MONOCHROME: Choice Of Destiny
Chapter 15 Sharing the Burden

After Lucy left I went straight to one of her colleagues.

"Hey! what's going on!?"

I shook the man's shoulder violently, I knew that this was a serious matter because only this time did I see that psychopath had such an empty expression.

"Who are you!? it's so presumptuous."

The man brushed my hand violently, even so he did not look angry.

"She's the princess's personal knight, I think she deserves to know."

A woman patted him on the shoulder and the man immediately lowered his head like he was feeling very guilty.

"Ohh I'm sorry, because you're a princess knight I think I'll tell you."

We went to class S so that no one would hear us.

"We students of class S went to conquer dungeon rank A and black wyvern as boss."

"The Dungeon was not difficult in our opinion and everything went very smoothly thanks to the help of the princess."

"But when we have defeated the boss."

The man paused for a while thinking about how to tell it.

"A moment after we beat the boss..... The princess was stabbed in the back, we never expected that because we knew that the princess had absolute defense if attacked by someone weaker than her and we knew that the princess was the strongest."

"The sword was piercing right at the core where it belonged to the princess, that person just yelled 'forgive me princess but they threatened to kill my family' of course after that the princess directly cut off her head."

"We tried our hardest to heal the wound and the inner core, it was possible if we all worked together but it didn't work out."

The man's expression grew even more bitter each time he spoke.

"We checked the sword that the man was wearing and it was a cursed sword, the curse infected the princess's heart and made her malfunction again."

"I'm sorry.I can't do anything at all!"

"From the beginning I should have enrolled in this school as a knight in order to keep an eye on him..."

What kind of knight wasn't even on his master's side at a time like this!

"What will happen to him from now on?"

"He wouldn't be more than an ordinary princess without any strength."

"DORC!!"

I hit the table with all my might making the table crumble instantly.

"Where is he now?"

"He was shutting himself up in his room."

"Deliver me."

I stood at the door of his room for a long, long time.I don't know how to talk to him now.

"Tok tok" I knocked on the door.

"Lucy you're inside? it's me." it's me."

Silence..no answer....

"Kiiiik" I opened the door because it wasn't locked.

This room is very spacious, really suitable for a princess' room, it's just that the atmosphere here is very gloomy.

"What do you want? you want to mock me? you must have heard the story."

The sound came from the blanket on the bed.

I can't say what... I took a chair to sit next to him.

"Why do you look so weak?"

"Heh... The current me can't even kill bandits. Ohh you want revenge? you want to repay me three times, right? I think it's a good time."

"Hehe maybe I died instantly when I received your blow."

"What did you say? I'm your knight, you know? and it will continue like that until you keep your promise."

"Just forget that promise, I'm just an ordinary princess with no power now."

"Don't be weak like that damn it!! You intend to renege on your promise just because you weakened a little!? don't make me laugh!"

"If you lose a hand I'll be your hand, if you lose a leg I'll be your foot and take you running anywhere, I will be your sword that slashes all the enemies that are in front of you, and if you lose power then I will be your strength."

"Well! what can you do!? you can't even touch a strand of my hair!!"

The blanket shook very hard.

"Look at me fucking asshole! then try to repeat that!!"

I pulled the blanket and threw it into a corner of the room, in front of me Lucy curled up with tears that kept flowing.

"Look at me."

"Do I look so weak that I can't be your legs or your hands?"

"K-you how can you."

"When I read history I learned of the fact that Ba'al was a vampire with white hair, at first I thought it was just a coincidence but when I remembered my mother who had red eyes and fangs, I tried to divulge a bit of dark magic power and let it spread throughout my body and this is what I look like."

"You are a descendant of Ba'al?"

"Perhaps, now I may still be far from strong but one day I will become the strongest, and you will become the miss of the strongest man."

"Basin a big mouth."

"Don't bear your burdens alone, a knight's duty is to bear the burdens his master bears."

"..."

Lucy hugged me in silence.

"I'll bear all your burdens from now on so just calm down."

I stroked her silver hair, slowly her tear fields began to come out again and followed by a cry, Lucy cried as hard as she could.

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After a while Lucy calmed down and we drank some tea to melt this sorrow.

"Are you serious about what you just said?"

"certain."

"Then this is my first order, replace me to enter this year's selection tournament and win the white star tournament held next year."

"What kind of tournament is this?"

"For the selection section usually participants will be taken from class S to class A, but because I can't come along so you have to replace me."

"You may lack confidence but I believe you are one of the strongest people in this school."

"The school will select 16 students who are considered potential and will be reported in a selection tournament, you are now my strength so don't make me ashamed."

"If it's like this, I'll have to open all my cards in the tournament."

"I can't teach you magic now but I'll teach you swordsmanship."

"I'll try to do my best."

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The next day in the principal's room.

The secretary once again placed a stack of papers in front of the headmaster.

"This is data from all first and second year students that have potential based on their respective guardian reports."

The principal starts reading the paper but stops in the student data section called Ryu.

"The princess recommended her knight to come?"

"True, yesterday the princess suddenly appeared and asked me to enter Ryu's students into the selection tournament, she also said that Ryu's students will win the white star tournament this year."

"That's quite surprising, I think the princess will be slumped for a long time."

"Yes, yesterday she was picked up by student Ryu then the princess came out of the room and accepted reality just like that."

"Good, give one place to Ryu."

"Understand."

"And it was I who asked him to please put Zephyr and Ana Cross into the selection tournament."

"I understand the reason you put in a Zephyr student but I can't understand what the reason you put in Ana Cross students is, besides he was often in the bully he was also very bad at magic even commoners were better than him."

"Are you now beginning to doubt my decision?"

The secretary immediately bowed.

"Of course not! it's just that I want to know the reason why you're recommending it directly."

"Before he went on the expedition he did match what you said and I won't give him a chair, but..... after he returned from the expedition I felt the boy was a wolf in a sheep's costume, that's all."

"Well, and for the other 13 seats?"

"Do as you please, I'm not interested."

"Understand."

And the next day came the announcement of 16 people who will compete in the selection tournament.