How To Choose A Knight (28 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 24

They began walking down the forest path at the hour when light and darkness fought. They had to reach the lakeside and set up camp before it grew completely dark.

It was the first time she’d been outside so late, and a strange tension filled her.

When Jade pulled a red cloth over her head to serve as perfect bait, Axel’s expression turned ambiguous—clearly torn between mockery and admiration.

“Don’t look at me like that.”

“…Did Grandmother really give you that?”

“Yeah.”

“Anything else?”

Jade rustled through her pocket and pulled out a mana stone. The transparent crystal held a glow that shimmered between blue and yellow, chilling her palm with its coolness. Axel checked its clarity and nodded satisfiedly.

“You knew I had it?”

“I saw you use it last time you lost your temper.”

So, Oli possessed at least two mana stones, both top-grade items engraved with Dilidot. Jade now fully confirmed that neither Axel nor Oli were ordinary civilians.

If Axel was a knight, then what was Oli? Could she possibly be a mage?

Right—the books and papers always piled on that small corner table whenever she came to help never seemed ordinary. That chaotic mess looked exactly like a research mage’s desk.

Jade considered asking about Oli but stopped herself.

It felt better to ask Oli directly, and she feared Axel might flatly refuse—and leave her feeling pointlessly disappointed.

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