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The first battle won, but not the war. However, the enemies do not come out of the garrison quickly to see if they were embarrassed.
Albrecht trained with the knights in the afternoon, attending an operational meeting in the morning and having lunch with the soldiers, following his previous lifestyle.
After the first battle, the knights had a very different look at Albrecht. They were proud to fight alongside the great heroes as if they had decorated one of the legends.
It naturally led to loyalty to Albrecht, and Albrecht himself admitted them as his comrades, but this kind of relationship was burdensome.
Then on March 21, I turned sixteen. Albrecht didn't really care about his birthday. I just thought I was counting.
I don't know what kind of birthday party you're having in this shithole. But it was something I felt strange about. So I wanted to do something commemorative.
After training with the knights, Albrecht summoned the knights to talk to them in a nice breeze this afternoon.
“I don't know if you know this, but Randolph is not a knight. My seed.”
Not all knights were nobles, but they were treated as subnobles. Randolph has served as Albrecht's deputy, and the circus has a crest. Of course they think he's a knight. But I didn't find it particularly offensive. I was just a little surprised. After all, we were in the battle together.
A knight pranks Randolph.
“Somehow he looked young. How old are you? Kid."
Albrecht's words are hot, but he pretends to be lazy.
Randolph's eyes are blue, with a playful glow. I smiled and took the knight's word for it.
“If you're curious about my age, why don't you ask with a sword? ”
Then the knights came and made me feel even more teased. In fact, all kinds of gossip spilled out because knights were like gangsters when they peeled off a lid.
“Did you grow enough hair there? Baby.”
“Adalind, are you done? ”
“I didn't see that coming. Come with me. Betrayal is better than prostitution. I'll eat your back hole. ”
“Wa-ha-ha!”
The brilliant Randolph was also embarrassed when gossip spilled out. Albrecht laughs and stops the knights.
“Now, there's a reason I brought it up. I will knight Randolph here now. You are witnesses."
“Oh!”
Randolph opens his eyes and looks at Albrecht in surprise. Albrecht smiles, looking at Randolph, solemnly expressing his face.
“Kneel to your right. ”
Randolph is stunned and surprised on his own, hurrying to his right knee. Albrecht drew his father's sword and put it on Randolph's right shoulder.
“Always be true. You have to risk your life for the truth. This is the mind of the knight. ”
Speaking of which, Albrecht remembered the time when his father made himself a knight. And I felt overwhelmed by my own embarrassment. You quickly find yourself on Randolph's left shoulder, looking a little dull.
“Don't bully the underdog. This is the honor a knight must uphold. We must protect the innocent. This is the duty of the knight. ”
Albrecht grabs his sword with both hands and puts it to the ground. However, the feeling of being blessed was not easily governed. I thought I should say something and leave.
“With this, you are a knight from now on. These knights are the witnesses. Stand up.”
Randolph gets up and looks at Albrecht with trembling eyes. Albrecht simply tapped Randolph on the shoulder, not facing the ground, because he wasn't emotional.
Is this the end of the knights I saw next to you? I was making the faces I wanted to. In fact, the knighting ceremony of this era was a kind of flagging ceremony that punished as a group.
But the knights thought Albrecht was unusual, so the inauguration was unusual. Something solemn seemed cool, and I don't know what it meant, but it seemed cool.
Albrecht hides his face as he looks down and hurries off on Schwarz. Everyone stared at me puzzledly, but soon after, I heard another gossip spilling out. If I couldn't hit them, I'd have to hit them with words.
Albrecht smiles, but doesn't feel depressed.
‘Your father has made a very difficult decision...... I miss you......’
Albrecht thinks he can't see his parents outside the territory, even though he's a jerk. It was an unbelievable reality, not to be seen until he died.
Albrecht comes back to the tent to soothe his depressed mood, and Randolph walks in.
“Hey, Master. ”
Albrecht looks away from Randolph and stares at the glass.
“What a master. Call me Lord. I may be a noble, but I was banished from the territory. What noble? You and I are on the same page now. ”
Randolph opens his eyes and says, surprised.
“Were you kicked out of the territory? Why?”
Albrecht said with a grumpy expression.
“I killed a man who did nothing wrong. That's why I came all this way to find Penbach, and then I went to war. That's funny.”
Randolph has nothing to say. It was just that I thought something was wrong from the time the master made himself a knight. He probably remembered his hometown. Randolph thought he had something to say to ease the Master's mind.
“You know, I think the Master is a really cool person. ”
Albrecht smiles and glances at Randolph.
“You don't have a hobby or anything, do you? ”
Randolph shakes his hand, startled.
“No, not even the master. I've already had enough of those jokes. I mean, the Master is something else. I don't think he's from this world. Not strong ones. We let the prisoners go, we fight for the town. That's why it's cool. I want to be a master. ”
Albrecht takes a sip of wine and says,
“Luxury. It's just luxury. ”
“Yes?”
Albrecht drank all that was left, then went back to bed.
“There is such a thing...... I cut myself......”
Randolph looks at his seemingly powerless master and steps out of the tent.
When Albrecht woke up the next day, he was just in a strange mood. In that state, he entered the operation meeting, checked the changes as usual, and tried to get up.
Then one of Zigmunt's servants makes a strange sound to Albrecht.
“Sir Albrecht. The Lord supports His Holiness, so it is as good as over. Thank you. Haha. ”
Albrecht wanted to say something. We were fighting together, so we could say support, but the nuances seemed different.
“Gigi, what do you mean? ”
As if Albrecht didn't know what he was talking about, the lord was rather confused.
“No, I heard that you refused to take care of the king before he died. Does that mean you support the lord more than the king? ”
You're welcome. What a load of crap. It was a separate matter of not protecting the king and supporting Zigmunt. Why am I a Sigmund? Suddenly, the judgement was completely wrong. He turns his head and looks at Zigmunt in horror.
“What the fuck is this? Great lord.”
The lord was embarrassed when Albrecht's reaction was not as expected. The other lords were not going out, but were watching something strange.
Sigmund shrugs his eyebrows as if they were nothing.
“I've never heard that before. I don't know.”
Albrecht's resourceful reaction swept the heat. No, I couldn't resist Otto's dying request, even if I didn't feel guilty. But when I thought I was caught up in this dirty trick, I got a thousand dollars.
You pull out the axe that was on your waist and slap the table. The corners were completely smashed and the rubble on the table was broken. Albrecht stares at Zigmunt as if he were shooting fire from his eyes.
“How far are you willing to go? Speak now. ”
Albrecht has a violent temperament that he cannot control once his judgments are twisted. Like when you first killed the big guy in the wolf den, none of the arrogant bastards stood up to you. Once the pins were out, Albrecht was out of control.
The lords who were watching the situation carefully were greatly surprised. Shouldn't we call an escort? But if you call me, I don't want to provoke you more. Albrecht was not at a level that could be stopped by a few knights.
Sigmund glances at Albrecht with an expressionless look that takes off his silly mask and emits a distinctive charisma.
“Everyone out. ”
I told the lords to get out, but no one just slowed down. Then Zigmund's expression distorted.
“I said get out! ”
Only then did the lords leave in a pinch. Probably not far away, but eavesdropping inside the tent.
The knights and soldiers passing by the commander's barracks heard a loud bang inside, and everyone was wondering what was going on when they heard the sound of Zigmund shouting.
Even in a world without education systems, knights and soldiers knew it was not good for their heroes and commanders to confront each other.
Albrecht stares at Zigmunt as if to kill him. I stared at him without losing. Both of them were dizzy. The two of them stared at each other scary enough to pee even now, if they were ordinary people.
After a while, a lord came in and said,
“Hey, I heard King Leopold's army was spotted on the horizon. They're probably on the march this way. ”
Albrecht and Zigmunt stare at each other even when they hear the enemy is coming.
After staring at each other like that for a while, Zigmund opens his mouth first.
“I won't kill you. Is that enough? ”
Albrecht turns around with his axe silently and leaves the command barracks.
< 42 > End