After Alice's training today, Gaudos accompanied Alice back to the hotel.

"How's it going?" Gaudos asked.

"I felt like I could have gotten stronger, but Uncle Don Quixote told me I was able to handle the exam now... Alas, I suddenly felt very bottomless in my heart. ”

"Don't worry, Don Quixote is not a boaster, if he says that things are only 5 points sure, then in fact, there are already 10 points of certainty."

"Is that so? Brother Gaudos, you seem to know Uncle Don Quixote better than I do. Alice looked straight at Gados with a confused expression.

"Okay, we have exams tomorrow, and we have to rest well today so that we can meet tomorrow's exams in a better state, aren't we?"

"Hmm!"

As Alice was about to go into the house to rest, she immediately turned back to Gaudos and said, "That... I have a gift for you. ”

Looking at Alice's nervous look, Gaudus asked with interest, "What gift?" ”

"It's... A... Well... I'll go to bed first. ”

Halfway through the sentence, she ran into her room.

Gaudus shrugged his shoulders, thinking to himself that the girl's mind was hard to guess.

Subsequently, he sent a message to Spider Ji through the soul contract: Do you want to sleep? I'll open you a room.

Spider replied, "No, I'm having fun."

Gaudus could only shrug his shoulders.

The night went on, Alice woke up early, and began her daily morning exercises. This morning exercise can help stretch the body, clear the blood vessels, and avoid injury if you do strenuous exercise afterwards.

Gaudus, on the other hand, had spent a night studying [Heroic Soul Communication], after all, he had now collected the three parts of [Praise of the Heroic Spirit], and Sandru had already made a prediction that he would soon obtain the fourth part [Heroic Spirit Awakening].

Now that Sandru has made a prophecy, why not plan ahead?

After breakfast, Gaudus and Alice went to the branch of the Knights Hospitaller.

Gaudos also noticed that Alice was carrying a sketchpad on her back.

The Knights Hospitaller of the Dawn was not located in the city of Turin, but in the western suburbs of Turin, occupying a large piece of land, and on this land established horse farms, fighting rings, hospitals and other facilities, and carried out rigorous combat training while also treating the sick and wounded in the past.

The Knights Hospitaller of the Dawn are not as merciful as their name suggests, but they also have a fierce and strong side. It is, first of all, a powerful order of knights, and secondly, a hospital organization.

It is said that at the beginning of the founding of the Savoy Kingdom, the Knights Hospitaller of the Dawn once sent a team of 100 knights to support the old count's self-defense war against the "Lords of Dolon". Under the leadership of the head of the Knights' sub-regiment, Slan, they not only killed the enemy general Viscount Claude, but also killed hundreds of elite enemy soldiers, making great achievements. That's why the Count allowed them to occupy a place in their own territory and establish a branch of the Order.

Unlike other Knights, the Knights Hospitaller of the Dawn were strict with themselves, and they never had anything to do with them, which made them seem to be full of kindness and love, and they were easy to gain the trust of monarchs.

And at this time, Don Quixote also arrived here.

"Teacher, you're here!" Alice happily hugged her beloved teacher.

Don Ji laughed and said, "My most proud student is going to take the most important exam, why can't I give her a ride?" ”

He clasped his student's hand and instructed, "Don't be nervous, just treat it as daily training, and you'll be fine!" ”

Alice nodded vigorously.

Looking at the candidates who were rushing in, Gao Duosi smiled and said, "Let's go in." ”

Alice nodded, then handed the sketchpad she was carrying to her in the hand of Gao Duos, blushing and said, "This is the gift I gave you yesterday, thank you for your company, and besides, you can't open it until I go in." ”

Gaudus looked at Alice, whose face had turned red into an apple, as if he realized something, and nodded.

Didn't I buy this sketchpad and give it to her in Sindh Town?

Alice looked at Gauldos with a hesitant expression, then closed her eyes, stood on tiptoe, wrapped her arms around Gauldos's neck, and kissed him fiercely on the face!

And so long.

Her lips left Gauldos's cheek, and she said softly and earnestly:

"Promise me that you will have to wait for me to go in before you can open it."

Gaudos nodded mechanically.

Looking at Gao Duosi's blank expression, Alice actually showed a sweet smile. She gently hugged Gaudus and left.

Gaudus froze, he touched the cheek that had been kissed by the girl, where the scorching temperature and the faint fragrance remained, and for a moment, it was as if Alice's lips were still on his face, and she was still standing in front of him, gently holding herself.

He then turned his head to watch the blonde-haired Alice briskly enter the pure white door of the Order's branch.

After seeing Alice enter the examination room, Gaudus opened the drawing board.

The painting depicts a young man with a resolute expression, carrying a frail girl on his back, slowly heading towards the brightly lit town in the dark.

Gaudus recognized at a glance that the boy in the painting was himself, and the girl he was carrying was Alice, and the town in the distance was Sinde.

Gaudus suddenly heard his own heartbeat, which was stronger than ever... He's half-dead, and his heart has stopped beating.

Why is this happening? Why does my heart feel like it's beating? Why would I... Exciting?

Gaudus slowly took the painting out, folded it carefully, and placed it on his chest at the place of his heart, feeling the pounding sensation until his heart gradually stopped.

He looked at the pure white door that was gradually closing, and a trace of sweetness and a trace of amazement welled up in his heart.

He suddenly remembered two things Alice had said to him:

"I want to be like Sister Joan of Arc."

"I hope that in the future, it's not just you who protect me, but that I can... Help you. ”

…

"It's time to go." Don Quixote interrupted Gauldos' thoughts and said lightly.

Gaudus nodded, staring at the closed white door, stunned.

…

At the same time the next day, Gaudus and Don Quixote arrived at the branch of the Knights Hospitaller of the Dawn, where he sought out the results of the exam, but was told that Alice had taken the first place.

"Alice is your sister? Not only did she finish first in the Combat Skills test, but she also finished third in the Medical Skills test, and our inspectors detected extremely powerful Light and Shadow attributes on her! ”

Light and shadow at the same time?!

"So, can I take a look at her?" Gaudos asked.

The other party shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, we have teleported her to the headquarters of the Knights: the [Castle of Dawn] located at the Dawn Peak. She will be personally trained by our Grand Master. ”

Gaudos nodded and said sincerely, "Thank you, Mr. Knight." ”

He once again set his gaze on the pure white gate closed by the Knights, stared at it for a long time, and then left.