Became the Escort Knight That the Princesses Were Obsessed With - Chapter 320



320. The Fox and the Crow 1

The southern region where the smell of blood vibrates.

The sole survivor shouted over a ground already littered with hundreds of corpses.

“Please save me… … !! My mother is home alone… … !!”

However, not a single word could come out of his mouth.

Because he was decapitated by a single blow from a woman swinging a sharp sword.

“If it’s family, then I’m there too.”

A single empty eye in the black hair spoke.

Lynn Canary.

A girl who alone held a sword while everyone else held a pen at the academy.

Having lost her parents at a young age, she had only one option to survive with her younger brother.

Apply directly to the Black Thorn Group.

Those who have no family and even when they die, no one will remember them.

At the same time, they were exceptionally talented and were trained solely in assassination from childhood.

Thanks to this, I was able to develop the mental strength to take life without any hesitation.

but.

No matter how much you train, the feeling of guilt doesn’t go away easily.

“Captain Lin. Are you okay… …?”

“Okay, let’s go back soon.”

She turned her head at the sound of her colleagues’ voices coming from behind her.

But when I turned my head.

“uh……?”

The colleagues who should have followed behind were nowhere to be seen.

Because their bodies were already submerged in a sea of ​​blood.

“… … .”

It was an auditory hallucination again.

And, that hallucination was a phenomenon created by the longing for colleagues he wanted to see again.

Lin felt the area under her eyes tremble as she saw herself going mad.

I closed my eyes tightly, trying to somehow shake off this tinnitus.

However, what she was greeted with was… … .

“Ugh… …!!”

Rather, it was just madness trying to devour itself.

Dozens of hands stretched out from a sea of ​​blood.

Because those hands were grabbing his ankles and pulling him into the puddle.

“After doing all that, did you think you could go back?”

The countless people he had killed tangled together to create a monstrous voice.

The sound was so loud that it rang madly in Lin’s head.

“Here we go again… … .”

but.

She didn’t throw a tantrum anymore.

Because I’m really tired now.

“… … .”

It’s also nice to hear that when you kill someone, your family is waiting for you at home.

I’m also worried about whether I’ll be able to return to my little brother alive today.

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I didn’t want to do it anymore.

He just wanted to be buried forever in this madness that was engulfing him and fall asleep himself.

forever.

With that thought, she laid herself down in the sea of ​​blood.

「――――――」

“Haaah… … . Haa… … .”

Her heavy breathing could be heard in her ears as her eyes were tightly shut.

At that sound, the Black Knight Commander instinctively opened one eye wide.

“Lito…!!”

She was crouching down in front of the bed and taking a light nap.

I quickly got up and checked on my younger brother who was covering himself with the blanket.

“Sister… … . I’m so sick… … .”

Rito is in pain and sweating profusely.

“It’s strange… … . I was fine when I took the medicine Veil gave me… … ?”

It was clear that during the two days I took the medicine, my illness was almost completely cured.

However, she was taken aback by the sudden surge of fever.

I was used to killing someone, but this was my first time saving someone.

“Just wait a minute!!”

Lin hurriedly came out into the living room and rummaged through the medicine cabinet.

And then I found the medicine powder I usually take.

but.

After taking the werewolf’s elixir and getting better, was it because I didn’t prepare the medicine in advance?

All the powdered medicine fell off.

“… … .”

The Black Knight Commander let out a rough breath.

He was already suffering from a nightmare and woke up feeling very dizzy.

Her head was pounding as if she had caught the infection from her younger brother, but she tried to pull herself together.

“It won’t work. I have to call a doctor… … .”

She quickly left the house to find a doctor.

However, there was no hospital open at this hour of the morning when I woke up.

“I need to call my doctor, my doctor… …!!”

Imperial healers usually reside in the palace.

The captain, who had thought of it even while absentmindedly, wrapped black mana around his legs.

He started running, using strength he had been reluctant to use even in his fight against the Grand Master.

Staggering like crazy.

――――――.

Thanks to being a sword master, she was able to reach the palace entrance quickly.

The guards who recognized Lin hurriedly saluted.

“Director Lin, what are you doing out this late at night?”

“Doctor… I need a doctor… …!! Are there any doctors inside?”

They looked at each other with embarrassed expressions at the sudden call to the doctor.

“I’ll go in and ask first.”

“No, I’ll ask him myself.”

Lin entered the palace hallway at a fast pace.

And, while I was wandering around with my hair disheveled.

He ran into me in the hallway, scratching the back of my head.

“Oh, it’s Captain Lin-?”

I, who had come out for a walk at dawn after a good nap, looked at Lin, who looked quite strange.

A completely soaking wet white t-shirt and shorts.

Dark circles and haggard eyes.

At first glance, it looked like he had jumped out of his sleep.

“What’s going on in the middle of the night?”

“I came to find the palace physician. My younger brother is sick… …!!”

He was the leader of the Black Knights, who usually only showed a cool and calm appearance.

Even when you fought with me, you never lost your composure.

The face of my younger sibling who came running saying she was sick was like that of any other woman in her 20s.

“If you’re a doctor, you won’t be in the palace. They’ve all gone to the capital to receive training.”

“What… … ? Why now of all times… … .”

Lin placed her hand on the hallway pillar with a blank expression.

I silently watched her and cautiously added a word.

“What are your symptoms?”

“I felt better after taking the elixir, but then suddenly my fever shot up…!!”

I was feeling better, but then suddenly I developed a high fever.

I frowned slightly at those words.

Because I thought I knew the cause of the symptoms.

“I’ll go with you.”

“Do you know the cure…?”

He shook his head at her question.

Instead, he said while running with mana wrapped around his legs.

“Oh, I feel like I know these symptoms.”

We jumped over the wall together in an instant.

And then, shouting at the brilliant sky, he headed towards Lin’s small house.

――――――!!

At the same time, he landed on the balcony window.

Then she approached her younger sister, who was breathing heavily under the moonlight.

About 10 years old.

Judging by your flushed face, you definitely have a high fever.

I put my hand on his forehead.

And then, I felt the hot heat.

“How can I fix it… … ?”

Her one grey eye looked at me longingly and asked.

Then I said with a calm expression.

“I’ll give it a try.”

He closed his narrowed eyes tightly.

And then, he focused on the heat seething inside the boy’s body.

The source of the heat was, as expected, the werewolf’s elixir.

The appearance that arose as the medicine fought against the illness that was eating away at his body.

If we can put this to sleep, it will be a sufficient solution.

“Phew… .”

I focused the grand aura flowing through my body with my palm.

In the past, I also had a hard time regaining Grand Aura.

But thanks to that, I figured out how to control the energy overflowing in my body.

Just as Leah’s mana calmed my aura.

I also suppressed the elixir overflowing from the child’s body with my aura.

Then, the moderate efficacy of the medicine began to linger and take away only his illness.

Thanks to this, the child’s breathing gradually stabilized.

“… … .”

Soon, my younger brother’s breathing became quieter.

Only then did Lin’s face gradually become lively.

“Lito… … !!”

“It’ll be okay now. I guess the medicine was a little too strong for the child.”

The black-haired woman hugged her younger brother tightly.

And then he muttered in a trembling voice.

“I’m so glad… … . Really… … .”

I got up from my seat to make time for two people.

After that, I went out to the living room alone and waited for her to come out.

“… … .”

The Black Knight Commander’s house was very plain.

There is no special decoration, just a sofa, a table, and a bookshelf.

A single framed portrait filled the lonely house.

“Is your name Rito?”

The portrait showed Lin and his younger brother smiling brightly.

In the corner of the picture, the younger brother’s name, Rito, is written.

―――――.

After about five minutes, the sound of the door opening was heard.

Then, the leader of the Black Knights, Lin, approached me with a much more relaxed expression.

“How is your little brother?”

“Thanks to you, I’ve improved a lot.”

She stood next to me, awkwardly fiddling with her messy hair.

He looked up at me in his everyday clothes.

“I came all the way home before I knew it.”

“Okay. I’ll buy you a cup of tea.”

I waved at her as she headed toward the kitchen.

And then, patting the sofa, he suggested that we sit together.

“No, it’s okay. You must be tired. Let’s sit down and rest.”

“… … .”

We sat side by side on a sofa bathed in moonlight.

Her T-shirt was soaked with sweat from running for a long time.

Thanks to this, the deep scent unique to twenty-year-old women emerged.

The fragrant smell of soap.

“Thank you so much for your help today… …. I’ll definitely repay you someday.”

“Instead of paying that off, take care of yourself first. You don’t look too good either.”

Lin tilted her head at the mention of her feeling unwell.

“I……?”

“Hey, if you have a mirror, look at your face.”

The captain looked at his reflection in the mirror.

Dark circles under one eye only.

“When did this happen… … .”

She awkwardly touched her soft cheek.

Then, he swallowed deeply as he realized that he was soon at home with a boy his age.

“Do you have nightmares every day?”

“Oh, actually, I had a dream today too.”

Could it be because I was in the position of leader like Lin?

I smiled bitterly at her, who lived with a heavy sense of responsibility.

“It won’t go away easily. Not until you feel completely at ease.”

I clasped my hands behind my neck.

And then I stared at the fine dust floating above the moonlight.

“Can it disappear?”

Lin looked at the dust with tired eyes like I did.

Our images were reflected side by side in the mirror hanging on the wall.

“I’ve killed hundreds of people so far. Even if they come out one by one to harass me, it would take years.”

Trauma from killing.

It is a disease that knights above sword masters like us have to live with for their entire lives.

As a result, most knights become dependent on alcohol, cigarettes, etc.

Nevertheless, the reason Lin was able to endure so well was probably thanks to her younger brother, her only family.

So, I wanted to give Lin more advice so that she wouldn’t fall.

“There was a time when people I killed would show up every day. But when I did this, they disappeared.”

I looked at the captain intently.

Then, the black-haired woman’s gray eyes also blinked.

“how……?”

As if answering her question, he opened his eyes with a very sensitive expression.

And then he shook his head as if teasing his opponent.

“What, what do you want me to do?”

The cold-hearted Black Knight Commander made a dumbfounded expression at those ridiculous words.

Then I returned to my serious expression and said:

“Our mission isn’t simply to enjoy killing people.”

I put my hand on my left chest.

“It was a noble mission to protect my family and myself.”

After that, he gave her advice with a sincere look in his eyes.

“I’m not saying you shouldn’t feel guilty about the people you killed, but… … .”

He pointed to Lin’s beautiful face with his finger.

Gray eyes that shine even more purely in the moonlight.

“If you save the precious life by doing so, shouldn’t you live even happier?”

Lin’s red lips parted slightly at the advice she heard for the first time in her life.

She was silent for a moment, then spoke quietly.

“I see… … .”

As if I had realized something I didn’t know before.

“I too killed many enemies on the front lines. Sometimes I still recall their last moments.”

“That’s right, it’s still like that now.”

A faint smile appeared on her lips, as if she had found something in common.

Because this is the first time I’ve ever had a conversation like this with anyone.

“But even if I could turn back time, nothing would change, right?”

“Yeah, thinking about it, it was the best choice.”

If you don’t want to die, you have to kill your opponent.

It was the best choice for survival.

So, I survived like this and had a conversation.

Wouldn’t it be possible to protect your family from evil people like this?

“Yeah, we’ve always made good choices, so it’s time for us to get rewarded.”

compensation.

Lin, who had never received anything like that in her life, looked up at me blankly.

“What kind of compensation… … ?”

I looked down at her and smiled.

With a unique fox-like, sly look in his eyes.

“Should I get a good night’s sleep first?”

sleep.

Lin couldn’t help but chuckle at that absurd word.

“Try to get some rest and sleep today. I, the King, will be granting you a special vacation.”

I picked up a pillow from the sofa.

And then pointed to her bedroom.

“Vacation? What will happen to the members if I rest…?”

He shook his head firmly at her question.

“Do the members also hate their boss who comes to work every day?”

For the first time in my life, I decided to use the word power.

The captain must have been quite tired, because he turned his head and followed me into the room stealthily.

“Now, lie down comfortably. I’ll watch you fall asleep before I leave.”

Lin carefully laid down on the bed.

However, even though I was tired, I couldn’t fall asleep easily.

“I’m sorry, but I can’t sleep if someone is watching me.”

The captain blushed and tried to speak in a small voice.

At this, I scratched the back of my head and opened my mouth.

“I guess it’s a bit like that? Well then, I’ll go back and see.”

I tried to get up from the bed.

Then, Lin muttered in a slightly louder voice.

“I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep even if I’m alone… … .”

It was as if I was feeling my brother’s warmth for the first time.

It was a look in her eyes that made it seem like she could fall asleep if she just felt a little more of that warmth.