"Feel free to spread your wings and fly away first. Your safety is the priority."
Count Brand was overjoyed. He was extremely satisfied with Arthur's understanding, folding his spread wings and raising his head high.
"CAW! Just as I'd expect from this Count's most excellent follower. Your loyalty and devotion are more than enough. How could this Count possibly be the sort of coward who flees in the face of battle?"
"If it comes to it, this Count need only give a little flap of his wings to scare away those insolent fools."
Calvin listened from the side, his expression unchanging.
After all, a feat like scaring off Knights with a flap of his wings was hardly worth mentioning compared to the usual torrent of boasts from this crow Count.
He had even more exaggerated tales, like defeating a Four-armed Giant wielding a Giant Sword, discovering a hidden Assassin in a withered rice field, or escaping from a dragon whose shadow could blanket an entire mountain range...
