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

16. The center of the great flow (1)

[You have completed the hidden quest ‘Absolute Loyalty’.]

[Please select a reward.]

[1. Increases all stats except Magic (10)]

[2. Instantly achieve ‘Discovery of Revelation’]

[3. Grants binding ability to 1 piece of equipment of your choice]

“… ….”

I lost my mind at the list of rewards that popped up.

All of them are great choices that far exceed the average.

Are you happy with this situation?

Not at all.

It’s just embarrassing from the point of view of the person concerned.

‘No matter what I choose, I have to give up the other two, but what is a happy worry….’

We have no choice but to use the elimination method.

First of all, number 1.

Though it’s the least attractive of the three.

I wonder if my stats are at an extremely high level.

It is still strong among teenagers.

There will be more growth than this in the future, so number 1 is dismissed.

Number 3 is next.

Unity ability.

By binding certain equipment to me, I can summon/reverse summon as I want.

It can also greatly increase the ability of the equipment.

However, I don’t have any equipment that can bind me right now.

If reward number 2 hadn’t been there, I might have put it on hold for reward number 3.

But number two.

The ‘Discovery of Revelation’ quest increased by 1%p per day.

Currently 2%.

It takes 98 days to complete this.

In other words, if you choose reward number 2, you can save 98 days.

‘This is it.’

After looking into this and that, I needed reward number 2 the most.

[You have completed the hidden quest ‘Discovery of Revelation.]

[Provides a reward.]

This quest was originally a ‘faithful prayer’.

For some reason, it was changed to ‘Discovery of Revelation’.

According to what I was told at the time, it seems to be because of the lunar attribute.

I don’t know why.

Anyway, the reward for this quest is fixed, so it’s not a choice, it’s a provision.

‘But I don’t know if you want to give me what I know…. You didn’t pick number 2 for no reason, did you?’

[You have acquired the characteristic ‘Graceful Protection’.]

‘Oh.’

That characteristic I know is right….

[The talent ‘Graceful Protection’ has been changed to ‘The Revelation to Light the Way.]

‘… ?’

What is that?

That’s a name I don’t know.

No, even change the reward?

‘No way. Shouldn’t it be the effect I want?’

I hurriedly opened the status window.

I immediately checked the description of the newly received talent, and swallowed a breath in surprise.

[Revelation to light the way]

– Completely blocks all magical damage for one time only.

-24 Hours cooldown.

So far, what I know is correct.

By the way….

-The user’s magic stat growth rate is doubled.

– When the user activates magic, the resonance and effect are amplified.

This is an effect not found in ‘Graceful Protection’.

‘It strengthens the power of magical power… ?’

Even if you release only the power of magic stat 3, you cannot ignore it.

Gulliot and Sardis.

It was proven by the two cases.

They are obviously stronger than me.

However, it is said that having this characteristic enhances its power.

Even the growth rate has accelerated.

That’s only mana.

‘Hmm….’

A completely unexpected benefit.

If it’s good, of course it’s good.

By the way, I don’t know why it happened like this.

This is a situation I have never seen before.

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To be honest, I am at a loss.

Even, in a situation where Elijah could kill me because of the power in my body, she strengthens that power?

‘A good thing… Am I right?’

Anyway, I got the ability I wanted.

Even if it’s a one-off, it can block magic.

Did this increase the chance of escaping the tragedy?

Elijah cut my throat….

“What do you think?”

“Oh wow!”

Elijah stuck his head out abruptly.

After returning from her Richard’s nursery, I was taking care of her and her moose in her stable with her moose.

Elijah pursed her lips in displeasure, she said.

“… What are you so surprised about?”

“Oh, sorry. I was sold on other thoughts for a while.”

“What do you think?”

“Just sundry…. These are meaningless thoughts.”

I couldn’t say that I was thinking about whether it would be possible to avoid the future that you strangled me.

“Hmm.”

Elijah stared at me with a somewhat sullen gaze.

Then she looked away and said as if passing by.

“I am with you.”

“Yes?”

“I have a question for you.”

I didn’t hear it properly, so I asked again, but Elijah turned the subject away from her.

“Tell me.”

She said, scratching the chin of her moon deer.

“Recently, there was an opportunity to reorganize her training center.”

The trigger was easily recognized.

Shylock, Gaston, Talent.

Elijah found out the three people that Balak had planted.

Shylock said I was persuaded, but the other two were still at the training center.

Elijah must have left it on purpose.

I don’t know the purpose.

“By the way, I don’t know the training center well. All I get is the words and numbers written on the paperwork. That alone isn’t enough to reorganize the whole thing. So, I want to hear the opinions of those who train directly at the training center.”

“… To me?”

“Yes. You.”

Suddenly?

Sounds like a pretty important issue?

“You can talk comfortably. Even if it’s you, it doesn’t mean that you will listen unconditionally.”

Elijah said lightly.

As if she just wanted to hear her opinion.

‘Hmm….’

Actually.

There is one.

Things I’ve always wanted since entering the training center.

I personally think this is the most important issue.

Anyway, I put the matter into my mouth carefully.

“I would like you to change the composition of the training camp.”

Elijah tilted her head like a curious cat.

“Why?”

“Yes?”

“Isn’t eating enough right now?”

It’s beyond not enough, it’s to the point of hardship.

Of course, by my standards.

For kids who lived on the street, just having three meals a day would be enough.

Although some are from aristocrats, they do not directly complain.

Anyway, if you eat it all, you’ll be moderately full.

“There is nothing wrong with filling your stomach, of course. But to digest the training and get strong, you have to eat that much.”

“Hmm….”

Elijah raised her lips crookedly, as if he still didn’t understand.

‘What, cute…. Oh no. Why are you like this these days… !’

As I put my thoughts away, memories of her past came to mind.

Even though we live in the same mansion, Elijah and I eat separately each time.

It’s because the time isn’t right.

It’s not like we need to be sick.

We only ate together once.

The day it was decided to stay here.

Elijah and I ate at the same table.

At that time, Elijah did not eat her food properly.

I scooped up a few spoonfuls of soup and put it away.

Because of that, the sight of me eating everything and everything made me feel hungry for some reason.

I sneakily examined Elijah’s body.

Maybe because she’s young, she has cheeks, but her neck is infinitely thin.

Even the wrists exposed at first glance.

I don’t have any bruises anymore, but I’m skinny.

I didn’t think it was strange at the time.

The day before, she had almost been roughed up by Sardis, so it was only assumed that she had no appetite.

‘Isn’t it because I didn’t eat properly in the first place….’

There are aristocrats who play like a nerd, while others suffer from all sorts of work and education.

Elijah is the latter.

‘This isn’t a training camp, you have to take care of the kid’s meals first, right? No matter how you think about it, is it more important? Elijah’s schedule must not be easy to digest….’

She’s like that, but she can’t be beaten to eat.

Anyway, I understand Elijah’s position.

She herself doesn’t feel the need to eat in the first place.

That’s why you can’t accept my request either.

“My lady. Eating well is paramount to handling a physically demanding schedule. If you eat well, don’t you move well and grow into a stronger and more reliable escort knight?”

“Hmm….”

Actually, I know it’s a hard concern to listen to.

It’s not just because of Elijah’s appetite.

Changing the training camp diet costs a lot of money.

Now her candidature alone totals 240 people.

If you increase the cost of food by one florin per day for two people, it is 120 florins.

That’s 3,600 florins a month.

Approximately 14 million won in Korean won.

You can’t just change the candidate’s diet.

If you change, you have to consider starting with the instructor who teaches, and even the diet of various subordinates.

This is a long-term project that requires a lot of money.

I also said it because Elijah told me to say something, so I don’t expect anything in particular.

If you say no, you have no choice but to accept it.

“I’ll review it positively.”

But, unexpectedly, the answer came back smoothly.

I looked at her in a daze for a moment.

As if my bewildered face was funny, Elijah laughed.

“Why. Did you think I would turn it down right away?”

“To be honest… yes. About half.”

“No way. It’s your opinion as you train on the spot, but I can’t just ignore it. I’ll have to talk to Sir Gawain. I can’t guarantee how much it will change even if it changes.”

“I won’t be too greedy. I would appreciate it if you could increase the amount of food.”

I don’t even want a meal from Elijah’s mansion.

Feeding the cadets with such food could make Elijah bankrupt.

I don’t have to have a variety of flavors or types, so I want to take care of nutrients and quantity.

Elijah nodded her head.

“Okay. Gawain didn’t give much of an opinion, but you are different.”

Yeah, wouldn’t that person think similarly?

Wouldn’t it have been enough to feed him three meals a day, or something like that?

I know the concept of nutrition, so I’m like this.

“Is there anyone who cares about my well-being as seriously as you?”

“… ….”

At those words, I looked at Leah next to me.

She is a maid who always follows Elijah.

She seems to be there, like a shadow, one step away, and then comes out when needed.

Her red hair is always calm.

Her black eyes rarely show emotion.

Maybe it was because I had been looking for it for a long time.

Sometimes he resembles Elijah.

But every once in a while Leah did, looking at Elijah with her deeply sunken eyes.

Something resembling sadness.

I don’t know.

The roots of her hair are red.

I was sober last time.

As if it had been freshly dyed.

Doesn’t Elijah think that her Lia is also her own ally?

Lia wonders if she is Elijah’s enemy.

I saw Elijah.

She casually caresses her moon her deer’s face, and touches her forehead.

Elijah laughs.

A gentle and friendly smile.

It is hard to see in Elijah.

It’s unfamiliar.

‘Unfamiliar….’

She looks at me as she keeps her smile.

Unknowingly, I averted my gaze.

To the extent that it feels heterogeneous.

It’s unfamiliar. Too.

She. Or me

What is it?

*

“Hmm.”

Gawain looked down at me and stroked her chin.

Having been beaten to every corner of my body, I fell on the floor gasping for breath.

‘Crazy man….’

I took Gawain’s lessons several times, twice a week.

You can get used to it, but you just can’t get used to it.

It hardens me in various ways every time.

Uses one-handed swords, two-handed swords, maces, flails, and even long spears or halberds.

How many weapons you can handle.

It seems like they are experimenting with how to strengthen my body with those weapons.

‘Thanks to you, I’m learning so damn fast….’

[Swordsmanship (Lv.2 ＞ 3)]

The attribute level is harder to raise than the stat.

But thanks to Gawain’s training, I’ve already reached 3.

“The speed of growth has increased. From the beginning, I valued persistence.”

“… Thank you.”

I checked the status window after a long time.

[Health: 15.8]

[Strength: 11.9]

[Attitude: 18.0]

[HP: 4.8]

[List of talents]

-Secret Steps, Weaponization of Objects, Swordsmanship (Lv. 3), Hunter’s Sense, Survival Specialist, Revelations that reveal the way.

Thanks to eating and resting well in Elijah’s mansion, his stats grew rapidly.

The notable change is mana.

In addition to being enchanted by the Moon Deer, he climbed faster due to the effect of the Revelation that illuminates the way.

‘Originally, it’s difficult to raise the magic stat separately…. Anyway, he’s an admirable guy.’

Gawain gave me a few words of advice.

“Weapons are the knight’s alter ego, but you shouldn’t rely on them. You would understand.”

“I will keep this in mind.”

As the name suggests, sword fighting.

Because I focus on that skill, sometimes I only use my sword and shield.

Especially when fighting Gawain.

However, in practice, you cannot use only tools.

You have to use your whole body.

I learned one thing today.

At the cost of running into it, getting kicked by Gawain’s front kick and then rolling away.

“Is magic release still far away?”

The act of raising one’s strength with magic.

Magic liberation.

I’m working hard every now and then, but it’s not easy.

I received guidance during Gawain’s training, but it didn’t go well either.

As he said, it seems that the magic circuit itself has settled in one direction.

“Yes.”

“Hmm. Do you know how to become skilled at something?”

“What are you exposed to that situation over and over again?”

I told you what I thought, but it seemed like the right answer.

“You know that.”

“… Does that mean, get yourself into angry situations often?”

“If you want to do that.”

That’s not entirely wrong.

Magic release is a really useful skill.

Still, I want to adjust it autonomously if possible.

I am also trying to control my emotions these days.

… Really.

“There is something I want to ask you. Were you a member of the Moonsin Church by any chance?”

“There is no particular religion to follow.”

“I see…. I get it. To be diligent.”

Even after Gawain left, I remained at the gymnasium.

Reviewing what I learned today, I swung my sword alone.

***

Gawain sat down at his desk.

There are several buildings on the site of the training center.

Of course, the place where the knights live.

Among them, Gawain even received a private building.

It is a building equipped with everything that could possibly be there, including an office.

It was a large and reliable building, as it was assigned to him, who was a high-ranking knight in Bebel’s home.

There is only one reason why he was dispatched to Elijah’s mansion.

To monitor and protect Elijah.

Balak, knowing his loyalty, gave the order himself.

There is no affection or paternal love for his family in the word ‘protection’.

It was an extremely aristocratic and calculating order.

That’s what Gawain thought.

Gawain was a knight.

A person who honors his lord’s orders.

I just follow you without any personal feelings.

And, the order given to him now is also part of the order.

What is surprising, however, is that the target of the command is Judas, not Elijah.

It was an order that did not require active action.

It’s not good for Judas, though.

‘… ….’

After carefully reading each letter, I tore it up and burned it.

Because no evidence should remain.

It’s an order, so I follow it.

His own honor and loyalty depend on the well-being of his family.

That’s all.

For some reason, I thought of Judas who never gave up even though he was rolling on the floor.

Like a haze.

The only feeling I’ve felt in recent years. Achievement.

The feeling of watching someone grow up couldn’t be above orders.

***

The weekend is over.

It felt like a long weekend with the request and various things intertwined.

When I returned to the training camp, I received new news.

From Shylock and Elijah, respectively.

It was surprising news for different reasons.