Chapter Forty-Nine: Covenants
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"Ready, salute!"
The sound of the brush echoing through the auditorium. Gosya walked the red carpet barefoot, and finally stopped by a crystal coffin. With a flick of her fingers, requiem flowers erupted out of thin air on both sides of the crystal coffin. Only fourteen people attended Andrew's funeral, and fourteen round table alternates had their left fists in front of their chests of varying colors.
This is the highest funeral rite given by the Church to a martyred knight.
"Won't you go in?" Ramov said, rubbing his head, to the people at the door of the auditorium.
Because of the events of last night, the Lord taught him a morning, and he is still confused.
"Well, I can't keep up with the thinking of you young people. Ramov looked distressed, and he glanced at the broadsword belonging to Andrew at Alyssa's side: "But ah, this kind of funeral is enough for one time." ā
He pointed to something.
"Ready, salute!"
Alyssa thought she had seen a similar scene, stepping on the red carpet of the church, but the atmosphere around her was much more jubilant. The trials of the Inquisition newcomers walk through the doors of the church and are greeted by smiling candidates of the Knights of the Round Table.
The venue is also the auditorium, and the theme is the orientation ceremony.
Alyssa closed her eyes, and the past flashed before her eyes.
"Really, Andrew, you are so smiling, although you are called the 'Iron Blood Sect Leader' or the 'Demon Sect Leader' or something in the Wind Furnace Academy, it's not good to scare the newcomers. Judith forced Andrew's mouth to open in an eerie arc, the most penetrating smile Alyssa had ever seen, so she remembered the tall Knight-of-Round Table candidate at first glance.
"It hurts, Judith you bastard!" Andrew was in pain as he tried to knock Judith off his body.
"Hey, Andrew, this newcomer shines in the Hundred Years' War, and is said to be a graduate of the Windstove Academy! ā
"What? Who do you say is the damn Keno!" Kino was dissatisfied.
"Stupid Keno, hehe, come and get me!"
"You two, you lose the face of the alternate in front of the newcomer!" Andrew punched the two of them in the head, and then strode up to Alyssa: "Welcome, newcomer, your name is ......"
"Alyssa. ā
......
"Elisa" Ramov asked, "Speaking of which, what did Andrew tell you when he got drunk?"
Among the many newcomers, only Alyssa is special to Andrew.
Every time he returned from a mission, Andrew would get drunk, this stereotypical man was very bad at drinking, and every time he had to pull Alyssa's arm and talk for a long time, as members of the same group, Alyssa and Judith had to patiently drag the drunk Andrew back.
Ramov knew a little in his heart: "Is this why you can't do it?"
He remembered that when he arrived that night, Greela had already taken it, and Alyssa could finish them off in a split second.
"Didn't say anything. ā
Alyssa glanced at him and turned away. She didn't want Ramov to see her gaffe, and Ramov's words kept recurring in her mind about the situation that night.
It was the night that Alyssa took on her 100-year mission.
"Alyssa, I used to have an apprentice like you. Andrew lay on the lawn on the outskirts of the city, looking up at the bright moon in the night sky: "That guy is going to pull me here and talk about it whenever he has something to worry about." Who wears a beautiful dress, and the school cafeteria cuts corners...... It's all trivial. But only swordsmanship, I don't have to worry about her. ā
"The first day you joined the Inquisition, I couldn't help but think of my apprentice. It's just that you're much quieter than her, and it's very worry-free in every way. ā
"Where is she?" asked Alyssa.
ā...... I left her on the battlefield. Andrew was silent for a long time before he made up his mind to say the memories he had always wanted to forget.
At all times, take the task as the first element.
He fulfilled his duty as a judge on the battlefield, but failed to fulfill the duties of a master.
"Alyssa, congratulations, you're about to become a Knight of the Round Table. ā
"It's still early, and now it's just a hundred-year mission. ā
"Don't be so modest, everyone is in favor of you taking Grahag's place. ā
There was silence again, and just as Alyssa thought that Andrew, who was drunk, was asleep silently as usual, he suddenly spoke: "But, I have heard the news that she is still alive recently. ā
"Isn't that great?"
"Perhaps. Andrew smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that my apprentice would become the enemy's high-level and actually happen to me." ā
"The war is over, and the Byronic Empire is no longer an enemy. ā
"It's not the Byronic Empire...... Well, let's not talk about that. Alyssa, I want to ask you for one thing. ā
"What's the matter?"
"You've also heard about the recent turmoil around the Kingdom of Talon, right? Somehow, I always have a bad feeling that people like us will die on the battlefield without paying attention, so if I die in battle and you happen to meet my little apprentice, can you pass on a word for me?"
"You're not going to die. ā
"Hahahaha, of course, how can I die so easily! But ah, it's better to keep a hand, if you happen to meet her, help me tell her ......"
The evening breeze blows.
Andrew lowered his voice, leaned closer to Alyssa, and whispered.
"Alyssa, I've been thinking a lot lately that if I hadn't made that decision at the time, maybe she would have been able to achieve the same thing as you...... It's you, I asked Judith in the morning, Shakdam has been missing for many years, you must not die in front of me, in that case, I will not attend your funeral!"
"I'm not going to die. Alyssa said.
"Then it's agreed. ā
"Hmm. ā
......
It's agreed.
Alyssa rubbed her temples, which were swollen and aching from the night's sleep.
The funeral was over, and the fourteen round table candidates had already left, and she could see yawning as she walked out of the church. The door to the auditorium was open, and Gosya was standing by the crystal coffin, watching her silently.
Alyssa walked into the auditorium without a word, came to Andrew's crystal coffin, and placed the broadsword that belonged to him on the crystal coffin.
"I told the bishop. ā
When Alyssa turned to leave, Gosya suddenly stopped her, "The church will stop all plans for Grayla...... So, go ahead and fulfill your promise. ā
"Thank you, Lord Gosya. ā
Alyssa nodded and left the auditorium.