The Escort Knight Who Is Being Obsessed Over by the Villainess Wants To Run Away

12. The first test is smooth and quiet? (3)

“Why did this happen? Huh?”

Elijah asked.

There’s no way she’ll drop out, but she’s like why the hell did she drop out?

As if there is some interesting reason behind it.

Judas deliberately gave a bored and obvious answer.

“… Sorry.”

She also bowed her head in guilt.

“It is because of my lack of skills. I am sorry that I did not meet your expectations.”

“Really? Skill. It’s a skill I didn’t have enough skills…. Hmm.”

Elijah stretched out her hand.

Her small, soft hands cup and lift Judas’ face.

Red eyes scanned Judas thoroughly.

After she has finished her observation, she smiles lightly and leisurely.

“After spending two nights in the mountains, there is no sign of starvation. I can’t seem to get enough sleep. She doesn’t seem to have suffered from the wild cold either. It looks like you washed it pretty well, but what kind of skills did you get eliminated from?”

“… ….”

Information about information.

Even though Judas didn’t say anything, Elijah already found out a lot.

“The broken part of the bracelet is also very honest. Why exactly did that jewel break when nothing else was intact?”

Elijah glanced down and she looked down at his wrist.

She belatedly hid her hands behind her back, but it was too late.

She chuckled.

“It’s really amazing. Always outside my expectations, why is it so obvious at times like this? So it’s harder to predict. What the hell are you… What is it?”

It took a while, but Elijah’s mask cracked.

She didn’t recognize anyone.

She even herself.

Only Judas noticed that her mask was in jeopardy.

It took a moment for his eyes to shake.

To Judas, who continued to be silent, Elijah spoke calmly.

The mask has returned to its original state before I knew it.

“Tell me, why did this happen? Just in case, will I hear the circumstances and exonerate you from the cause of your elimination?”

She deserved it.

Judah must choose.

Will she tell the truth about what she went through during the exam?

Or should I keep my mouth shut until the end?

‘… ….’

Judas organized her thoughts.

***

The reason I fought.

It is not a topic that can be easily brought up.

Passing the exam is a welcome thing, but to be honest, I don’t covet it that much.

It’s not like I’m worried about the safety of Brown and Connor.

It’s just that, in front of so many people, it’s embarrassing to mention Elijah’s shame.

Because being an illegitimate child is like that.

Is there anyone here who doesn’t know that?

It is a problem even if it exists, and it is a problem even if it does not exist.

So, my answer is simple.

I’m just saying the same thing I told Gawain.

“During the exam, I just got into a fight with another candidate. At first, they decided to join me, but they tried to betray me in the middle. Even the colleague who agreed to join me tried to attack me, so I just stood up.”

I intentionally left out more details.

This alone is true enough.

No matter how suspicious Elijah may be, she will have no choice but to believe.

Whether it’s kale or guillotine.

I have already stood up to those who touch me.

I’m reconciled now, but so was Lindell.

“Hmm.”

But for some reason, Elijah didn’t seem to believe it very much.

“Who are you?”

“… This is Connor and Brown.”

“Who is that?”

Elijah looked around.

There were two people who flinched when their eyes passed.

“It’s them.”

It was Connor and Brown.

“Sir Gawain.”

“Yes. Miss.”

“Is it true?”

“Yes. I checked with the two of them, and in fact, Judah had Brown and Connor’s bracelets. As evidence of direct elimination.”

It was exactly what I said after returning here.

“Are we the only two witnesses?”

“There are two more co-workers in the same room who said they cooperated.”

“Hmm….”

However, Elijah still seemed doubtful.

She stares at me with her index finger on her lips.

By the way, do you always carry that stuffed cat?

“That’s strange.”

Elijah took a step away.

She spreads her four fingers apart from her thumb.

Short little fingers.

Fold two from the unfolded one.

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“There are four witnesses. But two of them are roommates. Do you think I can persuade you to perjure? And if you don’t present physical evidence, the testimony of the other two victims will lose credibility.”

Elijah grinned.

“I think I could have passed the test if I hadn’t confessed. Why did she do that? Even by destroying her bracelet himself?”

“… !”

“Perhaps you have no intention of becoming my escort knight?”

“… ….”

“It can’t be, right?”

“You said it for granted… no see.”

A smile as bright as a child is as if painted.

That’s why it’s even creepier.

I don’t think Elijah is saying this knowing my true intentions.

It was like that even when I was an adult.

A way of speaking to see the other person’s reaction while tossing out a word.

Her words are not unfounded.

Elijah’s intuition and her ability to reason are very good.

Elijah’s specialty is to identify plausible circumstances or possibilities, and use them to see how her opponent reacts.

And then, I am infinitely weak to such things.

I answered as calmly as possible.

“I was just trying to take responsibility for my actions.”

“Responsibility, responsibility…. It’s fun. Among the aristocrats, there are overflowing nobility in name only who refuse to take responsibility, but I would never have thought that a former slave would talk about responsibility.”

Elijah laughed like he was having fun.

It seems that they are satisfied.

I don’t know what makes me happy.

“It seems to be true, but are you still hiding something? To me.”

“… ….”

I’ve withheld details, but everything I said is true.

It is enough to understand the circumstances of the incident.

They quarreled first, and I, impatient, ran into it and fought.

This is all.

But Elijah didn’t believe all of it.

‘How did this happen….’

“Doesn’t sound like a good place for a conversation.”

Elijah took a quick look around.

Not only the driver, but all the candidates who returned from the exam were paying attention to me and Elijah.

Among them, Brown and Connor have pale complexions.

I’m going to fall asleep like that.

“Follow me.”

Elijah took the lead on his own.

A resolute back that never seems to have any intention of letting me go.

I had no choice but to follow her.

*

Elijah took me to a nearby campsite.

It was a place where the lead engineer and the soldier who supervised the exam stayed for two days.

Because of her sudden attack, her campsite is in chaos.

Her few knights came out to meet her in her haste.

“Ah, lady… ! Why are you here….”

“Just.”

Elijah did not explain at length.

Looks at me and says.

“I have something to talk to him about. We are going to use a tent, so everyone is out.”

“Ah, that….”

The knights roamed around with the entrance to the large tent blocked.

Elijah looked up at them and blinked.

“What are you doing?”

“No, that’s it, I….”

Lea glared at them with cold eyes.

I couldn’t understand their reaction either.

Why are you doing that?

What are you hiding inside?

“Get out of the way. Don’t say it twice.”

Elijah said as if warning.

In the end, the knights got out of the way.

The moment Elijah took the lead and set her foot on her tent, she stumbled back.

I reflexively grabbed her by the shoulder as if hugging her.

“It smells….”

Muttered Elijah, covering her nose with a red blanket.

It was as he said.

The smell of cigarettes and alcohol wafting from inside the tent mixed with mud and stung her sense of smell.

As much as the smell, the scenery inside is a mess.

There was no discipline or order at all.

A rolling bottle of wine, dice and cups for gambling, a dartboard, and more.

I see a few soldiers lying on the floor who have lost their senses.

Elijah, stepping back with me, looked over her own shoulder.

To be precise, my hand holding that place.

“Oh, sorry….”

I hurriedly removed my hand.

Elijah stared at my receding hand.

‘Doesn’t like being touched… ? He was suddenly hugged, huh? Climbing up on the bed at night…. Of course, he and I are different.’

After a while, Elijah hugged the cat doll and muttered.

“… Are you okay.”

“Yes?”

“It’s okay.”

“Ah, yes….”

“By the way, Sir Gawain must have a lot to instruct….”

The knights entered the tent as if they were running away.

Within a moment, a rumbling noise spread from inside.

It seemed that they had started cleaning in a hurry.

Elijah moved her steps away from the tent.

She had chairs and a table for eating.

Fortunately, this place was relatively clean.

Lea’s light cleaning was enough.

Elijah and I sat facing each other.

“Now do you feel like explaining it to me?”

Do you still think I’m lying?

I hesitated, but she called me.

“Judas.”

“Yes. Miss.”

“Look at them.”

She winked at the tent.

The appearance of knights and soldiers hurriedly cleaning.

“I can’t find any attitude or discipline as my subordinate. Loyalty to me. It’s all just polite manners. I don’t expect much loyalty from them either. Because they were appropriately hired from the main family.”

After saying that, Elijah looked at me.

“Are you a person who only has false loyalty to me?”

A low-pitched voice.

There was no expression on his staring face.

It was just a pure question.

It was probably not intended to stimulate sympathy.

Because I have a personality that doesn’t understand what sympathy is.

Elijah can’t empathize with people’s feelings.

But now that question was too valid for me.

Unstimulated sympathy was stimulated.

An illegitimate child. Neglected child.

A life surrounded by people living at home.

I am not loyal to her.

To the point of saying false loyalty is an extravagance.

So, the reason I can’t give her a quick answer right now is because of her human sympathy.

This is a funny situation.

She’s an illegitimate child, so in this environment, you have to tell her that you’ve been gossiping about her because you’re her illegitimate child.

‘A child who might even strangle me….’

Nevertheless, emotions are honest.

Even her presumptuousness, I sympathize with her. A little bit

In the end, I couldn’t overcome Elijah’s stubbornness.

“My lady.”

I said, averting my gaze.

“Children out of wedlock… On the subject, the two who fought with me had a conversation.”

Elijah did not answer right away.

Once I checked, she was as expressionless as usual.

Rather, Leah seems more angry.

The glazed eyes are brutal.

“As I said earlier, it is true that you tried to betray me and my colleagues. That’s all. There are no other secrets besides this.”

“Yes…. It’s just a reason to hide it.”

Elijah was not angry.

She didn’t laugh, nor was she sad.

It is a colorless expression.

That’s why it’s even scarier.

I don’t know what you’re thinking.

“By the way, I’m curious. Is it me who is the subject of the hidden reason or the two of them?”

Maybe she hid it for fear of getting hurt.

Or was it because they were afraid they would be executed for contempt of nobility?

“… It is both.”

“Be cocky.”

“Yes?”

“You mean you put me on the same line as them.”

… Does that make sense?

Isn’t that wrong?

To be honest, it’s closer to the former.

Because it’s right that he was more concerned about Elijah, who was hearing about it, than Brown and Connor.

However, belated clarification will only make things worse.

“Sorry.”

“Because it’s you, I’ll look after you.”

How should I accept this blatant favoritism?

“Judas. Are you angry when the leaves fall?”

“Yes… ?”

“Imagine that leaves have fallen in your yard. Whether it’s your own tree or the wind blowing from outside. Will it make you angry or sad?”

I thought about it.

What riddle is this?

The intention is unknown.

I just answered whatever came to mind.

“I don’t think I have any thoughts.”

“Why?”

“Um…. It’s a natural phenomenon, and we can get rid of it, right?”

“Me too.”

Elijah smiled.

“From the front or from the back. Insulting me as an illegitimate child is nothing more than piling up leaves.”

“… ….”

“There is absolutely no reason to react emotionally. It’s okay if you clean it up. Oh, of course I won’t clean it myself.”

You can clean it up.

In other words, if you kill it, it will be enough.

A sense of value that likens murder to sweeping leaves.

And the attitude that the insult of being an illegitimate child is a natural phenomenon like falling leaves.

She couldn’t answer her like that.

No matter what I say, it seems meaningless.

“By the way, I have a question.”

Elijah asked with a smile.

“What do you think of me?”

How do you feel about being an illegitimate child?

Why do you have to ask me?

Will my answer become a leaf?

Maybe.

I don’t know what kind of answer you expect.

An illegitimate child.

The answer I will give has been decided.

“I have no idea.”

No one would dare to say no in front of Elijah, a nobleman.

So that’s probably the answer you’ve heard a lot.

I bet no one showed off their uncomfortable feelings.

I’m not showing off.

I have no idea as to the answer.

Elijah is just Elijah.

Her nature, as I judged, is undefinable as an illegitimate child.

A figure possessed by mad fire.

The appearance of killing people like burning garbage.

And the person who will strangle me.

What defines a person is their behavior.

I don’t know if it’s because I live in a place that’s not a status society.

Therefore.

“I don’t think birth defines being.”

A short question after talking.

What if Elijah doesn’t kill me?

The world in the game.

But it is different from the game.

I can choose and act on my own.

It’s different from the time when I had to forcefully choose an option I didn’t want.

If you avoid or overcome the tragedy.

Without that tragedy, how do I redefine Elijah?

Definitely has a villainous side, but not a homicidal maniac like the Elijah I know, the young Eli in front of me.

What should I think of this child?

“… ….”

Elijah did not answer right away.

The silence got quite long.

The subtle smile gradually dissipated, and it became a dazed expression as if lost.

Looking at me.

‘Why, why are you doing this…. Awkwardly…. Did he make a mistake?’

Feeling burdened by her obsessive gaze, she quietly turned her head away.

Elijah had been doing that for a while.

Her cheeks, confirmed by her squinting glance, were stained red.

She made eye contact with her red eyes.

“Don’t look….”

“Yes?”

Elijah suddenly lifted the cat doll and covered her face.

She lowers her head in her oblique line.

Big eyes glance at me.

“Don’t look….”

A creeping voice.

It’s the first time I’ve seen Elijah like this.

Elijah finally pulled the red blanket under her eyes with one hand.

Looking at her, I was overcome with a strange feeling that is difficult to describe.

Her head is dizzy, and her heart aches a little.

‘… Why did she suddenly become cute?’