Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 220

Thud!

She quickly ran towards the alley where the noise was coming from.

As the commander of the Batella Knights, she reached the alley in no time.

Thwack! Thud!

She found the scene of the assault.

A group of people surrounding and beating one person.

“What are you doing!”

Phile shouted urgently, and they stopped the assault and looked at Phile.

Phile was disguised to hide her identity.

“What’s this?”

It was strange that they didn’t recognize Phile as the commander of the Batella Knights.

A normal person without any insignia.

That was Phile’s current state.

Swoosh.

They scanned Phile.

What they could see from Phile was a normal person without any knight’s insignia or player’s mark.

“Don’t get involved in other people’s business and just go.”

The assailants turned their heads back as if they were not interested and tried to raise their feet again.

“Stop it!”

However, Phile stepped forward again.

Phile quickly ran and blocked their path.

“……!”

At her movement, the assailants seemed to sense that Phile was not ordinary.

“Are you a knight?”

Western players usually have marks on their exposed skin.

But since they couldn’t find any on Phile, they had no choice but to think that way.

“Yes, I am.”

At Phile’s words, they took a step back.

However.

“Why are you interfering?”

They said as if they didn’t know what was going on.

“What did you say?”

“I asked why you, a knight, are interfering with us.”

“……That’s….”

She didn’t know how to explain.

Because she thought it was natural to stop them.

Because she thought it was wrong for someone to assault someone else.

“What’s the reason for the assault?”

At Phile’s question, they made that face again.

A face that didn’t know what was going on.

“We were just in a bad mood.”

“You were in a bad mood?”

“They were blocking the way, so we just told them to move. They didn’t move.”

As you can see, that’s why they were assaulting them.

The reason was not convincing, but Phile was speechless at their audacity.

“If it’s not rude, could you tell me which knight order you belong to….”

Phile’s face was filled with embarrassment.

She had acted impulsively, but she felt that the situation was becoming complicated.

One of them was already holding up a smartphone and doing something.

Swoosh.

Others were looking around, as if searching for someone.

‘I am….’

She wanted to say it.

That she was the commander of the Batella Knights.

So, they couldn’t commit injustice in front of her.

But it was a reality she couldn’t do.

Phile was embarrassed by this first-time experience when.

Thud.

The assailants suddenly collapsed.

“Ugh!”

The one holding the smartphone was groaning, lifted up by one arm.

In front of him was a young man with a dry expression.

It was Rowan.

“Are you just standing there because you can’t even handle these pieces of trash?”

Rowan said to Phile.

“That’s….”

Phile wanted to protest.

That she shouldn’t reveal her identity?

That was just an excuse.

Phile was strong.

She was strong enough to defeat anyone in this place and resolve the situation even if it escalated.

She was also strong enough to not leave any evidence.

She was.

“That person might really be a bad person.”

She wasn’t sure.

What if the player who was being assaulted was not innocent?

“Who am I to….”

What right did she have to judge them?

Also.

“I might be wrong.”

The expressions of the assailants.

They seemed to genuinely not know their own wrongdoings.

Rather, they looked at Phile with a face that couldn’t understand why she was blocking them.

That was what bewildered Phile.

“You’re overthinking it.”

Rowan said.

“Ugh!”

The owner of the arm he was holding screamed.

But soon.

Thud.

He also fell like a broken doll and was just writhing on the floor.

“If you want to do it, just do it.”

“……!”

“That’s the kind of world it is.”

***

Phile’s face, which had been excited while sightseeing in Paris, had darkened rapidly.

The minor incident that happened in the alley was resolved without any problems.

The assailants were knocked out.

“…….”

The assaulted person seemed uncomfortable, but left the place.

But Phile didn’t seem satisfied with that.

“I should have asked.”

Whether the assaulted person really had a reason to be assaulted.

“If you had asked?”

Rowan said, licking his ice cream.

“At least I could have had some certainty.”

“If you had certainty?”

“I could have acted.”

“If you had acted?”

Phile stared at Rowan.

What was the reason for this question-and-answer session?

Nevertheless, Phile answered.

“I could have done the right thing.”

That was the answer Phile thought was correct.

And Rowan took a big bite of the ice cream he was eating and said.

“What is the right thing?”

“…….”

This time, Phile couldn’t answer easily either.

Normally, she would have answered without hesitation.

“It’s the act of carrying out God’s will. It’s doing good.”

Like this.

But just now, there was hesitation.

“You hesitated.”

Rowan felt it.

“……….”

Phile couldn’t answer anymore.

“You don’t know what God’s will is, do you?”

Originally, Phile was born and raised within the Holy Kingdom, learned everything within the Holy Kingdom, and became the commander of the Knights.

Occasionally, she would leave the Holy Kingdom for missions, but the frequency was low, and she only spent time with a limited number of people.

That was her world.

‘The Holy Kingdom.’

And.

‘Seran.’

Their god, Seran.

But she had grown up and become the commander of the Batella Knights.

She.

‘Lived on the battlefield.’

The war between Einheart and Silver.

She lived in that battlefield.

The blood on her hands would form a river, and the corpses she made would pile up into a mountain.

Seran said.

-Embrace all life.

And he said.

-Reap the impure life.

He told them to embrace all life, but to reap the impure life.

At some point, she felt a sense of incongruity in those conflicting teachings.

Also, he told them to embrace all life, but.

‘What about the players? Are the residents of Earth not life?’

She had been thinking that recently.

That’s why she couldn’t act earlier.

Because Phile could no longer judge what was right and wrong.

Phile carefully looked at Rowan’s face.

Smirk.

He was smiling.

A smile far from his usual languor, the playful smile he occasionally showed.

“Gods, or whatever.”

A cold sneer.

“They’re no different from us.”

As the commander of the Knights of the Holy Kingdom, as a priest, as a paladin.

Phile had to say something.

She had to say something about such blasphemous remarks.

But she couldn’t.

“Gods, or whatever.”

It felt like she shouldn’t.

* * *

Phile and Rowan spent some time together.

After all, there was a limit to what Rowan could do in Paris.

Phile was also just hiding and worrying about things she couldn’t solve.

-Thank you.

Aside from the incident in the alley, nothing major happened, but it seemed like a meaningful time for Phile.

Since she had never lived a proper life, she felt the feeling of rest and true freedom for the first time.

After spending time like that, the two were back at the Crows’ hideout.

“It is an honor to serve the successor of the Empire.”

The Crow stood in front of the table with a serious expression, looking at Rowan and Phile.

“I have something to tell you, so I have gathered you here.”

The Crow’s serious expression was heavy, as if he was about to tell a serious story.

Meanwhile, Rowan had been waiting for the Crow’s contact.

The contact they were hoping for was.

“There is news about the Crimson Duke.”

It was about the Crimson Duke.

A story about the giant, one of the two rulers of France, a strategic stronghold and a major base within Einheart, and a duke of the Empire.

He was usually shrouded in mystery, with almost no one having seen him in person, and even the Crows had very limited information about him.

Also, he was known as an incredibly strong person.

‘The Crimson Giant.’

Phile was even prepared to be abandoned by the Holy Kingdom because of that mission.

The Crimson Giant’s strength was one thing, but the big problem was that they couldn’t even find him in the first place.

Moreover, she had thought about the relationship between the Holy Kingdom and the Empire.

“If you’re going to listen more here, you need to make a decision.”

Now was the time to make that choice.

“…….”

Deliberation.

“The deliberation is over.”

Phile looked at Rowan.

“You need it, right?”

The Crimson Giant, it was something that Rowan wanted, not just Phile.

“That’s right.”

Rowan answered.

“Even if you can’t choose, it doesn’t matter. I’m going to target the Crimson Giant.”

“Then I’m the same.”

For the sake of the Holy Kingdom, not following the mission given by the Holy Kingdom could be the answer.

She could have just waited for death, saying it was God’s will.

But she had learned something in the past few days.

‘I will find it.’

She would find the answer herself.

That’s why.

When Rowan saw Phile’s determined face and looked at the Crow again.

Nod.

The Crow began to speak as if he had received the signal.

“As you know, the Crimson Duke rarely appears in official settings, and he rarely appears outside in private.”

Also.

“The Crimson Duke changes his appearance every time, and it is said that there are less than ten people who actually know his real face.”

Other dukes had many secretive aspects, but not as much as the Crimson Duke.

There were those who didn’t show up at all, but the Crimson Duke was the only one who changed his appearance and appeared.

In fact.

“The Crows also have no way of knowing who the Crimson Duke is.”

Even if the Crimson Duke was around, there was no way to know it.

Nevertheless, there was one way to know.

“It is said that His Majesty the Emperor can recognize the Crimson Duke.”

Phile and the Crow looked at Rowan.

The Emperor, and Rowan.

“It must be the Ring of the Monarch.”

The commonality was the Ring of the Monarch.

The Ring of the Monarch, which is said to be at the pinnacle of all circles.

The hypothesis was that if they had that ability, they could recognize the Crimson Duke.

That’s why.

“There will be a party this time.”

The Crow said.

“It is a party to commemorate the truce between Einheart and Silver, and a ceremony for the investiture of a new noble will be held.”

Just from the sound of it, the scale of the party was quite large.

“The venue for the party is Paris, France.”

“…….”

“His Majesty will not be coming, but his representative is scheduled to attend.”

Representing the Emperor.

At least.

“The Crimson Duke.”

It had to be someone of the duke level to be able to do that.

“There is a rumor that he will host the party as a representative.”

It was said that the Crimson Duke would appear in an official setting for the first time in a long time.

Of course, there was a possibility that it was a decoy set up by the Crimson Duke.

“So far, the Duke has always attended the places where the Crimson Duke’s name was mentioned.”

He would appear, even in a different form.

So.

“If you’re going to catch the Duke, this is the chance.”

Rowan said.