Chapter 278: Missed Opportunities
It was hard to imagine missing the collaborative environment that came with the two year monster war, but as Irene and Felix joined the other knights in the takedown of what they could in the forest, the teenager realized she did miss it.
The Knights of Hydrogia were everything Irene hoped that the Knights of Chemois would one day be. They were powerful and organized. It seemed that all of them practiced religiously because their sword skills were honed and precise.
As someone who was set in a position where she needed to pay attention to the knighthood so that it could become better, she found herself observing other knights as they went through their tasks. They were all a well-oiled machine that didn’t need much oversight. Everyone understood their role in the knighthood and went forward without a hitch.
Admittedly, Irene was a little bit sad that Commander Lothian had business to take care of in the south, so it seemed that she wouldn’t be able to see him that trip, but she hoped she would see him again in the near future. She felt there was much she could learn from him.
When the goblin bodies were burning and everyone was standing around, there were a few familiar faces Irene remembered from the war.
However, she hesitated to remove her helmet as some of them had already, so she opted to merely lift her visor.
A feeling crept up that she wasn’t used to. While it had been practically against her will to have to re-enter her knighthood as a woman, she knew it was a necessary step to become a knight; it was a bit different for her to see the Knights of Hydrogia.
Considering all of the strange biases held in the south, she wondered if women wielding swords was something that would bother them. They already didn’t travel with mages, and she knew that those close to the king were pious.
Fortunately, she had to work, so these thoughts didn’t plague her for too long. Cleaning up the goblin mess was more important than her strange hangups on how she would present herself to knights who already had a preconceived idea of who she was.