Milton was truly surprised. What on earth was their reason for this? Returning their swords? This meant that the knights wanted their lord to take back their lord and vassal relationship.

“What do you… Did I do something to upset you?”

Rick shook his head as though Milton’s question was unjustified. 

“That’s not the reason, My Lord.”

“Then why are you returning your sword?”

When Milton shouted at Rick, Tommy spoke up from next to Rick.

“To be honest, My Lord…”

Their reasoning was…

“You think you lack the skills to be by my side, so you want to wander around the world and train some more, is that what you’re saying?”

Rick and Tommy nodded.

After talking it over with each other, Rick and Tommy had decided to leave Milton’s side for the time being. They had recently noticed something after watching the junior knights who had joined later than they had. While Rick and Tommy had been picked from a group made up of talented knights from the southern region, it wasn't difficult to find juniors with better skills than their own. 

Disregarding their abilities, Rick and Tommy were Milton’s oldest aides. But, if based on abilities, Jerome, a newcomer, had also become better and more useful than they...