Chapter 42 – You Will Die Today – 2

As he soothed Cheshire, it became the dwelling place of the Balrog.

Just looking at this small castle where the Balrogs live, you could tell how much wealth Wonderland leads a hedonistic life.

This castle, which is not small, is not the castle of Denia, but rather the castle of Balrog, an escort knight. How mortal must it have been for those who were exploited?

In front of the huge door, I begged Cheshire.

“Never open your mouth. Understand.”

“Okay. Hey, but what exactly do you plan to do?”

If you know the plan accurately, it will be easier for Cheshire to assist. I explained her step by step to her.

“If you stand still, I will provoke the Balrog. Because these idiots suffer from the mental illness of ‘chivalry’, they have a hard time turning down offers to fight one-on-one.”

“If you accept it, that’s not a problem, right? Nyan?! I have absolutely no knack for fighting while wearing armor… !”

“It’s not one-on-one, because I, who is invisible next to you, will assist.”

“Nyaang.”

Cheshire nodded her head as if he finally understood.

“Then let’s start right away.”

Tick-tock, Cheshire knocked on the doorknob carefully.

“Would that work?”

Bang! Bang! I kicked the door from the side to make a noise. Sure enough, not long after, two knights dressed in heavy armor appeared.

“What.”

“Kaliman.”

“I don’t think Kali is the only one who’s been taught to knock on doors like that.”

“Is it okay for the gatekeeper to show up this late? You uneducated bastards.”

I was a dropout from the academy, but there was a subtle pleasure in telling the other person, “You uneducated bastard.”

However, I suddenly became pathetic and stopped.

“A rude Kaliman like you doesn’t deserve to return. Take care of yourself somewhere.”

“Everything has circumstances. I have some really great news. News that will make the Balrog clap his feet and jump up.”

“…Is there any news about that?”

“Because it is. Lend me an ear.”

Then the two gatekeepers put their heads in the direction of Cheshire’s helmet. Should I be innocent or stupid?

It would be right to think that it is pure. How can you not be curious about the captain jumping up and down while clapping his feet?

Since I was invisible, I sneaked up behind them and put a bullet in their neck one by one.

Pak! Pak!

I added a word while watching the guys collapse like reeds blown by the wind.

“Why are you wearing the replacement armor? Anyway.”

We quietly put the two, now corpses, to the side of the door and headed inside.

Most of the guys bowed their heads slightly as soon as they saw her. Cheshire did the same, and we went deeper and deeper.

Pass by where the knights are training, pass by where they are resting, pass by the knights who are eating… Only after that did we run into guys who looked quite useful.

It was another Kalimans.

They were sitting around a round table in the garden and talking about something, and I think they were probably having a strategy meeting.

One of them was visibly startled.

“…What, there is a returning Kaliman, right? Why are you so late?”

Cheshire stood still.

Shaking or nodding your head would also be a huge mistake if it contradicted my words, so it was thanks to my well-ordered in advance to just stand still.

I replied, invisible next to Cheshire. As if Cheshire answered.

“It’s late to take care of this and that.”

“Why did you come back alone? What about the other guys?”

“He is dead.”

“Did you complete your mission?”

“You don’t have to worry. Florian, because I definitely killed him.”

But then. A deep voice came from inside the garden.

“You killed Florian?”

The knights sitting around the round table quickly rose from their seats. Then, after a while, a man wearing a huge black armor appeared.

The most impressive thing is the horns attached to the helmet like a bull.

Combined with its huge size, it created a dangerous atmosphere like a half-man and half-beast. It was the Balrog of the Knight of Spades.

Since I had become invisible, I took a leisurely look at the Balrog.

I admit that the armor is cool, but I didn’t really feel that dangerous energy flowed from the person inside the armor.

Anyway, the balrog asked Cheshire.

“Are you sure? Is Florian really dead?”

“Because it is.”

Of course, it was me who answered.

“Good thing. Thank god. Good job. With this, I finally have something to say to Denia… No, wait.”

The Balrog, who was delighted with the false information that I was dead, seemed to notice belatedly that we answered in plain language.

The Balrog asked in an incomparably lower voice than before.

“…By the way, what did you just say to me?”

“I heard it clearly, so ask me again.”

“…?”

Although their faces were covered by the helmet, they could feel that everyone was quite surprised. The Balrog snapped his neck, blatantly displeased.

“It must have been a very difficult task. It looks like you suffered a serious head injury during the mission.”

“Shut up and come face to face with me. I request a noble knight duel.”

“Is this really crazy?”

The Balrog picked up the huge halberd while bursting into laughter as if it were absurd.

A normal person would have been frightened by the size of the halberd, but fortunately I was not an ordinary person.

Cheshire was slightly frightened, and his body was shaking a little, but I continued talking anyway.

“Because I dealt with Florian. I felt quite a lot.”

“What?”

The Balrog thumped the floor with his halberd.

“…You’d better answer carefully, Kaliman. Recognize that it could be your will.”

“Florian is really smart, he has a handsome face, and he fights well. He is a very versatile man. Even though he’s the same guy, I almost fell for him.”

“So?”

I crossed my arms and continued talking. Talking in a transparent state was quite fun.

“But I defeated such a Florian. After defeating that great man like the sky, I have nothing to fear.”

“So?”

“I will no longer accept you as my superior. Like a man and like a knight, let’s fight one-on-one.”

“Have you gone crazy? I wonder if the person who was originally like this endured it?”

“Shut up and stick with me, you bull head. Shall we turn it into a steak?”

“…”

It was a provocation towards the Balrog, but the effect seemed to be even more pronounced on the knights under his command. Everyone pulled out their swords from their waists and took a step closer to Cheshire.

“For a moment.”

But the Balrog raised his hand to stop it.

He asked me as if he was interested.

“From my point of view, there is no reason why I have to undergo that duel. Do you have any plans for what to do if they don’t accept it?”

“Of course not. This bull head.”

Originally, I was not a shadow in charge of espionage warfare or public opinion formation. Because there was another guy like that.

But now, I felt like I could do that.

“I have already written several wills.”

“What did the will say?”

“It says so. Balrog won the duel ugly without receiving a one-on-one duel because the bull head was scared. That’s my mortal factor When other guys deal with the balrog, remember that he is a dirty fellow. It was written that way.”

“…”

I continued to speak towards the Balrog, who seemed to be deeply troubled.

“I told my acquaintances that when I die, it will be immediately sent to other knights. What will the other three knights think when they see you? You’d think it would be embarrassing to be the same article. You pathetic bastard.”

“A guy called a knight is good at performing tricks. He knew Let him fight in a one-on-one duel.”

“It will be so. Bullhead… “

“I wish you would stop calling me that.”

“Okay.”

My personality wasn’t so bad that I blindly belittled the other person again.

Moreover, since the other party had agreed to a one-on-one duel, there was no reason to belittle him any more.

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Soon after, an arena was built in the garden. The square outlines of the knights surrounding us were like an iron wall.

“Did you write your will?”

The Balrog snorted when I asked.

“I have nothing to lose to you.”

“Surface?”

“A knight who loses to you has no right to leave a will.”

“Ohh.”

Next to Cheshire, I stood carefree, and the Balrog squeezed the Helbird with both hands, as if he was trying to be sincere.

“Hey Kaliman. There are three things I hate the most.”

“I’m not curious.”

“The first is to punish a superior, and the second is to violate chivalry.”

He said he wasn’t curious, but the Balrog dared to open his mouth. Chivalry may actually be another name for mental illness.

“And finally, the third. Not even graduating from the academy, the cradle of learning. You broke two of these. So you won’t die gracefully.”

“You are wrong.”

“What the hell is wrong?”

“Anyway, it’s wrong, so shut up. You will die today.”

In fact, I couldn’t say that I broke three things.

– Sijaak!

And then, someone announced the start of the duel.