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◈ The Forgotten Curse Knight ◈

Vol. 3 Ch. 15: Five Peeks

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“I watched it, so I know. Keith was the one who lost.”

So it had all been Theo’s hasty assumption. Yet he had gotten worked up and fought Keith in a private duel, then hurled abuse at Allen, who had done nothing wrong.

And he had even said something as childish and selfish as, “I won’t forgive you for losing to anyone but me!”

Guilt toward Allen and embarrassment over his childish behavior made Theo turn pale, then red. He bowed deeply.

“I’m sorry, Allen! I was mistaken!”

“Hehe... Ahaha... I see. You don’t like it when I lose, Theo... Hehe.”

“Of course not! You’re my rival and the person I aspire to be, Allen!”

Thank goodness. Allen had not lost after all. Theo felt a weight lift from his chest.

Honestly, Keith possessed impressive physical abilities, but his movements were crude. Theo had not been able to help feeling that Allen should never have lost to someone like him.

Beside the two, now reconciled, Oswald questioned the sulking Keith.

“Keith Wolford, why did you tell such a lie?”

“What does it matter?”

Keith wore a thoroughly sour expression as he glared at Allen.

Apparently, Keith did not like Allen. Noticing his gaze, Allen tilted his head in puzzlement.

“Are you so unhappy that I became a squire? Then you should tell Commander Randolph.”

I see, Theo thought. So Keith was unhappy that Allen had become the squire of the hero Elbert Randolph.

However, Keith wrinkled his nose and groaned.

“That too, but... personally, I just don’t like you!”

“A grudge?”

“Because you were looking at Cheryl with dirty eyes!!”

An indescribable silence filled the back garden.

Keith meant his older sister, Holy Maiden of Creation Cheryl.

Theo recalled Hugo leering at Holy Maiden Cheryl.

“...Allen?”

At Theo’s low voice, Allen swiftly looked away.

That was the reaction of someone with a guilty conscience.

“Allen, look me in the eye and answer honestly. You weren’t leering at Keith’s sister, were you?”

“I swear I wasn’t. I wouldn’t do something so obvious as leer...”

Keith cut Allen off with a shout.

“But you kept looking at Cheryl’s chest! During your Blessing Examination! I was secretly watching!”

Theo looked at Allen with his emerald eyes devoid of light. Allen looked away.

Theo slid in front of Allen’s line of sight. Allen’s face twitched.

Keith pointed sharply at Allen.

“I can spot anyone looking at my sister with dirty intentions right away! Don’t underestimate the observational skills of someone with a Double Blessing!”

“...Use those observational skills in combat training.”

Allen muttered a protest, and Keith shouted back with bloodshot eyes.

“So you were looking after all! You bastard!!”

As Keith screeched, Allen’s eyes darted about.

Theo approached Allen with a blank expression.

“Allen, if you have nothing to hide, look me in the eye and recite the Holy Knight Order regulations. You can do it, right? I can. I’m a Gray Knight, but someday I’ll definitely become a Holy Knight, so I studied them properly. First, the preface...”

“Even full members don’t memorize something like that...”

Theo seized Allen by the collar with all his strength.

There was a difference in their heights, so Theo was practically hanging from him. Ignoring that, Theo roared.

“My beloved Holy Knight! How can I forgive you for doing something like improper fraternization with the opposite sex!?”

“I didn’t fraternize with her! I only looked!”

“Then your gaze was rude, wasn’t it!? At least rude enough to make Keith angry!”

“I only glanced for a moment! Isn’t this treatment excessive!?”

Allen let out a near-scream, and Keith sprayed spit as he shouted.

“It wasn’t just one glance! A glance when you first met her! A glance after greeting her! Glance, glance while they explained the blessing! A final glance when you left! That makes a total of Five Peeks! Death penalty, damn it!”

“Use those observational skills in combat!”

Just as Allen shouted that, whether the timing was good or bad, Holy Maiden Cheryl and Hugo arrived.

“Lord Theo! So this is where you were. Oh, Keith too.”

“Hey, Theo. Don’t go acting on your own. You’re troubling the Holy Maiden, aren’t you?”

Hugo spoke with the air of a senior lecturing a junior. What he said was reasonable enough, but he kept glancing at Holy Maiden Cheryl. His face was a perfect example of a lecherous grin.

Keith moved at once.

“Don’t look at my sister with those perverted eyes, you bastard! Die for the crime of leering!”

“Gah!? What’s with this guy!? Theo! Help your senior! Guhhh...”

Keith pounced on Hugo, who had been leering, while Holy Maiden Cheryl gently tilted her head.

“Oh my.”

While Hugo and Keith made a commotion, Allen tried to slip away. But Theo had not released Allen’s clothes.

Being dragged along by Allen, Theo looked up at him.

“Allen, where are you going?”

Theo’s voice was lower than it had ever been. Allen gave an awkward smile and tried to explain himself.

“Sorry, I’ve got something urgent to do... Mr. Oz, we had work to do, right? Something urgent... You know...”

“I don’t know.”

“Mr. Oz!”

“Allen, don’t trouble Captain Gregory too! First, let’s apologize to Holy Maiden Cheryl. It’s all right, I’ll bow with you. I’ll tell her my brother was terribly rude...”

Keith was choking Hugo, Theo was pressing Allen, and Allen was asking Oswald for help. It was utter chaos.

What brought that unmanageable situation under control was the hard metallic sound of a saber being drawn and a cold voice.

“I thought I told you not to draw attention to yourselves... Do you all wish to be beheaded so badly?”

When Theo turned around, Administrator Archibald stood there with his saber drawn.

Theo had completely forgotten that he had kept the man waiting. He grabbed Hugo and hurriedly bowed his head.

Afterward, Administrator Archibald thoroughly chewed out Theo and Hugo, but Holy Maiden Cheryl spoke on their behalf, and they were spared beheading.

However, they were forcibly sent back to Cinder House. Without being able to question Allen or greet the Elbert he admired, Theo boarded the returning carriage with Hugo.

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