Betrayal Knight's Joyful Faith

Chapter 199

Llewellyn grumbled as soon as he was out of the elves’ sight.“What on earth did that Arendt guy do?”

After being treated to breakfast, he met with the elder and chatted with him before heading back.

“What… it’s clear that he had been irritating the elder. Don’t you think the atmosphere is completely different from yesterday?”

“Despite all that, they seemed to be having a lot of fun yesterday.”

At Arthur’s words, Richt furrowed his brow slightly.

The elder seemed in a very good mood until Arendt got up from his seat at the last drinking party.

Arthur paused for a moment, trying to recall his memories, and blurted out:

“…Didn’t Arendt whisper something to him at the end?”

“That’s right.”

Laius answered quietly.

After that, Arendt suddenly fell to the floor and they were so out of it that they couldn’t look at the elder properly.

If Arendt was up to something, it would have been then.

“He must be awake now, so we have no choice but to go and ask him.”

“Do you think he’ll confess if we ask him…?”

Although Laius said so, Arthur looked skeptical.

Arendt, who was so hammered, couldn’t open his eyes until the next morning.

They tried to wake him up several times, but he kept groaning, so they just left him there.

“But it’s peaceful because he’s so quiet.”

“That’s true. If not now, then when else would he be quiet?”

Arthur also burst into laughter at Llewellyn’s joke.

They returned to their accommodations after having a pointless conversation and soon found themselves faced with an empty sofa.

“What, where did this guy go?”

“It looks like he went out for a walk.”

When Llewellyn tilted his head, Richt answered briefly.

As expected of someone who was more neat than necessary, the blanket was folded in a neat shape.

It seemed like he had taken the medicine Arthur had left behind.

“…Something feels ominous.”

Laius, who had been silent for a while, furrowed his brows.

Unfortunately, the others had no choice but to agree with that statement.

From the moment Arendt left their sights, they never knew what would happen.

Llewellyn suggested with a sullen look on his face.

“Shall we go out and look for him?”

“I think that would be best…”

Before the Knight Captain could even finish answering.

An explosion was heard from far away.

“…”

They could see a flock of frightened birds flying outside the window.

The source of the sound was from a forest quite a distance from them.

“Haaah…”

After a while, Laius put his hand on his forehead and let out a big sigh, looking as if he was going to die from pain.

“That… saved us the trouble of searching.”

Llewellyn tried to offer comfort awkwardly, but it didn’t work.

Without further ado, Laius quickly left the accommodation first.

The others quickly followed suit.

They ran to where the commotion was and soon discovered that the forest was swarming with elves.

Llewellyn took the lead and pushed his way into them.

“Just a moment, I’ll pass by!”

“Oh, Lord Llewellyn!”

The elf who recognized him let out a welcoming voice.

It was as if he had met a savior.

Llewellyn, who made his way through the crowd, soon discovered Zakar with his sword drawn and radiating killing intent, and Arendt confronting him, and he let out a sigh.

“That crazy guy is really…”

He didn’t know what happened, but it seemed like he had a fight with Zakar.

“As expected, you are truly worthy of your reputation, Instructor Zakar.”

Arendt glanced at the tragedy unfolding right next to him and said indifferently.

A thick tree that had been hit head-on by Zakar’s sword broke and fell to the ground.

But Zakar was looking at Arendt with a puzzled expression, seemingly uninterested in the gruesome spectacle he had created.

Everything around was covered in pure white frost.

It was as if a bitter cold had come only to Arendt von Eckhart’s surroundings.

The ground where he had just been attacked was frozen white.

Instead of being black, the apprentice knight’s sword face was also dyed pure white.

“What is that?”

“What a peculiar magical power…”

The elves who had gathered in the commotion were chattering as they discovered Arendt’s artifact.

Llewellyn, who had been watching the two people’s confrontation in amazement, suddenly shouted.

“Hey, what are you doing! Lord Zakar, stop it too!”

“Don’t interfere, Llewellyn.”

Zakar responded fiercely, glaring as if he was going to devour Arendt at any moment.

It was an unusual appearance for him, who usually didn’t show his emotions.

Arendt also slung his sword over his shoulder and squatted in a bad posture.

“That’s what I should say. Since you drew your sword against a foreigner out of the blue, shouldn’t you be able to cut something?”

“Don’t you think that it’s your neck that’s going to get cut?”

Llewellyn suddenly cursed.

But neither of them pretended to hear.

“I told you to try it if you can. It seems like the instructor really wants to beat a human apprentice knight, so there’s no need to refuse.”

“It is possible to fix that mouth without taking one’s life.”

“You’re quite confident. No one has ever succeeded in doing that before, so why do you think I am still running around like this?”

As Zakar recited coolly, Arendt openly mocked him.

The blatant provocation made Zakar’s hand grip his sword even tighter.

Arendt also raised his sword to deal with him.

The two people were about to kick the ground and rush at each other at any moment.

Kuuung!

A heavy rumbling shook the earth.

They stopped without realizing it and checked the source of the sound.

The elves who had been watching closely stepped back.

Then Laius appeared among the crowd, his sword deeply buried in the ground and his hand on the hilt.

The Knight Captain looked straight at Zakar and Arendt and gave a clear warning.

“Let’s leave it at that for both of you.”

“…”

Arendt stared at him blankly without any change in expression, then turned his gaze to Zakar in front of him.

Zakar also lowered his sword and stared at Laius with an expressionless face.

“Tsk.”

Arendt clicked his tongue briefly and without hesitation, he released his magic first and sheathed his sword.

“Instructor, I’m sorry, but shall we do it next time? There’s an intruder here.”

“…”

Zakar looked away from Laius and at Arendt without saying a word.

And after a while.

Sling.

His sword also returned to its scabbard with a cold sound.

After confirming that the situation was over, Laius pulled out his sword that was deeply embedded in the ground.

“My subordinate has been rude, Sir Zakar. I will apologize on his behalf.”

There was a slight chill in Laius’ voice as he spoke clearly while looking at Zakar.

Zakar’s green eyes, staring at the captain, began to brighten again.

“Your subordinate has quite a bad way of speaking. I think he needs some discipline.”

“I am sorry about that. However, I think you need to explain how the violence escalated.”

Laius also answered coldly.

An ominous current began to flow between Zakar and Laius.

As the fight began, the other elves also gulped.

At that moment, an unpleasant voice suddenly interrupted.

“Why are you making such a serious face? When you talk, disagreements can happen, it’s not a big deal.”

It was, as expected, Arendt.

Laius closed his eyes tightly at the familiar voice that was so annoying that it drilled into his ears easily.

“Shut up, please. What you were just doing wasn’t a conversation, it was a fight. And of course you were the one who started the fight.”

The frustration and anger that was suppressed in that short, calm statement was completely revealed.

Arendt was not one to not notice, but he just shrugged his shoulders shamelessly.

“I don’t think you know, Captain, but there are many different forms of conversation. Isn’t this one, even if it’s a discussion with a little violence? What do you think, Instructor?”

Arendt chuckled and glanced at Zakar.

“If you don’t like it, let’s just say it was a fair fight. It ended blandly because of the interruption.”

“…”

Zakar suddenly felt empty at his natural and innocent gesture.

It was because everything he was doing now felt meaningless and stupid.

Of course, it was he who was at a disadvantage when he brought up this issue.

It was he who drew his sword first, and the royal knights of the Caerleon Empire were the guests of the Elf Kingdom.

But Arendt was suggesting that they pass over what had just happened as a brief prank.

The words he had been spouting off just now had been insulting, but the offer he was making now was clearly an expression of goodwill.

The moment Zakar regained his composure by rubbing his face once, he opened his mouth to answer.

“Oh, but I don’t know if the Elder will let it go to that extent. He’ll probably be in a bad mood all day.”

The veins on his forehead bulged again at Arendt’s teasing addition.

Laius let out a deep sigh for what may have been the umpteenth time, then quietly raised his hand and slapped the back of Arendt’s head.

“Ugh!”

“…He’s such a rude brat. I apologize.”

Laius grabbed Arendt by the back of his neck and lowered his head.

Rather than debating right and wrong, it was decided that subduing Arendt was a more urgent task.

The anger that had been rising again turned into absurdity.

Zakar looked at the sight with a trembling face.

Arendt, who was rubbing the spot where he had been hit while being held by Laius, looked up and looked at Zakar.

“Instructor, I didn’t lie.”

The young man’s face, pouting after being subdued with one hand by the captain, looked exactly like that of a person of that age.

But the words he uttered could never be simply ignored.

“If you have any problems, it’s better to dig them up yourself. It’s much more efficient and economical than suffering in silence for thousands of years.”

“…”

Zakar’s face darkened again.

Arthur and Richt were nervous that he would become angry again, but fortunately, no such incident occurred.

“If you’re worried enough to die, then step forward yourself. If you just want to trust them, then just let go and watch. You can’t do anything if you’re neither here nor there. You’re no help, and if you’re stuck in an ambiguous position, you’ll only end up being a nuisance.”

Although the tone still did not seem serious, Zakar just listened quietly.

He stared at Arendt quietly with eyes that had become much calmer.

Arendt met his eyes and smiled playfully.

“If you’re feeling suffocated, feel free to come to me. I find that it’s quite useful to be an outsider.”

“…”

After a long silence, Zakar nodded towards Laius.

“I will go first. I apologize for causing trouble. I will send someone to sort things out later. If there is anything I need to take responsibility for after reporting to the elder, I will gladly accept that as well. Okay.”

With that, Zakar quickly left the place.

A satisfied smile spread across Arendt’s lips as he watched his back receding.

‘It seems like it got through properly.’

Those left behind could only look back and forth between Arendt and Zakar with bewildered eyes, not knowing what was going on.