Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Academy
The Royal Knight Academy of the Ambra Empire sits on a mountain range just outside the Imperial City. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 There are only three main buildings, namely the college building, the dormitory, and the performance stage. In addition, most of the area is made use of the terrain and environment of the mountain itself, adding some facilities for honing knights. All this makes up the entire Knight Academy.
Although it is said to be a knight academy, it is only open once a year, and it will not be used for more than three months. There are very few knights in the royal family, just like the withered members of the royal family of the Ambra Empire. In Nina's generation, Nina is the only one left.
Even counting the royal cousins, Ambra's royal family does not have many people. But this does not affect the enormous power and influence of the royal family.
With the current development of the world, except for the Ambra Empire and the Shenghui Empire, the royal symbolism of the other empires is far greater than the real power. As once said, the highest body representing the executive power was the Council of the Nobles. They were accountable to the great nobles and the populace.
After a two-day trip, Egret finally arrived at the Royal Knight Academy as scheduled. Different from the ordinary one-year training, the one-month training specially set up for the Garden Trials is attended by the big names of the Royal Knights, who have to personally train the knights who are running for the election, and select two representatives of the Ambra Empire to participate in the Garden Trials. Because of this, the young knights who had participated in this training and wanted to get a place in the final competition arrived at the academy, which numbered several hundred.
The egret gathered in the crowd and swam towards the entrance of the academy.
"Wow!" Due to the crowd swimming, a petite knight girl could not withstand the strength of the crowd, and was stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
The egret reacted very quickly, grabbed the girl, and said with a bit of amusement: "Be careful." There's no need to worry, everyone has to go to the same place. ”
"Thank you. The girl said embarrassedly, and looked at the egret with bright eyes. This girl is very cute, with two dimples on her slightly round face, and seems to be smiling shallowly at all times, and her hands are patting the towering on her chest.
The egret escorted her and walked two steps, and couldn't help but say, "Becoming a knight at such a young age, you have to participate in the garden trial. You're amazing. ”
The girl's eyelids jumped, and she said dissatisfiedly, "You're really rude, Lulu is already 18 years old!
Eighteen years old, Egret looked at this girl knight who was less than 1.6 meters tall in surprise, except that her breasts surprisingly exceeded the standard of 18 years old, no matter how she looked like a primary school student, okay!
"You seem to be thinking of something rude!"
Lulu looked unpleasant, "Lulu is the chief of the Royal Knights!"
"Yes, yes. Great Chief Lord. The egret said in a funny and perfunctory manner, but he couldn't help but reach out and touch the head of the girl knight, and said with some encouragement: "Then you must get good results in the training, and then we will participate in the garden trial together." ”
Lulu was taken aback by this sudden head touch, and her big eyes glared at the egret in surprise. Before he could speak, someone lectured first: "What a frivolous fellow, where did you come from?"
The speaker was a man in his 20s, tall and unexpectedly handsome. It's just that there is a little anger in his eyes, and at first glance he looks like a battle-hardened guy.
The egret looked at the man in surprise, "Your Excellency?"
"I'm Rudy Padern, Knights of the Border Guard!" the man proudly revealed his name, but the egret didn't react, but Lulu exclaimed, "Rudy the Black Whirlwind, are you even here for training?"
Rudy nodded, his expression serious. "Dragon Hunter Lulu, you're on my list too. For the sake of the selection quota for this training, I will not show mercy!"
"Isn't there anyone who is not here for those two candidates?" Probably hearing the excitement on the egret's side, the surrounding knights couldn't help but participate and said. "Is there any knight who came this time who is not a famous guy?"
The topic obviously made the team a little lively, and the knights chattered about who the celebrities who came to participate in the training.
"Speaking of which, we don't know your identity yet. Rudy looked at the egret, he was a little dissatisfied and curious about the loose temperament of the egret, but all orthodox knights, because of long-term training and cultivation, have a unique temperament. It is as if a soldier who has served in the military will inevitably have a straight posture and the habit of militarization, and a scholar who has studied for a long time must have a steady momentum. Whether it is an orthodox knight or not can also be judged from the appearance. However, Egret's temperament is clearly not the style of a knight, which makes Rudy very strange.
"I'm sorry. I'm not from any orthodox order, I'm a guardian knight of Nina's own choosing. Because Tuke said that if he wanted to officially join the Royal Knights, he had to get the top three in the Garden Trials, so he recommended me to come to the pre-tournament training. Egret said truthfully.
As soon as these words came out, the entire atmosphere present froze.
"What did you say?" Lulu asked, stammering, doubting her ears.
Egret looked at the knights around him strangely, and said again: "My name is Egret, and I am the guardian knight canonized by Nina. What's wrong with that!"
"That's not right?!" Rudy cried out through gritted teeth, "No kidding!How could Her Highness choose a guy like you who doesn't look like a knight to be your guardian knight?!!
"Hey, you should apologize quickly. You can't make such an over-the-top joke. Lulu frowned and said, "Her Royal Highness the Princess's Guardian Knight is not something that can be joked about. ”
The knights who heard everything stared at him with a frowning and dissatisfied expression, and some of them had begun to communicate in low voices, as if they were extremely dissatisfied with the egret's arrogance.
"Silence!" a solemn roar came, "what do you think this is! The Royal Knight Academy is not a vegetable market for you to communicate casually!"
"Royal Knight Morion!" someone whispered, this is the instructor of the academy, Morion, few people don't know his reputation, even the egret was ordered by the head of Tuke.
At this moment, everyone fell silent, and gradually passed through the gate of the academy in order. Morion's eyes were like eagles, and he immediately saw the egrets in the crowd. He said to the knight who came with him next to him, "This kid is the kid that Tuke asked for and needs to be tempered?"
"That's right. This kid is called an egret. At a young age, he is a titled elite. Looks like a good seedling. "The knight next to Morian has a higher status, he is the head of the Knight Academy, and the deputy head of the Royal Knights, Jeffrey.
"Nice seedling?" Morian frowned at the egret, "This kid doesn't even look like a knight, he looks like a hanger." Without a lot of hard practice, it is almost impossible to become a qualified knight. Even then, can you be a good seedling?"
Jeffrey laughed, "Whether it's a talent or not is not something that can be seen from the outside. The general who used to be ranked first was not a gentleman on the streets of the empire at the beginning. Besides, this kid is much stronger than when he was always at this age. ”
Can he still be compared to the general general?! Morian glanced at the egret with disdain, those so-called achievements and incident handling, Morian had heard of it. But Morian didn't approve of it, he thought that the egret was just a little clever.
As a strict knight, one must abide by the seven virtues and strictly observe discipline and guidelines. Just looking at the loose temperament of the egret, Morian was full of unhappiness. If it weren't for Captain Tuke's request, Morian wouldn't even bother with the egret.
However, now that the wood is complete, and Her Royal Highness Nina has even personally instructed her, Morian will not dare to slack off on the future Empress of the Ambra Empire. Of course, since there are big people who have greeted him, then he will also not show mercy to his subordinates and release water to the egret during the training.
Morian made up his mind to train Egret to become an elite knight within this month, "If you want to stand on a high position, you will have to pay the corresponding price!
"Haha, toss it up as you want. Jeffrey smiled and said, "His Highness has high expectations for him, so you don't need to let your men release water." It's best to squeeze the potential of this kid. I remember, you were called a hell instructor in the academy, right? But also treat the other knights equally. ”
"Every five years of the Garden Trial, Ambra has never dropped out of the top five, but we can't end it at our hands, otherwise we will become Ambra's sinners. ”
"I see!" said Morion, of course he would treat everyone equally. Morian watched lightly as a group of knights entered the academy, don't blame me, if you want to blame it, blame your bad luck, and the kid Egret participated in the same training.
The egret was stared at for a long time, and there was a chill on his body. He sensed the source of his gaze, and although he knew that Tuke had said hello, he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.
"How the hell is this greeting? How do I feel that this instructor's eyes are like a lion that has seen its prey. The egret muttered in his heart, of course he didn't know, the so-called greeting did not mean letting the other party take good care of him and help him. On the contrary, this greeting is an instruction from the "demon" to let the knights who came to participate in the knight training selection such as Egret enter the real training hell.
"Well, if you come, you will be safe. The egret scratched his head, "No matter how hard it is, how hard can it go?"