"Playing wood-matching games with the weapons in the training hall, they broke 11 weapons and knocked down four trees, which later turned into a game targeting our knights."
I glared at the murderous knight in silence.
Then, the guy who was rolling his eyes in embarrassment suddenly decided to be shameless and puffed out his chest.
"Training is training."
"Shut up! You're training by attacking even when you're supposed to be resting?!"
"It's not like the enemy won't choose to attack during rest time. You have to get used to it."
"Then you stole our share of the meal!"
"Training for food shortage situations?"
"Ugh, stomach medicine..."
That sturdy knight was able to find stomach medicine... and that only took a week. I couldn't hide my sighs. Sir Cain, who had found stomach medicine in his arms and ate it, desperately called to me.
"The number of soldiers taking stomach medicine is increasing. Please, do something about these bastards..."
"You were just trying to say we're bastards, weren't you?"
"No."
"That's terrible! You wanna see what a real bastard is like?"
It seemed like the Count's knights had good complexions until a week ago.
After looking at Lord Cain's haggard face, I turned my head and glared at the rampaging mad dog again.
The guy noticed my gaze with his animal-like senses and seemed to calm down on his own, then started scratching his head and making lame excuses.
Actually, they couldn't be considered excuses.
"Still, we did it more moderately than when we were at the imperial palace..."
"Was it like this even at the imperial palace?!"
Or rather, it was more? You crazy bastards!
Drip.
Blood dripped. Well then. I was tired today due to various things, but I wondered if my body could handle it as my blood pressure rose.
"Count!"
"Captain, no, Count!"
I quickly clutched my nose and leaned against the back of the chair.
For the first time in a while, I said I couldn't see blood.
My vision was blurry. My eyelids seemed to get heavier, and soon darkness came.
The last glimpses were of those who appeared to be Remember and Sir Lien.
'Thank god. Hurry and hit this bastard right in front of me...'
There was a familiar smell of blankets. When I opened my eyes, a similarly familiar ceiling filled my vision.
I couldn't understand the situation, so I blinked for a moment.
"Are you awake?"
A calm voice was heard.
There wad only one person in my memory who spoke with such a calm voice.
"Remember."
"Yes, Count."
"How long have I been lying down?"
"It wasn't that long. It was exactly 1 hour and 24 minutes."
Doesn't it seem like a long time since I just fainted from a nosebleed?
He must have called my doctor while I was lying down, so the doctor who was waiting nearby came over and started examining my body.
As if he didn't care about the doctor, Remember stared at me clearly and spoke calmly.
"What do you want to do?"
"...Yes?"
"The knight who offended the Count has now been taken into the hands of Sir Lien. If you call her, she will come right away."
Silver-blue eyes shine mysteriously.
I looked at him without blinking even once, then lowered my gaze and answered.
"Then would you like me to call her?"
"Yes, I will call her right away."
"No. Tell her to wait in the office, not here."
"...I will do that."
He looked surprised, but doesn't ask.
Remember opened the door slightly and spoke to the servant waiting outside. Then, instead of leaving, he came back and stood one step away from the bed.
I wondered why he insisted on staying here, and it seemed like it was because of the doctor.
"The body itself is weak and there is a lot of fatigue, but there is no major problem. I don't have much to say other than to be careful of fatigue and stress."
"Is that so. There's a lot of paperwork behind, so it's difficult."
I don't think it's because he was worried about me, but because he wanted to hear the results of the examination in order to somehow use them for paperwork...?
As goosebumps broke out and my body trembled, the surprised doctor came running back and began the examination.
I could barely get him off me after telling him it was okay several times.
By the way, she must have arrived at the office by now. I needed to meet her soon.
When I get off the bed, Remember naturally followed me.
Since he was my butler, it was natural...
'But why are you following me?'
For some reason, the doctor came with me, too. When I turned around, I was so surprised to see him.
He had been hesitating and keeping an eye on me since a while ago, but perhaps because he was a very mild-tempered person, he missed the right time to go and ended up following me without realizing it.
I clicked my tongue, glanced at him, opened the office door, and couldn't help but praise the choice of the doctor who followed me.
The member's face was swollen, as if he had been beaten quite a bit.
Because of that, I tried to suppress the laughter that was about to burst out, but my nose bleed again.
The doctor quickly handed me a handkerchief.
I obeyed his instructions to hold the middle of his nose with it and looked at the murderous knight again with a serious expression.
'The face is familiar... but what was his name? Wheat? Word? Dry?'
"What was your name?"
"Yes? Are you sure you forgot my name? This is Milan. There is nothing else in the world to forget, especially my name..."
"You!"
Sir Lien, who was in charge of Milan, was in tears as if she was going to throw a punch at any moment.
What could you do with a guy like that? It would be easier if you gave up to a certain extent like me. I hurriedly stopped her and trudged over to sit on the desk chair in the office.
Despite the nosebleed, the documents were still intact.
...There were some red marks on the white paper, but the text was fine, so it was okay.
Anyway.
"I have a question for Milan."
"Ask as much as you want."
"What on earth were you doing in the imperial palace?"
This was why I called him.
In the first place, I had no intention of punishing him.
Even though it looked like this, we fought together on the battlefield during the Eight Year War and made a fuss about saving each other.
Especially since I, a poor commander, was a superior and said I would protect them, but these were the people who caused such a fuss, how could I punish them so severely?
"Um... you're not going to scold me?"
"You!"
"Sir Lien, it's okay. I won't scold you, so tell me quickly."
Honestly, I was a bit anxious. Are you asking what kind of accident happened that those people who don't care about others won't scold them?
Just in case, my blood pressure rose and I was about to collapse holding the back of my neck, so I glanced at my doctor, who was trying to leave, and smiled kindly.
Then Milan, who had been rolling his eyes, scratched his cheek and slowly sighed.
"To start with the little things, we collapsed several buildings while trying to capture the Revolutionary forces."
"A minor thing... no, before that. Revolutionary forces?"
Why did they attack the carriage I was riding in and throw bombs at the mansion?
I understand that the Revolutionary Army was targeting them, but why were they making such a fuss about catching the Revolutionary soldiers?
"As I told you during the carriage attack, His Majesty entrusted me with suppressing the Revolutionary Army rampaging in the imperial capital in exchange for food."
"..."
Did you do that? I didn't know. Because my memory flew away from that time.
Then it must have been these guys who saved me then. I wondered why I was in the imperial palace banquet hall when I thought I was going to die. I was so embarrassed when I came to my senses.
'Then why was my body covered in blood at that time...?'
As I looked at the guy with narrowed eyes, the guy who got stabbed for no reason made an excuse and blurted out some bullshit.
By the way, shouldn't these guys be sent to the imperial palace right away? I think I ended up having to bury a few of those buildings.
I guess my silence was quite unsettling.
The guy who was sweating profusely and looking around started spouting out loudly, saying he had no idea what was going on.
"Do you know how difficult it is to suppress Revolutionary troops carrying and installing artillery bombs without causing damage? We managed to knock down only a few buildings!"
"...How many were there exactly?"
"Uh... about twelve or so?"
"..."
"..."
Sir Lien glared at him from next to me.
After thinking for a moment, I shook my head. If collapsing a few buildings was a minor incident, it would mean that other, bigger accidents occurred, so I needed to hear about that.
"Any other accidents besides that?"
"I had a fight with the Royal Guard."
"With the Royal Guard..."
"Somehow we got into an argument and got into a bit of a fight."
"A fight..."
"Oh, of course I didn't lose. It ended in a draw. Against the Royal Guard!"
"..."
"Actually, we were a bit on the defensive, but that's because I bit off the guard captain's ear! How ridiculous it is that even though he is the captain of the royal guard, he can't stand even a single thing and shows his loopholes. Of course, I didn't miss that opportunity! Haha!"
Sir Lien, take that thing out.
Can you lose?
As much as you want.
"Huh? Captain? Why are you grabbing me by the collar..? Count? Coooount!!"
I said I wouldn't scold him. Oh no...
Bang. The noise was quickly silenced thanks to Remember who kindly closed the door.
I said I wouldn't scold him, but I never said I wouldn't get angry. Of course it's bullshit.
That guy is proudly talking bullshit, so why can't I do it to him?
At some point, I lowered the hand that was massaging the back of my neck and touched the area under my nose.
Fortunately, my nose was no longer bleeding. The back of my neck was fine, too.
'What should we do with that guy...'
No, it's just the entire group of knights that are the problem.
What should I do with these damn crazy dogs?
With a deep sigh, I told the doctor who was still acting around me to go away and picked up a random document in front of me.
And not long after, I jumped up from his seat.
'This is it!'
The reason those guys have accidents is because they have extra stamina.
In that case, wouldn't it be enough to use up your stamina?
It was said that there were monsters wandering around the territory near the border. It would be perfect if they spent all their stamina to get rid of those disgusting things!
I started writing the order while humming a song in my mind and he suddenly said, "Count! Let's go hunt monsters!"
"...Okay..."
Contrary to the plan, I was dragged along with the damn guys to subdue monsters.
***
When they received the order to go on a monster-slaying mission, the members of the Lofty Knights reacted differently from other ordinary people.
Subdue extremely dangerous monsters. Even the location is near the border.
Even though they had to fight a battle that could mean life or death, they cheered instead of being shocked or angry.
He thought the Count was going to scold him, but you gave him such a fun job! Wasn't this almost a vacation!
"Wow, as expected, Count! I thought I was going crazy because I was bored! You see that we didn't get into an accident for no reason!"
"Even though you are busy, you take care of us who are bored! Who is the bastard who cursed our Count?!"
"It wasn't an insult?! We were just discussing the difference in temperature between the Count's knights and our knights!"
"It's you!!"
Men dressed in neat white knightly uniforms flew through the sky. The landing spot was Milan, a man crouching in fear.
Then, as a desperate scream erupted, one member who had a calm personality barely came to his senses and picked up the forgotten order that had been buried in a far corner.
'I bet these bastards didn't read until the end. So, I should read the order properly.'
Just as expected.
"Only our knights are going, right? The Count isn't going with us either."
"...Huh?"
"What?"
Silence has come.
Those who were beating Milan all looked his way.
Looking at the round eyes as if wondering what that meant, member Cleter touched his forehead and shook his head.
"You have to read the order to the end, you bastards..."