The "Andrea" he mentioned, whose full name was Andrea Jeffrey, was the precious daughter of the knight chief in front of him - although Viduka had not established a formal relationship with the young lady so far, his heart became nervous and apprehensive.

The sunset in winter is soft, the golden sunlight fills the forest outside, the trees sway in the breeze, the rustling of branches and leaves, and the gentle and crisp chirping of birds.

"Andrea once said that she would only marry great heroes."

After being silent for a long time, the middle-aged man, who had never been smiling, suddenly spoke, and he seemed to notice that the young knight's body trembled in front of him, and his face turned a little pale—

Being in your early twenties and having the ability to find a high-level job is already very good, but compared to the broad concept of "great hero", it is obviously still a considerable distance, and it may not be possible in this life.

Frustrated, or rather disheartened.

Viduka felt as if he had been poured a basin of cold water on his head, and just as he was about to say goodbye to him, he saw a faint smile on the knight's face.

"Master Jeffrey......"

He had one last hope in his heart.

"Viduka, if you become an official knight this year, I will consider it."

"Oh...... Belch...... Whining...... Thank you so much, my lord, I will do my best! ”

As if he had regained a glimmer of light in the darkness where he couldn't see his fingers, Viduka, who had become depressed, suddenly became excited again, if it weren't for the dignity of each other's superiors, he almost wanted to hug the middle-aged man in front of him and sing and dance-

He was born in an ordinary civilian family, his family was quite well-off, his father was a miller in the countryside of the Tarun region, and he was fortunate enough to join the Iris Knights, which was the result of the outbreak of the "Fog Pine War" -

Starting as an ordinary member of the cavalry team of the Northland Legion, he was lucky to survive all the way, and also achieved good feats.

More than two months ago, he and his fellow Knights had passed through the town of Lorenz and had been amazed to see Miss Andrea with her father.

From that day on, he was obsessed with the young lady. Whenever he had free time, he would ride his horse and go to the small town of Lorenz, just to see the young lady again, even if he watched from afar, he was satisfied—

Such an infatuated act made his companion laugh, but because of this, he and the young lady finally had their first "encounter".

"Ah, Andrea...... Are you Miss Andrea Jeffrey? ”

At that time, the young knight stood alone in the streets of the town of Lorenz with his horse, ignoring the curious eyes of the passers-by around him from time to time, he just stared at the Jeffrey family's mansion, and the young lady came out with the maid -

She conversed with a merchant, then bought a small canary from the merchant, and was about to turn to leave, when the young knight approached.

There was silence for a few seconds.

Andrea nodded—Viduka had already heard the girl's name, and he stroked his short gray hair, and the expression on his face was like a brilliant chrysanthemum, "I'm Viduka, Lord Geoffrey's knight." ”

"Hmm."

The girl's answer was soft, but to Viduka's ears, it was like a heavenly sound.

"What kind of bird is this?"

He noticed the wooden birdcage in the girl's hand and tried to find a topic to greet.

"Canary."

"Canary? It looks quite thin and small, and the skeleton is not large, so it is suitable for stewed soup. ”

There was another silence, and the atmosphere was eerily quiet.

"Knight Viduka, what's the matter?"

The girl asked.

"Uh-"

Viduka, who has always been quick-witted, didn't find the right words this time.

"I'm a little tired...... Well, I'll go back first, goodbye, Knight Viduka. ”

"Oh, okay. Goodbye, Andrea. ”

The young knight looked at the girl's back in a daze, and he found himself surrounded by a feeling called happiness.

In the days that followed, he visited the town of Lorenz a few more times, but unfortunately he never met Andrea again, but it was not all for nothing, and he learned from the mouths of the townspeople that the girl he liked was still not engaged—

Perhaps, he is possible?

Although the nobility of the kingdom rarely intermarried with commoners, such things did not happen in the martial arts of the Talen region.

He learned that the girl was the daughter of Captain Cumberland Jeffrey, and he quickly came up with a bold plan, and today, he finally waited for this good opportunity—

The young knight bowed almost with joy, and then left the tent with brisk steps.

A smile tugged at the corners of Cumberland's mouth.

In the Iris Knights, Viduka is a young man he is very optimistic about: twenty-two years old, he is in a high-level strength, and the potential he shows is extremely amazing, if nothing else, it is only a matter of time before he steps into the first order of awakening-

The significance of an awakened power level knight to the Jeffrey family is self-evident, and from the perspective of interests alone, he has no objection to his daughter marrying this young knight.

After Viduka leaves, he can't help but think of his family's three children: Randall, Andrea, and Sosa.

Shifting his gaze to the jug full of ale, he poured a glass and sipped it slowly.

……

Accompanied by Sheriff Isaac, Andrea arrives at the "Wolf and the Whistle". On the third day of the New Year's Festival, the snow gradually stopped, and the mercenaries who had come to Lorenz for their quest were still gathered in the tavern.

By the end of the afternoon, the hall of the tavern had become extremely lively—

After a few days of contact, these mercenaries have become familiar with each other, and at this time they are gathered around the wooden tables, drinking ale, talking about all kinds of news and rumors, whether true or false, and along with this, there is also the sound of wine glasses clattering......

"I'm telling you, Her Royal Highness Princess Samantha met a group of assassins in Karthhas the other day......"

A mercenary in shabby leather armor in the crowd was speaking loudly, holding the wine glass, his exaggerated body movements matched the words, and he didn't even notice that the ale in the cup was spilled—

Speaking of the princess's assassination, these people, including the busy waiters in the tavern, couldn't help but be very interested, they stopped the previous noise, and gathered around the mercenary.

As he was about to say the final outcome, he paused, raised his arm, drank the ale from his glass, and then just smiled and looked at the crowd.