About a week before Hurt and the others took the exam to become C-class adventurers.

　Keel, the deputy captain of the Royal Knights, had been called to the Knights' headquarters.

''Twentieth Squad, this is Keel.
Oh. Come in.

　When Kiel entered a certain room in the Knights' headquarters, a muscular man with a large scar on his face was waiting for him. That man is the head of the Kingdom Knights. He is the head of the Kingdom Knights, to which Kiel and Gad belong, and is said to be the strongest knight in the country.

''Excuse me.''

Sorry for calling you here. I would have liked to call you and your captain here.

　Gad, the captain, would ignore the calls from the Knights' headquarters. Since Gad wouldn't even attend the Knight's captain's meetings and so on, Keel was the acting captain every time.

''No, I'm already used to it. By the way, our unit shouldn't have done anything lately, right?

　When he was summoned to the Knights' headquarters.
　It was almost always a case of a member of the Twentieth Squad having caused some kind of problem.

　That's why Kiel was a little worried that the troopers might have done something without his knowledge.

　Although they are more skilled in combat than any other troops, but a troublesome group that causes many more problems than any other troops - that's the 20th troop of the Kingdom Knights - that's the 20th troop of the Kingdom Knights. In such a situation, Keel was a relatively decent person.

　Nevertheless, he himself is also pushing troublesome work to Gad within the unit, and playing with women, wielding the prestige of the Knights. If you look at the troops as a whole, they look decent, but Keel is also in the scum category as a person.


'This call isn't about your captain or the troop's problematic behavior, the role of exam supervisor for adventurers moving up to the C class is yours this time. That's the call.

　Keel was relieved to hear the Knight Commander's words.

'I see. ''Yes, sir. ........But why did the Commander summon me for that level of detail?''

　It should be left to the messenger to at least notify him of the role of exam supervisor being passed around. I had a hunch that there was some reason for that, regarding the fact that he had bothered to call up Keel and contact him.

'Hmm. It's a bit special for the people who are taking the test this time.

What's so special about it?

I don't know what he's talking about, but he's a big deal in this country.

Do you want me to expedite his success in the exam?　I'm sure the Commander knows this, but I don't think our captain is cut out for that sort of thing.

　Once, a nobleman's son bribed Gad and asked him to pass a promotion exam. Gad didn't like his attitude and once beat up his son during the exam.

　Not accepting the bribe was the right thing to do as a member of the Kingdom Knights....... It was quite a problem because he had gone too far against a nobleman.

　Gad would only act the way he wanted to, no matter who the opponent was. Even if it was a candidate who was important to the country, there was no way Gad would be disciplined. If that person didn't like Gad, there was nothing Keel could do about it.


''No, that's not what I'm talking about. In fact, they're willing to fight as hard as they can. I've been instructed to make the strongest possible test supervisor. So, I've decided to give the strongest of the available captains the role of overseer for this time.

　The words of this Knight Commander make Kiel suspicious.

　Gad is scum, but he's strong.
　He's at a level where he can fight even with the Knight Commander.

　In addition, he's not only strong, he's also brutal and doesn't show any mercy to opponents he doesn't like. He puts his opponents in a situation where they can't escape and slowly torture them.

　He tells such a gad that he can fight with all his might.

''I'm in awe. I'll tell the captain about the test supervisor.''

　Keel realized that there was something behind the scenes, but he didn't dare to mention it.

　And after he left the knight's headquarters, he started to act to investigate the situation behind the scenes.


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　After that, Kiel had come to the Ifrus Magic Academy.
　The students of this academy were the candidates for this exam.

　By the way, he did not have permission to enter the academy.

　He used his special skills to deceive even the sage Luano's surveillance magic and invaded this place.

　Also, although Keel is a member of the Order, he had connections with Glendale's behind-the-scenes (.) people (.). He used that behind-the-scenes information network to find out some information about the candidates before coming here.

''Halt-Elnor. The third son of Count Silverlei and brother of the king's SS chief Cain....... I see, so that's what it was.

　Kiel muttered as he checked out Hurt's mansion from a distance.

　Kiel could sense the presence of a strong man from Hurt's mansion. It was easy to convince him that he was A(⋅)Cain's brother. At the same time, I understand why the supervisor of this promotion exam was turned to the 20th unit.

''This is probably the captain, you've been thrown out.

　Gad has power, but he refuses to listen to any orders. He thought that the Knights were going to cut him off as such a nuisance.

　However, Keel understood Gad's strength very well.
　He was proud of his own captain's strength somewhere in his heart.

''Don't you underestimate our captain's strength too much?''

　Like Gad, Cain is called the fourth strongest in Glendale. Even though he is his younger brother, it's hard to believe that Hurt is equipped with the same level of power as Cain.

''........well. If you say you can do it with all your might, then let's have the upper echelons of the country regret it. Besides──

　Kiel's eyes caught a glimpse of Luna drying laundry in the garden of Hurt's mansion.

''It's quite a hit this time, you know. I'll have to motivate the captain to do it, by all means.''

　Keel figured that if Gad did well, he could benefit from it too. He looked Luna in the eye and left the scene.