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chapter 15

'Why... ... are there only four?'

No matter how much I looked around, it was the same.

Iris is sitting at the table and eating her meal in silence, Lize is smiling brightly and saying something to Iris, and Erica is nagging Lize to stop talking nonsense.

And me, looking around.

In the large restaurant that could be used as a training ground, there were only four people.

"Hey, Lize."

"Huh? Why?"

"Why just us? Why everyone else?"

In the game, in addition to boss-level NPCs like Iris, Lize, and Erica, which are worthy of the name 'Knights', there were quite a few ordinary knight NPCs that were in the trash mob position.

Compared to the Imperial Palace, which is the actual second half of the field, it was extremely small in scale, but even so, if you kill all the enemies without letting them respawn in the middle, about 20 knights will appear.

If you take the human hostile route, this place will be turned into a stage, so you will need to place some trash mobs there. The ones who will play the role of those trash mobs are regular knights.

But now, aside from the four of us, there wasn't even a shadow of a person to be found.

"Anyone else? No?"

"None?"

"Yeah. There are only four of us in the Knights of the Silver Dawn. Oh, now that you've joined, there are five? Anyway, that's it."

"… …Why?"

"Um… … This might be a bit of a long story. Iris, can you tell this to the newbie?"

"It doesn't matter. Since we're both knights now, there's no reason to hide it. Just be careful not to tell anyone."

Iris gave her consent without hesitation.

"Well, that's right. Let's get some food first. I'll tell you later."

As Lize spoke, she walked over to the stove. Above it was a large pot with steam rising from it, and a loaf of white bread that seemed to be freshly baked and radiating heat.

It was okay up until that point. In terms of the setting, white bread made from wheat was a valuable item in the world of Bronze 4, but it wasn't so rare that even the Knights couldn't eat it.

There was meat soup in the pot, and meat soup wasn't something that even the Knights couldn't eat. Bread and soup appeared as background resources in the game.

The really strange thing happened next. Even though Lize had scooped up enough meat soup to fill her plate and taken five or six slices of white bread, the amount didn't decrease at all.

'What is this, a miracle?'

Clearly, Lize's plate was full of bread that she had taken as her share, but the tray on the stove was still piled with bread. For a moment, I wondered if my eyes were deceiving me.

"Oh, since this is your first time, you'll probably find this strange."

Erica came up next to me, who was dumbfounded.

Unlike Lize, who had scooped up a whole bowl of soup and even grabbed five or six pieces of bread, Erica's plate only had a small amount of soup and only one piece of bread.

"Of course it's amazing. What the heck is going on here?"

"I completely understand. It's natural to be surprised."

As she said that, Erica picked up a loaf of bread. As soon as she did, the empty space quickly rose and a new loaf of bread appeared. As expected, I was not mistaken.

As I was dumbfounded at seeing this right before my eyes, the bread I had just picked up was placed gently on my plate.

"Don't think too deeply about it, Mr. Rookie. Just think of it as the same thing as the room returning to its original state. This bread and soup also fall into that category. The difference is that the room being filled with bread and soup is considered to be the 'original' state, and the situation we are watching is also returning to its original state."

"This is the same type of magic?"

I picked up the bread on the plate and examined it. It was nothing special. Rize and Iris ate it without any problems, and Erica didn't seem to have any particular aversion to it either.

Erica smiled slightly, as if she noticed what I was thinking.

"Actually, I don't know if it's safe to eat this. We're all used to it, so we just ignore it."

"Then why… … ?"

"That would be better explained along with 'Why are there only five of us in the Knights?' Here, Soup. Sit down somewhere comfortable. I'll explain."

I took the bowl of soup and placed it on a plate. Lize, who was busy eating bread, looked at me and tapped the seat next to her with her palm. I knew what that meant, so I went over and sat down next to her.

A satisfied smile appeared on her face. Lize swallowed the bread and turned to look at me.

"I asked you earlier why we were the only ones here?"

"That's right. I think there's a separate reason."

"Of course. It's all because of that pig."