Chapter 1: Chivalry
In the year 385 of the Holy Calendar, eighteen-year-old Alan Abel Griffith had been at the Guardian Training Academy in Delta Town for three years, but he was not very lucky. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć It's been a mere year, but he still hasn't shown the slightest sign of awakening into a guardian, or even rising up the ranks, and has been training with new cadets as a trainee knight for three years. This made Alan feel distressed.
It's not that Eren doesn't work the contrary, in addition to drowsiness, he has to work harder than others, however, there is a wise saying in the Guardian Academy: If you want to be the best, it is not enough to rely on 99% hard work, the most important thing is that 1% luck! Three years ago, Alan who was still confused took the expectations of his father old Griffith and a few gold coins, and stepped into the Guardian Academy, originally going to choose the most popular and easiest to awaken magic branch as a profession, but Allen, who did not understand the world, did not send gold coins to the mayor's assistant, as a result, the mayor's assistant who was responsible for filling in the selection and distribution "shook his old hand", and the hook was crooked, and Allen, who was not physically strong, was assigned to the knight's branch in a daze and became a "glorious" trainee knight. When the fierce instructor Balron picks Alan up every day before dawn for devil training, Alan feels that the good times he was looking forward to have been dashed with his ignorance and the trembling hands of the mayor's assistant.
Knights, originally a very respected profession in human society, not only have special subordinates, but also complete training regulations and indestructible ceremonial traditions, after all, in the initial fight against dragons and other foreign races, the physically strong knight is the hardest shield of mankind.
However, since humans can awaken as guardians, among the noble knights, there are few who can successfully awaken as guardians, and in the follow-up guardian training academy, the knight profession has weakened its growth with the field due to excessive physical strength, greatly reducing the possibility of awakening, and knight has become the most unpopular profession in the guardian academy. The reason for the preservation of this profession is purely symbolic, after all, knights have left a magnificent mark in the long history of mankind.
"Honor, humility, sacrifice, valor, honesty, mercy, justice, soul, this is all you have!" the fierce Scarface Instructor Balon repeated these dry words in Alan's ear day after day, this is chivalry, it is a compulsory course for beginner knights, as long as you are promoted to a mid-level knight, you don't need to learn this set of nihilistic theories, but use more advanced weapons and equipment to train more advanced martial arts. However, many students who come to the Knight Branch generally do not work hard to advance to the ranks, because their purpose is most likely not to awaken and become guardians, but to strengthen their bodies and martial arts here, and return to the countryside to fight against bandits, bandits, squires, bullies or something. As a result, the Knight Branch has also become the least valued academy in the entire Guardian Training Academy. What made Alan speechless the most was that even this instructor of the Knight Branch was not a guardian, but just a high-level knight.
Today, Allen's luck fell to the bottom again, and he was severely reprimanded by Scarface's instructor early in the morning. The reason is that Alan did not salute according to the knightly etiquette when the new instructor arrived, in fact, this is not to blame Allen, he just hasn't woken up yet.
'Smack!' a broom was slammed to the ground by Allen. Allen's muscles flared up, his eyes stared at the scarface instructor and roared: "I've had enough! I'm here to awaken as a guardian! I'm not here to be a person, and I'm not here to be angry with you!"
"Ellen, the honorable new instructor is here, watch your wording!" Scarface Instructor looked very ugly, and glanced at the tall woman in paladin armor beside him in embarrassment, and then yelled at Alan.
In a small three-story building behind Allen, many people leaned out and watched the good show taking place below, all of them were wearing brown linen bottoms exclusive to the Knight Branch, and they were all students of the Knight Branch. Some of the students only looked at Allen's jokes, but most of their eyes fell on the woman in paladin armor standing next to the instructor. The snow-white armor, the intricate patterns made of magical silver, and the long sword inlaid with green rough stones hanging from her waist all told these students that the woman below was an out-and-out guardian.
"What's wrong with my wording! Even if I stay in this place for another ten years, I'm still a goddamn trainee knight!" Allen said as he frantically tore off the trainee knight badge that represented his identity and threw it in front of the scarface instructor, before tearing off the one-handed sword at his waist and slamming it to the ground.
The face of the woman in the armor of a paladin changed, she leaned forward and picked up the one-handed sword, took out a snow-white handkerchief, removed the soil on the sword, and handed it to Allen: "The sword is not only a knight's weapon, but also a knight's partner, in any case, it is your respectable partner, as a knight, the last thing you can't discard is"
"Honor, humility, sacrifice, valor, honesty, mercy, justice, soul!" Allen did not take the sword from the woman's hand, but instead imitated the strange emphasis of the Scarface instructor, interrupting the woman's words.
"Ellen, don't be rude to Lord Christine!, what about your chivalry!" the Scarface Instructor's face became extremely ugly, and he reprimanded Alan viciously while respectfully accompanying the woman.
"If I'm here to memorize these eight words every day! If I'm only here to sweep the floor, feed the horses, and wash clothes!I'd rather not be a knight!" Alan looked at the grim-faced instructor and the silent woman, and crushed the apprentice knight on the ground into the dirt with a heavy kick, and then walked out without looking back.
"Alan, you're rebelling against chivalry! you're not worthy of being a knight!" said Scarface Instructor as he looked at Eren as he walked farther and farther away. However, Alan did not look back.
"If you dare to get out of this courtyard! By this time next year, you'll roll up and leave!" Seeing that Alan didn't stop, Scarface Instructor took out his final trump card. However, Alan only paused for a moment and continued to walk out of the courtyard.
"You'll never be a knight!" Scarface's roar echoed through the small courtyard.
The woman carried a one-handed sword and looked at Allen's departure with an indifferent face, until the Scarface Instructor said respectfully: "Dear Lord Christine, this Alan is not sensible, you must forgive me, in our knight's branch, there are still many talented and chivalrous young people." ā
"Ballon, how long has this midshipman been here?" the woman looked at Allen's one-handed sword, the coarse cloth on the hilt of it looking badly worn.
"Two years, eight months, and seven days, Lord Christine. The Scarface instructor replied respectfully.
"Well, what an interesting little guy..." Christine said, looking at the cadet knight badge that had been crushed into the dirt, and said to the scarface instructor on the side, "Ballen, from today onwards, his knight badge will be invalidated." ā
The scarface instructor showed a hesitant look on his face: "Lord Christine, although Alan is not subject to discipline, he is still a serious child after all, give him another chance." ā
"Ballen, I think I didn't say it clearly, I didn't mean to let this kid out of school. Christine gently handed the one-handed sword in her hand to the Scarface instructor: "Starting tomorrow, this child will be issued a mid-level knight badge"
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"Before I came, Mayor Mare promised me full responsibility for the training of the Knights' Branch, so, Ballon, please do as I say. Christine's face was indifferent, but the majesty in her tone still made Scarface Instructor have to obey her decision.
"There's no problem with this, it's rare that Lord Christine takes care of Alan so much, but this kid may not come back," Scarface Instructor voiced his concerns.
"Ballon, are there any nice taverns around here? I'd like to go and have a drink. Christine laughed suddenly.