Pseudo-Villaines

Border Forest

Jean calmly leaned against the branch of a tree that was quite tall after finishing training. She does her training inside the forest but leans on a tree located near Alija's grandmother's house.

Leaning back, he ate a golden apple while watching Elyse and Elsie practice magic alone. Their development was rapid and Jean was pleased with their efforts.

He looked at the blue sky. The sun was hiding behind a white cloud, making this morning not so glare.

Suddenly, a smile formed in his mouth. He laughed without cause, or that's what other people would judge if they saw Jean now.

"It's already begun."

Jean throws his apple into the sky and catches it again. After that, he bit another part of his apple. He did that constantly and only stopped when the twins called out to him from below.

"Sister Jean! Come see my magic!!"

"Come, come!"

Jean chuckled again, though this time for a different reason. Elyse and Elsie are adorable! He could not help his smile when he saw the twins excited.

He jumped from the top of a tree that was about three meters tall and landed smoothly on the ground.

"Alright, show me your skills!"

Elyse and Elsie nodded excitedly. Without restraint, they showed the development they had achieved to her brother.

***

At the same time as Jean watches over her younger siblings, Jeanne and the other knights begin to explore the forest separating the kingdom of Warsaw and the Principality of Danzig.

The knights were divided into four teams with each captain as their leader. The exploration area is also divided into four. They all split up and when evening came, everything would gather at a predetermined point.

Jeanne roams the lush forest with her men. Along the way, they encounter various dangerous monsters such as poisonous giant frogs, venomous giant snakes, large deer with horns as sharp as swords, and others.

Thankfully, thanks to the power that Jeanne has, she manages to uncover the monsters that stand in her way. None of his men were killed, although some of them were injured.

One of his men reported to Jeanne. He is a magic user [Tamer]. One of its advantages is that the magic user can summon animals and various consciousnesses with the animals he calls.

His men made birds as animals to share consciousness. Through the sight of the bird, he investigated the forest from above. As I said, nothing is suspicious.

Jeanne felt that if she went deeper into the forest, there would be danger waiting for her and her men. Without hesitation, Jeanne ordered her men to retreat to their camp.

It turned out that he was not the only one who made the decision to retreat. Hanna and Karina were already there. Although with a somewhat frustrated expression and a reduced number of men.

"Dianna, Karina. W-are you all right?"

Listening, they nodded. Both had minor injuries that would heal in a matter of hours. But their knight sustained a wound severe enough that he could not continue the mission.

"Did you guys get anything in your exploration area?"

Hanna shakes. He was the first to answer.

"We didn't get anything. All we found was a bunch of powerful and crazy monsters. Even five of my men had to die protecting me."

"The same here. We found no human activity at all. Damnit damnit! From the beginning there really shouldn't have been any humans who stupidly stayed here for whatever reason!"

They both gritted their teeth in frustration. Although this was not the first time they had lost a man, this feeling remained unpleasant for them.

They were aware that this mission made absolutely no sense from the start. Why were they sent so far away to this place that spies from the Principality of Danzig could easily cross the official border?

They only had to tighten the guard the task could be left to the local knights belonging to viscount Konarski. There was no need to send the capital's elite knights all the way to resolve a matter like this!

"alright. I think being in a place like this constantly will be very risky. As soon as Krzys comes back, we'll get out of this forest to go to Krakov. Even though this mission failed, it was better than the casualties falling."

Jeanne naturally became a leader. Hanna and Karina agreed with the proposal. The central headquarters will obviously sanction them. But it's much better than dying.

Unexpectedly by anyone, tragedy is imminent.