The Monster Knight Wants Maternity Leave (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 124

A special event beginning just before lunchtime.

It was none other than the mounted combat with fathers.

Not only the fathers who had been holding their places, but also those who had hurriedly arrived right on time began rushing over.

They were nobles who had just been released after being detained by the Emperor.

Once all the hastily gathered fathers and children emerged, each father placed their child beside them and began lining up.

Yet amidst that neatly formed line, two men happened to stand side by side.

They exchanged fierce glares, locked in a silent battle of nerves, until Crown Prince Airen, unable to contain himself any longer, covered Nia’s ears and sneered.

“Hey, Captain. Is it really allowed for an unmarried man to enter the competition with someone else’s daughter? Especially a foreign crown princess, no less.”

With a gentle expression, he spat out venomous words so the child wouldn’t hear, prompting Leon to cover Charlotte’s ears in turn and retort defiantly.

“From what I can see, Her Highness the Princess doesn’t seem to be your daughter either.”

“Haha, at least I’m still family. Who doesn’t know you’re scheming to trick Lucia into becoming your daughter? You claimed you didn’t even want to be friends, yet here you are, acting like a chauffeur.”

“……!”

Though comparing a knight to a chauffeur should have been more infuriating, right now there was an even more shocking word to him.

That word was “friend.”

Of all things, the very phrase that cut deepest into Leon at this moment.

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