"Haha——! watchdog who has always been careless about people's lives, which gust of wind brought you here today?"

"The appearance of the demon dragon is also a hidden danger that threatens the peace of the empire, so crusading against it is the duty of knights loyal to the empire. ”

"Yo, that's a nice thing to say? Why didn't I see you standing up and doing your duty when the people were complaining? Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot, aren't you the culprits who endanger the people?"

"We take all the will of His Majesty and the country as a general priority. ”

"And what about this time, are the Great Majesty and the nobles planning to get some benefits from the Association to 'benefit the country'?"

"We provide combat power for free, in return, we just hope that everyone can hand over the command of the Demon Dragon Crusade to us. ”

"Hah!?Talking to yourself, you ran in and intervened, and you shamelessly wanted to point out the country? Lord Knight, you're not sick in the brain, are you?"

"We don't mean anything else, we just want to provide you with a safer and more effective crusade plan to reduce unnecessary casualties. ”

"Conspiracy! This is a naked conspiracy! He said it beautifully, but he actually wanted to trap us all to death by the hand of the magic dragon! Lao Tzu will not be fooled!"

"Rest assured, the five of us will take the lead in a head-to-head confrontation with the Demon Dragon, and you only need to help us from the side.

In this way, Knight Chris is upright and meticulous, answering the malicious questions of the guild leaders of the Adventurers' Guild to which he belongs.

However, the relationship between the Guild and the Imperial Army has always been in dire straits, and Chris's sincerity will not change, and everyone has almost forgotten the theme of the meeting, and only blindly initiates endless sarcasm and ridicule.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I can vouch for the personality of Knight Chris, although he belongs to the 'Legendary Blade', but-"

"Don't talk nonsense Thomas, you want to sell the association, and the lives of the old men to the empire, traitor!"

The scene was out of control, and even Thomas became the target of everyone's attacks.

At this moment, the white-haired old man slowly stood up from his seat. He scanned the audience with a bold gaze, controlling the boisterous colleagues for a moment, and finally looked directly at Chris, and slowly spoke.

"That's right...... You're Chris, aren't you? The name of the chief knight of the 'Legendary Blade' has been heard of by the old man. ”

"Don't dare to be, Mr. Whitehouse is a famous and martial artist, and I have deep respect for your deeds. ”

Faced with the coercion of the legendary B-class demonic beast that even escaped directly with its tail between its legs, Chris did not change his face and greeted him indifferently.

Not only that, Chris also calmly looked away, cast his gaze into the depths of the conference room, and continued in the direction of a certain young man, "And Yuri, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I am relieved to see that you look good." ”

This sentence immediately focused everyone's puzzled eyes on Yuri, but Yuri just sighed helplessly and did not respond.

"Whew, you have a friendship with our boys?"

"Hey, old man, don't meddle!"

Whitehouse was interested in getting to the bottom of it, which made Yuri interrupt impatiently.

"That's right. Before Chris could speak, the knight with neatly trimmed light blonde hair behind him, a knight with a similar temperament to Chris, but a few years younger, stepped forward and said first, "Yuri over there was still a knight of the 'Legendary Blade' until a year ago. ”

"What...... What ......! This kid is the ...... of the Legendary Blade."

"No wonder you are ...... at a young age"

"Damn, is this guy a spy who infiltrated the guild?"

The unexpected revelation of the truth sends everyone present into a confrontation, and their gaze at Yuri becomes suspicious and hostile.

Frey ...... You ......!"

The young man in black, who had always looked lazy and at ease, showed his anger for the first time in the face of the blonde knight's commands.

Yuri and Frey, the distance between the two of them was a round table, but between their staggered gazes, it was as fierce as if they could burst into flames, and at the same time, they slowly pulled their long knives and knight's swords out of their scabbards.

"Frey, don't do that. "'Don't worry, boy. ”

"Hold, sorry......" 'cut ......'

Chris spoke out in time to stop Frey, who was too young and vigorous, and at the same time, Whitehouse also stopped Yuri. The leaders of both sides tacitly prevented a battle that was on the verge of breaking out.

"Rest assured, Yuri has retired, and now he has nothing to do with the Knights. ”

"Ha-lad, it doesn't matter. You just said that you will hand over the command of the crusade against the demon dragon to you, right?"

Whitehouse smiled haughtily and pulled the conversation back on track.

"That's right, there are companions among us who are familiar with the legends of the Demon Dragon and the sealing method. So ......"

"Yes. ”

No one expected that before Whitehouse could finish his words, he proudly agreed to the request of his old enemy. This puzzled everyone present, "What do you say, old man?" and "That's right, do you want the old man to obey the command of the Imperial Eagle Dog?"

"Boy Chris, although the old man doesn't have a good impression of the Imperial Army and the Knights, he has a good impression of you. The old man still has some confidence in looking at people, but he can't just put his life and his brothers in your hands so easily. Even if the old man wants to go his own way, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public, so the old man has a condition!"

"Condition?, you say, listen to you. ”

"You and I are both martial artists, including me, the little brothers who are strong in blood, everyone has been licking blood for too long, and the only thing we believe in is strength. So the conditions are very simple, you and the old man come to compare, if your kung fu can satisfy the old man, the command of the alliance will be presented with both hands, and who else dares to make irresponsible remarks afterwards, and the old man will deal with it himself...... But if you can't satisfy the old man, then don't wear that dazzling armor and set foot in our Adventurers' Guild again. How?"

"Huh...... I understand, if Mr. Whitehouse is interested, he is willing to accompany him, and please be merciful. ”

"Haha, refreshed! The old man is getting more and more fond of you, boy. ”

"Don't dare to be. ”

"Boys, is there anyone else who has an opinion!?"

As he spoke, Whitehouse's gaze looked around the audience, and when the figure of the young man in black passed in front of him, the white-haired old man suddenly remembered something, smiled and turned his head back in Chris's direction, and added, "Ah, that's right." You don't mind if the rules change a little, right? How about changing the competition from one-on-one to two-on-two?"

"Two-on-two?"

"That's right, the old man and you each choose a companion from the manpower present. ”

"It's okay......"

"Yuri——!"

"Huh?"

As soon as he received the answer from the knight Chris, the white-haired old man immediately called out loudly, and the black-clothed young man who was named opened his mouth wide, put on a surprised look, and complained, "Old, old man, such a troublesome matter, why are you looking for me, don't make your own ......decisions!"

"Okay, okay! Don't talk nonsense, just listen to the old man's orders!"

Before Yuri could finish complaining, Whitehouse rudely grabbed him from his seat.

"Hehe, I see......"

Seeing this scene, the knight Chris on the side immediately smiled with relief, and he turned to the blonde knight youth and sent an invitation, "Then Frey, please accompany me to fight." ”

“............ Got it. ”

The blonde young man replied in a deep voice, his gaze shifting from ...... No, I must have stared at Yuri from the moment I stepped into this room, without half a deviation from him.

The young knight's gaze contained more than anger and hostility, but he clearly had other, more complex emotions about the young adventurer who had been his colleague.

So, after reaching an agreement with each other, the four people who participated in the competition led the others present to the combat training ground built underground by the association.

It is a circular field surrounded by stands and high walls, and since most of the opponents in the training battles are large monsters that have been captured, the entire area of the field is quite spacious, but in terms of architectural structure, it is more like a 'fighting ground' than a 'training ground'.

Whitehouse and Yuri, Chris and Frey, the quartet are both opposite each other, and they are at a distance from their opponents.

Among them, Yuri and Frey set up their weapons against each other, putting on a fighting posture and preparing to fight. Chris and Whitehouse, on the other hand, did not make any preparations.

"Hey, old man, what are you doing, could it be that you are too old and get dizzy when you stand for a while?"

"The old man has changed his mind, boy, the position of the vanguard will be given to you, let's go first. ”

"What do you mean, old man, isn't it because I used to be their companion, so I'm deliberately using this trick to test me if I'm a spy?"

Bringing up the culprit of two-on-two, but at this time he betrayed himself, which made Yuri can't help but lower his voice in anger.

"Hahahaha——!" But Yuri's questioning made the white-haired old man laugh heartily, and he threw his broad palm and slapped it on the back of the black-clothed young man.

"Hurt ——! old man, you ......!"

"You're so petty, spy, you unpleasant poor mouth, don't get me wrong, kid, those guys just now were just a quick talker, who cares where you came from and what you were doing? Take a good look around, boy!"

Whitehouse's words made Yuri look around the stands of the training ground, only to see that the union presidents, who had been fighting not long ago, were shouting hoarsely at the moment-

"Old man, and the stinky boy! Beat those two pretending little white faces to death!"

"Yuri, you're so fucking arrogant, don't drop the chain at this juncture——!"

"Boy, get on it, let these silver bastards see the backbone of their adventurers!"

"Yuri, before being beaten flat by Lao Tzu, don't fall into the hands of others!"

Basically the same shouts are like this, although the words are not beautiful at all, but everyone's enthusiasm for cheering is conveyed without concealment.

"Tsk...... These bastards, seeing that the wind makes the rudder, it really doesn't blow it......"

The unforgiving young man couldn't help but smile confidently in the thunderous cheering.

On the other side of the training ground, Knight Chris also smiled happily at the hot scene, and said to the blonde knight beside him, "It seems that Yuri has made a lot of good friends after leaving the Knights. I'm also worried that his personality is prone to making enemies everywhere. ”

"That guy just has a poisonous mouth, and he's a nosy, rotten guy at heart. ”

"Hehe, it's worthy of being a childhood sweetheart who grew up together, you know him very well. ”

"Maybe that's why...... So he couldn't stay in the Knights. Once upon a time, we aspired to the same goal, but ...... It's not enough to have a bad character......"

Halfway through the sentence, Frey lowered his head as he spoke, his voice revealing a hint of sadness.

"Adventurers, it seems, are all nosy, rotten good people, and this is a better fit for Yuri than the Knights. ”

As he spoke, Chris nodded slightly to Whitehouse in the distance, and then smiled and patted the young man on the shoulder, "Come on Frey, use your own way to convey your beliefs to your friends." ”

"Then again, Chris senior, you're a bad guy too. ”

Whitehouse and Chris stepped aside in tacit agreement.

Leaving the dark adventurer and the silver knight, once best friends, on the field, they draw their swords at each other, and two young figures face off in the two sides of the strait called "reality" and "ideal".