After the departure was set to be three days later, Haresh took Lily with him. Almost at the same time, two people appeared on the front porch of the mansion.
"I'm going to steam."
"You're a real white sheep."
The two men, who were constantly amazed, were a little nervous in the drawing room.
Eustaf walked into the drawing room, looked at the two, and said.
"I didn't expect you to come."
"Oh, that's too much."
"Oh, that's mean."
"I bragged about my hometown."
Ran followed by men similar to Eustaf who protested against him.
"Noonim."
Eustaf looked back at her and Ran smiled slightly.
"You're a guest of Eustaf. I'm here to say hello."
One had red brown hair and a face full of freckles, and the other looked a little pale.
The freckles quickly lowered their heads.
"I see the Lord. My name is Caruso."
"I'm Daryl. I'm with Eustaf at the academy."
In addition to Daryl with brown hair, Ran was like,
"Oh, where did I hear it? ······??" and then she realized, "Ah!"
"You're the ones that Eustaf recruited. Welcome to Lazia."
Ran greeted her with a graceful hand on her chest, and Caruso struggled with redness.
"Thank...thank you."
Eustaf kicked his tongue. Daryl said with a slight smile.
"Thank you for your hospitality. Forgive my rudeness because I am not familiar with the manners of the aristocrats."
"No, if you're a friend of Eus, you're a valuable guest to me. Then just relax for now."
"No, let's get him right into the job."
Eustaf said so and saw the two people.
"Two seats are empty. Accountants and deputy accountants."
Caruso grinned.
"As long as you leave it to me."
"Before that, how much is..."
Daryl raised his hand and Ran said as he was embarrassed.
"But they're just come.... They'd rather take a short break-"
"No, we'd better leave a lot of work before we leave."
Ran paused at Eustaf's words and nodded.
"Well, maybe that's better."
Her work had been piled up in the future. The administrator was also full of work.
It was to refurbish the land with the overflowing wealth that entered Lazia, such as readjusting roads and strengthening infrastructure.
'But this isn't something that's going to be over in a year or two.'
The foundation stone should be solid, and Ran was suffering from backlogs and future events.
In addition, Ran and Eustaf were working separately because there were no accountants until now.
'So that's the release of numbers?'
Ran agreed with Eustaf, who said, "Let's get him to work right away."
"Then I beg you."
Eustaf smiled slightly at Ran's words.
"I'll do it on my own."
Daryl and Caruso are laughing. After making a strange expression, Eustaf left the room and gestured, they greeted Ran in a hurry and left the room.
Ran flopped down on the drawing room sofa.
"Recruitment... of talents..."
All of a sudden, Ran goes to Dwarf village and does business? I thought about it.
'We'll bring in a couple of people, plan a city project on our land. Make it flash, and ········? It's okay, isn't it?'
If it doesn't work, we should bring in talented people even if it's a ball that stops mineral water. Ran decided so and closed her eyes.
'What do you mean, youth friends?'
I was surprised because they looked more like normal boys than I thought.
'No, they're a commoner, but they're not a commoner to say that to Eustaf.'
If you think so, it was clear that they were unusual characters, not ordinary courage.
'Then without accounting, my job is much easier.'
Ran was pleased just to be able to get away from counting numbers.
"Good."
Mumbling and Ran had a relaxed smile on her lips.
"How's Lumiere doing...?"
I felt bad to see Lily leaving in the morning holding back her tears.
Haresh isn't a bad person, but he's not a kind Elf. I'm worried because she's going somewhere low.
'It would've been nice if Lumiere went with them.'
Ran didn't know why Haresh rejected Lumiere. Neither Lumiere nor Eustaf told her, so Ran just thought, 'He must be sensitive to external factors.'
'I'm sorry to Lumiere, but...······.'
Ran felt guilty for no reason. She said he would be his owner, but she didn't do anything for him.
'You couldn't escort me.'
However, he was included in the group's journey to the village of Dwarf. They are Ran, Eustaf, Lumiere, Ross, and Dimodia.
There were five of us. Blaine and Elizabeth foamed against it, but Ran was adamant.
Can't I lead the Knights into the Kingdom of Dwarf?
In addition, a large number of people may be visible. It's a secret trip.
It wasn't until she said so that the two barely calmed down. Although he still looked dissatisfied.
Ran opened her eyes leaning on the armrest of the sofa. The noon sun was shining outside the window.
"Let's go find Lumiere."
Wouldn't it make him feel better if I told him about the Elves? Ran raised herself up thinking so.
********
Lumiere breathed out a quick breath that came up to his shoulder. Sweat fell off the special plane.
"Next."
Blaine spoke briefly, so Lumiere slowly stretched out and looked at his new opponent.
The knights glanced at Blaine. From the morning, Lumiere has been fighting nonstop. He was already the seventh opponent.
It was not pleasant for a knight to run at such an opponent. But you can't always go with your feelings and boss's orders.
He raised a wooden sword.
"Start."
As soon as Blaine's words fell, the knight swung the sword. I thought it would be better to knock down the opponent quickly.
Lumiere evaded the sword with a reflection, almost instinct, and wielded it.
Ttak!
There was a sound of a wooden sword hitting. Lumiere bit his lips and pushed the sword. When the blade slipped on each other, the knight threw it out and headed back to Lumiere at the end of the sword.
At that moment, Lumiere reached out his opposite hand and grabbed the knight's. He's completely caught off guard. Lumiere twisted his wrist and raised his joint with a wooden sword on the other side.
"Ahhh-!"
A scream came out of itself. Blaine intervened in swinging a wooden sword at the head of the fallen opponent.
Tong-!
There was a sound of a collision between his bras let and a wooden sword.
"Stop."
When Blaine said, Lumiere blinked and stepped back.
"Are you alright?"
When Blaine turned around and asked, the knight shook his head sobbing.
"Doctor!"
At Blaine's word, a doctor waiting nearby rushed to open the check.
Lumiere looked at it, feeling his eyes stinging from sweat. I had no sense of reality.
'He's not done yet?'
That thought crossed their minds.
"Sir Blaine? Lumiere?"
Lumiere trembled at the sound of voice. The reality suddenly came like a wave. Only then did his mouth fall off.
"Oh······ Sorry! Are you okay?"
When Lumiere told his opponent, Blaine backed him up and said.
"Take him to the infirmary."
"Yes, it's not that bad."
The doctor put the examination board in his bag, saying so, and carefully raised the Knight, taking him out of the smoke.
"What? Is there an accident?"
Near the Training center, Ran spoke out, saying,
"May I enter the Training center."
Blaine nodded and said,
"Injury is common during a battle."
"What about Lumiere? Are you okay?"
"Yes, I am ····."
Lumiere said so and stretched his shoulders. Blaine looked at Lumiere and whispered low.
"You couldn't control it."
Flawless Lumiere's shoulder shook. Ran, who had hesitated, eventually took a step toward the smoke field. She quickly approached Blaine, looking sideways at the Knight that was going with the doctor.
"Wounded? What does he say? Are you both okay?"
"I'm fine."
After Blaine said so, he saw Lumiere, and Lumiere nodded.
"I'm fine, too."
"I'm glad then."
Ran said so and saw Lumiere. Her face was stiffened.
"Lumiere?"
Lumiere laughed as she called him carefully.
"Yes"
Ran frowned and said after answering with a drawn smile.
"No more fighting today."
"Yes."
Blaine answered so and told Lumiere.
"Wash up and go back and rest."
"Alright."
Lumiere answered politely. And he told Ran.
"It's dirty, so I'll go wash up first. Master, talk comfortably later."
Then he left the gun battlefield, and Ran became awkward.
"Master?"
Blaine raised one eyebrow and asked, so Ran shook her hand after the ball.
"There's something like that."
For a moment Blaine was silent and asked.
"Do you know Lumiere's past history?"
"Huh? Just a little..."
"Then let me know."
"Oh, well."
You didn't tell Blaine. But what if he gets a bias after talking? Ran looked straight at Blaine while agonizing over it.
"Sir Blaine, please know that I trust you and I'll tell you."
"Of course."
"Lumiere was a gladiator in the illegal gladiatorial fight."
He wriggled his eyebrows at her words and gave a long sigh.
"I see. So, swordsmanship..."
"Yeah. Can you keep it a secret from anyone else? I'm not sure he'll be prejudiced because his past."
"Respect."
Blaine nodded his head.
'I see why he can't fight well unless it's an attack with his life.'
And why Eustaf told me to push it to the limit. Lumiere would have thought of killing his opponent with all his might in the game.
The knight's fight is different from that.
Only at the vanguard of war would you think of killing your opponent, but in other times, it moves according to strategy.
In other words, control of the fight needs to be reinforced. You have to think of something other than killing.
Not to mention escorts.
To learn it, you had to learn the senses with your body.
"Lord."
"Huh?"
"He's dangerous."
Ran laughed heartily at Blaine's words.
"I know."
I've seen him kill three people in a heartbeat.
"But Lumiere's definitely gonna be a good Knight. I know that, too."
Blaine smiled strangely as Ran added with a grin.
"I envy you."
"Huh?"
"That's what the Lord believes."
"I trust Lord Blaine, too."
Blaine smiled low as she said, giving a big boost to his eyes.
"Thank you for that."
********
The knight's office recently renovated a new shower room. Ran ordered a lot of magical items, and the automatic pump was one of them.
Lumiere still turned the lever awkwardly, and cold water spilled from the shower.
In the summer, the cold water that was heated by the Battle felt good.
Lumiere felt his hands shaking a little. While staring blankly at his hands while being hit by a stream of water, Lumiere clenched his fist and hit the wall.
I wanted to end my opponent.
I wanted to break his head with a wooden sword.
I couldn't resist the murder.
'Control·····.'
Are you domesticated?
- It smells bloody and defrauded.
Reminding the Elf's words, Lumiere forcibly washed himself.
After washing up, I saw Ran standing against the wall. I didn't think she would wait, so Lumiere quickly approached her.
"Master."
"No, that's enough. I'll let you off with Ran."
"Then, Ms. Ran."
Lumiere replied with a smile. Ran's green eyes glanced at him. Lumiere avoided the eye without even realizing it.
When I lowered my eyes, Ran tiptoed and patted my head.
"!?"
When I flinched my shoulder in surprise, Ran said.
"It's okay, I asked the doctor earlier and he said he wasn't seriously injured. He's going to get better without any aftereffects. And Lord Blaine said he could get hurt during the battle. Sir Picker said it was okay."
Huh? So, cheer up.
Lumiere bend his knees at the whispering words. Ran was trying to say, "So this is...," but he dragged her in and stopped talking.
'Huh? Huh?'
In a panic, Ran lost her strength. If he was trying to molest her, he would have pushed her, but somewhere in his gesture was desperate.
'Like holding onto a rope.'
So, I couldn't push him coldly. After hesitating, Ran gently began to pat him on the head again.
"It's okay. It's okay."
Lumiere almost laughed at her whispering.
Or I feel like I'm going to cry.
Swakk.
Ran stroked his soft scarlet, slightly longer hair. She thought that the curvy resembled a gold retriever.
For a long time, he was held in her arms and Lumiere let go.
"Are you feeling better?"
When Ran asked, Lumiere looked up at her and asked.
"Do you really want anything from me?"
"I told you. I want Lumiere to be happy."
Ran smiled.
"Mas - Miss Ran is a difficult person."
Lumiere said so and looked down. He glanced up at her with only scarlet eyes.
"I'll do anything you want."
I'll do my best to crawl and bark.
"If it bothers you so much, let's do it when I ask you."
Ran spoke lightly.
"Are you making a promise?"
Ran nodded as Lumiere quickly wanted a definite answer.
"Okay, so get up now. You washed it, but it gets soggy quickly."
Before Lumiere woke up, he looked up and whispered low.
"Do you want me to kill Eustaf?"
Ran opened her mouth without realizing it. She gripped his shoulder with both hands.
"No, it's not?! Who says that? Absolutely not!"
Shake it, grabbed him by the shoulder, and shake it, and Ran interrogated him.
"Who said that? I want you to do that? Who is it? Who is it?"
Lumiere shook his head a little embarrassed by her violent reaction.
"No, it's just what I've been thinking."
"Really?"
"Yes."
Haaa, Ran gave a long sigh. I thought some crazy guy was trying to use Lumiere to eat.
"Then you're really wrong. I'm not the enemy of Eustaf And I made a deal."
"A deal?"
"Yeah. So, I won't do it."
"Respect."
Lumiere spoke with his eyes down, and Ran pulled her arm. She could not have been lifted up by her own strength, but Lumiere rose from his seat.
"You're going back to your room, right? I'll come with you."
Lumiere smiled unconsciously at her words.
"Yes, please."