Pseudo-Villaines

Escalation That Will Grow

After a two-week journey, Jeanne and Hanna return safely. Szymon. It was just that his condition was much different from the two girls.

His mental state is very bad. After he regained consciousness, he kept screaming in fear, claiming that someone was planning to ruin his life.

Visoun Konarski who came to the capital felt stressed seeing the condition of the Krzys family's successor. He was not sure whether his mental health would improve or even get worse.

His comrades also paid no attention to Szymon's fate. They just close their ears and eyes. They are not sympathetic at all.

Once in the capital, Viscount Konarski and the knights he brought broke away to pay a visit to the residence of Count Krzys. Return their son who is on the brink of insanity.

Hanna and Jeanne move to their base. During the day, the knights were still training. There were some seniors who were relaxing. But as soon as they see Jeanne and Hanna return alone, many of them stop her activities.

All eyes looked towards Hanna and Jeanne. Some wonder where their colleagues have gone. Some people guessed what happened.

Although this mission was kept secret by the higher-ups, many of the knights had heard of it. Four knight captains are sent to run missions in the frontier forest. Their job is to investigate anomalies that occur in the forest near Krakov city that are suspected enemy activity.

Although the rumors have been mixed up by many lies, the point remains the same. They were sent on a very dangerous mission.

In fact, there was the interference of Duke Cetner and his faction in the investigation mission into the border forest. The Duke faction was a little lucky because of the anomaly in the forest that was basically created by Jean. They have reason to follow their strategy. But that's a story for another time.

Jeanne and Hanna rushed to the room where the Knight's head was. The old man was sitting down and reading some documents. After realizing the presence of his men, he halted his activities.

There was no need for the Knight chief to know what was going on as he looked at the faces of his two subordinates. He only read the written report given by Hanna to find out the details.

The Knight Chief repeatedly scrunched his forehead while reading the report. Not because it's awkward. The report written with Hanna's point of view is arguably quite detailed.

What surprised her most was Jeanne's description of the monster she met. For the 40 years he had been a knight, the chief knight had never seen or heard of a humanoid monster with a gray body and had one eye.

He didn't think Jeanne was lying. In her perspective, Jeanne did not benefit by manipulating her testimony.

What saddens him the most is Karina's death. After all, Karina was his student. He's the one who trained Karina's sword.

"Thank you Jeanne, Hanna. Thanks to you, we have important information. For Karina... Let me send the body myself to the Lesko family.

"I will also process the company for the families of the victims. So you don't have to worry. And for punishment.... Well, you guys I've been suspended for 2 weeks. You don't have to come to the base nor do you have to go on a mission."

As a knight who had already devoted his life and escaped many times from death, the chief knight realized that mental fatigue took longer to recover.

Jeanne and Hanna just nodded then left the knight's headroom. Before parting, the two looked at each other and hugged each other. Karina's death still basically left a deep sadness in their hearts.

"Then we meet in two weeks, Jeanne."

"Yes, I'll see you again, Hanna."

As promised, the two will meet again in 14 days. Unfortunately, not as a friend. Except as the ones fighting each other.

***

"I'm home, Elyse, Elsie!"

Three days later Jean left home. Not a long time. But for Elyse and Elsie, they missed Jean for those three days. They had never been separated before. At least one day.

""Welcome, brother!!""

Realizing that Jean is back, the twins immediately run and jump into Jean's arms. Their originally moody roar was now bright again.

"Oh... Welcome back, son. The kids are so confused with you. Every day they ask, 'when will you come home?' every moment. Geez, they're both really fussy. Haha."

Alija's grandmother approached Jean. Jean thanks Alija's grandmother for keeping the twins for her. Alija's grandmother replied she didn't mind at all. After all, he had already considered Elyse and Elsie as his own grandchildren.

"Now, let your brother rest."

But they did not release Jean. No problem, Jean carried the twins to their room and played with them for a while. After that, Jean went to her own room.

"In the near future, Duke Cetner will begin his action along with his faction. Well, everything's gonna escalate into a very big conflict."

In the end, Jean has played one of his cards to make the fire even bigger. This time, the balance will lead to Duke Cetner's side.