The Junior Knight Academy of Highlanza is located at 9 Dorenval Street, north of the city of Highlandsa, in a large area between the aristocratic neighborhood and the Enchanted Quarter.

From the entrance of the Knight Academy, you can clearly see the magic tower not far away, but now that the deadline for registration for the academy has passed, and it has even been more than a month since the official opening of the academy, and at this moment, the outside gate of the academy has long been deserted.

The metal railing walls on both sides of the academy gate were overgrown with lush creepers and lentil vines, and through the gaps in the fence railings, several neat square teams could be seen in the academy playground practicing in the sun, and this group of young cadet knights were wearing light leather armor, carrying wooden knightly light shields and wooden swords behind them, and their golden curls were wet on their foreheads.

Under the scorching sun in autumn, it is still a little hot near noon, and a mountain town like Highlandsa has a large temperature difference between day and night in autumn, and it is very cold in the morning and evening, and you even need to wear a sweater and a thick coat to go out, and on a sunny day, you will not feel cold when you run on the playground at noon wearing a sleeved vest.

The leaves of the plane trees in the street had begun to turn yellow and fall quietly, and there was a thick layer on the pavement, and there was a soft sound when stepped on, and the Gubolai horse kept shaking his horse's tail, perhaps because he had been living a bitter life without grass on the Gobi in the barren land for a long time, and this Gubolai horse had been sniffing like a dog among the vines, leaves, and grass since he entered the city of Highlandza.

Surdak tugged at the reins, and Guborama turned his head in resistance, stubbornly making his own silent protest. Fortunately, there are no pedestrians on this street, otherwise Surdak would have been seen in this scene, and a knight was actually arguing with his mount, which should be a bit embarrassing.

However, the Gubolai horse did not seem to have the consciousness to accept it when it was good, and after it won the privilege of running to the roadside lawn to eat two bites, and then developed to eat the creeper on the wall of the Knight Academy, probably because this palm-shaped leaf did not match its appetite, the Gubolai horse only chewed one leaf, and did not eat a second bite.

Surdak arrived in the city of Hylanza last night, after staying in a hotel next to the square park for one night, and this morning he sold all the salamander meat in the underground market, although the city of Hylanza is a small city with a population of less than 300,000, but the purchasing power of the people here is still very strong, especially this precious ingredient, who can buy these are noble lords and magician nobles who are not bad for money, and they seem to always have only gold coins and magic crystals in their pockets.

However, according to the agreement between Surdak and the magician Francis, Surdak still kept a stout lizard tail, two salamander hearts that were still pulsating, and two stomach pouches for the magician. Surdak originally wanted to go to the Magic Guild, which is not far from here, and personally deliver these magical beast materials to Master Francis Magician, but he happened to pass by the junior knight academy.

Standing in front of the gate of the academy, Surdak touched the letter of recommendation in his hand, and saw the young trainee knights in the academy who were conducting basic tactical training on the playground, Surdak suddenly had a sense of urgency, and he thought to himself, since he came to the door of the junior knight academy, see if there is still time in time, or he will register first.

Surdak looked at the tall stone pillars and arched iron gates on both sides of the courtyard wall, and walked to the gatehouse in front of the gate.

A doorman in a black and blue uniform in the porter stuck his head out of the small window and asked Surdak, who was leading the horse, "This knight, do you have anything to ask?" ”

The guard's gaze fell on Surdak's chest, and a smile was piled up on his face at the sight of the knight's badge. He came out of the porter and stood in front of Surdak, when he saw a piece of tobacco handed to him, and the doorman quickly took it and put it in his pocket.

"I'm here to report......," Surdak said.

The doorman wiped his hands and found that there was still a strong smell of tobacco in his palms, this tobacco was not a big road product that had been exposed to the sun and fermented after it was rotted in the pit, it should be a genuine product in the big tobacco workshop, and the joy in his heart naturally flowed to his face, "Oh, you want to apply for the instructor of the academy?" ”

Surdak wiped his nose and said directly: "No, I am a student who came to study. ”

With that, he took out the letter of recommendation from the old knight of the Order.

"But it's been so long since school started...... the doorman just glanced at the gilded pattern on the recommendation letter, and immediately changed his words halfway through, "Okay! Since you have a letter of recommendation from the Knights, come with me. ”

The doorman opened the corner door next to the big iron gate, and said to Surdak: "Follow the main road all the way to the teaching building, next to the academic affairs office on the fourth floor is the registration office, you can go there to sign up first, your horse can be tethered here first, I will take care of it for you, after everything is settled, you can come and take the horse away." ”

It seemed that this last sentence should be the benefit of the tobacco, Surdak nodded to the doorman in thanks, and stepped into the door of the academy.

Although it is only separated by an iron fence, after entering the college, you will feel that the hustle and bustle outside the campus suddenly quiets down, and the whole heart also feels settled, looking at the luxuriant hibiscus flowers on both sides of the main road of the college, Surdak only feels that the air here is much cleaner than outside.

Long leather boots stomp on the ground of the stone pavement, making a crisp and rhythmic footstep sound.

Surdak took a deep breath, looked up at the huge sword and shield badge on the roof of the main school building, tightened his belt slightly, straightened his waist and walked forward.

The doorman looked at Surdak's back as he walked towards the teaching building, and when he was feeling emotional, a young doorman came out of the gatehouse, and he blinked a pair of small eyes and said with some disdain: "Young people are so old, why do you still want to go to the junior knight academy?" It can't be that you're in the wrong place! ”

It's probably because I didn't get any benefits that I was so resentful.

The previous doorman reprimanded: "What do you know, the graduates of the previous academy may not be able to have a few real knights, this one with the identity of a knight, should be the one who came to the academy to mix knight certificates, belongs to the kind of knight regiment training, this kind of student can not be regarded as a freshman in the real sense." ”

As he spoke, he arranged a small collar against the only piece of glass in the gatehouse, and said to the young doorman: "The cadet knights in the academy, one is counted as one, belonging to hundreds of people competing to cross a single-plank bridge, the one who can cross the bridge first is the knight, and those who can't grab the groove will eat dirt in the back, do you see the knight's badge on his chest?" He's not the same as these apprentice knights, he's the kind of guy who has crossed the bridge, and now he's just going through a situation. ”

"So much more to say here?" The young doorman was dumbfounded.

"Of course, stand your post, Lao Tzu has to go out to inspect the circle, don't always be lazy and nap in the concierge......"

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Looking at the young and immature faces on the playground, Surdak suddenly realized a problem, although he did not have a mirror to take a picture of his face blackened in the sun, he only looked at his big calloused hands, as if he finally understood what he was out of place with this academy.

I finally thought that this was the only junior knight academy in Highlanza City, and the age of recruiting new students was only about twelve or thirteen years old, and he was more than ten years older than these older children, even if he was a graduate of the senior knight academy in Bednar City, he probably didn't reach his own age.

Thinking of this, Surdak couldn't help but scratch his head a little painfully, if he was really allowed to sit with these big children in class every day, thinking about the disharmony of standing on the playground and practicing the formation together, Surdak's steps became a little hesitant.

Every Grimm Empire has the right to participate in the magic awakening ceremony once in his life, of course, the deadline for this right is twelve years old, when they are twelve years old, they can sign up for the national magic test, once the test is passed, they can carry out the magic awakening ceremony, as long as the magic pool is awakened in the awakening ceremony, then it means that they are eligible to become a magician noble, which is also the most convenient way for the civilian class to promote to the nobility, and countless noble children are also eager for this, At least that way you don't have to fight for inheritance in the family.

This move also indirectly affected the enrollment time of other academies, usually children after participating in the magic awakening ceremony, is considered to have nothing to do with magic, will consider taking other paths, generally junior warrior academies, junior knight academies, junior swordsman academies, and some big cities have a more comprehensive variety of war academies, rangers, assassins, martial artists, archers and other various professions are complete.

But what should be faced is still to be faced, after all, this is the way he must go, otherwise he can only be a reserve knight, this identity Mondstadt. Count Goss's mood, if one day he returns from the battlefield to Highlandsa and finds himself still standing in one of his knighthoods, but Baron Sidney is already lying in the cemetery, once this knighthood is withdrawn, then his status as a reserve knight will not be kept.

Only when you become an official knight and have your own fiefdom can you firmly hold this knighthood in your hands.

Therefore, Mo said that he should be allowed to study at the Knight Academy, even if he was sent to the quarry to dig stones, Surdak could only pinch his nose at this time and admit it.

Knock on the door and walk into the room where the registration office is hung, there is a rest area on the left side of the outer room, there is a desk on the right side, and behind it sits a redhead with beautiful makeup, she is buried in sorting out the information, and I see that it is actually a tall knight who walks in, and this knight has a chest. Wearing a knight's badge in front of him and holding a letter of recommendation in his hand, he was also a little confused.

She confirmed Surdak's identity, and those eyes kept roaming Surdak's strong body, and she smiled sweetly at him and said, "Please wait. ”

Then he took Surdak's letter of recommendation and walked into the office with his round buttocks twisted.

In fact, Surdak didn't make him wait long, Surdak sat at a desk in the registration office, and the redhead even poured him a cup of black tea very intimately, and then left the room with a twist, Surdak glanced at the director of the registration office who was sitting at the desk and was reading the information seriously, thinking that the director with two deep nasolabial folds on his face must have maintained some special friendship with the female secretary outside.

Just as Surdak was thinking about it, the director suddenly raised his eyelids and looked at Surdak from top to bottom before asking him:

"You were recommended by the Knights to train a knight?"

Surdak nodded honestly and said, "I participated in the Plane War on the Warsaw Plane before and became the 57th Heavy Infantry Regiment...... Thus obtained the qualification to become a knight. ”

"You participated in the Plane War in the Warsaw Plane? So what is your combat level? The director was a little curious about Surdak's true strength and couldn't help but ask.

Surdak said with some embarrassment: "I haven't had the opportunity to do tests in the army, so I can't tell you at the moment." ”

The director of the registration office clearly wrote on his face who believes! The level test in the army is also free, and it's clear that the level is too low to be embarrassed to say, but it shouldn't be too bad depending on the figure! Obviously, the director of the registration office identified him as a distant relative of the earl's family, probably because he had come here to gild by connections, and in order to avoid further embarrassment in the conversation, the director of the registration office could only read the letter of recommendation hastily.

"Miss Mason, go and call Paplo!" The director of the registration office shouted to the female secretary outside.

There was no response from the outside.

The director of the registration office could only be patient and shouted loudly again: "Miss Mason......"

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, a knight-like man walked in from outside and gave a knightly salute to the head of the registration office.

Only then did Surdak remember that after he entered the door, he seemed to have forgotten to perform the knightly salute, and he didn't know what the director of the registration office would think.

The director of the registration office raised his head and instructed his subordinates: "Paplo, please take this reserve knight to the eleventh class of the second grade." ”

Then he said with a serious face: "Knight Surdak, you missed the level level test of the school season, and there will be an intermediate level test in the middle of next month, and your knight level can be measured at that time." Although it is only a half-year study, if you fail the final exam, it is impossible for us to issue you a graduation certificate from the college, and you can only complete the credits like other college freshmen, so that your grades in all disciplines can reach above the average line in order to successfully graduate from the college......"

After Surdak walked out of the registration office, the director of the registration office rubbed his forehead with his hand and commanded helplessly: Baplo, what a headache...... It is estimated that this is a big man who has a relationship with him, it is said that he has just returned from the battlefield, and he doesn't know if he can adapt to the life of the academy, remember to let the instructor of the eleventh class of Milono watch him, the children who come down from the army always have such and such stinky problems, don't let him make the academy a miasma. ”

"Got it, Director." Paplo nodded in reply.