Knights, Let’s Smash Them

37 – What’s killing my kid! (1)

“Thank you for your hard work.”

A series of happenings is coming to an end.

The speed training of the Knights, which was supervised by Pirhak and Persuskaron, came to a certain end.

Befitting a person who once dreamed of becoming a weapon master, our dragon-bak, dyss*xual, Pyrhaq, analyzed each knight’s body shape and taught him the appropriate weapon technique.

Based on the experience and experience of living over hundreds of years, the Red Dragon Perthuscaron passed on know-how to the knights.

A man close to the pinnacle of adventurers, and a combat lesson directly taught by the extant Red Dragon.

No matter how much the Black Lion Knights are, they will never be able to receive such an education.

In fact, it is as if you have received an education that you would not have received even if you brought a thousand gold.

Of course, no one except me and Xianne know that she is a red dragon.

If you find out the identity later, you will surely open your mouth wide and be embarrassed.

“I was able to correct all of my postures and habits. Everyone has the same basic skills, so it was easy.”

Pirhaq smiled coolly and said to Xianne. She smiled proudly at the fact that her knights had been praised.

“Then, we are going to go back soon. Because the work in this town is finished.”

“Come to think of it, how did you two come?”

I originally visited because of the rare dragon buried under the gold mine, so it would have been irrelevant if I had left as soon as I brought Lucy.

They were the two people who had stayed until now at my request to guide the knights for a little while.

“He came to investigate the gold mine. Now that the culprit is gone, it’s time to go back to your original home.”

“I see.”

“So what was it in the end?”

At Barbara’s question, I paused for a moment before answering.

“An ancient curse. A terrible curse that turns men into gold.”

A deliberately heavy answer. Barbara’s face goes pale.

“Ahahahaha, it looks like our youngest knight is scared! Don’t worry too much Because my wife is also an accomplished wizard. She did it right away.”

Okay.

You are a wizard who is more powerful than most wizards.

Even a 6th-circle mage who is usually treated as a strong man with a bit of a kick can turn into a roast that is crispy on the outside and moist on the inside with a single Fire Dragon Breath.

You have to bring her at least 7 circles to rub her alone.

“Then…… It was fun for days.”

Pir Haq bowed his head and said goodbye to the knights.

“Thank you so much, Sir Pirhak. And I really don’t know how to express my gratitude to Fer…….”

“All right. I came to look for her husband and helped her.”

Persuscaron shrugged and shook his shoulders.

“You can come and play at Rupel Manor anytime. We, the Snow Leopard Knights, will welcome you wholeheartedly.”

“Yeah~ When the opportunity arises.”

It seemed that he liked it deep down. A person who would never say such a thing, even with empty words. No, he is not a dragon.

“Lucius!”

As Pirhak shouted, the blue wyvern sitting quietly behind spreads its wings.

Xian Ne, who was standing still, seemed to have had a young trauma in her Wyvern riding since the last Zero Two incident, so she stepped back in surprise.

As I giggled at the figure, a tingling stare shot me.

“Magician, if you want to fight tonight, will you keep playing?”

“Sorry.”

Well, now I’m doing counter fire like this and I’ve improved a lot.

In this way, Pyrhak and Persuskaron rode on the back of the wyvern.

It was a rare sight of a wyvern riding a dragon, but other people who had no way to know about it just waved their hands vigorously.

In the meantime, Pir Haq, who was about to slip his hand into Sister-in-law Per’s thigh subtly, was immediately hit by his sticky palm and withdrew his hand.

Crazy.

Now you’re just the two of us and you’re going crazy.

“Go in!”

“Let’s meet again! It was so good!!”

They grinned at us and in an instant soared into the sky.

As expected, a flying dragon.

I wish I had my own wyvern in the future.

A blue wyvern that disappears from sight in the blink of an eye.

It seemed like the shape of a red dragon could be seen through the clouds at that moment…… Maybe it’s because of the mood.

“Are we going back soon?”

After the farewell that was as fast as the meeting, vice-captain Emain Lua asked me.

It’s been almost a month since I left the capital Petalonto, so it was time to return to headquarters.

Because we can’t just focus on Tiffen Village forever.

“From now on, it’s all up to the discretion of the village chief.”

“Then, when are you planning to leave… ….”

“I don’t think there will be any problem if we leave tomorrow.”

“Okay. Then I will think about it and prepare for it.”

Still, there is still some work to be done.

It’s said to be at the discretion of the village chief, but I think we should talk about at least some direction.

Because I still have things to talk about with people who have just opened a kite here.

“Lubern Administrator!! Captain Xianne!!”

It was then that the voice of the village chief came from behind. I heard that even a tiger will come when I say it.

Did you come here to get an autograph from Pyrhak? Last time I listened to it, it seemed that this guy was a decent fan too.

I’m sorry.

However, as soon as I witnessed the expression on the village headman’s desperate expression, I intuited that his visit to me was not such a trivial matter.

“What is it?”

“Kirten Mexis! Baron Kirten has visited the village!”

Ah, that’s right.

The thing to come has finally come.

***

Baron Kirten Mexis.

He was a vassal who had served Count Rupel for generations, and was a kind of realm prince who currently ruled over part of the county by proxy.

Three years ago, when Count Rupel personally led the knights and participated in the great expedition.

The reason why the southern region, which was the most fertile and valuable land in the territory, was entrusted to him was because Baron Kirten was so competent.

-Please take good care of our territory and its people.

-I hope you will come back safely.

Baron Kirten obeyed his lord’s will and tried to make southern Rupel a territory comparable to other territories.

The effort has indeed paid off.

More than half of the crops produced in Rupel Manor were being produced in Baron Kirten.

It’s because they built a large city called ‘Monderto’, which will not lack in population even compared to the famous mining city Jahed or the capital, Petalonto.

The villagers, who at first showed aversion to the proxy lord, continued to follow Baron Kirten as soon as he produced tangible results.

However, a problem arose when Count Rupel returned from an expedition.

The Knights are annihilated.

There was virtually no income from the expedition, and rather, the price of the arms paid for the expedition was also faced with a situation where the price was reduced.

Even before the expedition was properly completed, it was a situation where he was forced to return after suffering serious damage.

After that, when the great expedition was over, Count Rupel did not receive much praise.

In the end, with the return of Count Rupel, the baron’s plan to escape from the position of the count and return to the count’s direct vassal was thwarted.

In order to save the ruined territory, the Baron Kirten that he rules had to grow even bigger.

It’s been two years since I’ve been living as the monarch of the baron territory with the excuse that I can’t help it.

The situation in Rupel Manor was getting worse and worse, and its dependence on Baron Kirten was increasing.

No matter how unavoidable it was, the officials and vassals who had been working on the Baron Kirten’s domain had no choice but to treat it with increasing dues every month.

Dissatisfaction turns into anger, and anger is on the verge of spreading in a ‘disquieting form that should never happen’.

The news from Count Rupel’s family has changed.

In the past, if the request was something like ‘I need to raise the tax a little more this time’, or something.

These days, the amount of tax is restored to its original state, and the frequency of requiring additional elements such as crops, ores, and weapons that have been requested has also decreased significantly.

Even recently, he even praised Kirten himself and his vassals for their hard work, saying that it was produced in the south.

Because wine in the south is treated as a very expensive luxury item in the north, even Baron Kirten himself wondered why.

In addition, rumors about a village where goblins and humans coexist naturally go straight to the ears of the neighboring Baron Kirten.

A place where elven minstrels play, the sound of a dwarven artisan’s hammer resonates, and a sparring battle between beastmen mercenaries and human wandering knights unfolds.

Isn’t it like a story that only appears in the fairy tales I read as a child?

I’m still concerned about the recent change in the news from the Count’s family, and I’m also curious about the rumor that a fairly famous administrative officer has been appointed.

Baron Kirten Mexis led his ‘people’ knights and reached Typhen Village.

By the way…….

“Baron! How many children and goblins are standing in the way?”

“What do you mean by that?”

The baron listened to the coachman’s nonsensical remarks and opened the carriage door.

“Huh.”

Isn’t it true that the children are blocking the road with the goblins?

Among them, the baron’s most striking child was a girl with gorgeous blonde hair.

“Hee hee I can’t go!!!”

What the hell is this?