"It's really rare for you to defy my order, Sir Romain."

That's what Albert said when Romain gave his report to him. Romain can't say anything as he knows really well that he indeed already breaks some rule when escorting Volya.

Albert gazes at Romain and then suddenly he chuckles a little bit. His cold gaze is gone and it changes into a gentle look. He then says,

"Well... Sometimes I must agree with Sir Volya about your stiff personality when you are around the other knight or peasant."

"That's..."

"I know... I know... That's your duty as a knight. But, I believe you should know when to act stiff like that or not."

"..."

"Even your sister can't do anything about you."

"I'm really sorry," says Romain as he bows at Albert

"That's alright... That's alright... At least I know that you could loosen up a little bit, Sir Romain."

Romain can't look at Albert as he is embarrassed to let himself loosen up a bit. Albert then walks towards Romain, pats his head, and says,

"At least today you learn something... By loosening up a bit, you could learn a lot. Take this opportunity to learn more from Sir Volya. I believe he has a lot of things he could share with you."

"Sir, Yes Sir..."

"Alright... That's all from me. You should rest now as you will escort him tomorrow to Onryx. And please remind him what he needs to do tomorrow."

"What is it, Sir Albert?"

"He will look on our Great King and Queen future at Onryx!"

Romain then bows at Albert and leaves the room. When he opens the door another knight already stands there and seeing the knight, Albert smiles at him.

Romain leaves them be and goes straight to his house at Ironforge. Meanwhile, Albert greets the other knight and the knight opens his helmet. Albert could see a scar on the knight’s face with burn marks on his left side of his face. The knight has short black hair with blue eyes. His name is Villias Pavlov.

Albert then bows and says,

"It's really rare for you to come here, Sir Villias."

"I'm just visiting an old friend, Sir Albert," answer Villias

After hearing that, both of them laugh together with Albert serves Villias some drink. Villias drink it and then asks Albert,

"I heard that you meet an interesting person when you almost cost our Queen life..."

"That's purely my fault back then... We are really focused on chasing the bandit that we enter their trap... I believe I must blame my age for this one ahahahahaha" says Albert as he looks outside the room

"Don't say that, my friend. You are the wisest knight from Haegia, sometimes it's alright for you to make an error. It shows that you are also a human."

"Judging from that... I wonder who is the wisest between us, Sir Villias... Ahahahahaha"

Both of them laugh together and then suddenly Villias says,

"Then, about this interesting person... I heard that he is in this city."

"Yes, he is."

"And he is the one who helps you and our Queen and also escort all of you from Wildespring."

"Yes."

"And you want him to meet our King and Queen?"

"Yes."

Villias then drinks again and says,

"Are you sure that he is honest? What if he is part of the bandit that tried to deceive us? What if he is actually an assassin that tried to kill our King or Queen?"

"I believe in him..."

"Why?"

"He had a lot of chances to kill us back then, but he didn't do it."

"What if he tried to deceive you?"

Albert looks at Villias and then smiles at him. He then says,

"If he tried to deceive me, he has a lot of chances to do that... But, every action that he takes is harmless."

"..."

"Even he could make that brat from Ambros' family loosening up a bit."

"Huh? That Romain?"

"Yes."

Villias looks at Albert that smiles at him and then smirks at him. He then stands up, takes his helmet again, and then says,

"Alright... I will see it with my own eyes tomorrow..."

"My, are you really interested with him?" says Albert

"When my fellow knights and our King and Queen are also interested in someone, it's better to know it myself by seeing them."

"Good to hear that..."

"Then, let's call all of the Great Knight of Haegia to see him. I believe Lady Ludmila could rate him better than me."

"I will call all of them."

"Alright! See you tomorrow, Sir Albert! Have some rest as you missed some paper on your desk."

"Ahahahahaha... I will... I will..."

As Villias leaves the room, Albert smiles at the direction of Volya's lodging. He then says,

"I believe... We get another unpolished gem... It's a shame that he will not become part of Haegia..."

He then closes the window behind him and then leaves the room to take some rest tomorrow.