Future Knight

Chapter 120

“You, you’ve got more courage than you look.”

Britina praised her courage as she faced fifteen rough men, all taller than her, without any fear.

“Yes, I’m very brave.”

“No matter how brave you are, a pretty girl like you drinking alone in a rough place like this late at night is dangerous. Go back to your lodging soon.”

Britina’s words were filled more with envy than concern.

Loki shook her head at her.

“No, it’s fine. They’re no match for me.”

Loki raised her delicate fist and spoke innocently, making Britina laugh unintentionally.

“Hahaha! Okay, I admit it.”

It had been so long since she laughed like this.

She had lived so long without laughter.

Britina grabbed Loki’s delicate hand with her huge one and shook it up and down as if shaking hands.

Her hand was so much bigger than Loki’s, yet it was very soft.

“But it’s still dangerous, so go in early. I’ll take you.”

Britina gently coaxed Loki, but Loki sat back down in her seat and spoke.

“No, it’s fine. I told Loki I’d be home late today. I can eat and drink as much as I want today.”

“Your name is Loki?”

“Yes.”

A girl named Loki, Britina thought curiously and introduced herself to Loki.

“I’m Britina, from the Silverline Republic.”

“I’m Loki, from the Montana Mountains.”

“Montana Mountains? You lived in that harsh place?”

“Yes.”

Britina had guessed from Loki’s appearance that she was from a big city, but hearing that she lived in the Montana Mountains, she felt a strange sense of camaraderie.

Because she, too, was from a rural area of the Mathaos Mountains, known as the continent’s backbone.

“Really? What did you do there?”

“Huh? Hunting and farming.”

“You?”

“Yes.”

She looked at Loki’s slender arms and white jade-like skin.

They were not the arms of a girl who had done hard work.

“Your parents?”

“No, I lived alone.”

“Wh-what? Alone?”

The Montana Mountains, as famous as the Mathaos Mountains for being harsh throughout the continent.

Britina could not believe the girl’s words that she lived alone, hunting and farming in such a harsh place.

The place was so remote and difficult to influence by humans, and it was filled with monsters, which were trials for humans.

“What did you hunt, then?”

“Um, I often hunted Asnak for their fur, sometimes played with trolls, and ate gnolls, and my staple was wild boar.”

“…….”

Britina did not believe Loki’s innocent words.

Even wild boars alone were a significant threat to humans.

But trolls, which reached three meters, gnolls, which were two meters, and the dreadful monster Asnak…?

If Asnak was a monster that could be hunted by a girl alone, would its fur fetch the highest price on the continent?

Britina dismissed Loki as just a girl with big dreams.

“Well, will you go back there after the war ends, Loki?”

“No, I’ve decided to live in the human world now, so I’ll go to the Visman Empire with my uncle. My father was a duke there.”

“…….”

Britina silently hugged Loki and wiped her tears.

‘Poor thing, what harsh trials she must have faced…’

To her, Loki seemed like a young lady from a noble family.

Having lost her home and family in the war, she must have been violated by countless men, lost her mind, and wandered here, living a tragic life.

It was almost like a tragedy opera without a script.

When the huge woman suddenly embraced and cried over her, Loki didn’t know why but hugged her back.

However, she was so big that Loki was just barely clinging to one of her breasts.

She was incredibly voluptuous.

Loki liked her soft breasts very much.

The soft touch felt very good to her.

“Okay, I understand. Drink as much as you want today. I’ll stay by your side.”

Britina wiped her tears and sat in front of Loki.

Then, she ordered for herself as well.

“Mister, please give me 30,000cc of beer and a whole roasted wild boar.”

“30,000cc…….”

Besides Kang Chan, there was someone else here who drank 30,000cc of beer.

“I’ll cover the bill. Including what this kid already ate.”

Her salary from her knight duties was substantial, so she could afford it.

However, the pub owner politely declined her offer.

“No need to worry about the money. Eat and drink as much as you want. The bill has already been paid.”

The pub owner seemed very pleased to have the enormous female knight join Loki’s table.

She looked more than capable of meeting his expectations.

The expectation being the cost of 1 gold coin.

“When did that happen?”

The owner showed her the 1 gold coin that Loki had given him.

“It was paid in advance. Enjoy to your heart’s content.”

“……”

Britina looked at Loki in surprise.

Paying 1 gold coin upfront for drinks at such a shabby street pub seemed quite insane.

“Do you have a lot of money?”

“Hmm? Oh, do I have a lot of money? I don’t know. Is this a lot?”

Rrrrrrrr……

When Loki took out nine gold coins from her pocket and placed them on the table, both the pub owner and Britina’s eyes nearly popped out.

The amount of money she had just laid out was equivalent to Britina’s three months’ salary as a Royal Guard Knight.

It was certainly not an amount a child should be carrying around.

“Where did you get all this money?”

“My uncle gave it to me.”

“Uncle? Where is this uncle of yours?”

At the mention of an uncle, Britina briefly had a strange thought. Sometimes young girls who sold their bodies called older men “uncle.”

“Headquarters.”

“Headquarters?”

The word headquarters made Britina understand the situation, and she asked carefully.

Headquarters was a place filled with influential people capable of giving 10 gold coins for a night’s company.

“Yes, my uncle is there now.”

“What does he do there?”

“He’s the Supreme Commander.”

“Pfft!”

Britina, who had been drinking beer, spat it back into her glass.

“The Su-Supreme Commander?!”

“Is that true?”

The pub owner, who had taken a seat next to Loki and Britina, also asked in astonishment.

“Yes.”

“By any chance, is his name Duke Saxon?”

Loki raised her voice, clearly delighted to hear the name of her family, Saxon.

“Yes, that’s him! He’s my uncle.”

“……”

“……”

Both the pub owner and Britina fell into deep thought with serious expressions.

They had suddenly witnessed a shady connection of the powerful.

‘The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in a financial relationship with a child…….’

‘Giving a woman 10 gold coins for a night…….’

Lumiel von Sachsen, the Duke revered as the greatest swordsman on the continent and the leader who led the Allied Forces to victory, was unknowingly causing great disappointment among the citizens.

If he knew, he’d surely be furious.

“Sh-should we drink?”

“Cheers!”

They drank without noticing the passage of time, and Loki, who seemed slightly tipsy, swayed a little.

Britina, also slightly drunk, looked at Loki with a sad expression and spoke.

“I’m jealous……”

“Of what?”

“Of you being small, slim, and pretty.”

“Who?”

“You.”

“Me? Why would you be jealous of that?”

“People like pretty and slim women like you.”

Loki, who had been listening to the conversation, sounded an alarm to Britina.

“I’m not a woman.”

“What did you say?”

“I’m a man.”

“Don’t lie. You’ll get scolded by your sister.”

“It’s true, I’m a man.”

Britina scanned Loki’s entire body with a doubtful mind.

As expected, except for the flat chest, there wasn’t a single part of him that looked masculine from head to toe.

“No matter how I look, you don’t seem like a man.”

“Why do people keep calling me a woman?”

That was something to ask Zikyon about.

“Because you look like a woman.”

“But I’m really a man! Want to check?”

“Pfft!”

This time, the tavern owner spat out the water he was drinking.

“Hey! No matter what, how can you say something like that in a place like this!”

“So what? It’s just checking. Feel it!”

“No! I won’t touch it.”

Britina thought that Loki’s attitude, not feeling embarrassed at all in front of others, was typical of his profession.

“Then have the mister check it instead.”

“Huh! C-customer!”

When Loki pushed his lower body forward, the tavern owner, who was over fifty, also blushed as if he felt embarrassed for a moment.

But his eyes showed a hint of hesitation.

Seeing the lewd look in the tavern owner’s eyes, Britina thought it would be better if she checked herself.

“Fine, I’ll check.”

Britina’s huge fingers carefully touched Loki’s lower region.

Meanwhile, many people were watching them.

Their appearance and behavior were too conspicuous.

Britina blushed up to her neck from the embarrassment of being watched by others.

‘Ah… how did I end up in this shameful situation… Huh? What? This, this is?’

But soon she felt something heavy and different from herself under Loki’s waist, and she was so surprised that she screamed.

“Eek! You really are a man!”

Though she was a giant over three meters tall, she was so naive about men that she screamed and backed away like a startled cat, and the crowd watching them murmured in disbelief.

“What? That woman is a man?”

“Impossible!”

“My goodness, what’s going on?”

“What a waste… If he had been born a woman, I would have married him…”

“Crazy bastard.”

The tavern owner was equally shocked.

He had thought she was a girl all this time and wished he had a daughter like her, but now that she turned out to be a man, he couldn’t believe it.

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**38. The Dragon’s Meeting**

Zikyon, who had returned to her lair, sent a magic communication to Red Dragon R. Recrasion, who was next in rank.

“What is it, Lord?”

“There is an urgent matter to discuss. It is serious enough to threaten the safety of dragons. Summon all dragons to my lair immediately.”

Zikyon’s demeanor was completely different from when she was with Kang Chan.

“Understood, my Lord. Please wait a moment.”

Not even a few minutes after the magic communication ended, fifteen figures tore through space and appeared in Zikyon’s vast lair.

“Did you call us, Lord?”

The fifteen dragons respectfully greeted Zikyon in turn. Among them were dragons in the form of orcs and even trolls.

“Where is one?”

“B. Baronsia is laying eggs right now and cannot attend the meeting.”

“The Blue Tribe is blessed. A hatchling after 5,000 years.”

Dragons were incredibly powerful beings, so hatchlings were very rare.

Whether it was all divine providence was unknown, but they were the strongest on the continent with the worst reproductive abilities.

So, even though dragons lived for close to ten thousand years, their numbers never exceeded twenty.