The better the relationship, the easier it is to argue.
This sentence seemed to be true, at least Noah began to believe its authenticity.
Because they argued for a whole day without deciding what to do, and the two were even childish enough that Margaret would argue with her while sunbathing.
She seemed like such an excellent Knight, yet she was unbelievably wishy-washy about this. Noah was a bit disillusioned with Margaret. What kind of Knight was so wishy-washy! Wouldn't it be great to just accept her gift and let her be free? She wasn't running far, just to Sherag. When you're done, just come find me! If worst comes to worst, if you really fail, you can also run to Sherag, and I'll definitely cheer for you.
However, Noah didn't say any of these words.
She was just emphasizing to Margaret not to be so childish, that she needed these helps and resources. But Margaret kept arguing that her agreement with her was not for this, constantly using strange but, upon careful thought, somewhat reasonable arguments to oppose her. For example, it's not in a Knight's style to casually take things Noah worked hard for, or 'why don't you just stay by my side and help? What's the problem?'
Noah understood the logic, but facing a Knight who was stubborn to the core, she really couldn't reason with her properly.
So, all the polite negotiations ended in arguments—and Noah always started getting angry first, which made Noah embarrassed to call herself rational.
There was no other way. Margaret could never get angry at Noah; she never had, ever since they were young. At times like these, only Noah could get angry first...
Fortunately, these matters weren't that urgent; they still had their own things to do.
The first thing was to have Maria voluntarily transfer her Knight points so that Margaret could enter the official competition. Noah had originally worried that Maria would be emotional about this, but before she could even suggest it, Maria was already eagerly planning to transfer the points herself.
It was clear—this child had been stifled. She hadn't touched a wrench or engine oil for nearly two months.
Noah wanted to comfort her, but before she could even finish her mental draft, Maria had already voluntarily given up being a Knight—or, more accurately, given up being a competitive Knight. She even specifically sought out Craftsman Cat as her master and began researching weapons designed to deal with Catastrophe-level beasts. According to her, "Although these weapon designs are excellent, I still really want to try making them myself!"
Craftsman Cat had no reason to refuse Maria. After all, Maria had both talent and temperament. Her passion for craftsmanship even made Craftsman Cat feel challenged.
Maria returning to her own path was what she herself wanted, so Noah didn't say anything and simply transferred the points directly.
The return of Shining Knight herself had already caused a huge stir in Kazimierz. Undoubtedly, Shining Knight's return to Knight competitive events was already weighty enough, so weighty that all the street newspapers in Kazimierz had Shining Knight on their front pages. Not a single one would shift its focus, whether questioning Shining Knight, praising Shining Knight, or being sarcastic. In any case, Shining Knight was the hot topic, Shining Knight was the most attention-grabbing element, with no other options.
Noah's head already started to ache just listening to the content of these newspapers through her headphones.
She really wanted to start her own newspaper and then loudly curse these stupid newspapers for not understanding Shining Knight one bit. This person was neither that great nor that cunning! This person was just a Shining blockhead! Blockhead! Blockhead!
Even a Shining blockhead is still a blockhead!
So what? Does Shining make it more advanced?
Noah's exasperation was not without reason, because with the appearance of Shining Knight, plus her own recovery, the entire Knight Association became flustered. To cover up the things that happened in her absence, they had already started forging records. But all these forged records were caught by Uncle Manner and reported to Noah. Upon hearing that the Red Pine Knights had been attacked, her brows also furrowed tightly.
To prevent Maria from finding teammates, they really did their best...
But it was fortunate, according to Margaret, Flame Tail Knight and Grey Tail Knight were both safely rescued, and the other members also took the opportunity to escape. However, the Red Pine Knights now existed in name only. To make some amends, Noah had originally wanted to incorporate and invest, but she was refused by Flame Tail Knight herself. According to her, they were an Infected Knight Order and should not accept Noah's funds, otherwise, greater problems might arise internally.
Noah could only give up... but the Red Pine Knights were still the luckiest among them, at least they managed to retreat mostly intact.
As for the other Knight Orders that didn't encounter Margaret...
Noah listened to several reports of "street brawls" and "accidents," and once again understood the inhuman extent of the Knight Association's people. She never imagined they would do such beastly things to prevent Maria from finding teammates.
The Shieldless League's actions naturally couldn't escape Noah's notice—including Hintleyya's actions within it. However, Noah also knew that the Shieldless League, in her absence, had no way to refuse the Commercial Federation's demands.
However, Hintleyya herself also didn't really dare to appear in front of Noah... she had originally invited her to dinner, but now she would run away early if she saw Noah at the company.
To summarize... after Margaret's return, it was clear that Kazimierz would also undergo a major reshuffle.
But everything else was secondary; more importantly—the official competition was about to begin.
The start of the official competition indicated that the situation in Kazimierz had entered a new phase—and compared to Maria Nearl, the return of Shining Knight, Margaret Lin-guang's personal appearance had already made the Commercial Federation break out in a cold sweat.
What would happen if Margaret won the championship again?
This question once again appeared in the minds of the Commercial Federation's chairmen. These insects, for once, felt a sense of crisis and united again. In the official competition, Shining Knight must lose—
If Shining Knight reached the top again, the old methods would no longer work—now Infected could participate and win the championship. Blood Knight had already changed this rule, and the Commercial Federation now had almost no way to restrict Shining Knight.
And so... this Kazimierz Knight Championship had a special meaning.
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