Amazake-no Knight's & Magic: Volume 6 (Light Novel)

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-7183-8863-5
Verlag: J-Novel Club
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten

Reihe: Knight's & Magic (Light Novel)

Adventure! Mystery! Glorious secrets! Ernie and friends are going into the unknown!!!

The Order of the Silver Phoenix has unlocked the gift of flight, and they have time to take full advantage of it now that the war is over! With new possibilities in his mind, and a whole future to consider for humanity as a whole, Ernie is sure to go crazy. But what will he build?

Meanwhile, Fremmevilla Kingdom itself is astir; the realities of flight have allowed people to dream, and it's time to act to secure the kingdom's future. Soaring through the sky opens up so many of the world's secrets-so where will Fremmevilla's King Leotamus look next?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Amazake-no, Hisago

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kurogin

Chen, Kevin

Leseproben

Prologue

The continent of Setterlund was a land rich with humans, giant mechanical knights, and monsters.

At the center of this vast continent towered the steep peaks of the Auvinier Mountains, which separated east from west. On the eastern side lay the country of knights, Fremmevilla Kingdom. In the part of the kingdom’s abundant land where the mountainous area blended into the plains it bordered lay the academy city of Laihiala.

One day, Selestina Echevalier was relaxing in her home—located in said academy city—when she suddenly spotted something strange in the sky from the window. It seemed like a ship, but it was parting the clouds in the sky like waves in the ocean, and it was upside-down.

“Oh my. I’ll need to hurry and prepare,” she said to herself after spending some time watching the ship in a daze. She seemed to have noticed something and jogged off.

She wasn’t the only one to have seen this strange ship. Anyone walking the streets, merchants manning outdoor stalls, and the students of Laihiala Knight Runner Academy all stared speechless up at the sky.

Regardless of the uproar being caused by the unknown object’s appearance, it slid into the airspace over Laihiala Knight Runner Academy before slowing, and the bottom of the ship which looked like its poop deck opened up. The opening looked like a black maw, from which someone—or something—jumped out. It was a giant humanoid with four limbs wearing metal armor. Naturally, it was one of the greatest weapons available to this world’s humans: a silhouette knight.

In a show of extreme recklessness, the silhouette knight had jumped from the ship while it was still high in the air without a single chain to support its fall. Everyone watching gulped, naturally. Fire spewed from the silhouette knight’s armor. The fierce jet’s recoil allowed the machine to fight against gravity, and it slowed visibly on its way down. Eventually, the silhouette knight touched down in Laihiala’s training grounds, throwing up a cloud of dust.

Teachers showed themselves in quick succession, forcing apart the crowd of noisy students. Among them was the combat skills teacher, Matthias Echevalier.

The silhouette knight training grounds in the academy were quite large. As soon as he saw the silhouette knight touching down amid a plume of flame, he let out a sigh. There was no mistaking the machine, with the four arms extending from its back and the mask of anger on its head. Even if one were to search the entirety of Setterlund, it would be impossible to find another such silhouette knight that defied all convention. The knight runner inside was no different.

“I was wondering what this fuss was all about, but of course it was Ikaruga...” he muttered. “Agh, that Ernie. It seems he’s done something ridiculous again.”

Deciding to put his exasperation off for later, he proceeded to Ikaruga’s side through the cloud of dust.

?

The city’s residents were noisily debating something as they pointed at the ship in the skies above Laihiala Academy. At this point, pretty much everyone in the city had come out from their homes or classrooms and were watching the large floating ship with keen interest.

A small figure slipped through the crowd filling the streets at a quick jog. A light purplish-silver sparkle caused several people to turn around, but the flash of color was quickly lost in the hustle and bustle as it swiftly moved toward a certain spot in town.

Its destination was a large house that somewhat stood out from its neighbors on the street—the Echevalier household. A woman was standing in front of it.

“My, Ernie! Welcome home.”

Tina had been waiting in front of the house, and as soon as she saw Ernie, her expression softened. This caused Ernie to smile as well as he ran up to her.

“I’ve returned, mother! Also, look at this! I brought back a cool ship as a souvenir.” Ernie pointed at the ship floating above Laihiala.

Instead of being ruffled by the unprecedented object, Tina tilted her head in puzzlement. “My, I that ship was yours, Ernie. The West must be an amazing place, to be able to make such a big ship fly.”

She sounded like she was impressed, and Ernie decided not to try and correct her slight misunderstanding. “Yes, it’s a special ship. Do you want to try riding on it? Fremmevilla is quite pretty from the air.”

“I can get on it too? But I’ve barely ridden regular ships... Still, my own son invited me, so I suppose I’ll make a visit.”

“Okay! Also, I’ve got lots of other souvenirs...”

Ernie easily made personal plans for a top secret weapon as he went inside his home, happily talking to his mom.

The year was 1283 O.C. Winter had just passed.

The Order of the Silver Phoenix had come to the aid of the Kingdom of Kuscheperka—a friendly nation—as the war that would be known as the Grand Storm of the West kicked off. They had saved the nation, and they were now making their triumphant return to Fremmevilla.

?

On a later day, a commotion much like what happened at Laihiala occurred in the capital of Konkaanen.

The levitating ship that calmly crossed the capital’s airspace continued on until it reached the vicinity of the Royal Guards’ training grounds. It then folded its sails and slowly descended. Though the Royal Guards nearly sortied for combat, they stopped when they noticed the figure that had appeared from the ship.

Lowered on a jangling chain by crane, a single silhouette knight descended to the ground. Its golden splendor let everyone know it was Goldleo. The assembled men groaned in exasperation as it boldly touched down, and the tension in the air vanished.

“Ha ha ha! It’s been a while since I’ve seen Konkaanen! I’m home!” Emris shouted.

After that, the scene switched to the audience chamber at the center of Schreiber Castle. The king—Leotamus Haalce Fremmevilla—having received reports of the Order of the Silver Phoenix’s return, couldn’t hold back his sigh after seeing the full-faced smile on Emris, the second prince.

“My word... This fool. How can there be a prince that sails right over the king’s head instead of going straight to him after returning home?!”

“Whoa, there. Sorry, pops. We had to send the silver chief home first!”

“You can’t get through this with just a sorry. Do you know how much of an uproar the capital was in after that flying ship passed by?”

“Ha ha ha! I bet you were surprised! That thing’s pretty interesting, pops!”

Leotamus hadn’t expected to be driven to his wit’s end by how badly their conversation was meshing, but he managed to hold it together because he was in front of other lords.

“I am curious as to what that is, but I can hear about that at length later. So...did you win?” He settled back into his seat.

Emris’s smile deepened before he threw up his hands. “Yeah, of course! Kuscheperka was lost for a little while, but we managed to restore the kingdom. My aunt, Isadora, and Eleonora are all safe too!”

“I see. Good...so they were safe.”

In that moment, Leotamus was not reacting as a king, but simply as a man worried for his family. This was because, aside from their relationship as friendly nations, he was worried for his little sister, Martina, who had wed to Kuscheperka’s royal family. But he quickly reined it in, returning to his dignified, kingly demeanor. His gaze went past Emris to the strange ship outside the castle.

“Still, I never expected a ship to fly. You definitely chose an eccentric vehicle for your return. Was that Ernesti’s work?” Leotamus asked. Once he’d learned the result of the war, what most interested him next was the levitating ship.

Up until this point, no practical aerial vehicle had existed in this world. Bizarre though it might have been, its invention would shake the world. And Leotamus could only conceive of the boy who led the Order of the Silver Phoenix as the one who could birth such a thing. The surrounding lords thought the same, but Emris surprisingly shook his head.

“Nope! You see, that was actually made by the Kingdom of Jaloudek, the ones who invaded Kuscheperka. We’d never seen or heard of a flying ship. We ended up having to fight those things, and it was tough going...”

Those around them gulped quietly at the response they would never have expected from the second prince. They could feel the tension of looking up to the sky only to see a large ship. Those who had led knights before imagined themselves fighting, and it only served to make them more nervous.

While those present reacted, the next words out of Emris made all that tension disappear. “But Ernesti was really taken by it! He not only shot them down, but he seized several of them too!”

While Emris puffed out his chest as if it were his own achievement, Leotamus slumped over in his throne, propping himself up by the elbow. The lords present reacted similarly, and they were lucky they weren’t chastised for their rudeness.

“I would say I should’ve expected that, only I’m not sure I should have,” Leotamus replied. “Well, never mind the small details. So, what about the Order of the Silver Phoenix?”

“Ah, right! We left almost all the ships we stole with Kuscheperka!...