Knight and Wand

Chapter 237 Become famous
A gentle breeze brushes across my cheek.

Under the warm sunlight, the fragrance of the garden is so familiar
Miss.
An old friend's voice kept muttering about his extremely proud work.

It's like a lullaby that lulls people into sleep.

The girl with pink hair poured tea into several porcelain cups.

I felt the soft body lazily burrow into my arms.
I could only instinctively tighten my embrace. In response to her desire, I gently stroked her snow-white hair.
The short blond and blue-eyed man was wielding a blade that was disproportionate to his body size in the courtyard with great vigor.

"Are you still listening? Give me more ideas. I'm running out of ideas again."

The old friend stopped talking, his aging voice full of helplessness.

".Ah. Here you are
Hmm? What did you just say? "

Intoxicating years.
Want to last forever
"Mother~! Did you see that? I learned the trick you taught me!"

The young man lowered the tip of his sword, and the golden hair on his head shone brightly.

I just responded with a few "hmm"s and didn't bother to correct the boy's address.
But the body in his arms suddenly sat up, seeming particularly dissatisfied.

".If you keep yelling, I will beat you up with Neti later."

"Lie - you are not allowed to call me teacher. You are not allowed to call me mother either. Obviously, my mother has no objection!"

The blond boy made a face at the big sister with long white hair.

"Is there anyone like you? I don't allow you to offend me, but you keep getting closer and closer." The usually good-tempered girl couldn't help but feel angry and depressed.

"The one who saved me, raised me, and gave me the name 'Gervin' must be my mother! Right?"

He put down the golden scepter and gently tapped the head of the greedy kid, making a crisp sound that only a strong and good head could make.

“——Ouch!”

".It doesn't matter, but I clearly named you 'Gawain'."

"Gaugelwen?"

The blond kid had a hard time pronouncing it, and to him, the pronunciation didn't seem to make any difference.

".Forget it, Gelvin is Gelvin."

This kid has a thick Feroo Valley accent, and it's really hard to pronounce it in Lorelit.

"Hehe~ Gelvin must grow up as soon as possible and become a great hero, live up to the name you gave him, and protect mother forever!"

The short blond man held up the heavy sword and posed in a serious manner with his hands on his hips.

"A great hero must protect the lives of all people, not just me."

"But the common people already have their mother to protect them. You are the sun of Gervin and everyone else. I only want to protect you from now on!"

".Then I'll really have to trouble you, the great hero."

Laugh and talk.
Long and hazy.
Seems to be getting farther and farther away.
I don’t know the time.

Leon opened his eyes.

What was reflected in the black eyes was an extremely unfamiliar ceiling.

He was so hungry that his eyes were dizzy. Just as he tried to move, weakness and pain surged through his body.

The memory of the previous fatal fight suddenly came to mind.

Raising an eyebrow, Leon thought of Count Arsen's unstoppable and terrifying blade.

There was no doubt that he couldn't stop it, and he had no intention of stopping it.

But the sword coach in the previous life said that when a weaker swordsman risks his life and is not afraid of death, even the top masters of the world will try their best to avoid his edge.

Knowing that he had no chance of winning, he just hoped that the sword he gambled everything on before his death would make the opponent pay a price.

So now, am I alive?
Or did he die at the hands of Yasen and travel through time again?

He reluctantly turned his head to look.

He saw Azerien sitting on the bed, leaning against the wall and taking a nap.

Leon felt relieved when he saw his companion standing by his side.

I was actually rescued.

"Azerien."

Calling out, Leon tried to sit up, but found that his "left hand" had nowhere to gain leverage.

I moved my shoulders and found that the empty feeling was not an illusion.

I turned around and saw only half of my left arm, wrapped in thick bandages.
Well, it's over.
Despite this, he was not too disappointed. After all, losing a hand was better than losing his life.

Besides, at least it wasn't my dominant hand that was broken, so I didn't lose out.

Hearing Leon's voice, Azerien, who was dozing off, suddenly opened his eyes and turned around.

"Ilaril bless you! You're awake, how do you feel?"

When he found that his friend who had been in a coma for many days had woken up, he stood up excitedly, and his tense heart finally relaxed.

"It's okay, help me first." Leon asked for help.

Azerien came to his senses and quickly lent a hand to help him sit up, carefully supporting him with a pillow behind his back.

Leon half straightened up, feeling his head clearer. He couldn't help but quickly confirm the safety of his other companion: "How is Deathclaw? Is it okay?"

"The big guy was seriously injured, but his life is not in danger. It's just that he will probably not be able to fly again for a long time before his injuries heal."

Azerien comforted him, "Of course, don't worry. You and it are both great heroes with outstanding military exploits. His Majesty the King has sent the royal veterinarian and sorcerer to take care of it. They feed it the same amount of food and drink as a wounded horse a day. Its external injuries have almost healed, but its wings are injured and the healing process is taking very long."

Leon was relieved to hear that Deathclaw was not seriously injured.

"Is there anything to eat? My stomach is almost sticking to my back." Leon smiled bitterly.

"Yes, yes, yes. I'll ask someone to send it over right away." Azerien hurriedly turned around and ran to the door, giving instructions to the guards outside, and asked them to find the royal doctor.

Leon looked around and could only see that he was in a clean and tidy house, definitely not a military camp in the suburbs.

Seeing Gungnir leaning against the corner, he realized something more important and looked at Azerien who was walking back: "Are my 'things' still there?"

Azerien knew what he meant. "They are all here. I went to retrieve them for you before the war ended. The only thing is that your wand was crackling with electricity. Lohak and I had to shovel the dirt to get it into the box."

He took out the waist bag he had been keeping close to him and handed it over.

Leon opened it and took a look. The two black cards, "Boiling Heart" and "Canis", were intact.

However, the silver Neti card that contained the Sun Guard Garron was lying quietly in the middle, broken into two halves.

".I%￥you#@"

Out of combat mode, countless curse words flooded Leon's mind.

He had thousands of words to say to the ignorant old man and his eighteen generations of ancestors.

If you win, you win. Why did you tear up my card? You can just put it in your pocket and take it away!
This kind of high-level Neti card, without the soul stone, where can you get another one?

Barely swallowing his anger and heartache, Leon suddenly noticed the message in Azerien's words.

"The war is over?" he asked in surprise. "Did I sleep for a long time?"

"It was quite a long time. You were in a coma for six or seven days. It's already September 23rd. If you hadn't been breathing while sleeping, you would have been fine. If you had had an accident, we would have been too embarrassed to face Olivia."

"Swords have no eyes on the battlefield. Even if I really die in battle, how can Olivia blame you?" Leon shook his head: "Tell me, what did I miss in my sleep?"

Sighing, Azerien sat down and continued, "After you were attacked, it was difficult for our air knights to stop the enemy's lion scorpions like before. Not long after Lord Kailan rescued you, the army in the south probably discovered the dam lake that was being built. After they knew about the project, they couldn't sit still and soon launched a full-scale attack."

Leon looked at his partner's expression and could probably guess the result: "The dam lake is not completed, but judging by your appearance, we still won?"

“Well, the Southern Army gathered a large force and headed straight for Dam Lake. They split into two groups, one attacking from the lower reaches of the tributary, and the other attacking from the south bank valley of the mainstream north of the forest on the west bank of the tributary.

His Majesty Redwin led part of the royal army to block the river valley, while we, under the command of General Trosa, met the enemy in the countryside south of Green Brook."

Azerien immediately began to tell his companions about the Battle of Usato.

“.Although there was not much water in the lake due to the unrepaired dam, General Trosa opened the gates in advance and did not flood the river valley on the west bank, but instead flooded the wilderness south of Green Creek.

Coupled with the rainy weather in those days, the bows and horses of the Uriah people were all damaged. Almost all of our troops dismounted and fought on foot, intending to fight the enemy head-on. However, the Uriah people retreated very quickly, and halfway through the battle, only the troops of the Kantadar people were still holding on.
After the outcome of the battle in the valley was decided, His Majesty Ledwin's flying dragon arrived, and we chased after the Southern Army. Unfortunately, the rain was getting heavier, and in the end we were unable to catch up with the defeated Southern Army."

Listening to the events surrounding the Battle of Usato, which he had missed, Leon felt somewhat fortunate.

Victory was achieved, and it happened faster than originally expected. Before his own water attack strategy could even take effect, the Confederate Army was forced to launch an attack in a hurry.

This unpredictable war situation is always beyond expectations.

However, the result was even better. The shallow flood that had stopped flowing was released before the reservoir was full, and only the suburbs south of Green Creek Village were flooded. This caused negligible damage to the overall land of Usato, and the difficulty of rebuilding the embankment and restoring the tributary river course was greatly reduced.
As if he had let go of a burden, he turned his attention to the losses of the troops: "Did the Avalon soldiers suffer heavy casualties?"

"Many were injured, but no one was killed. We had a tough battle before, especially since you were so badly injured for the army. General Trosa did not put the troops of Thornflower on the front line again."

At this point, Azerien's voice suddenly stopped.

He was afraid that mentioning his injury would upset his companions, especially his current situation of losing his left arm.

“——Leon!!”

Lohak's loud voice arrived in the room before he did.

The servants and doctors carrying food stepped aside in awe, making way for the terrifying and prestigious "Red Knight".

The door was pushed open, and a tall and majestic figure rushed in. When he saw Leon sitting up, he immediately smiled.

"Haha~! Holy Prophet, I knew you could make it! Holy Sun would not summon you to heaven so early." Quickly walking to the bedside, Lohak grabbed Leon's right hand tightly, shaking with excitement.

Leon smiled at his ecstatic brother and couldn't help shaking his arms. Boy, your arm strength is getting stronger and stronger.

"I've been injured and unconscious more than once or twice. I'm very lucky. Aren't you used to it yet? Why are you being so corny?"

Azerien frowned and elbowed the big fool hard: "He's starving, stop standing here blocking the bed."

"Oh! Sorry, sorry." Lockhart hurriedly let go, scratched his head, and sat down at the end of the bed.

The servants walked into the room and brought sumptuous food to the table, while the court physician in robes began to examine Leon's injuries.

After the royal medical officers accompanying the army had confirmed it, Leon stared at the fragrant fish soup, meat porridge and eggs on the table and finally couldn't help it.

"Help me up and eat, I really want to eat a cow alive." Leon propped himself up and found that his hair was ridiculously long, but based on his past experience in magic training, he was not too surprised by this phenomenon.

Azerien helped him up.

Looking at his companion's empty left arm, Lohak couldn't help but ask tentatively, "If it's inconvenient, how about we feed you?"

Azerien frowned, clicked his tongue, and kicked the coward.

Luohak suddenly realized and looked embarrassed.

Leon rolled his eyes, quite disgusted: “Come on, you are not Olivia, with rough hands and feet, I’m afraid you will shake the soup all over me.”

With the help of the two, he got off the bed, sat at the table, picked up the plate and started eating. He smiled at the two brothers who were too worried and said, "I'm not sad at all, why do you have to look so sad?"

Leon glanced at the door that was closed again, and whispered to the two of them: "It's just a broken arm. My teacher Lola will definitely help me to reattach it easily. Don't worry about it."

After hearing what Leon said, Lohak and Azerien looked at each other with surprise in their eyes.

"By the way, where's my arm? Did you get it back too?"

"Well, your left arm is kept by Master Hilgard." Azerien replied.

Leon was not surprised to hear the name. When the Southern Expedition began, the magic consultant who had been under house arrest because of the Mette incident had been released.

In a large-scale foreign war, the army naturally cannot do without the power of sorcerers. Conversely, this is also an opportunity for them to work hard to clear suspicion and political accountability.

"Where are we now? Can the army disband and go home?" Leon asked while eating.

Azerien helped him pour a glass of milk. "We are currently stationed in a small town on the north bank of the Usato River. It's a pity that you woke up too late and missed the king's celebration banquet."

Lohak came over and said, "Leon, you are famous. Baron Cailan said that you seriously injured a 'great knight' of Kantadar. Now almost all the Orland knights who participated in the southern expedition are talking about your title of 'Snake Slayer'.

Yesterday, His Majesty Ledwin sent a 'Dusk Blood Guard' to visit you and asked a lot of questions, even asking if you were married or engaged. You have done a lot of good deeds, could it be that His Majesty wants to marry a princess to you?"

"How is that possible? Don't talk nonsense." Leon was amused by his guess. "I didn't wake up yesterday. Even if I made great contributions, I was just a patient lying in bed with no idea whether I was alive or dead. His Majesty the King should just be inquiring about my situation in advance so that he can prepare a suitable reward after I wake up. I am Lord Elliver's direct vassal. His Majesty Redwin can't simply confer a title on me."

"Besides, even if there is a marriage alliance, at most they would just find a family close to the royal family to arrange the marriage. How could it possibly involve the princess?" He roughly guessed, and then confirmed with the two: "I say, did you answer well?"

Azerien patted Leon on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I've already made it clear that you are engaged. I don't want to be stabbed in the heart by Olivia when I go back."

(End of this chapter)