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Chapter 24

WHEN Kiho raised his hand, a thick wall of ice sprouted from the ground to protect him from Lahara's attack. A black spear-shaped energy pierced through and broke his ice wall in an instant. He already expected that so he geared up for a physical attack this time.

On the other hand, Lahara looked like she was ready to attack, too.

They were about to clash against each other when a harsh gush of wind literally stopped them from moving.

He felt a sting on his cheek the same time he saw Lahara's cheek bleed from a long cut.

Then, all of a sudden, Captain Sherwood appeared between him and Lahara.

[Dammit.]

"Stop," Captain Sherwood commanded in a calm yet composed voice while looking back and forth between him and Lahara. "If you don't, I will arrest both of you for threatening the royal family. How dare you fight in the palace when you know that His Majesty and Her Royal Highness are both in the throne room right now?"

That cleared his head.

"I apologize," Kiho said while the shattered pieces of ice around them were melting down. The water from it vaporized right away and returned to him as Mana. "As a captain, I shouldn't have let an extra large serpent provoke me."

Captain Sherwood's intimidating aura disappeared when he stifled a laugh.

Ah, right. The captain of the Blue Dragon Knights was quite an oddball. He was very strong but clumsy. He looked intimidating in the battlefield but if he wasn't in a war, he was as carefree as the next guy. His complexity made him the hardest to fathom out of all the captains of the Four Orders.

"Don't laugh," Lahara scolded Captain Sherwood. "Your squad's name was made in honor of the Blue Dragon Clan, Noel Sherwood. I'm technically your living ancestor."

Captain Sherwood cleared his throat. When his composure was back, he turned to Lahara with a somber look on his face. "Madam Lahara, we are all aware that you are a descendant of the Blue Dragon Clan. But when you left the White Tower to become a knight, your bloodline doesn't really matter anymore. The knighthood of the Four Orders doesn't give special treatment to anyone. That means you have to follow the protocol. Captain Kiho is in a higher rank than you so please show him some respect."

Lahara let out a deep sigh. "I understand, Captain Sherwood," she said, then she turned to him. "I apologize for my rudeness, Captain Kiho."

"I was at fault, too," Kiho said. "Let's just pretend that this didn't happen."

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"HOW boring of it to end like that."

Nia smiled at Aku's disappointment. "Brother, we should be thankful that Captain Sherwood stopped Lahara and Captain Kiho in time. If they clashed, the palace would definitely get destroyed."

Both of Lahara and Kiho's Mana were so crazily strong that there was no way they wouldn't feel the tension from the outside to the throne room.

But the emperor liked "fun" events so he definitely wouldn't punish the two for fighting in their presence. The disappointed look on his brother's face told her that he would have preferred it if the clash between Lahara and Kiho pushed through.

"Why did they fight, Nia?" Aku asked her. "What happened?"

"Lahara may have thought that Captain Kiho didn't show enough respect to me."

"Did the captain offend you, Nia?"

"Not at all, brother," she answered. "I've known Captain Kiho ever since you brought him to the palace eight years ago. He doesn't have the etiquette of a noble but I know that his loyalty to our family is stronger than the loyalty of other noblemen. He wouldn't disrespect us in any way."