The Villain Carries the Holy Sword – Chapter 87.1

Chapter 87.1: What I Wish for Spring (3)

Although not as bustling as Mainus, the greatest commercial city in Airian, Lindbloom was still quite a lively city in the morning.

However, today was different.

THUD━.

One hundred Royal Knights marched in unison.

Thump, thump━.

At the forefront of their formation were Wayne and Cain.

Merchants and citizens of the royal capital who came out to greet the morning made way for the knights.

Every few steps, Wayne would glance at Cain, only to look away towards a distant mountain when Cain met his gaze.

“What is so fascinating about it?”

Cain kindly asked Wayne, who was acting like a child.

If Wayne had been openly antagonistic, Cain would have gladly retorted, but he couldn’t bring himself to be harsh to Wayne’s attempts at kindness.

“Did you already know?”

Although it was a question without a subject or object, Cain responded with a wry smile.

“I only heard about the treason charges after arriving here.”

“But how…… I can’t understand how you had the Archbishop’s letter of guarantee.”

Before coming to apprehend Cain, Wayne had considered various scenarios.

One of them was the possibility of Cain possessing the Wareham Tower Master’s letter of guarantee.

In that case, Wayne had planned to dismiss it as meaningless, just like Oleciren’s letter.

However, what Cain took out was the letter of guarantee from Archbishop Nocho Barbetta, who was known to be strict.

Cain shrugged.

“Things just worked out that way.”

“Things just…… worked out?”

Wayne, with his characteristic poker face, mulled over Cain’s words.

At first, he thought Cain was like an emotionless puppet, but the more he observed him, the more he seemed like an ordinary person.

━Queen Glumiêm and our father, Count Edmund Ethelred, will be quite troublesome for you in Airian.

The sunlight was dazzling.

Cain bought an apple from a nearby fruit store, took a bite, and looked around Lindbloom, a sight he hadn’t seen in his previous life.

━If I were to add one more, there would be Knight Commander Sir Wayne Siker, who almost never appears.

He now understood what Hero Abel had been trying to tell him.

‘It was information to help me carve out a new future.’

Just because he had lived through it once didn’t mean he knew everything.

Even in his second life, he encountered new enemies, fought constantly, and had to keep moving forward.

Cain leaned his head back and looked up at the Lindbloom Palace, which was getting closer.

At least in this Airian.

Before this spring ends.

Although still far away, he could see the end of what he had to do.

🔹🔹🔹

Clack.

It was Oleciren.

Unlike when she was outside, she wore a court dress and heels as she walked down the hallway of the royal palace.

The people in the palace hurriedly bowed their heads as soon as they saw her.

Oleciren and Isoel were used to this kind of situation, but the elderly knight following them just smiled awkwardly.

“Please bear with it for a little while.”

Oleciren said, noticing his discomfort. Vanderbilt hurriedly shook his head.

“No, it’s not that. I just never thought I would walk through the royal palace like this before I die.”

These days, it is possible to watch the royal palace from afar by train, but it was different when Vanderbilt decided to become a knight.

It was a palace that could only be seen in his dreams.

At that time, he couldn’t even leave the area where he lived unless there was a special reason, and a knight from another family entering the palace without permission was like a declaration of war.

Besides, there was absolutely no reason to go to the royal palace unless there was an order from the king.

So, he was embarrassed to think that he was walking through Lindbloom’s royal palace with the princess.

“I thought you were thinking of Cain because you are away from him.”

Oleciren chuckled and replied, and Vanderbilt scratched his cheek.

“Of course, I think of the Young Master to whom I pledge my allegiance. But he’s more chivalrous than I am, so I’m not worried.”

“Well……”

Oleciren blurred the end of her sentence.

It wasn’t just once or twice that she and Cain had faced trials and tribulations. It was Cain who had solved all those difficulties.

It shouldn’t be like that anymore.

Her hands were clenched so tightly that her skin turned white.

“I want him to be at peace, even a little, but it’s difficult.”

“…….”

Isoel and Vanderbilt smiled bitterly.

Knowing what Oleciren’s sense of responsibility was and what the end of this step was, they just cheered her on by following her silently.

After walking for a long time, they arrived at a garden full of white and red flowers.

Thud—

At the entrance to the garden.

Two Royal Knights standing there stretched out their hands and crossed them, stopping Oleciren in her tracks.

“His Majesty has forbidden the Princess from entering.”

“No.”

Oleciren pushed past the Royal Knights and took another step forward.

“As a princess, he may have forbidden it, but as a daughter, he said he would welcome me.”

The two Royal Knights exchanged glances, looking a little flustered.

However, it was not a matter they could judge without knight commander Wayne present.

At that moment, a voice was heard.

“Let her in.”

From inside the garden.

It was Hybolt, sitting alone at a table bathed in warm morning sunlight.

At his heavy command, the two Royal Knights immediately turned and knelt on one knee towards him.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Oleciren asked, passing by the Royal Knights.

“Where did knight commander Wayne Siker go?”

“…….”

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