Elysion Online ~The Dragonewt and The Summoner~

Chapter 172: Ix's Treatment and Princess Knight

The next day, after school, I logged into the game. When I went downstairs, I found Caim-san in cat form.

"Ohu...don't keep petting me like that...ha!?"

"Ah, Takuto!"

"I was playing with a cat"

Hohou. You were playing with a cat?

"Emm, where's Aura-san's contact information"

"Wa, Wait! If you do that, Freetia will be destroyed!"

Aura-san, just how much.

"Ah~. Cough, the king wants to talk to you about Ex Machina. Do you have a minute?"

"No problem"

It was my first time entering the royal castle. I'm being watched by a lot of knights. That's right, of course. I'm standing around so much.

"This is the audience room with the king. Be polite as I taught you earlier, okay?"

"No problem"

"That's a good answer"

The door opened and we entered to find a row of knights and a throne at the top of a long staircase. It's a typical king's audience room.

I walked in with Caim and greeted as he had taught me. The name of the king of Freetia is King Gran Freetia. He seems to be quite old, but he has a calm atmosphere.

"Is it true that you have made a contract with Ex Machina?"

"Yes. I made a contract"

"Umm. Can you summon it to this place? I can't believe it until I see it"

"All right. Come on, Ix!"

"You wanted to see me? Master"

When I summoned Ix, there was an uproar.

"Can't it be quiet? I can't believe the day will come when I really see Ex Machina"

"I feel the same way myself. My king. But now that we have seen it, we have no choice but to believe"

The king nodded his head.

"That's right. Ix and the others, I desire friendship with any subrace. Let's hear your answer"

"I will always live with my Master. Everything will be as he wishes"

Ix's trust was heavy.

"Then, Takuto. Let us hear your answer"

"I would like to continue my adventures in a country that does not discriminate against summoned beasts"

"Umm. Your answer is certainly received. Then I accept Ex Machina as a member of my nation"

"I thank you"

"You may step back"

"Yes. Excuse me"

I walked out of the audience hall and let out my breath. Oh no, I was super nervous. I thought I'd be fine for a part-time job interview, but I wasn't at all.

"Thank you for your hard work. No, if you can do that well with the King Gran, you're doing great. It's a big deal"

I'm not at all happy to be praised.

"Then, let's go home"

"Yes"

I start walking in the opposite direction of Caim-san.

"Wait, wait! It's this way!"

Kaim-san is getting flustered. I'm not an idiot. I can at least remember the way we came.

"That's not the way we came, is it?"

"Emm...thats...this is a shortcut"

Hohou. Well, that's...

"In other words, Caim-san knew about the shortcut and didn't use it? So you wasted King Gran's precious time by making me take the long way around?"

That's a big problem.

"I have to report this to King Gran"

"Wa!? Wait! Wait! That was a lie! Actually, the second princess, Sarah Freetia, wants to see you!"

If that's the case, why didn't you just say so...how could I refuse the princess's request?

And then we arrived at an outdoor training ground for the knights. Why a training ground? I feel like I've already confirmed that an event will occur.

And from among the knights, a woman wearing a beautiful sky-blue knight armor comes out.

"I've been waiting for you. Summoner Takuto-sama. I am the second princess of Freetia, Sarah Freetia. I'm a knight captain of this country"

I think she's about the same age as me. A woman with dignity and pride, who truly embodies the princess knight.

"I see you for the first time. I'm Takuto, a summoner. You asked to see me?"

"Yes. First of all, I would like to thank you. On behalf of my country, I would like to thank you for providing the drink that eased my older sister's suffering"

She's a disciplined person.

"Also, thank you for defeating those knights the other day"

Oh? I thought it would lead to a fight, but it didn't?

"To be honest, the current knight order is loose. It's not just the knights under me, but the knights of the country, since there have been no wars or monster attacks in the last few hundred years, they only train formally and don't take it seriously"

"And to top it all off, they earn points by guarding the royal family. I've been wanting to do something about it for a long time, but I couldn't pursue them because they never fail at anything"

Ah...I could read the story.

"In other words, I defeated the knights of Princess Henri's escort, so you were able to pursue it, right?"

"That's right. Thanks to you, they are training very hard. But I also have a position. I would like to cross swords as a knight with you, who is admired by the knights, Henri and Olivier-dono"

You see, it's an event. But it wasn't just any event. A large man of the cerian beast in knight armor and a handsome knight said.

"Wait a minute. It made us stand out to let only the princess fight"

"Garou is right. Princess. Please give us a chance to fight"

"They're right, but it's not fair"

Fairness is an excuse? That's just fine.

"So what about fighting my subraces?"

"Oh! That would be fair, wouldn't it? If it's the rumored dragonewt, I'd like to fight it"

"I'm sure I'd be a worthy opponent"

The two knights are eager. But the princess seems different.

"I also want to fight dragonewt..."

""No, you can't!""

The princess is sullen. She seems to genuinely like to fight.

"How many of your subspecies are there?"

"There are currently six, but only four of them can fight with swords"

"So it's five against five! That's good. I'm on fire!"

"But, Princess, if we have fun alone, the other knight captains won't like it, will they?"

It's certain that the opponent is a knight captain class.

"...That's right. Then, let's change the day. Is there a day that is convenient for you, Takuto-sama?"

If you hadn't suggested it first, I would have done it. Lily and Ion can't fight right now.

"It helps. In fact, my dragonewts are currently unable to fight due to the cost of dragonification"

"They can turn into a dragon? It was bad...if the rules hadn't banned it, we would have lost"

It's not like they're as strong as Lily and Ion in their dragon state. No, is carelessness a great enemy?

"You have to decide the rules well. It seems that the price of dragonewt's dragonification will be cured in four days"

Four days means it will be fixed tomorrow? But there's also the matter of King Kong's fort. Okay, I've decided.

"How about two days from now at this time?"

"No problem. I'm looking forward to the duel in two days"

That's where the info comes in.

Request Quest Freetia's Knights Training Match Difficulty B

Reward: Varies depending on victory or defeat.

A training match against the captains of the Knights of Freetia.

It's a five-on-five match.

The difficulty level is the same as the cooking battle...was that quest the same difficulty level as fighting the captains of the Knights?

"That chubby cat over there, show him the way"

"Ii!? I, I can't! I have a meeting tomorrow and I'm leaving now!?"

Oh...does that mean that Aura-san and others will disappear? Well, should I ask another staff member and contact me if there is anything?

"You're a useless chubby cat"

"Te, Terrible...there aren't many people who work as hard as I do for Freetia, you know?"

"You think that'll make your sins go away?"

"Ugh..."

What did he do? This person. On the way back, when I asked about the situation, it seems that Princess Sarah, who discovered him when he was sleeping in his chubby cat form in the garden of the castle three years ago, stroked him. However, according to Caim-san, she touched his delicate zone and his transformation magic was broken.

As a result, he ended up sticking his face inside the skirt of the squatting Princess Sarah. Well, that's out.

Normally, he would have been sentenced to death, but since he was already one of the most skilled people in the world as Grandmaster of the Beastmasters Guild, he was spared, but his relationship with Princess Sarah is said to be at its worst. I guess he got what he deserved.