Chapter 64

The neatly maintained training ground of the Paradiso Knights was full of hard-working members who were training for the scheduled mission. Most of them looked happy, but only one, Commander Bart, was staring intently at the achromatic wall.

‘…Will it be alright?’

He went to visit Lord Bernoulli without much thought, but he was well aware of the futility of his proposal.

In order to move all the Paradiso Knights and the horses to the border, at least five Imperial Wizards would be needed. His own plans would not have been possible without the support of the Imperial Family.

However, no one was unaware of the rumors that Leonhard Bernoulli had recently fallen out of favor with the Crown Prince.

‘I hope it goes well.’

Bart picked up the bastard sword that had been leaning against the wall. It seemed like he had to sweat a little to calm his agitated mind.

“Commander!”

The rookie who had been posted at the entrance jumped in a hurry.

“The, The Lord…!”

Just like a rookie, he couldn’t say which family Lord he was, but there was no need to ask. Bart placed the sword around his waist and ran towards the entrance.

“Lord!”

Leonhart Bernoulli was waiting for him with the wizard who had destroyed Agathirsus together with him.

“You look good.”

“Thank you. Come on in.”

Bart politely led them to the parlor on the second floor of the dormitory. He did not miss the fact that the small-sized wizard frantically glanced everywhere.

‘She must have e to the Knight’s ​​dormitory for the first time.’

Bart smiled at the wizard.

“What is your name?”

“I am Celine Hunt.”

“You must be Lute Celine. Are you here to help?”

“Of course.”

The blue-grey eyes curved in a half-moon-shaped smile.

“You can look forward to it.”

“Aren’t you the one who destroyed Agathirsus? Just by going with us, everyone’s morale will skyrocket.”

“Oh my, it’s not like that.”

Celine replied modestly, but her expression was quite triumphant. Soon, Bart arrived in the parlor and poured three glasses of hot water.

“I have nothing to offer. Please, understand that alcohol is prohibited.”

“This is enough.”

The moment Leonhard’s blue eyes looked straight at him, Bart swallowed a gulp.

Finally, it had e.

“What did His Highness Ricardo say?”

“…… He said he couldn’t give away the imperial wizards. Not even one.”

“….!”

Bart couldn’t hide his surprise. He was not surprised by the prince’s refusal itself. However, Leonhard’s tone and expression, and Celine’s face that was hardening next to him… All of this showed that the Crown Prince did not only refuse but was also angry.

“I should prepare to return to the Carpathia as well.”

Bart muttered in despair. He himself made the worst choice. He thought that he should rather wait a little longer, gather some power, and then go visit Leonhard, but the situation must have already ended.

“You don’t have to.”

“….?”

Leonhard sighed as he looked at Bart’s eyes and mouth that opened blankly.

“Because I hid your request.”

“…Lord!”

“His Majesty Ricardo knows nothing about you. So, rest assured.”

“How, how should I repay this favor…”

Bart’s rough, strong hand holding the glass trembled.

“Don’t even think of it as grace because I haven’t really done anything for you.”

Leonhardt sincerely thought so. His own request for the Crown Prince failed. In the process, it prevented possible embers from escaping, but was it not the natural thing to do to reduce the number of innocent victims?

Bart had no reason to express such gratitude.

“…No.”

However, Bart seemed to think otherwise.

“Lord, I promise you here… Our Paradiso Knights will surely repay this favor one day.”

“Anyway, you must obey my orders, aren’t you?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

At those words, Bart murmured, feeling like an idiot. Come to think of it, Leonhard rarely used his authority, so they had to follow whatever orders he gave them.

“So that’s the problem, I have a question for you.”

“Ask anything.”

“Even if you go against His Highness Ricardo’s orders… Are you thinking of going to the border area?”

“What…?”

Bart’s eyes and mouth opened again, and his nose fluttered with excitement.

“But, but the way to go… Of course, there are ways to do it without the power of a wizard, but…”

Still, it would take one month to move to the border area. Counting until the time to return back, they would at least abandon the Carpathia obligations for two months… Bart wasn’t an idiot who recklessly ran to one goal.

Leonhard shook his head.

“If there is a wizard, what would it be?”

“Of course, I must go!”

Bart jumped up from his seat.

“But how… It’s not easy for wizards belonging to the imperial family to do something like this… Ah, maybe…”

Bart’s eyes turned to Celine.

“You seem to have mastered movement magic?!”

“No.”

Celine answered with a slightly apologetic look.

“We need to practice large-scale movements from now on. That’s why I came here.”

The members of the Paradiso Knights, who had been training hard, were not surprised by the sudden call. This was because rumors had already spread that Leonhard Bernoulli had visited the building with the wizard who had destroyed Agathirsus together with him.

“Lord is ing to see us!”

“All we had been able to do was see each other from afar, but so close…”

“It is worthwhile to be a Carpathian.”

The glow of envy and respect came on the faces of the members as they spat out one word at a time.

To them, who were mostly new members with no background, Leonhard Bernoulli was close to a legend. Some members even said that it was their lifelong wish to perform a mission with Lord Bernoulli.

Finally, Leonhard Bernoulli entered the training ground together with the knight’s mander, Bart, who had a hard face.

The quick-witted members had already noticed that something was unusual.

“Is something wrong?”

“There’s no way we could have done something wrong already…”

“Isn’t it because of the kid who drank and made a fuss then?”

It seemed that some of them stared at the member who got drunk and smashed the bar door at the Carpathia party.

“There’s no way the Lord could have e all the way here because of a…a moron like me!”

The drunken member waved his hand, but his suspicions were not removed.

Eventually, Bart opened his mouth slowly.

“I believe everyone will remember the border hunting contest.”

The members nodded in unison. How could they forget the tournament that made them Carpathia?

“But, due to our lack of ability, we couldn’t pletely wipe out the monsters in the border area. If that opportunity es again…”

Bart shut his mouth for a moment at the thunderous cheers.

“Yes, you guys are right. We will go back to the border.”

He pointed to the wizard with blonde hair and exceptionally large blue-gray eyes who had stood by Leonhard from the beginning.

“This is Lite Celine, who will take us to the border.”

A murmur broke out among the members. It wasn’t excitement and wele, it was a murmur filled with anxiety.

“What, what about the imperial wizards?”

“…This is what I say.”

Leonhard quietly stepped forward. In an instant, the murmur subsided, and the entire training ground became as quiet as a dead mouse.

“I don’t like speculation. I will be honest. His Highness Ricardo was against this mission.”

“….!”

Bart’s eyes widened.

Naturally, he intended to hide the Crown Prince’s objections to the end.

“Therefore, none of the wizards belonging to the Imperial Family are participating in this mission.”

Leonhard continued speaking calmly without changing his expression as the members looked increasingly startled.

“Instead, Lute Celine will do the movement magic. However, she is a beginner when it es to large-scale movement magic. Therefore…”

The cool eyes, similar to those of a wild beast, stared at the members one by one.

“She has to practice large-scale movement magic until she masters it. Of course, the target will be the parties involved who will go to the border area.”

If Bart had said the same thing, voices of discontent would have erupted throughout the training ground. However, it was Leonhard Bernoulli who spoke like a thunderbolt out of nowhere. The members were overwhelmed by the momentum and couldn’t move, only looking at each other’s eyes.

Neither Leonhard, Bart, nor Celine said a word and remained silent.

The pressure was on their side.

“…I will volunteer.”

Finally, one raised his hand.

“Me, too.”

“I volunteer, too!”

After a few people opened the door, it was easy from then on. In an instant, all the members became volunteers.

Leonhard sighed.

“I will make one thing clear. Those who do not want to go do not need to go. There won’t be any disadvantages. That’s something I’ve been discussing here with Commander Bart.”

There was silence for a moment, and then someone spoke out from among the members.

“…It’s okay. Unless that wizard over there cuts my body in half while practicing.”

It was a joke, but no one laughed. This was because there was an urban legend of a wizard who was inexperienced in movement magic, who moved only the upper body, and the moved person died instantly.

“I promise. It’s not going to happen.”

Celine tried to laugh it off though her expression hardened. Of course, she wouldn’t kill anyone, but there was a point.

Before ing here, she practiced dozens or hundreds of times with Leonhard. At first, it continued to fall in the wrong place, but once she mastered it, there was no big problem in moving the two. The problem was that she had never tried to travel on a large scale or even long distances.

She wanted to practice long distances from the beginning, but Leonhard opposed it. The reason was that if she didn’t e back, she would keep the Paradiso Knights waiting.

In the end, she accepted it because she had no idea about movement magic either. However, the decision was because it was practically nothing more than preparing for a long-distance large-scale movement from a blank slate.

‘Would it be better to try long distances even if it was too much… No, let’s not be greedy.’

Celine shook her head.

No matter how far she went, if she couldn’t move on a large scale, it would be a disaster. Didn’t Leonhard say the same thing? Don’t worry about accuracy. After all, if she had traveled quite a few distances, she could try that much again.

“Lute, I think you can start.”

Commander Bart whispered cautiously.

Celine blinked her eyes.

“Uh… Where can I move them? First of all, we need to check if we can move this scale.”

“How about the entrance?”

“Good.”

Celine took out the magic stone containing the elaborate movement magic she had prepared for two days. A huge flow of magic burst out of the magic stone, and Celine, Leonhard, and all the Paradiso Knights disappeared from the training ground in an instant.

After a while.

Celine’s face turned pale blue.

‘…Something happened.’

They were all lying on unfamiliar grass. She did not know where this place was, but it was far from the entrance to the Paradiso Knight’s quarters.

Celine bit her lip.

‘…I wish it wasn’t far from the Imperial Capital.’

Suddenly, cheers echoed from all directions. Celine looked up puzzledly at Bart as he ran towards her with a big smile.

‘What…?’