Knight with Wand

The rough voice resounded in the quiet village. At such a close distance, in the courtyard wall of the big house in the old village not far away, the night guards instantly became commotion, and the sharp military whistle alarm immediately pierced Selva's heart. night sky.

"?" Seeing the shrill tenor shouted by the female poet opposite, Larian couldn't help but be stunned.

"Assassinate Madam? What Madam? Do you want to confuse right and wrong?" The knight errant realized the other party's plan and swung his sword in anger.

The poetess hummed and smiled, her whole figure trembling, then she raised the willow blade and rushed towards the knight with erratic steps like a phantom.

call--!

The gleaming blue long sword slashed diagonally, and the moonlight blade passed through the figure without any hindrance, as if it had stirred up a cloud of turbid ink.

The false figure dispersed into a large mass of black and purple miasma, covering his head in an instant.

Holding his breath, Larian retreated. The trajectory of the sword light instantly resembled a cross, and the gust of wind set off dispelled the fog of hypocrisy in front of him.

But when he looked again, there was no trace of the female poet.

The killing intent seemed to dissipate

Escaped?

Feeling that the opponent was slipperier than a loach, Larian suddenly frowned, secretly worried.

Afraid that the other party's feint would cause trouble for his companion and lover, he rushed towards the hotel to look for him.

".Assassin!? There is an assassin!?."

Almost at the same time as they heard the sudden call outside, in the courtyard of the big house, the guards immediately sent vigilant shouts to each other, and waves of searching footsteps spread rapidly around them.

The knight of the guard who stood in front of Lady Adelina's bedroom did not dare to hesitate at all. In view of the previous lessons in the castle, he did not take into account the taboo. He immediately used his strength to force open the door and rushed to the bedside to check the lady's face. situation.

"Madam! Madam!"

the knights of the guard shouted.

Adelina, who was awakened, raised her head from the pillow, rubbed her eyes, and looked at the imperial guard who broke into the bedroom without knowing why.

However, after noticing the movement downstairs, the Baroness understood the situation and did not blame the other party.

"Please protect me, Taigas."

"Don't worry, we will never let the villains get closer to you again."

Upstairs, there were guards with strong martial arts skills to guard him. Another knight who was sleeping downstairs, wearing single clothes, picked up the sword beside the pillow and rushed out of the bedroom with the blade drawn.

"Where is the assassin?"

"Lord Sambu! There is movement outside the yard!"

Knight Sambu, who was holding a long sword, immediately led the soldiers to search out, and soon found the direction where the previous shout came from.

The torch illuminated the entrance to the village road. Looking at the marks left by weapons and the flat low wall that had been chopped down, Knight Sambu lowered his light source and illuminated the deep boot prints on the mud. I immediately have a goal.

"Follow me in this direction and check out the hotel!"

Clinging to the outer wall, reaching out to grab the beams and gaps, Larian quickly grabbed the edge of the bed and jumped back into the room.

When he saw clearly Margarina sitting by the bed, he felt relieved.

Also, he knew that he was really worried and would be in trouble. If the female thief tried to return to the hotel along this way, she would be naked the whole time and there would be no way to avoid his pursuit.

Presumably, while the other party was hiding just now, he had already lurked in the darkness along the twists and turns of the residential alley, from an unknown direction.

"Larian! Are you injured? How are you?" Margarina ran over and asked in concern.

"I'm fine, but I didn't catch the female thief." As he said that, Larian looked out the window with a wry smile. The sound of torches and footsteps were getting closer and closer: "Maybe we'll get into trouble."

With luggage, carriages, and everyone accompanying him, he could no longer drag everyone away at this time.

Lying back in bed and pretending not to know?

Larian shook his head.

The previous dangerous fight left a lot of traces, and the female thief had a falsetto voice, so she made too many unnecessary cover-ups, which made it easy for people to suspect her.

Anyway, the frame-up by the female thief was just a hasty move, leaving a lot of loopholes. Just explain the process to the local guards. There is no need to cause a conflict as a last resort.

After asking Margarina to wait in Martha's common room, Larian woke up the attendant, and after giving a few instructions, he took the initiative to go downstairs and leave the hotel.

Standing on the road, he faced the local guards who came over.

"Who!"

Knight Sambu held the torch high and looked at the suspicious figure walking out of the hotel door from a distance.

"Larian, a knight errant passing through your land, are you the local guards? I happen to have a case that I accidentally broke into and need to report." Larian replied solemnly.

Just after returning to Selva and falling asleep, Leon was woken up by a rapid knock on the door from downstairs of the house.

After all, his house is just a private house built by a wealthy family. It is not very big. If you sleep on it, you can clearly hear any noise coming from downstairs.

Leon stood up and took his coat and put it on before the servant at home came up to report.

In the middle of the night, knocking on the door of the lord's residence at this time, it is definitely not someone who comes to have fun, there must be something important.

When he came to the door, he saw the little servant who was also awakened and was asking about the visitor through the door panel. Leon stepped forward and touched his head and opened the door.

The few people standing outside the door looked like they were guards in Madam Adelina's yard.

"Lord Pendragon! Lord Sambu has captured a suspicious stranger, who may be an assassin with evil intentions. He is leading people around the hotel, waiting for you to come over."

"Assassin? Why is it an assassin again?" Leon was stunned.

It is unknown which cub assassinated Kanis. He had just secretly taken the body with him to Selva, and it was still parked on the carriage in the backyard.

Why did another assassin pop out from nowhere? When did you stab the assassin's nest?

"I'll be there right away."

Leon turned around and ordered the servants to wake up the three guards who had returned from Longka and asked them to protect the house. Then he found a lantern and rushed to the east of the village with the soldiers.

When he hurriedly arrived at his hotel, he saw that Knight Sambu, who was responsible for protecting the Baroness, had soldiers cordoned off the entire building inside and out.

When I entered the door, I saw that the candle lights all around and on the ceiling were already lit in the hall. It seemed that all the guests had been awakened and gathered in the center of the tavern.

The scene was chaotic, the tavern proprietress and maids looked at the Farolis soldiers blankly.

Most of the guests who were awakened from their dreams were at a loss.

There was an exception. A disheveled man who looked like a drunken man lay on the ground and fell asleep soundly. He looked like he couldn't wake up from his sleep. He didn't know how much he drank.

Leon turned his eyes to the women with half-covered faces next to him. They were standing together, as if they were traveling together. At this moment, these women of different ages were looking uneasily at a handsome black-haired young man not far away.

The young man crossed his arms and kept saying something to Sambu.

Beside the young man, several Farolis soldiers surrounded him vigilantly. One soldier was holding a gorgeous long knife that obviously did not belong to a soldier. Perhaps it was the weapon removed from the opponent's body.

"Lord Leon."

Knight Sambu saw Lord Selva coming and quickly saluted the young senior knight.

Larian couldn't help but turn his head when he heard this title.

"Sir Sambu, your soldiers reported that there is an assassin? Where is it? Have you caught it?" Leon stepped forward and asked, looking at the strange young man who was obviously being guarded by Sambu.

"We heard someone screaming about assassins in the middle of the night, so we went out to search." Sambu briefly told the process of chasing them, and then raised his hand to signal the foreign youth in front of him.

".When I led people to the hotel to surround me, I met him. He claimed to be a knight errant from the Holy Court Kingdom 'Denesheen'. He said that he had seen a real assassin and fought against him, but I can’t believe it.”

"Are you Mr. Leon Pendragon?"

Larian saw that he failed to meet the knight lord during the day, so he also bowed and said: "My name is Larian. When I first arrived in Selva during the day, I visited your house, but at that time, I only saw the housekeeper. ”

"I heard that a knight from afar came to look for me, but I just returned to Selva this evening, and we happened to miss him." Leon stared at the young man with a calm expression, and then asked: "Look He doesn't look nervous. Is there any evidence that can clear away the suspicion? Based on Sir Sambu's description, we probably can't believe the self-defense of a man who was wandering around with a knife in the middle of the night."

Larian replied calmly: "As I just clarified to Mr. Sambu, the first call that alarmed the guards was made by the real assassin to get rid of my capture.

With a little investigation, you will know that the cry did not come from any of your guards, nor was it witnessed by the local villagers. If I were a gangster who intended to assassinate, could the cry be sent out to remind everyone? Of? "

Leon didn't know the details, so he had to look at Knight Sambu.

"Sir, I sent my men to check with other groups of guards and nearby villagers. So far, I have indeed not found the first person who shouted assassin." Sambu nodded.

Larian sighed: "Besides, whether you believe it or not, the assassin who shouted out the man's voice is a beautiful woman dressed as a bard, and she is a witch who knows magic.

The guests present, as well as the hotel owner and waiters, can all testify to the existence of the poetess. Didn't you also search all over the hotel and still not find her? She must have escaped during the night. "

"I still can't believe your words, a stranger. After all, we can't rule out the possibility that you killed the poetess and hid her body, and then fabricated a bizarre story to make us relax our vigilance." Sambu retorted dutifully.

"Lord Larian is an upright and kind-hearted good man! He protected us from harm all the way, so he wouldn't do such terrible and despicable things as you said!" The girl's angry defense suddenly came from the crowd.

Leon followed the sound and saw a petite figure among the group of women whose faces were half-covered in robes.

"Don't interrupt, Celie." Martha covered the mouth of the girl next to her, feeling helpless.

This child is the daughter of a Serian noble who was kidnapped to Kantadar. She has always been very stubborn. Because of this temperament, she suffered a lot at the hands of the terrifying black-robed wizard.

Margarina also silently hugged Celie and touched her head to calm the girl's anger.

Leon raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

Suddenly I felt a sense of déjà vu, and the misunderstanding of the foreigner's atmosphere seemed so familiar.

".Who are they?" Leon turned to Larian and asked.

The knight errant looked at his companions and was moved by the girl's defense.

But if possible, he really didn't want to involve the female family members entrusted by Master Gaoliard into trouble under such circumstances.

However, telling the intention now is indeed convenient for clarifying the origin of the identity.

"Entrusted by a benefactor, I am looking for a place for these homeless women. This trip is passing through your territory. I also heard about your integrity and kindness in the poems and songs, so I came to visit you not far away. ." Larian replied.

"My deeds?" Old Leon blushed and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed: "You're not talking about the "Knights of Selva" written by Goliad, are you?"

To be honest, when he heard the story adapted from a series of poems written by him, Azerion, and Lohark at Lady Adelina's aristocratic party, he was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig into the hole with his toes.

Not only did I not expect that the crooked poet actually wrote an excellent heroic poem praising them, but I also did not expect that the content of the story was so far from the facts.

For example, the fifty Kantadar cavalry who were clearly defeated and fled to Selva turned into five hundred cavalry who broke into the border to burn, kill and loot.

The leader, Baron Duson, also turned into a monster knight with the head of a snake and the body of a human body.

The process is even more ridiculous.

Olivia's deeds were not widely reported due to Brian Sr.'s original intention to hide them. Leon could also understand that the other party had no way of knowing, so it was normal that they were not mentioned in the story.

But the actual process of defeating the enemy changed from a gryphon suddenly attacking the remaining soldiers to three brave young knights, each fighting one for a hundred, killing the enemy, and he even rushed into the enemy formation and beheaded the snake-headed monster. head.

No wonder he got the nickname Snake Slayer.

It was so shameful. Leon swore that he would remind the perverted poet face to face if he had the chance:

The joke is not nonsense! Adaptation cannot be random!

But it’s also strange that that guy didn’t know where he knew the deeds of the three of them. Before his poem was written, Selva’s story was not well-known. After the thorn collar, who knew what happened in a small rural place?

Just because he was meddling in his own business and saved him once in Dragonmaw City, he made a special trip to the Thorn Flower Collar, right?

But that's not right. He was released from prison in Dragon Throat City and appeared in the Western Port, thousands of miles away, almost at the same time as his group.

Where did the poet find the time to go to Farolis' territory to collect stories? Could it be that it was written after coming to Kossos County for investigation after visiting Western Port?

What's more wrong, he escaped from danger and returned to the thorn collar, and already learned about the spread of the poetry story at the castle banquet.

If it had been written later, it would have spread too quickly.

Could that perverted poet not be able to fly?

"Lord Leon." Elena's voice came from outside the door.

Leon looked back.

Ms. Elena, who has now become the de facto housekeeper of her own house and territory, quickly walked into the tavern through the soldiers blocking the hotel under the protection of Guard Hawk.

"Madam, why are you here?" Leon asked.

"I see that you are leaving in a hurry. You are bringing the sword that you said you would need a craftsman to repair. I'm afraid you need to use the sword." Elena handed over the long sword in her hand.

Leon nodded and thanked him. He was indeed used to it. When he came over, he easily put the battle-damaged sword on the shelf that had been severely worn in the fighting to his waist.

After changing his sword, he was about to continue questioning Larian in front of him.

But among the crowd, Martha looked at the familiar face and couldn't help but call tentatively: "Elena? Is that you?? Elena!"

Martha was afraid that she might have misjudged him because of the dim candlelight, but except for the fact that the other party's clothes were simpler than those of the man in black robe, and his complexion was more energetic than that of the man in black robe.

This voice, this tone, and this appearance. It’s unmistakable!

Celie, who was held in Miss Margarina's arms, also opened her eyes wide: "Sister Elena!?"

Elena heard a familiar voice and looked over with her blue eyes in astonishment: "Is this voice Martha? Celie?!"

Leon couldn't help but stop talking to Larian.

The two looked left and right at the female relatives who suddenly recognized each other.

Everyone is confused.

".acquaintance?"