"I've always thought that Lutga guy is a broom star. ”

In the depths of a dark alley, in an abandoned building full of debris, a young man's whining voice sounded.

"Huh...... Is that so?"

Then, the young man next to him asked in some surprise.

"It must be~~!Ten years ago, it was like this since I met him. ”

"But, ten years ago, ......"

"Yes, we were about your age. Not a knight yet, just a small soldier in the reserve camp. ”

The young man raised his hand, scratched his hedgehog-like upside-down blonde hair, cast his gaze on the filthy ceiling, and continued with a wistful expression: "From then on, as long as you have anything to do with that kid of Lutga, you will definitely be involved in trouble. And ninety percent of them are inseparable from women......"

"Woman, huh? But Lutga's predecessor seems to have a calm personality, and he doesn't look like a character who will cause trouble at will?"

"That's right~~ That guy doesn't have a bad personality, but if you sneak out of the training camp with him, you will definitely meet people like ...... That's right.,It's like a girl who is pestered by a villain.。 Let's not say that that guy is nosy, no matter how deliberately he ignores it, he will always be forced to get into trouble in the end. ”

"The seniors are strong, so it shouldn't be a problem to deal with some ruffians, right?"

"Teaching a few thugs, of course, is a matter of course. However, the situation will never simply end there, and the situation will continue to escalate and expand unconsciously, until in the end it will be difficult to recover......

Then Stan began to gush about some of the thrilling memories that had happened to Lutega when he was younger. Among them, it is not uncommon to accidentally offend the powerful and fall into a crisis.

And even so, it is a miracle that Lutga was not removed from the reserve camp of the Order.

While listening to the alarmist stories of the young man, the young man with short silver hair became more and more confused. Although judging from the results, Lutga was indeed involved in the incident, many of the stories have nothing to do with the cause from the halfway point, and everything is the product of chance.

"Well, it sounds like I ...... These must all be coincidences, right?"

"Coincidentally, if I come two or three times a year, I guess it's a coincidence, but with him in just a month, I can't remember how many sins I've suffered because of it. And it's not just me, it's the same with other acquaintances. It was as if the Lutga guy had been cursed by a woman. ”

As he spoke, the blond-haired young man seemed to suddenly remember something, and slapped his palm with his fist, "Then again, the turmoil in the imperial capital eight years ago also began with the public marriage contract between that guy from Lutga and Flora......

"No, no, senior, this is too outrageous. Or is there any basis for this?"

"No, no~~ Pure intuition, but I think of the turmoil in the imperial capital eight years ago, and I still have a lot of doubts to this day, so I guess it may be a little ...... with that guy from Lutega Oh no, it's just a joke, forget about it. ”

Halfway through his words, Stan smiled wryly and finished himself. This is also helpless, the complicated situation back then is by no means something that the salted fish-headed Stan can understand.

“............”

“............”

So, the topic of the two came to an abrupt end, and the scene fell silent.

In fact, the relationship between the two of them is not very warm, at most it is a friendship of meeting and saying hello.

And when it comes to the intersection between the two, there is probably only - youth and youth, they wear the same style of silver armor, such a gorgeous full-body armor is rare in the Empire, and it is enough to symbolize their identity - the Knights' Legendary Blade.

In the Terrence Empire, the 'Legendary Blade' is synonymous with the strongest, and although the number of knights is small, each of them is a fierce warrior. And the two in front of him are both one of the knights who belong to the legendary blade.

The older one, named Stan, has the same personality as his hairstyle, and is a hot-blooded man with a straight intestine.

The silver-haired boy on the other side is called Luca, and his personality is the opposite of Stein's, gentle and thoughtful.

At first glance, the two men seem to be stark contrasts, but there is a striking commonality between them. That is, both of them were very proficient in the magic of using fire.

Perhaps the fire was natural to Stein, but Lukka always felt a little different when he put it together.

And why the members of the most famous and strongest knight order were so destitute that they were in hiding in Tibet have to talk about the experience they had four days ago.

Another young man who was originally traveling with them, who was once a knight of the Legendary Blade, and who is now retired as a border lord, Count Lutgar Crusnier, formed a bond with the lord of [Aitania] in order to rescue an alien girl who was captured by the 'Grey Beasts' and sold into a prostitution.

In the end, the situation took a sharp turn for the unexpected, and the alien girl who was originally waiting to be rescued suddenly went berserk and showed incredible strength, not only killing many high-ranking officials and dignitaries present, but also abducting Lutga under the noses of the two.

As a result, the charge of murder naturally fell on the innocent two, and now they are being wanted by the local lord's private soldiers throughout the city.

"It's good now, he and the beautiful woman are happy, leaving the two of us to help him clean up the mess. ”

Stein kept complaining with a sad face, and he could already faintly hear the footsteps of the guards not far away, and I was afraid that it was only a matter of time before his whereabouts were revealed.

Until now, the lord of [Aitania] will not let the tiger return to the mountain easily. You know, he not only exposed the killer feature that was enough to block the "blessing of the Holy Spirit", but also boldly admitted his breakfast intentions.

Once the knight of the legendary blade returns to the imperial capital with this dangerous information, he will definitely not be able to eat and walk around. At this time, there is only one way to cut the grass and eradicate the roots in front of him.

Thankfully for the lord, many nobles and wealthy merchants died in the riots a few days ago, which also gave him the excuse to kill people.

Even if they are knights loyal to the imperial family, they cannot openly violate the laws of the empire and murder the powerful. This is a felony that cannot be tolerated. Then, it is reasonable to put the two knights who openly resisted arrest and rebelled on the spot.

As for how to explain the doubt that the private soldiers of the mere territory defeated the two knights who rode a thousand horses, anyway, what happened in his own territory, the lord could make it up.

Even if you are suspicious because of this, it is still much better than exposing your hole cards to your political opponents.

Of course, the stakes are also not something that the salted fish head can figure out, these are all conclusions guessed by the young knight with a sharp mind.

In any case, it is quite irrational to want to break through head-on even if he is in a desperate situation now, because once he loses the protection of the 'Holy Spirit Blessing', the knights of the legendary blade are just ordinary people, and it is impossible for just two people to escape from the hands of thousands of territorial private soldiers and ascend to heaven.

For now, the only way to do this is to hide in the shadows and wait for the opportunity to escape. But at this moment-

"Rutega Crusnier—Come out and surrender! We know you're nearby!"

Suddenly, a voice rang out in all corners of the alley. It was a rather familiar voice that had been amplified by wind attribute magic, and it was the voice that I had heard before, belonging to the [Eitania] Lord.

Among the enemies are many powerful magicians, which they have already learned when they were banned from the 'Holy Spirit Blessing'. Therefore, sound transmission magic like this should only be a small skill for them.

But the question is, why did he suddenly come to the front and shout by name? Not to mention that Lutga is not here, even if he is, he will not swagger out to die.

"Rutega Crusnier, your daughters are in our hands, if you want them to be safe, get out and surrender!"

"What-!?"

Hearing that Lutga's daughter had fallen into the hands of the enemy, Stan jumped up from the ground like a spring, and without saying a word, he was about to rush out of the abandoned house.

"Wait a minute, Stein-senpai!"

Seeing this, Lukka hurriedly reached out and grabbed his arm. Although the young knight seemed to be weak, his strength was higher than that of Stan, after all, he could easily wield a great sword longer than his own height.

"Don't stop me, Luka's daughters have been caught, yes, we have to go and save them right away!"

"Senior, please don't be too impulsive, this should be a trap no matter how you look at it. ”

"What do you mean?"

"The territory of Lutga's predecessor is Celeria, although it is not far from here, but it is separated by a dangerous jungle infested with demonic beasts, unless you can fly, if you take a detour, even if you are fast, it will take at least ten days.

It has only been four days since the beginning of the work, and it is too late to rush to the city of Celestia to kidnap the daughter of the predecessor as a hostage.

What's more, even if Celestia is just an agricultural town, the daughter of Lutga's predecessor is also the daughter of the lord and a nobleman. With the protection of the local private army, it is impossible to be kidnapped casually. ”

"yes!"

Seeing that Stan had figured it out, Lukka couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"I've always thought you're smart, Luca. ”

"Aha, hahaha......"

In fact, whoever it is, can understand the truth just by thinking about it, and only Stan will believe it. Of course, Luca kept this sentence in his heart and continued-

"Anyway, let's sneak up to the roof to see what's going on. The person who shouted should not be very far from here. ”

Knowing that it was a trap, Lukka was still a little uneasy, so he proposed.

Because the other party is not stupid, they should know that this kind of cheap lie cannot be used as bait, but they still knowingly did it, and the lord himself acted on this drama. It's too contrived, but it's unsettling, and Lukka can't help but want to see it with his own eyes.

With their superior physical abilities, Stan and Lukka climbed onto the rooftops with great ease, carefully stepping from roof to roof until they were able to catch the lord's private army.

Then, in an unexpected way, the two of them saw three young girls about seven or eight years old, who were being brutally twisted by adult soldiers and pressed to their knees on the ground, struggling desperately but to no avail.

"Rutega Crusnier, if you don't believe me!

After saying that, a man dressed as a magician came to one of the three young girls, and immediately, an extremely sad voice sounded in the air, and he was crying loudly.

"Woo, woo-woo-woo-woo-......woo- Father, Father—please help me, it hurts—it hurts...... I'm so scared...... ......Woooo Help me—"

"I warn you again, if you don't get out and throw yourself again, I'll cut off one of your daughters' fingers every time you count to ten! When all the fingers are done, I'll cut off their limbs! Of course I won't let them die easily! We have a divine sorcerer here who can heal the wounds of a broken arm in an instant! Don't forget where this city of [Etania] was! Why don't you have a feast of pleasure tonight with your limbless daughters!"

It's really unbearable coercion, and the means are even more outrageous. However, there is no doubt about its authenticity.

"This brute ......!!"

Stan's character as a knight, although it cannot be compared with Chris, the chief knight of the same period, but his sense of justice is not lost to anyone in the group. The young girl's sorrowful voice and the indiscriminate threats of the lord immediately ignited the fire of anger in her breast.

The power of the elves stirred, and the cloak was blown higher than the hot air, and all parts of the armor, and on the blade of the sword, climbed like a flame in a leap.

"Stein-senpai! They don't have to be the daughters of Rutega'......s seniors!

"Whoever they are! Can you bear the cruelty of using a little girl to do such a deceitful deed!? Although we are called the eagle dogs of the nobility, do you not forget, boy, who we are...... It's a knight!"

This time, Stan not only shook off Luka's arm with a force, but also grabbed the knot collar of the young man's cloak with his backhand, and said in a deep voice of anger.

"Haaah......" was reprimanded by his seniors, Luka's eyelids drooped slightly, sighed, and then showed a somewhat helpless smile, "Indeed, Senior Stein, you are right...... It seems that Lutega's predecessor seems to have been cursed by something. ”

As he spoke, Lukka raised his right hand, drew his giant sword from behind his back, and swung it sideways in a half-circle, fanning a wave of scorching air.

"Heh, now that you've been involved, Luca, don't even think about getting out alone. ”

As if reading something from the young man's words, Stan let go of his palm, revealing his usual carefree smile, "Let's go make a big fuss together!"

Just like this, two flames that seemed to burn out even at night jumped from the roof of the house.