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Episode 21

-Squeak…

“Oh my, our cute puppy is here? Come in, are you hungry?”

The door opened and Rose de Baston was looking down at me with a smile.

“…”

As I followed her into the room, what caught my eye was a doghouse ornately decorated with jewels and sophisticated ornaments.

It was large enough for an adult male to crouch down and sit or lie down, and it had a soft cushion inside, so it seemed to have been used for sleeping or resting.

The next thing I noticed was a jewel-encrusted dog bowl sitting in front of the kennel.

I unconsciously closed my eyes at the dizzying sight.

‘It really is like a dog.’

“What do you think? Do you like it?”

“…”

“Leon, you have to answer? I prepared a delicious meal for you.”

Rose de Baston waited for my answer with a mischievous expression.

‘Let’s just starve to death. If I were going to starve to death, they would have written a contract and forced me to eat.’

Right now, I didn’t feel like eating rice from that bowl of rice of my own free will.

I promised myself that I would endure any humiliation and pain, but this is… not easy.

“…”

“Well, I guess you’re not hungry yet. Then sleep well.”

She turned around with a regretful expression and headed towards her bed.

She was lying on the bed, looking at me. Her regretful expression quickly disappeared and a playful expression appeared.

“If you want to sleep on the bed, come up.”

“…”

Ignoring Rose de Baston, who was lying face down on the bed and playfully tapping the spot next to her with her palm, he headed towards the doghouse next to the bed.

‘under…!’

At the entrance to the kennel, there was a fancy nameplate with ‘Leon♡’ written in large letters.

“I hope you like your new home, Leon.”

-Rustling…

He pretended not to hear her words, crawled into the doghouse, and laid his tired body on the cushions.

-Gulp…

I’m hungry because I haven’t eaten anything all day, but now I just don’t want to do anything.

I curled up, closed my eyes, and tried to sleep.

#

It’s an unfamiliar ceiling.

I’ve woken up on damp, cold floors before, but today I woke up in a soft, comfortable dog house.

I wished this whole situation was a dream, but unfortunately, Rose de Baston’s voice sounded as if it were reality.

“Are you awake, Leon? Hehe… Do you want breakfast?”

Rose de Baston was sitting in front of her dressing table in her underwear, surrounded by maids, getting her body groomed.

“…”

All the maids’ eyes were fixed on me.

Their eyes were filled with unconcealed contempt and sneer.

“Cover your eyes, you lowly thing, how dare you look at Miss Rose’s beautiful body with your dirty eyes!”

“Oh my, it’s okay Trisha, what would happen if a dog saw my body?”

“Miss Haona…”

Rose de Baston sat up straight, crossing her slender legs as if she wanted me to look at her body more.

Her voluptuous breasts and the underwear between her firm thighs flashed before my eyes.

‘Black…’

This is because of instinct.

I didn’t see it as a part of something.

“It’s okay, don’t worry about it and just keep going. Leon is my dog so it won’t be a problem.”

“…If you say so, Miss, I will follow it.”

It was hard to keep my gaze, so I turned away and stared at the poor dog’s food bowl.

“It’s time for breakfast. Leon only eats the food I give him, so can someone bring me some breakfast and some food for that kid?”

“I’ll prepare it and bring it right away.”

After a while, Rose de Baston’s body was all dressed up, and the maid arrived with food for her and for me to eat.

Rose’s breakfast consisted of a light salad, soup, and bread.

And there are two types of food I brought for my meal.

One was a savory-smelling soup full of regular meat, and the other was really just leftover food that a dog would eat.

“Hoohoohoo… Which of these two would you like to eat, our Leon?”

“…”

“I plan to give delicious food to good dogs who listen well. If there’s anything you want, just tell me.”

“…”

I was extremely hungry because I had been fasting all day since yesterday, but I absolutely did not want to act on my own will the way she wanted.

If you want to do whatever you want with me, you’ll have to force me to write a contract.

“Umm… I have nothing to say, it’s too bad but there’s nothing I can do Enjoy your meal, Leon?”

-Gulp…

Rose de Baston poured the leftovers from her left hand into the jeweled dog bowl in front of me.

-Thud!

I knocked over the dog food bowl with the leftover food in it, and the leftover food spilled onto the floor and splashed, hitting the hem of her dress.

“How dare that insolent bastard!”

“Stop, it seems like our dog is a picky eater. Unfortunately, this is all the food that is provided.”

Rose must have expected this reaction from me, as she stopped the maid from getting angry at me.

Hunger? I have trained my mana and body, so I won’t die even if I starve for a week.

It was a hunger I chose because of my pride, but when I think about the pain of that day, it wasn’t an unbearable hunger.

“Unfortunately, I couldn’t eat, but I have to go get knight training. Let’s go together, Leon.”

##

The road to the training grounds of the Duke of Baston was shameful.

Before my eyes, Rose de Baston was leading me with an elegant gait, holding the leash in her hand, humming a tune.

All eyes around me were focused on me following her, crawling on all fours like a dog.

I am showered with gazes filled with emotions that stimulate my sense of shame, such as ridicule, contempt, and curiosity.

After making my way through countless gazes, I finally arrived at the training grounds of the Duke of Baston’s knights.

-chuck!

The knights who discovered Rose de Baston began to salute her by making a sharp gesture with their right fist and bringing it to their chest near their heart.

Soon after, a middle-aged man with a hunched appearance walked out from among the knights.

The spirit felt is no joke.

‘Not as much as my father, though.’

“Marceau de Rheims, Commander of the Knights, please take good care of this child.”

“Okay, miss. Follow me, Leon.”

“There’s no need to act like a puppy here, Leon.”

After hearing her words, I slowly stood on my two feet.

It was only for a day, but it feels like it’s been a long time since I last stood on my own two feet.

“You can speak properly, so you won’t have any problems when you’re training, so learn well.”

“…”

I followed the young man without even listening to Rose de Baston.

As I followed the knight commander called Marceau, the gazes of those around me were not kind.

Some people are jealous of me, and some people laugh at me.

You can also hear the sound of ‘Pauna’ or ‘Rose de Bath Tong Lady’ raised.

“Attention! Today, we have a new recruit in our Knights of the Duke of Baston! Vice-Captain Diego, please prepare the necessary items for the new recruit.”

“Leave it to me, Captain Marceau.”

The gaze of Deputy Director Diego, a middle-aged man, looking at me is not kind.

Although Marsola seemed to be a level below the Knight Commander, his spirit was no less impressive.

“You will be able to see the skills of the one who killed the sword master, Lyon de Normand.”

-Wriggle!

Diego’s malicious, venomous words pierce my heart.

“Amir! Get ready to spar!”

“Yes!”

Upon arriving at the training ground, the Duke of Baston’s knights surrounded the training ground.

The expression on the face of the knight named Amir standing on the other side was also not favorable to me.

“You are a traitor who has tarnished the honor of Chevalier. For the sake of justice, I will punish you.”

‘I see.’

The knight in front of me was furious that I killed his father.

If you were a journalist, that would be enough to make you angry.

Rather than becoming angry, I felt a little relieved when I realized why he was angry.

I grabbed the sword that Vice-Captain Diego had handed me and assumed the stance I was most confident in, readying myself.

After both sides were ready, Deputy Director Diego gave a signal that the duel could begin.

“Get started.”

“Pressure down!”

Amir, who had been kicking the ground with a shout, rushed at me.

The basics don’t look bad either, showing evidence of consistent and honest training.

I decided to give him the sword and train him to the best of my ability.

-Kang! Kang!

Swords clash and sparks fly.

There were many opportunities to counterattack, but I held back as much as possible and focused on blocking his attacks for a while.

I turned my gaze to catch a glimpse of the Knights Marceau and Diego, who were watching me.

Captain Marceau had a blank expression, while Diego looked somewhat dissatisfied.

‘I guess I should finish this soon.’

Amir seems to have shown everything he could, so it would be rude to waste any more time here.

-Kagakak!

He ducked Amir’s horizontal slash, held his body close, and aimed his sword at his neck while restraining his sword with his left hand.

“Ugh…!”

“…”

At first, it seemed like we were even, but as soon as I subdued Amir, the way people around me looked at me changed a little.

“Hmm… Have you surpassed the level of 3rd tier? Can you use Sword Aura?”

The Knight Commander Marceau asked me in a stiff voice.

“…No.”

“How dare that shameless bastard treat the captain like that!”

Deputy Director Diego, who was standing next to me, glared at me in anger.

Captain Marceau, who had been restraining an enraged Diego, approached me and punched me in the stomach.

-Pfft!!!

“Ugh!”

The strong impact left me unable to breathe properly.

As I groaned in pain, Commander Marceau spoke quietly so that no one around me could hear.

“Let me give you a word of advice. You seem to be mistaken in thinking that we can’t kill you because of Miss Rose, but we are the knights who serve Duke Clement de Baston.”

“…”

“If you continue to show the same attitude as before, I will have no choice but to execute you by military law. Please don’t let me make that decision.”

“If you have come to the Knights of the Duke of Baston, you must follow the laws of our Knights.”

-Nod…

Although his speech was stiff and dry, there was no negative emotion in his words at all; rather, I felt a faint sense of pity.

After a short distance from me, he turned around and went back to his seat, and after a while Diego spoke loudly enough for everyone to hear.

“We will continue the duel! 4th-tier Pablo, come out and prepare for the duel. The use of Sword Aura is prohibited. ”

“Yes!”

Captain Marceau stood up again and looked down at the training ground.

At the same time, the knight who had come down opposite me began to speak to me in a mocking manner.

“Hehehe, show me the sword that killed the Sword Master.”