A Knight Who Eternally Regresses

"Who is he?"

At the lieutenant's question, Graham adjusted his posture. A sharp pain shot from his spine to the top of his head.

‘Shinar.’

He had heard that a fairy had given Enkrid some ointment for his wounds.

As a lord, shouldn't he have received something like that too, or at least some herbal roots? Why was it that no ointment, let alone any herbs, ever came his way?

Graham answered, his thoughts drifting.

"Who?"

"The Green Pearl."

One of them was clueless and stupid, while the other was above average. Even the question was different.

‘Is it relative?’

Maybe the stupid lieutenant next to him made the other one look smarter. But he couldn’t just dismiss the lieutenant.

How far can one person go for another?

That lieutenant wouldn’t risk his life, but he’d throw his arm in to save him. So, he couldn’t just get rid of him.

"Garett Gyro."

Graham said the name of the man who had once been his superior but was now his peer.

The name didn’t roll off his tongue easily.

Garett's battalion had originally been the second reserve unit of the Border Guard, but after their victory in the Green Pearl battle, they had become a new battalion, taking the Green Pearl plains as their base.

"They say he's an opportunist who would do anything for his own gain. The rumor going around is that Azpen hasn't attacked because Garett's battalion already switched sides."@@novelbin@@

It wasn’t just a rumor that reached Enkrid’s ears.

Graham suddenly felt an itch in his ear and used his pinky finger to scratch it.

"Is someone talking shit about me?"

He began to suspect the lieutenant he had just sent out.

"If Azpen pushes through, the city will be in danger, Commander."

Graham, as both lord and commander, nodded.

"Who doesn’t know that?"

What should he say about Garett Gyro?

"Did he betray us? I don’t think so. If anything, he probably didn’t do it. If you want to bet Krona on it, I’d say he didn’t."

He was a sly and clever man, but betrayal didn’t seem likely.

"Why would Marcus leave him there?"

***

The battalion commander was a handsome man with dull blonde hair.