Besil calmly accepted Keter's choice of mission, but he felt some disappointment.0

Choosing the easiest mission without even thinking about it.0

Search for Missing Personnel on Leave.0

Assigned Knight: Katherine0

Mission Difficulty: F0

An F-rank mission was completely safe, and it was more of a trivial errand than a real challenge. Besil assumed Keter chose the mission because it involved Katherine.0

Katherine and Keter know each other, and he mentioned he defeated her in a sparring match.0

Besil didn’t give much weight to Keter's victory. He believed that Keter had relied on the power of Amaranth, the demon bow, rather than his own archery skills. The soldiers also reported that Keter had used Amaranth, so it was probably true. The soldiers weren’t lying—Keter had indeed drawn on Amaranth’s power, but what they didn’t know was that he didn’t use the bow at all during the sparring match.0

“Did you choose this mission because you know Katherine?” Besil asked.0

Keter shrugged. 0

“It’s not entirely irrelevant, but it’s not the main reason either.”0

“Then it won't matter if I assign someone else to the mission, right? Katherine hasn't said a word since meeting you.”0

“A knight ignoring the patriarch? Sounds like grounds for dismissal,” Keter replied.0

“She seemed to have her reasons. Reasons that were related to you.”0

“I told her to do that. She's doing well to follow through.”0

“I heard you and her made a vow and bet on it. You don’t intend to keep her...0