A Failed Knight Who Went to the Academy To Get Married

040 A Decisive Battle for the Master

Elford, with his sword pointed at Train on the ground, said,

“You’re wearing quite the splendid outfit.”

The attire Traein currently donned was that of a high-ranking priest from the Yumano Holy Kingdom.

After a brief pause, Traein confessed frankly.

“I am now the Legion Commander of the Yumano Holy Kingdom.”

“Does that mean you’ve sided with the traitor Tanjett?”

“That’s not it, but it’s somewhat complicated to explain.”

“Then let me ask you a simpler question.”

The sword at Traein’s throat pressed closer.

“Whose side are you on?”

“…For starters, I’m not on Lizbeth’s side.”

“Then you must be on our side?”

“That’s not it either.”

“Then what exactly are you doing in this battlefield?”

“Obviously, to ensure that no one ends up unhappy!”

Suddenly, Traein soared into the air, still in a lying position.

And then, with a sudden burst, he rose and shouted with all his might.

“Plan B! Order the troops to fire!”

Following his command, the soldiers behind him simultaneously fired their crossbows.

Arrows flew indiscriminately, targeting elves and humans alike.

Thanks to the barrage, the battlefield once again descended into utter chaos.

“Quick, deploy the shield!”

“Sisters! What in the world are you doing?!”

“Whose side are they on?!”

Lizbeth, too, was taken aback by the sudden ambush and cried out.

“Trine! What are you trying to do?!”

As if in response to her words, Cat, who was behind her, shot a crossbow bolt at Lizbeth.

Lizbeth blocked it with her greatsword, but,

Instead of the expected sound of metal clashing, a strange ‘thud’ was heard.

“It’s not an arrow?!”

Cat retorted.

“More effective than arrows for the likes of her, indeed.”

Sticky arrows mass-produced by the 4th Legion with the help of Seiment and Cat last night.

Thanks to them, numerous humans and elves struck by the arrows fell to the ground, bound and immobilized.

“What is this stuff? It’s incredibly sticky!”

“I can’t move my body!”

“It’s filthy! And it smells awful!”

Screams that were somewhat deflated and ridiculous for a war.

Amidst it all, only three remained, fiercely wary of each other.

Elford raised his sword and declared,

“Such acts will not stop the war.”

Then, Lizbeth lifted her greatsword and retorted,

“If you’re going to side with the elves, then you’re my enemy too.”

Trine summoned a dark blue sword and sighed briefly,

“Of all people, it had to be those least likely to talk things out?”

A three-way standoff between the swordsmen ensued.

In a standoff where the first to move is at a disadvantage.

The tense atmosphere, which seemed like it would last forever, soon ended abruptly.

Suddenly, there was a hole in Elford’s chest.

“Master!”

“Lord Elford?!”

As Elford collapsed lifelessly to the ground,

Dorea, the envoy standing behind, laughed sinisterly with his staff in hand.

“Hahaha! Even a master swordsman is powerless before Lord Yumano’s divine punishment!”

Lisbeth grabbed Dorea by the collar.

“You scoundrel!”

“Why are you angry? Isn’t he the enemy?”

“……”

“Let’s retreat to the castle for now. Capturing this old warrior is a big enough catch, and we must inform of the 4th Legion’s betrayal.”

Lisbeth bit her lip so hard it bled.

Then, she released Dorea and shouted.

“Retreat to the royal palace! Enter the teleportation circle!”

Beneath the feet of Lizbeth and the soldiers, a vast magic circle unfolded.

While the elves scrambled out of the magic circle in a frenzy,

Traine attempted to leap into the circle.

However, Lizbeth blocked him, pointing her sword at him.

“If you enter, I will cut you down.”

Traine glared back at her and said,

“Then you come out from there.”

As they stood off against each other, the magic circle soon activated.

Lizbeth, just before disappearing, seemed somehow utterly powerless.

…After the forest fell silent, Traine rushed to the fallen Elford.

“Master! Are you alright?!”

“To be defeated so pitifully, I too am quite inexperienced.”

“Yuril! Please heal Master Elford!”

Even without Traine’s call, Yuril was already rushing towards them.

But upon seeing Elford’s condition, he couldn’t bring himself to speak.

“What are you doing! Hurry up and treat him!”

“…It’s too late. His heart has been destroyed.”

“Damn it! Seiment!”

Seiment shook his head from a distance.

“Is there no one around?! Hurry!”

At that moment, Butler Elford barely mustered the strength to grasp the hands of Train and Yuril.

“It’s alright. I was bound to die of old age soon anyway.”

“That’s not okay at all!”

“Master Train. Miss Yuril. I hope both of you will find happiness.”

Yuril barely held back tears that seemed ready to burst, managing a smile.

“Thank you for everything, sincerely.”

“Train, this is the last lesson from your unworthy teacher.”

Train, about to shout something, eventually resigned and gripped his teacher’s hand tightly.

“Yes, Master.”

“Become a selfish person.”

Elford released Train’s hand and extended his sword to him.

“Desiring everyone’s happiness while ignoring your own misfortune is nothing but hypocrisy.”

It was a statement he couldn’t comprehend.

He even wanted to argue.

But Train nodded and accepted the sword.

“I will keep that in mind.”

Elford closed his eyes.

With a smile.

It was certainly an expression of sincerity from the master that Train had never seen before.

***

News came that the 1st Legion had retreated hastily.

Consequently, the 2nd Legion remaining in the forest also returned to the castle for reorganization.

In the end, the only ones left in the forest were Train’s 4th Legion and the Elven soldiers.

“Distribute food to the people of the forest.”

The elder himself came out to the village and gave the orders.

Then the elves began busily carrying food.

“Come, everyone, eat up.”

“There’s plenty, so don’t be shy!”

“Th-thank you.”

“I’ve never seen an elven meal before…”

It was a somewhat awkward atmosphere, but fortunately, it was far from hostile.

The elves were surprisingly friendly, and both Benheim and Doppelginger were actively helping out.

Above all, Train was leading the way, sharing food more diligently than anyone else.

“Come, come! This is all according to Yumano’s will, so let’s get along even if just for a moment!”

It was clear to anyone that it was a strain.

Therefore, there was no brave soul who would openly admit to being uncomfortable with the elves.

In the midst of the busyness, the elder approached Train.

“Thank you. Because of you, our village will see the morning sun again tomorrow.”

“Not at all.”

“Elford’s matter is unfortunate, indeed.”

“…yes.”

“At least his true successor has taken over, so he must have been happy.”

“Is he a true successor?”

“True successor is what he truly wanted to leave behind.”

“…….”

As he tightly gripped Elford’s sword, he forced a smile.”

The elder paused for a moment before asking him, “What’s the plan now?”

“…we’ll settle it at the palace.”

The current headquarters of the Yu Mano nation is deployed at the palace.”

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Rumors even say the Pope himself is directly involved in the matter.”

Not to mention that Emperor Siandala must also be secured.”

Ultimately, all conclusions will be drawn at the palace.”

“Hey! You, the master! I’ve found something good!”

As Cat approached along with Muscle, she came before Trail.

“What’s going on?”

“These foolish kids went to the relay point and left one transmission device behind, didn’t they?”

Cat held out a small gem and revealed it.

Trail furrowed his eyebrows and said,

“Not a trap?”

“Not a trap,” Cat said. “The coordinates are definitely the central square of the palace.”

If this is indeed the transmission device leading to the palace, it would be a huge achievement.

In the first place, attacking the 4th Brigade head-on would be suicide, and Trail was also thinking about how he couldn’t secretly infiltrate.

After a brief moment of thought, Trail asked Cat,

“How many people can you carry?”

“It’s an emergency device, so it can only carry about 10 people at most,” Cat said.

“The Umana soldiers can’t be brought along.”

“It was never the plan to bring them along in the first place.”

“What, are you going to order people from the same country to fight each other?”

“The most efficient strategy will undoubtedly be a pincer strategy.”

“The 4th Brigade surrounds the city, but does not engage in battle.”

“While the other troops are focused on the 4th Brigade,

a special team will launch a surprise attack from the transmission tower.”

“The problem is that the pincer strategy won’t be effective enough with just the 4th Brigade.”

“Just then, Benjamin and Doppler approached Train.”

“We also won’t participate in this pincer strategy.”

“If we’re there, the enemy will likely underestimate our main force.”

Train smiled slightly and replied.

“Thanks.”

“There’s no reason for me to be grateful to you.”

Muscle tensed.

“I’ll follow Benjamin. I’m more interested in outdoor battles than indoor ones.”

“Okay, do that.”

Soon, Trailen was lost in thought, muttering to himself.

“What do we need to do? Rescuing the Pope and freeing Prince Siandala?”

Just then, Cat was by his side, chiming in.

“General Tanjet, a traitor to the Altorian side, needs to be captured.”

“Then we’ll have to divide into three teams.”

“Let’s prepare a meeting to discuss our plan with the kids.”

“Yeah… I’ll join in a little later.”

Trailen said this and left the spot.

He headed towards a small grave nearby.

Trailen knelt down in front of the grave and muttered to himself.

“I’ll finish this quickly and move our master to a better place.”

Just then, Yuri approached Trailen and sat down beside him.

“…Elford hated you terribly.”

“Yeah? I thought you’d dislike me even more.”

“It was that Doorea creature who killed him, wasn’t it? That person will definitely die by my hand.”

“It won’t do.”

“What?”

“If no one wishes misfortune to anyone, then revenge is something that should never be done.”

Yu-ri gazed at the trail.

“Are you not angry?”

“I hate myself more than I hate that kind of person.”

“…….”

“It’s my fault I couldn’t save my master.”

“No, you don’t have any fault-“

“So if you want to take revenge, I have to kill myself first.”

As Trail stood up and turned around.

“Let’s forget about our master for the time being until this war is over.”

“…Yes.”

Just as Trail was about to leave, Yu-ri threw something at him.

“Is this the cloak you wore? Why are you giving it to me?”

“I’ll wear it. It suits you much better than a priest’s robes.”

***

Two days later.

A messenger from the kingdom arrived at the royal palace, reporting to the commander of the Yumano nation.

“There are four divisions of the Yumano nation stationed east of here, and the Elven army is gathering south of here.”

The messenger, Dorea, exclaimed loudly.

“Despicable things! Are you seriously considering betraying Lord Yumano in earnest?”

Seated on the throne, Commander Tanjet calmly spoke.

“Have we verified the identity of this Trian?”

“Yes, it’s the commander of the Elven army who reports that Trian is the one.”

“Disappointing. I thought you would have prepared something more substantial.”

Commander Tanjet stood up from his seat, shouting loudly.

“Deploy the entire army stationed in the palace! There will be no more rebels left to deal with!”

Commander Tanjet was a capable man.

The fourth army, or the Elven army, had already been accounted for a long time ago.

Even a glance would reveal that the two divisions were fully deployed.

There were no other forces, so it would be fine to assume that.

Even if there were unknown divisions,

I would quickly organize the main forces and then there would be no problems.

Based on this judgment, the forces were reduced to the minimum and all divisions launched an attack.

Just then, a report arrived.

“All enemy forces are retreating!”

At this, Dorea’s envoy burst out laughing.

“Now it seems that the main point has been grasped! Don’t let a single one escape until the end!”

Tantegze, the commander, finally noticed something strange.

“It would be bad for them to prolong the war, but why are they retreating?”

However, it was too late.

Suddenly, lights flashed outside the window,

and a transmission from the palace square appeared.

Tanjet and Dolera rushed to the window together to take a look outside.

“What’s going on?!”

“What’s happening?”

…there were 7 people standing in that spot.

Most of them looked quite unfamiliar.

In the end, Dolera burst out laughing.

“Ha ha ha! Were you really going to start a surprise attack with those bunch of kids?!”

But Tanjet couldn’t help but frown.

Most of them looked quite unfamiliar.

“Fortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any problem.”

“Look, just believe me, okay?”

Elf successor, Seimint, and the future bishop, Cat.

“May the gods of falsehood be cursed, your lordship.”

Maria, chief interrogator.

“Are there really people like us who would die in such a place?”

“If you all die recklessly, you’ll be executed, so you must survive.”

Sirian, the prince, and Princess Sia.

“‘I’ll keep the promise. Got it?'”

Just then, a black-haired woman who seemed to be the most elegant of them all appeared.

“And…”

“‘Got it. I’ll really keep it this time.'”

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He let out a short sigh with a complex expression, then gazed at General Tanjet and Doorea with a calm tone, and suddenly shouted loudly.

“Well, then, let’s put an end to the misfortune of this kingdom!”