The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path

This sword was covered in a great deal of rust, but it was definitely still alive.

It was fast asleep, but deep inside, she felt a certain throbbing sensation.

It was a very faint echo, like a small seed that had endured over time beneath the hardened mud ground.

* * *

After the meeting, the captain of House Russell’s subjugation squad, Lux, had a smile on his face.

It’s because, this winter, the subjugation squad and the Black Lion Knights would be splitting up to cover the territory during this year’s monster subjugation.

“Ardon, let’s work hard together!”

On the other hand, Ardon’s expression was not so good.
He was thinking about just how to balance the scheduled training and this subjugation.

However, in the name of protecting the territory, it’s not possible for the knight order to reject the command of going on a monster subjugation expedition.

In the end, it was something that must be done.

But just as expected, it was like a punch to the gut seeing Lux have a sh*t-eating smile that said, ‘Thank you for cleaning up this mess!’

Ardon spoke.

“You’ll have to pay off this debt.”

“No way, what do you mean debt! Aren’t we a family that eats together? What kind of debt is there between family?”

“I don’t recall having any brother like you.”

“Bwahahahaha!”

When he heard Ardon’s clearly displeased tone, Lux laughed it off as if he just heard a good joke.

With a clap on Ardon’s shoulder.

With one eye closed because of his mirth, Lux said,

“Don’t be scared.
I don’t know why, but this year’s monsters are exceptionally slow.
If you patrol properly, nothing will happen to the territory.”

“The monsters are slow?”

“Yeah.
Maybe because this winter is cozy.”

“What the, how careless…”

At that moment, as though Lux had cast a magic spell, a squire from the subjugation squad came running from the other side of the corridor and shouted.

“Captain! A village at the border has just been attacked!”

With an extremely annoyed look, Ardon glared at Lux.

Turning to the squire, Lux’s neck became tucked in like a turtle.

“Tell me the details.”

“The village is near Monsterwood, and it’s said that there was a light-scale attack.”

Lux’s neck straightened up again.

“It’s not our area of responsibility then.”

Ardon glared at Lux with even more anger in his eyes.

Nevertheless, Lux grinned widely.

“But still, it’s an area of our land’s territory.
So, what’s the extent of the damage?”

“Ah, we hadn’t received an immediate request for subjugation.
The monsters appeared and then ruined the land.
Since it’s common during the start of winter, I believe they handled it well by asking the mercenaries in the area to do the subjugation.”

“Mercenaries? Which group?”

“I’ve heard that it’s the Kingsnake Mercenary Guild.”