It had been a week since the Ostian spies started the mission in Kingdom of Bern. Matthew, known as Matthias to the Wyvern Knights in Bern, had been the one with the hardest task. Not only did he had to learn how to ride wyverns, he had to keep an eye on Levan as well without being too obvious. Jaffar had decent task in front of him, he went to the city once in a few days to keep up with the rumors going on between the citizens, but he spent most of his time out of the city, watching whether there was unusual military movement or not. So far so good, there seem to be nothing unusual. He thought that whatever Levan was up to, it had not started yet. Legault, on the other hand, practically had nothing to do. The purple haired spy ended up hunting more animals for food, and kept on using the free time to experiment on his own cooking. So far, he had come up with 2 new dishes that he could not wait to share with the chef in Ostia House.
As planned before, the three Ostian spies would have a weekly meeting to discuss on what action would be taken after what happened. The time agreed on would be in a half a day from then. Matthew kept on impressing the Wyvern Knights with his flying on Droz, some even said that his flying skill was better than General Vaida. The General in question of course took offense to the rumor and challenged Matthew to a fight, under the word of "practice" obviously. While his flying skill was definitely surprisingly good, the problem that Matthew had was using the spear properly. As a spy, he had never had the need to wield such a huge weapon. The smaller would suit him the better, but as a Wyvern Knight, it was required for him to learn how to use a spear. The weight of the weapon gave him the most trouble, that was the reason why he kept on using the iron spear rather than choosing to use a heavier weapon like the steel spear.
So the practice started. Vaida on Umbriel versus Matthew on Droz. They flew quickly to the sky while the Wyvern Knights cheered on. The louder cheer was for Matthew as the knights probably was waiting for the time when someone finally could defeat the General. Vaida was annoyed by the cheer and decided that the best defense was a good offense. She flew like an arrow and stabbed the silver spear on to Matthew's abdoment area. It was a pure luck that he could avoid the attack because he did not even see the attack coming in. Had Droz not used its animal instinct, Matthew would have been in the hospital getting treatment. As the crowd oohs and aahs between each near miss, Matthew finally thought of an idea to defeat Vaida. He kept Droz circling on the sky above Vaida and Umbriel. At one moment, Droz and Matthew blocked the sun from Vaida's eyes, and once they moved away to attack, Vaida was blinded by the sun. Despite that attempt, Matthew's attack was a bit late with Vaida dodging at the last moment and even countered with her own swing of the silver spear. It knocked Matthew off Droz, straight to the ground.
Once Umbriel landed back on the ground, Vaida got off and approached the fallen knight, "Good job, Matthias. But you're obviously still far far away from defeating me. Try again in 10 years or 20. Hahaha."
Matthew let out a small sarcastic smile to Vaida as Heath came to make sure that Matthew was alright. He told Matthew not to take the comment into heart as it was just the usual antique by Vaida. He then added that there was no shame for losing against her because despite the attitude, she was the best Wyvern Knight in Bern.
"Yeah, I know. Still undefeated in training and competitions, right?"
Heath confirmed that the answer to the question was a yes. Matthew then said that it was okay to lose against Vaida, but he did not expect this to happen on the day for the meeting between the spies. The fall did not injure him that much, but it would definitely slow him down, and speed along with agility would be crucial for him to sneak out of the castle that night.
The hot topic during the dinner was how General Vaida defeated the rising star Matthias. Some were convinced that General Vaida deserved the respect, while some still considered that it was just a pure luck on Vaida's side to win that practice. In no time, she would be defeated by Matthias, or so what they thought. Matthew was a bit uneasy by the attention he received since the day he joined the Wyvern Knights. He could already imagine Jaffar and Legault lecturing him on how important it was to stay unnoticed. Instead of being unnoticed, Matthew had become the center of attention from day 1. He had a quick glance on the target of the mission, Levan, and he could have sworn that Levan was staring at him as if trying to kill him with his eyes.
Dinner time finally finished, and a few minutes after, Matthew sneaked out of the castle to meet Jaffar and Legault. As predicted before, the first thing that they said to Matthew was how horrible he was to get unnoticed. Leagult teased him up and even suggested a change in duties. Jaffar said that switching duties would be out of the question, but he too fumed on how everyone talked about Matthias in Bern. Though angry, Jaffar's anger was also directed at Vaida whom he called as imcompetent of coming up with better ideas to sneak Matthew in to the Wyvern Knights.
"So what do you have on Levan, Matthew?" asked Legault.
"Well all I know so far is that no one really knows much about him and his background. Mind you that my contact so far are only the low ranked knights, because I'm a low rank knight as well. It would be suspicious if I hang out too often with the higher ranked knights."
Jaffar interrupted, "But you definitely find something about him, don't you?"
"Yes, I know that he showed up out of nowhere, and in a few days, he became the advisor of King Zephiel. Many high rank officers showed their objection, but they could not do anything when the King himself insisted on having Levan as his private advisor. And what's weird is that most of the officers who objected at first had now been Levan's supporters. It's just too weird."
Legault nodded, "Yeah, I agree. It's very suspicious that they changed their positions just like that. Especially since that Levan had done no good other than using more and more military stength."
"And what makes me more suspicious is that the reason why those officers objected in the first place was due to the military issues. They were planning to have the military for the nation's defense only. With Levan using it actively, they should have no reason to support him," added Matthew.
Before they could have discussed anymore, a voice was heard coming out of the bush behind Matthew, "Hee hee, so my instinct is right. You are no usual person, Matthias ... or should I call you Matthew of Ostia House?"
The three Ostian spies were surprised, and as they looked at the source of the voice, they saw Levan was there with around 10 Bern soldiers. The order to capture them was soon given by Levan. As the soldiers creeped toward the trio, Legault immediately run away while Jaffar and Matthew fought against the guard.
Though Legault did not like running away from such confrontation, he knew that it was his duty to ensure that House of Ostia knew what happened. Deep down, he was sure that Jaffar and Matthew could overcome the soldiers and find somewhere safe to hide away from Levan. He just hoped that his instinct was correct just like Levan's.
