The Strongest Knight's

Ch. 130 - Protector of the Oppressed

"Wuahs.. Damn, what time is it?" Aliyah with swollen eyes that were still red suddenly rose from her bed in a semi-conscious state, she sat down while clearing her mind after opening her eyes from this long sleep she thought was short.

While standing he was astonished and still trying to digest the situation. He looked in all directions in the room he was currently in, a room that was none other than his own bedroom. "Huu.. This is my room." He said with a long sigh, as a form of relief because he slept in the right place today.

No wonder Aliyah thought like that, her habit of drinking red wine until drunk makes her often fall asleep in public places and wake up in a state of shame in the eyes of the crowd.

A sense of relief from that was dissolved when Aliyah opened the window and looked at the afternoon sky. "Yyyyyy.. How long I slept!" He panicked as he changed his clothes and rushed out of the house. No wonder because the sun will soon sink, it is clear from the afternoon sky light that shows the beautiful color of the twilight hue that emanates.

He fell asleep a full day without being aware of the time and missed the important things he should be doing today. As a teacher at the magic school, Aliyah had missed the two classes she was supposed to be teaching today, moreover she missed an important meeting to discuss the magic items she was developing along with her team.

In a panic he rushed into wearing magic clothes and robes without cleaning himself first. Just a splash of water to wash your face and a little gargle to get rid of bad breath after sleeping. After finishing, a simple makeup with magic already seems to make her look beautiful and younger than her age.

After doing so very quickly, he came down and after opening the door, he who was currently holding a wooden stick prepared to ride on him. Shortly before flying with the wooden stick, another woman seen walking in front of her house greeted. "Aliyah.. Oh my God, where have you been? Saint Jose was looking for you from earlier." Said the woman.

"Sorry Round, I'm in a hurry.. Excuse me." after that short conversation, Aliyah flew out using a wooden stick. The goal is Hogward's school of magic, the hair that is still disheveled is now becoming more messy because of the strong wind that hit because Aliyah who realized her mistake seemed to slide quickly using a wooden stick so that the wind gusts created were quite strong. His mind was only one, he had to immediately go to magic school even though his agenda today was really over.

Elsewhere, the holy knights who had arrived at the magic chancellor's residence in the town of Lockdown were startled by the appearance of a building that did not look majestic, the old building does not have a large yard and only has two floors. Like the impression of an ordinary house that is impossible to live in by a city leader.

The modest house is indeed the residence of the magic chancellor of the city of Lockdown or the supreme leader of the city of Lockdown. "Is this not wrong?" Rebecca spontaneously questioned the residence they were seeing. To put it simply, Rebecca was quite difficult to accept if the building in front of her was currently the residence building of the magic chancellor, the strongest leader and magician in the city.

"You're not wrong, this is the residence of the Chancellery of magic." Said Gerald who has been driving them all since.

Along with that, they all walked in through the gate guarded by 2 guards. There were only 2 guards, nothing else. This made Rebecca wonder. "How could the residence of the city leader be guarded by only 2 people!?" Said astonished.

"You'll understand after meeting Miss Rebecca." Connect Gerald who holds the door handle of the house. There was only Gerald and the holy knights and the two gatekeepers of the yard who did not enter the building.

Meanwhile, Anne Drigory since the first meeting and until now just continue to hug the arm of the Smits with a look full of fear. Moreover, the door of the residence was open, air and aura pierced Anne's skin to make it more creepy. "AHHH no, geez.. No, no I'm sorry.. No.." - No..." Instantly, Anne who had hugged Smits immediately reacted and hysterically. He took off his grip on Smits's arm, squatting while holding both ears with a frightened look while shouting continuously apologizing.

Of course, Smits and the other holy knights were surprised by Anne's hysterical behavior. Smits and Ivy swiftly approach and hold Anne to try to calm Anne who continues to cry out for forgiveness. Amidst the commotion, Gerald yelled at them. "Awas.. Be careful, if it's like that then the curse in Anne will go berserk!"

"God! Anne's.." Ivy said a little panicked.

After saying that, Gerald took the initiative to attack Anne with his magic. "Hey, what are you doing?" Said Smits in the way.

"Master.. Please move. That woman is dangerous!"

"No.. He doesn't seem dangerous, he's just scared of something." Smits insisted, then shortly after the hysterical incident, a white-robed old man with a long white beard until his chest and a thick white mustache under his nose approached.

Gerald who saw footsteps turned around and spontaneously knelt down. "Chancellor.." Her speech.

The holy knights turned around, they all felt the great empire of the old man they were currently seeing. With a sharp gaze pointing at Anne, the old man pointed the staff he was holding at Anne and a split second. The hysterical Anne was silent and lying on the floor.

Seeing that, Ivy who had been holding Anne immediately put Anne's head on her thigh and turned towards the old man who made Anne faint. "Old man.. What are you doing!?" Smits was surprised, he did not have time to react when the magic attack came out and made Anne faint.

Rebecca and Gildarts beside him were instead acting wary, as if wanting to fight. Before any misunderstanding, the old man said straightforwardly." Be calm.. The woman just fainted!"

"So this is the chancellor of magic.. He didn't even cast a spell for the magic he had cast earlier." Gildarts' mind churns knowing the power of the magic chancellor.

With the prestige and charisma of the old man before them, the holy knights finally reduced their guard and began to act more relaxed while Gerald was still kneeling down. "alright.. I've heard about you guys." Said a woman who was behind the old man.

The holy knights were shocked, along with the sound that was heard, and the figure of a female voice that they heard from behind the old man. A beautiful woman with deep black long hair with smooth white skin color and blushing red lips.

"Chancellor.." Gerald once again.

"Gerald.. You did your job well. Now you can stand." Said the woman with a meaningful gaze.

Still unconscious and yet clueless of the situation, Rebecca pointed at the woman who was in front of the old man in front of her. "Hey beautiful plump woman, who are you?" He said in a sarcastic tone because he was envious of the beauty of the woman he pointed at in front of him. "No-miss Rebecca she's the chancellor of magic." Firm Gerald.

What Gerald said then shocked them all, it turned out that the old man who attacked Anne was not the chancellor they had expected, but the beautiful woman with red lips was the magic chancellor or the leader of Lockdown.

"Aapaaaa.. This plump woman is chancellor!" Rebecca seemed to represent her comrades by expressing that feeling of surprise to Gerald.

"Haha.. Despite being a holy knight, you're still a freshly pubescent teenager." Chancellor's remarks to Rebecca.

"What's!? Hemm.. Chancellery's plump."

"But I'm glad to meet the current generation's holy knights. Then, we better talk in the other room." The Chancellor of magic.

After that incident, from inside the other room suddenly two people wearing robes appeared and walked over. The two of them were handcuffs, the two servants intended to put the handcuffs in Anne's hands and put Anne where they should be.

Just as the two maids were about to approach, Smits got back in the way. "I told you, I'm here to hear the chancellor's explanation about this woman.. The woman who had been hugging my arms for a few days was trembling in fear. Therefore, I will not hand it over before the chancellor explains the situation and conditions about the woman.. I won't!" Firmly Smits with a serious face while staring towards the magic chancellor.

The two maids stared at the chancellor, they waited for the order to forcefully break through or leave him alone. "Haa.. What a manly man.." Sela Chancellor of magic. "alright.. The waiter let it go." The chancellor gave the order.

The two maids moved away and let the holy knights who had brought Anne into the room they were heading to, the room to the left of their room at the moment. Smits then gives Gildarts the code to carry and guard Anne from anything that feels dangerous.

Although it looks friendly, but Smits remains vigilant. What's more after seeing the power of the old man who continues to be next to the magic chancellor, if the old man alone is already very strong then what about the magic chancellor.

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On the same day, it was outside the town of Lockdown. Not far from the crowd who were lamenting the fate of not being able to enter the city of Lockdown. More precisely on the outskirts of the forest, Richard was seen approaching the crowd from the direction of the forest after walking for several hours.

Just as Richard was coming out of the forest, he was instantly speechless when he saw the large crowd of creatures gathered in front of the huge gate, from humans to other races. Because of the density of Richard's current direction, there are several semi-permanent buildings that are also seen as a place of rest. Starting from wooden buildings, semi-permanent tents and also large tents that are not covered stretch around the edge of the big wall that closes the city.

Long enough Richard watched until from behind the Woli followed with a face full of regret. "Mr Richard.. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lie." His words drowned.

Richard turned around with a flat face, then walked forward without replying to what Woli looked so regretful. Apparently Richard already knew that Woli did not know at all the way to the mainland of Gres and it made Richard quite upset. Richard learned of Woli's lie when Richard urged Woli to be honest after their misunderstanding with the elven-race witch earlier this afternoon.

With regret, Woli tried to be honest under the pretext of being forced to lie so that he could accompany Richard's adventure. After all, Woli was very astonished and had great respect for Richard. It's just that, because of the lie Richard became upset and no longer mengubris Woli, even he told Woli to return to the kingdom of Inggram.

Woli certainly did not follow the advice, although along the way he was not harried at all by Richard but he remained faithful to accompany Richard even though Richard himself looks worried and continues to keep his distance. Richard became very sensitive because he had been betrayed by his colleagues and now he was again lied to by his travel colleagues even though he himself has not considered a companion Woli and is nothing more than a guide.

Then, as Richard reached the middle of the crowd. He saw a long line. While trying to get closer, suddenly others reprimanded themselves to start queuing from the outside. Richard himself did not understand why he had to wait in line, but he only wanted to get closer and see the closed city entrance gate in front of him.

Richard did not want to look for trouble, he finally relented and tried to find the back end of the queue. The result made Richard shake his head because the queue was very long even if he had to come in line then it took a week so that he could be at the front.

He was amazed and asked in his mind. "What's with this queue?"

While Woli who was separated from Richard tried to sniff the smell and found Richard in the crowd queueing. So many people that it made it difficult for Woli to move, he was unconscious and lost track of Richard when they both tried to break through the long queue.

Richard himself even out of the crowded queue crowd, he felt stifled because he could not move freely. He looked up at the sky, just looking at a large gate, Richard immediately knew that the gate had been coated by shield magic even Richard could tell of a dome that closed the city even though the dome was transparent and could not be seen by ordinary people.

"What city is this? Is this a city of magic?" His chatter, which he had unknowingly responded to by an old man who was currently picking up a wooden branch behind him.

"Yes.. It was the magic city of Lockdown, the safest city on the mainland of Neverland." The old man suddenly said.

Richard turned around and saw an old man or rather a grandfather with white hair and a white mustache.

"Why? Why are you looking at me like that? Have you never seen a grandfather of the Dwarf race." Said the grandfather.

"Sorry old man, I'm just surprised to see your burly body." Said Richard.

"Heh.. This is how we are.. Although we are old but we are still burly, unlike you humans. Proud of a big belly and noble status." Reply to the grandfather.

Amidst their meeting, the sound of the shouting of the crowd lining up was heard. The voice distracted Richard and saw a horde of monsters attacking a settlement not far from the queue location into the city.

Semi-permanent settlements inhabited by almost all races and those who were rejected entered the city. Strangely, however, the commotion was only heard from those in line while the people who were in the settlement did not look afraid at all.

"Girl..!!" Richard was a little panicked,

"Just calm.. We're safe." Said the old man.

Richard looked back at the face of the grandfather who remained relaxed picking up the dry twigs. A moment later, the rumble of explosions rang out and destroyed the group of monsters that came out of the forest to attack the settlement.

Simultaneously, a hysterical voice turned into praise was heard from the direction of the queueing entourage. They looked at the cloaked magic knight who was flying with a magic wand and attacked the low level monster troupe that was trying to attack.

Richard also watched it, watching how the magic knight troops fought against the monster troupe.

"Although we were not witches and failed to enter the city of Lockdown but we were still given permission by the magic chancellor to stay around the city and get protection from magic knights.. At least we're safer than being in the royal area. Tsk... All the kingdom cares about is the nobles." Bump the old grandfather while walking leisurely leaving Richard.

Not long after, all the monsters that attacked had been slaughtered by magic knights. The thing that makes the cheers again sounded from the direction of the queue to the direction of the semi-permanent settlement.

"Life Chancellor magic... Praise the Chancellor of magic..." Shouted one of the magic knights who floated with his staff. Then followed by everyone below.

The voice of praise to the magic chancellor echoed to the sky.

"Who exactly is the magic chancellor?" Richard.

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*Again busy, so update rarely.