Phantasia: The Princess Knight

Chapter 38: Dalton Whittlee

Alicia gave a mocking smile as she waved her hand. Out of thin air, an orb made out of magic appeared and floated in her hand. Soon the sound of the greedy guard's voice was heard "Well, we will need to confirm what kind of demonic beast it is so I will need you to leave it here."

The guard saw Alicia use magic with such ease, suddenly felt something did not feel right. But when he heard his own voice repeating back the things he said earlier his face paled a little but he quickly recomposed himself. "Humph! This is not evidence! You can use magic to this extent so it is possible for you to fabricate my voice! Since you can not provide proof you will be arrested and all your things will be confiscated! Arrest her!"

The other guards all stepped forward to with swords drawn. Alicia only let out a sigh as she waved her hand again. A cold mist started to form in the air and before anyone knew what was going on the guards who were moving to arrest Alicia suddenly all yelled out: "I can't move!" "I can't feel my legs!"

The guards' bodies all started to freeze, gradually turning them into a block of ice as they all froze in the position that they were standing in. The greedy guard looked at his frozen comrades, seeing how they were like human popsicles, his face turned pale as a ghost. Alicia looked at the greedy guard's pale face and "Humphed"!

"See what happens when you try to act like a bandit!? As someone who is aspiring to become a knight if I do not uphold the Virtue of Justice when I see a criminal in front of me. Then how can I even look at myself in the mirror!" Alicia paused her words before righteously yelling out: "The Virtue of Justice! To uphold the law of the land handed down by my King! To bring those to justice for committing crimes against my King, its land, and its people! You are committing three crimes right now! You are going against the King's laws acting as a criminal out of your own greed. With this, you are committing a crime towards my King. You are also committing a crime against the land as you are using the lands of the Alastine Kingdom as a base of operations to carry out your criminal activities. And finally, you are committing a crime against the Alastine Kingdom's people!"

"Very well said, Little Lady!" An older gentleman around fifty years of age walked up. He had a set of armor on, that had the Alistine coat of arms embedded into it. On his back was a large greatsword that was three times the size of Alicia.

The greedy guard heard the old gentleman's voice and his pale face became even paler as he quickly turned around and knelt down on one knee. "Commander!"

"Commander my ass! I have been watching this entire time. Not only did you try to forcefully take this young ladies contracted beast but you also wanted to confiscate her other possessions? I will tell you right now that this little lady could have taken your life at any time and she would not be in the wrong!" The commander yelled out. He looked at the greedy guard who was currently sweating buckets, with his face full of fury. If he did not come to do an inspection today This young lady might have had to draw her sword and then she would be seen as a murder if he did not witness what had just happened!

Alicia saw the man in front of her and the crest on his armor and quickly bowed her head. "I thank sir knight for your assistance."

"Haha! You sure have a keen eye. You could see that I was a knight just from one look. As expected of someone who wants to become a knight. If my guess is not wrong you are heading to the capital to take the squire test am I right?" The Commander asked.

"Yes, Sir Knight I am." Alicia's eyes were glowing as she turned her gaze up and looked at the Commander.

"Good! My name is Dalton Whittlee the commander of the guards here in Parith. I have to say I have not been hard enough on these fools since I did not realize that such actions were going on under my nose." Dalton Whittlee shook his head in shame he really had no idea the people under his charge were acting like bandits!

"Sir Dalton it is not your fault. It is because they can use their status as guards and repress the people from telling the truth. By threatening them the common people can only bite their tongue and allow people like this man, do as they want. So there is no wonder that you would not know." Alicia tried to comfort Dalton Whittlee as she could see that he felt it was his fault.

"Little lady, you are a very caring person. You seem to have every aspect a knight needs. If I am not wrong you are the one who has been taking out all the bandits on the main road?"Dalton Whittlee asked.

"Yes, that was me. I was making sure the main road stayed clear after I ran into a group of bandits trying to rob a carriage with two young girls. It was lucky for them that I was passing by at that time or the two young girls would have been truly out of luck." Alicia did not state why they would be out of luck but Dalton Whittlee knew without her saying a word.

"Then on behalf of the people of the Alastine I give you my most sincere thanks!" Dalton Whittlee gave Alicia a small bow. He had heard word from the capital that a young girl was helping him deal with the bandit issue on the main road leading from the eastern border. He truly owed Alicia a great amount of gratitude.