"Sir, I think you need a towel." A hand holding a towel reached over from the side. The Expedition Knight Kaled's face darkened, and he barely managed a smile at the corner of his mouth as he sat down next to Bertrand. "I thought this was going to be a bandit suppression trip, but now it seems more like we're a team from a relief organization."
"The mortals face far more than you knights can imagine, Lord Kaled," Bertrand said, looking at the campfire in front of him with a hint of self-mockery. "Just like the well-known saying about why peasants don't eat cake—many of the Master Knights don't understand the hardships of the peasants."
"The peasants don't have bread to eat? Well, let them eat cake!"
—Former Knight King "Tyrant" John II's Queen "Beauty" Mary
