Volume 1 Chapter 1 Part2 (1/2)

“You want to go to war? Paula, next door, would have a laughing fit”

His father yelled out as he laughed booht with the fourteen-year-old Paula, so he didn’t have ainst that

“Son, think of it as a blessing that the town of Lurune is far froe where ould not grow hungry this year, and what other village in all of Karain fields as abundant as ours?”

Cassel ht have realized the absolute truth to his father’s words in oneat that moment

“Father, do you happen to know Luchi?”

Knowing it was futile to argue with his father, Cassel was still ever obstinate abouthis point

“Oh, the sca town?”

“Well he’s back”

“My goodness So he ed to come back with his head attached”

Cassel’s father muttered sarcastically

“He didn’t just come back alive, father”

Three e, he returned ho an arnia Cassel was star struck with awe the le horse adorned with lavish decorations He even had an attendant in stow!

“That guy, he becaht of the Red Rose Count Did you know? He wasn’t even particularly better than me in any way!”

“I never liked the scareedy, in fact, he lied as easily as others ate food Just full of bravado, he was Wasn’t he the one who tried to rape ain the next town at the ripe age of fifteen? And after he failed, what did he do? Boast!…We should have cast hi e should have done”

“But Father! He’s a knight now! A knight! I don’t think you know exactly what a knight is Should I spell it out for you so you understand? And not only is he a knight, but he’s a Knight of the Red Rose Count – one of Kahts”

Cassel was so excited at this point that his voice practically screeched

“I guess nowadays any fool or ht My son, war is a place hundreds and hundreds of people are left for dead in just one day And the higher your rank, the easier it is for you to die And isn’t the war in full swing? Why on earth has he decided come back to town? He’s probably some low rank nobody with no responsibility of real importance I don’t see hoould be able to leave otherwise”