Chapter 22

Episode 22:

I felt stinging gaze.

Even if I tried to ignore it, it was hard to ignore because it was so blatant.

When I turned my head and looked to the side, I saw the knights quickly turning their heads.

‘Did I get off for no reason?’

Han got off the carriage because he was frustrated.

I stayed in the carriage all day.

No matter how easy it was to go, it was embarrassing to stay still without any movement.

However, the sofa in the carriage was not soft.

Since it was just a few layers of leather, it was very hard.

Plus, the mountain path was so rough that my buttocks hurt.

I was worried that my back would become stiff and I would end up pooping.

So I got off. Since it moved slowly to begin with, there wasn’t much difference between walking and riding a carriage.

I wanted to relax a bit and look at the surrounding scenery.

I was trying to take some time off.

‘What on earth is this?’

Just by turning my head, I could feel the warm gaze.

However, it was never a good thing.

It was a look in their eyes that deeply resented me for being negative.

So even if I tried not to pay attention to it, I couldn’t help but notice it.

Still, I tried to ignore it at first.

I’ve seen looks like that not once or twice.

Because most people in the mansion looked at me like that.

Even when I passed by, he felt uncomfortable and his face became tense just by looking at my face.

I was that kind of person within the count family.

A being that you don’t want to see.

But I thought that perspective would have changed a lot after this banquet.

“why.”

“….”

Even when I spoke, the knights did not respond.

He just glanced at me and then turned his head.

Ha… I keep losing my temper.

‘There is no one to stop them.’

Unlike the mansion where the knight commander, the surrounding gaze, and the count are located, there is no one here.

It was me, Ellis, and the knight.

So, if you ignore what I say, there is no one to say anything.

‘But there’s no way to beat him.’

Only a day had passed since my conversation with the Count.

Imagine having such an in-depth conversation and now I’m hitting on the drivers.

I’m sure they will go back and curse me.

Raymond threw a punch for no reason…

Since I wasn’t there, I can’t make an excuse, and more than anything, I don’t want my reputation to be tarnished because of something like that.

And for some reason, I had a feeling that something had happened between them and me.

Specifically, between Raymond and them.

“Ellis.”

“Yes, master.”

When I got off the carriage, Ellis, who followed me, answered politely.

Beatrice Gunn also knows what happened between them and Raymond.

“Do you know why they do that?”

“yes.”

Ellis nodded.

When I looked at her and asked her to tell me, she glanced at the articles and opened her mouth.

“Master Raymond…”

The longer she continued, the more my head hurt.

A deep sigh came out from within, and he raised his hand and stroked his face.

When Raymond was living as a fool.

That time was nothing short of hell for the knights.

Once a day, Raymond visited the knights.

That never meant anything good.

An insult so severe that Ellis, who was watching Raymond’s atrocities from the side, frowned, came out of Raymond’s mouth.

When the knights were swinging their swords, people next to them would say that they were a disgrace to their family, saying that no one else could swing a sword like that.

When I was trying to rest for a while, they came to me knowing how I could sleep with such skills. If that’s the case, get out of the knighthood. What kind of knight are you? They

insulted and persecuted me, preventing me from resting or training.

Among them, the two knights next to me were particularly persecuted.

He even received insults that were unthinkable for a knight.

However, it wasn’t like the knights could be angry at Raymond.

As a knight of the family, how could he show his teeth to his master’s son?

I just continued to endure and endure.

What they learned was to ignore Raymond.

After listening to her until the end, I felt deeply upset.

I was angry not at the knights who glared at me and ignored me, but at Raymond’s past actions that somehow held me back.

Just how serious of an idiot he was and what he was thinking when he did such a thing.

‘Even if it were me, I wouldn’t like it. Rather, it’s even more amazing that you’re holding back like that.’

If it were me, I think they would have beaten me up in this place with no one around.

That’s how bad Raymond was.

“Ah… I don’t know.”

I was exhausted just listening to it.

“Let’s go in.”

“….”

Ellis lowered his head.

***

There is no magic gate in the academy. In order to operate a magic gate, a huge amount of mana or magic stones are required for one use.

It requires 50 gold coins to use and more to maintain it.

Even though it was said that the royal family supported it, it was not possible to install a magic gate because of the royal family’s support.

So, although it was cumbersome, I had to walk like I do now.

It takes 3 days to get from the Millennium House to the Academy.

If you ride like crazy on horseback, you can get there within two days.

I didn’t really want to go that hard and move.

And it didn’t seem like the knights would follow suit.

You already have a grudge against me, so maybe you want to go overboard with what I say?

So, I decided to take my time and move.

“….”

I was lying on the sofa with my eyes closed. Next to me, Ellis was talking about things he had learned before leaving for the academy.

I don’t know how she researched so much information, but it was true that I felt at ease thanks to her.

You don’t have to worry too much when you entrust work to her because she properly researches it every time you ask her to do something.

The content she brought this time was about Selina.

They said she was preparing to go somewhere, but I couldn’t find the location.

Well, that much was enough.

Because it wouldn’t be a bad thing for her to leave the family at this time.

Or rather, I should say I’m lucky.

‘That’s not the point.’

That wasn’t what mattered now.

It’s information, but if she’s by my side, I can know it at any time.

What I feel now is different.

I just closed my eyes.

The clattering carriage and the movement and breathing of the knights on horseback.

It all felt vivid.

They were aware of every movement of the knights in the noisy carriage on the rough forest road.

This cannot happen.

It came to me like a new world.

It was amazing.

As I closed my eyes and relied on my senses of hearing, smell, and touch, I was able to feel things I couldn’t normally feel.

It felt like I was looking at the world in the third person.

“hmm…?”

As I was giving myself over to that sensation, I felt a strange feeling.

An eerie yet creepy feeling.

“young master?”

I reflexively got up and grabbed the sword.

Ellis looked at me in confusion at my actions.

He put his index finger to her mouth to silence her and knocked on the wall where the coachman was.

“What’s going on?”

The coachman asked cautiously.

I’m trying to look as humble as possible so as not to offend my feelings.

I didn’t care about that or not and said to the driver.

“Stop.”

“…yes?”

“Stop the carriage.”

“ah. Yes yes!”

Hee hee hee!

At my words, the coachman hurriedly stopped the carriage.

“What is it?”

The knights approached him, frowning at him.

The coachman looked restlessly at me and the drivers in turn.

“Don’t come out inside.”

Ellis nodded blankly.

When I got off the carriage, the drivers looked at me with frowns.

Not only did I suddenly stop the carriage, but I also pulled out my sword, so you must be embarrassed and bewildered.

‘I guess I didn’t feel it.’

A rich life.

So many eyes staring at us.

If they had felt this, they wouldn’t have reacted like that.

He must have drawn his sword and guarded his surroundings like me.

“…!”

The faces of the knights who were looking at me blankly changed.

They also sensed my caution.

Although he looked surprised at me, he pulled out his sword and gained momentum.

A sharp force came out and spread out in all directions, avoiding Ellis.

An eccentric feat that is impossible without considerable training.

They trained while gritting their teeth after being scolded by Raymond.

And the result was what it is now.

“Oh my gosh, I got caught!”

“Hey. “How did you know?”

One by one, they started coming out of the bushes. All of them were large, rugged-looking men.

“Looking at you, I think you come from a fairly wealthy family. “As if you’re doing the right thing, give everything you have.”

“The knights over there, put down your swords. huh? “Unless you want to die.”

The bandits threaten, laughing frivolously.

A bandit who seemed to be a head taller than the other bandits, who were particularly large among large men, placed the ax he was holding on the ground loudly.

thud!

How heavy is it? I thought I put it down lightly, but it felt like the ground was shaking.

The energy radiating from that body was also formidable.

‘It’s more than I thought.’

I knew that bandits were grouped together, but I had no idea there were this many.

The number of bandits surrounding the carriage and party was at least thirty or more.

Moreover, the biggest bandit had a force that even knights found difficult to deal with.

If that guy attacks with that many people, even the lives of the knights cannot be guaranteed.

Perhaps that was why the knights seemed to hesitate slightly.

He looked at them, picked his ears, and said.

“Where does the dog bark? “You’re talking dirty.”

My words had a huge impact. The crowd suddenly became quiet.

“What now?”

The shy-looking guy stuttered.

Looks very embarrassed.

I gave him a sour look.

“No, not even a dog can do it. “It resembles goblin poop.”

“This profit!”

The guy’s face turned red.

No, it wasn’t just him. The faces of the bandits around him turned red and they flinched as if they were about to attack him at any moment.

“Huh… The young guy has quite the mouth.”

The huge bandit opens his mouth. At those words, the bandits around them became quiet.

Just by looking at it, one could tell what his position was among the bandits.

“I don’t think you know who I am. “I am Leonard!”

“omg!”

“Why the bloody ax…!”

The knights are astonished by his shout.

I was a little surprised too.

Leonard was a character that appeared in the original work as well.

As an extra who plays the main character. Still, it is notorious among merchants and has such strong inaction that even knights find it difficult to deal with.

Even if you didn’t attack the main character, you could survive if you whined.

It was clear that we couldn’t win with our full strength, but strangely it didn’t seem like we would lose.

Is it because I captured the Orc Warrior?

“I don’t think you know me either?”

“what?”

“You’re going to die anyway, so you don’t need to know my name.”

The bandits burst out laughing at my words.

The drivers looked at me like I was crazy.

The bandits’ laughter stopped and the bandit leader spoke.

“I heard you don’t know how scary the stupid goblin ogre is.”

“Why are you talking so long? Are you scared?”

“this guy!”

The bandit leader came running screaming.

The ground shook.

The knights rushed to me, but the guy’s ax swung at my head faster than them.

A situation where no one suspects my death.

Sigh.

The sword I held flashed and swung like a thunderbolt.

Tuk degurur.

The head of the bandit leader fell to the ground and his headless body fell next to me.

There was silence.

He swung his sword, brushed off the blood, and spoke to the knights.

“Why are you not doing your job?”

I smiled and looked at the knights.