Chapter 4: Questions and Answers at the Banquet

It was about four o'clock in the afternoon, and with a roar, the rider's chariot reached outside the castle of Einzbelen. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Knight, who had been standing at the door early, couldn't help but sigh.

"Ahh

I made all kinds of preparations, but I really didn't expect such a situation.

"Is that how you just crushed it?"

The woods that presented a straight line, which was originally intended to cover the castle, have been carved out of a straight line.

There are fallen trees all over the place, so it can't be called a road, but it has to be said that it's not far from that scale.

"yes, the communication between this castle and the outside is really bad, so as a guest, it opens a way for future visitors, ah, don't thank me"

It was a smug expression, and it turned out that this guy who had done something stupid didn't seem to realize it at all.

It's a waste of magic and it's not flattering...

“・・・”

However, Rod smiled wryly and couldn't say anything.

Then he turned his head slightly to look at the other man in the chariot.

A thin figure wrapped in clothes that look a little bloated even in autumn, and a line hat.

"Are you alright?"

A little worried, although the rider unconsciously brought this teenager is the right choice in various aspects, but this physical condition is really worrying.

"Let's go in first, right?"

"Well, no problem..."

Without refusing, Webb was led into the castle by the maid beside him.

It seems to be quite relieved of Rod's personality, and Rider doesn't have a worried expression at all, but is quite interested in other things, and looks curious.

"But then again, what's going on with you, knight?"

Pointing to the gown on Knight's body, which was already several times more luxurious than the original one, the delicate embroidery and ornaments had completely elevated the black puff dress to a considerable specification.

"Ah, this one, it was chosen for me by Alice.・・・I'm not good at this kind of thing..."

Smiling wryly and shrugging his shoulders, Rod didn't care about being embarrassed or anything, or rather, if he was considered good at this, it would make him feel embarrassed.

Knights should be good at fighting and poetry, while court communication and the enjoyment of fine clothes are the focus of nobles.

Rhodes wasn't ready to step into another realm, so to put it quite simply.

"Eun, I understand that, but what did you just call your lord?"

All of a sudden, I grabbed the point that I had missed before.

"yes, I wanted to tell you before, but you left all of a sudden"

Rod shrugged.

"If you're interested, I'll just repeat it later, in short—I'm now Lord Alice Field's servent."

“・・・”

Even Rider was stunned with a look of surprise.

"That's it, please"

However, this kind of realization, Rhodes has already had, gave up his position, and then bowed down, and now standing here are not two heroic spirits, but the lords and kings who have passed through the torrent of time and represent their respective countries.

"The banquet is ready, I hope you are satisfied"

Even the king of Macedonia, faced with such rhetoric, could only put aside other doubts for the time being, and then came up with the king's style.

"Then you'll lead the way"

・・・

Then, as expected, the Golden King was the last to arrive.

At the scheduled moment, it was late until the last second, but there was no apology, and there was no doubt that it was deliberate.

However, neither rider nor knight mean to blame.

Rather, it is a matter of course.

"Is it in such a shabby place?"

Then the other party was as good as ever, looking at all this with contempt.

"That's all your taste is. ”

"Heh, but Jinguang, can you say that?"

Here, the only man who was qualified to refute the king was to raise his glass with a smile.

"Anyway, it's Knight Castle now, and besides, there won't be such a magnificent building in your time, right?"

I drank a glass of wine first, and Rider brought a barrel of wine by himself, and brought a spoon for drinking. However, in the face of the hasty but definitely not low-style banquet of the Einzberen family, just in the blink of an eye, Rider had already left what he had brought behind.

"Besides, this kind of banquet is not something that has been seen in the past, right?"

Completely from an objective standpoint, Rider took matters into his own hands, poured a glass of wine, and handed it to the Golden King.

"Hmph, this is your inferior sin, ignorant fool"

didn't say anything about the miscellaneous, and then took the wine glass without hesitation, and drank it all, the heroism may not be as rough as the conquering king, but there is a supreme royal way in it.

The Ancient King tasted the taste in his mouth for a moment, and then laughed again.

"It's like the drinks you use, it's easy to make people laugh."

"Oh, what about you, don't you mind telling us?"

"That is nature, and the king has the obligation to show his greatness to the foolish people!"

Seated, sat firmly on the bench, in the vast hall, there were only two kings, a lord, and two masters sat in two sections not far from each other, and the fire in the fireplace was blazing, bringing time back to ancient times.

No lady is qualified to stay here, and in fact Webb and Alice don't actually have the right to be a spectator.

However, neither king cared.

In the eyes is the transcendent arrogance that can only exist after the extreme luxury, and after the exhaustive pleasure is the loneliness of the exhaustive everything, because it is incomprehensible, because it is absolutely correct, so the comfortable can look down on everything, can be proud of everything, and the king at the top of the throne of heaven once again showed his own side.

Simply because the other person is one of the true kings.

Recognized by the King of Heroes himself, he is a great man in heaven in terms of size and style, and a hero who is worthy of the name of the country with his person.

"Rider, this world is beautiful and extravagant, but it is nothing but a decaying and filthy artifact, and not to mention that you can't understand my magnificent court, and you can't see the vaults of the heavenly vault, and this joke, even if it is delicate and fragile, is not enough to call it magnificent, right?"

Then, point to the delicate dishes on the table.

"Again, rider, of course, this is a carefully cooked thing, but it is just dead, the cook is unintentional, the food has been dead for a long time, careful, delicate as a hair, but there is no commensurate 'meaning', in the end, it is just worthy of the mouth"

No mercy, one might even say nitpicking.

Rider smiled.

"Ah, perhaps"

But he has a different view on this.

"But it's still very good, isn't it? Food is just food, isn't it enough to be able to satisfy your appetite? This banquet is a courtesy, neither a celebration nor a triumph, why say so?"

He picked up the third glass of wine and handed it to Rod.

"Yes, Rodritte, have you and your king ever criticized the host of a banquet for being worthless for the sake of an ordinary banquet?"

Naturally, it won't.

But as the organizer, it is difficult for Rhodes to have the right to speak at this moment.

I could only smile bitterly and drink it all.

Sitting here now is not Rodritte, but a puppet who acts as king.

"Archer, you lost a game, and in terms of your subordinates' strength, you are a complete defeat."

Rider raised his glass again without hesitation.

Swearing, but without irony.

"Hmph..."

If it were someone else, the Golden King would have already summoned his treasure trove and left no armor left behind.

But now it is an exception.

"Why should I understand the will of the stubbles?"

After drinking the second cup, the golden king did not deny it, but he did not care.

If you don't need subordinates, then it is natural that there is no room for people, and you don't need to care.

"But, Rider, you didn't gather me and this thing for such a superficial question, did you? Say, let me see if your proposal can bring me some fun?"

The evil smile was full of malice that had found an interesting story.

"Of course, of course, it's not such a boring reason, and I can probably already determine your identity, so I will ask clearly, first of all, archer, the Holy Grail, what is it, do you understand? Can you tell us about it? Is it a cup? or something else?"

Rider smiled and asked questions that made Alice nervous.