Raised in Dungeon

61 Small Development

The duel with Wulfgeat had a huge impact.

After Wulfgeat regained consciousness the next day, he returned to his territory, asking Reynold for a leave of absence. This shouldn't have been allowed because he was supposed to be Reynold's personal knight until he was 30 years old, but Reynold allowed it. His pride must have been shattered, especially since he was defeated so miserably in front of the crowd; the maids would see him with different eyes.

Likewise with Allen, the maids, who previously only saw him with a stern face, now greet him with a smile. They don't want to make enemies, not because they respect him but because they try to get close to him. Allen was a peasant just like them, so they thought that their lives might change a little if they could get close to him. Of course, Allen knew that. He was used to being paranoid about people, including the maids in Isabelle's house.

Because he always checked every expression on the maids' faces, he knew that the maids in this house had a smile that felt "different" from the maids in Isabelle's house, and he hated it. Every time the maids smiled at him, he felt disgusted. So he stopped to look at their faces, even if they called out to him.

Because of Allen's bad manners, he was no longer allowed to eat in the dining room. So, the maids brought Allen's food to his room. A few maids tried to flirt with Allen to make their lives easier. Thanks to Rachel's warning, Allen was able to avoid those people. In addition, when Allen saw those people approaching him, it made him want to vomit, so Allen ordered the maid to put his food in front of the door, and then he took it himself later.

Seven days have passed since he woke up in this house. Because of his habits at Wolverlope's house, Allen always got up early and cleaned the soldiers' training room. The training ground of the Boldenville house was indoors. It was spacious and had the only rough floor in the house. But the equipment was less than in the Wolverlope residence; there were only arrows and long swords, while the Wolverlope residence had many types of swords. It seemed like the Boldenville residence didn't care about each soldier's skill, so they only invested money in general weapons. Allen came to clean that room and do a little stretching with some equipment.

After 8 o'clock, the soldiers, one by one, entered the training ground, which made him uncomfortable, so he went out to practice his mana control.

Allen's current goal was to take revenge on the kingdom. He had the faces of several people he wanted to kill. Like, the leader of the secret army, Harald, then Ottar, after which he intended to kill all the royal soldiers one by one.

'To achieve that, I need to be even stronger. If I can control the two manas within me, perhaps I will receive my god's blessing, though I still don't understand the concept.'

On his way out of the house, in the corridor of many rooms, Allen met someone he knew very well, Lavinia.

Seeing Allen, Lavinia immediately looked scared. As for Allen, when he saw Lavinia, he made a disgusted face. It was as if that day, he felt like the unluckiest person to see Lavinia. Lavinia's scared face immediately turned into a guilty face. After their eyes met, Allen just walked on, ignoring the silent Lavinia, who was bowing her head.

Arriving outside, Allen was awaited by Felicia, who was wearing her formal attire. A fancy red dress with a black flower pattern. Rachel was also wearing a different outfit than usual. She wore a black dress with a white collar, Rachel's official personal maid outfit.

"Allen, today we are going to visit Barony Andoram. Be ready in 10 minutes; I will be waiting here."

In front of the Boldenville residence were two large gardens. In the middle was the carriage parking lot, while to the left and right were gardens that each had a white pavilion. Felicia sat in the pavilion with tea and various sweets on the table.

"I can't; I have something to do; just go with Rachel." Allen kept walking, ignoring Felicia.

Felicia immediately stood up and shouted.

"HEY! You have no choice! As my knight, you have to escort me everywhere! You promised to follow me as long as I let you stay here!"

'How inconvenient.'

Allen paused, then let out a long sigh.

"Alright alright... I'll go," Allen said with a bored face while turning inside.

"Watch how you talk to me!" Felicia shouted, was ignored by Allen, and entered the residence.

"That Allen… he doesn't even try to hide his displeased face."

Rachel then smiled, looking at the cheerfully angry Felicia.

'Lady may be angry, but she seems to be having fun. Even though Allen's treatment is bad, it's proof that Allen is different from the other children who play with Lady, who is always shy and introverted around her. I hope that with Allen, Lady can forget about Mr. Waldo.'

The night when Rachel brought Felicia home from Wolverlope's house, Rachel immediately explained about Waldo to Reynold and Ayde. Then, while prostrating herself in front of them, Rachel begged them not to say anything about Waldo.

'Thank goodness... Lady Ayde is miraculously pregnant, and perhaps that's why Lord Boldenville wants to pretend about Mr. Waldo's death; he must be in a good mood. But I hope he's doing it because he still loves Felicia...

No...

It must be so...

Lord Boldenville must still love Lady Felicia; it's just that the way he expresses his affection is different.'

Allen had already walked out of the residence in neat clothes in just five minutes.

He was wearing the same clothes that Wulfgeat had used earlier. It was the official dress of the Boldenville family's personal knight. The clothes were finally finished three days after Allen arrived at the residence.

"I don't like this outfit, the layers on it make it hard for me to move my back and shoulders. It must have been made for someone who uses a long sword." Allen said this while trying to move his hands freely.

The shirt was dark red, with a black top layer slanted diagonally to the right. On the left chest was the Boldenville family crest, and on the waist was a belt to hold the long sword. The clothes looked heavy on the right side because they were designed to hold the sword on the left.

"Besides, I don't like this rose crest," Allen continued.

"Don't talk that way about the Boldenville family crest! That crest has a higher price than your life! Take good care of it.

However, you look better now. Besides, you can also use the long sword, right? But just in case, you should keep your dual blades. You can rip those clothes off under certain conditions."

"Isn't the coat of arms worth more than my life? I'll do it anyway without being told."

'The clothes aren't too bad; they're thick, so I feel warm. The problem is that it is hard for a dual-blade user like me to move around, and there's no place to store it. But I always keep my blade inside Reig's body, so it's no big deal,' Allen thought.

They climbed into the litter and departed for the Andoram Barony residence.

Unlike Wolverlope's residence, which was located on top of the mountain and at the edge of the city itself, Boldenville's residence was in the center of the city. So as soon as they stepped out of the fence, they immediately saw rows of houses and stalls of traders whose building structures and places more or less looked similar to the Wolverlope's city.

When Allen looked out the window, he could see many different kinds of human expressions that he could see. When he was shopping with Felicia when he was in Wolverlope's city, he didn't pay much attention to them.

Now, when Allen saw them, he had mixed feelings. He knew that people were different. And those people outside might be one of them. Those who smiled were not necessarily good, and those who were arrogant were not necessarily bad.

"Humans didn't hate each other, so don't hate humans," his mother's words flashed back into his head. Then, every time he remembered that, he remembered all the hatred that humans had shown him. He remembered the faces of the people who looked at him with such deep hatred in Barkaley territory, and all of those people were no different from the people he saw now.

'You're wrong, mom; humans hate each other too. They will hate those who take away anything from them. It's the same with me. I seem to hate humans even if I kill them all.'

"Allen, what's wrong? Your face looks bad. Did you forget to eat your breakfast?" Felicia asked.

Allen's face, at that moment, was the same as when he first woke up in her house. Felicia knew that Allen must be thinking about something bad, so she tried to distract him from those thoughts.

"It just so happens that the snacks from this morning haven't run out yet. Be happy, Allen. I will give some to you." Felicia opened the bag on Rachel's lap, took out the biscuits, and thrust them straight into Allen's mouth.

Allen grabbed it with his mouth, biting and biting until his lips touched Felicia's finger.

With a flushed face, Felicia immediately withdrew her hand.

There was a strange awkwardness after that.

But without concern about it, Allen said

"Then I'll have them all," Allen said as he pulled out the bag of biscuits.

Nervous and stuttering, Felicia became angry at Allen's behavior,

"Wait, don't take them all; they're snacks for later in afternoo-"

-BREAK

The train shook violently, and because Felicia had stood up a little while scolding Allen, her body fell forward.

Then -GRAB

Allen grabbed Felicia's body, which was about to fall in front of him.

Felicia's body was lying on Allen's body, and their faces were very close. So close that they could feel each other's breath.