"This is the head of the Frost Knights, Christine Artio, who was personally ordered by His Majesty Daria." Corgate stepped aside and led Christine into the door, the female head of the Knights, still wearing her heavy silver-blue knight's armor, and did not seem to be tired.

"This is the former Chancellor, Joseph Nadal." Cordant raised his chin at Joseph Sr., and then he pointed to Millie and introduced, "This is my valet chief, Millie Calle. ”

"It's an honor to meet you, esteemed Captain Christine." Joseph Sr. and Millie bowed to Christine together, Joseph Sr. was the Minister of the Palace, in charge of palace affairs, and did not know much about the affairs of the Knights and the army, but the reputation of the head of Christine was prominent, and he had heard of it.

It is said that during a battle against pirates, the Knights of the Cross, led by His Majesty Daria, were under siege. His Majesty was battling the enemy pirate leader at the bow of the ship, and the huge steam cannon fired in unison, piercing the deck of the pirate ship. Seeing that His Majesty and the pirate leader were about to sink to the bottom of the sea with the leaky pirate ship, no one could cross the sea area tens of meters wide to board the ship to rescue, and it was too late.

At the critical juncture, a metal giant shrouded in steam emerged from the Frost Knights, which were composed entirely of female knights. At that time, steam mechs were still considered impractical steam machines and were rarely studied by mechanics. But on that day, the first steam mecha in the trial production spewed white smoke like a dragon, and hooked iron cables from both sides of the shoulders to hook the sinking pirate ship in the air, and finally landed on the deck.

The prototype mech wielded its two-handed serrated sword to kill enemies on the deck, and eventually, after assisting His Majesty Daria in decapitating the pirate leader, the steam mech once again flew back to land from the pirate ship using its extraordinary jumping and dashing abilities and hook iron cables.

The Valkyrie who rescued His Majesty Dariah and piloted the first prototype mech was Christine Avefer.

In order to reward Christine Affer, His Majesty Daria gave her the name of the Atio family, which means that without Christine, she would have died in the sea, and her savior is the one who saved her life, and such a person has every reason to be crowned with the surname of the royal family and join the royal family.

Her Majesty made Christine the head of the Frost Knights, and made her the "Frost Valkyrie".

Cogate and Christine sat down at the table, and Joseph Sr. immediately went to the kitchen to prepare tea and let Millie serve them. Since the destruction of the Bytin Kingdom and the escape of Komat from the palace, life has not been easy for several people, and the fire and looters have robbed them of everything of value, leaving the three of them with only a leather case containing important items. They currently live on the meager money Millie earns as a waitress in a restaurant and Corgate works in a Snoff repair shop, so naturally there is nothing good to entertain the former head of the Knights.

However, Christine didn't care, and was very satisfied with the teacup that Millie had brought over and tasted the cheap tea. Thinking that back then, the black tea that the royal family drank was transported from the East by steam merchant ships for several days, Cordant smiled and shook his head.

"It wasn't just me who escaped from the fire, there were also many military officers. After the destruction of the Kingdom of Baitin, we traveled across the kingdom to regroup the lost forces, culminating in the formation of the O-13 Sanctuary Guardians. Six years ago, the Orton chaebol grew and created a new type of steam mecha that was a powerful weapon against demons. The Orton chaebol sponsored our Guardians for three years, until three years ago, when we lost the Guardian's military chief, and the Orton chaebol offered to hire our Guardians permanently. ”

"Actually, what they mean is to take advantage of the fact that we are leaderless to gain full control of the Guardian Army. Under the pressure of many forces, our guardian army had to officially become the army under the Orton chaebol under the terms of the Orton chaebol. Only in this way can we continue to receive financial sponsorship and steam mechs from the Orton chaebol. ”

Speaking of this, Christine paused, "I am now the second-generation military chief of the Guardian Army. ”

"In other words, the Guardian Army is completely Orton's chaebol's, and you are also Orton's chaebol's." Komet said lightly.

"No, I, Christine, were born to be a knight of the Atio family, and I am your most loyal servant, Your Majesty!" Listening to Coment's words, Christine suddenly got up from her seat, knelt down in front of Coment, and saluted him with knightly etiquette.

"Your Majesty?!" Old Joseph and Millie were startled when they heard this, and they both fell to their knees in a panic, following Christine's example, and bowed their heads, not daring to look Cogate in the eye. They didn't know that the loyal female head of the Order had been crowned king of Koment.

"Get up." Expressionless, Korment stepped forward, first helping Christine, who was kneeling at the front, and then Joseph Sr. and Millie in turn.

He patted Christine on the shoulder and said, "You misunderstood, I just agreed to you to be my knight, not that I wanted you to serve me as king." ”

Christine looked up sharply, her sapphire beauty as she looked at Corgate's only dark red right eye, with indescribable emotion in it.

She remembered that in the hallway of the Royal School of Mechanics, under the flowery branches of the cherry tree, Komet solemnly took the longsword with the hilt of the cross sword inlaid with gold and blue gems from her hand. He raised the sword and touched her shoulders and the top of her head, the action, the expression, the same as when His Majesty Dairia had canonized her as the head of the Frost Knights.

She decided that this young man, he was the last inheritor of the royal blood of Artio, and no matter what, she, the head of the knight who was given the royal surname, would also serve this young man to death.

"How did you find me?" Cordant asked suddenly.

"The chaebol sent me to visit the final steam mecha manipulation assessment of the Wang Li Mechanical Academy, and asked me to select outstanding students who are suitable to join the Guardian Army. Although I haven't seen you for nine years, I still recognized Your Highness at a glance, but I didn't expect Your Highness to have mastered witchcraft. Christine replied truthfully.

"Have you reported this to the chaebol?" Corgate asked.

"No, today I came to your Highness privately, and I told your teacher that you were favored by the Guardian Army." Christine shook her head.

"They did it on purpose, and there's no way they don't know your whereabouts." Komet said slowly.

"Deliberately?" Christine was a little puzzled.

"They want to see me and take me to Orton." Kormant patted Christine's armor-clad shoulder and turned away.