Became the Escort Knight That the Princesses Were Obsessed With

51. Knights of Light (5)

“Ha….”

‘I have to be in the same space as the first princess of the empire for the next two hours.’

I glanced at the princess sitting on the bed and wearing her monocle.

She blinks her beautiful platinum colored eyelids.

Blue eyes full of knowledge read ‘Balderian’s 50 Strategies’.

A bedroom filled with complex textbooks like the books she reads.

I looked around for something to relieve my boredom.

Then, suddenly, an old chessboard placed in a corner of a bookshelf caught my eye.

‘I thought you weren’t interested in games at all….’

I slowly got up and picked up the chessboard.

“It seems like Her Majesty the Princess also enjoys entertainment?”

At that question, Leah turned her head.

She responded indifferently to me as she returned with a chess board.

“I don’t particularly enjoy chess.”

“Is that so? Nevertheless, you dare to occupy the princess’s bedroom.”

I put the chessboard on the table and blew on it with my mouth.

The dust that had accumulated during that time fluttered into the air and sparkled like jewels.

“I couldn’t throw it away. “It was the first and last gift my father gave me.”

Leah closed the book she was reading. She

And she raised her body, sticking her legs out of the blanket.

Thanks to this, the princess’s smooth and long legs were revealed.

“I dared to touch such a precious item. I’m sorry.”

When I apologized, Leah shook her head.

She said, gently placing her fingers on her chessboard.

“It’s okay, you won’t even remember that I gave it to you. “This is probably something that was recommended to me by my subordinates and was just thrown to me.”

Leah smiled bitterly and rubbed her chessboard.

I had a mixed look at the princess.

She knew long ago that her Emperor was indifferent to his children.

In fact, only three foreign queens were married to him.

Excluding Crown Prince Leon, Leia, and Lydia, there are two more young members of the royal family.

Irina is excluded because her mother is a commoner.

If you show favoritism to one person in this situation, conflict will inevitably arise.

Therefore, she was unable to easily express her affection to Leah.

“….”

She grew up without being loved by her parents.

Perhaps the princesses and I have something in common in this area.

“It’s a shame, I was going to offer you a game of chess.”

I smiled and picked up the chessboard.

And I tried to return it to its original place.

“I’m not particularly interested in tactics. “It’s easier to spend time here than reading.”

As I spoke in an easy-going manner, Leah chuckled as if my expression was amusing.

A knight’s lack of interest in tactics is like a student telling the principal that he doesn’t like studying.

“A knight….”

1 The princess picked up the knight placed on her table.

And she said with an eerie look in her eyes.

“Do you think I am a close friend, not a member of the royal family?”

“Is that possible? “She did not dare to tell a lie to Her Majesty the Princess, so she only spoke honestly.”

Rather, it means that the other person is Leah, so she can’t lie.

At those words, the 1st princess began to laugh beyond her shyness.

“It’s really amazing – how can a man like this fox be a commoner?”

“I will take this as a compliment.”

“hehehe… Yes, that’s a compliment.”

Leah wiped her eyes with her fingers.

She nodded and said that for the first time in a long time she smiled heartily.

“Since you made me have fun, I’ll let you hang out with me for at least a game.”

I put her chessboard back on the table as if I had been waiting.

And he even kindly set up the princess’s chess pieces for her.

Leah rested her chin on my busy hands and looked down.

“Instead, shall we make a bet?”

“You mean a bet?”

“Yes, I personally hang out with you, so it should have that much weight.”

I raised the corners of my mouth sheepishly.

And then he faced the princess with a relaxed expression.

“Good. “What are the betting conditions?”

“Well, something like granting a common wish?”

Leah indifferently dismissed her strong conditions, pretending not to be interested.

I nodded at her.

“Good.”

“You feel confident?”

“Yes, there is no way the First Princess of the Empire would give such a mean order as committing suicide or changing her affiliation.”

This is me turning off the safety device in advance.

Leah raised the corners of her mouth at that sight.

“You’ve put quite a bit of thought into it, but I’ll give you an appropriate order, so you’d better be prepared.”

Blue eyes full of knowledge penetrate me.

I responded by telling him to leisurely penetrate it with my thumb.

“I’m sure you won’t be easy on me either. “He was the top chess player at the orphanage.”

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At those words, Leah put a smile on her face and advanced her phone.

￣￣￣.

In the quiet princess’s bedroom, only the sound of her moving chess pieces resonates.

There, a mere commoner knight and the princess, the empire’s greatest strategist, were engaged in a secret struggle.

I, the knight among them, put my hand on my chin.

And then he glanced up at Leah with sharp eyes.

Lea Baudouin Andalusia.

She is smart enough to command the Strategic Department in the Empire.

However, she said she hates chess.

I knew I would have an advantage since there were probably very few enemies.

However, surprisingly, the princess’s skills were better than expected.

A lot of strategic knowledge accumulated over the years.

She was using her knowledge and sense to make up for her lack of skills.

“What are you doing, don’t leave it quickly?”

The princess leisurely crossed her arms alone.

So, I decided to change my strategy.

If she tries to sway me with extraordinary measures.

I will also respond with a proposal that cannot come from a mere knight.

“Anyway… “When we caught the warlocks earlier.”

I stretched out my phone.

And while the princess was concentrating on the phone, she quietly asked a question.

“The skills of the Knights of Light were truly amazing. “I was impressed by their ability to carry out the plan I told them to in one go.”

The princess didn’t really react to my words.

She just looked down at the phone I had advanced and continued to think.

“Well, since they were selected as the best cadets in each class, it had to be that way.”

She responds calmly.

I threw the following comment I had prepared to pierce her composure.

“However, compared to the crown prince’s army, which was selected only from the best on the continent, regardless of the number of flags… “It might still be difficult.”

At those words, the corners of Leah’s mouth stiffened.

Soon the princess tucks her hair over her ears and looks up at me with her stern look.

“What do you want to say?”

The timing when her concentration was distributed to me.

I gently checked with the bishop and asked the princess’s king.

“Are you going to compete for the throne with His Highness the Crown Prince?”

One move and her king dies and the game is over.

That’s why Leah moved her king.

And he responds with a blank expression.

“It looks like you’re quite interested in the royal family’s secret struggles?”

“I’m sorry, you dared to ask about a major national topic when it was just a topic for an article.”

She bowed her head and apologized.

“This time, I will treat you with appropriate money and ask you again.”

I lowered my head and looked at the chessboard, looking for a way to stab the princess’s king again.

“The Crown Prince and First Empress plan to collude with the Northern Grand Duke and tear the empire apart.”

This time, she moved her rook and attacked Leia’s King again.

“Your Majesty Leia, do you intend to stand on their side? Or not… “

Next, I asked the essential question I wanted to ask.

“Are you planning to punish those who have turned traitorous?”

The first princess finally took her gaze off the chessboard.

She looked at me coldly as I asked about the foundation of the empire on the mere topic of the National Guard.

“I knew long ago what my brother and her mother were doing.”

“Are you saying you were just watching even though you knew?”

Leia flipped her hair to the side, covering one of her eyes.

After that, she lowered her gaze to the chessboard again and answered calmly.

“I have no particular affection for this empire. Even if they disband this country, I plan to remain independent with my own forces, check.”

Leah focused only on the attack and then attacked my exposed king in reverse.

I responded skillfully and countered.

“So the people who have taken care of you so far were just trying to appease public sentiment?”

The princess moved the queen this time.

“There is nothing for the people to suffer. “It’s just a fight between superiors.”

The chess pieces spread here and there due to her counterattack.

Thanks to this, Leah completely escaped my siege.

“Rather, it is beneficial at the national level because the purge will reduce the upper class that has been eating away at the country.”

Leah crossed her arms alone, as if she now had her chance.

I asked back with a serious expression.

“If you leave them unattended, the blade will eventually come back to Her Highness, the second-in-command. “There’s no law preventing people who have betrayed the emperor from attacking Leah, right?”

I know this through memories of my past life.

Leah doesn’t have a good relationship with her mother and her brother.

The reason the princess is not on the same boat as them and is trying to establish a separate independent country is because they do not trust each other.

“So, does this mean I must go against my relatives for an uncertain future?”

“I’m sorry if it sounded that way.”

I bowed my head and apologized so as not to make the princess feel bad.

However, Leah shook her head and said it was okay.

And as if my suggestion was interesting, he asked with his blue eyes sparkling.

“According to what you said. It sounds like he wants me to form an alliance with other members of the royal family who are less related than my brother….”

She immediately realized my purpose.

She asked leisurely, waiting for the next move.

“What do I have to gain by doing that?”

I answered that question by moving my phone.

“Is there anything else you want?”

Leia placed her fist to her lips and lost herself in her thoughts.

Then, as if she had an interesting idea, she smiled and said.

“Well… “I don’t think a loyal, strong, and sly knight would be a bad thing.”

“Yes… ?”

“Ah, check. “You’re dangerous.”

She uses the method I used a little while ago and gives it back to me.

She leisurely pointed her finger at her chessboard.

“Hmm… “I’m not doing this without some belief.”

Only then did I take out the Imperial Chancellor’s royal decree that I had hidden in her arms.

It was the land permit he presented to me, asking for help.

“The Prime Minister wants to stop their actions.”

I briefly showed her the document.

“I believe Your Highness knows that there are many members of the upper class who support him.”

Leah took her permission slip with an interested expression on her face. She

And she checked the Prime Minister’s handwriting, and she peeked her eyes out between the papers.

“You know, all the nobles who believe in Mosian are just pawns.”

I shook my head at her words.

She said, pressuring the princess’s king with the pawns she had advanced so far.

“However, if the pawns come together, they can capture the king.”

Leah pursed her lips at her words.

She swallowed deeply as she saw the soldiers strangling her life from here and there.

“It’s a check.”

No matter how you look at it, there is absolutely no way out of it.

In response, she pursed her lips.

She has only ever tried to dominate someone throughout her life.

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Even the books I liked to read treated her articles like slaves.

When she was on the verge of being defeated by her commoner knight, her face began to turn red.

The candle lit in the room flickers.

By now, almost all of the candle wax had melted and turned into a lump.

“This… Too much time has passed. If this continues, the world will find out that I was in Leah’s bedroom.”

I said while touching my fully healed back.

Then, Leah backed her own King into her corner with a disapproving look on her face.

You can survive right now, but you will definitely die on the next move.

Even though she was still not good at chess, she definitely knew.

“….”

The princess’s pale face glowed like a candle.

Leah pursed her lips to hide her internal grumbling.

She then asked me with a calm expression that she had never shown before.

“Is it really true that you were first in the orphanage?”

I smiled brightly at that question.

“Yes.”

And she answered by looking towards the north, where the nursery would be.

“However, the number of people in the orphanage was over 100.”

It means being number one among 100 people your age.

Is it because I missed that word?

Leah took off her monocle, saying she was fooled by my pun.

She then cupped her face with one of her hands and looked at me with a sullen expression.