182 < Chapter 32. My Sword (2) >

White and soft bread made with milk.

Boiled soup with unscented white mushrooms and sparkling water with soft strawberry broth.

And...

A bunch of red peppers baked in olive oil with chicken breast inside and beautifully baked, green peppers baked with dreamy eggs, red peppers baked in olive oil with rounded pork, and a bunch of green peppers that you can barely recognize because of occasional cabbage that looks like a salad.

After a quick glance at the table, Plants sighed in a clear voice.

"Again."

I've been getting more and more peppers every day.

To be precise, since the day after I became a rotten brother, I have gained a lot of hope. That day, Kalian didn't tell Chase what he was talking about, but put the pepper on the dinner table with a smile on his face. The chef, who thought the princes were crazy for strawberries, was clearly thinking he was crazy for peppers.

Anyway, this is...

"Oh my, my brother was my brother. But what can I do? Adults don't stop running. '

It is a diet.

Raleigh cautiously speaks to Plants, who barely feels like he's going to turn around and come back with me to his brother's stomach.

"Prince Kalian asked me to tell you that the schedule of the Count of Manasil makes it difficult for you to adjust your time and that you will leave without eating."

They don't even put up a menu like this.

"· · · · · · · · Try it."

He looks at the mumbling Plants with the same face of the king, who has been accused of ridicule from a lifelong enemy, and he speaks once again.

"If you don't mind, I'll clean it up and put up a new one, Prince."

Plants frowns slightly. It's because he knows he hates peppers.

I mean, I just hated being a pepper.

Unlike other foods that I disliked because it smelled a lot. That's how Calian plays with his diet.

"That's enough."

Raleigh, one year older than Randall, was responsible for Plants' acolytes in a situation somewhat similar to Jan's after Silica was finished.

It was quite famous that no one but Jan decided to serve as Calian's chief acolyte. The same was true of Lerick. Plants also found out that the only one who took up arms was Leek, in case he ever got caught up in anything with Brycen.

Moreover, he was the first of his acolytes to keep an eye on Plants and not report to anyone else. So I didn't intend to put in any effort for one taste.

Plants, looking down at the table for a moment, opens his mouth again.

"Sit down."

"· · · · · · Yes?"

As he looks back at the everyday man, Raric, who doesn't understand much, Plants adds an explanation.

"Let's eat together."

A diet full of peppers.

How many sheep.

Plants once more looks at Raric, who is about to cry.

"If you don't want to."

"No, my prince! I don't hate it!"

Sitting in a chair, he asks if he doesn't want to, he sighs and sighs at Leek, who looks at him with an emotional expression.

Somehow, I thought there were more and more annoying people around me.

I don't know if you know that, but Lucy, who was occupying Plants' lap as always, lets out a hug.

* * *

It was a good day.

The sun itself shines brilliantly and the warm wind blows slightly.

A black and brown horse stops at the entrance to the Royal Forest of Cairys, and two men step out of the horse into the forest. It was Kalian and Kiri.

As the wind passes through the forest, you hear the sound of leaves crouching.

After returning the sword to Kiri, they fought almost always in these woods. There was a reason why Kyrie really liked this forest that resembled her or Calian, but the more Kyrie's skill increased, the narrower the training ground became around her.

While we were going to the exact spot where the sword would be perfect to fight without having to think about other people's eyes, Kiri continued to think about what had happened a while ago.

- It's not my shield anymore.

Kalian's sword.

Of course, it's always been a dream, and I've been trying to be one. But I didn't expect a sudden story about being a knight.

That's why he didn't really like or appreciate the idea that he was going to be knighted. I just sat there with a frown on my face and followed Kalian out.

"My prince."

After a long time, Kiri calls out to Calian with a cautious voice. After Calian turns his head and looks at Kiri, Kiri opens his mouth again.

"It'll be hard to take care of the prince when I become a knight. because the princes can't have a guardian."

After hearing it, Kalian gives a light voice, saying that there is nothing wrong with him.

"You made it useless anyway. I'm the only one with an escort right now."

It's not Kalian, but there are still guardians by Plantor Randel. Even if it was a Remain Knight, it was a Remain Knight. If Kiri acted as a guardian on their behalf, it wouldn't be a problem in particular.

"But I haven't done anything big enough to be a knight yet. It's not too late to drop it off after I've gained a bit of skill and qualifications."

I feel there are too many things I need to replace Calian's sword.

"You have to be a knight to build your skills. You can't learn from me forever, can you?"

There are clear limitations to growing alone.

Calian teaches with his sword almost every day, and sometimes fights Plants or Arsen, but that was not enough.

Once a wizard, the battle with Arsen was closer to learning how to cope with all sorts of situations than to master swordsmanship. And with Plants, Kyrie is taking a step forward, so it was difficult to help Kyrie improve. More like hiding your life from your opponent or improving your resilience.

Therefore, it was also necessary to face the swords of many others, but it was difficult to obtain such opportunities based on their current position. In the "past" there were the Knights of Bern and they were hanging out with the Knights of Kiri.

"No matter how good you are with a sword, you're just a servant to them. Not everyone in the world is like my brother."

As Arsen explained a moment ago, Kyrie had to be in the same position to compare her skills equally with other knights. Prince Plants, who is learning the sword without caring about his identity, would be rather odd.

The Khalian who told this story pointed to his red eyes.

"Kirrie. There are many people who value what they see. I don't want to see your ratings change because of that."

So it is clear that we need to take what is visible, just as Remain took over the Earl of Allen at the dinner in his fancy clothes.

"I don't know why, Prince. But it's still too early. Besides, if His Highness grants you the position..."

Kyrie is blurry as she talks so far.

"Ah."

You make a sound as if Callian has noticed something. That's why we've now discovered the real reason why Kiri isn't pleased with his decision.

"It's the pledge of allegiance. Kirrier."

"· · · · · · · Yes."

Kiri seems a little reluctant to hear Kalian's words.

If Remain gives himself the position of knight, the procedure for pledging allegiance before the knight will be omitted. Kiri hated that, so he kept making excuses.

Calian pauses and turns to Kiri. Then he raised his head slightly and looked at Kiri.

"I'm not taking it. I am."

Kiri told Bern, Bern swore an oath to Chase.

The knight shall kneel before him who will serve as Lord and pledge his allegiance. Asking permission for an oath to face death before the Lord.

- I'll allow it.

"I don't think I'll allow it this time."

It is certainly a sacred, noble, and most important ritual and procedure for Kiri who cannot remember his past, but he nevertheless seems unable to give a simple answer to allow it.

Kyrie's eyes settle quietly, appraising what one thing Calian wouldn't allow.

"Kirrie, I've had enough of the answers I've heard here."

By the time I told Kalian that the last thing he had seen was his back, everything was enough.

"You were already my sword that day. What more do we need?"

The moment I gave the sword back to Kiri was a vow to Kalian, Calian said.

Kiri hears that and smiles silently.

To Kiri, who was deaf than the others, even that quiet palace was always noisy. This place, which could be far away from such a place, was a break for Kiri.

I always loved the sound of water. The sound of a clear breeze. The sound of Kalian's little breath, inhaling and exhaling. I feel like there will be a pleasant sound in the sunset.

In such a good place, Kiri opened his mouth, pleased with everything.

"That's what Hina said one day. to help the prince until he dies of old age. I didn't really know how important it was, but I finally understood why Hina called me an idiot."

In fact, I told Kiri and Calian that he was stupid, but I couldn't tell them about it.

Anyway, Kiri is fortunate enough to face Kalian properly.

In the middle of the forest, it was like it had crushed and cut down in the hearts of Kalian and Kiri and set Kalian on the burning ruins.

"I haven't fully memorized my vows to be a knight yet."

And I knelt quietly in front of him.

On the blackened ground, in front of Calian, you kneel.

"Kirrie."

"But I have something to tell you."

Kiri, who stopped Kalian, said: Calian silently shuts up and looks down at Kiri.

- I don't want to say hello like everyone else.

Whatever it was, it was Kiri who listened to all of Kalian's words, but I didn't want to hear just Kalian say no to the pledge of allegiance. That's why I was so stubborn.

- I will take the sword and carry the shield on your behalf. I will die for you.

They all say the same thing about the other knights.

- I think I just have to tell you the truth.

Calian smiles silently as he recalls one more day.

- Just say you don't want to remember.

- All I have to do is say what I want to say, even without the rhetoric.

Kiri will never know.

That he had already taken a vow of silence at that time.

Seeing Calian thinking about that day, Kiri opens her mouth again. This time, I started making promises.

But it was a very different promise.

"I'll give you a hug or catch you if you get drunk again. I will be strong enough not to have to go ahead alone. I will be strong enough not to have to worry and protect you."

Don't be so charming about the knights who have learned so much from watching. I quietly put down my promises to Kiri in front of Calian.

"I'll protect you, so you won't be left alone, and I won't forget you."

That was Kiri's oath.

Calian looks down at Kiri and shuts his eyes for a moment, as he promises. I smiled small with my eyes closed.

It's a better word than that.

"· · · · · · · Yes."

The sound of laughter, and the sound of a small inhale and exhale, are heard again. He listens to the little sound of Kiri, who doesn't listen to any of Calian's words.

"I'll allow it."

Good day.

A day when the flowing water was clean and the sun was warm.

Kiri has become a knight of Kalian.