Into the Unknown World

Chapter 17. Lord's manor incident

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Sprigg who kept silent all of these moments said that she is going to appraise everything including how the mana works here. She said that nothing is really different when the mana crosses from the pocket worlds. It is still inside this world, it's just hidden from the common people.

This entire region is really not that large, people will come to know each other one way or the other. If not, those are the freemen that can cross borders from one city to another.

I, who retained my youth can still go anywhere I want since younger kids are allowed to pick up branches anywhere or if asked for an errand. Meeting a stranger along the way feels like I am living in a different village. The good thing about having an occasion in here is the Knights are stationed outside and a handful of them are only inside, which Sir Lyol happened to be outside.

Looking at the back of the broad torso of the fine tall man walking gallantly outside. Talking to the other armoured Knights. I approached and greeted him with sullen eyes. When he turned to my direction I can see that he's also surprised to see me. I received a very tight embrace from an armoured knight officer the moment he ran into me. I know well how he treats me as a younger brother. Although he looked like my father now that he aged so much, I can still remember him as a young squire of a knight.

"How are you alive and... young?" he asked.

Really? I've been hearing that question all day long. How is missing me sounds like? Ever since I arrived, everyone keeps asking me the same question. Sprigg doesn't have an answer to that question... yet. So, I don't have answers either. Then I glanced at the mansion where mana is unstable. Huh. There seems to be a magic wielder inside.

"Uh. I don't know?" I laughed awkwardly. I scratched my head and thought, what's happening inside. I asked him, "Are you a knight officer now?"

"Master, mana fluctuation is increasing from that mansion." Sprigg interrupted.

"Yes, I know" I replied telepathically. "Analyze it for me, Sprigg."

"Yes, Twig. You can be a squire now. Would you like to pursue your dreams?" he asked me with a serious face. I know that he knows how I want to be a squire, however, I have a different goal now.

"It is an honour to be your squire, Sir Lyol, but I would like to know my siblings' whereabouts first and if the new Lord would allow me to visit them."

"Magic caster is initiating fire magic," Sprigg announced.

We've talked about everything that I can think of as an excuse being lost in the forest and keep rejecting his proposal. I know this is my lifelong dream but this time is different. I have never been so dejected from this world before as I was from the past. All I really want is for my family to reunite again.

"Magic caster is finalizing the fire magic. Let's run, master." Sprigg announced again.

"I'm sorry for your loss, Twigg." he placed his right hand and I snatched it as I dragged him to run far enough to witness an explosion happening.

"Ho...How did you... know?" baffled, he asked as he brushed up his frizzy and lustrous golden hair.

"I can sense mana," I answered him while looking at the destroyed Lord's manor. I added, "Where's the new Lord?"

"Right," he gestured to the other knights who survived the explosion, "Protect the Lord" and then turned on me. "Come with me, Twig" he ran towards the mansion as I gathered my mana to create an air barrier. I also happen to learn this by chance since the last fight and tried covering Sir Lyol the same barrier.