A Troublesome Female Knight
It was a week ago that I received a call from McQueen-san via the Adventurer's Guild.
This year, along with the daughter of the ducal family in the south, they will be heading to the royal capital after greeting the Frontier Count family and the ducal family in the east, so they will not be stopping by RockQueen. Therefore, we were told that this year we would meet at the capital of the Frontier territory and head straight to the royal capital together.
I had visited the capital once on a request, so without any panic, Rain and I teleported to the capital on the day we met up.
The young lady with whom I exchanged greetings was Fran Saint.
She had long light purple hair in vertical rolls, giving the impression of a villainess. Her face gives the impression of being a little harsh. I was a little surprised by the difference between her appearance and her soft demeanor.
There was another thing that surprised me.
The female knight who escorted her had black hair and her name was Ayako...
For a moment, I thought it was a reincarnated person or a summoned person, but I stopped digging deeper.
In fact, I made a vow on the day I turned 15.
[Not looking at the past or emotions with the God's Eye].
To be honest, it is hard for me to see the past and feelings of others. Especially those who are dying, those who have died, those who have done something wrong, and those who have been harmed......
The psychological damage is quite large. The last person that I looked into the past was old man Mondo. At that time, I made the mistake of looking at the old man's past and getting angry. If possible, I really don't want to let other people's pasts and feelings disturb my heart.
If I look at this woman who calls herself Ayako with my [God's Eye], I'll know the answer right away, but even if I do, there's nothing I can do about it. In fact, there is no point in doing so.
I decided not to worry about the knight named Ayako. But...
For some reason, the other side seems to be showing hostility toward me. It seems like she doesn't want me to get close to the young lady, and she's weirdly intimidating, which is annoying.
When I was on night watch, she called out to me even though we hadn't exchanged proper greetings, and the first thing she said to me was...
"You, what's with the sword?"
To be honest, at this point, I thought she was quite rude, but the other person was an important customer of McQueen-san and a relative of the escort. I had no choice but to answer without rudeness.
"My sword?"
"Where did you get it?"
"I made it."
"Hmph. Don't hide it. Not even a dwarf could make that good."
"Well... you don't need to believe me, but..."
Ayako asked, her temples twitching a little.
"Can you use a sword? Yamato style?"
Yamato style... I remember something about it... but what was it? Well... for now, I'll give her an appropriate answer.
"No, I'm learning it myself. I do have someone I studied under, though."
"Hmph. An unregistered sword after all. You are not going to be of any use, even if you are a C-class. You should concentrate on protecting the merchant. Don't get close to Ojou-sama."
After saying that, Ayako quickly left.
Rain, who was sitting next to me and listening to our exchange, was furious.
"What is that? That attitude. That was so rude!"
"Well, don't get so angry, Rain. Besides, if you get tired of being angry for nothing now, it will hinder the trip. Don't worry about it."
I somehow calmed down Rain and then rested my body.
The journey did not go without incident. Ayako was always on my case.
"You! What are you slacking off on?"
"No, right now we're just taking turns taking a break."
While I was resting on the back of the carriage, she would appear out of nowhere and give me a hard time. Frankly, it's a pain in the ass.
"You're just a burden anyway. Why don't you just keep an eye on your surroundings?"
“No, well, I have [Presence Detection] skill so I'm keeping an eye out for the time being.''
"Are you talking nonsense again? Are you making fun of me?"
"No... I didn't mean to do that..."
It was at that time. Fran Ojou-sama called out from the carriage.
"Come! Ayako! I need to talk to you. Return to the carriage!"
After saying that, Ayako finally disappeared.
To be honest, Ayako's behavior was making the adventurers who had been hired to escort them on their journey feel bad, and the other four knights who had been assigned to escort the young lady were looking at Ayako coldly.
The air was bad. This would be very bad in an emergency. If the guards can't get solidarity with each other, whether it's the young lady or the merchants, they can't protect them.
This will be proven later.
Tftc
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