Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Carp Leaps Over the Dragon Gate
The blonde-haired and golden-eyed counter lady was a little busy today, because the last fourteen consecutive days were the days of the Unified Entrance Examination of the Zomintos Swordsman Society, which means that she and her companions were responsible for entertaining these coming candidates, checking their documents, arranging for them to take the exam, and so on.
Even if her movements were already fast, every candidate would not stay in front of her for more than thirty seconds, and when she saw the endless queue, she still felt a little tired in her heart, but she knew that this day had just begun.
What's more, the salary these days is the same as usual, which is the reason why these counter ladies are not energetic.
At this moment, she saw a black-haired swordsman, with a young man with a childish face, walking through the door, and the two seemed to be still communicating, and waited for a while before letting the young man come to her counter.
"Full name. The counter lady asked as she took the various documents that the boy had given him.
"Nord Bennet. The teenager who had been chatting with Xavier before responded.
"Where do you live?"
"I live in"
After a round of procedures, after the counter lady confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the young man in front of her, she let him leave directly, but saw him waiting quietly not far away, presumably waiting for his friend, so she didn't pay much attention to the chair, but ordered the next person in the queue, that is, the black-haired swordsman, to come in.
Unlike many candidates she had met before, this swordsman had a little more mature taste, coming out of his youth and not reaching the realm of old age, which reminded Miss Counter of the many genius swordsmen she had encountered, all of whom were extremely similar, confident and heroic.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but smile again, and sighed why she was thinking nonsense, just such a candidate who came to the exam actually let herself fantasize so much, and really read too much of the serials in the newspaper?
As she flashed through this thought, the smiling black-haired swordsman in front of her had already come to her counter and showed her a document.
This confused the lady at the counter, because candidates should normally bring several documents, but when she saw the words on it, her face did not ease because of this, but became more confused.
"Xavier?"
"Well, I am. Xavier quickly responded, and saw the puzzled look on the counter lady's face.
This made him panic a little, wondering if there was something wrong with his documents, could it be that the certificate of participation in the knightly tournament was not enough to allow him to join the swordsmanship association?
In the midst of all kinds of emotions, the Nord boy next to him almost wanted to interject, but soon heard the counter lady ask
"You're a Knight Tournament participant?"
As soon as he heard this title, Nord suddenly showed a magical expression, not only him, but even the passers-by next to him, and the counter ladies in the office, also turned their heads and looked at the black-haired swordsman.
Some are the mood of 'he can take his place', and some are the expression of 'the husband should be like this', of course, it can also be summed up in a few words, that is, envy, jealousy and hatred.
But Xavier obviously didn't realize how precious his status was, and it was in exchange for the position of captain of the South Gate with a monthly income of more than 100 crowns!
Or, he knew that this identity was precious, but he still underestimated its value, so he would respond hatefully at this moment, "yes, what's the problem?"
"Well, no. The counter lady was helplessly silent for a few seconds, and suddenly changed her title, "Mr. Swordsman, are you here to join the Swordsman Association?"
"yes, are you going through the formalities here?" Xavier really didn't understand, so he asked like a novice.
"Please go to the office on the second floor, someone will entertain you. The lady at the counter forced a smile and smiled, "And sir, you don't actually have to queue at all." ”
As she spoke, she pointed to another doorway in the distance, "You can enter directly from there, and this is where candidates are asked to submit their documents." ”
Looking at the empty small doorway in the distance, Xavier suddenly realized that he had been waiting in vain for more than half an hour, could it be that he was a sand sculpture?
No, he didn't plan to line up, but he was called by the boy and subconsciously walked to the end of the line!
Then there was no need to complain, it was just that he was stupid, and then he smiled bitterly, took the document back, and walked to the young Nord who was standing in the distance.
"Mr. Xavier!" Nord overheard the swordsman's name from the conversation just now, and changed his name as well, "It turns out that you are really a participant in the knights' conference, why didn't you say it earlier? Why did you pretend to be an ordinary person? I really really really want to help Mr. sincerely!"
"Uh, didn't you say it earlier?" Xavier was puzzled, "Also, do I really deserve to be respected so much?"
"Definitely, Mr. Xavier. Nord's eyes lit up, "That's the Knights' Conference, the Knights' Conference!
"Uh, so what?"
"This is a knight, can you be knighted, isn't that important enough?" Nord began to wonder if the gentleman in front of him had lost some memory.
Hearing this, Xavier understood what Nord meant, and also understood why this knights' conference was so important in the minds of so many people.
In fact, the captain also said it at the beginning, but he only listened to it in his mind, and did not think carefully about the deep meaning behind it.
The knights of this world will be the lowest baron in the title like Captain Liszt, and can add the word 'de' to their names to indicate their noble status, so the real name of the baron should be John Thomas de Liszt.
After having a knighthood, it represents a complete leap from the commoner class to the noble level! If you remember the Estates-General, the Baron rank belongs to the second level of it!
And in addition to this opportunity, if you want to be a baron, you can only get it through military merit or officialdom, and those who often have to be born and die, all kinds of qualifications, and wait until they are fifty or sixty years old to get the title, and it is even not hereditary!
So, how is it that the qualifications for participation in the knights' conference are not important?
What's more, this was only learned by Xavier later, and the number of participants in each knight conference is very small, probably only about a few thousand, which is more difficult than the college entrance examination in the previous life to enter Qingbei!
Feeling the noble status of the swordsman in front of him, Nord hurriedly said before he could react, "Mr. Xavier, please accept me as an apprentice!"
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