Remember This Lesson! This Is The Disgrace Of A Knight Who Cannot Control Herself!

Slap!!

A crisp slap landed on Flame Lance Knight Manaen’s face.

A bright red handprint quickly blossomed on her pale cheek, proof of how hard it had been.

“Remember this lesson! This is the disgrace of a knight who cannot control herself!”

Manaen bowed her head in dejection, not daring to resist.

The pain on her face was not just burning—it carried a chilling frost of terror.

And that slap was not from her leader, Fire Lina.

It was her sister, Ice Element Knight Ice Tina, whose cold, frostlike expression held oppressive anger.

This was the Discipline Chair’s punishment—punishing her for breaking the order and injuring an innocent, and because she had hurt Naiye Lycoris, a very important figure in the Auriel Kingdom.

Even without the Discipline Chair’s punishment, Flame Lance Knight Manaen still felt painful remorse.

As a knight she should protect the innocent, yet she had been ignited by a belligerent fervor.

This was a colossal disgrace!

When the Ruffian leader with pigtails raised her weapon to fight again, Flame Lance Knight Manaen completely ignored the person she was protecting behind her.

She attacked with such glee she lost all reason………

If it hadn’t been for Engineer Knight Grace finally rousing her and pulling back the attack with all her strength.

But the result could not be undone.

The good news was Naiye Lycoris was not seriously injured; only his arm needed proper treatment.

However, Flame Lance Knight Manaen had not only shamed herself! She had brought disgrace upon the entire Elemental Knights order!

Worse, she had brought immense shame upon her beloved Knight Commander, Lady Fire Lina!

Step, step.

The familiar sound of high sandals came from outside.

It was Lady Fire Lina; she had returned from Young Master Naiye’s place.

Partially armored and with some clothing exposed, Fire Lina stepped in front of Flame Lance Knight Manaen.

She grabbed her throat in one motion!

“You not only lost control and hurt someone! You hurt Lycoris’s Young Master Naiye!”

An endless fury paired with heavy reproach was displayed before Manaen; Lina had rarely scolded her subordinate so angrily before!

But Manaen barely had time to feel pain from her throat being grabbed before, in the next second, the pressure eased.

Fire Lina merely gripped her and scolded her briefly—if that counted as punishment, it was unusually light.

“Sigh…”

Fire Lina sighed like a deflated fireball, then sat down beside her.

Seeing Lady Fire Lina so disappointed made Flame Lance Knight Manaen feel even more painful!

“I’m terribly sorry! Lady Fire Lina, it’s all because I brought shame upon the Elemental Knights!”

Manaen knelt before Lina in heartache, loudly berating herself; her fiery red hair seemed to have lost its usual burning vitality from this disappointment, becoming dull.

“Stand up, Naiye has forgiven you.”

“…?!”

Not only Manaen, but even Ice Tina beside her was extremely surprised.

Although Naiye is not a particularly harsh person, this matter was Manaen’s fault for losing control and injuring others, and punishment was certainly warranted.

But why would Naiye forgive Manaen so readily, when in memory Naiye and she were not close?

Manaen was not even very familiar with Ice Tina; she only wished to follow Fire Lina.

“Elder Sister, what does Naiye ask for?”

Lina thought for a moment and decided to ask her sister’s opinion.

“Naiye he… requests that Flame Lance Knight Manaen duel his Dark Knight.”

At the Auriel Knight Academy, fights between female knights were commonplace; many disputes were settled quickly and directly by determining a winner and loser.

A duel was special—it was a complete showdown between two people in front of the entire Academy.

Unlike ordinary fights, a duel was the highest-rank, most honored form of combat.

This duel would decisively determine the two people’s rank and standing.

The most famous duel of the past year was Fire Element Knight Fire Lina repeatedly challenging the Student Council’s strongest knight, President Meiyu.

Fire Lina kept challenging and kept losing; people went from watching to see who would win to admiring Lina for burning like a relentless blaze, still challenging the Academy’s strongest knight.

This actually proved that to challenge President Meiyu, one needed at least someone of Fire Lina’s rank—a knight commander—to be eligible for a duel.

“A duel? Manaen is currently under punishment—is now the time for an honorable fight?”

Discipline Chair Ice Tina adjusted her beret and voiced her strong opposition.

A knight’s duel is very honorable; it is not a gladiatorial bloodsport staged for spectators to gawk at.

Manaen’s current status was that of a punished person—a serious condition.

Her duty was to garrison that area and expel disruptive Ruffians.

Attacking those small-time Ruffians was normal, because they were enemies.

But the point this time was that Flame Lance Knight Manaen lost control and injured an innocent person! And that person was the head of Lycoris, Young Master Naiye.

Those are two completely different matters, but the latter accidental injury was extremely bad!

Moreover, because of this incident Manaen’s and even the entire Elemental Knights’ reputation had declined.

Because Flame Lance Knight Manaen lost control! And she injured someone else by mistake.

A knight losing control is itself a terrible character flaw; it shows she cannot control herself!

If it were just her losing control alone that might be one thing, but Manaen has now harmed an innocent!

That is terribly bad.

Strength and character—these are the two qualities the Auriel Knight Academy values highly.

Fire Lina glanced at Ice Tina; she could roughly guess her sister would say that.

“Naiye said this is a punishment for both of them—win or lose, they must fight. And… President Meiyu has also agreed.”

President Meiyu agreed… This made the matter carry more weight.

The Student Council President is a symbol of authority in the Knight Academy; her agreement meant it couldn’t be changed.

This also indicated one thing: Naiye was confident in punishing Manaen.

Young Master Naiye simply wanted his knight to defeat the Elemental Knight.

“Naiye also wants to put Train Station No.1 under his management, without changing its sovereignty.”

This means Young Master Naiye would help Fire Lina manage the train station and would not claim ownership of her rights to that place.

This arrangement was suitable—after all, it was Naiye’s specialty, and Train Station No.1 had indeed gone unrepaired for a long time.

Naiye’s request was reasonable.

But the punishment was still too light, whether the duel or the train station…….

“………..”

Watching her sister frown in thought, Fire Lina thought of something else.

“Punishment is certain, but Tina…….”

“What is it?”

“Do you know anything—any information—about the Dark Knight Weiluxika?”

Ice Tina’s icy eyes crossed with Fire Lina’s burning gaze; they both had absolutely no information about Weiluxika.

So they immediately realized what Naiye intended to do!

This was a show of force! Lycoris’s knight would triumph over the Elemental Knights.

On the other side, in Young Master Naiye’s manor.

Naiye was also giving a reprimand to Dark Knight Weiluxika!