Chapter 115
I approached Lady Lucille.
Her expression was hollow, like soone who had been dealing with zombies.
“I lived thanks to you.”
“What brings them here at this hour?”
“Since the castle is in such disarray, they told us, the security forces, to manage things properly.”
A sigh flowed from Lucille's mouth.
“Who is pushing the responsibility onto whom.”
“You seem upset, should I soothe your mood a bit?”
“How?”
When I signaled toward the bushes with my eyes, Tania slowly walked out.
“Sister!”
“Tania!”
The sisters embraced each other.
I watched the two of them quietly for a mont.
“I am glad you seem safe.”
“But sister, why do you look so pale?”
“Things happened.”
Tania looked at Lucille with a worried gaze.
Lucille bluffed as if she were fine.
“Thank you, Joshua. I believed that you would protect my sister.”
“I did not protect her. I also received help from her.”
“You could have taken the credit, but thank you for saying so.”
Lucille shrugged her shoulders and shifted her gaze.
There was a man coming out behind Tania.
“Who is that man?”
“Before I introduce him, let's move locations. Lady Lucille's room would be good.”
We moved to a room inside the building following her guidance.
I checked if anyone was lingering near the door.
“Rest easy. Everyone inside the building must be fast asleep, and those awake will be out on patrol.”
Following her words, I took off the hood of my cloak.
As each face was revealed, Lucille was horrified upon seeing soone.
“Sir Vale!”
“Haha, it has been a long ti, Lady Lucille.”
“You were alive?”
“As you can see.”
Lucille rubbed her eyes like soone who had seen a ghost.
“I heard that you suddenly disappeared one day. They said they sent a search party but could not find you.”
“That is their lie. I was driven out by their sches.”
“……How could that be.”
She seed to have received quite a shock.
She wore an expression as if she did not know what to say.
“Surely, the Countess.”
“She is undoubtedly the culprit behind all these incidents.”
“This is no ti for this, let's inform the people of this fact.”
I let out a low sigh from my mouth.
“What do you plan to do by informing them?”
“We must gather everyone and question her.”
“Do you think they will admit it so easily? If they admit it, they will have to step down from their positions.”
“T-That is.”
“Nothing good will co from making a fuss.”
“Then what is your idea?”
“Since the roots are rotten to the core, I intend to overturn everything.”
Lucille swallowed hard.
“Do you an to start a rebellion?”
I tilted my head.
There was a nice expression of revolution.
If we put it like that, would we not look like villains?
“It is not a rebellion. It is returning it to the original owner.”
“Do you plan to seat Sir Vale?”
“Yes, that is why I went through the trouble of bringing him back while he was captured by bandits.”
Lucille hesitated.
Joining in imdiately was not an easy choice.
It ant a bloody wind would sweep through the castle.
Furthermore, the opponent was that Owain.
A person of skill who had risen to the rank of General (Grade 4) among countless knights.
The power of that one man was several tis that of a knight like Lucille.
“Is there a chance of winning?”
“There is a saying, a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye. If the opponent is strong, you just need to match them with a suitable opponent.”
“Do we also have a General grade knight?”
“Is there not one person who cos to mind?”
Lucille tilted her head and then her eyes flashed.
“Rodwell!”
“He is near the castle right now.”
“……So he was alive.”
Her face was soaked in emotion.
The two of them had once been part of the sa knight order.
“What do you want to do?”
“We will strike this place the day after tomorrow.”
“Are you telling to persuade my subordinates by then?”
“No, it might be different for Lady Lucille, but I don't know your subordinates. If there are people with loose lips, the plan will be ruined.”
“Then what do you want to do?”
“Keep as many knights as possible tied up in one place.”
Lucille nodded her head.
If she used her wide connections, she could restrain most of the knights in the city.
Probably for about an hour.
Everything had to be settled within that ti.
“I will ask Osmond for the sa thing. If the security forces and the guard forces are on our side, entering the castle is a simple matter.”
“…….”
Her lips quivered.
She had an incredibly surprised look in her eyes.
“How much of this was your thought and your plan? Surely, it was not since the first ti you t at the dormitory?”
“I have not acted without a plan, but I cannot say that all of this went exactly according to my flow. About 90%?”
It was not just her who felt a sense of awe in the gaze looking at .
Tania and Vale were the sa.
“Are you truly a ssiah?”
I shrugged my shoulders.
I was far from the Savior appearing in tales.
If I were a Savior, a way to live would have opened up on its own without having to exert effort.
I rolled and rolled to get here.
I will continue to roll over the mud in the future.
However, even on mud, a lotus flower blooms.
* * *
Joshua returned to Rodwell's hideout.
Then he called the scattered knights together in one place.
Now it was ti to announce the plan.
There were leadership skills and eloquence skills.
But what was more important than skills was ultimately the power of appeal.
“Joshua, what brings you to call us?”
One of the knights asked.
“I have sothing to say to you all.”
“What is it?”
“We will strike the castle.”
The knights stirred.
They thought the goal at the castle until now was looting.
“Strike the castle? Do you an to take the head of the Lord?”
“Yes.”
Deep anguish settled in the knight's head.
Crazy guy.
It was nonsense.
Take the castle?
When the difference in troops must be five tis?
“Is this sothing Sir Rodwell also agreed to?”
“Yeah, I agreed.”
To think that man decided on such a big matter without consultation!
On one hand, doubt arose.
Rodwell, despite how he looked, was a man with excellent intuition.
It ant if he judged there was no possibility, he would not have agreed.
“How do you plan to enter the castle? You will have to pass through the city, and knights will be patrolling there.”
“I have recruited the security forces and the guard forces.”
The knights were startled.
The greatest hurdle in attacking the castle was infiltration.
If that problem was solved, half of the plan was a success.
“But are there not Sir Owain and his elite troops in the castle?”
“That is correct. And the ones who must face them are none of other than you all.”
The knight's expression darkened.
When comparing the knight order and reputation.
It was because the Red Knight order was one weight class higher than the Starlight Knights.
“I don't think you are inferior to the Red Knights.”
The knights raised their heads again.
A power that made emotions stir was felt in the boy's voice.
“They have never overco adversity. They lived in luxury at the castle and have not properly experienced the fear of the ones called zombies. But you were the sa at the tower, and you have fought them several tis while coming to this place, Stalia. The experience of that ti, the difference in that experience is where you are better than them.”
One of the knights clenched his fist.
Sothing boiling in his chest was right before bursting out of his mouth.
“A human who knows fear does not lose to a human who does not know fear.”
The knights had held pride in the knight order they belonged to.
Such a mindset is one that should not break no matter who the opponent is.
The boy was awakening the chivalry they had forgotten.
“Wooooo!”
One knight could not hold back and let out a shout.
Realizing he made a mistake, he quickly covered his mouth.
However, what poured onto him who made the mistake was encouragent, not criticism.
“A fluffy bed and warm food will be prepared.”
“Can we hold a banquet on the first day?”
“If we win, we can even drink alcohol.”
The knights were excited.
Fire lit up in their eyes.
I truly believed that they would pull it off.
It was not a confidence without grounds.
'The average level is 5 higher. Winning is the expected outco.'
Even compared to the Red Knights, the Starlight Knights were simply stronger.
It was information found through [Analyze].
The only thing they lacked was an inferiority complex thinking they were less than the opponent.
This emotion beca a debuff and ate away at their stats.
“Our Starlight Knights will follow you, Joshua.”
Rodwell distorted his expression.
“These idiots say such things with , the Captain, right in front of them?”
“Why don't you take this chance to yield the position of Captain this ti, Sir Rodwell.”
“These guys are trying to climb over because I let them loose lately. This won't do. Joshua, move aside. I need to fix these guys' habits.”
“Hieeek!”
I left the spot while hearing the sobbing screams of the knights.
I walked around the tents and checked the situation of my comrades.
One person was not visible.
Soone's breathing was heard from a place a little away from the hideout.
“Huff, huff.”
Leo was struggling against a dummy.
* * *
The boys who followed him returned to the tents first.
Rodwell, who was his teacher, also left his spot today.
“Stop swinging the sword and go inside to sleep early. You have to enter the castle tomorrow.”
When he turned his head, Joshua was standing there.
“I cannot sleep.”
“Why?”
“I heard that my opponent is Carius.”
“Are you scared?”
“It would be a lie if I said I was not.”
When he lived in the Sunlight Knights, Carius was an object of fear.
He was a man who knew nothing but the whip.
The corporal punishnt he received when he made a mistake happened for no reason at all as ti went on.
To him, he was just a toy to vent his anger.
“Joshua, how does it look to you? Can I beat him?”
“If you don't win, you die. Think of the thod in the ti you spend worrying about whether you can do it or not.”
“I thought I could be at ease if you guaranteed it.”
Joshua exhaled a sigh.
‘The usual Leo would never say such a thing.’
How much must he have tornted the kid that fear ca before the thought of revenge?
Leonard was a guy who would beco the pillar of my group in the future.
To think he planted a trauma in such a bastard.
If ti was plenty, I would break Carius's head with my own hands.
“Your talent is enough for even Stella (Grade 2). For Deus (Grade 1), a miracle would have to follow.”
“I am the material for Stella?”
“You can believe it. It is advice from soone who checked it personally.”
“……What does that an?”
The potential of the playable characters was A .
The realm reached when this talent was fully utilized and grown was Stella.
“A future Stella cannot lose to a re Templar (Grade 5).”
I checked his eyes.
He seed not to believe it.
If it were his usual simple personality, he would have believed it straight away.
“Even if I have such talent, it is unknown whether I can reach it.”
“I will make it so.”
Leo was mistaken.
I had no intention of letting a talented person rot.
I will make it bloom sohow.
Even if the process is sowhat harsh, if it blooms, a flower is a flower.
“Are you saying Carius is also a process for to beco strong?”
“Exactly.”
“Is this the biggest hurdle?”
I let out a sigh.
To think he considered a re guy like Carius the biggest hurdle.
When there are so many zombies and people you must face in the future.
“What do you plan to do while my unit fights him?”
“I must strike the head.”
“You plan to take on Sir Owain?”
To be precise, Owain was Rodwell's opponent.
My opponent was separate.
“Are you going to be alright?”
“Why, are you worried?”
“No, because you would not fight a losing battle.”
“It will not be an easy fight. But a leader is always supposed to take on a role harder than others.”
“It is a tough position huh.”
“You also have two subordinates under you. If you waver, those children will also be in danger.”
Whether he recalled Talleon and Gavinu, Leo's expression was filled with resolve.
He was a guy who did what needed to be done when the ti ca.
“If your head is cleared, put down the sword and go to rest.”
“……Right.”
He packed his equipnt and bowed politely in front of .
Is this how a teacher teaching children feels?
Guiding them to the right path is not an easy task.
“But there is a limit to things one must do alone.”
I failed to clear this ga because I tried to solve everything by myself.
I tried countless thods.
If there was exactly one thod I had not tested, it was the Royal Road.
Gathering comrades, growing with them, and walking the path together.
Walking with soone toward a realm that could not be reached by the power of one person.
This round must be the last chance to test that.
“Joshua.”
“Whoa, you startled .”
When I turned my head, Leo had returned.
“Did you not say you were going back to rest?”
“If I defeat Carius, I have a favor, can I ask it?”
“Speak.”
“No, not right now, I an after everything is resolved.”
The kid was suddenly setting the mood.
As I recalled, Leonard was not the type to have strong greed.
Except for things related to knights.
“If it is sothing I can grant, I will do it.”
“Understood.”
He went back again.
Whether so determination was made, his expression when turning around was solemn.
What kind of favor was it?
Whether he wanted to punch once to pay back for being bossed around all this ti.
Or whether he wanted to demand a share of the castle.
Either way, it would be difficult to grant.
“……Seriously. I have to grant kids' favors too, there is no easy task.”
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