Knight and Wand

Chapter 133 Undercurrent
Carts carried the spoils back to Longka, the war horses were taken to the stables for care, and Leon inspected the captured weapons and equipment piled up in the warehouse.

The wolf-patterned armor with magical protective capabilities worn by the young master of the Wolf family, as well as his superior warhorse, sword and lance, naturally became Longka's trophies.

However, if the amount negotiated later is sufficient, the Wolf family might redeem this thing along with the people, so it doesn't count at the moment.

As for the other set of knight's plate armor that was burned through by the flaming halberd, its owner had died in the battle and his body had been properly preserved, waiting for his family to redeem it later.

As for the damaged knight's armor, according to old Brian's assessment, the opening of the breastplate did not damage the structural components. A layer of armor was covered along the opening, cast like a patch, which should not affect the protective capability too much.

Regardless of whether the other party's family will spend a lot of money to buy back the relics, this set of plate armor is a considerable gain.

So, excluding Kanis's equipment, a total of sixteen enemy horses and sixteen sets of intact or slightly damaged cavalry heavy armor were captured in this battle.

In addition, more than fifty sets of armor can be put together to fully equip the main infantry with chain mail, hand armor, greaves, helmets, long-handled weapons, round shields of different sizes and shapes, long shields, and large shields.

There were more than seventy extra long-handled weapons without armor, and twenty or thirty swords, knives and hammers scattered on the battlefield were also collected. Most of these things were not seriously damaged and could still be used after repair.

After rough calculations and statistics, the value of Canis himself and his armor and soldiers are not counted.

The value of these various weapons is about 1,300 gold crowns.

According to military practice, one to two-thirds of the total value of the spoils handed in by the soldiers would be given to the soldiers who fought bravely in the battle.

Leon had no practical experience in how to fairly distribute money and property to each soldier, but fortunately he had Old Brian and Sir Redo by his side to provide advice, so they could discuss and formulate a distribution system in detail.

Leon would not be stingy with his soldiers who fought to the death to defend their homeland. After all, he was holding Kanis in his hands, and the value of his ransom alone was probably several times more than the things in front of him.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Counting the time when Selva got the "Death Claw", this was the second time he made a fortune from war.

We really don’t have guns or cannons, so the enemy has to make them for us.

Of course, the premise is to defeat the strong with the weak and the rich with the poor, and you must be able to defeat the enemy, otherwise it will be a losing business.

Just like the Wolf Leader who is retreating now, he came with a large army, but failed to break into the Thorn Flower Leader, gained nothing, and even lost his own young master, truly losing everything.

Compared with the enemy, Longka's losses were much smaller. Although the farmland was destroyed, the benefits of this battle were far greater than the grain harvest in Longka.

The property and safety of the villages and towns within the Thorn Flower family's territory were successfully protected. The food supply problem in such a small village could be solved by spending more money and transporting food from other places next year.

The sun gradually set in the west of Longka.

Soldiers from the reinforcements that were unable to participate in the battle were sent to take turns to stand guard and protect the camp for the wounded. After a hearty meal and drink, the Lonka defenders fell into a deep sleep exhausted by the hard battle.

In the village house, everyone who had a simple dinner gathered around a long table to talk about the victory of the battle. With his loud voice, Lohak kept describing to Sir Marcelo and others the desperate counterattack that everyone had faced against the enemies today. When he was praising excitedly, he couldn't help but patted Azerien's injured shoulder, which made the son of the noble smile bitterly in pain.

After three rounds of drinking, Sir Redo raised his glass and said, "Today's victory is due to Lord Leon and Miss Olivia. Let us pay tribute to them."

"You two captured a general on the battlefield and defeated an enemy force three times your size. This heroic deed will surely become the pride of the Farolis family and will be spread throughout the Greyfir Valley." Sir Marcelo raised his glass and boasted in agreement.

He had the good fortune to witness the martial arts of the young girl beside Lord Pendragon on the night his wife was attacked, so he naturally had no doubt about the role the girl played in this battle.

Leon saw everyone saluting after hearing this. He quickly raised his hand and said, “Without Lord Leido leading the cavalry to risk their lives to hold back the enemy’s main force, there would be no victory in this battle.

Even if we have to talk about the main merits, it goes to those who charged into the battle, my servants and guards, and Olivia."

After saying that, he turned around and smiled and raised his glass to the somewhat bewildered blonde girl beside him: "Salute to the pride of Selva."

"Hail to the Golden Lion of Selva!" Lohak said the girl's nickname in the past. He always felt that this title was impressive and loud.

Olivia's cheeks turned red when she heard this. This exaggerated title was really embarrassing.

"Golden Lion, this title is very appropriate for Miss Olivia. I admire your bravery today." Filippo, the second son of the Anquila family, praised.

He was deeply impressed by the martial arts of this beautiful girl, not to mention that she was one of the benefactors who saved his reputation.

Olivia, who had never experienced so many people looking at her with respect, hurriedly picked up the wine glass.

"Olivia doesn't want to take credit for it. I just did my best today. I respect all the brave adults."

Sir Ledo smiled and said, "Ha, there is no need to address us with honorifics, Miss Olivia. Although you are still a young flower in the boudoir, you are a rose with thorns. With your military exploits and martial arts today, the title of knight is within your reach. Remember Lord Leon asked me before."

Halfway through his speech, he saw Leon blinking vigorously, so he quickly stopped talking.

Raydo realized that Lord Pendragon seemed to be preparing that as a surprise for the future.

After eating and drinking, everyone left the celebratory banquet and went back to rest.

Leon brought a packed dinner and horse meat to visit Corvis who was still resting.

He knocked on the door and got no response, so he turned the key and went in. As expected, the exhausted boy was still sleeping.

I turned my head to look at the little griffin's litter box. It was clean and didn't need to be replaced. I didn't know whether Lohak or Azerien had come to help clean it in advance.

Leon sat down beside the bed, picked up the restless little griffin that was resisting him with its teeth and claws, and began to feed it with fresh horse meat cut from the carcasses of horses that died in the battle today.

The little griffin, who had been resisting the scent of strangers, smelled the scent of his favorite food that was engraved in his genes. This cat-sized ball of fur immediately chirped with excitement.

There is no need for help in eating. Even a newly born griffin cub can easily tear fresh meat with its hard beak developed in the shell.

Stroking the little ball of fur lying on his lap and wolfing down its food in ecstasy, Leon then remembered that he had not had time to give it a name.

After thinking of several ideas, he shook his head and gave up. This little guy had been under Corvis' care since the beginning, so it would be better to let the little wizard name him.

And it's not just the name. As long as the Death Claw doesn't come looking for the child, Leon plans to let this little guy follow Corvis from now on.

Perhaps it was because it mistook the first person it saw when it was born as its parent, or perhaps it was because it was familiar with the magical aura that had nurtured and incubated it for a long time, this little guy currently only shows utmost trust and closeness to Corvis.

Leon didn't plan to spend any more energy twisting it. After all, when it grew into a young man in six years, it would be nice for it to become Corvis' riding partner.

I don't have any obsession with soaring in the blue sky, so it doesn't matter who becomes the griffin knight.

Putting down the well-fed little ball of fur, Leon turned around to look at the blond boy who was sleeping quietly.

What he said at the dinner was not empty talk. He would never forget the contribution of this partner who had always tried his best to help him, and naturally he would not let the other party just be his servant forever.

It's just that now, he can't give out a reward commensurate with his contribution, but it will be different soon.
After leaving Corvis' room, Leon closed the door and walked towards Olivia's room, stroking his chin and thinking about the next step of the army's construction.

Now that he has obtained a large number of weapons, as long as there is sufficient funding in the later stage, he will be able to organize an elite armored infantry phalanx of fifty to sixty people.

And the six men of the Royal Guards were finally equipped with war horses, so that they could charge into battle together with him and Corvis in the future.

Now with Olivia, Lohak, Azerien, and two Pleyton squire cavalrymen, not counting the family reinforcements, he currently has 13 heavy cavalry and 12 war horses without riders.

As long as we can organize an elite heavy cavalry formation of 25 people as soon as possible, and then encounter a battlefield like today, we can definitely inflict much better casualties than we have now, and many soldiers will not have died in vain.

This time he didn't plan to sell the horse, he had to keep it.

Anyway, Canis's ransom will be paid.

After the battle, he truly felt the suppression and initiative of the cavalry on the battlefield. Thinking about how to command and win if there was a heavy cavalry formation with half of the enemy's strength in the daytime battle, he quickly walked to Olivia's room.

Suddenly he heard the sound of water pouring and Leon looked up.

In the bedroom, Olivia was rolling up her sleeves, picking up a wooden bucket, and pouring bucket after bucket of hot water into the large bathtub in the room.

"Ah? Leon." Olivia turned around, blinked angrily and apologized: "Sorry, are you in a hurry to rest? I want to take a shower as soon as possible to wash off the bloody smell on my body, so..."

“It’s okay, it’s okay, don’t worry, but you did remind me.” Leon raised his eyebrows and smelled his arm.

After the battle, not only was there a faint smell of blood lingering on the body, but the smell of sweat from being covered under the armor for a day was also obvious.

"I'll go boil some water and find a place to wash." Leon emphasized, then turned and walked towards the stairs.

With the smell of blood and sweat, he naturally felt embarrassed to hug his lover to sleep. Of course, more importantly.
"Wait, where are you going to wash? There's no room in the big house."

Olivia poked her head out of the room and called out to Leon, who was about to go downstairs, in confusion.

"Why don't you wait for me to finish washing and give you the room, or you can just wash first," she suggested considerately.

"That would be a waste of time. There's no need to go through so much trouble. There's no other woman in Longka except you right now. I'm a grown man. I can just get a bucket downstairs in the hall and rub it there and then come up. Everyone else is asleep in the house anyway." Leon turned around and said.

"The hall?! No, that's not good. This is too unreasonable..." Olivia suddenly narrowed her eyes and intuitively felt the "danger". The girl who had been fooled many times stopped wondering.

"Ah~! Bad guy, I know what bad idea you have." Her clever little head sensed the signs of a trap, so she snorted and retreated back into the room, not saying anything else and paying no attention to the other party's playing hard to get.

Tsk. Leon took back the steps that he was about to take, and curled his lips unwillingly.

This little girl is not as naive and gullible as before.

He thought he could indirectly induce the other party to shyly pull him to take a shower together.

But the girl had been successfully teased by him many times, so she learned to be cautious.

Leon turned around awkwardly and returned to the door. He looked at the girl who was about to close the door, pretending to be pitiful: “This is a rare opportunity, can’t we take a shower together?”

"Aren't you going to the hall? Go ahead, go ahead," Olivia urged in a low voice, shaking her little hand to drive him away.

"I thought about it carefully. It would be so rude if I bumped into someone else. So forget it." Leon scratched his head and laughed awkwardly.

How could he possibly bathe in public? It would have been fine if he had been forced to bathe outdoors by the river due to his escape situation, but if conditions allowed, he didn't want to be an exhibitionist.

Leon shamelessly tried to get in, but was immediately blocked outside by the door panel that Olivia covered him with: "Hey~ Let's take a shower together. You see, I'm tired too. It's troublesome to boil another bucket of water. Let's take a shower and go to bed earlier."

He didn't dare to use force, or rather, even if he tried, he wouldn't be able to push the girl past him.

"You bad guy, you definitely don't just want to take a shower, you also want to take the opportunity to bully me. I don't believe you. Go boil some water and come in after I finish showering." After closing the door, the girl's muffled voice came through the door.

Leon had no choice but to turn around, lean against the wall, and wait helplessly.

But soon relief appeared on his face.

Forget it.

We can't wash together. The remaining water from washing my lover later is also good. As for boiling another bucket of water? Impossible.

Of course, he is not a pervert. In this era, boiling a large bucket of hot water for bathing is a luxury. If a family really wants to use up expensive fuel, then the whole family will definitely line up to take a bath in the hot water. This is normal and he is just being frugal!

Hey~ Olivia juice. Drink it first as a sign of respect. Cheers!
Amused by his own bad taste, Leon held his cheek and hummed twice.

The stress after the war was relieved a lot by entertaining myself.

".Leon?"

The girl who was undressing in the room pricked up her ears, but did not hear her lover leaving.

But when she heard the other person squatting against the wall, the girl couldn't help but soften her heart.

After hesitating for a moment, she sighed, turned to the door, and said, "We're just taking a bath together~! Don't bully me!"

Hearing the beautiful voice behind him, Leon's face suddenly lit up.

He raised his hand and patted his cheek, then turned back with a serious face and looked at the girl who had slightly opened the door.

"No way, how could I bully you? Olivia, your fiancé is the most upright knight in the world who respects women the most!" Leon said shamelessly.

The girl half-closed her eyes speechlessly, her green eyes full of suspicion.

She did not deny that her lover was indeed an upright knight that she was proud of.
But when it comes to bullying girls, this bad guy's true nature has been increasingly revealed since he signed the contract.

Wait until the girl's door is closed again.

Whispering.

The ripples created by the water are very inspiring.

".Don't look~"

"That's really hard for me," the man said with a smug smirk.

A war full of affection begins.

But the situation was almost one-sided, declaring Leon's victory again.

"~Remind me this time, bad guy~"

The girl who let the wolf into the house will suffer the consequences.

But the lion eats the peach, and finally drinks the nectar.
In Wolf Territory, outside the makeshift military camp of Aiken Village, a figure walked around the sentry in the darkness.

The figure followed the faint guidance of the moonlight and came into the deep and dark forest.

Before his eyes, the hazy and graceful curves outlined a graceful body like a snake or python under the shadow.

“You’re not doing enough.”

"What do you mean?"

"There's not enough chaos for either the flowers or the wolves."

"Then what should we do? Speak clearly, Baishou. I am not your subordinate, and I don't like to play guessing games with you." The figure who was going to the appointment asked impatiently under the swaying shadows of the trees.

The beautiful waist in front of him swayed with her steps as she slowly moved forward, and the beautiful face of the poet appeared in the moonlight.

"Farolis is more restrained than expected. I don't know where the army of the Thorn Flower family has gone. I will find out the reason, but before that, let's make the wolf pack boil."

(End of this chapter)