 39 - Our Role (1/2)

Sir K was the first one to head up to the mansion doors. He pulled on the giant metal ring. As the door was swung wide open, a gust of wind came out towards us. I closed my eyes as the dust was kicked up into the air but when I opened them again, Sir K had seemed to disappear.

”Where did he go?” Monk said.

”My eyes were closed,” Kyle replied.

We all looked at each other having no clue what had happened to Sir K.

”Well, shall we go in then.” Gary walked towards the door first showing no fear upon entering the mansion.

Inside the mansion, it wasn't as spectacular as the rest of Avrion city. The mansion had hardly any upkeep done on it. Unlike everywhere else, they used crystals as a light sauce. Whereas the mansion still had candles, which made the rooms incredibly dark.

I activated dragon eyes and could see several people inside the mansion but not many. For some reason, though I couldn't spot Sir K at all.

”What should we do?” Monk asked.

”I think it's best if we wait here, for now, the worst thing we can do is start wandering around and get lost,” Gary said.

So we decided to wait at the front entrance. It was unlikely that Sir K would forget about us and he would eventually come back. Suddenly a red knight sash came out from one of the doors in the main room.

”Hey, are you guys first years? I see you're black sashes, well you're in the right place don't worry about that.” He said.

Gary took this chance to ask the red sash knight a few questions.

”I thought only black sash knights were allowed here?”

”Yes, but for us red knight sashes, sometimes we're used for communicating messages between different departments.”

Monk whispered in my ear.

”Looks like we lucked out, I guess it's true that they treat the red knights like crap.”

”Do you know anything about the black knights?” Gary asked.

”Well, usually I wouldn't tell anyone about this, but since you guys are going to be black knights anyway it won't do any harm. There are rumours that the black knights are assassins. That they go on secret missions as double agents or get tasked to kill people.”

”That can't be true,” Gary shouted. He looked annoyed when the red sash mentioned that.

Gary continued to complain.

”A knight would never do something as dirty as assassination they would fight there foes head-on.”

The red knight looked at Gary like he was a naive child.

”All though some people may think it's a dirty job, someone has to do. They play an important role in the kingdom. With the Dark guilds and the black plague, skilful knights with these skills are needed.”

Gary didn't respond but just gripped his fist tightly.