How to Live as a Wandering Knight

Chapter 27.2: ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐–๐š๐ฌ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ (๐Ÿ)



โ€œHahaha! Sir Knight, youโ€™re something else. These folks are seasoned mercenaries. They wouldnโ€™t be scared by a tamed wolf.โ€

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Eldans burst into laughter. The mercenaries nodded with a smile, not so green as to be scared of a tamed wolf. They had seen wolf tamers before.

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โ€œBut really, itโ€™s big. What did you feed it?โ€

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The mercenaries tried not to look scared, but flinched instinctively as the black wolf approached.

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โ€œOutside itโ€™s fine, but when entering the city, itโ€™s better to put a collar on. Letโ€™s see. . .โ€

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Eldans took out a collar for the beast. Johan stared intently at the black wolf.

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โ€œIt might freak out if you collar it.โ€

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Would a wild beast stay calm while being collared?

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Surprisingly, the black wolf stayed calm. A collar engraved with Johanโ€™s name was put on it. Even with just one collar, the wolf seemed well-trained.

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โ€œWhat is its name?โ€

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โ€œName? Uh. . . Karamaf.โ€

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โ€œKaramaf! Named after Sir Karamaf? Haha.โ€

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โ€œ. . . . . .โ€

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โ€œNamed after eating him.โ€

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Johan realized he lacked the sense to name things. Of all names, why Karamaf?

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But Eldans seemed convinced, nodding. Naming animals or mounts after famous nobles or knights was common, hoping to inherit their spirit.

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Karamaf was a famous knight of the Empire, a fitting namesake. But. . .

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โ€œSir Karamaf was a knight loyal to the Emperor.โ€

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People south of the Empire, beyond the mountains in the Catalian Peninsula, did not favor the Holy Empireโ€™s Emperor. They disliked his claims over the cities of Catalian Peninsula.

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If Johan was from a pro-Emperor knightly family, it would cause problems.

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โ€œJohan-nim, do you admire Sir Karamaf?โ€

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Eldans tested the waters. He thought Johan, a noble, wouldnโ€™t catch on, but Johan, raised on hard looks in his fiefdom, quickly understood.

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โ€˜๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต? ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ง? ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฉ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ. . .โ€™

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Admiring Karamaf -> A knight from a pro-Emperor family!

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Johan inwardly cursed. Such trickery from an experienced merchant.

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โ€œNo, not particularly.โ€

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โ€œIs that so? Not even such a great person. . . Oh, I donโ€™t mean youโ€™re not great, Johan-nim.โ€

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โ€œI donโ€™t doubt Sir Karamafโ€™s skills, but he lacks honor.โ€

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Johan had a ready excuse. Karamaf, the Emperorโ€™s butcher, had many enemies. His flag, stained with blue blood, was a symbol of suppressed civil wars and rebellions.

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โ€œAh, I thought so too.โ€

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Eldans hastily agreed, but his ears perked up happily, his doubts resolved.

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โ”๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ.

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The new Karamaf made a contented sound and nudged Johanโ€™s leg. Johan, suddenly remembering, looked at the wolf and asked.

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โ€œIf youโ€™ve followed me here, did you happen to see two scoundrels who fled from the town?โ€

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The wolf nodded its head.

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โ€œYou saw them? Why didnโ€™t you catch. . . No, never mind. I canโ€™t expect that from you.โ€

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From the wolfโ€™s perspective, it must have been confusing whether it was okay to just eat the two humans who fled. Especially since Johan was riding on it.

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โ€œDo you know where they went?โ€

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The wolf turned its head and pointed in the direction of Marcel. Johan smiled slyly.

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๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ

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Marcel was a beautiful city that had descended from the ancient Empire era. For Johan, who had spent his entire life in a rural fiefdom, the sight of Marcel was inevitably striking. If he hadnโ€™t lost his memories of a previous life, he would have reacted like a country bumpkin.

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โ€œImpressive!โ€

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While the prosperous city itself was remarkable, Johan was amazed by something else: the technology of the ancient Empire.

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The ancient Empire felt like Rome on Earth, but its technology was on a different level. Living-like plate armor, swords that seemed to cut through anything, and roads that lasted over a thousand years. . . No wonder there were mercenaries who specialized in rummaging through the ruins of the ancient Empire.

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Furthermore, it was said that in Marcel, clean water was readily available everywhere, and there were so many baths that water was in excess, indicating a near-perfect water supply system. It wasnโ€™t that the people of the city were extraordinary; it was just that the system from the ancient Empire era was still functioning perfectly.

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The ability to spread water channels throughout the city like veins and maintain them was truly miraculous.

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โ€œI thought it would be dirtier and smellier. . .โ€

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Before he could finish marveling, good news arrived.

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A guard at the city gate addressed Eldans.

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โ€œAh, Mr. Eldans. Youโ€™re just in time.โ€

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โ€œWhatโ€™s the matter, Fiso?โ€

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โ€œThe mercenary hired by Mr. Eldans came babbling, so we locked him up. Is he the one sent by Mr. Eldans? If so, you should come quickly to confirm. . .โ€

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Eldans turned his head. The mercenaries, already bright with joy at arriving in the city, erupted in cheers at this unexpected good news.

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โ€œThat son of a b*tch, letโ€™s go sort him out!โ€


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