A Failed Knight Who Went to the Academy To Get Married

072. Screaming Oblivion

The weather began to deteriorate rapidly in the late evening.

Thanks to this, the village without any street lights was as silent as a ruin.

From Trine’s perspective, it was probably a golden opportunity to escape.

‘good. Let’s begin.’

Trine quietly got out of bed late at night and lit a candle.

After confirming that there was no one beyond the window, he quickly took out two pieces of paper from the drawer.

After writing a lot of letters,

One was hidden under the desk leg,

He stuffed the other one into his inner pocket.

Then, after packing up all of his luggage, he turned out the candles and went outside.

After stealing some beef jerky that was drying in the warehouse, I headed straight to the village entrance.

‘Am I lucky or bad… ‘

It was truly thanks to numerous coincidences that Trine had the opportunity to escape.

If I hadn’t heard about the efficacy of snow lavender from Yuril, I wouldn’t have suspected it in the first place.

Moreover, thanks to the timely arrival of the airship, we were able to obtain clues from the beacon.

Above all, if the weather had been clear, the escape would certainly have ended in failure.

‘Let’s first consider getting out of this mountain as our top priority.’

… But before I could even go out of town, I ran into the person I wanted to meet the most.

“…Can I get out of the way?”

Ally stood blocking the entrance to the village and wordlessly took out her bow and aimed at Trine.

“Please. I seriously don’t want to fight with you.”

Ally fired a threatening shot.

As an arrow passed by Trine’s ear,

Trine also changed his mind and took out the dragon scales and held them up like a shield.

Then he lunged at Allie.

“……!”

Allie was startled by the sudden attack and jumped to the side.

In the meantime, Trine put the scales on his back again and ran as fast as he could.

Arrows started raining down from behind.

If it weren’t for the scales, Trine would have been hit by an arrow and fallen long ago.

“Are you really trying to kill me now?”

Trine didn’t even look back and just focused on running.

Black darkness where you can’t even tell whether it’s uphill or downhill, let alone the direction.

But that also meant that you could run away as long as you gained a certain distance.

‘good! Let’s just go straight like this!’

At that time, I felt something like a taut rope being caught at my feet.

Then soon a net fell from the tree and tried to catch Trine.

Trine managed to notice the trap and tried to avoid it by flying away, but-

Crash.

“Pfft!”

He felt extreme pain in his ankle and eventually fell to the floor.

When he looked at his feet, he saw that they had been caught in a bear trap and were bleeding red.

Trine hurriedly struggled to disarm the bear trap.

“Damn, I just did everything to not let him go.”

… It’s too late.

Allie, who had been following me, stood in front of Trine.

And then, without saying a word, he aimed his bow at Trine,

In the end, Trine gave up on disarming the trap and glared at her.

“…Couldn’t you just let me go? I’ll forget everything I saw here.”

Allie kicked Trine in the jaw and knocked him down.

He then took out a small vial and forced Trine’s mouth open.

“Now, wait a minute, what are you going to feed me-”

He tried to resist, but Allie grabbed his head and slammed it against the floor several times.

He then forced the contents of the vial into Trine’s mouth.

… I felt the strong scent of snow lavender.

***

Knights’ camp located at the bottom of Mount Teor.

Prince Siran and his party had rented a large tent and were huddled inside.

Instructor Elroy spoke to everyone.

“Anyway, we can’t move until the blizzard stops, so everyone is taking this time to close their eyes.”

But no one seemed to have any intention of going into the borrowed sleeping bag.

In particular, Prince Siran and Lisbeth were engrossed in conversation for a long time.

“That light from earlier was probably turned on to summon monsters and chase us away, right?”

“Then there is a high possibility that the demons nearby are holding Trine hostage.”

“I don’t know. Maybe they just thought we were intruders and were trying to chase us out.”

“No. If that were the case, I would have just quietly let it pass by.”

At that time, Sia shouted in a somewhat embarrassed tone.

“It’s strange! Suddenly, I can’t send messages to my senior!”

Everyone looked at Sia at those words.

Yuril asked Sia carefully.

“What do you mean, you’re not being sent?”

“I don’t want the bird to leave my palm.”

When Sia started to fidget too much, Instructor Eloy placed his hand on her shoulder.

“Calm down. It could happen if you just passed out or fell into a deep sleep.”

“but…”

Prince Sirian suddenly stood up.

“I’ll walk to where the beacon fire was and come back.”

Lisbeth blocked his path.

“Are you kidding me? You’re walking all the way there in the middle of the night? The weather’s not so good?”

“There is no other way than that.”

“Don’t be ridiculous! It’s completely suicidal!”

“But you can’t just sit still!”

Instructor Eloi approached Prince Sirian and slapped him on the cheek.

“Calm down. Your actions right now are in no way for Trine’s sake.”

“…shit!”

Prince Sirian sat down and slammed his fist hard on the floor.

In the meantime, Yuril spoke to everyone.

“They say the weather will clear up in three days, so let’s go search near the beacon after that.”

Instructor Eloy answered those words after thinking for a while.

“Okay. Me, Yuril, and Lisbet are going together.”

Siran and Sia tried to reply to that, but Eloi spoke again first.

“We can’t take those who are excited right now. So the rest stay calm.”

There was a brief scuffle, but in the end there was no change in members.

***

Morning three days later.

Prince Siran took off with only Instructor Eloi, Yuril, and Lisbet on the airship.

The weather was still not so good that the airship stumbled significantly.

Still, Siran managed to take the three people to a place not far from the beacon.

“This is the limit! If you get any closer, the ship will break!”

As Instructor Elroy used the flight magic, Yuril and Lisbet clung to her.

Just before they jumped out of the airship together without hesitation, Sir’an shouted to them.

“No matter what happens, come back to this area at 18:00 sharp!”

… Immediately after the women landed safely on the ground, the airship returned to the direction of the camp.

Instructor Elroy looked toward the beacon fire.

Because the snowstorm was still raging, I couldn’t even see the outline of the mountain.

“Oh my, it must be quite a struggle to climb up.”

Lisbet stretched out her hand and tried to write a contact spell.

Even though I knew it had no meaning, I did it just in case.

But for some reason, the summoning itself did not work.

“…It’s strange.”

Lisbeth tried using other magic, but it didn’t help at all.

Instructor Eloi and Yuril also noticed this and each tried to use magic.

“What is it? Is there a magic-blocking barrier in this area?”

“…At least I understand why Trine couldn’t contact me.”

“Okay! Just like Sirian said, we’ll search until 18:00 and then come down!”

The three started walking up the mountain together.

Climbing up a rough road with snow up to our knees,

Before long, I encountered two suspicious people dressed in white fur halfway up the hill.

Instructor Elroy cautiously asked the two.

“…If you live around here, can I ask you for directions?”

Instead of an answer, an arrow flew out.

Then the women immediately drew their swords.

One of the fur-clad men spoke.

“Don’t come any closer.”

Lisbeth responded calmly to those words.

“I’m looking for one of my companions. As soon as I find that person, I’ll return right away.”

“Your group is no longer here. This is the land of the forgotten and forgotten.”

“I guess it was true that demons live in this mountain.”

“If you know, just quietly back off.”

“by the way…”

Instructor Elroy asked with a puzzled expression.

“What are you doing there, Trine?”

At those words, the other person took off his hood.

Then, Trine’s flawless face was revealed.

But he still spoke with a grim expression.

“You got the wrong person. I’m Drago.”

“Stop talking nonsense and come down right away. Because of you, Sia is crying right now-”

Without hesitation, the opponent pulled the bowstring, aiming at Eloi’s head.

Eloi quickly blocked it with his sword.

“I’ll warn you again. If you step further than this, you will know that your lives are at stake.”

The two people in white fur disappeared into the snowstorm.

Instructor Elroy muttered, glaring upward.

“That b*stard, is he really not Trine?”

At those words, Lisbeth joined in from the side.

“Could it be that you were possessed by a devil and your body was taken away?”

“That’s a possibility… That guy pulled the bowstring with his right hand earlier.”

“…I guess it really isn’t a trine.”

At that time, Yuril noticed something and went up to the place where the two people were standing earlier.

“Oh, there’s a note here.”

Yuril opened the note and read it.

‘To myself after losing my memory.

If you don’t remember writing this note, it’s already too late.

If you are satisfied with your current life, there is nothing you can do,

If you’re stuck at all, follow the instructions below.

one. Never let this note be revealed to the villagers.

two. Never drink snow lavender tea.

three. Check under the desk legs.

– From myself before I lost my memory’

“…I think it was definitely written by Trine.”

Yuril showed the note to Elroy and Lisbeth.

After reading the note together, Elroy said.

“Did Trine know that he would lose his memory and wrote this note as an insurance policy?”

Lisbeth frowned and responded.

“But seeing as I dropped this note, it looks like that insurance was of no use.”

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Yuril said after thinking with a serious expression for a moment.

“Snow lavender has the effect of causing memory loss. At the same time, it also has the effect of detoxifying some of Trine’s poison.”

“What, then you’re saying that the guy from earlier is Trine?”

“Besides, he might have dropped this note on purpose.”

Yuril muttered, glaring at the beacon fire.

“However, either way, he may not be the Trine we already know.”