The Main Heroine Likes the Extra

90 – Holy Knights of the Royal Capital

It was the time when the academy graduation exams were in progress.

The academy graduation exam is held over 5 days, about 3 months before graduation.

From theory to practice, professors in charge of each section score points and give a passing grade.

Well, even if you don’t pass the academy graduation exam, you can still take the 2nd and 3rd exams.

The fact that there is even a third exam means that the difficulty of the academy’s graduation exam is high.

Well, actually, if you get to that point, all kinds of professors at the academy will stick together and help you take the exam, and you’ll fall out there too?

It means that at that point, you have already neglected your studies to the point where there is no answer.

Then, what should I do?

Obviously, if you have a grade, you have to go to the academy for one more year, and you have to pay more tuition.

If you don’t want to be a backbone breaker to your parents, it means to pass the graduation exam.

“Oh, I just finished today’s exam.”

Riel leaves the academy while stretching herself.

Her test she took today is practical magic theory and practice.

It’s probably the most important test in her department.

“How was the exam today?”

“Yeah, I was a bit confused about the formula for calculating Fireball’s magic range and magic range… But somehow it seems to have worked.”

“What is that?”

I tend to use my senses when I use magic, so I’m not sure about that.

Do you learn something like that with magic?

“Ugh, hello.”

While I was having such a conversation with Riel, Emilia walked out from behind.

Emilia, the same magician as Riel, must have taken the same test.

“Good work, how do you think the test is?”

At Riel’s question, Emilia’s expression became depressed.

“I think I did the theory perfectly…I made a little mistake in practice, ugh…I’m sure my score was deducted.”

“Okay… It’s okay! I’m a bit confused about the theory too!”

Watching the conversation between the two, I remembered my exam.

The test we took today in our martial arts department is martial arts.

It was impossible to combine with other tests, so we just had to fight back and forth all day long.

‘Wentos student, I deal with you myself.’

‘Yes? No, Instructor? Wait for a sec…’

…But no one wanted to deal with me, so I had to stick with the martial arts instructor.

“Hello~”

“Oh, I’m tired…”

Feris Valtreia walks out tiredly, and Aria Owen looks relatively relaxed.

Hey, Ferris, since he’s in the same martial arts department as me, he must have rolled over at the test site.

Well, the women’s division took a separate test, so I don’t know the details.

The people Riel has been waiting for must have all come out.

We left the academy and moved to downtown Wangdo.

Riel is going to study after a brief tea time with her friends, and I am also going to stop by the dormitory for my studies.

However, we were going to go together, at least to the cafe where we would have tea time.

Like that, it was while the king was walking around the city.

“What happened?”

“There are so many people.”

At the words of Aria and Emilia, when I looked in the direction they were looking, I saw that people were gathered.

No, rather than gathered, they are lined up in a long line, as if looking at a procession.

After asking Riel and her friends to wait for a while, I went there.

It wasn’t a very good feeling.

“What is that?”

Those words came out of my mouth unconsciously.

A group of people in shining armor were moving in formation.

From the looks of it, it looks like a knight, but it is clearly different from the outfit worn by the knights of the Kingdom of Palaginia.

Suddenly, the patterns engraved on the armor they were wearing caught my eye.

“World Tree Church…?”

It matches the pattern drawn on the clothes worn by the missionaries of the World Tree Church, which I have seen several times in my hometown.

Then are they the Holy Knights of the World Tree Church that we have only heard about?

The World Tree Church has greatly retreated from the Kingdom.

Of course, that doesn’t mean they can’t be active in the kingdom at all, but why did the Holy Knights come to the capital?

That bothered me so much.

“Hmm?”

“What’s wrong? Captain Alma.”

The leader of the 1st Holy Knights, Alma Break, who was moving to the royal palace by walking along the Royal Capital Gransen, suddenly turned her head.

Seeing this, Vice-captain Priest Remia Blanc tilted his head and asked, and Alma shook his head from side to side.

“No, it’s because I felt a little stare.”

“Gaze?”

“Well… Considering the situation of our church and kingdom, it may be unavoidable.”

Currently, the relationship between the Kingdom of Palaginia and the Church of the World Tree is close to the worst.

Originally, it was impossible to get along, but about a year and a few months ago, the relationship between the Church and the Kingdom reached its worst.

It wasn’t to the point of being overtly hostile, but he never gave a friendly look.

“Because of that, I had to get off my horse unconditionally when entering the capital.”

“hahahaha, well, it’s not a bad thing if you think you’re exercising to this extent.”

At Remia’s grumbling, Captain Alma smiled lightly.

In fact, the attitude of the church at the time could be said to be rude, so even Captain Alma couldn’t help but click his tongue after hearing the whole story.

It is fortunate that there was no war.

“Come to think of it, what do you think about the story of the demon king that was circulating at the time?”

“Ah, that story about the resurrection of the devil?”

At the words of Priest Remia, Alma recalled the story she had heard at the time.

The story that there is someone who wants to revive the demon king in the kingdom, and there is also a hero to stop it.

In relation to that, I heard that the relationship with the kingdom has now collapsed because the archbishop was doing something wrong in the kingdom.

“Well… It would be a big deal if it was true, but I don’t believe in that story in the first place.”

“Even if Cardinal Gerald received an oracle from the World Tree?”

“Ha, I believe in the World Tree, not Gerald that old man.”

Captain Alma clicked his tongue and said.

Seeing that, Priest Remia grabbed his head.

This guy tends to be very straightforward about things like this, and if he doesn’t restrain himself, he’ll utter this in front of Cardinal Gerald.

“…Captain Alma, I think you might hear something that gets on your nerves in your presence with His Majesty the King. So…”

“I know, I know. Please bear with me, right? I know.”

Priest Remia let out a deep sigh.

Captain Alma is usually a gentle person, but he has a very blind faith in the World Tree.

Of course, I don’t think the king of the kingdom will ever make a statement that will cut down the world tree, but I can’t help but be worried.

‘Whoa… The mighty World Beast. Please help me to get things back to normal.’

As usual, Priest Remia prayed to the World Tree.

Please let this visit end peacefully.

“… Huh?”

“What’s up?”

Seeing Priest Remia, who suddenly opened her eyes wide, Captain Alma turned to her.

Priest Remia looked around the capital in a daze, then opened his mouth and said.

“It’s strange. I heard that there are no churches left in the capital…?”

“Oh, I heard that everything was demolished in one year and another facility was built. But why?”

“Hmm…How can I explain this…”

Priestess Remia tried to recall the sensation from before.

As was customary, when I prayed earnestly toward the World Tree, I felt a very warm energy surround me.

It was like she felt as a child, when she prayed to the World Tree for the first time and received a blessing.

She was small and feeble, but she had a very warm and cozy energy.

“Muhung!”

“Syr? What’s going on?”

The elf, Lilu Arma, was a child in her arms. The world beast, Sir, raised his head and raised both his hands up, looking at it with an expression of amazement to make a sound.

And for a very short time, a warm energy radiated from Sir.

“Ah…”

Lilu exclaimed involuntarily.

She is the energy of the World Tree, which she often felt in her childhood.

Although still weak, Lilu opened her eyes wide as she received the nostalgic energy she felt.

The energy faded immediately, but Lilu couldn’t move from the spot.

“…Sir, are you all right?”

“Wow!”

Seeing Leelu looking at her worriedly, Shire smiled brightly.

Around Sir’s neck was a shining pendant tied with a strong leather strap.

It was a pendant that Lilu brought back not long ago.

The magic stone embedded in the pendant emitted a soft light.

“Ugh…”

When Sir suddenly let out a disgruntled voice, Lilu looked at Sir’s face.

“Syr? What’s going on?”

“Abba!!”

At the words Shire uttered, Lilu grinned.

“Ah, it’s almost time to return to the dorm. Shall we go see you now?”

“Yes!”

Perhaps he understood Lilu’s words, Sir, whose dissatisfied expression had disappeared, smiled brightly again.

“hahahaha, what am I doing?”

A young man sighed and muttered in the back alley of the Royal Capital.

A time when the knight commander, Alma, accompanied by the vice captain, was meeting with the king.

The members of the Knights were supposed to wait, but in fact, they were just surprised.

So, after taking off their armor and changing into civilian clothes, most of the members were enjoying the royal road.

The royal capital of Gransen is overflowing with all kinds of food and entertainment.

For those who have lived ascetic lives as paladins, there is no time more precious than free time in the capital.

That’s right, I turned my back on that valuable free time and was collecting information uselessly.

…I’m doing it for a fee, so it’s ridiculous to complain.

“What was he thinking… Are the rumors true?”

She was asked to go to the capital and find out information about a noble girl.

There were rumors that the guy who asked me to investigate had been punished and expelled from the kingdom for stalking a noble woman.

At the time, I was dubious, but looking at the fact that he asked for money even for this kind of investigation, it doesn’t seem like a lie at all.

To be honest, I was very uncomfortable. But it was too much money to refuse.

“Riel Ignis… You said you were definitely the daughter of Duke Ignis, right?”

He started moving to gather information.