“We are close to the territory border. We can finally say goodbye to this accursed Pendragon land.”

Breeden looked towards the tall mountains with their peaks wrapped in clouds.

“……”

“Anyway, I wonder how His Grace Pendragon is doing. Well, the bandits probably want to get a good price in exchange for him. They must be treating him pretty fairly.”

“……”

Luna, who was only staring straight ahead until now, finally turned her head.

“How can you even say such a thing?”

“Why, am I not supposed to?”

Breeden responded with a sly smile, which caused Luna’s expression to harden even more.

“Are you not ashamed as a knight? His Grace Pendragon needed our help. You couldn’t even spare them a liaison?”

“I’ve already told you several times that the most important duty for the soldiers and I is keeping my lady safe. We made the best decision at the time. It was an obvious choice for me, my lady.”

“Even so…”

“Phew, anyways, who would’ve thought that those bandits would actually come out rushing at us. Good thing we were already prepared. They could have placed my lady in danger. Hahaha!”

Breeden shrugged his shoulders and let out a loose laugh.

“Ha…”

Luna was lost for words at...