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

"No, that's not necessary. The thief has already run away."

"He ran away so quickly? It seems that he had the will but not the courage. Do you still remember what that little thief looked like?" The knight frowned slightly.

"Remember!" With such a conspicuous appearance, he would remember it even if he was late in his old age.

"The thief looks like a little girl with white hair, a pair of fox ears on her head, and three big fox tails behind her, like a quilt!" The shop owner said while gesturing with his hands.

"............" The two knights immediately looked at the grocery store owner with a strange look.

"Hey, I've already described what the little thief looks like, why aren't you saying anything? Give me some reaction?"

"I understand. Please continue." The knight made a gesture of invitation.

"Oh, you don't know. At first I mistook her for a dog. Then I don't know if it was because of this or something else, but she seemed to be angry. Oh, yes! She even threatened to suck my brains dry!"

".......You said, this fox demon looks like just a little girl?"

"Yes, yes, it looks like that on the surface, but she is a fox demon, a real fox demon! Her tail and ears can move, just like this!" As he spoke, the uncle's arms were like seaweed, vividly describing Fei Tao's tail at that time.

"............" The two knights sitting on the chairs leaned back tactically.

"Hey, why don't you say something! I'm so panicked when you keep silent like this. I still don't know whether my brain water has been sucked away by that fox demon! Oh my God, my Knight Commander of Dawn! How could such a bad thing happen to me? If my brain marrow is sucked dry, there will be one less extremely smart person in the world!"

"Pfft..." One of the knights couldn't help laughing.

".......why are you laughing?"

"Uh uh, I remembered something happy." The knight explained while trying to hold back a laugh.

"whats the matter?"

"I found someone a few days ago."

“Puff…”

"What are you laughing at again??"

"I also remembered something happy." Another knight adjusted his expression.

"whats the matter?"

"I found someone, too."

"The person you two found is the same person?"

"No, no, no....uh, uh, I found a partner on the same day."

"Hey, hey!" The store manager was obviously annoyed. "I'm not kidding!"

"So, that fox demon you mentioned, is she pretty?"

"She's not the kind of pretty or not, she is!...How should I put it? Hey, you know what, that vixen seems to be quite pretty, but I was too scared before and didn't pay much attention to her. Now that I think about it..."

"Okay, Mr. Renifo, we won't tease you anymore, but we tell you responsibly that there are no residents or races other than humans in Batti City. What's more, fox demons are fictional creatures from ancient times, and their existence or not is no big deal." A knight spread his hands.

"But I really saw it! And she even ate all the fried tofu snacks I made! This can't be fake, right?!"

"Okay, okay, since you are so sure, we will send someone to investigate." The knight sighed lightly.

Fox demons only exist in Kyushu, and they have not appeared in the world for a long time. This has caused many secular people to forget the existence of fox demons and doubt their authenticity, let alone the nine-tailed fox.

In the opinion of the two knights, this must be a prank by a child. The grocer was probably too stingy, which led to the resentment of a child living in the town, so he planned this prank.

As for sucking brain marrow, that's even more ridiculous. If your brain is really sucked out, can you still be alive and well as if nothing happened?

"Hey, wait..." The boss, who was angry, subconsciously touched his pocket and stopped the two knights who were about to mobilize manpower.

"Hmm? What? Anything else to add?"

"No, it's just..." The boss took out a few copper coins from his pocket and thought about it. "Forget it, I won't report this case."

"? What do you mean, Boss Renif? Didn't you just yell about the fox sucking your brain?" The knight was puzzled.

"No, no." The boss waved the copper coin in his hand. "She ate my snack and paid for it. No need."

"Hey, I thought she was a thief before, but now that she's paid, it's okay." She pays for food, so even if she is really a fox, she is a good fox!

“………” The two knights were speechless.

Chapter 41: 40~Cultists riot?

The next morning, everything returned to normal. After eating fried tofu from the grocery store, Fate's "strange disease" disappeared overnight.

Looking back, he had never shown such strange signs before. After much thought, it should be the negative effect caused by the excitement and boiling of the fox demon blood, which subtly deepened his identification with the fox demon's identity and made him display the habits of a fox demon at certain times.

He got goosebumps all over his body when he thought about his performance last night.

Is that really him?

It was clear that he was conscious and it was indeed he who was controlling his body, but he just felt like a different person.

This change is not any other change, but a change in concept and cognition.

But for now, most of his habits are still human.

This made Fate a little worried that one day in the future he would no longer be able to suppress the fox blood in his body.

Will I still be myself at that time?

Worrying about something that didn't happen was like repaying a debt that he didn't owe. Fate didn't worry about it for too long and went back to work.

After a few uneventful days, Nia, dressed in casual clothes, came to the church and found Fate.

She first looked around at her master's current working environment, and learned that Fate's job was just a gatekeeper, and she couldn't help but sigh.

Even if he retires and no longer cares about worldly affairs, the master can always ask the Queen for a respectable and well-paid job. Why does he have to come to this remote place to work as a security guard?

And the church they are guarding is the one dedicated to themselves.

Simply.

If the godfathers and nuns of this Dawn Church knew that the person they used to worship and pray for was the guard at the gate, I wonder what their expressions would be.

She really didn't quite understand what kind of relationship there was between Fate and Queen Beatrice. Although Fate killed the Queen's biological father, the world was happy that such a tyrant died. Beatrice didn't think that the tyrant who treated human life as nothing could be a kind father. There were also rumors that the Queen had been abused by her father when she was young.

Even if they were blood relatives, they would be grateful to the master if they had experienced such a situation, right? Moreover, when the master was the chief knight of the defense of the country, Her Majesty the Queen also showed great respect for him.

If Fate knew what Nia was thinking at the moment, he would definitely shake his head helplessly, lamenting that his apprentice was too naive.

Queen Beatrice was much smarter than she thought.

She knew very well that the human mind was good at "collective responsibility". In the eyes of the general public, if the father was a tyrannical scum, then the daughter would definitely not be much better. Moreover, the image of the "Knight Commander of Dawn" had been completely "deified" in the eyes of the public.

What is deification? In the eyes of the people, everything the Dawn Knight does is absolutely correct and cannot be questioned. Therefore, including killing tyrants, these actions will be regarded as "righteousness".

Beatrice knew very well that it was a very foolish thing to go against justice. Although the Knight of Dawn was dead on the surface, his reputation was still invincible. Since it was invincible, if she wanted to secure her throne, she had to show a side that was completely different from her tyrant father.

Let the people know that she is also a victim and a poor person who is controlled by the tyrant. She is completely different from her tyrant father.

In this situation, the more rumors like "she was abused by her father before the arrival of the Dawn Knight" there are, the more people believe that the current queen is not the same kind of person as her father, and they may even empathize with her.

Moreover, from Fate's perspective, people are complicated, and no one stipulates that a tyrant cannot be a qualified father. When he stabbed the sword into the tyrant's chest, he could deeply feel Beatrice's hatred for him, proving that the relationship between father and daughter is not bad.

As for the subsequent rumors that the young queen was abused by her father, Fate even suspected that these were deliberately fabricated by Beatrice in order to justify her own rule.

Nia didn't know that when Fate was about to leave the empire, Beatrice's attempt to sideline Fate had almost reached the final stage.

If Fate had not chosen to hand over power in the end, the conflict between him and Beatrice would have completely erupted.

Therefore, Fate's definition of the relationship between himself and Beatrice is that they should never meet again in the future.

He couldn't guarantee how the two of them would meet next time.

Personally, Fate did not want to go to war with her.

In addition to emotions, there is also rational thinking. Now he is not sure whether he is still a match for Beatrice, whose strength is increasing by leaps and bounds. Even if he can barely win, what if the other party calls in the army?

At present, he can only protect himself. If the enemies are too many or too strong, he will not be able to protect himself.

For various reasons, Fate could not meet Beatrice no matter what.

Of course, there is no need to tell Nia about these complicated reasons. This is a matter between adults and irrelevant children should not be involved.

Fate understood why Nia came to see him today. It was probably because the thing he asked her to do a few days ago had come to fruition.

When Fate, who was leaning lazily against the door, saw Nia walking towards him, he pointed to the courtyard and indicated that it was not a convenient place to talk.

Nia was stunned when she understood the meaning. In her impression, Fate rarely behaved so cautiously and thoughtfully, but she didn't think much about it and followed Fate to the backyard.

"How is it?" Fate asked when there was no one around.

"........Master, I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

"It looks like there is no good news to hear." Seeing Nia's hesitant look, Fate, who knew the character of his apprentice, understood it at a glance.

"The good news is that I have contacted the military, and they have also found information about the male members of the families of those strange diseases joining the army."

"What's the bad news?" After hearing Nia remain silent after saying this, Fate frowned and continued to ask.

"............But, they checked all the barracks rosters and couldn't find the names of those people. There were people with the same names, but they didn't match the records, and they were not relatives of those people." Nia was silent for a moment and continued speaking.

"how is this possible?"

"So, I asked them to continue to investigate, but there was still no result. But they still found out where these people were."

"According to the records of the battle documents and settlement reports, these names were listed in the list of casualties after a battle two years ago..."

"What battle?" Fate was silent for a moment and then spoke.

"A riot among the cultists."

"Cultists riot?" Fate was silent. "The Empire has been peaceful since the last monarch stepped down. How could there be a cultists riot?"

Nia pursed her lips and shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.

Because of the secret mission arranged by the Queen this time, she could not continue investigating, otherwise what the Queen had told her would be exposed. And although she had the power to review these documents, the review would leave traces and records. If Beatrice knew about it, she would definitely be able to find out that Nia had checked these battle records.

Chapter 42: 41~Can you be more reliable to me?

If Nia were allowed to continue investigating, not only would Beatrice be likely to suspect Nia, but Fate would also be at risk of being found. So no matter what, Nia could not continue investigating, not to mention that there would be no other results if she continued investigating.

After all, Queen Beatrice was too busy to take care of these little things. In addition, she was sent here for a special mission, and Beatrice probably didn't want her to take care of other things. More importantly, if she told the Queen about this, would she investigate Fate? ?

Nia questioned the military personnel, why the cultist riots suddenly broke out when the empire had been at peace for so long, and she knew nothing about it.

The people in the military were playing Tai Chi, saying that they had no idea why the cultists were rioting. After all, the thinking logic of cultists cannot be understood by the thinking logic of normal people. When they want to do evil, why they want to do evil, and what kind of evil they do are all without any signs or reasons, and no one can figure it out.

This is easy to explain, and as for why these recruits lost their lives, that is also easy to explain.

The cultists happened to be rioting in the area under their jurisdiction, and these recruits had little combat experience, so it was reasonable for them to die.

After all, they could only consider themselves unlucky as they happened to encounter the cultists' riot.

As for other things, he said he didn't know either, and needed to ask higher-level military leaders to find out.

Although Nia is the Queen's personal guard and accompanies the Queen, she has a lot of power in her hands, but these powers are granted by the Queen. If they are abused, the military will ask the Queen for instructions and learn that this is not the case. Nia will inevitably be suspected by Beatrice.

After learning about this, Nia asked the military for pensions for these people, as well as delayed compensation for the failure to pay the pensions in a timely manner. The military readily agreed, expressed sympathy for the plight of the recruits' families, and were willing to give more money.

This matter seemed to have come to an end.

Fate stared at the money bags on the table in silence.

When it was opened, it was filled with heavy, golden coins.

Fate always felt like he was using this money to buy other people's lives.

It seems like this matter can only be resolved like this?

From the moment one becomes a soldier, it means that one is ready to sacrifice his life for the country, and any unexpected situation is possible. However, the empire has been at peace in recent years, and the probability of these hidden dangers is very low, but one does not expect to encounter the disaster of the cultists.

Fate's intuition told him that there was something fishy going on, but he was no longer a knight, much less a public official, and had no right to access military documents or tribunal documents.

Besides, it is understandable that cult riots occurred. There are always some dark things in the mainland that have not been eradicated.

Fate lowered his head, and under his helmet, no one knew his expression at the moment.

Just a few days ago, he assured Reed that his father would be able to return safely and reunite with him within a week.

Now.........