A day in August in the middle of summer. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

A young and handsome blonde knight, wearing a black eagle banner painted on a golden face and a red background, proudly arrived at the Gran Collar Castle.

Edward, the eldest son of Baron Connor, graduated from the Royal Capital Knight Academy with a first-class honorable knighthood, and the banner he brought with him was the Royal Eagle Banner given by the King himself, and this kind of flag, among the hundreds of knights who graduated from the Royal Capital Knight Academy every year, only the best ten could get this banner.

Baron Connor was very happy, and threw a grand banquet of guests, and even Baron Garcia, his nemesis in the west of the realm, was invited by him to admire the royal eagle banner that his son had brought from the Royal Capital Knight Academy, and praised his son's greatness with red faces.

Baron Garcia looked unhappy, after his son went to the Royal Capital Knight Academy the year before last, he knew all day long that he was looking for flowers and asking willows, lingering in the various gold nests in the royal capital, and now he didn't even get the medal of the apprentice knight, and he saw that there was a unicorn in this rival's family, and he was not convinced, so he let his guard knight Sean stand up and compete with Edward in swordsmanship.

As a result, Sean, a middle-aged knight who is famous for his superb swordsmanship, lost to the young and vigorous Edward in his early twenties by half a move in the competition.

For Baron Connor's eldest son, the future heir to the Grand Domain, Edward, after his return, the most discussed among the lords in private was not only the personality and preferences of the heir to the realm, but also the choice of knight Edward's knight squire.

A knight squire is a kind of servant who specializes in providing services for knights such as taking care of horses, helping to put on armor, carrying weapons, and accompanying them in battle, and doing some work similar to subordinates for knights.

Even so, the knight squire is also a popular profession sought after by countless commoners and the second sons of low-ranking nobles.

Because, every knight squire, while providing services to the knight, has the opportunity to learn some cultural knowledge, combat skills or court etiquette from the knight, etc.

Second, the Knight squires who provided support services to the knights during their participation in combat and substituted them when no one was available were often the source of the majority of the knightly hierarchy.

Therefore, every knight squire has the possibility of becoming a knight.

This is also the reason why countless second sons of the common class and even the lower nobles (the second sons of the nobles in this world do not enjoy the right of inheritance, and after the eldest son inherits the title, the way out for the second sons has become a big problem) flock to it.

After learning that Edward was still missing a knight squire by his side, Zhou Ming, who had been paying attention silently, was a little moved.

Because the knight squire, who is generally selected from among the teenagers in the age group of 12-16 years, he happens to be in his early 12 years old this year, so he can try his luck.

On the pretext of sending a basket of cream cakes to the lord's wife, Zhou Ming entered the castle and met Madame Madeleine.

In the past few years, Zhou Ming, who has left a good impression in Madame Madeleine's heart, such as smart, well-behaved, sensible, etc., will bring some ingenious gifts (such as cream cakes, cheeses, cookies, moon cakes, etc.) to filial piety to Zhou Ming, for Zhou Ming, Madame Madeleine almost regarded him as her half son.

Even Madeleine's youngest son, Donnie, who had never been very interested in Zhou Ming before, gradually regarded him as his best friend and playmate after eating a birthday cake given to him by Zhou Ming.

"Ryan, you've got a delicious cream cake for me again, I'm going to pick a big one!"

Seeing the basket of cakes on the table, Little Downey quickly put his hand in, opened his mouth wide and took a bite hard, and was surprised in his heart, this kind of cake chef can also make it, but I don't know why, it's just not as delicious as the cake that Ryan brought over.

"My little darling, eat slowly. Madame Madeleine patted her youngest son on the back with a doting look, lest he choke on the food he ate too quickly.

However, seeing Zhou Ming standing on the side, looking cramped and uneasy, a trace of embarrassment flashed on Madame Madeleine's gentle face.

"Madame Madeleine, please help me, I want to be a knight's squire, I want to serve my lord better!"

Suddenly!

Zhou Ming knelt in front of Madame Madeleine's long skirt and pleaded with a wistful expression.

"Ryan, if there's anything you want my mom to help with? Tell me, maybe I can help you. "Donnie, who doesn't have many friends, thinks that Ryan is not a bad man, and now it seems that he is in a little difficulty, and for the sake of the delicious cake, maybe he can help a little.

Madame Madeleine pulled Donnie to her side, shook her head, and said, "Baby, you can't help with this. Then he said to Zhou Ming: "That's it, Ryan, I'll take you to meet my husband Connor, only he can call the shots in this kind of thing." ”

"Thank you, ma'am, thank you, ma'am!"

Zhou Ming said with a grateful face.

……

Castle, in the knight's training ground.

Zhou Ming, shirtless and showing the muscles of his upper body, stood in the middle of a group of 12-16-year-old children.

Zhou Ming had a few red marks on his arm, which had turned slightly purple, which was what Edward had left on him just now - in the face of Edward's sharp attack, he barely resisted, and he had to withstand six or seven heavy blows from the wooden sword.

Zhou Ming's performance was okay, among his peers who participated in the "interview" with him, only he lasted the longest in the circle, and the others were knocked out of bounds by Edward in less than three or four rounds.

"The little guy is not bad, he can last so long, he has the potential and qualifications to be my squire, little guy, whose child are you?"

Taking the woolen cloth handed by the servant, Edward elegantly wiped the sweat on his hands and looked at Zhou Ming with admiration.

"Lord Edward, don't choose this man as your squire! This boy is a lowly farmer's son, and he is not worthy of being your knight's squire! If this is spread out and the nobles outside know about it, they don't know how to laugh at you behind your back, your nobility and glory cannot be tarnished by this lowly farmer's son!"

Bu Nord, the butler who was originally standing on the side, suddenly stepped forward with short legs, and pointed at Zhou Ming viciously and complained to Edward.

"What? You're the son of a lowly farmer, the son of a lowly farmer, who wants to be my knight's squire?"

Edward, who has always regarded the dignity and glory of the nobility as his life, seemed to have been greatly humiliated and ridiculed, blushed, and pointed at Zhou Ming and was furious: "Who is it? who put this shitty thing in, who is humiliating me in this way? Who is it? Stand up for me?!"

Originally, Edward thought that the boys who came to participate in his knight squire selection today were basically the second sons of nobles from other territories who had no inheritance rights, and their identities were similar to him, but he didn't expect that there was a lowly farmer's son mixed in here!

But it was this farmer's son who defeated all competitors and became the only good seedling in his eyes......

Who the hell is playing this mischievous joke on me, I'm going to have to screw his head off!

"My dear son Edward, I asked this child to come and try it, I didn't know you would be so angry, for my mother's sake, forgive this child for his recklessness. ”

Madame Madeleine came up and begged, hoping that the grumpy eldest son would not be too embarrassed by little Lane.

Baron Connor, who was silent on the side, also spoke: "Let this somewhat motivated boy go back, he is not fit to be a knight's squire." ”

Baron Connor actually doesn't like Zhou Ming very much, the nobles have the dignity of the nobles, how can the son of a farmer be suitable for mixing into the affairs of the nobles?

If it hadn't been for the intercession of his wife Madeleine, he wouldn't have given this somewhat clever child a chance.

"Get out of here, I don't want to see you vile and filthy pariahs again!" he yelled at Zhou Ming, and Edward left the training ground without looking back.

……

The entrance to the castle.

Zhou Ming stood there blankly.

His face is like ashes, and his heart is like ice.

He still hasn't recovered from the blow he had just made.

"Damn untouchables, do you dare to be the attendant of the noble Lord Edward?noble Lord Edward, are untouchables like you qualified to serve? Tell you, even if you work hard for another hundred years, a thousand years, you will always be a damned pariah! You still want to be a noble knight, die of this heart!" Bunod, the stocky butler, chattered endlessly.

"Shut up!"

Zhou Ming turned his head abruptly and roared, glared at him viciously, and then left here without looking back.

The butler Bunod shrank back half a step, and was a little furious by the fierce light in his eyes, and turned into a rage: "Dead pariah, you wait for me!"