Unfortunately, Rittery soon regretted his decision to chase after Artolia. However, no matter how much he regretted it, he couldn't change anything, such as the loss of his gold coin.
However, that was not what Ritter regretted the most. He could still earn more gold coins after running out of gold coins. However, he could not resist the pestering of Atoria and bought her a pure steel heavy sword with 37 gold coins. When she held the sword in her arms, Ritter, who could not predict the future, made a declaration that his future would not be good.
"Litte, from today onwards until my strength surpasses yours, you are not allowed to practice the sword anymore. Otherwise, I will…duel with you!”
Rittery only wanted to say " despicable " to Artolia, who had threatened him in such a way. However, he thought that if he said that, she would take advantage of the fact that he would never hit her or anything like that to hurt him. Rittery chose to say that in his heart.
However, what made Ritter want to kill himself in the blacksmith shop was that even if he said that in his heart, Artolia couldn't escape because she had a 100% accurate intuition.
Just like that, he bought a lot of food in the market, such as the beef and the live chicken that Artoria had ordered. He then left the market and sent Nasha home when he passed by her grocery store. He then gave her 20 gold coins and ordered her to buy him some delicious food.
Ritter received a warm welcome from an old man. Who was this old man? Ritter, who had been transformed from a handsome and charming youth into a miserable youth with a bruised face and a swollen face by the old man who used what he said was a 'crutch' and a hand, could only say that this old man was a crazy and bad old man.
As for why this crazy old man would treat him like this, Ritter didn't know. He didn't say anything, but two years later, Ritter knew why.
In the blink of an eye, Ritter, who was still considered innocent and naive at fourteen years old, had become a sixteen year old who knew some things he shouldn't have known under Kel's influence, but still behaved himself. He sat on the rocking chair that was originally placed at Merlin's door and was now placed at his door. He was reading the recently bought book, Medusa Biography by an anonymous author."Medusa's life is miserable and changeable. What is your life? My lord."
As he spoke, Ritter shifted his gaze from the book to the wooden door of his 'home' that Merlin had used as the door of his confinement room a year ago.
Of course, the reason why Litte shifted his gaze from the book to his own door was entirely because his lord who had made a big mistake had been locked up by Merlin for three days.
What big mistake did Altoria, who claimed to be a knight of justice, make that she was locked up by Merlin for so long? It would depend on what she had done the day before yesterday when her servant, who was getting more and more " unkind " to her for some reason, went to help Merlin raise funds for his new potion research, which was also the opportunity to sell potions.
"Let me out!"
"This is not the answer I wanted, my lord.”
"How dare you!"
"And then?"
"I'm angry! Ritter! I'm really angry!"
Artolia was driven mad by Ritter's indifferent tone, which was mixed with a hint of a smile. The moment she finished speaking, she quickly jumped off the bed and rushed to the door that had been tampered with by Merlin, just like the window, and began to knock on it with both hands and feet.
Listening to the messy banging noises, Ritter knew that Artolia was using all her hands and feet to bully the door of his house. It seemed that she could fix it with a few strikes, but in fact, she couldn't even fix it with a few hundred strikes. After sighing helplessly, he closed the Medusa Biography in his hand, stood up, left it on the rocking chair, and walked to the door of his house."Alright, stop knocking. If you knock again, your hands and feet will be injured, my lord.”
Rittery did not care about the broken door, but he cared about Altoria's hands and feet. After saying that, he lifted his hands to push open the door according to Merlin's teaching. Then, he hugged Altoria, who wanted to take the opportunity to rush out, and closed the door, ignoring her struggle.
Artolia wanted to punch Ritter in the face when she saw Ritter close the door with his right hand. However, her fist landed on Ritter's stomach because Ritter had a smile on his face.
Rittery snorted and looked at Artolia who didn't use much strength to hit her belly. Then, he carried her to his bed. She was wearing a cotton underwear with a bird's nest hairstyle. Her body was so big that Rittery could see two tiny pink buns on top of her wide collar. He said to her helplessly,""My lord, do you know what you look like now?”
"Knight!"
Artolia answered Ritey without any hesitation. The corner of his mouth twitched."If you look like a knight now, what does a real knight look like? A shrew?"
After two years of adapting, Rittery no longer used honorifics to Artolia. Now, he had become a young man who not only dared to preach to her, but also dared to talk to her like this.
"I want to…"
"You're a knight. You can't bully the weak in the name of a duel, Toria.”
Ritter interrupted Altolia and said with a smile. He had been using this sentence since last year to escape her one-sided beating, which was a disguised form of abuse called a duel.
Of course, the reason why Ritter could use this sentence to avoid being abused by Atoria was very simple. Since the day she said that she was stronger than herself, she didn't allow herself to practice swordsmanship. Until today, she had never seen Ritter practice swordsmanship or touch the black heavy sword made of meteoric iron.
However, Artolia didn't know that just because she hadn't seen Ritter practice or touch a sword, it didn't mean that others hadn't. If she had known, Ritter, who hadn't even brought a wooden sword with him, would have been in trouble.
Fortunately, it was Merlin who had seen Rittery practicing swordsmanship outside his house with the black heavy sword more than once. He was not the one who kept clamoring to take a bath with Altoria because she looked more and more like a woman, trying to confirm her real gender. Every time he wanted to take a bath with Altoria, he would be beaten up by Rittery.
In fact, both Merlin, Litte, and Altoria knew that Kel had already regarded Altoria as a woman, even though he had never bathed with her, seen her naked body, or touched any part of her body except her hands.
As for why Kel still treated Altoria as a woman, Merlin said that it was all Rittley's fault, and Rittley said that he was the one who took the blame. It was because he had been driven by his instincts and another emotion that he could not understand to protect Altoria in all aspects. Anyone who saw it would find it problematic.
However, this 'who' did not include Artolia, who was the protected one. The reason was that she had implemented special protection for Ritter, which made outsiders think that Ritter was her boy toy. For example, if they looked at any woman for more than five seconds on the street, they would be punched.
Artolia couldn't refute Ritter's words, so she decided to change the topic. However, she didn't know how to change the topic, so she leaned on Ritter's shoulder and fell into deep thought.
Meow ~ Meow!
Fortunately, the moment Ritter opened his mouth to say something to her, the voice reminded her of something. She pressed Ritter down on the bed and climbed onto him while he was looking at her with a confused expression.""Litte, can you let me out?”
Artolia, who was rubbing her face against Ritter's chest as she spoke, made him put away the confusion on his face and said,""Toria, I…Sigh…Let me put it this way. Do you want me or do you want to go out?”
Ritter's words made Artolia, who was acting like a cat, sit up immediately. She looked at him with an unfriendly expression and said in the same tone as her expression," Are you threatening me?"
"No, I…Alright, I'm threatening you.”
After saying that, Ritter closed his eyes and resigned himself to fate.
"Litte, open your eyes and look into mine. Did Teacher Merlin say something to you?”
Artolia had guessed this from Ritter's tone and behavior. When she realized that Ritter didn't open his eyes and didn't answer her, she lowered her body, raised her hands to open his eyelids, and looked into his big blue eyes."Speak!"
"Too close…"
"Don't talk nonsense!"
"Yes…Teacher Merlin told me that if I dared to let you out in advance, he would chase me out of the capital.”
Faced with such a domineering Artolia, the only thing Ritter could do was to give up resisting and tell her the truth. If he didn't do that, she would show him who was the one who had the final say between them.
"I'll go find Teacher Merlin!"
After getting the answer to her question, Artolia sat up and was about to get off the bed to argue with Merlin. However, just as Ritter, who did not want her to do so, sat up and hugged her from behind, the door was opened…
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Above! mage
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