The Knight Academy of Tris is much larger than the Academy of Magic, and unlike the latter, the students here are not exclusively children of the nobility. Wealthy families across the province can afford the cost of knight academies, and there are even poor families who invest the wealth they have accumulated for generations in a talented child in an attempt to change the fate of the family. Therefore, the dormitory area here is not as neat as the magic academy, but is divided into obviously different classes.

After returning from the Whispering Forest, Richard moved from the dormitory he used to share with many people to a more exclusive studio suite, which was better than Kelly's. In addition to this, Richard received better clothing and armor from Mr. Merkel, all of which were nothing compared to the income earned by the Buck family in specializing in dwarven weapons.

Donner only took a small part of his earnings and deposited most of them with Merkel, knowing that the sudden expansion of the Buck family's weapons business must have required capital turnover, and Merkel was very grateful for his thoughtful move.

At this time, Donner carried hundreds of gold coins with a heavy weight and led Richard and Kelly into the high-end dining hall in the Knight Academy. It's expensive, and only the aristocratic students of the academy can afford it, but it's pretty ordinary compared to the lakeside restaurant that Donner and Wesley have been frequenting lately at the Academy of Magic.

"Brother, it must be expensive here, right?" Richard whispered, looking around secretly.

"Don't worry, I helped Mr. Merkel negotiate a business and made a lot of money. ”

Kelly wasn't as inhibited as Richard, and her grandfather's house was a big merchant in Dorne, and she often had the opportunity to go in and out of such places.

"I should have brought my father here for a meal. Richard smiled innocently.

"When you're a true knight, we'll take your father to the best restaurant in town to celebrate. Donner smiled and encouraged his brother, in fact, he had asked Mr. Merkel to send his father a hundred silver coins in the name of the profits of the Thousand Forging Sword. On the island of Lante, there was very little chance of using gold coins, and Downer was afraid that too much money would scare the old blacksmith.

After the food was served, the waiter poured wine for the three of them, and Kelly was the first to raise a glass, "Then, let's wish Richard a knight as soon as possible!"

"I also wish my brother to become a magician!"

"Thank you, and I wish Kelly a handsome female knight too!"

The three teenagers from the island of Lante raised their glasses and drank them all.

After that, the conversation turned to the Knight Academy's participation in the Spring Festival in Dorne, and Richard talked about the annual Spring Festival planting on the island of Lante, and Kelly said that the tavern would also invite everyone to have a free drink on this day, but the blacksmith brothers had no impression of this.

"Kelly, are these two your friends?" a young man dressed as an aristocrat suddenly walked up to greet him, presumably eating at the next table.

"Bertrane?" Kelly was surprised to meet each other here, but in addition to that, she seemed a little worried, she got up and introduced Donner: "This is Bertreum in the fifth year of the academy, and his mother is a good friend of my mother when she was young. This is Donner and Richard, who, like me, are both from the island of Lante. ”

"Nice to meet you! When I met Kelly, she was only five years old, with strange pigtails, and she followed me every day and called her brother. During the six months she came to the Knight Academy, we were often together. Kelly, since you have a fellow countryman at the Knight Academy, you should have introduced us to each other earlier, and let me entertain you. ”

"Bertrane, we're not that familiar, are we?" Kelly's face suddenly turned cold, "Donner, Bertreum and I are just ordinary friends, don't get me wrong. ”

Richard wondered why Kelly was unhappy, and the other party sounded kind.

"I should have been able to entertain you, thank you for always helping me take care of Kelly. Of course Donner knew what Kelly was worried about, and although he had never said anything, he knew what Kelly was thinking about him.

The girl's face turned red all at once, and a shallow flush made her fair and delicate face even more charming. It was the first time she had heard Donner say so obviously. "Is he saying I'm his?" Kelly stole into Donner, and her eyes were looking at her, and she lowered her head shyly. By this time, she had completely forgotten what she had been worried about.

Bertlem heard Donner's words and saw Kelly's reaction again, and finally knew why she had been deliberately avoiding herself for half a year.

"You belong to the Rand family?" it seems that Bertreum knows the origin of the name of the island of Rand.

"No, my father was a blacksmith on the island. ”

"Blacksmith?" said Bertram's face grew with disdain.

"Donner is a student at the Academy of Magic, and Richard is a student at the Knight Academy. Kelly added.

"Donner, can I speak to you alone?"

"Bertram, what are you going to do?"

"Kelly, it's okay. Donner motioned for the girl to reassure, and then followed Bertreum out of the dining room.

Richard looked at Kelly puzzled, "What's going on?"

"I'm going to be your sister-in-law. Kelly replied with a blushing face, and looked out uneasily.

Richard looked surprised.

Secluded place outside the restaurant.

"My full name is Bertlem Bont and my father is Baron Ernest Bonth. ”

"My full name is Don Naveen, and about my father, I've been introduced before. ”

"My father's fief is Bont Manor on the western outskirts of Dorne, and I'm my father's only son, I think you know what I mean, right?"

"My father's blacksmith is in the island of Lante, and he has two sons, both of whom you have just seen, but I still don't understand what you mean. Donner knew that he was going to use his identity to demonstrate, but he was still smiling and calm.

"I don't know what a pauper relies on to pay for the Academy of Magic, but you should also know that the Tris Academy of Magic hasn't produced a full-fledged magician for decades. And I will definitely be promoted to the official knight within three years. What are you fighting with me?"

"Kelly already knows what you're talking about, right?"

"Of course she does!"

"Then why do you repeat this to me? Oh, by the way, Kelly didn't mention you to me at all, and she must not have felt the need for that. Well, if you don't have anything else to say, let me be with you. ”

Bernwright glared at Donner's departing back, his drooping hands clenched into fists.

In the restaurant, Kelly finally waited until Donner came back and was relieved to see that the other party was safe and sound.

"Brother, Kelly said she was going to be my sister-in-law, really?"

"Richard!" Kelly was so ashamed that her ears were hot, she didn't expect that she was happy just now, and the words to tease Richard were relayed by the other party so quickly.

"Are you in a hurry for me to find you a sister-in-law?" Donner laughed and nudged Richard's head, who just smiled innocently.

After a small episode, the dinner of the three continued, Kelly sat closer to Donner, and got up from time to time to share the dishes for Donner, both of them tacitly agreed not to mention the topic just now, but in the girl's heart, there was a sweetness that had never been before that was slowly melting.

Bernwright sat at the table not far away, watching the scene out of the corner of his eye.

When he was eight years old, he met Kelly for the first time who had followed his mother to Dorne, and from that time on, he had a crush on this innocent and well-behaved girl. The hazy feeling did not fade with Kelly's return to the island of Lante, but only became stronger by the distance. Half a year ago, when he met Kelly again, his childhood playmate turned out to be even more beautiful and moving, and the girl's unique innocence and tranquility were something he had never seen in Dorne City. Burnwright fell in love all of a sudden, and he had already thought that even if his father objected, he would marry Kelly back, but to his surprise, the resistance did not come from his father, but from Kelly. No matter how close he approached, showed affection, or even confessed, the girl was indifferent. Burnwright was not discouraged, he even took it for granted. Such a perfect girl, of course, will not be easy to get, the other party's reserve, isn't it a test of his sincerity.

But just when he was full of ambition, such a situation occurred. He lost, to a pauper, the son of a blacksmith. Now, he was sitting in a quiet dining room, and the girl in his dream was actually sitting next to another boy, and even like a maid, she was serving food and pouring wine for that boy.

Burnwright is by no means an easy character to accept failure, he wants to use his actions to let Kelly know that her current choice is wrong, that everything she has is something that the poor man will never get for a lifetime, and that her beauty must not be touched by such a poor-born blacksmith son.

But now, what is happening over there, Burnwright can't stand it anymore. Just as he got up and was about to check out and leave, he caught a glimpse of a few people coming in at the door, and the person who walked in front was the friend he had made the most in the past few years at the Knight Academy.

"Roger, what such a coincidence!" Burnwright had a sincere smile on his face.

"What a coincidence, Birnlight. "It was Roger, Lucia, and Fiona who came in.

"Oh, and Miss Fiona......!

"This is my cousin. ”

Roger didn't mean to introduce Lucia, and Burnwright immediately understood. Roger's father was the Archduke of Celtic, a nobleman at the top of the empire, and although he had been trying to get close to each other, his cousin's name was not something he could inquire about at will. However, it seemed like a great opportunity to meet Roger here.

"Roger, can I have the honor to introduce you to some friends?" Burnwright and Roger have been classmates for five years, and they have long been familiar with each other's personalities, and he should not be disgusted by this kind of scene.

Roger glanced at Lucia, who gave him a nonchalant look.

"Okay, but when I came in, I saw you as if you were alone. Why are there still friends?"

Burnwright bowed down and led Roger and his party to Kelly's table, and introduced Kelly: "Kelly, this is the eldest son of the Grand Duke of Celtic, Roger Celtic, is the best senior in the Knight Academy!"

Bernwright didn't see the expected surprise or trepidation on Kelly's face. Not only her, but also the two brothers of the blacksmith family laughed easily--did these three men have broken their brains? Or did they not understand that the Grand Duke was the Grand Duke, the noblest nobleman of the Empire.

Burnwright stubbornly continued to introduce: "Roger, this is my friend Kelly, these two are ......"

"Haha, Burnlight, you don't need to be introduced. What a coincidence, Donner, you're here to see Richard and Kelly, right? It's been almost a month since you've been back from the Whispering Forest, and you didn't expect to run into it again. I heard Lucia say that you entered the Academy of Magic. Congratulations!"

"Why didn't you call me when you came to the Knight Academy, huh! Richard, let go a little. Lucia saw Kelly sitting next to Donner, and in a fit of rage, pulled over a chair and sat down on the other side of Donner.

"You ...... Do you know each other?"

Fiona also sat down unceremoniously, glanced at the panicked Burnlight, and said, "It's not just acquaintance, Donner saved our lives......" She has a unique talent for aristocrats, and can speak everything in a weird way, so that you can't tell her true emotions.

"Saved...... Your life?"

"Haha, strictly speaking, that's true. Donner, call for a drink, I haven't officially thanked you yet!" Unlike Fiona, Roger has another aristocratic talent, and if he wants to, he can make you think of him as your best friend in the shortest possible time.

"It was just me who made everyone worry about me all night, and I should thank you. ”

Roger and his entourage, sure enough, all sat down, ordered more wine, added food and dined with Donner.

Bernwright, who was sitting beside him, was so shocked by the scene before him that his eyes were so dumbfounded that he was a friend. Donner, Richard, and Kelly confronted Roger with no restraints. No, it must be that they don't know Roger's identity. The fiefdom of the Celtic Grand Duke traversed the provinces of Tris and Pocona, and even the lord of Dorne saluted respectfully when he saw him. How could the legal heir of the Grand Duke, Roger, be friends with the blacksmith's son?

What surprised Burnlight even more was that Roger's cousin, the aristocratic girl as beautiful as Kelly, had just disdained to introduce her name, and now she was sitting next to the blacksmith's son, deliberately whispering to him. There must be something strange in this—Burnlight has decided not to act rashly without figuring out Donald's details.

Donner is now in a dilemma, he has just acquiesced to Kelly's intentions, and now Lucia suddenly interjected, showing the same intimacy to him, he has tried to avoid it, but Lucia still leaned into his ear to speak, although it was also about the preparation of the martial arts conference, the plan to return to the magic academy tomorrow and other irrelevant topics, but this speaking posture really made him a little embarrassed.

Lucia did it on purpose, she saw that Kelly and Donner sat so close to each other before she arrived, like a young couple, and she felt angry, as if she was resentful of Kelly cheating while she was away, thinking that she had so much time in the Academy of Magic, but she didn't make any progress, and Kelly had only done this in just a few vacations, she had an inexplicable sense of frustration. Now, she has to make up for that gap, and it is urgent for her to do so.

Roger and Fiona glanced at them, but didn't see them.

Only Richard, who seemed to have suddenly opened his mind, secretly compared which one was better to be his sister-in-law, and after thinking about it for a long time, he still preferred Kelly—he was a little afraid of Lucia.

(I really thank my friends who have been quietly supporting this book, and I'm trying to write faster recently, starting with this chapter, try to have more than 3,000 words per chapter.) The book has been signed, and it must be completed, which is a promise to you and to myself!)