"I'm sorry, I called you out of time.

Four days after leaving the United Kingdom of Hanazoo. The Knights were safe in the early morning, returning to the Kingdom of Friesia.

Ex-post reports to the Queen, as well as arrangements for the treatment of the injured and for the ambulance building. The day was passing hastily due to confirmation and replenishment of used weapons and reports for each squad. And late that night.

Alan and Column had even been summoned to the Knights Chief's office.

No, not at all, Roderick, the knight captain, nodded to the two who replied, glanced at Clark, the deputy captain in line beside him for the first time.

"First of all, it was... Kingsguard Knight Service, which was no different from Eric's absence with Arthur. Eric is still at rest for a few days, but in the meantime, keep the three of us spinning Kingsguard.

Two short words of acknowledgement return.

There was tingling and paralyzing tension all over the room. Gokuri, one of them, and a throat would definitely reach the four ears. With a few seconds of silence, both Alan and Column understood that there was still more to come from Roderick.

"And as you all know, Dear Pride, I am wounded...

Coming, he said. The two understood immediately.

Injury to both legs of Pride Royal Ivy, the first princess. As a knight entrusted with the Kingsguard, I have nothing but apathy. I understood that Roderick, who had already seen and reported to the Queen since this morning, would also have received judgment about the disposition of the two of them.

Roderick spoke heavily as he went on to say that this was not only the judgment of Her Majesty the Queen, but also of me and Clark, and finally he gave the point.

"Alan, column. You have been discreet for a month. [M]

That's it. And to Roderick, who cuts the words once, they circled their eyes.

Uh, I was worried if it would be good to get the word out, just stared at Roderick and Clark over and over again. "Is that all," he suppressed wanting to ask, waiting for words.

Originally, demotion from captainship or the stripping of knights. Even more than that, the two of them were prepared. Even so, it's only a month of caution. They both wonder if it might be some mistake to punish them to the extent that they caused a brawl within the Knights.

It took a little while to answer the two questions, then Clark opened his mouth this time instead of Roderick, who put his arms together.

"There was little blame from His Majesty in this defense battle. Not only Lord Pride, but Master Steele and Mr. Tiara have defended you.

Master Steele. And the first two thought so. Tiara would still know. But when Pride was wounded, he messed up badly, and once we stripped ourselves of our anger.... It was unexpected that they defended themselves for betraying the tenure and credibility of the Kingsguard knights who gave me the corner.

Then Clark, who looked at the two faces and laughed, now leaves one step ahead.

"It is faulty indeed to have caused injury, but at the same time I kept to Lord Pride's destiny. Medals and rewards for this will be withdrawn, but at the same time the sentence will be commuted with His Majesty and… as shown by Roderick.

That's what I'm gonna say and slap him on the shoulder. To Clark, Roderick looked back and said, "It'll be your opinion, too," just with his eyes.

Thanks! and Alan and Column, both voiced in unison and bowed their heads deeply, were still unconvinced. "May I...?" Roderick allows himself to speak in a small, face-up column as he peeps.

"We sincerely accept your punishment. But... do you really think that's all the Knights Commander and Deputy Commander is good for?

Even if there is a judgment from the Queen, from there he can give a disposition in the presence of the Knights Commander.

Alan also nodded at the column he dared to speak and ask about demotion, Kingsguard knighthood, and knight disqualification. Roderick then exhaled with a large shoulder and opened his mouth again.... Now, bitterly.

"Before answering that question, I also have a question for you.

To Roderick's words, Alan and Column raised their faces at once and stretched their spines again. Make it nervous to the tip of your leg and wait for it to continue. Clark, who knows what Roderick is going to ask, stared at him a little narrower between his brows.

"Alan, column.... do you guys have me and Clark (...) around (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...) (...)

Heavy, it was a word.

Unexpectedly, the two were stuck in words without distracting themselves from Roderick, biting their lips hard.

Understand. In other words, is he willing to leave voluntarily, not in the form of punishment, but in accordance with his own wishes? Depending on how we receive it, it also sounds like Roderick is pressing us to leave.

And now Alan and the column were going to do the same.

Um, not until time.

"Huh... sorry! I have nothing (...)"

"Me too... as well, is.

Momentum went on to Alan, who bowed his head deeply again, as did the column. They kept their heads up until Roderick replied and they stared at their feet.

"I do not intend to leave my post" and with that strong willingness.

As Roderick and Clark pierced the silence out of sight, they could hear exhaling from either side. I was wondering if you were frightened, or if you even bothered me. My remorse for the two of you in the big position of responsibility: the Knights Commander and the Vice Commander.

"... then good.

Look, and. A calm, warm word hung from Roderick's mouth. It wasn't a throwaway way of putting it, it was like a heartfelt relief.

Surprised, looking up slowly, both Roderick and Clark hit earlier and changed, looking at Alan and the column with a calm look.

"If you guys seemed to want to leave, things would have changed again… otherwise there would be no problem.

Alan blinked again and again at Roderick's expression, which seemed a little out of strength with the boy, and the column didn't block his open mouth.

"I'm glad you guys chose to stay," Clark said quietly looking at the three of them.

Both Roderick and Clark understood from their stories of Pride, the knights around them, and the two that this injury was an inevitable event from Pride's actions and the circumstances on the spot. Even that Alan and Column did their best and avoided the worst consequences on it.

At the same time, however, they felt responsible for it and asked whether they would offer to leave the company themselves, regardless of their disposition. And I also understood that once they decided to do that, they would be forced to leave the Knights, even if they did.

That's why we needed to question that will first.

But they chose to continue to play their full part without renouncing the knight. Relieved that he had ended up worried about himself, Roderick began to answer the question of the column earlier, roughly again surprised the two of them.

"In this case, … it is certainly nothing but faintness as a knight that caused Master Pride to be injured for whatever reason.

Gu, to Roderick's words. The two tightened their expressions again out of consternation. They themselves understand it with a sobering sensation. Roderick went on to say "but" louder to the two of them who were going to lose their gaze unexpectedly.

"... you guys would have thought so painfully about this one. That one,... to the peril of Lord Pride's anomaly.

Out of the way. The two hearts pulsed hard. He opened his eyes hard and received the two expressions that stiffened his face as a reply, and Roderick nodded small.

"For six years now, … that person's behavior is sometimes terribly pregnant with self-abandonment.

Knights ambush and cliff collapse six years ago.

Among the Knights who knew the time, it is the work of a legendary and remembered pride. And the extermination battle and this defense battle. If you recall, it can certainly be taken as brave, but at the same time it strongly applied to Roderick's term "renunciation" in both of us.

"It seems as if you are assuming value" to that extent ".

Alan was throbbing if he noticed. The column also felt its own hands over armor getting damp.

As they listened to Roderick, they remembered about this defensive battle. The blood vows aroused the people in exchange for themselves, and this injury was also the result of Pride's move to give Cedric and Guard precedence over himself, to say the least.

"Thoughts of others" "tender" "brave"... as much as I can analogize. But what they both remembered at the same time was the words released when the south wing collapsed and they rushed to rescue Pride.

"You can't come."

Sure, that's what she shouted.

I don't even have to think about it, to keep ourselves out of the rescue. But only then was she beyond what she could handle. If we hadn't been lucky enough to find ourselves there, we would have definitely lost our lives. I mean, at that time, she...

"Only I thought I could die."

Wow, and something horribly cold ran on the spine of both of them.

Of course, there is also a great possibility that I just wasn't thinking that deeply. She said that her heart was gentle and merciful and she just accidentally raised her voice for fear of involving others. But...

"Abandoned."

Why, she did.

She is loved, trusted by many people and no one, such as those who doubt her as heir to the first throne, why.

"Neither I nor Clark know if you are aware of yourself. Despite her consciousness and consciousness as the First Princess, … she treats herself too crudely.

Both Alan and the column dripped sweat off their foreheads at Roderick's words, which continued, as if they were looking for him even at the place of death. Invade your whole body as unspeakable anxiety and fear immerse you.

"... but.... Finally, I started to look at myself.

The two finally exhaled into Roderick's words, which were a little tense. Repeat nature and breathing like your compressed lungs have been released.

'For your own sake,... someone gets caught in a dying situation...... It's so hard.'

The words I spoke trembling at my fingertips were undoubtedly the heart of pride.

At last, Roderick relieved himself from the bottom of his heart when he looked at himself as reflected in others.

"It is unacceptable to put yourself in danger to Lord Pride. But... Master Pride finally became aware of it in that case. In exchange for his own pain of" sacrificing others. "

It is not something that can be called lightly that it became a medicine. But it was undoubtedly the fact that Pride inspired him to omit himself, involving the two of them because of himself.

Both Alan and Column bit into their mouths at the fact that they had caused so much pain in Pride's heart. As it turned out, it led to an understanding of the good directions, but I can also say that that was the only heartbreak for her.

"Still, a little understanding. If you keep going, … you will risk yourself and reach out again and again, even after you have been crowned queen. And one day, … there can be days when you truly sacrifice yourself.

With both of you and Clark. That was easy to imagine.

There was even something close to certainty that she would not hesitate to die now as a shield for an unrelated person. As soon as Roderick said, as if he had read three more thoughts, "it is also easy to think of sheltering the knight of the escort and losing his life in it," it has become extra realistic. Only the discomfort of my whole body rose after my fear.

"... and possibly,...... If there was anything like you guys quit knighthood about this, again, Lord Pride would have felt responsible and lost his value to himself.

I had to quit the knight because of myself and others, he said. That word now reminds me of a word that was thrown at us by pride.

"Shortly after she left a sign of praise, what words she had left them, … and how heartbreaking they were. You two know that better than anyone. On the contrary, it could have caused me to skip acting and never throw myself in danger again, … but more than that, I felt more likely to stop asking anyone for help this time.

For example, when it is about to become an underlay of debris in the same way.... Now you dare to refuse help without speaking up, or you may refuse to escort yourself from now on so that no one gets involved from the start.

That was her backbone, which cannot be explained solely by mercy and kindness.

It is well known to everyone in the Knights that Pride is a person who stretches out without hesitation if he is within reach. And that you will always take precedence over others.

"But that is unacceptable. That one is the next generation of queens. Above all it becomes an indispensable part of this country.

Clearly, Roderick raised his voice to blow the confusion between the two. Alan and the column also nod strongly as they correspond.

"That's why I'm telling you both from me. I don't mind this as a decree of the Knights Commander.... When something comes to blame, give me my name.

Gin, and Roderick have a stronger eye. At the same time, a tremendous hegemony stood in that I didn't feel until just now, and they both responded to him with a voice to be pushed by it.

Roderick points his index fingers in turn at the column, Alan, and orders them in a quietly low voice.

"Don't forgive that one for his sacrifice.

The short word contained many meanings.

If I accidentally swallowed it in my mouth, my throat made a vivid sound.

"I don't just protect that one, sometimes I inhibit it. Be embarrassed before you sacrifice, and stop if you can't. And don't make him sacrifice to His Highness the Pride Royal Ivy."

Even the illusion that this place is the center of the battlefield. Unparalleled tension was overflowing from Roderick not so long ago. They both speak up again when they are scared of the hegemony.

It's not easy.

They who are only knights must stop the action of the First Princess, Pride. And pride isn't the only thing to protect. We must protect everything around her so that sacrifices made for her do not diminish her worth to herself again.

of (...) all (...) and (...) were (...) reasoned (...) solved (...) and (...) above (...), and they responded to it without hesitation.

Protect your pride this time for sure, for that matter.

"I'll be careful with Clark and myself, but... the most likely ones are you Kingsguard knights.

The hegemony from Roderick finally settled on the two replies. Ha... and when you emit in a sigh, keep your hands on your knees.

"For better or worse, you're the ones who inspired Master Pride to change a little, which is what I can ask of you.... Keep your eyes peeled.

Finally, when so tightened, the prudential disposition must be after Eric returns. And since the captain's meeting was to be held abruptly tomorrow, the Kingsguard knight told Arthur and his replacement knight to assign him to allow the two of them to leave the room.

Pathan, and just before the door closed, "Excuse me," the two bowed their heads deeply again.