CHAPTER 7

It was also the reason why I erased the care of my family and neighbors first from the list of things I could do for Jun.

Gaslighting, violence, verbal abuse, neglect.

I only encountered them until I was thrown into the dungeon, but Jun must have experienced these terrible parents all her life.

Just the thought of it made me feel bad.

"Jun!"

As soon as I was depressed thinking of Jun, Jun's parents, who came in front of me, lit up my feelings.

'How the hell did you get here? What about the Black Knights?'

I looked around. Members of the Black Knights were looking at me with a perplexed expression.

Meyer personally told me to join the expedition as the vice commander, and he entrusted my personal affairs to Axion, an elite of the Black Knights.

No matter where you look, the black knights are in power.

So, as an ordinary Black Knight, they had no choice but to look at me, and it seemed that my parents were brought in.

'But the answer is wrong. It's the right choice to stop even parents.'

I followed, clicked my tongue.

Either that or not, the parents who came into the Black Knights, wielding my existence as a pass, were reminded as if they were receiving special treatment.

My father strutted out in a louder voice than usual.

"Jun! I'd like to thank Your Excellency, who saved you. Where is Your Excellency?"

"Your Excellency is busy. I've said enough thank you's."

"That's. Your thanks alone isn't enough. The more you do this, the more you have to show examples. Go ahead and take the lead."

No matter how much I look at it, you seem to be more interested in other rice cakes than thanks…

I might have been hurt if I was the original Jun, but I'm just annoyed.

I struck them off with a sharp voice.

"… Your Excellency is busy? And honestly, my father and stepmother don't have to thank me. I'm not so happy to be back alive."

"No, what are you talking about? Do you feel better if you make us such bad people?"

"That's what you did when I went into the dungeon. You guys pushed me to death. Have you forgotten in the meantime?"

"Oh, my. Look what she's talking about."

My stepmother made a fuss. If I were here alone, you would stare at me with the eyes of an axe.

She may have grabbed at least one of my hair.

But now, there is Axion next to me.

It was funny to see that she tried hard to make a good face.

"You must have been very upset… But we're family, so take it easy."

Wow, this is really driving me crazy.

I didn't really want to deal with impudent and mindless people.

When I was thinking about what to do to get them apart, Axion stood up for me.

"I think that's enough of the farewell parting."

"… Farewell?"

"Jun Karentia is now a member of the Black Knights. The Black Knights must leave to close the other dungeon. There's no time to lose here, you know."

My stepmother and father's mouth opened wide. They looked at me and Axion in disbelief.

It seemed hard to believe that a child who had been so neglected became a member of the Black Knights who tried to get involved in the village.

"Jun… The Black Knights?"

"W-what's going on, Jun?"

"What happened there. I did a good job."

I answered back sweetly.

I didn't mean to reveal that I was a black knight.

It's terrible just to think about selling my name for them having a daughter who's been able to succeed.

But seeing the faces of my father and stepmother distorted as if they were denying the reality, it was not a bad idea to reveal it.

But that was what I saw so easily.

Whether they had denied reality and turned back, they said nonsense.

"Didn't you bother Your Excellency to accept you? Otherwise, he wouldn't accept a child like you…"

"Do they need someone in the Black Knights? Then it's just in time. Why don't they get Eugene to join them?"

"… Eugene? Don't be ridiculous."

"How can you be a sister? Are you trying to take away the opportunity of our Eugenie because you managed to join the Black Knights? What's good about family? If Eugene works out well, won't you benefit from it?"

"He's ten years old now!"

I screamed out loud. It's really endless as soon as I hear it.

I don't like my half-brother Eugene, but it's ridiculous to tell him to take a sword made of wood or a swinger to the dungeon strategy expedition.

In fact, it was completely insane to send him to attack a Dungeon, and it was also a nuisance to send him on an errand.

Either way or not, they continued to talk.

"Aren't the seeds of a knight supposed to start early? Eugenie has a heart of gold and is body-sharp…"

"Yeah, you're not the kind of person who can be accepted in the expedition. Eugene would be more useful than you."

Axion, who could not hear the nonsense anymore, chinned at the black knights next to him.

"Please put them away."

"Yes."

When the Black Knights forcibly held onto their arms, my father and stepmother raised their voices and attacked.

"What's wrong with you? Wherever we go, with good intentions…!"

"I told you we don't have time to lose. Don't you remember what I said just a few minutes ago? Or was it so funny that my words were not worth remembering?"

Beyond Axion's glasses, his eyes glistened.

Axion was always respectful to his opponents, but his personality was so tough that he didn't feel that way.

"Otherwise, dungeons open near your village could be closed immediately, but dungeons opened in other villages can be closed late… This could mean this. Isn't that too much?"

"That's not what I meant…"

"You're misunderstanding. We're just trying to help the Black Knights…"

They made excuses, sweating profusely.

However, Axion shook his hand as if it were annoying.

So, my father and stepmother were flashed by the Black Knights and hurled to the villagers in the distance.

Axion looked back at me and shook the tip of his eyebrows down.

"I'm sorry I took away your chance to say a word."

"No. No matter how much I contradicted them, they probably wouldn't have heard. They've already defined that they don't need to hear."

I caught a glimpse of my father and stepmother being taken away. Their faces turned red and they looked this way and screamed.

She is ungrateful, and her parents don't know.

They poured out all his grudges on me, saying nothing to Axion, who had driven them out.

I don't care. You're not even my biological parents. I'm in a good mood.

I giggled and patted Axion on the back.

"But you were cool."

"That's a relief."

The best way to awaken a sense of comradeship is to find an external enemy to curse with.

Axion and I punched each other. His fist is big too.

***

The villagers had no choice but to watch the Black Knights fold the barracks. Skilled, they were ready to leave soon.

"Do you have anything else to pack?"

"No, I don't really have anything to take, so I can just leave."

"…"

Axion looked at me sadly. As if he were seeing a child at home who hasn't bought a single garment…

Oh? Come to think of it… it's not much of a mistake. I really don't have clothes, do I?

I looked back at the closet where there were few clothes.

Even that was the alteration of the old.

So far, I thought I couldn't help it because I was a commoner in a rural village.

Come to think of it, however, Eugene was dressed up as a boy who was growing up.

How many of them.

I didn't feel it because I hadn't been in this town for so long, but I was able to see it clearly because it was the second time.

'You were really being discriminated against…'

I laughed bitterly.

Maybe he mistook my response for suffering from discrimination by my parents, Axion smiled embarrassingly and added as if to console me.

"Don't worry, it turns out that the law uniform will be provided with accessories."

"Really?"

"Yes. Normal sorcerers are individually tailored and forget for a while… but there are still some things that are still reserved for general use of law. Please wait a minute."

"Wait a minute. I don't need it right now… He's gone."

Axion stormed out of the seat and I didn't have time to stop him.

His personality is so urgent.

He soon brought the Black Knights' legal uniform.

It was a long dress robe made of black cloth as the name of the Black Knights.

The sleeves were stretched long, and the designs of the Duchy of Noktenoria were embroidered in silver embroidery.

"I don't have an executive wizard uniform… so just put it on temporarily, and when I get back to the base, I'll get you a new pair."

Axion's mouth wiggled disapprovingly.

When I looked at it, I found that unlike Axion's uniform, the quality of cloth and the finish of the cloth fell.

Axion grumbled.

"I can't believe I have to give you this uniform even though you're going to be the vice commander of the Black Knights."

But that's compared to Axion's clothes. Compared to the clothes I am wearing now, there was no separate wing coat.

"I'm satisfied. It's much better compared to what I'm wearing now…"

"But there's no supporting wizard sign…"

"Well, honestly, wizards can tell by the color of their hair. Your hair color changes depending on your horsepower."

"That's true."

The deeper the mana, the clearer the hair color is.

It was for that reason that Fabian and Axion, who were running top-class as flame-based wizards, had burning red hair.

And my hair is gray like a supporting wizard.

I twisted a few strands of hair down my shoulder with my fingertips.

"Let's get going now."

Meyer appeared just in time. Meyer paused when he saw me in black knights' uniform.