Chapter Eighty-Eight: Apologies and Costs
Honorary knight is not an honorary knight, a trainee knight, a knight of medals, a knight of heraldic arms and other titles, but refers to a knight who has chosen the path of "honor" among the eight virtues of knighthood.
The eight virtues of knights have their own characteristics and strengths. Honorary knights pay extreme attention to the honor of the spirit of fame, fame, prestige, dignity, glory, glory, etc., sensitive and confident, noble and proud.
Honorary knights pursue spiritual glory and glory, thirst for flawless spirit and soul, this desire, not only includes the observance of the knight's code, the restraint of self-desire, but also the need to practice the knightly virtue on the way to the recognition of its behavior by others, half of the glory of the honorary knight comes from the internal spiritual integrity, generally from the external honor and deeds.
A powerful knight of honor, often in a series of legendary adventures, adheres to a certain creed, adheres to a certain precious spiritual core, and after completing an adventure that can be called an epic legend, he obtains the baptism and sublimation of the soul, and the whole soul will shine with glorious brilliance.
The real honorary knights regard honor as their life, so they are all noble knights who are proud and conceited, but they are very bottom-line and sentimental, out of the glory of knights, they disdain to do vile and shady things, and they often act above board, straight to the point, and abide by a certain morality and creed.
But everything has a counter, and so are the virtues of knights. After the Glory Emperor opened up the "honor" virtue of knighthood, countless young knights in later generations admired the deeds and glory of the Glory Emperor, and blindly chose to embark on the road of "honor" knighthood.
However, these young knights did not understand the true meaning behind the "honor", and they lightly regarded the knight's personal reputation as the whole of the knight's "honor", and were too cherished and sensitive to their own reputation, and could not hear the slightest harsh opinion.
Young "honorary" knights tend to be sensitive and middle-of-the-road, often drawing their swords to duel without saying a word. In the centuries following the era of the Glory Emperor, the "Honorary Knight" became the mainstream of the Continental Knights.
Countless young knights indulged in "honor", duels and knightly tournaments became the most common activities, and before the nobles' ball, there would be a duel to perform, and the winning knight would receive extremely high honors, both in strength and status.
The progress of the knight of honor is the simplest, but also the most difficult, as long as the victory step by step, step by step to obtain honor, will accumulate an invincible self-confidence, a huge glory of glory, under the shroud of the glory of victory, the knight of honor whether it is fighting or doing things, will be like the protagonist in the legendary story, if there is heavenly help, invincible.
So, in that era when "honor" dominated the knights, duels and fights became the order of the day, and countless young knights fell in pools of blood just after they were just starting out, while their opponents tread on their blood and continued to move forward until one day they fell under the sword of a stronger opponent, or until they came to the knight's subversion.
This kind of knightly path that gradually went from the front to cruelty and madness, like practicing Gu, although it has sharpened many powerful knights that can go down in history, but it comes at the cost of the bones of countless losers and countless endless family vendettas.
This kind of atmosphere of drawing swords and dueling without a word continued to the end, and even the Glorious Church couldn't stand it, so that the Pope personally intervened, united with the kings of the continent, and signed a law to restrain knight duels, stipulating that knight duels must be witnessed and presided over by priests, and obtain the permission of the lord and the endorsement of both families before they can fight in public, and in order to prevent the spread of hatred, the grievances of duels are strictly limited to individuals, and each family is forbidden to seek revenge against each other under the pretext of dueling.
It is precisely because of this that the number of honorary knights has gradually decreased, and the atmosphere of knights has gradually returned to normal. With the development of world commerce and the prosperity of cities and trade, people gradually became material and realistic, and the pursuit of pleasure "love" and the emphasis on responsibility "loyalty" gradually became the mainstream of the knightly road.
Carl calls himself an honorary knight, not because he likes the proud and middle two path of the honorary knight, but because in the past, the honorary knight drew his sword and duel because of a trivial matter at every turn, so his reputation has not been very good, whether it is among knights or civilians, there is a bit of a disgusting taste.
The knights of other virtues were annoyed by the knights of honor drawing their swords and shouting for duels at every turn, while the commoners were even more afraid that the knights of honor would use honor as an excuse to draw their swords and cut people. Because of the provisions of the Holy Covenant, knights do have the freedom to defend their honor, sacred and inalienable.
Carl's self-proclaimed Knight of Honor is actually deliberately putting on a tiger skin on himself, on the one hand, as an excuse to block Pastor Brad's interference, and on the other hand, to scare Jimmy Eric.
"Honorary Knight?"
"Honorary Knight!"
As soon as Carl finished speaking, the crowd around him was instantly emptied of a large circle, and most of them hurried away from him, so as not to be displeased with him and find an excuse to duel.
"Mr. Roland, honor is not embodied in a duel!"
Pastor Brad said quietly: "The honor of being insulted is not only blood that can be cleansed. Whether it is a formal apology to you, or a day of servitude for you according to the ancient tradition, or paying a certain amount of compensation, it is in accordance with the rules. ”
"I'm willing to apologize, I'm willing to apologize......"
As soon as Pastor Brad finished speaking, a panicked Jimmy Eric hurriedly shouted: "Mr. Roland, I apologize to you, and I am willing to pay compensation for misunderstanding your courage and strength......"
“......”
In the face of such a weak opponent who can be instigated into a dog so easily, what else can Carl say, he can only shrug his shoulders slightly, expressing his speechlessness. In front of everyone's eyes, he couldn't really hack this guy to death, so that it would not only be the laws of Silver Tide City, but also the pastor Rhett in front of him.
With his current "red name" status, Carl would not deliberately provoke a priest who seems to have a promising future, it is not courage, but brainless death.
"In that case, then I will accept his apology, but I don't need him to be my servant, and I don't need to pay compensation! As punishment, I hope that he will prepare some materials for me that will assist the knight's cultivation......"
Carl had an idea, and suddenly thought that from Georgie's words, this guy's family seemed to be engaged in illegal gray businesses such as smuggling and smuggling, and most of them had access to some channels for selling magic materials, so he simply took this opportunity to open his mouth and bring private goods and get some spell-casting materials in the name of asking for knight's cultivation auxiliary materials.