Chapter 483 – Petition
Well… It’s not entirely wrong to say that a group of knights is called a knighthood, but…
It is true that it is a bit shabby to say that only three people are a knight.
“… Isn’t it a knight’s party?”
“It is true that this is an official knighthood created to assist Saren!”
Karia angrily responds to my words.
“Although… The number of people is small, the position of the Mongoose Knight Commander is officially no lower than that of the Black Bear Knight Commander.”
Well… Still, Saren, who can be said to be the most powerful person in Ramona right now, guarantees it… So I don’t think it’s a scam.
But is it an illusion that it somehow sounds like an excuse?
If I were to guess roughly… It seemed like the Mongoose Knights were traces of Saren struggling to do something during the time when the lord was sick.
However, when Cyrus was captured by the Church of Terra and the situation turned around, the Mongoose Knights found themselves in an ambiguous position.
There was already a Black Bear Knights in Ramona.
Wouldn’t it have been strange for the Mongoose Knights, with only three members, to be disbanded and merged with the Black Bear Knights?
But you want to hold me…
However, it seemed difficult to give me a place in the Black Bear Knights… So it seemed like a hastily created position.
If I and my servants join the Mongoose Knights, we will be 6 people.
Then, it looks like they have a decent assortment… Karia and Saren may have been aiming for this.
Even so, it wasn’t a very bad suggestion.
The knight commander holds a fairly high position in the territory.
This is because he was the head of the knights, who could be said to be the main force of the territory.
Compared to countries on Earth, he can be considered the Minister of National Defense.
There is also a Black Bear knight commander… You could say he is half-hearted, but that is not important.
The important thing is that I have the same status as the Black Bear Knight Commander, and that means that there is no one in Ramona who can touch me.
The only person who can control the knight commander is the lord. And now Saren is playing that role.
Even if the Mongoose Knights are a rather small knighthood.
The Black Bear Knights, who ignored Saren’s difficult times… On the contrary, the Mongoose Knights stood by his side and remained loyal.
You can tell without asking which one will be favored more.
That meant that if I became the leader of the Mongoose Knights, life in Ramona would become considerably easier.
“Let me think about it…”
However, it was forbidden to make hasty judgments.
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On the bed where a craze swept over.
Bianca and I were cooling off our heated bodies for a moment.
I told Bianca, who was lying next to her and gently caressing her chest, the news about Cyrus that I heard from Hestia.
“You’re taking Cyrus to the Vatican?!”
Bianca was startled by the bad news I told her and stood up. The blanket fell off, revealing her beautiful, plump breasts.
“Don’t worry. They said they will feed you, put you to sleep, and take good care of you at a place called Chamhoe-dong.”
In any case, life imprisonment is confirmed.
I told Bianca a white lie to put her mind at ease.
‘Ah’ is different and ‘uh’ is different.
Even though it is the same word.
It definitely felt better to say it was a penance center rather than a prison.
I would say it feels like I’m living in a better place.
“Surely… You believe that?”
Unfortunately, Bianca was not an innocent woman.
Of course I don’t believe it.
I just made this up…
How would I know the life of a penitent?
“Hmm… Let’s be satisfied with not being sentenced to death.”
I comforted Bianca by patting her smooth buttocks.
Bianca frowned and pursed her lips, still wondering what was bothering her.
And what was she thinking? The color of her face changed several times… She opened her mouth with a heavy expression as if she had made up her mind.
“… Please save Cyrus before he is transported to the Empire.”
“What…?”
No matter how much love I had for Bianca, it was an unreasonable request.
“That’s… A bit…”
Bianca must have been aware that she was asking too much, and she crawled up on top of me like a snake, pressing her soft female body against me and seducing me.
“Don’t you want me? If you save Cyrus, I will live with you for the rest of my life.”
“…”
“Lord Bark. Please…”
Unlike her usual self, she shows affectionate expression and rubs her cheek against my chest.
I did not see simple maternal love as the reason why Bianca could not give up on her Cyrus.
This is because, from the things she has shown me, she has never felt any particular affection for Cyrus.
It was embedded in my perception that Bianca was a woman who put herself before her son.
Since there was no way to regain her power, she thought she was obsessed with her son.
But here, another unexpected aspect appears.
This was a request that had no benefit to Bianca and only risks… It was a request that did not fit her behavior so far.
“Bianca, you know that even if she escapes Cyrus from Terra Bridge, she will never come back.”
Bianca is a smart woman.
She probably knows that too.
Terraism has no intention of releasing Cyrus.
In that case, the only way was to forcibly take Cyrus away from the Church of Terra… In that case, it would have been impossible for Cyrus to return to the family.
“I know. As a mother, I want to do everything I can for my son. I never thought I would have this kind of motherly love.”
“Motherhood… Love?”
“What? Are you thinking of me as a woman without maternal love?”
Bianca rolls her eyes.
… Honestly, I can’t believe it.
But she didn’t say those words out loud.
Bianca has shown quick and cool-headed judgment.
As soon as she felt that she couldn’t work her magic on me, she was a cunning woman who humbled herself and took advantage of her body.
Bianca, what was she thinking by asking me this favor?
“It might be better for Cyrus to be dragged into Terraism.”
What would you do if you saved a boy who doesn’t know anything about the world?
She is unable to reveal her noble status anyway, and ends up being a shabby fugitive being chased by the Church of Terra.
With Cyrus’ abilities, it is more likely that she will be caught soon.
It might be better for Cyrus to just stop doing useless things and live in prison with three meals a day.
“… That might be true. She just needs to get that child out of Terra’s hands. I don’t intend to ask you to take responsibility for what happens next.”
All you have to do is let Cyrus escape…
Is she planning to prepare something separately?
“If you do this for me, the mage of the 5th circle will become your woman. Isn’t it tempting?”
“… Think about it.”
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Hilda visited her favorite bar for the first time in a while and met Ralph and Rafferd.
“Huh?! What, what? Have you become a real knight?!”
Ralph asked in astonishment when he saw Hilda wearing her luxurious knightly armor.
How long has it been since she became a squire that she became a knight?
Even though it was fast, it was too fast.
There are also a lot of people who have been training for more than 10 years.
“Really… Did you become a knight?”
When Rapper De Margerhilda, who had always been calm, looked at her blank look, she gave him a rare expression of surprise.
“Well… I was lucky.”
Hilda answered, scratching her head as if she was embarrassed. Ralph said, looking at Hilda with envy.
“Huh… Luck? Was it because the knight was lucky? I was worried that he was caught and being eaten happily… It seems that the knight named Bakk was more talented than I thought.”
Hilda flinched at Ralph’s sharp words, but fortunately no one noticed because she was distracted by the surprise of being her knight.
“Should I call you Sir Hilda now?”
“It’s okay. It’s unfamiliar. Just call me like before.”
“As expected, Sir Hilda! Your distribution is extraordinary!! You are loyal! Do I now have a connection as a knight?”
Ralph seemed happy, as if he had become a knight.
“Don’t do anything strange by selling my name.”
“Do you see me as that kind of person?”
“Of course.”
“Ugh… I don’t have any credibility. But I guess it’s a bit different from the Black Bear Knights’ armor?”
“I am not a member of the Black Bear Knights, but a member of the Mongoose Knights. Since the master became the leader of the Mongoose Knights, I naturally became a member of the same order.”
“Lord Bark became the leader of the knights? What are the Mongoose Knights? Was there such a knighthood in Ramona?”
“They say it’s a knighthood recently created by Saren.”
“Wow! From a wandering knight to a knight commander! And Sir Hilda is the knight captain’s disciple! Didn’t he rise to prominence too quickly?!”
Still, there was no sign of jealousy or envy on Ralph’s face as he said that. That’s why Hilda also maintained a long-term relationship with Ralph.
Hilda shared her drink with Rafferd and Ralph.
Ralph, heavily drunk, opens his mouth.
“Hey… Hilda… I… I wanted to hit rice cakes with a female knight… How about it? To commemorate becoming a knight, you can give it to me just once. Just once! More than that. “I don’t want it!”
-Puck!
Hilda’s fist stuck in Ralph’s face.
“Kkuek!”
Another problem was that it didn’t change too much.
Hilda seriously wondered if Ralph should use his position as a knight to discipline her.
