“Commander, you can’t! Don’t we have sothing urgent to do? That’s why we deliberately refused to attend the Duke’s banquet… I’ll send a separate person to this lady, so for now, let’s just leave.”
As soon as the man who had supported helped up, the other man next to him hastily threw out those words.
But what followed was a reply as sharp as a knife.
“No.”
Flustered by the abrupt rejection, the escort’s gaze turned to , who was wearing high heels. He looked at my hapless appearance from top to bottom before lowering his voice.
“But if you get involved in sothing so unnecessary…”
Despite the worrying words, the man cautiously supported without answering and headed towards where the horse was standing.
Then, he imdiately placed atop the horse at once.
“You can’t just pretend to pass by an injured person and let it go, as if you had never seen them.”
The man who had now also mounted the horse himself, spoke coldly to his companion, then, as if he had never just done such a thing, said to in a gentle manner.
“Make sure you hold on tight.”
As soon as he urged the horse forward, the black horse let out a huff before beginning to gallop onwards.
The man manouvered the horse quickly, yet with great skill. Although the fierce wind scratched my face and whistled in my ears, I couldn’t even summon the ability to roll my eyes, as if my whole being had turned to stone.
It was because the conversation they had just had was still floating around in my head.
‘Don’t we have sothing urgent to do? That’s why we deliberately refused to attend the Duke’s banquet…’
The image of Emma, who was complaining before the banquet started about a missing guest who should’ve attended and would’ve raised their standing, was still vivid in my mind.
She had said that the guest was so important that I should curtsy twice, three tis, and if need be, four tis if necessary, so even if I wanted to forget about them, I wasn’t able to.
Among the guests who couldn’t attend the banquet, if it was the ‘Commander’, then…
I bit my lip as hard as I could.
‘This is crazy! You’re Leonon, the Commander of the Holy Knights!’
Leonon Berhardt, a renowned na, even for , who had basically been imprisoned within the Dukedom for two years.
There was a reason why the war in which Periot participated in ended up lasting for two years. This was because, not only was the area that was to beco the main battlefield both cold and dreary, but it was also notorious for being infested with various kinds of monsters.
Thus, the Order of Holy Knights stepped out to fight against them, and therefore, the news of their amazing performance beca a fact known throughout the Empire.
So how excessive would the rumors have been if it was about the Commander of the Holy Knights, the one who stood at the forefront of all that?
I was even more familiar with the na since the maids often giggled and kyaaa kyaaa-ed about him whenever they had the chance to.
Sothing about how he was the most handso man or gentleman on the continent, and how he wasn’t actually a human but a blond angel instead or sothing like that.
Co to think of it, they had all said that his long, loosely tied blond hair and heavily decorated dals on his white uniform were trademarks of his.
‘I should’ve known right away.’
But it was still rather fortunate. There was no way he would know about when he had also been confined to the battlefield for two years like Periot.
But you never know. Even if Leonon didn’t recognise , the escort might.
Gulp.
My saliva slid down my dry throat. I pressed my hood, which was fluttering in the wind further over my face.
I wonder how long we traveled like this. The horse’s hooves, which had been moving constantly, stopped in front of a large iron door.
I slowly raised my head and looked at my surroundings. There was a high wall in front of , and beyond that, a round do-shaped ceiling could be seen.
“This is the knight’s private training center. Since it’s a place supported by the Holy Knights, there’s a resident doctor who’s always here.”
At those words, the escort sighed briefly with an expression that disagreed with his words. However, as if he had already resigned himself to this fate, he grabbed the thick doorknob and rapped on the iron door.
Commander Leonon dismounted from his horse with a light motion that made it seem as if he was flying. I used that opportunity to take a closer look at his face.
The first thing that caught my eye was his brilliant and beautiful blond hair that was loosely tied up. His blue eyes which resembled the ocean waves, and sharp, sculpture-like nose also caught my attention, one after the other.
Despite there being a deep scar left near his chin, he was still a handso man with a calm and gentle disposition, not a savage one.
I couldn’t properly examine him earlier since I was in a hurry to run away, but his face was seriously so good looking that I wondered how such a thing was humanly possible.
Ah, so that’s why the maids would always cause such a fuss…
As I secretly nodded in acknowledgent, three n dressed as knights appeared from within the walls.
“Welco back!”
As soon as they saw Leonon, they imdiately sheathed their swords into their scabbards at their waists and saluted him politely.
“Since you’ve co without even sending any prior notice, can we assu that sothing bad has occurred?”
“Soone was injured.”
Leonon led the horse by its reins towards the door.
“Take to the doctor right away.”
Unlike in the forest, the surroundings were bright thanks to the nurous lamps on top of the gate. Thus, they must’ve also spotted the badly torn and dirty dress and bloody feet.
The faces of the disciplined knights stiffened for a mont.
I wiggled my feet and tried to cover them sohow with the hem of my dress, but it was all in vain. The gaze of the knights didn’t even think of moving away from my feet.
After a mont of silence, one of the knights who seed to have a high position among the others stepped forward and said.
“…I understand. Then first, please record the patient’s identity and na on the visitors list.”
“No. I don’t want to leave a record of this visit.”
At the resolute reply, the knight that had spoken exchanged glances with the other knights with him, as if he was embarrassed by the reply, and added cautiously.
“Commander. I’m really sorry, but this is a private property. Please follow the rules.”
I never expected to encounter sothing like this when I had only thought of escaping safely. I made a quick decision.
“The fact that you’ve already helped this far is more than enough. From here on out, I’ll go by myself.”
Although I had whispered only loud enough for him to hear, Leonon didn’t budge at all.
“If a problem arises, I will take full responsibility.”
He rely said in a heavy voice.
Then, sothing very surprising happened. The path opened up wide at his words.
I was able to realize how absolute his orders were to the knights.
After passing through the door, another wide, well-maintained road appeared. The sound of horseshoes clattering down the damp road completely full of the night dew dispersed as lowly as the mist.
‘I’m so glad that I bumped into this person on the way.’
There was a sense of relief along with the gratitude. The hold my hand had on his sleeves this whole ti, was also slowly released.
Before long, a small, single story building that was clearly illuminated appeared in front of .
“Be careful when you get off.”
Leonon jumped off his horse first and held out his hand to . I took his hand and slowly descended from the saddle.
However, as soon as I touched the floor, a small scream erupted from my mouth.
“Ouch!”
My heels were sore beyond words. Not only was walking difficult, but even taking off my shoes seed to be a pain.
Even though I had only taken one step, it had hurt my whole body so much that tears had welled up in my eyes. In the end, I couldn’t overco the pain and my body trembled violently.
“Oh no.”
With a brief sigh, a gentle voice touched my ears.
“Please forgive my discourtesy.”
As soon as he had finished saying those words, my feet were gently lifted into the air.
Wait, no, it wasn’t just my two feet.
My whole body was floating in the air.
“H-Hey…!”
It was when I was waving my arms around in a flustered manner.
Ding dong!
「Mr ‘This area’s hype you…」
Ding dong!
Argh, I can’t take it anymore!
“Shut up!”
I couldn’t stand it anymore and scread out.
“No, but like, why are you so talkative?”
Let talk too! Let talk!
…After I clicked my tongue and grumbled, I finally rembered that I was still in Leonon’s arms.
‘Oh shit.’
Suddenly, silence ca like a lie.
Leonon looked at with a shocked expression on his face. Even I was embarrassed by that face, and randomly let loose a stream of excuses.
“No, that’s not it! Those words weren’t aid at you, Commander! It was because the sounds of the bells were too loud, so I told them to shut up…!”
No way. I’m just digging my grave even deeper…!
Although it was already too late, I quickly shut my mouth to prevent the situation from getting worse.
Ha, so it was silent once again.
“…”
Whoosh.
The wind that blew in from the open door ssed up his hair that seed like golden light.
An extrely bleak voice, very different from the one when he had given orders to the knights earlier, landed in my ears.
“I…I’m sorry.” (Lorella)
His eyes, which were already drooping slightly, went down even further.
[1] 주접 is internet slang for comnts that fans use to show their affection for their idols. they’re usually exaggerated, funny, witty, and vERY over the top (use of puns is very common.)
a good example is the one the system in this chapter uses to express how much it ships the two of them (tbh all of the comnts from the system are good examples LMAOOOOO:
「Guilty of making eye contact. Also guilty of smiling. If you two don’t get married, you’ll be sentenced to life in prison!!!」
fans who do this will usually call themselves a ‘hype man’ or ‘hype king’, so if you see use ‘hype’ or ‘cheesy’, just know i’m referring to this word.
here’s another good example of a 주접짤:
[2] it’s a pun using the word 별로 [soso, not my taste] and 별(로) ([beco my] star), since they’re homonyms.
[3] the sound a tape recorder makes when it resets, so we can assu the system is glitching and malfunctioning.
[4] it’s a the last syllables of 사랑해 (i love you) and 단장님 (commander), are switched with each other to make ‘(title) love’ and whatever 단장해 is (gn the tl of that was so weird, idk how to tl it hSDFLKJDSF)
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