The next morning, I woke up and tried to ring the bell next to my bed but failed miserably.
That’s right.
I didn’t sleep in the mansion yesterday.
I hadn’t been sleeping in a bed for so long that I had mistaken it.
After stretching and getting up, I briefly felt peaceful as I looked at the clean wooden room.
Yes.
This is a room where people live.
How can a room like Lucy’s room in the mansion, full of frills, be a room where people live?
Soday, I’ll be prepared to be treated like a crazy woman by the people of the mansion and rip off the frills.
I got up from the bed and opened the door quietly.
If it was the maid I rembered, she would have been waiting at the door before I even woke up.
“Are you awake, my lady?”
My guess was right.
The maid was waiting for early in the morning as usual.
But there was soone else there.
Karl.
He was waiting at the door, wearing armour and holding a sword.
“Karl, what are you doing here?’
“Sloppy, what are you doing?”
“I was guarding the young lady.”
“Since when?”
“Since the young lady went into the room. There were no intruders until Miss Erin ca here this morning.”
You were guarding without sleeping?
I didn’t even ask you to.
I understand that you swore to be a loyal knight, but isn’t this a bit too much?
Where would you find a crazy person who volunteers and stays up all night?
I understand that you’re doing things for , but honestly, it’s a bit burdenso.
Hey.
Are you saying that there’s danger sowhere in this village?
Isn’t this stalking rather than loyalty?
I glared at him, but Karl didn’t flinch at all.
It must be because he was convinced that what he did was necessary.
I shouldn’t have ntioned the oath back then.
That’s why that annoying guy followed .
No.
Do you think he would have just stayed still because I didn’t ntion the oath back then?
The fact that he swore as if he had been waiting for to say it ans that he had planned to do that from the beginning, right?
Recently, seeing Karl showing a bit of excessive loyalty, such suspicions naturally arose in .
Haa.
Who cares?
What does it have to do with that this guy wants to suffer?
If he wants to suffer, then do it.
If he stays like that all day, it’ll be hard, but I’m the one who’s having a hard ti.
‘Maid, co in.’
“Clumsy maid, co in.”
“Understood. Miss, would you like to put on your armour?”
“Yes, please.’
“Why are you asking when it’s obvious?”
The day to enter the dungeon has finally co.
As soon as we finished preparing, we headed to where the knights were staying.
I wonder what the knights are doing now.
They must be training as soon as they wake up in the morning.
I’m sure they are.
That guy Possell gets sick if he makes those under him rest for even a second.
Poor knights.
Why did you join the Allen family in the first place?
A doting father and a training-addicted knight commander.
Isn’t this a truly horrible workplace?
If I were you, I would have resigned right away?
After riding the carriage waiting in the village for about an hour, I could see a campsite built in the distance.
Unlike the makeshift campsite we made while camping on the way to Evans, the one set up near the dungeon was a proper one.
It felt similar to the houses of Mongolian nomads on TV.
It was definitely built with the right shapes and design, so it was fine.
Wouldn’t it have been okay for to stay there?
It was nice to have a proper wash, a proper al, and a good night’s sleep after a long ti, but considering the ntal anguish I had all day, it would have been much better to just stay at the campsite.
“Miss welco, did you have a comfortable night?”
‘Thanks to you, it was fine.’
“It wasn’t bad for a shabby commoner’s house.”
“I’m glad.”
Possell greeted with a big smile.
That smile that seed so relieved made nervous, so I quietly turned my gaze to the other knights.
They were paired up and sparring, and they all had dark circles around their eyes.
As expected, they were training.
This is an addiction.
Addiction.
Good and bad things are good in moderation, you monster.
By the way, there seem to be fewer people than usual.
Is it because I’m imagining it?
As I was quietly counting the number of people, Possell, who sensed my intention, spoke first.
“They went into the dungeon.”
“Already?”
“Yes. What would we do resting? We’ve been taking turns going in and out since last night.”
I sensed a kind of madness in Possell, who said that they weren’t here to play, but to train, and that they couldn’t rest even for a mont.
“For a knight of the Allen family, it’s okay to not rest for a few days. You have to let them experience extre situations in advance during training so that they can deal with the situation without difficulty later on.”
So, you’re saying that we should train like a real battle?
Hmm.
Right.
Does that make sense?
Hey!
What if the Knights of the Allen family rebel?
If you treat people like this, when a real battle breaks out, they’ll attack their superiors before the enemy!
Of course, neither Benedict nor you are people who would fall if attacked, but you have to do it moderately!
What if the resentnt you’ve built up against cos back to !
‘Commander of the Knights…’
“Idiot Possell, if you keep doing this, the sloppy knights will fall before you clear the dungeon.”
“Miss, when we clear the dungeon that we have to enter soday, there will be countless situations that are more difficult than this. This is just a taste.”
I know what you’re saying.
The dungeon that the knights of the Count family will have to clear soday is at least a Class A disaster.
It’s a hell where you’ll die the mont you let your guard down.
I thought back to when I first entered an A-class dungeon when I was still playing Soul Academy.
I had prepared thoroughly, but I almost broke my keyboard because of the constant nagging.
Later, as I gained experience, I was able to clear an A-class dungeon with bare stats, but that was because I was a player who could keep challenging it.
I was soone who had morized the structure and strategy of the dungeons that would appear from now on.
However, those who live in this world are different.
They have to go in without knowing anything and rely only on their own bodies.
In such a situation, resting… would probably be a luxury.
No matter what I said, it didn’t seem like Possell would back down.
What was engraved in his eyes was a heavy will that was difficult for , who had lived an ordinary life, to understand.
Just how many battles had Possell gone through before he beca the commander of the knights?
And how did he co to this conclusion?
There must be a reason why the normally nice guy turned into a demon only when he was training.
The knights who were sparring behind Possell were looking at with eyes filled with anticipation, but this ti there was nothing I could do.
The cause was Possell, so how could I break his will?
“Okay, do whatever you want, idiot Possell.”
When I nodded, the knights behind were visibly frustrated.
This must be very difficult.
But what can I do?
This is the order of knights you chose!
Endure with brute force!
Think of this as a good experience and work hard.
They say if you can’t avoid it, enjoy it, right?
I can’t enjoy it, but I believe you knights can do it.
“What? But what the young lady said wasn’t wrong. You should rest when you have to.”
Possell smiled, shrugged, and turned his head to the back.
“Knights!”
The thunderous voice that ca from his diaphragm shook the grassland.
Why did it feel like the ground was shaking just because he shouted loudly?
“It’s the Lady’s rcy! You’ll be allowed to rest for two hours from now! Show your gratitude to the Lady!”
“Thank you very much!”
The sight of dozens of adult n, much larger than average, bowing their heads and shouting was, to be honest, a bit burdenso.
I told them to just relax since I understood, but the knights couldn’t rest easily.
It seed like my very existence was quite burdenso.
If I had the sense, I should just disappear.
Since I’m already a training addict, I should take the old man with .
‘Commander…’
“Possell, where is the entrance to the dungeon?”
“If you want to see, follow . I’ll show you right away.”
Possell seed to have noticed my intentions and led without a mont’s hesitation.
As I followed Possell, the entrance to the dungeon in the middle of the campsite appeared.
It looked just like I had seen it in the ga.
A stone door standing out in the middle of an empty field.
I didn’t think much of it when I saw it in the ga but seeing it in person gave an eerie feeling.
Why do I feel fear from a stone door without any decoration?
While I was quietly observing him, the dungeon door suddenly opened.
“Hic!”
What’s coming out?!
A monster?!
That’s the only thing that could co out of a dungeon door!
“Huh Miss, when did you co?”
Four knights, including the bald knight, appeared through the door.
Haa.
What’s going on?
Were you coming out after finishing a conquest?
This is really bad timing.
You surprised , you idiots.
The bald knight greeted , checked my expression, and smiled.
“Miss, are you really surprised?”
That demon.
You feel so much better now that I’ve gotten you rest?
Right?
How dare you pick a fight with the high-ranking countess?
“You finished a conquest, right?”
“Yes, that’s right, Miss.”
“Then go to the campsite and rest.”
“Yes?”
When I told them to rest, the knights asked back as if they couldn’t believe it.
“The young lady asked to let the knights rest for a while, so I allowed it.”
When Possell confird this, the knights’ expressions turned astonished.
What on earth does rest an to the knights of the Allen family?
I just told them to rest for a while, and they made expressions that seed to be filled with nationalism.
Oh.
Is this the first ti you’ve seen this?
This is rest.
Huh?
Rest?!
There’s no way sothing like that could happen…
“Really?! Thank you, young lady!”
‘Except you.’
“Bald knight. Excluding you.”
“Huh?! Why ?”
‘It’s for teasing .’
“It’s for not understanding your place as a sloppy knight!”
The bald knight’s face hardened at the provocation, but he had no ans of resisting him.
What if I tease him?
I’m the young lady of the count, and you’re a knight of the count’s family.
It’s fun to bully others.
Maybe I can understand a little why Lucy usually acts like that.
“Miss Lucy.”
As I was laughing at the bald knight who was trembling, Possell spoke to .
“Since the dungeon is empty, let’s go inside and take a look.”
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