Chapter 639: Chapter 260 Fury (2-in-1 Mega Chapter)_4
Shadia had been transferred from the Habsburg manor to the Count Mansion in Meist County City a month ago.
Just a few days ago, when the attack occurred, Count Habbs was gravely injured, and she was arranged to immediately board the military airship to the Imperial City to contact Cleya, asking her to refrain from returning to Meister for the time being.
As for the current situation in Meist County, the majority of Count Habbs’s former subordinates as well as the noble families on good terms with them all believed that there was little value in continuing efforts to save it.
With cultist attacks and the Sea Clan invasion, Meister’s condition was no longer something a count’s family could turn around.
To continue investing manpower, material resources, and financial assets would be unwise.
The best choice was to first arrange for a partial withdrawal of the Habus family’s properties and personnel.
Count Habbs had not failed to consider hiring mercenaries but forewent the idea because in the entirety of Mingster, mercenary groups varied widely in quality and it was hard to ensure none were infiltrated by cultists.
Moreover, those well-established and famous mercenary troops had already found employers amid the unstable situations.
After pondering for a while, Shadia tentatively asked, “Miss, about those fellows in the Imperial City…the ones pursuing you, is there any possibility…”
“They are all proposing marriage alliances, and I don’t want to tie myself down so soon. However… if there really is no other choice, we’ll deal with it when the time comes,” Cleya said, waving her hand.
Facing the dire straits of the Habus family, Cleya, Meister’s genius female Knight, also frowned deeply, at a loss for solutions.
Although she had only studied at the Imperial Royal Academy for around half a year, her strength improved rapidly, advancing from being merely an experienced Knight when she first arrived, to now stepping into the realm of a Peak Knight.
Such a rate of improvement, even among the geniuses gathered at the Dragan Imperial Royal Academy, could be considered among the higher echelons.
In addition, Cleya’s own appearance and figure were top-notch. Though being born into a local hereditary earldom was considered a demerit at the Royal Academy, overall, Cleya had many suitors, including sons of dukes and direct descendants of marquises.
But Cleya was not very interested in any of them.
Her aspirations toward the knightly path far surpassed marrying into a great noble family.
“By the way, Miss, why don’t you seek help from Sir Rein…” Shadia cautiously added the honorific ‘Sir’.
“Rein?” Cleya involuntarily recalled the lean figure she had instructed in swordsmanship once in the Habsburg manor.
It had been over half a year since she last saw Rein, whom she should consider one of her followers, in theory.
The last news she heard about him was that he had become a formal Knight, which surprised her greatly!
Later, she learned that Rein had passed the imperial conferment assessment and became a Baron!
The most recent news was what her father, Count Habbs, had written to tell her, stating that Rein had become a Peak Knight and successfully joined the ranks of the Imperial Sword Bearers, which shocked her tremendously!
A common farm boy ascending to the status of a Peak Knight in just over half a year, just like her?
By the Goddess above!
But Cleya was very aware that no ceremony of allegiance, not even in any form, had taken place between her and Rein.
She never imagined that a youth she merely saw potential in would possess such astonishing talent!
This left her completely unsure whether she could count on Rein to help, despite being the one who initiated him on the knightly path.
Moreover, the aid of one Peak Knight was akin to a drop in the ocean in the face of her family’s current crisis—essentially insignificant.
“I heard he joined the Sword Bearers last time?” Cleya hesitated for a moment before asking.
“Yes, Miss,” came the reply.
“Well, once we get to Mingster, let’s go see him. It would still be good to have the support of an additional Peak Knight,” Cleya sighed softly.