Grave Keeper of the Fallen Kingdom

After a rather impressive first meeting with the Knights of the Golden Lion, Ren left the training ground and went around the royal palace.

Now, he was acting as the temporary leader of the Knights of the Golden Lion, the best among the Royal Knights.

“hello! nice to see you! Temporary leader Ren.”

“insect! Greetings.”

“Captain Ren, this is butler Evatria… … .”

Since an official letter was sent to the entire royal family, everyone was unaware that Ren had become the temporary knight commander.

There were already many people who knew Ren’s face, and his face was drawn together in the official document, so everyone recognized him roughly.

So everywhere he went, soldiers, royal people, and even knights greeted him.

‘It’s quite cumbersome when it happens like this.’

In the past, even if he saw Ren, he often ignored him or treated him as if he didn’t exist.

So it was comfortable because I didn’t have to worry about other people, but now it’s not bothersome to have to care about everyone I meet.

“uh… ? uh… … , chu, chung!”

Ren turned his head to the clumsy salute, stuttering.

Looking at the complexity, the face is very familiar in the uniform of a semi-knight.

“What?”

“Yes, yes?”

“Who are you?”

“My name is Marcel Carr.”

“aha?”

face flushed red.

It is a look of shame and shame coexisting and not being able to lift one’s head.

“So, are you training hard these days?”

“yes.”

“Aren’t there any feuds with your colleagues? Aren’t you fighting again?”

“Oh no! It’s not like that.”

To say that, unlike the previous fight with Rayman, his face is a little emaciated.

Looks like you have some scars on your face, isn’t it time to train now? Why are you alone?

“hmm… … .”

Ren glanced over him suspiciously, then grabbed his right shoulder and pressed it lightly.

“Ugh!”

As expected, he looked uncomfortable moving his arms while saluting earlier… … .

“Why are you hurt here?”

“I was injured while training.”

“What training?”

“that is… … .”

Not being able to answer right away, hesitating and rolling his eyes, it’s obvious that he’s contemplating what kind of lie he should lie.

“Tsk, take off your coat.”

“yes?”

“Take it off.”

Marcel took off his coat after hesitating with a puzzled face. Then, a bruise on the right arm was revealed.

It was a bruise as if he had been hit by a blow simply because he was injured during swordsmanship training.

“done. put it on.”

“yes… … .”

Marcel lowered his head in despair.

It is a world of difference from just a few months ago.

‘It’s obvious. It’s obvious.’

The third member of the Kar family, Ronnie Kar, committed a dishonorable act, and thanks to that, the 2nd princess was pushed out of the race for the throne, and the Kar family was taken by the 2nd prince, so the Kar family’s power must have fallen to the ground and become a wolf.

Of course, if I had behaved normally, I wouldn’t have been rejected by my colleagues this much.

“Follow me.”

Until then, he hadn’t thought much of it, but now that he saw it, Ren felt responsible.

It was because of the sparring with Lonnie Karr that made the Kar family go away.

With the Carr family taken over, it is impossible to pretend that Marcel is being ostracized like this.

“yes?”

Ignoring Marcel’s question, I moved to the 6th training ground where paramedics were training by now.

It is a training ground for horses, and it is a training ground where the training environment is not so good.

The dummy is tattered and the training ground is narrow.

Moreover, because it was a little far away from the castle, I had to move for a while to train.

When Ren arrived at the 6th training ground, he saw the quasi-knights training.

When they spot Ren, they flinch and rush to him, all greeting him.

“insect! Meet the newly appointed Temporary Knight Commander Ren!”

“insect!”

Ruben, a quasi-knight who stood at the front of them, was acting as their leader instead of Marcel.

Ruben looked at Marcel crouching behind Ren and raised an eyebrow.

‘That idiot, Len Argen, has been appointed as the commander of the Knights of the Golden Lion, so it’s completely over. I was alone during training and was brought back. Kkeuk.’

Ruben went out to appeal to Ren that he was no longer Marcel, but the real power of the quasi-knights, and Ren frowned at him.

“What is your name?”

“My name is Ruben Foster!”

“Yes, Ruben. Who told you to come running and salute during training?”

“… … yes? Oh that… , The newly appointed Temporary Knight Commander, Len Argen, came and-”

“So, are you going to go and say hello to your superior even during the war?”

“no! It’s not like that… … .”

“It’s long. I’m sorry, and it’ll be over.”

Ren clenched his tongue in disapproval, glanced at the semi-knights behind him, and shook his head.

“Are you the representative of these guys?”

“yes? It’s not… … .”

“Don’t you guys have muzzles on your face? Why don’t you keep your mouth shut?”

Ren cast the gruel he had received from his ancestors.

“Uh, uh… … .”

“sorry… … .”

“no.”

While those who were perplexed by the forced grunting they had never experienced before, Ren’s expression grew colder and colder.

“Are you that confident?”

“… … yes?”

“Are you confident? If it’s enough to throw away training, well, or did you come here to rest for a while with my excuse because it was hard?”

“Oh no! Absolutely not!”

“okay? Then the training ground… , Well, it’s not very wide, so let’s go around 20 times lightly. You don’t have that much stamina, do you?”

“2, 20 laps… … You mean?”

“okay. what do you write? Turn 25 times then.”

“no! I will only do 20 laps!”

At Ruben’s bewildered nonsense, Ren laughed.

“under! I’m going crazy. Will you disobey your superior’s orders?”

“Not that… … .”

“Turn around 40 times.”

“I… … .”

“I’ll turn!”

When Ruben was about to say nonsense again, Marcel, who had been standing behind Ren, took the lead and started running around the training ground.

Other teammates who noticed that look started running after them, and Ruben was forced to follow them.

‘I tried to pretend I didn’t win… … . Well, I’ll take care of it.’

Even if it was loose, I would have lost quite a bit of stamina because I had trained so far.

In that situation, to run 40 laps, I really had to run.

“Oh, by the way, the guy who walks in the middle runs again from the beginning.”

After saying that, Ren brought his index and middle fingers to his eyes and turned them around.

It was a sign that they were watching closely.

“No answer!!”

“yes!! I get it!!!”

Hearing the roar of cheers, Ren sat down on a chair with a pleased expression and watched them run.

‘You’re quick to notice. That guy.’

A notice to stop Ruben from fooling around and to settle the situation. Thanks to this, colleagues will curse Ruben’s stupidity and praise Marcel’s judgment.

Still, he hadn’t led a group of quasi-knights for nothing.

The Kar family isn’t extremely outstanding, and their skills aren’t overwhelming, but they must have the ability to lead a group.

“Ugh! you there! Running so slowly is different from walking! Don’t run any faster!”

“sorry!”

Even while he was lost in thought, Ren closely monitored him.

‘These guys are also the power of the kingdom after all.’

Compared to Rosaria or Baran, the number of knights was extremely small, and the difference in skill was needless to say.

Apart from the King’s poor condition, the current King Maurice is not very interested in increasing the kingdom’s power.

Moreover, there were not many talented people, so there was no way the soldiers and knights’ skills would increase.

‘I’ll have to change it step by step from now on.’

Ren made that promise and rolled more semi-knights.

“run! I mean run more! You idiots!”

It was Ren who seemed excited for some reason.

* * *

The semi-knights were completely exhausted after running 40 laps without rest.

Ren clapped his hands and approached them.

“Everyone is in great shape. Forget that rudeness from earlier.”

“persimmon… buy… do.”

“I lived… … .”

“ha… … . I’m dying… … .”

The quasi-knights who seem to have lost their minds.

Ren muttered softly as he turned and walked away.

“under… , I was able to fill 50 laps, but it’s a pity. hehehe.”

The quasi-knights who heard the murmur looked at Ren as if they were demons and widened their eyes, but no one opened their mouths.

It wasn’t until Ren completely disappeared that they began to complain.

“under… … . One more turn and I really would have died.”

“That monstrous bastard… … . ruthless bastard… … .”

“Even if I only become a knight… … , Ah, Mr! That bastard is a high-ranking knight.”

Swearing at Ren was rampant everywhere.

To that extent, Ren was the devil himself while roaming around the training ground.

“Marcel, I lived thanks to you.”

“really. How goosebumps when that lunatic regrets not being able to complete 50 laps.”

“Anyway, what kind of trouble is this because of some ignorant guy? sh*t.”

“what? Did I just say that?”

Ruben, who was uncomfortable with Marcel’s praise, stood up and looked at his colleague who had cursed at him.

“Then who did you say?”

“You bastard!”

“Hey, stop it. Do you want to fight when your colleagues are having a hard time?”

Marcel glared at Ruben and shot him.

“Ha, you-“

“Ruben! stop! What are you doing with your colleagues?”

“that’s right. Stop it. There is a limit to being patient with me.”

“What am I? Who’s the bastard you’ve been keeping your mouth shut all this time?”

When the heat that had subsided at the end of the run was about to rise again, Marcel jumped to his feet.

“Now is not the time for us to be like this. Did you see that madman? Do you know what I was talking about when I came earlier? From now on, we’re going to roll like crazy. They said that if your colleagues do something disrespectful, they will all crave it together.”

“what?”

“Are you really such an asshole?”

Marcel had never heard of such a thing, but he tried to catch this atmosphere by selling Ren.

“So let’s focus on training for the time being. If we do this among ourselves, it will be more difficult for each other.”

At Marcel’s persuasive words, both Ruben and his colleague who fought with Ruben calmed down their anger.

It was not the time to fight each other.

Because he had to deal with a madman who had just been assigned to the Royal Knights.

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Growling-

When the sound of announcing mealtime came from among the semi-knights lying down, similar sounds began to echo from all directions.

“Ha, is it meal time already?”

“I’m going to die of hunger.”

“When are we going to the restaurant?”

They talked in the same atmosphere as usual, as if asking when they had a fight.

While lying down, Marcel looked somewhere and got up and headed outside.

“Where are you going Marcel?”

“Come see me. If you are hungry, go to the restaurant.”

“Tsk, be sure to soften it before eating.”

“Go quickly and come.”

“okay.”

Marcel trudged out of the training ground.

And someone was waiting for Marcel, who went to the back of the building a little further away.

“Are you very good at acting? You’re good at making up words that don’t exist.”

“That, that… … .”

“why? Are you shaking as if you saw a madman devil? huh?”

Marcel couldn’t easily determine whether he was looking at Len Argen or a demon.

“sorry!”

“are you okay! are you okay! men and horses! Do I look like such a narrow-minded person?”

Laughing at Marcel’s back, Len said.

“Cheuk! Wow! 100 million! Whoops! It’s not okay! You are right! Are you?”

“Are you okay? uh? Do you think I’m lying?”

“It is not… … .”

“Damn it, yes. It’s not because of this that I called you.”

“yes.”

“You know what you have heard through the family. The reason why I was temporarily appointed as the knight commander.”

“that… I heard that the Knights have something to do. That’s why you need a captain… … .”

“okay. That’s why I’m thinking of taking charge of you guys along with the golden lion for a while?”

“yes? I really… Are you?”

Marcel was really embarrassed and couldn’t even manage his expression and asked Ren back.

I never thought that what I said to my colleagues earlier would become the truth.

“why? Do you hate it?”

“Oh no!”

“Okay, where is a superior like me?”

For a moment, Marcel seemed to see a demon appearing above Ren’s smile.

Could it be that the devil was really used after working as a gravekeeper?

“It seems like you’re thinking something impure… … .”

“It’s your mood!”

“hmm… , anyway. You will have to follow the training process I am talking about for the time being. I called you to tell you that.”

“All right.”

“ruler.”

Ren handed him a piece of paper with a training schedule written on it.

Marcel’s face turned pale as he read it.

“… … Do I have to do this?”

“okay. You go and tell your colleagues.”

“… … The moment I speak, I will become the devil’s pawn.”

“… … So you’re saying I’m the devil?”

“We will start tomorrow morning.”

“work hard. Do you know if I’m not doing it?”

“Yes… … .”

As Marcel turned around, his shoulders almost touched the ground.