Became the Escort Knight That the Princesses Were Obsessed With

76. Family Reorganization (1)

Camila signs Irina’s contract.

She returned to her office in her carriage.

“Ugh… !”

He looked quite angry the entire time he was walking down the hallway.

Everyone passing by was frightened by her appearance, called a hero and slayer of the Southern Front.

Kwaang-!!

The office door was closed violently.

The chandelier hanging from the ceiling also shook slightly due to the impact.

“I’m really annoyed… !”

Camilla took a deep breath.

Afterwards, she plopped down on a fancy leather chair.

“Are you stressed out by those paratroopers at Subangsa again?”

The voice of a female assistant heard from the corner of the office.

Camilla turned her head with a tired expression as if responding to the voice.

Then she looked at her subordinate, Tilda, who was taking notes at her desk in the corner.

A long-black haired woman wearing glasses and a white uniform.

She was a comrade in arms with her vice-captain since the days of the Southern Front.

“No… If it were that kind of problem, I wouldn’t have been so angry…. “If you educate yourself, that’s enough.”

Camilla stuck her face to her desk.

Thanks to this, her soft cheek stuck to her desk.

“So, what was the problem this time?” .”

The aide stood up from his seat.

Then, she poured some hot tea for her vice-captain, her friend and superior.

“There’s one guy I don’t like.”

Tilda glanced at the photo of Veil on Camilla’s desk.

“You must be a very talented person to have ranked first in sparring in the 80th class.”

“Yes, and I actually lost to that bastard.”

Geomseong, just 20 years old, muttered in a weak voice.

Then, the female secretary next to her was startled.

“Yes? Camilla lost?!”

Tilda, who knew long ago that she had reached the level of a sword master, could not believe the news of her defeat.

“Yes….”

The vice-captain raised his head.

And then, he furrowed his eyebrows as if recalling the moment of sparring.

“It was really strong….”

Golden mana that was identical to that of her own swordsmanship master, the Imperial Knight Commander.

In addition, he makes leisurely and skillful movements that seem to read every attack.

When I thought about it, even though the difference in level was clearly revealed, I just avoided it like it was a child’s game.

“Wait a minute… Could it be that he’s been playing with me this whole time?”

Camilla got up from her desk.

And then, with her hands on her waist, she huffed.

“Insolent guy….”

Even though we were clearly the same age, the atmosphere felt strangely older.

She was quite displeased with the way he treated her like a girl.

“You seem upset.”

“Of course. “You’re playing with your boss, you want to immediately put a stop to staying out overnight?”

Tilda looked with interest at the vice-captain, whose emotions were unusually strong.

Then, as if something occurred to her, she clasped her hands together.

“Hmm – quite interesting, huh?”

“What?”

Camilla looked at her aide with an annoyed expression on her face.

Then, Tilda spoke to the vice-captain with a strange expression.

“Yes, we talked about ideal types on the southern front before.”

Ideal type.

The 20-year-old woman looked embarrassed at the embarrassing words.

“Why is that story coming out all of a sudden?”

Tilda covered her lips with her hand.

She then opened her eyes thinly and hummed.

“I just remembered-.”

The aide approached behind the vice-captain’s chair.

And then, she whispered softly.

“You said before that your ideal type is a man who is ‘stronger’ than you.”

Camilla was startled by those words.

And she hurriedly looked up at her friend and subordinate.

“That’s… “I just said something roughly because you kept asking!”

“Oh, really? “At that time, she clearly spoke seriously.”

Camilla had no comrades on the front line who could trust and have each other’s backs. She

Rather, she only protected even the biggest men.

That’s why she wasn’t interested in anyone.

The opponent I met during the day was truly overwhelmingly strong.

Enough that we can trust and fight together.

But.

Is it because of the joke I got into today?

“That’s true, but that kind of bully is excluded!”

Even though she said he was definitely a man close to her ideal type, she vehemently denied it.

“What I like is the strong, dependable type. Okay?”

The boss looks quite excited.

Tilda raised the corner of her mouth for a moment at that sight.

“Hmm- Then I guess the guy I saw today wasn’t the dependable type. Check.”

It looks as if he is analyzing the veil.

Camilla shouted loudly at that sight.

“Stop teasing me. “Do you want me to arrest you for insulting your superiors too?”

“Okay-. “Why are you so excited?”

Camilla sighed deeply.

And then, she collapsed into her seat again.

Is it because I laid down on the soft seat?

Gradually, her mind and body became more stable and she took out her documents from the drawer.

She then began writing a report about her volunteer work on the weekend.

“Oh, and report this to the leader.”

“Huh? “Why are you doing volunteer work all of a sudden?”

In response to Tilda’s question, Camilla waved her hand as if she was annoyed.

“Just…” “I want to donate my talents.”

She turns her head to avoid her aide’s gaze.

It was as if her weakness had been caught and she was being called somewhere.

“Surely something happened?”

The aide looked at Camilla with worried eyes.

However, she hastily shook her head.

“No, we just sparred.”

She seemed to want to hide the fact that she was so angry at the moment that she damaged her property.

「―――.」

“Who will tell my story…” .”

Touching the back of her ear, she came out of the main office.

And alone, she quietly slipped away to the outer walls of the capital.

Because I decided to watch Ekina today.

She is receiving her instructions from the crown prince.

Since his orders were given today, she decided to report to me.

As if responding to this, I headed to the meeting place, Cornell.

As we have seen before, this was a relatively safe area from various spies, such as Leah’s intelligence network.

In addition, Margo decided to contact us right away if she saw any strange people around, so it was a perfect meeting place.

“You’re a little late.”

I wore a black robe over my head.

And then, with my back to my back, I walked leisurely through the streets of the shamans.

Starting with women wearing witch hats.

Even the men heading towards the back alleys, full of a strange energy.

This place, which the royal family would greatly dislike, was very comfortable for me.

Before Ekina arrived, I leisurely entered the elixir shop run by Mago.

And while she was sleeping, I took two of her best elixirs.

“When you wake up, give me this.”

I went to the counter and thrust the golden nugget at the employee.

In fact, it was a golden rose that Leah had given as a gift, but now it has been reduced to dust by Camilla’s blow.

‘It’s lost its value, so it doesn’t matter if I sell it…’ ?’

Elixir is a high-level elixir given to imperial knights only once a year.

However, because Cornell’s alchemists knew the elixir formula, they were able to produce it in a popular form.

The effect is not as great as the official elixir, but from the perspective of practicing it, this level is quite appreciable.

“….”

I shook the bottle in a shady alley.

And I waited for Ekina, looking at her purple waves.

Soon.

I could feel the intense mana level just before the Sword Master from afar.

“Is the leader of our Rehabilitation Knights here?”

I took down my black robe.

And then, I faced the vice-captain of the Red Flame who appeared from the gloomy shadows.

“Please don’t call me that….”

Ekina also lowered her robe.

Then, her rose-red and fresh hair fell over her shoulders.

“Camilla is already bothering me, so what’s going on this time?”

When I asked, Ekina took a deep breath.

Then, she began to unravel the information she had heard.

“Recently, information has been received that Prince Hakim, the eldest son of the Third Empress, is in collusion with the Crown Prince.”

Hakim.

It’s definitely a familiar name.

Vanessa’s eldest son and only sore finger.

Due to his naturally vicious and extravagant personality, he was demoted from his position as lord after two weeks.

And, he is a person who has lived his whole life resenting his mother and younger sister Lydia.

“He will disguise his soldiers as Eastern knights and commit assault on citizens.”

This is an incident I have never heard of.

In the past, five years ago, there was an incident where an eastern knight beat a citizen to death.

This triggered a riot, and Hakim rebelled against Lydia thanks to his own play.

Of course, the rebellion was brutally suppressed by the powerful military power of Lydia.

However, after this incident, public sentiment toward the 3rd princess plummeted.

This is exactly what the crown prince was aiming for.

If the people do not trust their ruler, they tend to turn to the side of their enemies.

Thanks to this, the crown prince was able to inflict a decisive blow on Purge Day when her imperial palace was destroyed.

‘It was an incident that I didn’t pay attention to at the time because it was Irina’s article….’

Echina looked up at me with curious eyes.

It was as if he had predicted all of this.

When she saw that expression, she asked me vaguely.

“If this operation is carried out, my innocent members will also be sacrificed.”

She knows the immense power of the Eastern Knights.

Clearly, she knew very well that her subordinates would also be sacrificed through this incident.

“How can we not stop it?”

Even though she was the crown prince’s henchman, she had an earnest look in her eyes that she wanted to protect her subordinates as much as she could as their leader.

I looked at those eyes silently.

And then, I thought for a moment about the Third Princess, who would soon face disaster.

“….”

Lydia.

Although I did not follow him in my previous life, I had the opportunity to meet him several times in this life.

Thanks to this, I got to know a little bit about what kind of person she is.

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Her goal was to become a powerful monarch like her father, His Majesty the Emperor.

And, the ‘strong monarch’ was not simply a person with strong military power and charisma.

Comforting a child who spilled a drink on him.

He also lowered his flag from her carriage for her convenience.

We tried to communicate with each cat by treating it as a citizen.

At least in this life, they are royal family members with the qualities of a saint.

“Don’t worry. “It was one of those events I was expecting anyway.”

I raised the corners of my mouth.

And then, he patted his vice-captain on the shoulder.

“I’m going to the east today, so don’t worry and come back.”

“What should I do when the order day comes? Should we dispatch?”

An urgent voice.

She seemed curious about what I was thinking.

“Don’t worry. “The crown prince’s order will be revoked before that day comes.”

She shrugged her shoulders with a relaxed expression.

Afterwards, she came out of the shadows and enjoyed the sunlight.

“So, you go and wait as if nothing happened.”

“Yes….”

I put my hands in both pockets.

And, I took out the two elixirs I had purchased in advance.

“Oh, and use this when preparing for Sword Master.”

Ekina accepted the two water bottles I threw at her.

“This…” “It’s a top-quality elixir, right?!”

Ekina’s eyes widen when she learns the identity of her potion.

She looked up at me blankly with bright red eyes.

“We were in the same boat, so I need to get this sorted out.”

I leisurely headed toward the main street with my back.

And then he said goodbye to her as if nothing had happened.

“Yes… thank you so much!”

The vice-captain of the Red Flame bowed his head to a mere defense engineer.

I glanced back at her.

“Thank you. “We’re just in the same boat, that doesn’t mean we’re allies.”

And he warned in a cold voice.

“This is just a carrot to calmly board. Do you understand?”

Ekina looked blankly at my finger.

Then she immediately raised the corners of her mouth and smiled.

“I understand!”

The crown prince has always forced sacrifices.

And, the defense engineer tells you to stay safe because he will handle it himself.

As if I could clearly feel the difference between the two.

This is the secret to capturing the subordinates of the 2nd princess in her poor past.