Capítulo 727: Chapter 254 The ‘Purpose’ of Starfire

“Your companion seems to have sustained severe injuries. Hand him over to us; we have a healing Array that can help stabilize his condition temporarily and prevent further deterioration.

Although it’s unclear whether it will be effective against the kind of ghostly thing that caused the injury, it’s certainly better than doing nothing. However, given that your companion is very powerful, you may need to pay some medical fees.”

As Anvis, who was supporting the knight with Mage’s Hand, was being observed, Landon thought for a moment and then took the initiative to offer help in treating the Knight Captain.

Strictly speaking, the Rose Knight Order, as an elite force of the Empire, should be considered hostile to the Starfire Resistance Army.

However, having just fought side by side and ultimately escaping with the help of Anvis’s use of a one-time-use Mysterious Object, Landon couldn’t bear to just watch.

“Then, we’ll be troubling you.”

Landon was somewhat worried initially if the other party would suspect his intentions and thus reject his proposal.

However, what surprised him was that Anvis simply nodded, willingly handed the person over without showing any signs of guard.

“…By the way, those ghostly things seem to be deliberately targeting you. Did you do something?”

Gaining a bit more courage, Landon tried asking a deeper question to gauge Anvis’s reaction.

“Perhaps it’s because of me and my sister?”

To the somewhat curious Landon, Anvis shrugged his shoulders, removed the helmet of his armor, and revealed his true face.

“Also, it’s been a long time since. Alisa. Roche.”

“Anvis!?” “Lord Anvis?”

Upon realizing the armored knight was actually Anvis, both Roche and the female knight Alisa were taken aback.

Since joining the Starfire Resistance Army, neither had expected to meet Anvis again under such circumstances.

“Wait, Lord Anvis’s sister, could it be…?”

After a moment of shock, Roche suddenly realized and looked towards the other two slender knights beside Anvis with a somewhat anxious gaze.

At this point, seeing that Anvis had voluntarily revealed his identity, Fiona also took off her stifling hard helmet, sorting out her slightly disheveled light golden hair.

“You’re… Roche? I remember you, your flying woven cat owl was very interesting.”

Then, the girl blinked her lake-blue eyes, tilted her head slightly, and looked carefully at Roche.

“You seem much stronger than before, you must be an upperclassman now?”

“That… I… you, it’s good you like it! Also, I’ve already left Pamir Academy now.”

Suddenly being scrutinized up close by the dream goddess, Roche’s face visibly turned red, his forehead began to sweat slightly, and his tongue became less agile, making him forget what he originally wanted to say.

Seeing his condition, Matt, Alisa, and the others understood something, and their gaze towards him turned somewhat mischievous.

“Is that so? Well, what are you doing now?”

Fiona, noticing Roche’s complex feelings towards her, and although she didn’t understand much about the affairs between men and women, Anvis had specifically warned her before what might happen if she got too close to Roche.

Thus, not wanting to hurt the boy who gave her a good impression, the girl tried to change the subject.

However, when she asked this question, the atmosphere in the room suddenly fell into a somewhat awkward silence.

Roche opened his mouth, his faint black eyes seeking help as he looked towards Alisa and Landon, at a loss on how to respond to the girl.

Telling her that he had joined the Starfire Resistance Army, ready to overthrow the nobility, including her family?

Although these were objective facts, he could not imagine what kind of expression Fiona would have upon hearing these words, and how she would treat him.

“Well, he is fighting alongside us, striving to create a better world.”

In the end, it was Landon, still unclear of the identities of the two, who broke the tensely frozen atmosphere in the room.

“Creating a better world? That indeed is a formidable goal, but what constitutes a better world?”

Fiona was somewhat puzzled by Landon’s words, unable to comprehend his meaning.

“To me, a better world is one without oppression, where everyone is born equal.

In response to the girl’s question, Landon spoke of his true ideals.

“Currently, on the Yar Continent, both the Yiter Kingdom Federation and the Gloria Empire have been corrupt and stagnant for too long.

Cruel nobles indiscriminately bully and exploit the common people, disregarding their lives by collecting hefty taxes each year, leading to countless families being torn apart, losing loved ones.

Moreover, by plundering the wealth of the populace, they deliberately limit the avenues for common Professionals to access resources and knowledge, forcing them to sell their lives for nobles in exchange for a bit of ‘scarce’ resources.

Some even wage wars all for personal desires, completely indifferent to the lives of the people.”

As he spoke, Landon slightly lifted his head, his black eyes shimmering with determination, and in the subtly changed expressions of Roche and others, he spoke with impassioned rhetoric.

“Therefore, our goal is to overthrow the cruel nobles who loom over us, and rebuild a social order with no noble class. We aim to return the resources, which they have pillaged, back to the common people!”

“But… wasn’t it the Starfire Resistance Army that started the war first?”

After hearing Landon’s words, Fiona was momentarily stunned and couldn’t help but ask instinctively.

“That’s different, even if we did nothing, the war would still have erupted…”

“Wait, Landon, you don’t know their identities yet, do you?”

Landon shook his head, ready to continue his explanation, but the female knight Alisa could no longer bear it and interrupted to give a prompt.

“Right, let me introduce myself; I am Landon, currently… well, the leader here. May I ask for your identities?”

Reminded by Alisa, Landon finally recalled the previously interrupted question.

“Nice to meet you, Lord Landon, I am Fiona, Fiona Olivendi, Lord of Star Domain in Karlars Province—”

Having detected some hints in Landon’s words, Fiona looked at Landon with a complex gaze and introduced herself.

“You…? Lord of Star Domain?!”

Upon hearing the girl’s introduction, Landon was dumbfounded.

After coming to his senses, he looked at Roche and Alisa, who seemed at a loss for words, his face turning slightly red.

“You know each other?”

Even though the other party was wearing an armor of the Rose Knight Order, he saw that Roche and Alisa seemed to know her well, thinking everyone was on the same side, but…

He never expected this.

“Don’t be too agitated, Lord Landon, having a conflict with the noble class doesn’t mean we have to be enemies with you.”

However, facing the wary Landon, Anvis smiled and gently raised his right hand, indicating for him to calm down.

“Just like Miss Alisa, according to the rules of noble succession, she should be a rightful descendant of the Marquis of Alk of the Empire, yet isn’t she also now your ally?

But I am curious, by all accounts, our Gloria Empire treats talented common Professionals like yourself quite well; what led you to develop such thoughts?”

“This is the core doctrine of the Starfire Organization imparted to all of us by our great leader Ray, through a Mechanical Headband!”

Still wary, after hearing Anvis’s words, Landon responded without hesitation.