Price of Management

Isabella's palace.

Hundreds of years ago, when Queen Isabella and her husband, Duke Bezalius, who brought about the heyday of the Horn, died, their husband's son, Balter Horn, built this palace.

It began to be built as a tomb in honor of its parents' astonishment, but over time, it became a palace where the emperor lived and cared for his country.

There is still a funeral for the Queen and Queen Isabella in the basement of the palace, and a festival is held every year to commemorate them.

For the people of the Horn Empire, the Palace of Isabella here was a very sacred place.

Why are we talking about this again?

You want to act like you know me?

You're welcome.

We cannot enter the palace and wait outside.

In any case, no one, especially a foreigner, without the Emperor's permission, may enter the holy palace of Isabella.

Instead, a small, shabby atmosphere was installed outside the palace to wait for the Emperor's permission to fall.

I'm so dirty.

You're not going to get kicked out of the palace without being able to enter, are you?

“After all, the food is plentiful, so you're not a total loser after all? ”

Randall, who has been hungry for a long homelessness, eats and clears up his food like it's nothing. I also ate a grilled lamb hard without losing, and I cut my mouth open with a tomato. An old wagon who suffered in a wagon sat down to eat.

The servants who work here at the waiting station rush to deliver food with the expression that they are bored with our food.

It was about an hour ago.

“Oh my...... How many did you eat? ”

An old, thin old man, who looks like he's in his late 60s, pops his tongue.

Given the clean outfit and the gentle pace, I did not look like an elderly man.

“Grand Chamberlain Hermel Weaver. Call me Hermel.”

“Baron Caroc Kunt. ”

“Earl Randall Spay. How long do we have to wait? ”

In that question, Grand Chamberlain Hermel said.

“Your Majesty has granted us access to your palace. And the ambassador to the Kingdom of Leaden said he would invite you to dinner... ”

Grand Chamberlain Hermel sighed, looking at the massive plates of food that we had eaten.

“Now that you've eaten like this, would you like to have dinner on the boat? ”

“I wish I could have told you earlier.... ”

I scratched my head in shame.

There are only three hours left until dinner. And I'm about to burst into flames.

Randall jumps to his feet.

“Then you have to work hard to digest it. Is there some kind of martial arts training ground? ”

“Yes, I'll show you. ”

“All right, Baron Kunt! How about a fight in a long time? ”

“Hmm. But aesthetics is basically a concept that consumes spiritual affinity, and it's not moving my body, so it might not work on digesting the food I eat. ”

“Oh? That sounds like I can't touch one of your feathers." ”

Randall glares at me with dazzling eyes. I felt a chill.

Grand Chamberlain Hermel has led us into the palace. Grand Chamberlain Hermel asked me to head to the training ground.

“There's one thing you should know. In our Horn Empire, it can seem quite challenging, although it's not rude for an outsider to demonstrate his innocence on the training ground. ”

“I think I do. You mean you have a lot of friends who want to fight us because they have a passion, right? ”

“Exactly. ”

“That's better! I wanted to confront the famous Horn Knights as well. Yeah, Caroc, it'll be fun having you and me on the same team fighting other guys. ”

“Maybe you're making too much noise in someone else's palace. ”

Grand Chamberlain Hermel laughed at my concern.

“Don't worry. The men of the Horn are more fond of the strong. ”

A simple, ignorant race.

You have reached the common training ground of the Knights of the Horn Empire. Numerous men have been training violently with their respective weapons.

In our appearance, the knights stopped moving and watched us.

“Who are you? I've never seen you before. ”

“That armor belongs to the Royal Knights of the Kingdom of Leaden. ”

“They're the ones from the House of Leaden. ”

The knights sparkled a challenging glance, as if they were going to make trouble for us right away. It's a scary neighborhood. This is a place my father would really like.

Randall welcomed it, too, as well, as his father was an ill-mannered man.

“Is this where the knights of the Horn Empire scavenge? It's so good!”

Randall makes an eye-catching noise on purpose.

By that time, the knights of the Horn Empire had begun to gather around us.

A large, short-haired knight appears to be in his mid-40s.

“What's your name? ”

“Earl Randall Spay. In the Kingdom of Leaden, it is polite to introduce yourself first when you ask who you are. ”

“So is the Horn Empire. Excuse me, Silver Tarhan. ”

The knight in the silver bowl looks surprised and asks.

“But if you're Earl Randall Spay, are you Deputy Chief Royal Knights of the Kingdom of Ledden? ”

“Hooh, does anyone even know my name in the Horn Empire? ”

“I hear he's quite a handful of Leyden's finest. ”

Silver looks challenging. Randall smiles fiercely, without losing.

“By the way, I'd like to set an example for the Leyden men. ”

“Then we won't have to talk anymore. ”

Silver took his hand to the Two-Handed Sword on his back. The others step back.

Then Randall puts his hand on my shoulder.

“I have a proposition. How about two against two? ”

“Was that weakling a knight, too? ”

Silver looked at me and asked as if it were suspicious. Weak?! Can you describe him as noble?

“Baron Caroc Kunt. A lion to represent the will of our king. He is also a class of spirit. ”

Randall's introduction makes everyone look younger.

“Then I'm in. ”

“No, put me in. ”

“I've always wanted to fight a Spirit! ”

“Assistant Director Silver, you have to give me a chance this time. ”

The Knights of the Horn Empire were eager for you to join the duel.

By the way, since you call Silver Deputy Master, you must be Deputy Master of the Emperor Knights of the Horn Empire. He's bigger than I thought.

“Good. Chad, you come out. ”

“Aja!”

A tall man, called Chedra, comes out cheering. Everyone looked at him as if they were jealous.

So there was a two-on-two match.

There was no need for a separate start signal.

Randall and Silver draw their great swords and attack each other like bites.

Kuaang!

A powerful shockwave erupted as the odds collided.

“Oh!”

“It's hot!”

The knights cheered.

At that moment, Chad rushed towards me. Oops. I called out my wrath in a hurry.

“Noum! Earth Wall. ”

- Yeah!

A large shovel of gnome protrudes from the ground.

A wall of dirt rises to block Chad's path.

“Wounded. Triple shot of water sphere. Shoot as soon as Earth Wall breaks. ”

-Yeah.

The undead emerge from the air and make three spears of water.

Krrrrrrr!

As soon as Chad decimates the Earth Wall with an error, three spears of water shoot out at him.