When Count Lucien, his troops, and all the new inhabitants of the Caerstellar region were busy with their various activities.
Theo looked satisfied as he saw the development of his family's territory, the result of the plans he had drawn up with his father, with the help of troops and workers.
However, when he went around to see the results of the development.
"Huh, I feel something is different here," Theo said with a confused look on his face.
Theo felt something was different. Like something was missing or more precisely, something was missing from his sight.
Something he used to always encounter during training: a figure who patiently taught him how to protect himself, how to survive when enemies attacked, and how to stand strong in the midst of danger.
It even made Theo almost die of exhaustion from practicing, from morning to night.
The figure was Knight Cedric Valemont.
The first Knight with a power level of 5-Star, A Rank at that time, who made an oath to become Theo's Knight personally.
Theo said while guessing what Knight Cedric was doing right now,
"Oh yeah, I don't see Knight Cedric here."
"Where is he now?"
"Ugh, I hope he's not planning another training session. After two years of letting me train like hell!?"
Then, Theo tried to ask Knight Cedric's wife and also some troops who knew about it.
Not long after, a Knight tried to approach and said doubtfully to Theo.
"Excuse me, sir... Didn't you know? It's been eight months since Knight Cedric left for his old hometown, and he hasn't returned yet."
Evanthe Valemont then gave her explanation.
He tells the reason why Knight Cedric must return to his hometown.
Knight Cedric wants to repay the Valemir family, who raised him as a true Knight of the Valemir army, until he could reach his current A rank.
Cedric also once promised to help the Valemir family, especially the princess of the Valemir family.
That's why Cedric went there to return the favor, and also wanted to find out the truth about the accusation of betrayal by the Valemir family that was given to Cedric and his family.
"Hmph, it turns out so," Theo said while listening seriously.
"But, he hasn't come back for six months, I'm really worried about him," Evanthe answered with a feeling of sadness and worry.
At that time, Evanthe was very worried about her husband, she was afraid that her husband would be considered a traitor and arrested by the Valemir family.
Although there are some Valemir families who insist that Knight Cedric is not a traitor, he is a hero of the Valemir family.
Because Cedric had done a great service by making the Valemir family's territory quite large. He also managed to get some great artifacts from ancient ruins, then he gave them to the Valemir family.
One of the artifacts had been worn by the princess of the Valemir family. At that time, she was only ten years old.
The artifact looked like an earring that had a shining star-like shape.
When the earrings were worn by the princess, suddenly a sparkling light appeared around the princess's body.
Then Knight Cedric was surprised to see her, because he felt like he saw a Saint behind the Princess.
Since then, the princess seemed to be able to see a glimpse of a person's character. This is what made Knight Cedric very much loved by the princess of the Valemir family, who had given her a gift.
However, because the news of betrayal suddenly appeared, it made the Princess sad, and she was very sure that Knight Cedric was not the traitor.
With the disappearance of Knight Cedric at that time, the Valemir family is currently experiencing internal conflict.
Some groups want Knight Cedric to be searched for, so that he can be immediately arrested and sentenced to death for leaving the war on the front lines.
However, there are also those who say that it is because there are traitors who want Knight Cedric to be removed, making the power of the Valemir family even weaker, and easy to be attacked by the enemy.
After listening to the story from Knight Cedric's wife, Theo finally decided to look for Knight Cedric.
He asked his father, Count Lucien, for permission to go look for Knight Cedric.
But actually, Count Lucien himself had ordered two of his Knight troops to try to find Knight Cedric a month ago.
However, until now, there has been no news at all about the two Knights.
They both seemed to disappear without anyone knowing.
Theo became increasingly suspicious, it was as if someone was deliberately silencing information about Knight Cedric's current whereabouts.
Luckily, Count Lucien gave Theo permission to search for Knight Cedric, accompanied by Knight Julian and the mage Alden.
The next day, Theo and the two guards who accompanied him set off for the Veltrazia kingdom, where Knight Cedric previously lived.
With the start of the search for Knight Cedric, Theo felt a little annoyed because he couldn't show the results of his training to Knight Cedric, whom at that time he considered his teacher.
In his mind, he swore, if anything happened to his teacher, Knight Cedric. Then, Theo would mercilessly kill him, even if it was a noble.
Because Theo promised himself that he didn't want to lose anyone.
Their journey begins...
The day began to change, with a view of the clear sky and also quite beautiful trees, making the atmosphere of the journey seem calm and smooth.
It was like there was no life around the area on their journey.
The three of them were supposed to travel for seven days, however, with the help of these skilled workers, the Caerstellar family finally had a fairly good horse-drawn carriage.
With the horse-drawn carriage, Theo and his two guards could travel to the Veltrazia kingdom faster, approximately three days.
Arriving at the gates of the kingdom of Veltrazia, they finally relaxed their vigilance for a while.
Because Theo and his two guards are currently disguised as traders, carrying several herbal ingredients to be sold at the morning market in the nearest town.
After they managed to get in, they looked for a place to stay to rest.
Theo began to formulate his plan. He ordered the mage Alden to try to find information around the Valemir family.
Meanwhile, Knight Julian was given a mission to pretend to be a herbal seller at the morning market, near his lodging area.
Will Theo succeed in finding Knight Cedric's whereabouts?
Or will he find out who is behind the plan to accuse Knight Cedric of treason?
Their mission begins.