Chapter XIX Duties of Soldiers, Rules of Knighthood
Bruce said a little excitedly: "I think, those two new students, should they introduce themselves, for example, tell everyone what your light element affinity is?"
Geneross looked disgusted, and at the moment he was being punished outside the classroom, and no one could see his expression.
Generosis and Blake didn't enter here through the regular way, everyone had already guessed by this time.
As we mentioned before, after completing the knight's awakening, the reserve cavalry becomes a trainee knight, and then needs to go to the knight academy for further study, of course, there are many high-end knight academies in the Angel Empire, but in the taiga fortress, the knight academy here is not something you want to enter.
Here, it's the border.
What you can learn here, you can't learn in the comfort of the Imperial Kingdom.
Vertis did not give a name to the Academy of Knight of the Boreal Fortress. Here's why:
"When you come here, you are a soldier guarding the frontier, and you are here to guard the southern gate of the Imperial Kingdom, not to let you learn things. ”
Vertis said so.
Even if it is a probationary knight, the establishment is completely arranged in accordance with the establishment of the active army.
If you want to enter and study here, you can imagine how difficult it is.
Bruce was born in the direct line of the Pope, and his extraordinary talent and affinity for the light element naturally came from this bloodline. However, with his qualifications, he is actually inferior to the two transfer students in front of him, and besides, the transfer students? There are also transfer students here? It seems that he has never heard of such a strange thing.
So it's not so much that he's a little excited, it's that he's a little ill-intentioned.
Thompson thought for a moment and said, "Come in." ”
Genosis wasn't interested in it, but he still had to be obedient.
Genosis gave Blake a look and motioned for him to speak first.
Blake stood up, walked to the podium, made a knightly salute that was not quite standard, and said, "Trainee knight, Blake, is ten years old, light element affinity, nine stars." ”
"Wow......"
The crowd was in an uproar.
Thompson said angrily: "Field just came to me to complain about you, and I made a fuss when something unexpected happened, how did you go to the battlefield like this?!"
The crowd quickly shut up, then shifted their attention from Blake to Genossis.
Genesis thought for a moment, walked to the podium, saluted the knight, and said, "Apprentice knight, Generosis, is ten years old, light element affinity, nine stars. ”
Everyone secretly didn't dare to make a noise because they were afraid of being punished, but they were still very surprised. But everyone present was the only one who knew that Genosis was lying. Just as Blake was about to say something, he heard Thompson say:
"Alright, let's get out of class. Later, after those big brothers, you won't have dinner. Thompson looked at the time and told them to hurry out to eat. It seems that this old man's instructor is quite loving.
Seeing this, Genosis breathed a sigh of relief. Thompson looked at Janosis, who had walked away from Blake and Bruce, smiled, and said, "This little guy...... It's not easy. ”
There's a reason why Genosis let Blake speak first.
First, if Blake talks first, then everyone will definitely be shocked, and the attention is relatively more on Blake who talks first, and the other reason, if Genosis talks first, then Blake may say that Genosis lied later, and it is not only the light element affinity of the nine stars.
There is some rest after dinner. There are also drills in the evening. In the dorm room, Blake accuses Genosis of lying.
But Genosis was unimpressed and said, "Lied? Where did I lie?"
Blake said, "Obviously your light elemental affinity ......"
Generosis was helpless, patted Blake on the head and said, "I said Xiaobu, why are you so stupid, if I say more than ten stars, do you think anyone will believe it?"
"Uh, it seems...... No. Blake had that awkward smile on his face again.
Without waiting for Blake to finish speaking, Generosis continued: "One is that others don't believe it, so it's useless to talk about it, and the other, even if others believe it, it will cause very big trouble, right, others will always be jealous of people who are better than them." ”
"It seems...... That's right. Blake's face was a little distressed.
Genosis didn't look like a ten-year-old child at all, like an experienced old man imparting life lessons: "It's true to be honest, but we need to be humble." ”
However, after a while, I heard a knock on the door of the dormitory. Generosis pressed Blake and said, "I'll go." ”
I saw Field walk into the dormitory and close the door.
Field asked, "Take out your credentials to register as a trainee knight and I'll take a look, I'll register the information." ”
Genosis pondered for a moment, then pulled out his credentials from the Void Ring. Blake is the same. Field was stunned: (Void Ring?)
The market price of this thing is very high, because its utility is so real. Although the veins of the Void Magic Stone are very rare, the finished Void Ring is generally not damaged, so there will be no priceless scenes, but because of its function and trouble, the price of this kind of ring has been inflated.
Field said, "Also, don't follow them to practice tonight, go to the classroom, you have fallen behind in too many classes, and you don't know a lot of basic things." It's still the afternoon classroom, and Thompson should be waiting for you there. ”
Genosis was stunned and hurriedly got dressed: "Let's go." ”
"What are you going to do?" Blake froze.
"It's not good to go to the classroom! It's not good to make people wait. "There was some unhappiness in Genosis's heart: (this...... It's a deliberate attempt to trick us, right?)
After hearing this, Blake also hurriedly changed into a beginner knight's uniform, and hurried to the classroom with Genosis.
There was only one light bulb in the classroom, and there were no other students, just Thompson waiting.
Denosis was a little dazed and said, "Sorry, instructor, I'm late. ”
Thompson was a little helpless and asked directly, "What are we?"
"We are knights, but we are first and foremost soldiers. "Generosis learned from Blake and said.
"What is the main duty of a soldier?"
"......," said Genosis, who pondered for a moment, "obey orders." ”
Any hot-blooded recruit, if it is voluntary, most of them feel that the duty of a soldier is to protect the family and the country.
Thompson smiled: "Many self-righteous and enthusiastic recruits, when they come to the Knight Academy, they will feel that knights are soldiers, so the knights of soldiers are to protect their families and defend the country, which is correct, but not entirely correct." ”
First, the importance of discipline in the military should be emphasized. ”
Generosis and Blake recalled the uproar caused by everyone and the criticism when the two of them first joined the class, and they were deeply touched.
"An undisciplined soldier is not a qualified soldier, a group of undisciplined troops, that is, stragglers, without any combat effectiveness. I'll tell you a joke, we were ambushing the enemy at this moment, and suddenly a bird flew over and pulled a bubble of in my face, and I don't want to make a fuss: Wow! It stinks! Doesn't this expose the march? ”
Genosis said, "But ......"
He didn't say any more, but waited for Thompson to signal. Thompson said, "You go on. ”
"But! A commander who does not regard defending the country as his first order is also not a qualified commander!"
"Well, who are you angry with? Thompson was stunned.
Nobody knows. Blake thought about it with a sullen head, and concluded that Janosis might be angry with Kane, probably because he had heard about Kane's involvement in magical experiments. It's just that he doesn't know that Kane is also forced to be helpless.
Thompson said, "So, what do you think if that's the case?"
Asked by Thompson like this, Genosis was stunned, obviously he didn't think of this question.
Thompson teasingly patted Geneross on the shoulder and said, "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier." Come on, young man. ”
Genosis was stunned, and no one knew what he was thinking.
The topic has been paused for the time being. Know ye, obey orders. If you feel that the order is wrong, then find a way to climb up and become the one who gives orders. Thompson said.
"Have you not systematically learned anything about knighthood, except for what you have learned in the afternoon lesson. ”
"Barely so. Genosis replied.
"What are the eight basic rules of knights?"
"I don't know. Blake's expression was a little gloomy.
"Then remember, valor, justice, honesty, glory, humility, perseverance, sacrifice, mercy. ”
"Heroic, what do you think is heroic?" asked Thompson.
"Invincible?" Blake replied after a moment's thought.
"No, no, what if I told you that a thousand fourth-order knights could drag a Templar to death even if they didn't cooperate? Do you still think that mere force is heroic? Brave and unscrupulous, can only be considered a martial artist, can only be considered brave, not heroic. True bravery should be outwitted rather than forced. ”
"Do you know why bravery should be put first? This is to remind us knights to give priority to sanity no matter what when fighting, we knights, especially knights as soldiers, sometimes our battles are not necessarily glorious but insidious, to take an extreme example, suppose I am the only one left in the taiga fortress, I can operate a giant crossbow in my hand, this giant crossbow can shoot all the knights of the enemy formation, do I still have to stick to the dogma at this time, do I not need this giant crossbow? The result of not using it was that the fortress was broken, the fortress was lost, and the land was lost. ”
Generosis suddenly wondered why Veltis used to look disgusted at the mention of archers.
"So, justice is coming second. Without righteous heroism, it must be a scourge. ”
"Honestly, glory these two don't need to be explained. ”
"As for modesty, I'm going to criticize you for that, Genossis. Do you know why I criticized you in the afternoon? I don't really think you disobey orders because I didn't ask you a question at the time, but because you behaved too immodestly. ”
Genosis was stunned.
"It is modest to say what you know and say it in the right place, and to say it in the wrong place is to exaggerate what you know, even if it is very correct. ”
Genosis fell into deep thought: (I see...... )
"Let's talk about attachment and sacrifice, and we'll talk about these two together. I'll give you a scenario, and you tell me what to do. Thompson said, "What would you do if you were defending a city and there were irresistible forces around you to encircle you?"