Chapter 64

Chapter 64

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Chapter 64

"..."

An awful silence lingered.

Moments later, from the frozen crowd, Thais Yulman, who had been silent until now, burst out laughing for the first time.

"Hahaha! My goodness. The last time I saw something this ridiculous was eight years ago, when some fool vowed to create a spell that would force a monster to dance until it died of exhaustion!"

Shortly thereafter, as if caught up in his laughter, Yuder's comrades also began to chuckle, one by one.

"Hahaha... hahahahaha!"

Amidst the sea of laughter, Kiolle's fellow knights hurriedly helped him to his feet. Kiolle had fainted, his head hanging low.

They disappeared without a word, as if marching away in formation. It was a humorous sight, hardly befitting the reputedly most beautiful and honorable knights of the continent - the Imperial Knights of the Orr Empire.

"Yuder, how on earth did you do it? We thought you could only use fire and water!"

"Think of it as my own progress, just as you've progressed."

"Is it something to talk about so easily, having one more element you can use?"

Amid the unending laughter, Yuder, conversing calmly with the redhead, turned his gaze toward Alik. Alik, feeling as if his thoughts were being pierced by those eyes, nervously stammered.

"Hello. Do you, uh, remember us? You only met my master, to be precise......"

"Yes. I remember."

Luckily, Yuder replied coolly.

"I heard you were looking for the Cavalry. You don't seem to be invited guests, so may I ask what your business is?"

"Ah, that's......"

Alik cast a resentful look at his master, who was still laughing heartily. It was about time for him to step in. But the master showed no signs of doing so.

"My master has something very important to say to Duke Peletta, which is why we came suddenly. But the road... uh, it was harder than we thought. Haha......"

"Yes. It is difficult."

A faint, cool smile flashed across Yuder's lips and then disappeared. He had noticed Alik cursing the knights who had ignored their request for help.

"Follow me. I'll guide you."

Alik was quite surprised, as he had thought Yuder wouldn't be so compliant in offering help. But Yuder had already turned and was striding ahead.

"Master, that man said he would guide us. Shall we go?"

Alik grabbed the arm of his master, who was laughing so hard that tears were starting to form, and followed behind him.

On the surface, they professed loyalty to the emperor alone, but behind the scenes, they colluded with various nobles and engaged in dirty dealings.

What the current emperor was thinking, one couldn't be sure, but Kishiar certainly couldn't trust them fully. Considering the risk of information leaking, it was much safer to win over a single archmage obsessed with magic research rather than entrust the palace mages. This likely played a part in his easy acceptance of Yuder's suggestion.

"Fine. Let's go down then. Let's see what kind of talent the Pearl Tower has sent us."

Kishiar rose from his seat. Yuder thought he would head straight out of the quarters, but surprisingly, he approached Yuder and peered closely at his face.

"...Commander?"

Yuder instinctively tensed and cautiously questioned.

"You seem to have had no time to wash your face after training. You're a mess."

He took out a handkerchief and wiped Yuder's cheeks and forehead. The fragrance emanating from the handkerchief made his back stiffen for a moment.

Yuder recognized Kishiar's slightly sharp body scent. It had been a faded memory in his mind for a long time. The sudden reality of the scent unsettled him.

"Please... stop."

"We're almost done anyway."

He turned his face to evade, but it was in vain. Kishiar, who followed him till the end and wiped up to his nose, put the handkerchief back in his pocket. His nonchalant behavior left Yuder speechless.

"You could just tell me to wash up. Why do this?"

"What's wrong with being kind?"

"Why are you putting the handkerchief back? It's dirty, you should leave it."

"Don't be so sensitive. I'm fine."

Kishiar laughed merrily and patted Yuder's shoulder. If anyone should act sensitively, it should be the noble Kishiar, not the commoner Yuder. Yuder deeply regretted not washing his face earlier.

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"You must have had a long journey. Thank you for coming."

Kishiar, who had descended to where the mages were with Yuder, cheerfully greeted first.

"Are you His Excellency, Duke Peletta?"

"Yes, indeed. However, here, my position as the commander of the Cavalry takes precedence, so please call me that."

Finally seeing Duke Peletta in person, Alik was stunned once by his beauty, as if witnessing the incarnation of the Sun God, and twice by his seemingly snaky smile.

'I heard he was a spendthrift, unintelligent, and impulsive, but what's with these rumors?'

Casually glancing to the side, he noticed no change in Thais's expression.

'Master is something. If you knew the rumors were wrong, you could have told me earlier!'

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