Chapter 85
Chapter 85
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 85
Chapter Title: Sister, Princess, and Old Monster
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Krash's warning had the Verdant Knights fuming from head to toe.
Just as they opened their mouths to shout something at him...
"What's all this racket?"
A new voice cut through their words, and a figure stepped forward.
He wore a black uniform tinged with green.
A black mustache crossed by a scar over the bridge of his nose stood out prominently.
His beret was pulled low, and he looked thoroughly displeased with the situation.
Sword General, Verdant Knight Order Captain, Lexus Vilter.
He glanced back and forth between the Verdant Knights Krash had struck and Krash himself, then promptly furrowed his brow.
"Was it you who laid hands on my knights?"
Krash put on a bored expression.
Lexus's brow furrowed even deeper at the sight.
"What possessed you to start this? Speak plainly, or I'll punish you severely."
In the meantime, Reveliang came running up from afar.
And trailing behind him was one other person.
His face was deathly pale. It was the Azure Knight Order Captain, Vega.
Krash felt a twinge of guilt toward the two of them, but there was no helping it.
They shouldn't have crossed the line.
"Lex—Captain Lexus!"
"Captain Vega?"
Vega called out to him urgently, and Lexus raised an eyebrow in surprise.
It was just a squabble between knights, but for Vega to be this flustered struck him as odd.
"Hang on, let's talk for a sec."
Vega even tugged at Lexus's sleeve to emphasize his point.
Seeing this, Lexus scowled and turned back to Krash.
"We'll put this on hold since there's business between captains. But if you don't give me a damn good reason, you won't escape punishment."
"Captain Lexus! Enough, please, just drop it!"
Vega's face was on the verge of tears as he urged Lexus on.
In the end, Lexus left with Vega, looking utterly baffled.
"......Everyone, return to your positions."
In the meantime, Reveliang had dispersed the Azure and Verdant Knights.
The Verdant Knights wore expressions of utter disbelief.
But they didn't dare question Reveliang, a noble and the Azure Knights' vice-captain.
"Crad, big bro."
As Krash started back with his group, Bianca was suddenly there, holding his hand and looking up at him.
Her big eyes gazed up for a moment before she fidgeted with his hand and spoke.
"Didn't you say you were hiding your identity?"
"That's secondary. I'm not about to let you take flak for it."
Krash knew Bianca had tried to defuse the situation herself.
She hadn't wanted to trip and cause trouble for him.
But Krash had no intention of keeping his identity secret at the cost of Bianca getting chewed out.
He could just shut their mouths, after all.
That's what his position was for.
It wasn't for nothing that he'd gone all out on the Valheim direct lineage exam.
Understanding Krash's words, Bianca gripped his hand a little tighter.
For some reason, she seemed in slightly better spirits than before.
"Everyone's gathered."
At that moment, a quiet voice echoed through the air.
The chaotic atmosphere vanished in an instant, and tension spiked among everyone present.
The knights quickly straightened their postures and held their breath.
They cleared a path in unison as she passed.
Between the lines of knights stood Valheim's signature hair—black with a subtle blue sheen.
Even in summer, her mantle—enchanted to ignore temperature—billowed gently.
Her long hair, tied at the ends of a bob, swayed slowly.
Her sharp Valheim eyes and the Violet Heaven Knight Order's colors emblazoned on her mantle were striking, as was her figure accentuated by her uniform.
Yet despite her beauty, no one there dared appraise her face.
Lilish Valheim.
She was Krash's second eldest sister.
The Valheim direct lineage held absolute authority in the Valheim Knight Order.
And she was a Sword General, captain of the Violet Heaven Knight Order.
Not just any captain, either—she had risen to the position purely on her own merits.
So from the moment she appeared, discipline tightened across the board.
Lilish ignored the gazes fixed on her and strode forward steadily.
Behind her followed the Violet Heaven vice-captain and the rest of the order.
The aura emanating from their synchronized march was unmistakably that of the elite.
All of them were Master-level at minimum, putting the Violet Heaven Order leagues above the Azure or Verdant.
Even the Verdant Knights shrank back naturally in their presence.
Just like with the Azure Knights, no one dared speak up.
The sky is called sky because it's beyond reach.
As she passed Krash, Lilish walked right by.
For a brief instant, her blue eyes flicked this way.
Thud—
Her footsteps halted abruptly.
The Violet Heaven knights, caught off guard, stopped in unison.
Lilish's gaze slowly turned toward Krash.
'No way.'
Had she pierced through Darling's drug and realized who he was?
There was no need to hide his infiltration of the knight order from Lilish.
But revealing himself in front of everyone like this was awkward.
He had an agreement with the first prince, after all.
"Huh?"
But Lilish wasn't looking at Krash—she was staring at Bianca.
The much younger girl holding Krash's hand amid the knights had caught her curiosity.
"My little sister."
Realizing she hadn't spotted him, Krash spoke up on Bianca's behalf.
She glanced briefly at Krash before rummaging in her pocket.
He wondered what she was doing when she pulled out a candy wrapped in paper.
She handed it straight to Bianca.
"Candy. Want some?"
Bianca glanced up at Krash.
She was asking permission.
Krash nodded.
Bianca accepted the candy and bowed to Lilish.
"Thank you."
Lilish gave a short nod and resumed walking.
Krash watched her retreating back with a bemused expression.
'......Did Lilish sis like kids?'
He hadn't imagined she'd carry candy around.
It left him stunned.
They'd barely ever spoken, so how would he know?
Lilish was always someone he'd only seen from afar.
"Crad, big bro. That lady..."
"Yeah."
Krash nodded lightly at Bianca's question.
"She's nice."
With that, Bianca unwrapped the candy Lilish had given her and popped it in her mouth.
True to form, she stayed nonchalant even with everyone's eyes on them after Lilish's gesture.
"And her vibe's different from your other big sis, too."
The other one Bianca mentioned had to be Charlotte.
Lilish's presence was indeed very different from Charlotte's.
Charlotte was domineering and free-spirited.
Lilish, by contrast, was serene and moved by the book.
'And they're blood sisters.'
They could be this different, apparently.
"Captains."
"Right here."
The moment Lilish arrived, Verdant Captain Lexus and Azure Captain Vega hurried to her side.
She was in command today.
"Roster check done?"
"Yes, ma'am. You're good to enter."
"Let's go. Daphre."
Without further ado, she summoned the Valheim-exclusive mage.
In response, the spatial magic circle before her began to glow.
A hazy silhouette on the other half showed the connection was live.
"Everyone, follow in order."
Lilish stepped in first, followed swiftly by the Sword General's vice-captain and knights.
"Vice-Captain Reveliang."
As the Verdant Knights moved out...
Krash approached Reveliang.
He leaned in close and whispered.
"Tell Lilish sis later that I'm here."
She probably wouldn't make a fuss, but as the leader of this mission, she needed to know.
"Got it."
"Thanks."
Having passed the message, Krash fell back.
"Crad, uh, you okay?"
Meanwhile, fellow Azure Knight Collin approached him worriedly.
Not just Collin—the other knights felt the same.
He'd knocked out a Verdant Knight with his fist and caught the Verdant captain's eye directly.
Of course they'd worry about backlash later.
In response, Krash glanced at the Verdant captain.
Their eyes met, and the man flinched hard before bowing his head.
He'd apparently gotten the full story from his fellow captain, Vega.
Better for the captains to know the situation.
"I'm fine."
Krash brushed it off.
At least while he was around, the Verdant Knights wouldn't dare pick a fight.
Not if their captain was taking responsibility and wanted to keep his job.
"Azure Knights, we're moving out."
The Verdants had finished, so the Azures began.
Krash, still holding Bianca's hand, stepped onto the magic circle—and his head spun for a moment.
Spatial magic aftereffect.
"Urgh."
Was it Bianca's first time with spatial magic?
She staggered, looking seasick.
"You okay?"
Krash quickly caught her, and she grimaced while catching her breath slowly.
A little rest, and she'd be fine.
As he patted her back, Krash took in the surroundings.
Beyond the endless barren plain without a blade of grass.
A colossal wall stretched to the horizon.
But one thing stood out: the sky beyond the wall.
It glowed a vivid purple, divided sharply by the wall.
This was one of the Forbidden Zones, the Demonic Realm.
Far from both empire and kingdom, it was under Sephira's direct control.
"Whoa, the Valheims are here!"
But Krash's eyes weren't on the Demonic Realm—they were on one person.
She wore a face veil covering her eyes, revealing only her cherry lips, and beamed with innocent cheer.
Beside her stood a stoic bodyguard who also caught his eye.
Her near-peach hair sparkled, and Krash sighed inwardly.
'Sayrang Sephira.'
Sephira's 1st Rank officer's daughter—and a princess.
And next to her, a man with pitch-black hair stood out.
'Senile old monster.'
A figure who'd lived from the previous generation to now, thought long dead from retirement and age.
Heavenly Dog Star
Blavi
Born under the Heavenly Slayer Star, cursed with murderous impulses and world-hatred.
Thanks to the Sephira family's astrologers, he'd evaded his fate and remained their loyal hound.
The issue was that, outside Sephira's top brass, no one knew his true identity.
'Who could've guessed he'd undergone rejuvenation?'
And the simple reason Krash distrusted Blavi...
'Sayrang Sephira gets killed by a World Eroder.'
Her death unleashed Blavi's Slayer Star.
His rage turned to hunting World Eroders.
Countless fell to him, forcing the Eroders to play their extreme card: all-out war.
That was the Heavenly Dog Star standing there.
The old monster Blavi.