Amazake-no Knight's & Magic: Volume 9 (Light Novel)

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-7183-8869-7
Verlag: J-Novel Club
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten

Reihe: Knight's & Magic (Light Novel)

Ernie and the rest of the expedition have returned! Along with the shocking news they bring comes change-whether it be welcome or not. While the higher-ups of the Kingdom of Fremmevilla reel from the discovery of an entirely new humanoid race, the Order of the Silver Phoenix must go through what the king would call 'creative restructuring.'

However, many questions still remain. What will the kingdom do about their new, very large guests? Now that Ernie is back, what will he make next, especially with Ikaruga out of sorts, Kasasagi much worse for the wear given its construction, and Sylphianne still effectively destroyed? How will the new additions to what is now the 'Order of the Silver Phoenix' affect all this?

But there is one matter a certain someone would consider most pressing of all: Now that they're back, Ernie and Addy's relationship is in limbo. They were 'married' in the forest, but what about now? Ernie's number one fan must know!

Autoren/Hrsg.

Amazake-no, Hisago

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kurogin

Chen, Kevin

Leseproben

Prologue: A Busy Homecoming

A ship advanced through the air with an audible flap as its sails swelled with wind. A thick carpet of trees spread out below it. Levitating ships were able to get over this because they sailed through the air and only had to deal with a clear sky with nothing to impede them.

This ship was part of a squadron over ten strong. They continued their flight, eventually reaching the edge of the forest...

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In a corner of the academy city of Laihiala in the Kingdom of Fremmevilla, some students looked up to the sky after a noisy gust of wind.

“Oh? Those are levitating ships. Is today the regular delivery? No... And there’s a lot of ’em too.”

They seemed confused at seeing the large ships in the sky. Levitating ships passing overhead wasn’t in and of itself strange. The people’s shock over them had lessened over time.

However, that did not apply to fleets as large as what they were seeing now.

What the students normally saw were cargo ships making regular deliveries. During those times, they never came in groups of more than two. In the first place, levitating ships were still rare and precious, so they’d never even heard of there being enough of them to form an appreciable fleet.

“Hey, look at the crest!”

It didn’t take long for them to notice the larger ship at the center of the formation. It was around twice as big as the rest and sported a larger emblem to match. No one in Laihiala would fail to recognize the silver phoenix with spread wings.

“The Order of the Silver Phoenix! They’ve returned!”

The ships slowly slid over the center of the city, trailing joyful cheers.

Then, something jumped out of the large ship in the center. It was most likely a silhouette knight, but it formed a rainbow ring of light, which it used as footing to slide through the air.

It made for its destination in the city, its thrusters screaming. As it got closer, its form became clear to the citizens, who shrieked in terror. This machine seemed to be picking a fight with the accepted definition of silhouette knight—it was absolutely monstrous.

Its visor was fiendish, like a person in a fit of rage. It sported a total of eight arms, and while its upper half was that of a silhouette knight, its lower half was a monster’s. The citizens couldn’t even be confident it really was a silhouette knight.

And such a thing was descending in the middle of the city. A panic befell the people, and they screamed as they rushed to escape inside.

But there were some who went the opposite way, coming outside.

Selestina Echevalier came out onto the road, and the bizarre silhouette knight approached. The rainbow ring gradually shrank as the machine descended.

It crammed itself into a small square in the residential area. Its intake and exhaust system settled, and the rainbow glow gradually disappeared. It used its long arms to prop itself up on the ground and stopped in a parked position—its name: Magatsu-Ikaruga.

Selestina had her hands clasped in front of her like she was praying when a small figure jumped from the machine. He landed gently on the stone pavement, and she waved her hand energetically in greeting.

“Mom! It’s been too long, I’m back!” Ernie exclaimed.

“Ah... Welcome back, Ernie,” said Selestina.

The Order of the Silver Phoenix had embarked on a second survey of the forest before what would be the second great expedition, but they had also gone to find her son, Ernesti, who had gone missing fighting a powerful monster during their first outing. Selestina let out a heartfelt sigh of relief.

She jogged over and gave a gentle hug to Ernie, who seemingly hadn’t changed from the time she’d seen him off. “I’m so glad you’re okay... I was so worried when I heard you were lost in the Great Bocuse Forest.”

“Sorry, mom. I was a little too reckless.”

“Oh, no. I heard that you protected everyone. You’re a knight captain, Ernie—you just did your job. And you came back, so everything’s all right.” Selestina smiled airily as she gently stroked Ernie’s hair.

He smiled back and pointed behind him. “The order came to get me. And I’m not the only one who came back.”

Adeltrude “Addy” Alter waved from one of Magatsu-Ikaruga’s open cockpits. Selestina smiled and waved back, and Ernie separated himself. “I want to take my time and catch up, but there’s something I have to do.”

“I know. You need to report to His Majesty, right? Have a safe trip, and do your job as knight captain properly.”

“I will!” Ernie nodded energetically and returned to Magatsu-Ikaruga while waving. He once again took to the sky, and Selestina saw its fiendish form off while massaging her chest, trying to calm her heart.

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That day would turn out to be a tumultuous one for Konkaanen.

“Emergency! Emergency! The... The Order of the Silver Phoenix has returned!”

The moment a messenger burst inside in a panic, the entirety of Schreiber Castle broke into an uproar. King Leotamus immediately canceled all of his plans for the day and set to questioning the messenger.

“So, is it only the Order of the Silver Phoenix who returned? How many levitating ships are left?”

“Your Majesty! It looks like they have quite a few. Also, the lord knight commander descended from the ship and should be arriving soon—”

“What, the knight captain?!”

Everyone present gulped, starting with Leotamus. The Order of the Silver Phoenix’s knight captain was coming. That meant...

Then, while the place was still in an uproar, the main cause appeared. The boy with soft purplish-silver hair and a small build—Ernesti Echevalier—bowed in greeting to the king and various assembled nobles and knights.

“My apologies for causing so much trouble to Your Majesty. Ernesti Echevalier, knight captain of the Order of the Silver Phoenix, has returned.”

“Y-Yes. First... Allow me to express my joy at your safety. Only you could have returned from the Great Bocuse Forest safely.” The king couldn’t help but sigh, seeing how boldly the little knight captain had presented himself.

Leotamus had always thought that it wouldn’t be strange if Ernesti, of all people, had survived. However, it was still extremely shocking to see him actually return.

The Great Bocuse Forest was overflowing with monsters and didn’t lend itself well to survival. On top of that, from the reports he’d been given, the monsters they had encountered were powerful and atrocious—beasts never seen in Fremmevilla’s history. Even then, he’d returned, smiling, like it was only natural. It was as if the silver phoenix really was immortal.

“You keep surprising me,” said Leotamus. “At this point, I don’t believe the word ‘impossible’ even exists in your dictionary.”

“Of course it does. I was only able to return because of the great efforts of many people,” Ernie replied.

“Mm, you mean the Order of the Silver Phoenix. It was somewhat reckless, but they left for the forest believing you were alive. What wonderful trust they have in you.”

Leotamus thought back to the caustic words that were said to him when they’d left, and let out a slightly strained chuckle. Though they’d achieved the great feat of retrieving Ernesti, he needed to extract some sort of recompense. Pondering this, he sank into thought.

“About my return, Your Majesty, there are those I would like you to see.”

“Hmm? From your knight order?” Leotamus asked. “That can be done later—”

“No, Your Majesty. I’m afraid they are not ‘just’ from my knight order.” Suddenly, something terrifying seemed to mingle into Ernie’s smile.

Did he borrow the aid of a party other than the Order of the Silver Phoenix during the first survey?

An indescribable and ominous atmosphere settled, and as they had come this far, there was no going back. Reflexively, Leotamus was about to stop the boy, but Ernie heartlessly continued on before he could.

“They are denizens of the Great Bocuse Forest, not members of the Order of the Silver Phoenix. I developed friendly relations with them during my travels.”

Every single person, from the king to the knights to even the servants, doubted their own ears.

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“What those?!”

Outside on the outskirts of the capital were training grounds meant for silhouette knights.

The Royal Guard knight order was led here by Ernie and his extremely ominous words. The fleet, including the flagship , was moored above these grounds, and some of the vessels were unloading their cargo because this place was large enough.

Among the unloaded cargo were the guests from the levitating ships.

But in truth, could they even be called guests? The fact that they needed a place this large to allow them to disembark meant that they were terribly large—large enough to lock eyes levelly with the king and the others, who were on a high observation balcony. They were giants, after all, of height equal to a silhouette knight.

These were astragali, as introduced by Ernesti.

Both the king and the knights stared...