The Branded Female Fencer

What can I do for you?

"Sounds like you've been rotting a lot."

Jake was coming to a painting on Fourth Street where Bandras was partitioning. The fire was extinguished, but the demolition of the building, which was about to collapse there, is being carried out at the hands of the inhabitants. The bodies caught in the fire have not yet been recovered. It's because the vigilantes are being driven out at the end of the orcs that happened outside. The compartment, which was originally in a state of abandonment even in Tarram, was now even worse. It was Gass, whoever was struggling to put this situation together at all.

He put together those who survived after Bandras disappeared and managed to move to a minimum. That's where Jake came to visit.

But Gass was evil when he saw Jake, who came to such a scene.

"What the hell are you doing here, knight? Do justice and ruin our lives, and when we're done with ourselves, we go home to Arnelia. Ha, bug spit runs."

"Something seems wrong, but your lives were broken in the first place. This happened sooner or later in a way that I relied on criminals (banderas) who didn't even hate killing. It could have ended worse. You know that, don't you?

Jake's words were spicy, but Gass also knew his words were close to waste again and he just appropriately bumped into anger that he couldn't do.

"... let me, I know that. But look at this tragedy. It's not like we can handle it anymore. But no one can help me. So a little bit, but I am."

"It's me, there's gonna be a grace award for this one. He also performs promotion from lower to middle knight. So when you get promoted, you get all kinds of perks. You can form your own squadron, you can have more knights, you can have your own mansion and land."

Gus ate his face at what Jake said like ignoring Gus' words. Are you bragging about grandeur? No, it doesn't seem that insensitive. Gass took Jake's sincerity and waited for the next word.

"So, Gas, you... would you like to be my squire?

"... Huh?

Gass didn't know what the sudden offer meant. Jake continued a little angry as he blushed a little.

"I'm telling you - Ka Ra, be my squire and come to Arnelia. There are other Cavaliers already, but at my age, I've only been certified an apprentice. Until now, it wasn't my duty to have at least one obedient knight when I became a median knight. They're going to have more duties and responsibilities, more events in the Deep Green Palace, but at the same time, I don't think I can do it all by myself because I'm a Gloria student. It would help if there was even one guy who could clean up the chores instead of me. You're good at that, aren't you? He was one of the faces of this neighborhood."

"Well, if you say so, it's a chore."

"You can put some on as a help. They can pay you your share of the salary, and they're going to budget you to some extent as a miscellaneous expense, so you can cover a few people's share. I don't know exactly for a few people, but I'll see what I can do."

Gass had listened to Jake's offer pompously, but eventually thought about it a little and listened back.

"... it's an incredibly broken offer to be honest, unless Arnelia can even be molded. But it wouldn't make sense to trap a little villain like me, and what good would it do you to hire me? If it's mercy, it's annoying."

"Forget about being strong, if you're really in trouble, even grab a straw, right? But there are environments where even straw is not offered. I'm an orphan too, I know exactly how that feels. The problem is grab it or not, that's all. Honestly, it doesn't have to be you. Gas happens to be the only one in front of you, even you."

"I hate to say it, you kid. But there is one more thing. Maybe out of the burnt out, there must be nearly 30 guys following me. Is it possible to take them all? If you're telling me to pick them out and abandon the rest, that's a cruel choice, right?

"It would be possible if there were as many people as we could carry. I am in a position to speak to the High Priest. That baba... that guy can do something about it if he asks. I might just ask for some kind of price.

It's winter. There could be frozen deaths by the time this compartment is sorted out and the burned out building is fixed. I don't think you have a choice, though, do you? Or do you want to bet the vigilantes in this city will take care of you?

Gas having a little trouble with Jake's words. No, I really do. That there are no better terms than Jake's offer. But obviously I don't like to be stuck with this younger boy, and I'm not going to make him buy it cheap. No matter how right Jake was, Gass wasn't willing to choose a life that would be stuck with someone anymore.

Still, it was one of Gas's chosen paths, stuffed with cut feathers, etc. Certainly there is a possibility that even straw will not be offered.

"... no, you're right. Can we keep our lives?

"Come on, it's not that big of a deal. It just guarantees life for now. If you have a purpose, you can do it yourself."

"Ha, I don't think so. You made me care about that. I want to scatter you."

"Damn, did I pick the wrong guy?

Where Gass messed up Jake's head after hearing what he said, Gass's gaze shifted to something else. Jake also notices two women at the end of that gaze.

Continued