A different kind of Knight

Chapter 8

"So, what you're saying is: you're a student who knows almost nothing about this world since you've spent the majority of your time in a school that ALSO treated you like a prisoner which you then escaped from. Was then persecuted for petty crimes then hid inside the cave that you're leading us to that cave that you've been great friends with its dragon occupant?" She nods her head in affirmation and then continues on spouting more information of her disappointing legacy. "That sums about the majority of my time in this world and also my half an hour of interaction with the denizens of this world!" In summary, she spent most of her time in school, and had half an hour of interaction with the locals before being chased and drievn out. Then spent a whole week by herself in the wilderness, nursed by a dragon for a day. Before being captured shortly after by the Sire Ignis Dei. We are both extremely clueless about this world. One thing I Am grateful for is the fact that this world or at least the only sentient beings I've met until now seems to utilize Low Gothic for communications and such. But a world would often have many languages so I hope that this language TRULY is the Lingua Franca of this world, otherwise we might run into some issues with the inhabitants of this world if my wishful thinking is false. I remember that Sire Ignis Dei said that he used to do the biddings of some higher being till he decided that he wasn't being properly compensated. Maybe Alice might know of something about this since her position isn't that much different from Ignis and mine. "Alice, to whom does your loyalty lie?" She was immediately taken aback by the question as she stops and turns to look up to the
helmeted face of Knight Paladin Chaosbane.
If she was able to read minds then she would not be surprised by my question. I have a feeling she might be playing me for a fool. "Huh? Oh, I don't really know that much since a rando voice thingy only told me that I should
prepare to help someone in the future. It could be talking about you? I dunno, know it didn't mention any names." I could try to use that as leverage in solidifying our alliance even though she is utterly useless to me in all ways at the moment. Hopefully, acquiring this artifact may give her some potential. "Rather comforting that someone sent you to help me." She then broke her line of sight and turned her gaze away from the glowing blue eyes hidden behind the visor slit. "Maybe." She whispers to herself, unaware of the fact that the auditory sensors of Chaosbane has made it audible enough for me to hear. And then we resumed to keep on doing the same mind-numbing task: marching at a snail's pace. Maybe I should offer to ride on the carapace of Chaosbane to speed up this agonizingly slow march. "I rescind my order!" Alice looked over her shoulder without a hint of high cognitive abilities behind her vertical blue irises. "What order?" She questioned me with a painfully clueless voice. "Also what does 'rescind' mean?" Didn't she say that she attended a school!? I guess I will be her impromptu teacher if I do have the time. She does seem to be pretty dimwitted and mannerless along with a strange way of speaking Low Gothic after observing her for a while. I will make sure to turn her into something like that of a proper noblewoman! "It means that I will allow you to ride me now, so that we may reach the destination at a faster pace!" Her lithe body began to jump up and down as I looked at the joyous expression on her face through the HUD, She reminded me of who I was back then... Before. . . They died. "RUN! RUN! SO THAT HOUSE PHAERON MAY STILL LIVE! RUN!" The long gone voice of my father who was slain along with my entire family is in my ears again. "RUN LUKE! C'MON!" Her voice brings me back to the real world and out of that horrid memory. "Hold on tight! And PLEASE do not touch anything there, just hold onto any bars that You can find!" She yells an affirmation as I can hear her say it through the hatch along with her footsteps on the adamantium plating. "Okay!" *Clunk? Thunk! Tink!* I feel a ticklish sensation on the skin of my back as she continues to move before it finally subsides as she holds on tightly. It's a feature on all models of Imperial Knights that a pilot would feel any and all sensation that is inflicted on the machine's skin as if it was their own. Okay. Imperial Knight Chaosbane with its pilot, Luke Tan Phaeron along with a witch that has questionable uses known as Alice continues to march forth!