Sacred Chevalier

Two hours after the kites passed the secondary checkpoint, the training was cancelled, along with news of Wesen's appearance. The instructors rushed to the back of the woods to recall the three preceding groups. But at that time, the kites had already finished collecting "dream flowers" and were heading to the tertiary point.

"Damn! Where the hell are they?!

Teachers who have come to the riverside desperately raise their voices. But the kites were already a few kilometers away. I couldn't have gotten a voice. The yang was starting to lean. One returned to the secondary point and the rest continued their search.

"Roxanne!!

Kate exclaimed at the appearance of her falling saint (Paladin). When the giant bear's red and black eyes captured Kite, a stone was thrown in its face.

"Olah! Over here! Bear!

Stefan and Carlos were throwing stones. The giant bear turned and ran out for the Stefans. But in Kate's eyes, he didn't see it. All I could see was a loving wife overflowing with blood.

"Lo, Roxanne......"

Kate ran over to the side. Take off your own clothes and hold down your belly that makes you bleed out. Roxanne opened her eyes slightly.

"Oh, you... you're safe?

"Oh...... oh, you're safe! Thanks to you! Hold on! Roxanne!

But Roxanne's face was white. So much so that the blood vessels rose blue. At some point, Kate was overflowing with tears. Desperately speaking.

"Roxanne! Don't die! Don't die on me! Roxanne!"

And I shouted at the evening sky.

"Goddess Welosssss! You don't have to take my life. So help me Roxanne. Ah! Please! Give her some protection!

Exhaust your voice and shout. But the red, clear sky, nothing changed.

Stefan and Carlos, who drew the giant bear, are not safe either. I managed to wiggle down my shaken nails, but my shoulder flesh was cut open.

"Shit! There was another one!

Carlos continued to throw stones, but to the extent of being stung by mosquitoes for giant bears. It hit Carlos abruptly. That's when Sophia Volfalto was slashed to the stomach. He stabbed a small knife for protection. But you can't slaughter them just by stabbing them in the flesh.

Gahhh!

The giant bear waved his arms in disillusionment. That one shot hit Sophia in the head. Fortunately it was the back of my hand, so I just had to be bounced off. But he was beaten with overwhelming force. Sophia fainted with it. The giant bear was waving his teeth trying to pull out a knife stabbed in his belly. Soon, Sasha was right in front of the bear.

"Ahhh... ahh..."

Shizukuishi dripped from the choro choro and thigh. In desperate circumstances, he was unable to move. Red eyes captured the girl. My mouth opened wide. A sharp fang pressed to eat Sasha's head. At that time...

"Shh!"

A black shadow crossed. The next moment, the giant bear danced through the universe. The sight of a giant creature over four metres long flying through the sky even looked funny and dreamy somewhere. The giant bear made a zooming noise and fell from his back to the ground. In front of Sasha, a brown-skinned woman had one leg up. He kicked it.

"I am the Holy Knight (Paladin) Gratina Wackenheim! You stay back!

The phenomenon that happened and the woman in front of me were too asymmetrical for Sasha or anything else to understand what had happened. Gratina is tall but skinny. That's what kicked a giant bear in the face. Neither was Gratina's instruction in Sasha's ear. But next, a powerful voice sounded.

"The hunters protect the college students, and the injured get a quick allowance! Tina, I'll take care of that big one!

Gratina Wackenheim began walking slowly toward the risen madman blood-coated giant bear (Bloody Evil Bear). He pulls his sword out of his waist and has a ruthless grin on his mouth.

"What are you doing to my lovely junior? Now it's your turn to be hunted? Be dust (garbage)..."

Awesome fighting and killing. Even the Wesen retreated unexpectedly to the signs of the Saint Knight (Paladin) who had become serious. But the madness of the beast beat it. When I bent forward with four legs, I attacked the Holy Knight in front of me at once.

Shaonnnnnnnnnnnn......

When I thought Gratina disappeared, I stood right behind the giant bear at some point. As soon as he had his pussy and sword, the giant bear was cut into fine dust and formed a pile of flesh pieces. Its power, its speed, and its sword moves are roughly beyond the realm of man. It was the power of the most powerful Holy Knight (Paladin) on active duty, who had built mountain-like bodies on the battlefield.

Gratina, who easily slaughtered the Wesen, but his expression was dark. One scream was in my ear.

"Roxanne! Roxanne! What are you doing! Hurry up and give me the allowance!

Many times, Kate called out her name and shouted. Hunters stood around. But everyone shook their heads with a sinking look. I could no longer apply my hands.

"... you..."

Roxanne shrugged small. Kate stared at her loving wife in tears.

"I'm sorry, you. Me, already..."

"No. No, no, no, no! Roxanne! You promised! Announce it to everyone in the rune! You are my holy knight, and you declare it so! I'm your hero! Yours, yours alone..."

Kate cried as she shook Roxanne's hand. Roxanne smiled. The face was as beautiful as a goddess.

"You can be. More than anyone, to the great hero (Chevalier)..."

"I don't like it! Live with me! With you!

The light was about to go out of Roxanne's eyes. My mouth moved slightly.

"You... love... I will..."

And the light went out. In the evening sky, a sad cry sounded.

That day, we were to camp in the rocks that were attacked. Carlos and Sophia, who were injured, were receiving first aid. Kate has been sitting on Roxanne's side of the body. Roxanne's face was beautiful and she had a grin on her mouth. That tightened kite's chest.

"Ugh... Ugh..."

No matter how much I cry, I can't stop crying. I wanted to smash myself. A short distance away, the Stefans were surrounding the burning fire. Sasha and Elsa are in the tent. We held each other in tears, and we fell asleep crying. Stefan shrugged small.

"I can't believe there are two beasts..."

"It's not Kate's fault. If you're responsible, that's the Dean of the Academy. I was told the beast would not answer. But it actually came out. Honestly, I want to punch the Dean of the Academy."

"I won't stop you. I'm not sure I can contain myself either."

Stefan nodded at Carlos gripping his fist. Elfina and Sofia are also silent with a dark look on their face. There, came Walter and Gratina.

"The perimeter safety has been confirmed. Apparently, there were only two Wesen. He said he was able to identify one of the bodies you took down."

"It's not us. It was Kate and Roxanne who knocked him down."

To Sophia's denial, Walter nodded.

"Confirmation, but the dead Roxanne manipulated the wind magic, didn't she? In other words, he demonstrated the power of the Holy Knight (Paladin). And the other hero, Kite, sitting over there, right?

Everyone nodded. Walter sighed. Gratina also has a sad look on her face.

"I've seen a hero (Chevalier) lose the Holy Knight (Paladin) before. Depending on the depth of the bond between the two, a depressing hero (Chevalier) is also rare. She really loved her Holy Knight."

"I saw such a hero once. Too much grief for losing his beloved partner, Soitz stopped being a hero (Chevalier) and went wandering. I don't even know if he's alive."

So the conversation stopped and the silence continued. Eventually, Gratina suggested to her husband.

"In any case, we can't leave him like that. After all, shouldn't you, the elderly and the same hero, guide your juniors?

"Dude, that's from the college..."

"I can't. It's rather counterproductive. It's over when Ledda tells you what you know about a woman who's not even a hero. You're the only one who can save him."

He is a junior of his own son's age. I can't even leave you alone. To the words of his loving wife, Walter had to nod.

"I appreciate your help. I'll also bow my head. So now, could you just leave me alone a little bit?

To the hero who has spoken out, Kate expressed her gratitude for the lack of discouragement, only the form. But that doesn't make me an angry walter. Keeping his back on the rock wall, Walter said ruthlessly with his arms together.

"You're miserable. Chevalier is disqualified."

Kate's back moved pickly. But without looking back, I kept staring at Roxanne.

"Do you know why I said you were disqualified?

"I let Roxanne... I let my holy knight (Paladin) die. Couldn't protect you..."

Walter denied the words of Kate, who shook his back and vomited to squeeze it out.

"You're not. The role of a hero is not to protect the Holy Knight. It's about creating an environment where the Holy Knight can be active. The Holy Knight protects himself. She died because she wasn't strong enough for herself. The Sacred Knight sometimes fights the enemy Sacred Knight. If you're weak, you die."

"You!

For the first time, Kate looked back with her emotions exposed. I tried to hit him, but Walter's palm hit him in the cheek before that. Grab a chest grab and yell.

"Think about it! What was wrong with you? What made her die!

Kate looked back at herself, staying in anger emotions. Eventually I shrugged.

"I was assuming. That bear... assumed there was only one beast. If one even appears, there could be two or three. I couldn't get my head around that possibility. We should have checked the perimeter and retreated."

"That's right. You floated in the power of your Holy Knight and didn't think about what to think as a hero! I was relieved to have only one head, and proceeded peacefully. That's what got her dead."

Kate held her fist. Anger was gushing from the bottom of my belly at my stupidity. After seeing how Kate was doing, Walter put his arms together again.

"Finally, it looks like you're starting to turn your head. Then don't you realize how suspicious this situation is?

"Suspicious? It's full of suspicious things. Why am I alive? Why is Roxanne dead? Why... why did such a beast come out!

I slammed my anger at irrationality on Walter. Walter nodded.

"Think about it. Don't you think it's weird? She demonstrated the power of the Holy Knight. I mean, she had the blessing of a goddess. The patronage of the goddess does not come down to women alone. You should have been lucky. Didn't I?"

"Ah. There was protection down on me, too. So find dream flowers easily..."

Kate stopped the words there. I noticed what Walter called "suspiciousness."

"Why? Why did a beast appear to me when I was blessed with luck?

"And two heads. Wesen, who were supposed to live secretly deep in the woods, snuck out in the middle of march training and attacked the college students. You're incredibly unlucky."

To the speed of Kate's thinking, Walter was wrapping his tongue around inside. This man must not be crushed here. A way to heal the grief of losing an important being is to create a spearhead of anger that surpasses it. At this point, the spearhead was anything.

"I have a variety of opinions about Goddess protection“ luck ”. Generally, the power to hand over ambiguous future swings that have not been finalized, is assumed. Luck, bad luck depends on how you look at it. Sometimes good luck for you can turn out to be someone else's bad luck. So most heroes do not rely on what is ambiguous about luck, but try to increase their possibilities with wisdom and action and finalise the shaking of the future. Well, your“ bad luck ”was confirmed by what?

Kate thought. I couldn't think of any bad luck, such as the "occasional" appearance of a living beast in the back of the forest. If so, there was only one possibility.

"Someone... set up a beast. Increased the likelihood of a beast appearance and finalised the sway..."

"That's most likely. Neither can the possibility of coincidence be ruled out at all. A star falls from the sky, and occasionally, it hits my head."

I can't walk very far if I even think about that possibility. Kate ignored Walter's words and sank into the sea of thought. If it is a trap set by someone, the most likely one is a hostile "empire". But there were doubts. If the imperial side were to set a trap, would it be such a halfway trap? Even if what you set up is revealed, it's hostile from the beginning. At a time when we were trying not to know who set it up, there was little chance of an empire.

"Suppose it's not an empire, barbarians? Or an ecclesiastical country? No, are you a domestic nobleman?

In any case, it was just speculation everywhere, beyond the lack of conclusive evidence. Kate stopped thinking. At the bottom of his belly, cold, dark anger lingered.

"I don't have enough information. We should look into it thoroughly. Has anyone suspicious passed through the city of Lune in the past week? Was there any strange luggage? Such a beast. Probably carried it in a pretty big cage. It can't be discreet."

"As a punishment for the kingdom, there is something called deportation to the army of the small nations of the South. For this reason, it is not uncommon to see a jailhouse carriage in the Lune. But the movement of the carriage is always recorded. If we match the information and records of the witnesses, suspicious movements should come to light."

Kate meditated. Until recently, I thought I'd quit my hero (Chevalier) and go back to the village of Lente. But in Walter's words, the thought disappeared. I have something to do.

"Find it. I will find it at all costs, and I will surely avenge you. Even if they were kings, popes, gods..."

I crouched to Roxanne's side and stroked his cheek. Only one drop came out of his eyeballs, and Kite stood up. There was no sign of a man who had been depressed until earlier. He was the figure of a vengeful man with dark anger and strong determination.

"Thank you. Thanks to you, I found something to accomplish."

"Than me, thank your friends for worrying about you. Come on."

(This is fine for the moment. But will this lead to the happiness of this man? Maybe we need to keep an eye on him...)

Walter thought in his heart as he saw the back of Kite walking toward the incendiary.

"I'm sorry to hear about Roxanne."

The next morning, college officials and medical teams who had rushed to join us. Academic director Leda Factorin, informed of the success of the Wesen crusade and Roxanne's death, just nodded. Below the kite, before the eleven were in alignment, Leda stood, expressing regret. Carlos ran out of something in him.

"... is that all? Roxanne's dead, and you're done with a shame!

I grabbed my fist and tried to hit him. But Stefan stopped it, because Kate moved on, Ledda.

"Carlos, that's what I want to do. But Kite's holding up. Let's bear with it."

"Ku......"

Carlos trembled and managed to stop. Kate was faceless and told Leda.

"Dean of the College. The College is not responsible for Roxanne's death. I'm the one who let Roxanne die. The training premise is already broken at the stage where the Beast emerged. We should have decided to withdraw then. I missed it. So Roxanne died, putting everyone in danger..."

"No, I'm not. It's on me. The Great Alsace Forest is home to beasts. Knowing that, he neglected to take action when it appeared. Never in the past has there been a beast on this side beyond the river. It didn't happen until now, so it won't happen again. That's what I thought. It's all my fault. My sincere apologies to all of you."

That's what I said, Leda bowed her head. Kate didn't say anything and stared at Reda bowing her head.

"Dean of the College. If you feel responsible, there's something you need to do. Unfortunately, it's something I can't do alone. College, and we need the help of the Dean of College."

"What could it be?

"I was having sex with Roxanne. Roxanne expressed the power of the Holy Knight (Paladin), and I had the good fortune to be the patron of the Goddess. Nonetheless, two beasts emerged. Bad luck surpassing the protection of the goddess… proof that the emergence of a beast is man-made"

"Someone set it up, so what? And he asked me to look into it... Okay. Always look up the total strength of the college. Whoever it is, I'm sure I'll take this responsibility."

Kate just nodded silently. Inside, I was determined to let myself take responsibility. Whoever it is, I will find it and kill it in as cruel a way as the human imagination can possibly be. Hard, I swore so.

Thus, the undulating march training was completed. Tentative first place was the three parties where Kate, Stefan and Carlos bundled. It was three hours to the third checkpoint and roughly a day and a half to the city of Lune.

Lune's consolation in the city was busy on the surface, but it was a complicated thought for everyone. As for Roxanne, I kept everyone out of touch. In an attempt to shed some light, at the request of the College, Walter and Gratina are also present. The advent of the kingdom's mightiest saint (Paladin) and legendary hero (Chevalier) was enough to please the college students. Kate was drinking water by herself, a little further away. I didn't have much appetite, so the plate remains clean. There, Elsa and Sasha came.

"Eat, kite. Because Atashi brought it to you on purpose."

"Elsa, looks great. But you have to eat. Kite is a hero (Chevalier), health comes first"

In addition to meat and bread, sweet fruits are served. It's something that I don't think about at all. Kate laughed small and reached out.

"Good. You finally laughed."

Elsa peeked in. Sasha is also snorting. I put the bread in my mouth and bit it. It was delicious. If I lived, I'd be hungry, and I'd have lust. That's the only thing I can do. The guilt of letting Roxanne die was somewhere between whether she was alive and well. Looking up at the night sky, I remember Roxanne's words.

You can be. More than anyone, to the great hero (Chevalier)...

(Roxanne, I'll live. And be sure to be a hero. It makes me proud that you risked your life... for everyone to be a "true" (...) hero (Chevalier) to know the Holy Knight (Paladin) called Roxanne)

In a sky full of heaven, a glimmer of light flowed.