Chapter 95 Alec Hammer
"Laurie, tell me what's going on."
Gervis had a stern face and spoke in a deep tone, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.
"Yes, sir!"
Seeing that Gervis looked unhappy, Laurie did not dare to neglect him and quickly told him what had happened.
It turned out that the young man had a good physique and height, and was above average in the crowd. He had not been eliminated after four rounds of elimination. It was only in the last round that Laurie and Adrian began to carefully look at the appearance of all the young men. After all, at this point, the remaining young men present had met the requirements. The next step was to look at their appearance. As the guards of the lord, they could not be ugly. They were not required to have a dignified appearance, but at least they had to be pleasing to the eye. Unexpectedly, there was a problem when they examined this young man. It was not because the boy was ugly, but because the boy's age did not meet the standard at a glance, and he was definitely under 18 years old.
Since the lord had set the age standard, Laurie and Audrey had to strictly enforce it. After all, there were more than 40 people to choose from, so the boy was eliminated. However, when the boy knew he was eliminated, he was unwilling to accept it, and then the scene that Gervis saw happened.
"May I have your name?"
After listening to Laurie's narration, Gervis nodded, still with no expression on his face, as if he was very angry about the farce that had just happened. He turned and looked at the boy.
"My Lord, my name is Alec Hammer!"
Seeing that Gervis had a blank expression on his face, Alec was not sure whether the lord would punish him, so he was very nervous. When he heard Gervis' question, he quickly bowed and answered Gervis' question.
"I already knew your name was Alec, and I also knew you were Bernard's son!"
Although Gervis had a blank expression on his face, he was very happy in his heart. The young man was none other than Bernard's son, Alec Hammer. When Gervis went to the blacksmith shop for the first time, it was this young man who held the sledgehammer and worked with Bernard to forge iron tools.
It was precisely because he knew the identity of this young man that Gervis put on an intimidating expression without even being angry.
Bernard gave Gervis a lot of surprises. He might be from a prominent family, but he was not a serf. Moreover, Bernard was different from Brian. Brian was already wanted in the Principality and had nowhere to go, so he could only stay in Gervis' territory.
As for Bernard, Gervis also sent people to find out. There was no wanted warrant for them and his son in the principality, not even a similar wanted warrant for blacksmiths, so Gervis had no way of knowing the past information of Bernard and his son. If such an excellent blacksmith like Bernard wanted to leave one day, Gervis would not be able to keep him. Gervis was very eager to have such an excellent blacksmith under his command.
This time, Alex took the initiative to jump out and tried to get into Gervis' pocket. Gervis felt that if he didn't seize this opportunity, he would be letting down the kindness of Boss Rongguang.
"Alec, tell me, why didn't you obey the orders of the two guards, Laurie and Bernard? Instead, you were shouting and making trouble here?"
Gervis had a stern face, as if he was about to explode, and his tone was very stern, which made Alex shrink his head. However, Alex had been with his father for a long time and was not a serf, so even though he was a little scared, he still argued with Gervis: "My Lord, I want to be a guard, but your two guards eliminated me because of my age. This is not fair. I am stronger than others. Why did you eliminate me just because I am one year younger?"
"I am the one who said this age limit. No one in this territory dares to violate it. Not only the guards Laurie and Audrey, but you can't either. Do you understand?"
Facing a calm and composed person like Bernard, Gervis couldn't gain any advantage, but he could still beat Alec, a young man who was just starting out. As he spoke, Gervis' eyes showed a fierce look and he looked around, and finally fixed his gaze on Alec.
"Understood...Understood, Lord!"
Alec was startled by Gervis's gaze, but finally lowered his head under Gervis's gaze to show that he understood.
"I understand. Why do you want to be a guard so much?"
Seeing that Alex had given in, Gervis felt that his stick had begun to show results, and now it was time to use the carrot. Carrot and stick, this is a major principle for controlling subordinates on Earth.
"My Lord, I don't want to be a blacksmith. I want to be a knight, a noble..."
Alec was a little embarrassed, lowered his head, and whispered why he wanted to be a guard.
"Very good. I'm just worried that you don't have any ideals. If you have ideals, Bernard won't be able to persuade you to turn back!"
Gervis was delighted. He thought Bernard probably didn't know about this, otherwise he would definitely pull Alex back and hit him a few times with a hammer. Everyone wanted to be a noble, a lord, but how many people could be nobles? Don't you see, every time the serfs and soldiers were summoned to the battlefield, how many could come back alive? How many could survive and gain enough merits to become nobles?
Anyway, in Gervis' memory, there was no chance. It was not difficult to come back alive as long as one was lucky, but there were basically no people who could gain enough merits to become nobles. Even if there were, they were only the sons of nobles, and the weakest ones were only the initial bronze knights.
"Your ideals are good, but the age limit was set by me myself. As a lord, I cannot go back on my word. However, I admire your courage, and I can give you a chance now!"
Gwei paused, and seeing that Alex had raised his head and was excitedly waiting for his next words, he continued slowly, "You are still one year short of the age requirement, so you must choose two people to compete with you. As long as you defeat them, I will make an exception and let you become a guard. If you can't do it, then you can go back and work as a blacksmith. Wait for a chance to come back for the selection in the future."
"My Lord, I can do it. I want to challenge you."
As soon as Gervis finished speaking, Alec shouted excitedly, fearing that Gervis would change his mind.
"Very good, then go and choose!"
Gervis nodded to Alex and let him choose his opponent. The more than 40 people present had been selected after four rounds of screening. Their body shapes and heights were basically the same, so no matter who Alex chose, there would be no chance of taking shortcuts.
Alex did not try to take shortcuts and was very confident in himself. Perhaps in order to demonstrate his abilities in front of the lord, he chose two people whose body shapes and heights were the best among those present.
"My Lord, I have made my choice!"
After choosing his opponent, Alex immediately returned to Gervis, already a little impatient and eager to prove himself.
"kindness."
"If you two can defeat Alec, you won't have to go through the selection round this time and can become a guard directly."
"Yes, sir!"
(End of this chapter)
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