Fate Online: Shadow

Chapter 522: Weird Noble Woman

Eastern Courtyard, on the pagoda in the center of the garden.

"Greetings Lady Amelia, thank you for allowing me to meet you today"

Ripley, like some kind of a dashing knight, knelt on one knee before the lady before her and kissed her hand.

With a striking appearance, coupled with a pair of captivating eyes that would draw anyone in, the woman smiled innocently and said, "My Knight, how have you been? Come, you were just in time for my tea. Sit with me"

Ripley smiled with such a dashing appearance that the attendants within her line of sight felt something pulling on their heartstrings

'H-how handsome! No, s-she's a woman, I shouldn't have these kinds of feelings meant only for men!'

'How can a woman be so handsome?!'

As Michael had once said one time, if he were born a girl, he'd probably fall in love with Tony, not because she's good looking, but because she has that weird charm that only one in a hundred men possess, which also largely factored in when she got Knighted since she had never even met Lady Amelia back then and there was really no reason why she bestowed her, her Knighthood.

Which she is well aware she does not deserve since she had not even built up that much of a rapport in terms of Prestige on the town unlike other players who had already made the town their base of operations.

"So I heard that the expedition went well Sir Ripley?" Sipping on her tea, Lady Amelia asked the moment Ripley took a seat.

'Expedition?'

"Ah yes My Lady, though it was unfortunate that a Duchy had become uninhabitable for tens of years due to the Undead"

Ripley was initially confused, but then she immediately remembered that they just recently came from a large expedition against an Undead Horde.

"It was fortunate that at least half of the residents of the Duchy were able to vacate the land or a lot more would have died and turned into an undead" Lady Amelia added with a shudder.

"And it seems a portion of those refugees also came all the way here, m'lady" Ripley replied when she remembered the group of refugees they saw along the road earlier before they entered the town gate.

"Yes, this town would gladly welcome them since Father has long had plans for expansion. It was only delayed since we didn't have the required population for this plan to come into fruition" Lady Amelia shared, which piqued Ripley's curiosity.

"Really? Why the expansion m'lady? I think the town is already big…Oh I see, the Baron wants to develop the town into a Port City, isn't he?" Ripley was halfway through her words when a sudden realization hit her, like a fog being dispersed and revealing what lies beyond .

Lady Amelia's eyes turned into a crescent moon as she smiled and said, "Indeed, and your arrival was just in time, Knight Ripley"

'Shit!'

Ripley immediately cursed inside as she can already see a quest heading her way just from hearing those words from her.

"How may I be of service, m'lady?" but as she didn't want to offend the noble before her, she immediately inquired of how she may be of help lest they sabotage their journey later.

She needs to borrow one of their ships after all.

Hearing her words, Lady Amelia's smile became even wider with a tinge of relief on her face that quickly disappeared as fast as it appeared.

"It's nothing difficult Sir Knight. I just want you and your friend to a lend a hand on clearing the underground labyrinth just a couple of miles from here"

'A dungeon?'

The first thought that immediately came to mind was a dungeon when Ripley heard the words "underground labyrinth", but then she became even more confused since there are also the Knights of the Blue Order who are more capable and effective than she and Storm Moonlight combined.

"But wouldn't the Knights of the Blue Order be more suitable for this task, m'lady?" Ripley still asked and for the first time, she finally wasn't able to hold back and took one of the small cakes on the table and ate it.

'It looked appetizing but its taste wasn't up to par. What a disappointment,' she complained inside.

Lady Amelia didn't mind the actions of the Knight before her and instead focused her attention to her question, "Indeed, but due the recent expedition, some of the knights are still recuperating, while the rest had already been deployed to another area. Your friend, is she…is she as capable as you?"

Raising an eyebrow, Ripley blurted, "Storm Moonlight? Yes, though I'm still better though"

"So her name is Storm Moonlight huh? I heard that she's good looking, you wouldn't mind if I met her right?"

"I-"

"Someone go and escort Storm Moonlight to my courtyard!"

"Right away, my lady!"

'Still as willful as ever huh? This is also one of the reason why I rarely come back to this town'

Ripley couldn't even put in a word and could only watch as one of the maids ran out of the garden and headed towards the reception area where Storm Moonlight was waiting for her.

"..."

After that, there was only a suffocating silence on the pavilion and it was only broken when Storm Moonlight had finally arrived.

This time around, she had taken off her cloak and finally revealed what was underneath it.

She was wearing a double layered combination of red and white cloth especially from the waist down. Across the torso, the armor was made up of stylized metal plates.

The upper right armguard extended higher than the shoulder, though the left one was set lower to make room for a red cape that draped over and around her left arm and shoulder, and in addition the matching bracers of the armor were worn in conjunction with leather gloves on each of her hands.

'That's…that's my first time seeing that armor. Was she hiding it all this time? Sneaky b*tch'

Ripley was immediately envious when her eyes laid upon her friend's armor. It looks sleek and makes its wearer look noble in it.

"Oh my, how dashing~!"

'Uggh!'

Lady Amelia immediately fell in love and Ripley can only groan inside looking at the scene before her eyes.

'This woman is really weird!'