The Idle System (A LitRPG series Book 7): Family, Pegaz [learn to read books txt] 📗

it’s handled the wrong way, then the alliance will be over and it could lead to war.

“It’s fine if you don’t want to come with us, too, but then things will get ugly and it will involve your father since he’s a retired knight. Even if he is retired, the oath he took when he became a knight is still there and he is held to a higher standard than commoners.”

Kelly was a bit distraught by what the knight had said and immediately spoke. “That prince and I only argued, though! If it’s about the knight that got beheaded, I don’t know why the princess did that either! Everybody walked away after that!

“If you’re talking about the lightning that struck before all of that happened, then that was a freak thing which nobody in this town could’ve done!”

The knight at the front spoke again. “Then just come with us and say those words to our supervisor. It shouldn’t take long.”

Should I go with them then? It might save dad a lot of hassle. If I don’t go, would it affect his title as a former knight or possibly his job as an instructor?

I doubt people will come to get trained by dad if the king or other knights denounce him as a traitor or coward.

Worst case scenario, they might use my dad as a scapegoat for this whole incident and he gets locked up or executed. They wouldn’t think twice about sacrificing an older knight who has no more value to them to prevent a war!

“Fine, I’ll go, let me grab a few things,” Kelly replied.

She went back into the house and wrote a short letter for her mom and dad letting them know that she had gone to sort things out.

As she wrote the letter, she had a hard time holding back the tears, but she managed to do it.

After placing the letter on the table, she walked out the house, locked the door, and then turned to the knights. “I’m ready.”

* * *

Back at the tree, John saw everything. When he saw his daughter fighting back tears as she wrote on a piece of paper in his Scan, he stood up with rage in his eyes. “I’ve changed my mind—I’m going to kill them all right now.”

His killing intent instantly froze the trees, vines, and bushes solid in a twenty-foot area around him.

Sarah grabbed his arm to stop him from flying away as she yelled, “Sit down!”

“Fine. We’ll follow them in the sky so Kelly will never be in any real danger,” John declared as he grabbed Sarah’s hand for them to teleport together. “But I’m going to pick up that note first. I’ve got to teach Kelly another lesson when this is all over.”

Chapter 21: Change of Pace

Inside the house, John walked over to the kitchen table, looked at the note, and placed it inside his Storage Space.

Turning back to Sarah, he held his hand out for her to hold before they teleported again.

John had used the area map in the system to pinpoint where Kelly was and then teleported half a mile away. They wanted to be close to her location, but far enough to stay undetected. This was also a great distance to keep an eye on things with their Scans.

* * *

Hooves pounded against the ground as four knights escorted Kelly back to their camp. There was one rider for each side, boxing her in, preventing the young woman from making any sudden escape attempts.

The head knight was a few dozen feet in the lead. His dark horse blended into the pitch black, but Kelly could see a brightly lit lamp bobbing at its side. It slowly grew closer and bigger, signifying that the steed had slowed and soon stopped.

Not far into the distance, a campfire lightly smoked, dimly lighting the surrounding tents.

Are the prince and princess staying here?

The men guided her horse to a rotting tree stump that they had been using as a post to secure the horses.

The lead knight’s face was eerily lit by the fire as he turned and stared at her. “Follow me.”

Kelly did what she was told and followed him towards the campfire.

When she got there, she could see the prince sitting on a chair with a knight standing at either side of him. He looked up from the fire in front of him and smiled at her gently.

“We’ve sent news about what happened by a messenger pigeon,” the prince started to explain. “We got a reply back from the people in charge in the capital saying that they’d like to do an investigation since one knight died and another—the King of Gralux’s younger brother—is on his deathbed.

“Because it was the princess who ordered the execution of the knight, she was ordered by the king to get back as fast as the horse can carry them, so she went off first without the carriage.

“As a show of good faith, she left with my six knights, but since she’s a woman and needs protecting from all men, she had to take two of her knights that she trusted unconditionally, then she left the rest of her knights here to protect me.

“Treat it like an exchange of hostages until we reach the capital. The princess was in such a hurry that they didn’t even bother taking down their tents.”

Kelly glanced at the tents around them. They indeed seemed to be slightly dishevelled and abandoned.

The prince continued, “You’re to come with me and the princess’ knights to the capital to explain what happened in your own words.” The prince stood up to meet her eye level. “Don’t worry, we all know you were only defending yourself against my knight when he was arguing with you, it was the princess who ordered his execution and I know you couldn’t have had anything to do with that freak lightning.

“I can promise on my status as a prince that nothing will happen to you. I’m even going to