"Extraordinary ability... Their performance on the battlefield is truly terrifying, and the soldiers who approached them lost their combat effectiveness and courage..."

Gadia looked at Avi seriously, "Avi, war is cruel, so don't use this tone to discuss battlefield matters. A benevolent person cannot change the outcome that was predestined from the beginning, and His Royal Highness the Prince knows this very well, and you, as His Royal Highness's trusted subordinate, should also understand this truth as soon as possible. Just as water can drown a person or extinguish a fire, it depends on how you use the power that can be used. ”

Gadia's words made Avi completely sleepy, and when the female knight left, Avi, who was sitting on the grass, was still thinking about the other party's words. As Gadia said, the Grand Prince's army defeated Amsol with the help of the funeral mercenary group, but His Royal Highness must have paid some price, and this power is a double-edged sword.

Soon a week passed, and in addition to learning the knightly etiquette that he had already known, Avi was also doing simple training like other soldiers. He also began to keep a diary, intending to record the life of the knight for Miranda and his mother to show in the future. Prince Bradley, under the pretext of recuperating from his wounds, stationed more than 10,000 mercenaries and 20,000 troops brought from the west in place all the time, with no sign of withdrawal. At the same time, many soldiers came here from the west, and there were about 10,000 reinforcements gathered from the west, and even the most unsightly people of Mallot could see that Prince Bradley did not give up control of Mallot.

Princess Winlith had already left Mallotte following the information and clues given by Walter, and except for a small number of guards and knights who followed left and right, the remaining army of less than 10,000 was handed over to Bradley. The Marquis of Roberto, who had been on the same side as Bradley in his fight against Amsey, sent half of his soldiers home, leaving only those wounded in the battle with the cavalry brigade to be healed in Mallot.

Walter, who had more than 60,000 soldiers, spent his days and nights between the barracks and Mallot, constantly discussing various matters with Gronus and others, especially dealing with the remnants of the Amsoil and negotiating with foreign diplomats. Walter, who was a first-class communicator, quickly quelled the turmoil caused by the diplomatic envoys, especially their attempts to contact Evan, and handled it so well that no one was punished for it. In the face of such a large number of generous three princes, diplomatic envoys, including Stitch, were impressed, although they did not support Walter to become the prince in their mouths, but the support in their hearts had already sprouted.

Avi had taken time out of his time to enter the city over the weekend, the confrontation between the two princes and the queen's faction had eased, and the "Council of the Five Parties" was waiting for the arrival of the border nobles to adjourn for the time being, and all worries were thrown into the future, not the present. So Avi also took this opportunity to apologize to Stitch in person and ask for Sango's forgiveness.

The streets of Mallote are still quite deserted, even in the bustling and bustling commercial markets of the past. Perhaps due to the possibility of instability, most of the merchants who did business in Mallote took advantage of the détente to move their assets and leave the city. Even the mercenaries who had not sided with them before, but more of the mercenaries chose Bradley because the victory over Amsoil gave them an opportunity to make a fortune, and the mercenaries who lived with them had already received a lot of money from that battle, and most of the rewards and loot came from Amsoil's camp.

Avi walked to the house where he had lived for almost a year, and several guards standing around immediately noticed the "regular resident", who of course did not know that Avi was already Bradley's personal knight, and they watched Avi knock on the door as usual.

"Avi, you kid is amazing!" Avi was so excited that he burst into tears when he first saw the big-nosed fan, "I became a knight... Oh, be quiet, come in and talk!" Fan then pulled Avi into the room, and Fan was as unscathed as he had last met.

"I'm back. Avi shouted into the room, but no one answered him except Fan, who was standing beside him.

"No need to shout, Stitch stayed in the diplomat's residence because of the previous diplomatic turmoil, and the letter of apology sent from Grimmko was enough to make it difficult for this noble imp, and the previous imperial diplomat also changed his attitude and was very strict with Stitch, it is estimated that this is what Stitch's father, Duke Bernardo, meant. ”

Avi nodded, he could understand Stitch's current situation. After all, Stitch was not even an adult, and he had made something similar to a rebellion that almost affected the relationship between the two countries, and his sister Saresa and the duke must have been very angry. Avi thinks back to the night when he was called by Sango, and if he had been with him, he might have changed the outcome, but thinking about it like this would obviously only add to the annoyance.

"What about Coral? she..."

"She showed me the letter you wrote to us, but she probably didn't show it to Stitch," Van jumped on a bench in the hall and lay down with her head in her hands, "She is still by Stitch's side to take care of his daily life and food, and I guess Coral is not without being scolded or even blamed. ”

Avi lowered his eyelids and walked around the familiar living room before saying, "I'm sorry for her, because of her help, I was able to get an errand that allowed me to leave the empire, an errand that gave me the opportunity to see the world. If it weren't for her help, I wouldn't have been able to have a full cadet degree at Kestrel Academy, and I wouldn't have been able to meet Prince Bradley..."

"You really think it's a good thing to be a student there and meet Bradley!" Fan rolled his eyes, "Look at me, I'm not as 'lucky' as you, but I still have freedom, maybe you won't have such freedom in your life, you have to understand!"

The big-nosed Fan's words were like a fluttering fist, and at this moment, Avi really didn't feel anything bad because of the loss of Fan's so-called "freedom".

"Very well," Avi smiled bitterly, "you know, I'm now a knight of Prince Bradley, and he himself canonized me. Avi said, mimicking the time when he had been canonized by Bradley himself, and he recited the knightly oath in front of Fan, this time more complete than the one he did.

"What, is it so easy to become a knight? No wonder there are so many knights in our time, so many hired knights, it turns out that knights have become very cheap things. "The era that Fan is talking about is the last 100 years. Since the division of the Old Kingdom, the strife on the continent shows no signs of abating, and more and more nobles need the support of the army and the support of mercenaries. In the old times, the canonization of knights was a very solemn and sacred thing, but the changes of the times have also changed the status and quality of knights, and the original chivalry has been forgotten by most contemporary knights.

"From now on, I will be Prince Bradley's subordinate, and although I still have the status of Lord Stitch's bodyguard, I know that both Stitch and the Grand Prince will understand my choice. ”

Fan closed his eyes and lay like a lazy cat, "Yes, that noble imp does seem to be a person who doesn't care about this kind of thing, anyway, he has already learned swordsmanship from you, and he doesn't need your protection." On the contrary, Bradley, you are really 'in love' with this prince, you can't persuade you, you can't pull it, anyway, I can't control you!"

"I'm only 'in love' with you!"

"No! I don't like men!"

The two of them immediately laughed, Avi hadn't laughed so happily in a long time, and his mood was so relaxed. Big Nose Fan and himself left from Golden Shoe City together, went through ups and downs, and finally were able to calmly deal with each other, and this relationship made Avi feel very secure. Even if Fan said that he would not care about himself, he would definitely help himself within the scope of his ability.

Van then tells Avi about their capture by Heck. They were indeed placed under house arrest by Heck in the palace, but they were well fed and housed in the palace, and they didn't look like traitors from other countries at all. Van and Coral weren't coerced by Heck, unaware that Avi was asked to bring a sneak attack team to Bradley. In other words, Heck's words to Avi were nothing more than intimidation.

"You're really not clever enough, if you change it, I'm sure I can see at a glance that it's Heck's strategy, that kind of person's words can't be trusted," Fan's expression was full of indifference, he may not be able to understand Avi's anxious mood at the beginning, "Heck is one of the three 'lines' of the 'cat nest', and he was even imprisoned, which is too intriguing." ”

Since they moved out, the palace cooks who brought food on time haven't been seen again, and Fan, who was released by Heck, was in charge of guarding the house, and he had to go to the "Hot and Sour Blackberries" every day to buy cooked food. So Ah Wei and Fan decided to buy their own ingredients tonight and prepare their own dinner. Of course, the food cooked by their own hands was not as good as that of the court cooks, but they did not complain about anything, after all, there were so many things to complain about.

Van talked about the Spark Mercenaries during the meal, saying that he hadn't met Mills or Mills' fiancée. The remaining subordinates of the Spark Mercenary Regiment also chose to escape from Mallote immediately when the city gates were wide open, and defected to the Grand Prince's military camp.

Both of them had a tacit understanding not to talk about the strife in the kingdom, perhaps Avi and Fan both knew that the temporary détente was just an illusion of peace, and that King Byron was the decisive factor, and if this king could not recover his health as soon as possible, Bradley and Walter would sooner or later become the second Amzon.

Avi's deadline for asking Bradley for leave was one day, and Fan also knew that Avi was now involuntarily, so the two of them went to sleep with alcohol after eating and drinking, and no longer bothered about the affairs of the kingdom.

"Alive... There is hope to be alive... If you die, there's nothing..."Fan's dream words reached Avi's ears, and Avi, who heard this, was standing by the window, watching the sunrise over Mallot, thinking about what he could give.