They recognized their feelings, but the knight had been reincarnated as a fox cub

"Are all the people living in this area victims of this strange disease?" Walking out of the house, Fate looked at the village in the city.

"Yes." The boy nodded.

"Have you ever traced the source of this strange disease? For example, have all the patients done the same things, been to the same places, and come into contact with the source of infection?"

The boy thought about it and shook his head. "I don't know. I can't think of any chance that people living in this city would come into contact with the source of infection."

Fate fell into deep thought. After visiting all the families here and confirming that they all suffered from the same illness, Fate took Reed and left the urban village.

At present, this disease is not contagious, otherwise the patient's family members will definitely become ill as well.

Rather than a plague, it's more like a mutation.

Could it be that those cultists are becoming restless again?

But their activities are mostly in the Holy Orchid Kingdom, and they rarely appear in the Kano Empire...

There are too few clues at hand for Fate to figure out the cause. Moreover, he wiped out all the cultists back then, and it is almost impossible for them to make a comeback. It is unlikely that this disease is a new trick invented by the cultists.

"Where is your local court?" After thinking it over, Fate decided to go to the local court first.

"In the center of the city." The boy hesitated for a moment and looked at Fate. "Mr. Fate, are you going to argue with the people from the Inquisition?"

"To understand the situation," Fate replied. "Is it reasonable to turn to the Inquisition when encountering difficulties?"

"But......."

"But what? The original intention of the establishment of the Inquisition was to compete with the nobles and prevent the nobles and the royal family from oppressing the people at will."

"But." Lid pursed his lips. "My father passed away and we have no source of income. Our family's savings have been used up over the years. We don't have the money to ask the Tribunal for help. The contract does not state that patients and their families can enter the Tribunal without paying labor fees."

"What labor fee?" Fate frowned slightly. "Since when do I need to pay money to solve a problem with the Tribunal?"

"Why can't I remember which law of the empire says this?"

"I don't know about that either." The boy rubbed his head. "But, when people go to the Inquisition to defend their rights, they basically have to pay the knights of the Inquisition 'hardship fees' first. This is common sense."

........Has it become common sense?

At first Fate was just confused, but now he felt that he really needed to go and see what the local court had become.

The court is located in the central area of ​​the town, which is also the unique construction location of the court. The court of each town is built in the center of the town, aiming to be impartial to no party and fair and just, so it is built in the most central location.

The shape of the Tribunal resembles a palace, with two tall statues of knights standing solemnly outside, and the flag of the Tribunal and a cross surrounded by wreaths flying.

The exterior is getting better and better, and it is no longer comparable to the original log cabin, but I don’t know whether the interior is as bright and gorgeous as it looks from the outside.

"Stop, both of you." The guard at the gate saw Fate and Reed early on, and stopped them when they were about to enter the hall gate.

"If you want to enter the courtroom to apply for assistance, you must first get in line. Before that, please pay the labor fee according to the regulations."

"According to the regulations?" Fate was silent for a moment. "I came from the countryside. May I ask, Sir Guard, which law of the Empire and which rule of the Inquisition do you follow to collect labor fees?"

"Of course these are the rules of the Tribunal. It's normal that you don't understand these since this is your first time in the city. Won't you understand them in the future?" The guard raised his eyebrows.

"I'm sorry, I'm a stubborn person. Please tell me which rule of the Inquisition or which law of the Empire it is."

Are you looking for trouble on purpose?

The guard was getting impatient.

Which article and which clause? As soon as he saw the gate, he knew that he had never even attended the Knight Academy. How could he know?

Even those knights couldn't recite it, let alone him? ?

"Sir, if you want to apply for assistance, just follow the procedures. Rules are rules. Everyone follows the same rules. Please don't mess with it."

"Everyone is like this?" Fate repeated.

"What else? My Lord, if you continue to make trouble like this, I really won't dare let you in." Today the presiding judge is meeting with a distinguished guest from the imperial capital. He can't afford to let a madman in and cause trouble.

The more the guard looked at the guy in front of him, the more he felt that he was abnormal.

Just ask, who would go out on the street wearing a suit of armor that doesn't reveal the face? ?

Even he, a guard, felt bored wearing this attire, but the guy in front of him didn't care at all.

"Why don't you let me in? What right do you have to prevent me from entering the courtroom?"

"Sir, you are being unreasonable. I am a guard, so I must prevent suspicious people from entering the courtroom!"

"Am I suspicious?"

"What do you think??"

"But in fact, I am a local clergyman, not a suspicious person. And as far as I know, the Inquisition guards are not given the power to prevent the people from seeking help from the Inquisition."

"Sir, you came here from the countryside and you start to point fingers at the city's court. Excuse me, do you understand the court, or do I understand the court?" The guard's attitude began to become impatient, and his words gradually became direct.

The meaning is very clear. As a country man, you should behave yourself when you come to the city and don't act recklessly relying on your ignorance.

The scene became more tense.

"Mr. Fate..." Reed pursed his lips.

"What happened?" Just then, two footsteps walked out of the courtroom.

"Your Excellency, the Judge!" Upon hearing this, the two guards immediately knelt on one knee, as if they were grandsons meeting their grandfather, and greeted the man in formal attire respectfully.

Fate was the first to notice the familiar breath and looked up with a sense of something.

As early as the moment he won the resurrection match and ran out of the grave, he had anticipated that something like this might happen in the future.

Meet old acquaintances.

However, he didn't expect it to happen so early.

I have to sigh, it’s a small world.

Fate raised his eyes and his gaze rested on the person in front of him.

However, this person was not the local presiding judge, but the heroic flax-haired female knight standing next to the presiding judge.

Nia.

One of his disciples and one of his earliest followers.

After he left, I heard that Nia became the Queen's personal knight.

How could she, the Queen's personal bodyguard, appear here? .........

However, Fate had no intention of recognizing her.

A brand new life, cut off from the past, pretending to be strangers is good for both of them.

So, Fate's gaze only lingered on Nia for a moment, and he pretended to be impressed by the beauty of the female knight before looking away.

However, she found that the other person's gaze was fixed on her without any concealment, staring straight at her, and he was reluctant to move away.

Chapter 32: 31~Are you right, Master?

“……….” They looked at each other in silence for a moment.

Fate had obviously moved his gaze away to look at the presiding judge next to him, but Konia's eyes were still fixed on Fate, fixed on him without moving.

Well, fortunately, the presiding judge is a new face, so even if my luck is bad, I won’t meet two old acquaintances at the same time.

But there are still some problems.

Nia seemed to have set her sights on him.

In fact, Fate had also thought about this question. Would the disguise given by Christine be able to fool acquaintances? Christine's explanation at the time was also quite subtle, saying that "people who are not particularly familiar with him can basically not recognize him." Does that mean that as long as you are familiar enough with him, you can see through the disguise? ?

After all, the continent of Arlen is a magical world. The [will] and [magic element] flowing in each person's body are unique, just as there are no two snowflakes in the world that are exactly the same, and the same is true for the energy flowing in the body.

Soul and aura are things that will not change no matter how your appearance changes. Even if others don't understand them, they can vaguely feel them by intuition.

As one of the apprentices who has followed him for the longest time, one can imagine how familiar Nia is with him, but so far she probably won't push him closer to the Knight of Dawn.

"Who are these two?" Seeing two strangers outside the door, the presiding judge frowned slightly.

"I'm sorry, I failed in my duty and disturbed your meeting with the distinguished guests from the imperial capital. I will chase them both away right now!"

Seeing this, Fate looked at Fate who was also looking at him.

He had originally planned to solve the problem today, but plans cannot keep up with changes, and no one expected to meet an old acquaintance here.

Fate, who wants to cut off his past, doesn't want to have any contact with his former acquaintances anymore, especially now that the other party seems to have doubts about his identity.

It’s better not to hit a snag. It won’t be too late to deal with it in a few days.

With this thought in mind, Fit pulled Reed's hand and was about to leave, but was stopped by a cold and sharp female voice.

"Sir, please stay."

".........My distinguished lady, are you calling me?" Fate did not turn around.

"Sir, may I ask your name?" Nia stepped forward, ignoring the gaze of the presiding judge beside her, and stared at Fate, as if she was afraid that he would run away the next moment.

"There's no need for that. I'm just a country bumpkin passing through. My name isn't worth mentioning."

"......Well, sorry to bother you, sir." Nia shook her head.

She felt like she must be crazy for having such a thought just a moment ago.

That's right, how could it be possible? The master had passed away. When the queen organized his funeral, she saw the master's body and the entire burial process with her own eyes. How could he still be alive?

Just as Nia laughed at herself and Fate felt relieved and was about to take Reed away, Reed suddenly said something.

"Mr. Fate, are we going back?"

"............."X2

Fit, holding Reed's hand, froze, then quickened his pace.

Careless.

He shouldn't have continued to call himself Fate. Although the name of the Dawn Knight is not well known, his former acquaintances all know him.

"........Um."

"Wait." However, at this time, Nia had already reacted, and she quickly stepped forward and blocked the way of the two.

"Sir, your name is Fate?" Nia looked at Fate calmly and anxiously with her light brown eyes, trying to peek at the person inside through the gap in his helmet.

"Is there any problem?" Fate pretended to be calm.

It doesn't matter, it's not a big problem. There are more than one Dawn Knight named Fate in the Kano Empire. Even many cats and dogs are named Fate.

It's just an ordinary name.

"There's no problem, it's just..." Nia took a deep breath and opened her lips slightly.

"Excuse me, sir, but this reminds me of an old friend."

"I see." Fate nodded. "Is your old friend also called Fate?"

"Yeah." Nia responded lightly, then stared at Fate without saying anything. Of course, she had no intention of leaving.

This girl has always been like this, taciturn, would rather take action than talk, and her actions are always faster than her words.

"Ms. Knight, do I need to remind you that I should leave?"

"Mr. Fate, do you have a cold?" Nia asked.

"? What cold?"

"There's something wrong with your voice since a while ago. It's like you've been deliberately lowering your voice to speak." Nia raised her eyebrows.

"My voice has always been like this. Any questions?" Fate remained calm. Of course, even if his voice changed, Nia wouldn't be able to see it.

Even with the pendant as a disguise after his resurrection, his voice was slightly different from before. But Fate was still worried about being discovered, so he deliberately lowered his voice and changed his voice, not wanting to be noticed by this girl.

I almost forgot that this girl has always been a very thoughtful person.

"Really?"

"if not?"

The two looked at each other for a long time, and neither of them spoke first.

"Ms. Knight, it's getting late. I have to take my child back home." Fate was thinking about how to escape.