Arknights, but the sickly pretty girl starts

This may be Grandma Russell's decision. She probably knew Noah's plan a long time ago.

The Chamber of Commerce was severely damaged. Although they launched the Holy Cut in time, they could not avoid the subsequent impact. Because the impact of this incident was too great, the Chamber of Commerce was forced to give up the full right to host the Grand Knight Territory Knight Competition Special. If nothing unexpected happens, the next competition will be jointly organized by the Knight Association, the Supervisory Council, the National Council, and the Chamber of Commerce.

In fact, the meaning is very clear. Knight competitions have been nationalized and can no longer be hosted by private individuals.

Under the supervision of the Supervisory Committee and the Chamber of Commerce, the rules and other arrangements of knight competitions were rectified.

Rhodes Island completed all the work quickly, and before leaving, he found Margaret and asked her about Noah's whereabouts.

"...She didn't say where she was going, only that she was going on a trip." Margaret shook her head. "But she'll definitely go to Rhodes Island. After all, she also said that we'll meet again. That lonely Noah will definitely come to see you."

"I see..." The doctor sighed, "Actually, she could have told me before she left."

"Maybe she doesn't want to cause you any trouble." Margaret smiled bitterly and shook her head. "That's just the way she is."

The doctor took a special look at the longsword beside Margaret and said meaningfully, "So when will you come to Rhodes Island? Everyone will miss you very much."

"...If you need me, I will definitely stand with you the first time." Margaret promised, "But now is not the time. Casimir's transformation has just begun, and I can't be absent."

"Yes, I understand." The doctor nodded. "After this, you should have your own plans, right?"

"After this... Honestly, just thinking about this is enough to worry me. I really don't dare to think about when it will be... Maybe a few years? Ten years, decades?" Margaret's words were somewhat complaining, but she still smiled and said, "But I will think about it."

"That's good. Then Miss Maria and Miss Zofia—and the people from the Red Pine Knights you introduced me to earlier, will I take them all with me this time?" The doctor shrugged. "I didn't expect that when I returned, I'd lose a Radiant Knight and have so many more people. Kal'tsit will definitely scold me. She'll say I'm kidnapping people again—and I signed Noah away."

Although the doctor seemed to be complaining, she was overjoyed that someone was willing to join Rhodes Island. Rhodes Island was truly eager to recruit talented people.

"Alright, Amiya and the others are still waiting for me to return, so I won't say any more. Operator Lin Guang... no, Margaret." The doctor stood up. "Please come to Rhodes Island when you have time. I'm sure there are many people who would like to meet you."

"must."

Margaret saw the doctor off. Now, there were a few fewer people she cared about in this city. After seeing so many people off, Margaret couldn't help feeling a little sad.

My uncle is gone, Zofia and Maria went to Rhodes Island, Noah is gone, and now I am really alone.

The Chamber of Commerce suffered a heavy blow in this incident, and Noah sacrificed his own reputation to help himself gain the support of ordinary people and infected people. Now he has obtained the assets given to him by Noah.

However, just like before, the Commercial Union will still be Casimir's Commercial Union. Whether the Supervisor will really take action against the Commercial Union or not, it will not cut off Casimir's economic artery.

But not everything has changed...

It wasn't for the Knight that Margaret carried the Blood Knight along that road that night.

With Noah's help, a seed has been planted in the minds of those people at that time. As long as they wait for the right opportunity, this seed will take root and sprout.

Casimir is still a country of knights.

But it is no longer a knight of the nobles, but a country of chivalry—

A long way to go.

-

"...In the end, she chose to leave Casimir."

The voice on the phone sounded a little tired. Indeed, he rarely saw anyone reject him, let alone such generous conditions.

"What is it here that makes her so obsessed? McGee, can you tell me?"

"I... don't know." McGee shook his head. This time, in front of this voice, or... in front of his father, he could only show this attitude.

"...Alas." A leisurely sigh came from the other end. "She's a good seedling. I thought I had really found my heir. What a pity... What a pity."

"Father... do you really think that Miss Noya can change our current situation?"

"Of course," the other person responded. "Do you know how we got started?"

"...I've heard a little bit about it." McGee nodded. "I remember it was given to me by someone."

"Yes, that was our first pot of gold," the reporter recalled. "At that time, a man came to me, broke off his own horn, and handed it to me."

"...a unicorn's horn...a truly priceless treasure." McGee responded, "Father, what do you mean?"

"We call it—Kirillite's generosity."

The reporter said earnestly...

“…We are profit-driven businessmen, but there are always some things that should not be put on the shelves—we still remember our oath.”

-

And above the wasteland, a specially modified off-road vehicle was galloping across the land.

Kuro was driving, and Noah was sitting in the passenger seat. She leaned back in the chair, humming a song, and seemed to be in a good mood.

"Come to think of it... Tora, how did you find me? I found you waiting for me as soon as I left the city." Noah hummed, and suddenly remembered this question, so he asked Tora, who was resting with his eyes closed in the back seat.

"Intuition." Tora responded, simply and directly, but it was basically no answer.

"Oh, I see..." Noah didn't ask any more questions. Her original plan was to take Kuro away from Casimir, and she didn't plan to take Tora with her. After all, Tora still had his own journey to go. She didn't expect Tora to be waiting for her first. Fortunately, her car could accommodate many people, otherwise would she have to let Tora run to follow her?

Of course, Tora was fine, but what caught Noah off guard was...

"And you... your name is Roland, right... You said you were my father's former subordinate and came to find me?" Noah knew Roland was not lying, so he took him with him. However, he was very honest. After getting in the car, he kept explaining his situation, including the Medical Knights, and how Noah's father was once the leader of the Knights Medical Knights. After the war, Noah's father left the Knights Medical Knights, and the Knights Medical Knights became a group of guerrillas. He talked about everything at once.

However, when Noah asked why Roland followed him, his answer was ambiguous. "My old friend's daughter is trying to escape, so I can't just sit back and watch."

"Strictly speaking, I'm turning around..." Noah still felt that the word "escape" was not appropriate. He was turning around successfully, not escaping.

However, besides the fact that Roland was unwilling to get off the car, Noah had another reason for bringing him along. She felt that Roland should know something about his father... but he wasn't planning on telling her yet.

After all, the timing of the other party's arrival was really coincidental. He came just when he was planning to escape, and he happened to get on his car.

It can't be that my father knew a long time ago that I was going to run away, so he specially arranged bodyguards for me?

At times like this, Noah felt very sorry that his ability was only to sense emotions, not to read minds, otherwise he would know everything with just a glare.

"Speaking of which, Miss Noah, where is your destination?"

"Hmm... Kjerag." Noah had no intention of hiding anything from Roland. It would be pointless to keep it a secret if he could already get on her car. "I'm planning to recuperate for a while, and my friends over there have invited me over."

"Oh... Kjerag... that little country in the snowy region?" Roland said with a smile. "That's quite a rare destination. You know, it's quite exclusive there."

"With friends around, there's always a way." Noah decided to make Kjerag his first stop after SilverAsh's invitation. As for xenophobia... it's impossible that he can't even get through the door. As long as he can get in, there's always a way.

As the first stop of the journey, I won’t give up so easily.

Noah looked relaxed. After leaving Casimir, she seemed to have relaxed a lot. Although she occasionally felt a little regretful, at least she looked much more energetic now than she had in Casimir.

Before leaving Casimir, Roland went to meet Mainna. Although they were on different paths, they were teammates in the Uka War, and he also learned about his destination from Mainna.

One went to look for his brother and sister-in-law, and the other went on vacation to Kjerag...

These two people are running towards trouble.

Roland sighed secretly, but he didn't complain about it.

After all, it was impossible for these two people to remain ordinary.

He touched his broken horn and suddenly felt a little funny. He was curious about the next step for Noah Kyrielight.

End-of-volume summary and next volume plan

The Casimir chapter is over. This chapter was all done according to the outline and was basically not out of control.

In fact, the original ending was that Noah was besieged by the mob, Silver Spear Pegasus refused to follow Lime's order to protect her, and the Chamber of Commerce let the Helmetless Alliance blend into the crowd to assassinate Noah. When Noah was ready to be executed, the people she had helped: Viviana, the Red Pine Knights, etc., tried their best to stop the angry people, and then Roland and Mainna rescued Noah and took him away.

But then I thought, if I wrote it like that…it would become a nationwide bullying scene.

Although it was Noah himself who instigated it...

And having Mainna and Mace attack the people...it always feels a bit weird.

It was ill-considered.

I changed this ending after much thought. The previous version was too...how should I put it, it felt like an ending, but upon closer inspection it didn't seem very reasonable.

Of course, if anyone has better ideas, I'd love to hear them and collect them.

I spent so much time writing the outline, but I found that the foreshadowing in the beginning was too high... The ending couldn't bring back that tragic feeling.

It felt like I was watching the penultimate and final episode of Blaze.

Anyway, thank you for your company, and goodbye to the weird little country of Kjerag.

Volume: The Strange Little Country - Kjerag

Chapter 1: Starting as a Tourist Today

Roland didn't enter the country with Noya. According to him, as a member of the Knights Hospitaller, he couldn't enter officially and needed to obtain legal documentation. So, he temporarily left Noya's group. Noya had no intention of keeping him around. After all, he had gotten stuck on his questions about his father, saying nothing but a silent smile, which had almost exhausted Noya.

Regarding the matters concerning my parents, it seems that this group of people thinks it is OK to keep it a secret from me. I have already gotten used to it.

After taking the medicine sent by the doctor a few days ago, Noah indeed slept well for at least a few days. After leaving Casimir, Noah's mental state has been very good.

It can only be said that Casimir increased her mental exhaustion. Now she is indeed much more relaxed, but she misses Margaret a little bit - they met again not long ago, and she has to run away.

But before it was Margaret who was exiled, and now I am the fugitive myself - it feels quite interesting.

Maybe this is what they call fate?

Anyway, one of Margaret and I will have to wander around, but compared to Margaret who may not even have time to sleep in Casimir, I feel much more relaxed now.

So, although I feel a little sorry for Margaret, should I still write a few more words in the letter?

Kjerag is a small, relatively isolated nation, situated at a high altitude, experiencing constant winter—one of the few places untouched by natural disasters. This is said to be due to Kjerag's protection by a deity named Yelagund. Although Noya couldn't see the magnificent snow-capped mountains, she could feel the snowflakes on her skin, the melting and falling snowflakes. This was a novelty for her, perhaps because she had never experienced anything like it in Casimir.

"...The air here is so fresh." Noah took a deep breath. "There's no such clean air in Casimir—I start coughing when I'm outside for too long in Casimir."

Kuro: “…”

Tora: “…”

Noya suddenly remembered that the two people around her were both confused. She had been talking to herself most of the time. Occasionally, Kuro would reply, but Tora really didn't intend to talk at all. If Noya hadn't been able to tell that he was not asleep, she would have thought Tora had slept all the way.

"Ah... I kind of miss Maria at times like this. At least she wouldn't let my words go to waste..." Noah exhaled a breath of white air. Before coming to Kjerag, she specially wore a down jacket, so she didn't feel too cold. She just felt that although this place was a bit high in altitude, it was still pretty good.

"As long as you're happy, welcome to Kjerag—" At this moment, SilverAsh, who had invited Noya here, finally spoke. "Welcome, Miss Noya."

"Mr. Ensideos, thank you for inviting me here too - but you invited a chairman. Right now, I'm just a fugitive."

"Kjerag and Casimir haven't signed any extradition agreement. You're here, innocent." Silver-Gray's lips curled into a smile. "Kjerag always welcomes beautiful ladies like you."

"Hmm, even if it's just a compliment, I'm happy." Noah nodded. "I plan to stay here for a while. Any snacks or souvenirs you recommend? I also want to send them to Maria and Zofia. Ah... if my logistics network hasn't been taken over, Margaret should be able to receive it too."

"Don't worry. Kjerag may not be a developed place, but at least you won't be bored." SilverAsh clapped his hands and called the messenger forward. "His name is Weiss. He will take care of your food and daily life during your stay in Kjerag. If you have any requests, you can ask him and he will pass them on to me. I will do my best to make your stay in Kjerag as pleasant as possible."

——Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

The wind blew across the snow-capped mountains, echoing melodiously. The bells of pack animals jingled and rattled, and devout monks chanted scriptures. Noya listened to Kjerag's voice. She had a good impression of him. It was a place, though backward, yet brimming with vitality. In this land untouched by natural disasters, there were rare instances of irreconcilable conflicts between the infected and the uninfected. Noya even suspected that most Kjerag people were unaware of the Reunion.

You can call this place a secluded corner or a paradise on earth.

Anyway, Noah likes this place very much...

The sound of feet stepping on the snow, the simple voices of people passing by, even when Noah passed by on the street, most of the glances he gave him tended to be kind or curious.

For Noah, such a place is indeed much more relaxing than Casimir.

"I like it here very much." Noah said with a smile, "It's simple, natural, and... beautiful."

Noah suddenly understood why those rich people would occasionally leave the Grand Knight's Territory to go on vacation in the countryside. Sometimes the countryside was really much more relaxing than the city. In Casimir, she had almost no time to relax. She had to always pay attention to whether the Business Association had set traps for her. She was either working or negotiating, exchanging interests. She had not had any real time for herself for a long time.

It's good here, no need to think too much -

——SilverAsh naturally couldn't accompany him the whole way, so he said goodbye and left halfway, and Weiss took his place, acting as a tour guide.

SilverGray was incredibly attentive to Noya's arrival. Although she was no longer his partner, he wouldn't treat her unfairly simply because of their relationship with his sister. Furthermore, SilverGray wasn't worried that someone like Noya would settle for mediocrity. She could carve out a career in a place like Casimir, and if she chose, she could always make a comeback, and SilverGray could even become her investor.

Even if you don't want to start your own business, Kalan Trading always welcomes such people to join.

Only mediocre people would worry about talented people taking over, and SilverAsh was certainly not that mediocre person.

He is confident that he can make good use of Noah's talents, and he is also confident that he can suppress Noah's abilities.

What's more, even if he put aside Noah's abilities, he still thought Noah was a friend worth making close friends with.

After hearing what happened in Casimir, SilverAsh became even more convinced of this. She could bear the blame for Margaret Linguang, and she could give everything unwaveringly.

Anyone is lucky to have such a friend.