Chapter 32: The Barracks
The sun seems to be a naughty child, sometimes hiding behind white clouds. From time to time, he poked his face out in the gap of the white clouds and looked down at the earth lazily.
On the barracks of the Holy Knights, hundreds of young men with upper bodies formed a neat phalanx and stood there quietly.
Hundreds of young people with upper bodies lined up in a neat phalanx and stood there quietly.
Bacon stood in front of hundreds of young men and said loudly, "Tell me, what does it take to be a qualified holy knight?"
Hundreds of young people shouted loudly: "Humility, honor, sacrifice, bravery, mercy, spirituality, honesty, justice!"
Bacon waited for them to shout and said loudly, "No, that's not all!"
Bacon said this, and swept the young people in front of him with his eyes, some of them had confusion on their faces, some were slightly thoughtful, some were eager to try, and some were expressionless, Bacon sighed secretly in his heart, compared to his comrades who died in Giethoorn and other places, these young people are still much worse.
Bacon exclaimed, "To be able to stand here and be trained to become a holy knight, each of you can speak these eight in detail." But I'm going to tell you that being able to speak out and being serious about doing it are two completely different concepts. When faced with a strong enemy, do you really have the courage to declare war on evil without fear? Can you really stand up and protect the weak at a critical moment? Even if you can, then why should you declare war on evil? Stand up to protect the weak?"
Bacon remembered his sacrificial comrades, and roared loudly: "Tell me, why do you have to do it?"
There was silence in the school yard.
Bacon exclaimed, "Strength! If you are ready to protect the weak, but you do not have the strength to defeat evil, it is nothing but a farce." We don't need a protagonist in a tragedy, we want to be a valiant warrior, a fearless warrior who has the ability to defeat the enemy. Starting today, I, Bacon, will tell you how to be a valiant warrior and how to be a holy knight. All of them, stand upright!"
Hundreds of youths immediately stood upright.
Bacon said, "The first lesson of the day is to hone perseverance. All stand still, no one is allowed to move when I have not announced the disbandment, and if you are going to become a holy knight, and not come to mix up some kind of fame, just stand for me!"
Speaking of this, Bacon beckoned, and eight holy knights in golden armor walked by the side of the schoolyard.
The eight holy knights strode up to Bacon in unison, swung their fists with their right hands and lightly hammered their left chests, making a standard chivalric salute.
Bacon clenched his fists and returned a knightly salute, and then Bacon said in a way that could be heard by the whole school: "They are true knights, who were born and died with me, and now they stand with you, and do not tell me that you are no better than them in the armor of one man's weight with your bare hands." ”
The eight holy knights turned to face the hundreds of young men, standing quietly and straight, as if they were wearing nothing more than an ordinary leather coat.
The school field is quiet, and even if you drop a copper coin, it will make a loud noise.
A knight-in-class with a halberd in his hand ran briskly towards Bacon from a distance, and he came to Bacon, held the halberd in his left hand, struck his left chest with his right fist, and gave a knightly salute, saying, "Lord Bacon, there are people looking for you outside the barracks, I recognize Miss Faras, and she says that two of your friends have also come." ”
Bacon returned a knightly salute and then said to the hundreds of young men in the school grounds, "When it is completely dark, it will be disbanded." ”
With that, Bacon strode with the midshipman with the halberd to the door of the barracks.
――――――――*――――――――*――――――――*―――――――― Faras stood outside the barracks gate angrily, since the last time Orlando issued a grounding order, all the holy knights have never left the barracks without permission, and naturally Faraz has never entered again, she has been angry for several days for this matter. This time, she didn't actually have the intention of seeing Orlando, as long as she could go in and take her sister home.
Sure enough, the probationary knight who was guarding at the gate stopped Faras from entering, but many people in the barracks knew Faras, and this is why there was the scene that had just been reported to Bacon.
Seeing Bacon and the apprentice knight hurrying towards him, Faras cried out, "Damn Bacon, you dare to come to me." Last time you didn't let me in, I see what you say today. ”
Bacon saw Faras from a distance, and when he heard Faras's complaint, he was just about to answer, but unexpectedly, he turned his eyes and saw Ryan and Alendor standing beside Faras. Bacon's eyes lit up, and the two boys who had helped him in Giethoorn had also arrived, which was really good news.
Bacon sped up, and immediately left the apprentice knight running in front of him far behind, and ran in front of Ryan in a few breaths. The trainee knight who watched it was full of admiration, no wonder he was the squadron leader of the most elite first brigade of the knights, just with this foot charge, if he fought face-to-face, he was afraid that the opponent was not ready, and he was already close.
Seeing Bacon rushing towards him, Ryan's face also showed a smile, in Giethoorn, Bacon also left a deep impression on him, in order to save the weak, he would rather put himself in danger, face a strong enemy without fear, calmly command the battle, worthy of being the strongest member of the Royal Knights in the Empire.
In the blink of an eye, Bacon came to Ryan, who ignored the complaints of Faraz beside him, and raised his hand to salute a standard knightly salute, and Ryan also waved a knightly salute. This time, Ryan did a very standard job, and didn't do anything wrong like he did in Giethoorn last time.
Bacon punched Ryan hard in the shoulder and said with a grin, "Okay, you're finally here." ”
Ryan took the punch as if nothing had happened, and he said to Bacon, "Don't mention it, I've only been in the imperial capital for a few days." ”
Bacon also greeted Allendo, and then said to Ryan: "Well, if I guess correctly, you and Allendo must have gone on an adventure somewhere else, and I don't know what the wonderful story is." Ah, let's not stand here anymore, come, everybody come in with me. ”
After saying that, Bacon greeted the apprentice knight who was guarding the door, and he took Ryan with one hand and Allendo with the other, and strode into the barracks.
Faraz was very jealous, when would she be able to have such a beautiful scenery as Ryan, the squadron leader of the first brigade of the Royal Knights, the most elite in the empire, personally came to the door to greet him, and walked in with his own hands. And I, as the sister-in-law of the Supreme Commander of the Royal Knights, is not qualified for this, and I have been closed to the door a few times recently.