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"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. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoA benevolent person cannot change the outcome that was predestined from the beginning, and His Royal Highness is very aware of this, and you, as Prince Bradley'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 made Avi fall asleep, and when the female knight left, Avi 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 Mercenaries, but His Royal Highness must have paid some price.

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. In the name of recuperating from his wounds, Prince Bradley stationed more than 10,000 mercenaries and 20,000 troops brought from the west in place and did not withdraw. At the same time, many soldiers came here from the west, and about 10,000 reinforcements were gathered from the west, and even the most unsightly citizens of Mallott could see that Prince Bradley had not given up his intention to control 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 because he had been able to meet with Christine, sent half of his soldiers back home first, leaving only those wounded in the battle with the cavalry brigade to be healed in Mallot.

Walter, who had more than 60,000 soldiers, traveled between the barracks and Mallotte day and night, constantly discussing various matters with Gronos and others, especially dealing with the remnants of Amsoil and the diplomatic envoys of other countries. 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 Walters, those diplomatic envoys, including Lord Stitch and others, were all impressed, although they did not support Walter to become the prince in their mouths, but the support in their hearts must have sprouted.

Avi took time out 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 to welcome the border nobles and temporarily adjourned, and everything that made people "reverie" was thrown into the future, not immediately. So Avi also took the opportunity to return to Mallotne, hoping 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 ease of all parties to leave the city and transfer their assets. Even the mercenaries who had not sided with them before, but more of the mercenaries chose Bradley because the victory over Amsoil gave them a chance to make a fortune, and the mercenaries who had lived with them had already received a lot of money from that campaign, 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 almost burst into tears when he first saw the big-nosed fan, "I became a knight... Oh, be quiet! Come in and talk about it!" Fan then pulled Avi into the house, and Fan was as undamaged as the last time they 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 Glyncoe was enough to make it difficult for this noble imp, and the imperial diplomat who lived here before 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, he didn't even have an adult, and he almost made something that almost affected the relationship between the two and almost turned into a rebellion, and his sister Saresa and the duke must have been very angry. Avi thinks back to the night when she was called by Coral, and maybe her presence by her side would change 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 the 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, even more so than Stitch. ”

Avi lowered his eyelids and walked around the familiar hall until he confirmed Sango's absence before saying, "I'm sorry for her, I was able to get a job to leave the empire because of her help, if it weren't for her help, maybe I wouldn't have been able to have a full cadet degree in the Kestrel Academy now, 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 it again in your life, you see!"

The big-nosed Fan's words were like a fluttering fist, and at this moment, Avi really didn't feel anything bad because he had lost 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 the hell, is it so easy to become a knight? no wonder there are so many knights and so many mercenaries in our time, and it turns out that knights have become such cheap things. "The era that Fan is talking about is the last 100 years. Since the division of the Old Kingdom, there has been no sign of abating on the mainland, 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 also changed the status and quality of knights, and the original chivalry was forgotten by most 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!"

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 "manage" himself, he would definitely help himself within 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. And Van and Coral were not coerced by Heck, they had no idea that Avi was asked to go to Bradley with a sneak attack team. In other words, Heck's words to Avi were just intimidation, and he didn't do that.

"You're really not smart enough, if you change it, I'm sure I can see at a glance that it's Heck's plan, 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 mood at the beginning, "Heck is one of the three 'lines' of the 'cat nest', and he was also imprisoned, which is too intriguing." ”

Since they moved out, the palace cooks who brought food on time have not been seen again, and Fan, who was released by Heck, is in charge of guarding the house, and he can only go to the "hot and sour blackberries" to eat every day. So Avi and Fan decided to make their own dinner tonight and buy the ingredients themselves. Of course, the food they made with their own hands was not as good as that of the palace cooks, but they didn't complain about anything, after all, there were so many things to complain about.

Fan talked about the Spark Mercenaries during the meal, saying that he had not seen Mills, and that the remaining men of the Spark Mercenaries had chosen to escape from Mallot immediately and defect to the Grand Prince's military camp when the gates were wide open. Both of them were very tacit in their understanding not to talk about the strife of the kingdom and the future of Mallot. Perhaps Avi and Van both knew that the current temporary détente was just an illusion of peace, and that King Byron was the decisive factor, and if this king could not recover as soon as possible, Bradley and Walter would sooner or later become the second Amsey.

Avi's deadline for Bradley's leave was one day, and Fan knew that Avi couldn't help himself now, so the two of them went to sleep with alcohol after eating and drinking, and no longer bothered about the kingdom's strife.

"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.