Alice in the Country of Knight

***This page contains spoilers! Read at your own risk!***

It is the side story released for Theophilus, Wayne, and Eugene.

Airis enters a strange world where magic can't be used through a black book, and the townspeople of the country start shouting 'All hail the King! All hail the Queen!' when she unintentionally pulls out a sword stuck in a rock. Wayne and Theophilus come to her rescue and take her away from the excited crowd, and explain that they too have arrived there suddenly a few days ago.

They go on to explain that the country in which they have landed has bountiful resources and is wealthy, but there was no King to rule the people. Their custom for selecting a King was such that whoever pulls out the sacred sword from the rock, they are to be crowned as their King. Many tried to pull out the sacred sword, but none succeeded. This kept happening for quite a long time, and finally the people lost hope of finding their King and decided to choose one from nobility. Thus, there was fierce competition among the nobles for the throne.

After confirming that the sword in her hand is the sacred sword, they then warn Airis that the nobles in that place weren't reasonable, and would try to harm her and even kill her to bring the state of anarchy since they can't accept defeat by making her their new King. Theophilus is given the role of a Knight, and Wayne possessed the role of the Sacred Sword Guardian. It soon becomes dark, and they proceed to hide in a Castle which was already inspected and deemed safe by Theophilus and Wayne when they first arrived. While trying to hide from the maids' sight in the Castle grounds, a fog engulfs them and they encounter magical mist beasts which attack them.

Theophilus and Wayne ask Airis to run and hide in the Castle while they fight with their swords, and Airis agrees since she doesn't know sword fighting. But a a shady figure blocks her and starts attacking, and she uses her sword to defend herself. She is surprised to find that she is able to magically swing it like a true swordswoman, and puts up a good fight. After seeing the figure up close, Airis realizes that it is Eugene, and tells everyone to stop fighting. Eugene recognizes their voices, and reveals himself after making the magical fog beasts he created fade away.

Eugene then takes them to his hideout in the edge of the town, and explains that he got the role of the Black Knight whose duty is to act as a 'crafty assassin'. When Airis asks the reason he attacked them, he apologizes and tells them that he was commissioned to kill the new King who pulled out the sacred sword, and ran into the trio while investigating who the new King was. But he also tells them that he found this mission only through a note which was left under his door that evening, and so didn't know who or how his client looked like.

The three men agree that Airis is unsafe at the moment since other assassins could also have been hired to kill her, so she starts suggesting her plans. After a short discussion, they finalize Airis' plan of spreading the rumor that the new King is protect by the strong Knight Theophilus, which would result in the culprit approaching the 'crafty assassin' Eugene again to talk about the reward and other details of assassinating the new King since he's the only one who can defeat a strong Knight like Theophilus. Thus, they can capture the culprit.

So Wayne and Theophilus go to the Castle to arrange for the new King Airis' arrival, and Airis inquires Eugene how he was able to use magic to manipulate the fog and mist beasts while none of them could use magic. Eugene explains that he was able to use magic ever since he came to that world, but his usage was limited and he couldn't use high level magic like healing and teleportation. He also didn't know the reason why he was the only one who could use magic.

### **Trivia**

* This story is based on the legend of King Arthur who became King after he pulled out Excalibur from the stone.

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