Umarekawatta “Kensei” Wa Raku o Shitai

14. Future Things

At night - I was at a bar a short distance from the school.

Naturally, it was Remill, the Knights Commander, who summoned him.

In a face-to-face fashion, the two of us sit in a small private room.

"Captain, I'll make sure I'm underage, right?

"Haha, I know. I'm not gonna let you drink anything."

"Don't you just want a drink?"

"There's some of that, but this place is run by a man who belongs to the former Knights. It's convenient to rent a private room."

"Former knight...... are you still young? Let me tell you more about it."

"I didn't call you to talk about your future design. It's about her now."

With that said, Remill carries the wine in the glass into his mouth.

If you're going to talk about work, don't drink it, I just want to say - I can't get into it all the time because that's who I was originally.

"First of all, we succeeded in getting you close."

"I hear that. What do you mean, you went to school to escort Miss Illis?

"So it was the easiest thing to do. Actually, it's an escort sent to the Knights, so what if they say no?

"As far as I can tell, she's attracted to your strength. Isn't that right? I don't even think I hate that much... no way"

So Remill narrows his eyes and looks at me like he realizes something.

"I'm guessing you're not going to train Miss Iris even harder and make her stronger so you don't have to fight, are you?

"Haha, no way. I'm a knight, too, right?

- To be honest, it's not wrong.

I think that if Illis gets stronger, that will reduce my burden.

Although, of course, it also means that Ilis himself is strong enough to protect himself by being even stronger.

"More than that, Captain. What happened to the assassins yesterday today?"

"I'm sorry about what happened to this one. Well, I sent you to prepare for this. What's going on with the protection now?

"Around the school today, we set up a" Connection ". I'll be far enough away in time. [M] And instead of teaching Mr. Iris the sword, I gave him the amulet as a testament."

Amulet?

"It's a amulet that tells you where you are. These are the most hateful types, because we can't lose sight of ourselves."

"Oh, the magic of detection. Then it would be easier to do magic directly to the person."

"Mr. Iris will do just fine."

We need to know where Iris is at all times.

A regular escort would be fine if he stayed by my side, but this time he's laying low on who I am.

So I needed to know where Iris was all the time while I was beside him.

Now, we know she's in the girls' dorm.

"Well, I know that in the future, when you contact me, you'll often come directly to me, but you can represent me, right?

"It's an important project. I've decided to go directly."

Remill drinks again, saying so.

It's still the occasional scratches that just seem to be here to skip.

"I'll leave that to the head of the regiment. What about the assassins?

"Oh, the four assassins you killed. The three belonged to the same organization. It was quite famous, and they were always arranged. That's my prospective man to take control of them lightly."

"Don't flatter me, it's a fourth person."

"It's not a compliment...... okay." Swordsmen "Azma Klee - They say he is a swordsmen who are said to be unbeaten in the East. There are not many people who have slaughtered and killed on the battlefield. You're more of a legitimate killer than an assassin. There's also a bounty on it."

"Bounty......!?

"Not in this country. Don't react to gold, to gold."

"... Really?"

If I get a bounty, what a knight I am. Seriously. Although I think about it.

A legitimate killer - what a strange but decent expression.

Killing to fight a strong opponent, I guess that's what Azma was.

I might be able to understand a little bit of that feeling.

(Well, don't you need to understand what it's like to be a killer? It's not you that matters)

"I took care of Azma, but is there any chance that the swordsmen are coming to this country?

"Right there. I didn't say it because it's still a stage of possibility... but I should have told him this was coming. There is information that the swordsmen have come to this king's capital."

"Tell me about it quickly…"

"There were more enemies, just in terms of possibilities - there was a raid when we were going to squeeze the information. It's a lot easier to move if you just find out they're swordsmen."

"That would be, but you're going to look for it in man-made sea tactics?

"It's the mountains that want to do that. I don't care, they're the ones. Knights often risk their lives, but they can't even let me let my men die in vain. That's where a handful of elites are."

"A few elite...?

Remill's words put me in the neck. [M]

You're not referring to me as a minority sharp.

"Oh, we've already started a search. I'm not going to do anything behind my back this time."

That's what Remill says and carries the liquor into his mouth again.

He's a man who doesn't fight with no prospect of winning.

I will protect Iris, and in the meantime I will identify who will be after Iris, and the swordsmen will deal with him as well.

(I wish I could do that...)

"Phew, don't worry. You're my chosen knight, aren't you? Especially since you're still young and powerful, and you're on this mission."

"The Ethereal Sword... formerly famous as the youngest knight or something"

"Ha ha, you've taken a stand. He's a strong enough man. You will continue to escort Miss Illis."

"Copy that. I'll do my best."