Black Badger - Chapter 425



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425. Old Tale, Night Owl (2)

What a curious eye color.

I stared blankly at the man who was clearly the minister Kyle had mentioned.

There are people with that color of eyes.

Ja-an was amazing, but this time she has orange eyes.

It’s a color you won’t forget once you see it.

For a moment, I thought it was a very dark golden eye.

Of course not. Kyle said that he was the only child of the World Tree in his tribe… .

“What is this?”

Ray let out a dumb muttering.

“What are you riding?”

That’s what I mean.

What is that huge black lizard that guy is riding?

It was a monster I had never seen before.

Where on earth did you find that thing and how did you get it there, riding a creature that doesn’t look like it can fly?

I looked at the beings in the midst of the settling dust, wondering.

A missionary who first appeared in a rather shocking way.

He bent down and looked down at Kyle.

There was a smile on her lips. It wasn’t awkward or excessive, but it was the kind of smile she always had on her lips.

“I see you received the reply I sent you tied to the swallow.”

The red-haired man said.

“That’s a really nice offer. Are you ready to leave right now?”

“I think so, but let’s be calm first.”

Kyle responded.

It was a calm voice.

“Just get down from there. What the hell is this?”

“He’s the kid who lived near the waterfall here.”

The servant of the detective answered, jumping down from the lizard.

“We just went to the waterfall and became friends.”

Your movements are good.

I thought about the landing posture. I knew that hunting on horseback was a basic virtue of the men of the Kyle tribe, but it was still quite surprising. It seemed that he had been training steadily up until now.

I guess it’s because it’s mainly used for riding large monsters?

The ministers usually don’t have much interest in cultivating their bodies.

Even on the battlefield, they usually linger behind, and the better their skills, the less likely they are to be on the front lines, so there was no particular need for the servants to train their bodies.

It’s not like ministry requires physical strength.

That’s why all the ministers I’ve met so far didn’t look that fit or strong, but the minister in front of me now looked like he had been training.

He is good enough to be hired as a trainee for the reserve team right away.

“I don’t know what it is, but don’t let it out near children.”

“You don’t have to worry, he was docile even before the mission. He’s well-controlled.”

The minister responded coolly to Kyle’s grumbling words.

“I’m planning on sending them back soon. By the way, are the two people behind you the knights who crossed the mountain range with you?”

Ray and I straightened our postures.

It was the sound of his hand being lowered from the hilt of his sword. Ray and I slowly walked towards Kyle, who turned around and nodded.

A red-haired man wearing an old traveler’s cloak smiles at us.

The minister turned his head slightly and met Ray Reneur’s eyes.

He bowed his head and knelt on one knee.

“I would like to meet Sir Renuur… .”

“don’t do it.”

Ray said coldly.

“Don’t kneel, stand up.”

The minister raised his head and looked at Ray with a puzzled look.

Kyle also looked at Ray for a moment.

However, the black-haired knight quickly turned around and grabbed the servant’s shoulder to raise him up. The servant, with a puzzled expression on his face the whole time, obediently got up from his seat.

Ray said after the one called Kairos had fully risen.

“I am now just a common knight belonging to the western unit. I am here as a knight, Reneur, not as the third son of the Reneur family. So from now on, never kneel down and bow down before me.”

“yes.”

Surprisingly, the missionary seemed to immediately understand the situation and smiled.

“I will keep that in mind.”

Ray lets out a small snort.

Kyle also let out a sort of snort, though it wasn’t clear who it was directed at.

Anyway, the frozen atmosphere quickly thawed. Self-introductions continued. Kyle looked at us and formally introduced Kairos.

“Kairos. He’s about the same age as me. So he’s probably about the same age as you two.”

“You can call me Kairos.”

“…Kairos, thank you for coming out at this late hour.”

“Nice to meet you, Kairos.”

Ray greeted me with a slightly embarrassed expression, and I nodded in greeting as well.

“My name is Hildebert. Please call me Hilde.”

Ray looked back at me with a look of astonishment.

Kyle and Kairos blinked in surprise.

what.

“what’s the matter?”

“I told you to have self-awareness as a knight!”

Ray got angry.

“How many times do I have to tell you this! The moment you become an Imperial Knight, you are officially granted a title! Even if the nobles don’t recognize it, a title is a title. You must act like someone who is called Sir in front of the commoners!”

“ah.”

I forgot again.

Growing up in a place where everyone who came to the temple was treated with honorifics regardless of their social status, I often made this mistake. In places where there were a lot of people watching, I no longer make this mistake, but when I go to areas where there are only commoners, I always end up using this old-fashioned way.

That’s why I hear people calling me a country bumpkin within the military.

But this guy seems to be Kyle’s friend.

I don’t want to treat Kyle’s friend like an inferior.

Kyle smirked as his true feelings were revealed.

“Do whatever you want. You always use polite language with our elders in this alley.”

“Oh, is that okay?”

“Just don’t get caught.”

Kyle spoke slowly.

“If we get caught, not only you but also this person will be in trouble.”

The black-haired knight pointed to Kairos and said.

Ray let out a huge sigh next to me.

As if he was fed up with my attitude. But thankfully Ray didn’t say anything else. He just looked at me with tired eyes, as if to say, “If you want to do it, then do it.”

I gave a faint smile of gratitude and turned my head towards the minister.

A person of the same age who is staring at me intently.

“You are a unique person.”

Kairos said with a grin.

Kyle, who had been standing blankly next to me, suddenly burst into laughter.

“Hahahaha!”

It was almost hilarious.

At what point did you laugh?

I couldn’t ask back, because the minister, who had a kind smile and didn’t seem that crazy yet, said this.

“I think you will do a pretty good job.”

“yes?”

“Have you ever tried the Bambi-ik-jo?”

The minister asked politely.

“What about the sky bird?”

***

The Skybird, which is completely controlled by the Ministers, is one of the means of transportation of the Empire.

So in one corner of the empire there was a Skybird mission area. People would go there and pay money to ride the Skybird. The better the missionary’s skills, the less motion sickness there was.

People with a lot of money or high positions looked for a Skybird led by a minister whose skills were guaranteed. Getting on a Skybird led by a novice minister was a nightmare.

On the other hand, there were virtually no people riding the Bambi-ikjo. I had heard that it was ridden by desperate people who had to move at night, but I heard that accidents often occurred because the difficulty of the mission was so high.

It is not easy to find and serve the nightingale itself.

Because it’s not like it’s around like a bird in the sky… .

“What? So you’re saying we have to start by finding the Nighthawk?”

Ray made a pleasant sound.

“Wouldn’t it be faster to just take the Skybird tomorrow morning and go around the peak where the giant is? What do you think?”

“I can call four nightingale birds.”

Kyle did not answer Ray’s words and instead spoke to Kairos.

Kairos smiled broadly.

“Oh, of course.”

Have you finished your mission?

We moved.

I didn’t go far. Now, the darkness had descended upon the zodiac. I went to the empty space lit by a torch, cutting through the night where only the children of the World Tree could see well.

Kyle’s tribal children gather here during the day to kick the Redhorn urinal and play.

I heard that at the beginning of winter, people gather in this space to prepare food to survive the winter.

A space with that much nothing in it.

Kairos, standing in the center of the space, waved his hand at the black lizard moving away.

After seeing off the giant lizard, he tilted his head back and looked up at the night sky.

A dark night, with no moon.

The missionary, who was looking up at something that was neither the moon nor the constellations, stretched out both hands as if trying to catch a falling leaf.

Then I felt something.

Four vivid streaks of light appear in the night sky.

“Isn’t that a nightingale?”

Ray made a puzzled voice.

“That’s an insect-like monster-.”

A monster appeared.

These were the things we were looking for. Four distinct signs followed the line of light. They followed the line of light at a frightening speed.

I opened my mouth and saw a huge bird flying from afar.

The sound of fluttering wings came closer.

It was almost as big as a bird, and its eyes glowed in the darkness.

There were eight heads in total, because each one had two heads.

A gust of wind sweeps away the sand in the vacant lot.

Kwaaaaah!

A whirlwind struck.

I looked ahead, blocking the sand flying towards me with my arms. Kyle called out to me in a slightly annoyed voice, “Behave!” but I didn’t seem to hear him.

The nightingales that had been following the trail of light turned their bodies and descended.

It seemed as if the nightingale birds that had come looking for food had been completely taken care of. The birds surrounded the red-haired man and landed gently.

The figure of the missionary was obscured by the dark blue wings of the nightingale.

All I could hear was his small laughter.

“They are difficult entities to serve.”

Ray muttered blankly.

“It’s not even visible near the zodiac… .”

The wind dies down.

The noise also died down. The large birds stopped flapping their wings and now stretched out their necks toward Kairos.

A servant caressing two heads that came in front of him.

He smiled for a moment and played with the monsters before looking back at us.

Ray and I looked at each other, dumbfounded at the way the missionary was making things that were obviously not going to be easy so easily, and asked.

“Would you like to try it?”

Crossing the mountain range is not an easy task, so you should try a test ride.

***

A rather extreme conclusion was quickly reached.

The missionary decided that four people should ride on two Bambi-wings.

He said he was going to tear me and Ray apart.

Maybe we’re not very good at riding birds, but we did a good job of turning it around smoothly.

“It is not a creature that is willing to have things carried on its back.”

Kyle said he’s not a nighthawk, but he’s been flying on birds a lot when he was on the plains, so he’s relatively adept at it.

I learned something new again.

He was so skilled and good at riding horses that I never imagined he would ride a bird.

Anyway, Kairos hesitated for a moment whether to tie me and Kyle together or Ray and Kyle together.

The worries didn’t last long.

“If you think about the weight, this seems right. I don’t think there will be much of a difference.”

Kairos and I ride, and Kyle and Ray ride.

That was the conclusion and we didn’t hesitate.

As soon as the decision was made, I approached the two relatively docile entities that the missionary had told me about.

There was no saddle.

One of the reasons the missionary decided not to carry one person per horse.

“Because they are not the type of animals that will obediently accept a saddle or reins.”

First, Kairos, who was riding on the night watchman, reached out to me.

Over there, Kyle was lifting Ray up.

I smiled faintly, holding the minister’s hand.

“Thank you-.”

Flutter-

While I was riding, a nightingale flew up.

Above the night sky.

“Eww, wait!”

“Let’s go.”

Kairos laughed as he lifted me up with his enormous arm strength.

“It’s been a while since I’ve flown a nighthawk, so I’m excited!”

Is this correct?

Is this okay, Kyle?