Chapter 8

Being a royal knight, it was not a bad offer. According to what Laura said, the salary earned was somewhat larger than that of adventurers in this world because adventurer missions rarely existed due to monsters rarely attacking or entering the territory. Moreover, becoming a knight or soldier of the kingdom is not easy. They have to undergo rigorous training given by a knight who has earned a title. But, if the person has the ability then, it's a different story. They can enter easily as long as they take the test given. In fact, if you get a lot of achievements, then you might be promoted to a noble or honorary knight. This offer is probably neither bad nor good. If I joined the knight army, I would be restrained by rules that were much stricter than ordinary citizens. That doesn't suit my rather wild and free nature.

"How much longer until the place where you were attacked by the WellfRed swarm?"

"It won't be long now. We just need to walk straight."

"Alright."

After 10 minutes of walking, I saw some people in the distance. As I slowly walked over to look at the people, I saw a dozen knights resting or treating their comrade's wounds.

"Looks like we've arrived."

There was no answer from Laura. I waited a few minutes before Laura didn't speak either, she usually talks a lot. There's no way she's dead, right? I quickly turned my head to look at Laura. I saw Laura's face with her eyes closed and still breathing. So, she was still alive. If I look again, it looks like she fell asleep. I couldn't blame her for falling asleep while I was carrying her. She had run as far as she could to avoid falling prey to the monsters. She had also used a lot of magic to help the knights. I'd better not wake her up.

"[Master, be careful!!! They are an army of high ability and skill. You may be able to fight 1 to 7 of them, but they are quite numerous and you can't face them all at once. So, be careful, sir!!! You'd better not make trouble and create misunderstandings that will make them angry]."

I see, I'd better make a good first impression. Wait a minute!!! If they see me with Laura on my back, they might think that I kidnapped Laura. I have to hide her face.

As I walked around trying to get close to them, they watched us. They were all watching me from a distance. 

All of them were wearing silver-colored armor. It seemed to be very strong and resistant to magic attacks.

When I was 30 meters away from them. All the soldiers held the hilts of their swords, watching out for me.

"Who are you?" A female knight asked me.

"I-"

"Are we there yet?" Laura woke up and spoke.

"Miss Laura? You're Miss Laura aren't you?" The female knight said.

"Ah! Rosylin! That's right it's me Laura."

I looked at Laura.

"Can you put me down?"

I lowered Laura from my back.

"Can you wait for me?"

I just nodded.

walked up to the female knight. They embraced tightly.

"Thank goodness the lady is alright!!!"

"Sorry for troubling yourself and the other knights."

"No, it doesn't matter! The most important thing right now is that you're safe, miss."

I just stared at them hugging not only the other knights but also smiled happily because the lady they were protecting was fine.

This infirmary was made on the spur of the moment, but it was quite well made.

As I looked at the female knight, she also looked at me. Did I make a mistake? Laura and the knight were talking, I just silently waited as she said. Shortly after they spoke the lady knight summoned another knight. The knight the lady called was well-built with perfect posture. His face looked a bit old with a mustache. The aura that the knight exuded was quite intimidating.

That knight is different from the others. If I confronted him, he and I might be evenly matched.

The knight also looked at me briefly with a glance and then went back to talking to Laura and the female knight.

"Leon! Come here!"

Laura waved her hand and called out to me. I walked over to her.

"As I explained he is the one who helped me. His name is Leon Clyde."

As I came over to her, Laura introduced myself.

"Hello! I'm Leon Clyde. You can call me Leon." 

I introduced myself again and bowed slightly.

"Introducing my name is Rosylin, you can call me Rosylin. I am the vice-captain of this knight's guard. I also apologize for my impoliteness, for intimidating you."

The female knight introduced herself. When viewed up close the woman was quite beautiful with her long blonde hair. Sky blue colored eyeballs. With ponytail hair 

"It's alright. You're just on the lookout for something that could harm the knights."

"Now it's my turn to introduce myself. My name is Vincent Cedric. You can call me Cedric instead. I am the captain of this knight escort. It is a pleasure to meet the person who helped my lady."

"That's no problem. I just happened to hear her scream and helped her."

"Still, you saved Miss Laura's life. Even gave her a healing potion. I really can't say anything but a big thank you."

"I also thank you for saving Miss Laura from danger. If there is anything you want, you can say so. We may be able to grant it."

If this was a market MC's isekai novel. Most likely that MC would have rejected it. I'm not the MC in the novel. I will accept it but not now.

"It's fine if you insist. But I still haven't thought about it, so maybe when we get to the city I'll think about what I want."

"That's no problem. You'd better think about it soon. I'll try to grant it."

"Thank you then-"

I immediately turned my gaze towards the left of the forest.

"Shit!!!"

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