Volume 3, Chapter 64 – Wavering

In truth, Fisiel herself also understood in her heart that she had actually been betrayed by the Kingdom.

Although she did not understand why they had to do this, still… Even after being betrayed like this, Fisiel still wanted to properly hold the Northern Fortress.

However, in reality…

The one who was cast aside was herself, the one who was abandoned was also herself, and the one still clinging to her faith was still herself.

Give up…

In fact, from the moment she learned of Lancelot’s death, a thought like this had already sprouted in Fisiel’s heart.

Give up… give up everything.

Give up everything she wanted to protect…

For the so-called Northern Fortress, for the so-called safety of the Kingdom, she had only been single-mindedly carrying out the orders from above, single-mindedly wanting to keep the Northern Fortress from being taken by the Beastmen.

However…

Why… Did it end up like this?

Fisiel did not know.

The principles of the Paladin that she had always firmly believed in told her that what she was doing was in fact all correct.

But since it was correct, then why had it turned into a situation like this?

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“Don’t listen to her, Fisiel!”

Just as Fisiel’s heart was still wavering, a voice suddenly rang out in front of her.

And the one who spoke was a beautiful girl with jet-black long hair and a pair of fluffy cat ears.

“Eh… Yeluo…”

Fisiel subconsciously called out the name of the girl before her.

“Fisiel! Are you an idiot? You’re already doubting yourself and wavering just because of a few words, do you still count as a Paladin!?”

The cat-eared girl stood with her back to Fisiel, and although Fisiel could not see her face, even with her turned away like this, just from her tone of voice Fisiel could feel that the girl’s expression must be extremely angry…

Fisiel opened her mouth, then swallowed her words again, and at that moment the Headless Knight who had fallen silent spoke once more.

“Half-beast? Do you really think it was only my words that shook her heart?… no, my words only played a guiding role, what truly shook her heart was nothing more than recognizing the reality of herself.”

“Hah?”

At Fischerna the Headless Knight’s words, Yeluo voiced her doubt.

“Don’t think that just because you’re Fisiel’s ancestor you can just lecture your descendant however you want! There should be a limit to forcing your own views on someone!”

“Views? No, this is the tragedy of Paladins, I am only stating the objective facts.”

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“Paladins protect the weak, it looks like justice but in truth it is foolish, and Paladins who devote themselves like this are the ones most easily used by others, tools to earn profit, pawns in schemes, and when they are no longer needed they can be discarded on the spot.”

“And this is the reality of Paladins.”

“…”

Although she did not really like the Headless Knight’s words, Yeluo could feel that what she said really was what you would call reality…

And only then did Yeluo notice that the stern aura coming from Fisiel behind her was growing weaker and weaker.

“Looks like… I can’t let you keep talking!”

While she was thinking, Yeluo came up with a way in her heart to resolve the problem before her.

In the next instant, the cat-eared girl who had been standing in front of Fisiel vanished from where she was.

“Hm?”

As a knight seasoned by many battles, even though she had become undead and no longer had a head, Fischerna’s perception of her surroundings was still far beyond ordinary, so at the very moment Yeluo disappeared from where she had been, she reacted.

The warhorse beneath her, wreathed in flames, let out a scream and under Fischerna’s control leaped high up from its place.

At almost the same moment, the figure of the cat-eared girl appeared at the spot where Fischerna had just been standing.

“So fast… at this speed, you are absolutely not an ordinary half-beast.”

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When it came to half-beasts, Fischerna knew them very well.

At first when the cat-eared girl Yeluo rushed over in front of her, Fischerna had not taken her very seriously, but once Yeluo launched her attack, Fischerna was greatly shocked.

“Damn it, she actually dodged it…”

Even though her own combat power would gradually decline as time passed, Yeluo still felt that the Headless Knight before her basically was not her match.

But her attack had been evaded so easily like this.

That really surprised Yeluo.

After leaping high into the sky, Fischerna pulled on the warhorse’s reins again, and then the body that had seemed about to fall forcibly halted in midair.

Without a doubt, this Legendary had used a skill similar to Levitation.

“You think if you go up into the sky I won’t be able to hit you?”

Yeluo glared up at the Headless Knight looking down on her, her face full of furious anger.

“Oh? You can levitate too? Interesting, but in fact I do not want to fight you.”

In the sky above, Fischerna spoke lazily.

“Half-beast, I can feel that I am not your opponent. If I fight you there is no outcome other than throwing my life away, so I do not want to fight you.”

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“What? How can there be such a Legendary like you? Come down here and fight me!”

This was the first time Yeluo had met someone who obviously had the upper hand yet was still this rational.

“Although I did not achieve the goal of killing this Paladin… I have shaken her heart in another way, so this trip has not been in vain…”

In truth, Yeluo herself could not fly. She could only manage a bit of low-altitude hovering, but true Levitation was beyond her, and with her power still constantly declining, she had no confidence in being able to keep the Headless Knight Fischerna here.

So now Yeluo could only look up helplessly and face off against the Headless Knight Fischerna.

“Well, let’s leave it at that for today. Next time… it will not be this easy… besides… if my senses are not mistaken, your power seems to be constantly weakening?”

“You…”

She did not know why the Headless Knight up in the sky would suddenly say something like that, but it was also a fact that her strength was constantly weakening, so when that point was suddenly hit right on, for a moment Yeluo did not even know how to deny it.

“Mm, judging from that reaction, it really is not my imagination. In that case, I will avoid the sharp edge for today… after some time has passed, I will come to take Fisiel’s life again.”

In the end, under the catgirl Yeluo’s expression full of black lines, this Headless Knight left the Dread Knights still struggling hard below and all on her own… ran away…

“How… how can there be someone like that?”

Yeluo looked completely at a loss, but when she shifted her gaze to the knight girl, she finally noticed that the holy light shrouding Fisiel’s entire body was no longer as dazzling as before…