novelraw Chapter 661
Chapter 661
A Group of Eccentrics? No, It’s the Order of Knights.
When I returned to the mansion, Sylph, Undine, and my family were having some tea.
「Oh perfect. Sylph, Undine, do you remember Dan-san, Madd-san, and Bill-san?」
「Pff, so you’ve met them.」
「If you’re reacting that way, then you know.」
「Of course, that was the purpose of the interviews, was it not? They’re quite eccentric, but upright children.」
「Indeed. That Philip kid wasn’t bad either, right?」
It seemed Sylph and Undine had a good grasp on things.
「They didn’t leave that much of an impression on me then though.」
「Of course not. When they’re in front all of us, they’re frozen solid from nerves.」「Pff, and that’s what made their way of speaking quite proper.」
「Wha!? Is that so?」
According to Undine, those there behaved properly during the interviews because of how nervous they were. I thought it was odd to say that they behaved “properly” in that sense, but I suppose it couldn’t be helped that I hadn’t noticed.
And surprisingly, the slightly impassioned samurai trio were deemed acceptable.
「Takumi-sama, a knight order for the Sanctuary…… wouldn’t that be wonderful?」
「Eh, Sophia, what’s up?」
For some reason, Sophia’s eyes were sparkling.
Oh yeah, Sophia was once part of the Chivalric Order of Yggurle Kingdom.
「Takumi-sama, please, by all means, permit the establishment of the Sanctuary Knight Order.」
「Uhh, Sophia, the Sanctuary is safe because there’s a barrier, you know? Would we even need a knight order? 」
「No, but it could happen that we would need to send reinforcements in case something were to happen to Valor and Wedgefort. Even with a barrier, there will be those who would attack. The citizens of the Sanctuary would feel safer if they knew there was not only golems, but also a knight order was present, wouldn’t they?」
Sophia was unusually talkative.
What she said also had sound logic.
Let’s consider the Sanctuary’s war potential.
Aside from the golems that were used during the war with Triaria Kingdom and the Divine Empire of Sydnia, our party was definitely our strongest force.
As for who would be next, I had to think about that.
Certainly, the five mermaids including Fluna were well-trained and well-equipped, but their main priority was ensuring the safety of the mermaids fishing.
Similarly, Wappa and the kid group had also been power leveled, but it would be wrong to count them as a fighting force.
Doganbo-san, Golan-san, the Dwarves, and the Evles also had some fighting potential, but, if say a war were to happen, I wouldn’t want to draft them as fighters.
「……you’re right, it’s just as you said. Maybe it’s okay to have one.」
「Thank you very much!」
「Y-yeah, calm down, Sophia.」
Sophia hugged me in delight.
It made me happy, but it was embarrassing to be watched like this by Sylph and Undine.
「Surely Father would be happy about this as well.」
「Dante-san would?」
「Yes. Father was originally member of the Chivalric Order. After receiving our territory, he seemed to have experienced a lot of hardships with agriculture.」
「I see. Maybe it would be a good idea to entrust it to him then.」
「Takumi-sama, let me be of service too!」
「Okay, okay. Please help too, Sophia.」
If Sophia wanted to do it, then I’ll leave it to her.
It may be a good for her to not only take care of Etoile, but also have a job that she likes.
「That’s perfect. There’s always some children that are too much for the school teachers and staff to handle.」
「No, you guys did the interviews.」
「My, we did not select the teachers and staff of the School. We simply screened if they had the qualifications to live in the Sanctuary.」
「She’s right, Takumi. Actually, some of them are even music students studying with the orchestral band this time. Aside from there, there are still some kids who are still figuring out what kind of work they want to do, no?」
「Does that include Dan-san and the others too?」
「It makes no difference, but you should stop adding -san. Takumi, you are the highest person in the Sanctuary. You musn’t lower yourself too much to people who have just immigrated. Moreover, those children are younger than you.」
「But they’re nobles. Philip-san is from an Earldom too, isn’t he?」
Sylph said that I should stop addressing people with “-san”. So I’m at the top of the Sanctuary, huh…… she’s not wrong, but……
「Even if they’re an earl or a prince, they should understand that, here in the Sanctuary, you are practically the king, yes?」
「Understood. Dan-kun is fine, right? ……but to think they’re younger than me.」
When the fact that they were actually younger shocked me, Sophia stood up and started moving immediately.
「Takumi-sama, I will post a sign to recruit members for the Sanctuary Knights.」
「Ah, yeah, I suppose you could put it up at the plaza in the Central District.」
「Yes, I’ll visit Laeva to ask her to build a notice board.」
Saying so, Sophia left for the workshop where Laeva was.
「Perfect timing. We would likely have no need for a Knight Order within the Sanctuary, but I believe it is essential to prepare for threats from the outside.」
「That’s true. I don’t want to think about it, but there’s always a possibility that something could happen that we can’t handle alone.」
When Triaria Kingdom and the Divine Empire of Sydnia invaded the Savage Lands, their goal had definitely been the Sanctuary. In which case, it wouldn’t be wrong to prepare for such a situation in case it were to happen again.
But, for the time being, I suppose it would just be those three……
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