In the anime, Kira Yoshikage longs for a peaceful life

"Eh? But I still have a lot of things to do..."

"Nothing to worry about. I'm a teacher, right? You belong to me all day today. This is part of the teaching. Don't worry, we will be back before evening."

"Uh~, okay."

Altria originally planned to refuse, but was finally persuaded by Kira Yoshikage.

It wasn't that she wanted to go on a trip, it was mainly because Kirara Yoshikage was right. He was the teacher, and she was his student all day. Since Kirara Yoshikage said it was part of the teaching and he would be back before the evening, she had no reason to refuse.

"Then let's go."

Kira Yoshikage pointed to a horse grazing on the slope behind him. He had seized it from the "horse bandits" yesterday.

Altria asked with some doubt:

"Eh? But there's only one horse here. Do you want me to borrow another one from Hector?"

"One is enough. I've never ridden a horse."

"Eh?"

Altria asked in surprise, "But, Kira-sensei, aren't you a knight?"

There is no knight who can’t ride a horse!

"I never said I was a knight."

Kira Yoshikage looked calm. How many people today can ride a horse? How many people can get in touch with a horse?

Not to mention ordinary people, even children born on the prairie, not all of them would ride horses to school every day.

Altria was choked for a moment, but when she thought about it carefully, it seemed that Kira Yoshikage had never said that he was a knight. It was the peasant women who were rescued who had always called Kira Yoshikage "Sir Knight".

Altria walked towards the horse and stroked its back with skillful hands, trying to comfort the warhorse that was still unfamiliar to her.

After completing these necessary preparations, Artoria mounted the horse and held the reins with both hands.

Kira Yoshikage followed closely and mounted his horse. Even though there was someone clinging to him from behind, Altria, who had been raised as a boy since she was a child, could not really understand the difference between men and women, let alone what overly intimate contact meant. So she did not feel anything strange, but just kindly reminded him:

"Teacher Kira, please hold my waist, or you will be thrown off."

Kira Yoshikage obediently hugged the girl's slender waist, but he felt a little regretful in his heart. In fact, he wanted to hold those hands more.

After letting the horses walk along the road for a while, Artoria finally remembered the most important question:

"Well, where are we going?"

Kirara Yoshikage thought for a moment, pointed in one direction, and said:

"Over there, go at full speed, we have to be back before evening."

Artoria identified the road and immediately tapped the horse's belly with her heel, causing the warhorse to speed up.

travel.

This was also an unfamiliar word to Altria.

Although she would patrol the Ector Territory on horseback every day, her activities were limited to this territory.

Only occasionally would he follow his adoptive father and brother to the town to purchase necessary daily necessities.

Even the children of serfs would occasionally have a longing for travel and yearn for the traveling knights mentioned by bards.

But Altria didn't.

She had never even dreamed of traveling, nor had she ever had any expectations.

It's not because she has no interest in traveling, but because she doesn't have time to dream about it.

For ten years, she spent most of the day receiving education as a king, and slept only three hours a day. But even in these three hours of sleep, she didn't even have the freedom to dream.

Because there is an unnamed dream magician who will instill the king's teachings into her in her dreams.

So she had no time to dream, or even to think.

Just to get an education and become the person her adoptive father and the nightmare wanted her to be.

Altria once thought that she would never have such a longing in her life, but when she actually embarked on the journey, the girl's eyes were still attracted by the scenery along the way.

The war horses galloped on the grassland and walked between the fields.

The sun shines through the clouds, making the wheat fields sparkle with golden color. The wind blows gently over the fields, making the wheat ears sway in the wind and make rustling sounds.

Altria sighed softly:

“This year is a good year~!”

"Is the harvest good?"

Kira Yoshikage looked at the serfs and free people working in the fields, their faces filled with the joy of a good harvest.

"Ah."

Altria nodded and explained seriously:

"Britain was never a fertile land, and since King Uther's death, grain production has been declining. Even though Ector was very generous to his subjects and did not set taxes very high, the subjects of Ector's territory could only barely be self-sufficient in previous years.

"But this year, the output will probably be one-third higher than last year."

As she was speaking, the girl's eyes met the forest in the distance, and her expression became solemn:

"Kira-sensei, we may have to take a long detour."

Kirara Yoshikage noticed something unusual and asked:

"Is that forest dangerous?"

"Well, a few months ago, some foreign tribes settled in that forest. It would be very dangerous if we went straight through the forest."

Altria suddenly felt a little regretful. They left in such a hurry that they did not prepare in advance. They did not even bring swords, let alone armor. They were completely unarmed. If they encountered the foreign tribes occupying the forest, they would probably die.

"Then go straight through the forest."

Kira Yoshikage gave the order calmly, not caring at all.

"Eh? But..."

"It doesn't matter. Before we get down to business, we can just get rid of these people."

Artoria was shocked again when she heard Kira Yoshikage's explanation. Business? What business? Aren't they here for a trip?

After hesitating for a long time, Altria finally decided to trust Kira Yoshikage's judgment.

Although they were not carrying weapons, Kirara Yoshikage had just killed several horse bandits with his bare hands yesterday, which shows his strength.

Since he planned to force his way into the forest, he should be confident that he could take out those horse bandits.

Then, as a student, she should not doubt the teacher's decision. This is a sign of respect for the teacher. Altria immediately gave up the idea of ​​going around the forest and ran straight into the path in the forest.

The road was relatively smooth at first. Although there were occasional tree branches blocking the road, they could be easily avoided by lowering the head.

But as they went deeper, the road ahead was suddenly blocked by a big tree!

“Wow!!”

Altria's heart tightened, and she hurriedly tightened the reins to make a sound to stop the horse.

The girl looked vigilantly towards the surrounding woods, and sure enough, there were many figures hiding in the woods rushing towards them from all directions.

"HILALALALA!!!"

The foreigners rushed towards them with excited and cruel smiles on their faces, singing war cries loudly.

"Saxons! How could there be so many?"

Altria's mood instantly dropped to the bottom. After long-term training from Sir Ector, Altria was confident that she could deal with three or five armed enemies even with bare hands.

Together with her teacher, it was not difficult for the two of them to deal with a dozen enemies.

But she had never expected that there would be so many people. There must be at least a hundred of them, right? Did they accidentally break into the barbarian's base camp?

"Have you ever killed anyone?"

The man's calm voice came to the girl's ears.

"No."

Altria hesitated and shook her head.

Although the girl's skills have become more and more sophisticated during the long training, even the most powerful knight in Ector Territory is no match for her.

But that was all just part of the training, killing was not included.

"Then I'll leave two for you."

Kira Yoshikage nodded slightly.

"Eh?"

Altria looked up in surprise and asked, "Teacher, do you have the confidence to deal with so many people?"

"why?"

Such questions popped up in the girl's mind.

Dang Dang Dang Dang Dang!

The big pink cat stretched out his palm, and the skull on his arm was instantly launched out.

It transformed into a clanking chariot, galloping through the forest at a speed that could not be seen by the naked eye, looking for enemies emitting heat sources.

"I'll see you later!"

BOOM!

The bomb cart roared into a Saxon who was unsuspectingly rushing towards the horses, and blew him into ashes in a silent explosion.

But to the other Saxons around, this scene seemed like their companions suddenly disappeared from their sight.

Such a sudden change was unexpected, and there was no bloody horror with flesh and blood flying everywhere, so they were unable to react immediately and instead stood there in a daze.

Until the bomb cart hit the Saxon who was the shortest distance away again!

BOOM!

rustle!

The breeze rustled the delicate branches and leaves high up.

The animals and birds in the forest had already been frightened and fled by the Saxons who were lying in ambush. The forest was silent at this time. There were only the Saxons who kept approaching the center of the road, and the Saxons who "disappeared" one after another in just a few seconds.

They could not hear the explosion or see the smoke.

Even if the companions around him disappeared silently, no one except the person closest to him would notice it.

But those who notice it will be hit by the bomb cart before they can issue a warning.

All this happened quietly, almost without anyone noticing.

Altria opened her mouth wide, completely unable to comprehend what was happening.

In her sight, she could only see the Saxons disappearing silently one after another.

In the end, only the three closest Saxons survived.

Obviously, this is not because of how strong they are, nor because of how lucky they are.

Simply because Kira Yoshikage wanted to let them go.

The big pink cat picked up a sharp sword, and Kira Yoshikage handed it to the girl in front of him, and encouraged her softly:

"Go ahead, Altria, kill them."

Altria gripped the sword, her dull eyes gradually became firm, and the girl turned over and got off the horse.

While the three Saxons finally realized something was wrong and were in panic, he stabbed one of them in the neck with a sword. The Saxon was wearing at least two layers of leather armor, and there seemed to be chain mail inside. Stabbing the heart directly might get stuck, so stabbing the neck was the best option at this time.

puff!

Everything happened just as the girl expected. The long sword pierced the man's fragile neck, and blood gushed out under high pressure, splashing onto the face of the girl who was caught off guard because it was her first time killing someone.

But the girl was not too affected and soon drew her sword and rushed towards the other two Saxons.

Years of hard training made her extremely agile, and she slit the throat of one of them again before they could react.

Finally, only the lone Saxon was left.

He had the opportunity to launch a sneak attack on Altria, but he seemed to be so frightened by the death of his companion that he was frozen and motionless.