Raised in Dungeon

When they arrived at the Barony Andoram residence, Felicia took a deep breath, and when she released it, there was a slight tremor in her breath.

"What's wrong?" asked Allen.

"Nothing," Felicia replied.

Felicia was feeling nervous. Many things happened at her birthday party, so she got nervous when she had to meet the other nobles, especially those the same age as her.

The carriage door opened; Rachel came out first and was followed by Allen. Allen reached out his hand to Felicia to help her out of the carriage.

'Good job, Allen.' Rachel said.

Rachel told him along the way that small details like that were very important for nobles. As Felicia's personal knight, there were many things that Allen had to do, such as pouring drinks, looking around, and then checking on his master's condition. As Rachel had expected, Allen let out a long sigh as Rachel mentioned his duties.

'At least in a noble residence, he should do his duties well,' Rachel thought.

Rather than a personal knight, Rachel wanted Allen to be Felicia's friend, so she agreed to ignore all of Allen's disrespectful actions toward Felicia. But that was only allowed when it was just the two of them. In front of other nobles, he had to behave like a knight. Nobles were very sensitive to such things, if Allen did something inappropriate, then Felicia would be humiliated by other nobles.

"Remembered to what I have said, Allen. Don't do something stupid." Whisper Rachel to Allen.

"I know! No need to tell me over and over!"

After that, five girls with conspicuous clothes approached them.

"Miss Felicia! You really came!"

"I can't believe it, Miss Felicia is coming!"

"I'm grateful to be able to come to this tea."

When Felicia arrived, the girls who were also attending the event gathered. There was one person who stayed behind, and that was the daughter of Barony Andoram, Ursula Monde Andoram.

Felicia approached her and greeted her.

"Thank you for inviting me to your tea," Felicia said with a smile.

"Tha-thank you for coming to our residence, Lady Felicia," Ursula replied.

Ursula was sweating slightly and looked anxious. The baron sending a letter invitation to the earl's house just for tea was impolite.

"You don't need to think about unnecessary things. I'm really happy to be able to come to this beautiful residence of yours," Felicia said.

But her face still did not look comfortable.

"Thank you very much, Lady Felicia."

The people, aware of Ursula's reaction, started trying to change the subject,

"Lady Felicia, who is the man next to you?" asked one of the girls.

"He is my personal knight; his name is Allen."

Allen put his hand on his chest and bowed slightly.

They then fell silent for a few seconds,

"Hmm?"

still silent, as if waiting for something.

"Pardon me?" asked Felicia.

"With all due respect, you haven't told me his surname."

"His name is just Allen; he's just a peasant."

"!!!"

They then made shocked faces while looking at Allen, but those faces only lasted a few moments until they smiled again.

Allen was immediately disgusted when he saw them, so disgusted that he felt his stomach acid rising up to his neck, so he had to hold his mouth slightly to keep from vomiting.

From behind Felicia, Rachel whispered something.

"Lady, it's time,"

Felicia nodded, then she lifted her skirt again.

"Ladies, please start the event without me; I must first greet the Barony to deliver the Earl's letter."

The girl answered her greetings, and then they left.

The butler led them inside the house to barony's room.

Felicia immediately let out a long sigh.

"Are those kind of people you want to be friends with?" asked Allen in a slight whisper.

"Shut up, Allen. You are so noisy."

'But I whispered though.'

Felicia seemed to understand the meaning of Allen's question. Felicia also knew clearly that their smiles were just an act. They probably didn't really want her to come to the event.

"Why did they make that face when they heard about me?" Allen asked Rachel.

"Because you're a peasant. Earls never make peasants their knights. Let alone your hair; perhaps this social fact surprises them more."

"Then why are they just smiling like fools?"

"They wouldn't dare say anything that could criticize Lady Felicia, the earl's daughter."

"Nobles really are stupid."

Rachel just ignored him.

"We have arrived, Lady Felicia." The butler said.

"I give you my thanks; go back to work."

The butler nodded and left.

Felicia opened the door. Inside was a fat man standing in his purple tunic, and beside him, a tall man with ponytail hair. There was a sword hanging from the man's wrist. It seemed like he was a bodyguard or personal knight of the barony.

"Welcome to our residence, Lady Felicia," it was the Barony of Andoram.

Felicia, Rachel, and Allen returned the barony's greeting by bowing slightly. The earl's social status was indeed higher than the barony, but the status of the earl's daughter and the head of the barony family was not higher.

"Please forgive my daughter's impoliteness for inviting you with just a letter."

"That's fine. I am happy to accept your daughter's invitation this time."

Rachel then gave the letter from the Earl to Felicia, and Felicia gave it to barony.

Barony opened the letter and read it.

After reading for about a minute, he closed the paper and started asking questions,

"Who's that kid over there?" Barony asked, pointing at Allen.

Allen put his hand to his chest and bowed,

"He is my personal knight; his name is Allen. Just Allen." Because of the previous incident, Felicia stated unequivocally that Allen was just a peasant.

"Oh my, you chose a peasant as your personal knight? And not only that, he's also a child," the baron scoffed.

"Don't worry; he's the equivalent of a palladium-ranked dungeon explorer," Felicia replied.

"Palladium? This kid? Hahahaha, no kidding, lady. I suggest you dismiss this child immediately. Don't let something dangerous happen, and you can't be properly protected."

Rachel kept looking at Allen, afraid that he would suddenly get angry or say something rude. But fortunately, Allen didn't seem to care about what the baron said. He just kept quiet, doing everything as he was told.

"Te-thank you for giving your valuable advice, but I have no intention of firing him," there was a hint of annoyance in his words. But barony didn't stop there,

"You really should follow my advice, I used to appoint a peasant as my knight. I actually really liked him because he was quite strong. But suddenly, he cooperated with the rebels and planned to kill me. Peasants are just trash who will do anything for money. Maybe that boy has a face and hair you like, but don't let your lust control you, my lady."

Because Rachel began to hear the barony's diatribe not only against Allen but also against Felicia. She immediately shouted at him.

"Watch your language, sir. I will not allow the insult to the earl's daughter-"

"YOU SHUT UP MAID! A COMMONER LIKE YOU HAS NO RIGHT TO CRITICIZE A NOBLEMAN!"

The baron was out of breath as soon as he shouted.

Then everything went silent.

From behind, Allen could only see her back, but he was sure Felicia was making an unpleasant face.

And that somehow annoyed him more than listening to the barony ramble on about how inferior he was.

Allen stepped forward, approached Felicia, and peered at her face from the side.

"Seems like you need a mirror, Felicia. Your face really looks bad right now."

Even if Felicia was in a bad mood, she could put on an unconcerned face because she was always trained to pretend.

But no matter how hard Felicia tried to conceal it, Allen was able to detect the true feelings hidden by humans.

Allen's actions made barony angry.

"What kind of mouth do you have?! You're Lady Felicia's personal knight, and she's noble! You should call her lady, you filthy peasant!"

"You also shouldn't talk out loud anymore; your breath stinks."

"Wha!"

Allen advanced towards the barony and looked at him with a face of hatred, disgust, and condescension.

"Wh-what are you going to do?! Why are you looking at me like that?!"

Instead of answering barony's question, he spoke to Felicia.

"I've been misunderstood, Felicia.

I know that nobles are people who are highly regarded and respected; that's why they do things that make them respected.

But so far, the only nobles I've seen are Isabelle and you, except your father and his knight. Isabelle is unmistakably doing things for her subordinates. Felicia, I may not like how you talk to others at first, but you always do everything you can to help others.

Then I assumed that all nobles would be like that, being proud because they had something to be proud of, but I was wrong.

Like this filthy guy in front of me. They're just people who look down on others to elevate themselves, who are completely useless and can't do anything."

Allen then turned around and grabbed Felicia's wrist.

"Let's go home; I'm sick of watching you refrain from cursing at this trash."

Rachel could only cover her face.

'Even though I asked him to keep quiet, it still turned out like this.

But...

I'm glad he said it,' Rachel thought.

Barony, who had been gaping for some reason, was sweating with fear.

Allen took Felicia's hand and led her to the exit.

"We're leaving first," Allen said.

When Allen said that, barony seemed to regain his senses suddenly.

"KILL THAT PEASANT!" he shouted at the person beside him.

"YOU DAMN PEASANT! HOW DARE YOU HARASS ME LIKE THIS! I'LL KILL YOU AND CHOP UP YOUR BODY!"

The man took out his sword and immediately ran over, trying to slash Allen's head.

"ALLEN!" shouted Rachel.

Allen then pushed Felicia towards Rachel. He then spun around and pulled his sword from its sheath.

-SLANK

Barony's bodyguard's sword was thrown and stuck in the floor in front of barony's foot.

"HIIIIII!!!" With a terrified expression, Barony fell.

After that, Allen immediately came forward, trying to slash the soldier's hand.

But

"ALLEN ENOUGH!"

Felicia stopped him.

"Why?" asked Allen.

Felicia didn't answer him. Instead, she came forward and greeted the barony.

"Thank you for your time; sorry for my knight's rudeness."

After Felicia said that, she turned around and walked out the door.

"Come on, let's go home. I've had enough of it here. It's so smelly and disgusting. I want to take a shower right away."

They left there, leaving the barony looking angry but scared in his room.

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"Say, Felicia, why are you staying there? Isn't your father's status higher than his? He can't possibly mess with you, right?"

On the way out of the residence, Allen asked Felicia.

"That's from my father."

"What?"

"A letter from my father. He was the one who asked the barony to tell me that so that he could get me to fire Allen."