Chapter 126: Rite of Coming of Age
"Eh, where is this sunbathing, it's all black."
The robot brother pretended not to know, sat back on the sofa, and couldn't help but say when he saw Yang Zhe's miserable condition.
"It's not sunburned, it's a high fever won by the third prince, his trick is too bad, and I have second-degree burns all over my body."
"I'm going to retreat at home these days, so I won't eat, so I don't need to bother if I have nothing to do."
Yang Zhe took off his clothes and threw them in the trash can, revealing the blisters all over his body, lightly touched the pain with his fingers, and after speaking, he went up the stairs alone and walked to his room.
"Brother Yang Zhe is fine, do you want to give him the green beads."
Alice asked with concern, looking at Yang Zhe's upper body with red and swollen blisters, and it was shocking to be burned.
"He is an arrogant person, he knows the preciousness of the green bead, and decided not to use it in this kind of skin trauma, and in the academy, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he has just seen the killing core of the fire attribute, and he already has a strong sense of crisis, he doesn't need to be called to eat these days, let him adjust his state in the best period."
The big brother of the robot stopped, he knew the character of the little brother.
For two days, Yang Zhe closed the door and stayed with Yifu Hongyan to meditate and think hard.
The two brothers of Okoo and Oshu were nervously fighting against the teacher in the training room, and they were knocked down every time, and then they gritted their teeth and stood up again.
And the third prince Yinggao was naked, with a stone slab on his back, and an extra stone slab was added to each push-up, and he was doing penance on all fours, and the other students were also preparing for the coming-of-age allegiance ceremony one by one.
Time passed quickly, and the adult allegiance salute was coming, and the first-graders were all standing neatly on the playground at this time, their hands behind their backs, their faces solemn, and they did not dare to move around.
"Today is the annual Rite of Passage Allegiance, the oldest of you is 25 years old and the youngest is 14 years old, but it doesn't matter, your life will be changed by your own choices, and no one knows what the future holds."
"But the future is in your hands, you have the right to decide who you choose, you remember that the military academy is only a place to train talents, and if you want your talents to fly, you need a platform."
The Headmaster stood on a high platform and shouted loudly, and behind him, flags representing various factions flew in the wind, the highest of which was the new royal flag, which he stood tall in the middle, with a golden rose on it, representing power and wealth.
The second is the aristocratic faction, with a thorny red rose on the flag, and in the same row as him is the flag of the New Age faction, which is a bit peculiar, with no flowers on it, but an open book embroidered.
The shortest is the royalist, his flag is only 5 meters high, much shorter than the other 20 meters, embroidered with a silver pattern of war horses, and on horseback a knight in full armor, holding a sword is charging.
Yang Zhe's face was miserable when he saw it, which meant that the royalists were at the bottom of their power, and there was basically no way out.
"I really admire your courage, Boss Yang Zhe, the era of the old guards has passed, and now it is the new royal family that is in power, and basically no blood will flow to the royalists every year."
"The most common one was not long after the old emperor stepped down, and in that year's coming-of-age allegiance ceremony, 2,500 of the 3,000 first-year students chose the royalist faction to pledge allegiance to the old emperor, and guess how they ended."
Ao Shu stood next to Yang Zhe, saw his ugly face, and spoke.
"How did it end?"
Yang Zhe asked, his curiosity was completely aroused, and the situation he was facing now was not much better than that time.
"2,500 first-year students loyal to the old emperor, 800 people died in the assessment that day, and then in other tasks, they also inexplicably disappeared or died 1,000 people, and then only a few lucky people survived and successfully graduated, but they were not reused, and were served in the ice and snow, or in a hot place all year round, and finally died a miserable and lonely death full of anger and ambition."
Ao Shu lowered his head and said sadly, this is a cruel fact, and it is also a real history.
Yang Zhe's face was ugly when he heard this, his right hand clenched into a fist, this time it was even worse than the desperate situation of the 2,500 people, and he could guess that there would definitely be no more than 20 people who swore allegiance to the royalists.
"Uncle, don't worry, there are many people in our new era faction, and our two brothers will try to protect you."
The fat man bumped Yang Zhe with his shoulder and gestured kindly.
"Thank you! But I still can't bother you, I'll be alone after I finish my oath, so it's safer. ”
Yang Zhe turned his head to look at the fat man and said, he could feel that the two brothers were not bad.
"Now begin your choice, go under the flag you identify with, kneel on the ground and begin to take the oath."
The principal said loudly, looking at the rows of students below with reluctant eyes, whether they would be in high positions in the future or obscure, these were their own choices.
The students began to move, led by the third prince Yinggao and a group of people, kneeling under the golden rose flag, and there were more than 1,500 of them.
More than 800 people of the New Age faction, led by the two Okoo and Oshu brothers, also knelt under the book flag.
There were also more than 1,000 people in the aristocratic faction, all of whom knelt sincerely under the thorny rose flags, and these people were loyal guards to protect the new royal family.
Yang Zhe, the only one who hadn't left yet, was dumbfounded, looking at the flag of the royalist faction, with a bitter face.
Under the knightly banner of the royalist charge, there were less than a dozen people, all of them were malnourished, obviously they were teenagers full of youth, full of vicissitudes, their eyes were blank, and they had no look, maybe it was only because of the orders of his family that he would choose this flag that was hopeless and cut off the future of his life.
Yang Zhe reluctantly walked up to the end, although he had expected this situation, but he didn't expect the reality to be so serious, just the people who died in the sea would be consumed alive by the other party.
"You don't have to endure this suffering, you are still young, I will personally communicate with your parents and choose what you like!"
A gray-haired old man walked over and said with an uncomfortable expression.
"Thank you, Vice Chancellor."
There were two people standing in front of them, most of them kneeling down on their feet, crying out in tears, the pain and discrimination they had endured could finally be freed.
Yang Zhe was stunned for a moment, and now there were only three of them left, a thin girl, and a big man who was a little honest and not good at words.
Turning his head, he saw that all those people had joined the New Age faction, standing honestly in the back, and their faces were a little more colorful, which was the color of hope for life.
"Why don't you leave, there is no way to survive if you join the royalists."
The vice principal said kindly, with a little sadness in his tone.
"I want to prove that our family is not a remnant, and I want to restore the lost glory of my ancestors."
The big man knelt down alone, put his right hand into a fist to his heart, and said with a firm look in his eyes.
"I've heard too much of this sentence, and the people who say these words are already more than three meters tall on the grave."
The vice-principal shook his head, but handed him the knightly badge that symbolized royalism.
The big man stood up enthusiastically, staring at the knight's badge in his hand and breathing heavily.
The skinny girl next to her walked up and knelt down on one leg, her eyes still dull, as if she had come for some kind of promise.
"Go to the New Era faction, where the future is bright, as long as you have the ability, it is not a dream to soar."
The vice principal kindly said that he could see that this girl must have suffered a lot to survive.
"No, I'm the only one left in our family, I'm just fulfilling my promise to my father."
The thin little girl looked at the vice principal with holes in her eyes and said that she had no nostalgia for life for a long time, like a walking corpse.
"Another child who was killed by a family oath."
The vice-principal shook his head with a sigh and called her the badge.
The thin girl stood up and stood next to Gu Li Dahan, and Yang Zhe behind walked up and knelt on one leg.
The vice-principal gave him the badge neatly, without even a word of persuasion.
"Which, vice principal, you are so comforting, you made me feel like I was sending me to death, and I had no way to live."
Yang Zhe raised his head, feeling left out, and said unconvinced.
"You still know that they are sending Yang Zhe to death, most of them are the descendants of the old ministers of the previous dynasty, and some are alive, and you are the descendant of the awakened old guards, and you have no way to live."
The vice-principal slapped the floor with his cane and said mercilessly.
Yang Zhe was speechless and couldn't refute at all, so he stood up unconvinced, slapped the knight's badge on his right arm, and the badge automatically locked and did not fall off.
"Take the oath now!"
The headmaster shouted, and the oath officially began.
Under the golden rose flag, 1,500 students wore red rose badges, stared at the flying flag with burning eyes, and swore loudly, and the aristocratic faction next to them also swore an oath together, they were originally a family.
"I win high, Wang Wen, Liu Zhen...... I hereby swear allegiance to the new royal family, to expand the territory for His Majesty, to protect the glory for him, to destroy all the enemies who come to me for him, to point to the enemy with the blade, and to the territory under my feet, and to dedicate my life to the royal family without reservation, without complaint or regret until I die in battle. ”
The new royal family and the aristocratic faction, the sound of the oath was deafening, and it became the focus of the audience, under the golden rose flag, a mature and steady middle-aged man, wearing a crown, waved his hand with extraordinary energy.
"I witness this oath, please rise."
One by one, the members of the new royal family and aristocratic factions stood up in high spirits and neatly.
"There is really no way to live, even the emperor is here."
Yang Zhe stood here and saw it, and said in frustration, his heart was like ashes.
The new era is also beginning to take the oath.
"I volunteered to join the new era, to contribute to the country, to always remain neutral, and when the country was threatened from outside, I volunteered to go to the battlefield and fight for the people."
A bunch of people from the New Age faction, such as Okoo Oshu, swore loudly, and their oaths were too mild.
Under the book flag in front, there was a row of military bigwigs, they first bowed to His Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty the Emperor nodded, and only after these bigwigs got permission did they start to speak.
"You can stand up and remember that you are studying for your country and fighting for peace and humanity."
Yang Zhe turned his head and looked at the deserted royalists, three students plus an old man, it was really cold and miserable.
"No oath, remember that you are fighting for yourselves."
After the vice principal finished speaking, he walked away alone.
"Get to know me, my name is Yang Zhe, and we will take care of each other in the future."
Yang Zhe stretched out his hand to the two people and said gently, already showing goodwill.
"Fuck off, don't talk to me."
Gu Li said with a disgusted face, looked at Yang Zhe with disgust, and then turned his back and left.
"You make it clear."
Yang Zhe stepped forward and grabbed him by the shoulder, wanting an explanation, because they had met for the first time, and it was impossible to offend him at all.
"Look for death!"
Gu Li was angry, grabbed Yang Zhe's hand on his left shoulder with his right hand, and kicked out with his left foot without sparing any strength.
Yang Zhe jumped sideways and spun in the air, avoiding a sudden kick, his hands successfully broke free, and his feet just landed.
Gu Li still had no intention of stopping, and continued to attack, jumping forward with both feet, waving his right arm vigorously, and it was a punch.
Yang Zhe was caught off guard, he could only cross his arms to protect his face, and was directly knocked back by a punch, and his body hit the aluminum pillar next to him, and the flag symbolizing the royalists fell down directly.