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But the Golden Osmanthus Sword was already too heavy for Alice.

Originally, he firmly believed that the God Realm, his hometown, did not exist at all, and the Axiom Church, which he pledged allegiance to, was built on many lies, especially now that he knew too much about the ugly and despicable side of the people in the Human Realm.

Gone are the days when you could wield your sword and pray to the gods without doubting your own correctness.

At present, there are very few people that Alice really wants to protect.Parents, Selka, old man Kalita who helped them build the house, Eugeo, Kirito and——Zero.

As long as these people can be protected, even if they abandon the mission of the knights, what does it matter if they live a stable life here——

Alice stopped walking after leaving the open land and entering the road through the wheat fields.

"Let's go shopping..." Alice said to Eugeo, who was also silent all the time.

Eugeo nodded, then silently pushed Kirito's wheelchair and followed behind Alice.

I bought food and daily necessities for a week with the hundred shia silver coins I earned, and when I returned to the forest hut, the sky was completely dyed in the color of sunset.

Eugeo pushed Kirito back to their house.

And when Alice was about to board the porch of the hut, she noticed a muffled sound of wind approaching.

So he stepped back a little with the wheelchair and came to the center of the grass to wait for the source of the sound.

Finally, two large beasts with huge wings and long necks and tails appeared in front of her from a low altitude that was about to brush the treetops—that is, flying dragons.

They were the mounts that transported Alice and Kirito here from Central Capital.

One is called Amayori, and it is her flying dragon, and the other is called Sanyue, and its owner is Zero. .

After the two flying dragons circled twice over the grass, they gently landed side by side on the ground.

Amayori folded her wings, first stretched her neck and touched Lin Mu's chest with the tip of her nose, then rubbed against Alice with her big head.

Alice scratched the slightly blue soft fur under its neck, and the dragon let out a low grunt with its throat.

And Sanyue rubbed Lin Shu's cheek with a huge reveal, and then returned to her little nest to curl up quite coldly.

Alice glanced at March helplessly.

"It's really the same as your master..."

As she spoke, she patted Amayori on the head again.

Half a year ago, on the day she decided to build a hut on this meadow, Alice removed the leather bridle hanging from Amayori's head, and released the restraint spell.

He even told it that you are free, go back to the dragon's lair in the Western Empire, but the dragon still showed no sign of leaving Alice.

It learned from March and collected hay to make a bed by itself. During the day, it played in the forest or fished in the lake after March, but it would definitely come back here in the evening.

Obviously, the sacred art that suppressed the flying dragon's arrogant and fierce character and made it obey the orders of the knights no longer exists. Alice couldn't understand why it didn't return to its hometown.

But Amayori, who has been with me since becoming an integrity knight, is still very happy to continue to stay by her side according to its own will, so I didn't deliberately drive it away.

After saying goodnight to Amayori and March, who were snorting on the dry grass, Alice pushed the wheelchair into the hut.

For dinner, stewed half-moon beans and meatballs were cooked.Although the beans are a bit hard and the size of the balls is a bit different, the taste is quite similar.

This is still in the case of the teaching of Alice Ziberuk in my mind...

Putting the food into Lin Mu's mouth with a small spoon, watching him chew and swallow slowly, Alice felt that all kinds of anxiety in her heart gradually calmed down.

It took some time to finally get Lin Mu to finish his breakfast, and then pushed him over to the small stove, while Alice herself went to the counter to wash the dishes and arrange them in a basket—

Amayori, who usually sleeps quietly until dawn, suddenly let out a low humming outside the window.

Even March let out a slight growl.

Surprised, Alice stopped her hands and listened attentively.

In the night wind passing through the forest, you can hear the sound of the cold wind in early winter that does not match the season.It was the sound of thin and large wings passing through the wind.

Alice rushed out of the kitchen and opened the entrance door.Then he listened again, judging that the sound of passing through the wind was getting closer, he went to the front courtyard and looked up at the night sky.

Against the background of the starry sky, the black shadow descending in a spiral shape is undoubtedly a flying dragon.Looking to the east of the grass for the sake of caution, I immediately found that Amayori and Sanyue were also lying on the bed looking at the sky.

"No way..." Thinking that it might be the dark knight from the dark realm crossing the mountain range at the end, just as he was about to go back to get his sword, he saw the dragon's scales glowing white under the moonlight.

This also allowed Alice to relax the strength of her shoulders a little.Although the world is so vast, only the Integrity Knights of the Axiom Church can control the White Scaled Wyvern.

But it's too early to be reassured.Who is it, and why did they fly to such a border?Could it be that the two rebels, Kirito and Eugeo, are going to be executed, and the talk has not calmed down after half a year, has the Central Cathedral finally sent someone to hunt them down?

Perhaps feeling Alice's nervousness, Amayori also crawled out of the bed, raised her neck and let out a low growl again.

But the threatening growl disappeared immediately, and turned into a coquettish grunt that made people's chest squeeze.Alice immediately understood the reason why it made such a sound.

Sanyue even lay down on the ground, closed her eyes and continued to sleep.

And the flying dragon in the sky continued to circle three times before landing on the southern end of the grass, with soft fur that was very similar in color to Amayori's around its neck.That was undoubtedly Amayori's older brother, the flying dragon named Takiguri.In other words, the one sitting on its back is——

Alice immediately spoke to the knight in silver armor and helmet who descended to the ground with a light movement in a stiff voice, "...you actually know that I'm here. What can I do for you, Eldorie Shin?" Seth Satiwan?"

The only Integrity Knight ranked behind Alice, who was the No. 30 knight, didn't say anything immediately, and first leaned his right hand on his chest and bowed deeply.

Then straightened up and slowly took off the helmet.The lustrous lavender hair fluttered gently in the night sky, revealing his gorgeous beauty with an urban atmosphere.The other party then used a high-pitched and smooth voice for a man——

"It's been a long time, my master Alice. Although you are dressed differently, you are still so beautiful. Under such a perfect night tonight, I feel so excited that Master's golden hair will shine brightly, so I can't sleep. So I brought the famous wine from the secret store to visit." The hand hidden behind the back quickly stretched out to the front, and it turned out that it was holding a red wine bottle.

Alice swallowed her sigh, and answered this man who didn't know why he became her apprentice.

"...It's good that your injury has completely healed, but your personality has not changed at all. I just noticed now that your tone of voice is a bit like that elder Chudelkin." She turned her back to Eldrie Go straight to the hut.

"That... that... Miss Alice..."

"If you have something important to say, go inside and talk. If you don't have anything else, just drink the wine by yourself, and then go back to the Central Capital."

The brothers and sisters Takiguri and Amayori who met again after half a year were happily rubbing each other's necks. Alice looked up at them and walked quickly back to the hut.

Eldrie, who obediently followed, looked around the narrow hut with curious eyes, and then fixed his eyes on the tree next to him with his head down.

Seeing that the strongest integrity knight ever turned into what he is now, Eldriere couldn't help but sigh, and then saluted the knight respectfully to Lin Mu.

Then he walked briskly to the back of the table and drew out the chair for Alice.

"Hey..." Alice, who felt that even thanking was stupid, sighed instead, and then sat down heavily on the chair.

Eldrie sat down opposite her, and put the wine bottle on the table.After looking at each other for a few seconds, he raised his face and moved his nose lightly. "...Miss Alice, why does it smell so good? Speaking of which, I haven't eaten dinner yet because I was in a hurry to get on the road."

"Flying from the central capital to such a border, what are you thinking when you bring wine but no dry food?"