After spending the morning, Nolan counted the remaining alchemy materials and rooms in the workshop, and then began to fulfill the customer's order.

The old wolf from "Ninety-Seven Square Street" had ordered fifty bottles of primary recovery potions with him, and the delivery date was tomorrow, just in time to start refining now.

In fact, over the years, he had long been tired of this low-level, repetitive alchemy process.

It is his ambition to develop more advanced alchemy items and more difficult alchemy potions, but before that, he must first use this order to complete the accumulation of trust in himself by customers, so as to obtain a larger order.

However, one person's power is limited after all, even if the refining process is streamlined to the extreme, he is still busy until late at night to be able to catch up with this batch of orders.

This is the last time I will do this kind of funless drudgery-

Dragging his exhausted body back to the room, he swore in his heart a second before he fell asleep on the bed.

The next morning, Nolan woke up a little late, yawning as he pushed open the door, just as he saw Yuna standing in the courtyard.

It was so violent that within two days after the operation, the disabled person was able to walk on the ground.

"Nolan!" Yuna called out to Nolan, who was about to go back to the house and go to sleep.

"You're already able to get out of bed? I remember Luo Zhen told you to lie down for at least three more days. ”

Nolan was surprised that although she still had a cane, being able to go out on her own and living in bed without taking care of herself were completely two different concepts.

"I'm a knight, and my recovery ability is much stronger than normal."

Yuna explains, "I'm getting used to how to use puppetry, and it's really amazing. After a few more days of adaptation, I should be able to move normally. ”

"Good." Nolan nodded, "What else?" ”

"I want to go back to the Knight Academy and go through the withdrawal procedures......" Yuna secretly observed Nolan's face, "I still have some money in my dorm room...... And my clothes and spare weapons, I want to bring them all back. ”

"Do you have to go now?" Nolan pointed to her crutches, "Your legs and feet are not good yet, it will be inconvenient to make a trip, right?" I've got some work to do, but I don't have time to help you move things. ”

In fact, he still had something to say: if he went to the academy on crutches, he would definitely be pointed at.

“…… That's why I'm going. ”

Yuna showed a bitter smile with a little self-deprecation, "Only when I see that I have become disabled will the academy let me withdraw from school, and I can also refuse the invitation of the City Lord's Mansion and become a free body again." ”

What she hadn't detailed with Noren before was that she wasn't just "talented" at the Knight Academy in Peak City.

In fact, as a sixteen-year-old fifth-order knight, she was the chief of the Knight Academy, and the only female knight of the academy to become the chief in recent decades.

Such a proud talent made her receive an olive branch from the City Lord's Mansion early, and she couldn't refuse this invitation, and there was no reason to refuse—

It was supposed to be like this, but fate played a joke on her.

She lost both legs of her own.

In order to get back on her feet, in order to get a chance at revenge, she exchanged everything she had for Nolan.

She couldn't go to the Knight Academy anymore, and she couldn't go to the City Lord's Mansion anymore.

Not only that, but she also had to expose her limping ugliness to others, so that the City Lord's Mansion knew that she was not deliberately breaking the contract, but that she had lost the ability to provide value to the City Lord's Mansion......

Only in this way will the City Lord's Mansion release the people.

For a former head of the academy, a genius who was envied by her peers and praised by her elders since childhood, this scene was tantamount to an execution of her dignity.

Every time she thought of this, she couldn't help but feel chills all over her body.

However, it is something that must be done.

Didn't you already decide to abandon everything for the sake of revenge?

"Okay." Nolan nodded and threw her a key, "If you're ready, go ahead." I'm going to go out later, and I'll open the door myself when I get back. ”

"Wait, wait!"

Yuna stopped Noren, who was about to go back to the house, and her face flushed slightly, "Can you lend me money for the carriage?" I'll give you back when I get back...... No, it's giving you all the money! ”

"Keep it for yourself, I'm not short of money." Nolan crossed once, took a gold coin from his bosom, and flicked it with his thumb.

Anyway, this is a gold coin that exploded from the old thing, and it doesn't hurt to scatter it.

"Thank you."

"Needless to say thank you, your business is my business, and rightfully so."

Yuna knew it wasn't flirtatious, just a simple reminder of the fact that she was his "would-be slave".

She didn't say anything more, put on a cloak and walked out of the courtyard, called the carriage and left.

The Knight Academy is also located in the upper city, and the carriage quickly stopped at the entrance of the college, and Yuna poked her head out to signal the guards at the gate to let him go.

After all, she was the chief of the academy, and the guard at the door naturally recognized her face, and immediately stood up and saluted:

"Welcome back, Chief!"

The carriage drove smoothly into the academy and stopped at the bottom of the administrative building.

It was class time, and most of the students were studying in the drill field and classrooms, so she came to the door of the principal's office without being too noticed, and knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

A calm male voice came from inside the door, and Yuna took a deep breath, pushed the door and walked into the room.

Sitting at the desk was a middle-aged man in a red and white officer's uniform with a white beard, wearing not only knightly insignia but also various medals representing various military exploits on his chest, and his burly chest was like a wall of merit full of honor.

He is the headmaster of the Peak Knight Academy, the "Lion of the Peak" Ryan Anderson, an eighth-order knight who has experienced a hundred battles, and one of the strongest people in Peak City.

In his early years, he made great achievements as a soldier, and after retiring to the second line, he also served as the principal of the Knight Academy, and personally trained batches of young knights.

Last year, it was also he who pulled the line for Yuna and the City Lord's Mansion, allowing the former to be favored by the City Lord's Mansion, the largest force in Linfeng City, and allowing the latter to recruit the most talented talents in the Knight Academy.

"Headmaster." Yuna tightened her crutches and walked slowly.

Ryan keenly noticed the incongruity in her body: "You haven't been to school for four or five days, and I heard that you are going to pick up your family. Now you've got a leg injury, and sure enough, you've encountered a steppe man outside the city, right? ”

"I'm late." Yuna's voice was low, "The steppe people ransacked my village and killed my family, and I was the only one who escaped. Town...... You should already know that Ganlin Village has fallen, right? ”

"Yes, the day after you left, we got the news."

"Now that you've got the news, can you send troops to support the city?"

"No, the troops are currently stationed near Linfeng City, and the City Lord's Mansion has decided to concentrate all its forces on defense in case the main city falls."

"Why don't you send troops to help!" Yuna's voice couldn't help but rise, "The invading steppe people are just a small vanguard force now, are we not going to do anything, just wait quietly for them to gather troops, destroy all the nearby villages, and then surround us to death!?" ”

"Calm down, Yuna."

Ryan's calm voice also carried a little helplessness, "I also want to avenge my compatriots, but you know that the army cannot be dispatched without the permission of the City Lord's Mansion.

"Regarding the Prairie People, the City Lord's Mansion must have thought more. All we can do now is recharge our batteries and prepare for the battle ahead. ”

yes, what's the use of complaining to the headmaster that reinforcements haven't arrived? Yuna took a deep breath, suppressed the grievances and pain in her heart, and said in a low voice:

"Thanks to the principal's care in the past two years, I have come this time to apply to you for withdrawal. After dropping out, I won't go to the City Lord's Mansion again. ”

Hearing this, Ryan paused, he looked at Yuna calmly, and said slowly, "Have you really thought it through?"

"The invitation of the City Lord's Mansion is not so simple to turn down, a lot of the cultivation resources that have been invested in you in the past year have been reimbursed by the City Lord's Mansion, and I am afraid it will not allow you to leave easily.

"And don't you have a good relationship with Evelyn? Even if you don't mention the good birds that choose trees to perch on, I think you should be willing to serve as her personal bodyguard. ”

Hearing Evelyn's name, Yuna's expression was a little gloomy.

Evelyn Baihart is nineteen years old.

Baihat is the surname of the Lord of Linfeng City, and Evelyn is the eldest lady of the City Lord's Mansion, who was originally the person she would swear allegiance to in the future.

Evelyn is not only noble and beautiful, but also a gifted mage who is currently studying in the imperial capital of the Roland Empire.

In the first month of last year, when she decided to accept the invitation of the City Lord's Mansion, she met Evelyn, who happened to be home to visit her relatives, in the City Lord's Mansion.

Although the two have different identities, they are close in age, and Evelyn treats her as close as her own sister, and they get along with each other very well.

The two once made an appointment to become inseparable friends, but now this agreement is afraid that it will not be realized.

Thinking of this, Yuna lowered her head, just shook her head and said, "This is my reason, the City Lord's Mansion will not hire a disabled knight." ”

Handicapped?

Ryan was taken aback, he saw that Yuna was clearly standing in front of him, although he might be temporarily on crutches because of a leg injury, but this level of injury should not be incurable.

Thinking of this, the temperament on his body changed suddenly, and the majesty of the eighth-order knight was like a galloping lion rushing towards Yuna.

He controlled the intensity of his momentum very well, and in the past, Yuna would only take two steps back at most, but now the young knight shook her body violently, and her legs were paralyzed directly on the ground as if she did not obey the call.

Ryan stood abruptly, his round eyes fixed on the ankles that were showing out from under her trousers—

It wasn't a normal human leg at all, but a doll-like prosthetic!

At this moment, he really understood what Yuna's "disability" meant, even if this prosthetic leg could actually move, but this pair of artificial fakes could never replace the knight's sturdy real legs.

Warriors rely on their legs to stand on the ground, and their legs are the source of their fighting power.

Can this puppet-like slender legs withstand the intensity of knight-level combat?

The answer is undoubtedly no.

The City Lord's Mansion believes that Yuna, who is now unqualified, has lost the qualification to become Miss Evelyn's personal bodyguard.

"I see, you're at war with the vanguard." Ryan's eyes welled up with anger, "Those steppe people not only slaughtered the village, but also cut off your legs, this is a naked provocation to the Empire!" ”

He walked up to Yuna and looked at her condescendingly:

"You're my student, and I'll find a way to avenge you—but what about you, what about you?

"You are so humiliated, are you still willing to live like this? Where have you left your pride and faith in the knights?

"If I were you, I would choose to cut myself. Your presence is the dirty water that the steppe people poured on the Empire, don't let the knights of Peak City be ashamed of it. ”

"No, I can still fight!" Under Ryan's power, Yuna struggled to her feet, her lips bitten out of blood from her teeth, and the expression on her face was almost hideous.

"What kind of skill is dead!? That's just an escape from self-deception. I want revenge, and I will take revenge with everything I have. If you have teeth, you will gnaw them, if you have hands, you will tear them apart, if you have reason, you will plot against them, and I will let them taste the ruin of their families! ”

"Yes, is that what you're determined to do?" Ryan looked at her neck, an indescribably complicated look in his eyes.

"I thought you had given up your knightly dignity, and this collar around your neck was part of your revenge plan?"

Yuna was stunned, she subconsciously tightened her cloak, covering her neck, and explained in a low voice: "Yes, I made a deal with an alchemist, and he helped me connect my legs. ”

"Heh, I'm really unheard of with a movable prosthesis, but at best it allows you to walk and run normally."

Ryan wanted to say something more, but when the words came to his lips, he shook his head, "...... It's just that young. If you accept the support of others, then it is not impossible to give up your status as a knight and live an ordinary life, everyone has a life.

"I'll take care of it for you over there with the academy and the City Lord's Mansion, and don't worry about the rest, sooner or later there will be a battle between Linfeng City and the Prairie people. You...... Let's go live the life we have now. ”

Yuna didn't argue much, just bowed silently to the headmaster, turned and left.

As the footsteps faded away, Ryan couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the closed door.

Among the students in this class, he is most optimistic about Yuna, but it is a pity that God is jealous of talent, and let this high-spirited genius knight suffer this catastrophe, which is really a trick.

You must know that Yuna became a fifth-order knight at the age of sixteen, who can predict how high her future achievements will be? This is not only a loss for the Academy, but also a loss for the entire Roland Empire.

While feeling sorry for this fallen genius, Ryan's gaze also deepened.

He was going to the city lord's mansion and persuaded the city lord to go to war with the steppe people.