"But what is the best virtue for me?"

"Loyalty" is a virtue of Princess Alicia, not of Karl. Although he plans to disguise himself as a knight with the "Knight's Mark", Carl still wants to become a real knight if possible.

Just by looking to himself, Carl felt that he was born a free and loose lazy person, lacking the extreme concentration, devotion to duty, to life, to himself, to be pious and serious about everything.

The path of "loyalty" is only suitable for those who are born with a strong sense of responsibility, single-mindedness, pure mind and high concentration. If you use the characters in the martial arts he is familiar with as an analogy, the most suitable person to take this road is obviously the hero "Guo Jing", of course, if you can make a decision with Ximen Blowing Snow, you can also take this road.

Karl asked himself that he was lazy by nature, fond of vanity, fond of enjoyment, but lacking the poet's keen insight into the world and his wild zest for life. He is not a person who is easily excited, although he likes beautiful women, but there is no fanatical pursuit of "love", in fact, flirting with girls is more because of men's desire and instinct to possess beautiful things, lack of that sincere emotion, for a better life, although he is also quite yearning and enjoying, but there is no heart that always finds life beautiful, full of love for life, and naturally cannot take the road of "love" virtue.

Not to mention "justice" and "heroic", although Carl is a kind person, he will feel angry when he sees injustice, and out of his own exploited class's ass, he will also fiercely criticize the exploiting class for its ugliness, but let him stand up, take the initiative to fight rape, and maintain fairness and justice, that is to think too much. Although he did not lack courage at critical moments, this kind of heroic behavior that he knew he could not do was still incompatible with his cautious nature and fear of causing trouble.

As for the qualities of "sacrifice", "humility" and "mercy", it is even further away from Karl. Although Karl admires the martyrs who sacrificed themselves for a certain ideal and belief, he himself lacks this spirit of dedication and sacrifice.

The humble man reveres the world with a humble attitude, embraces all things like a valley of humility, and embraces all things like a void containing the world, Karl asked himself if he lacked such a humble posture and a broad mind, and could not do this kind of low profile and great wisdom.

And Karl lacks the compassion of compassion for the world like a saint, listening to the suffering of the world, and saving the suffering who are born in pain.

And after thinking about it, among the eight virtues of knights, the one that is most compatible with Karl is "honor". Chasing career success, enjoying the glory of power, liking the aura of fame, hoping to be the center of the entire social circle, surrounded by everyone, and being able to get great happiness and satisfaction in the eyes of others, I have to say that Carl actually enjoys this kind of life.

After interrogating his heart and stripping away all pretense and moral constraints, Carl found that he was indeed a vulgar person. Does he like little Lucy? Surely, is it because of love? Surely not? Is it because of carnal desires? Yes, but not all. He likes to flirt with little Lucy, taking advantage of it from time to time, although he also has the idea of pushing little Lucy, but in fact, he enjoys the pleasure of teasing little Lucy.

He likes to see little Lucy's shy and angry expression at her teasing, he likes to see her look like she wants to resist but is worried because of her shyness, he likes the desire to control brought about in the process of teasing the little girl, and he likes the satisfaction of stepping into the little girl's heart step by step and becoming the center of the little girl's gaze.

Essentially, he was happy and satisfied because he had received little Lucy's attention and become an important person in little Lucy's heart. And this instinctive desire to be the center of gravity of others and society, to let everything revolve around oneself, is the cornerstone of the virtue of "honor".

"Honor" or "loyalty", which one to choose?

After self-torture and self-dissection in the way of a knight's practice, Carl felt very painful. He didn't expect his essence to be so "vulgar", according to the introduction in the "Knight Training Codex", the "virtue of honor" is the sublimation of human beings' innate possessiveness and dominance, the instinct to gather all the brilliance, the desire to perform in the center of the stage, and it is also a necessary leadership temperament for leaders, superiors, kings, and elites, which looks good.

However, if he chooses the virtue of "honor" as the "knight's mark", then he will have to dissect and analyze his personality little by little, reweave the three-view personality that conforms to the honorary knight, and then use autosuggestion to adjust his beliefs and beliefs a little bit, and this process will take a lot of energy and time.

Karl is a cautious person, accustomed to "prevention before it happens", and with the mark of a mage on his body, he hopes that he can solve this hidden danger quickly, as for the virtue of "loyalty" does not match his own nature, the problem of the advancement of his own knightly path is not a problem.

Because he was more interested in becoming a mage than being a knight. After all, as a science student in his previous life, a large part of his three views were brainwashed by science, and the three views and path of the mage were obviously more in line with his appetite.

"Choose the virtue of loyalty as the core of the knight's mark!"

Carl made a choice, and after taking a short break and adjusting his mental state to the peak, he began to prepare to cast the spell.

The "Knight's Mark" is a spell cast by oneself, which involves more of one's own consciousness and soul, but does not require additional casting materials.

With a ready-made personality model, the preparation for this spell is mostly omitted, and now Carl only needs to carefully choose who he is loyal to and the oaths that need to be made.

Ordinary knights generally send out allegiance to their own family or lord, some choose to be loyal to the Lord of Light, and some choose to be loyal to someone or themselves at the extreme. But to be loyal to someone becomes a living servant and a tool for others. And the person who chooses to be loyal to himself has become absolutely selfish, and this kind of loyalty, which does not need to be responsible to anyone except me, has in a sense gone to the opposite of loyalty, and will be regarded by everyone as an untrustworthy person, and it is not desirable.

Carl has no interest in allegiance to someone, family, or person, and has no sense of belonging to the various organizations of this world, and certainly does not choose them as his allegiance. And in the same way, he asked himself that he was not so selfish that he didn't care about anyone, and he didn't really want to be an absolute loner.

"Wait, since I don't have anyone I want to be particularly loyal to, why don't I ......"

Suddenly, Carl had a flash of inspiration, and his mind came to mind the most determined and loyal kind of warrior and a belief in the countless movies, television, dramas, and other literary and artistic works he had watched in the past.

"Decided, it's him!"

Karl made a decision in an instant, this time, he wanted to regain his childhood dream and become a socialist successor.

"I swear ......"

Karl solemnly raised his right hand, clenched his fist upward, and swore to his soul.

"I swear, I voluntarily take over the banner of humanity—"

The boiling magic burned, scorching every nerve in Karl like a flame.

"Writing a programme of progress—"

The red-hot carving knife pierced in, carving a true mark in the boiling magic cycle.

"Emancipating the human mind—"

The steel needle pierces the protection of the spirit, penetrating the pain through the bone marrow and soul.

"Pushing Productivity Forward—"

The forging hammer fell, forging flesh and spirit inch by inch.

"Breaking class oppression—"

Thousands of bayonets pierced into the flesh, bringing the deepest pain to Ling Chi.

"Achieve mutual progress—"

The flood of magic began to receive, like the roots of a plant, to penetrate into the spiritual and physical depths.

"Be loyal to people—"

The cycle of magic is finally complete.

"Never betray—"

The steel seal of thought stamps the last stamp.

"Always be ready!"

The old will precipitates, and the new will is born!

In the darkness, a pair of cold aqua blue eyes slowly opened.