Granting the Sword (Repair)
Andre was taken to the main stand, where sat the most powerful man in the territory, the lord.
Elena had noticed Andre a long time ago. The position in the stands was very good and high enough that she could see the situation below clearly.
When she saw that it was the red-haired young man who had wanted to attract her attention before, she asked someone to bring him over. The agricultural officer took the initiative to take on this small task and sent his people to pick him up.
Andre carried the wild deer and came to the stands with a nervous mood. Facing the gazes of the lord and his officials, he carefully put the wild deer down, knelt on one knee, and put his right fist against his forehead.
"André Dorothea pays homage to His Excellency the Viscount. May your will be carried out on this land."
Elena looked down at the red-haired young man in the audience and asked with interest, "You are performing a knight's salute. Are you a knight?"
"Yes, I just graduated from the Palenque Knight Academy this year and received the title of official knight upon graduation," Andre replied.
The title of formal knight does not mean that you are a knight, it just means that you have the military force of a formal knight. To put it more secularly, this title is the same as Elena's title of trainee apprentice, it just indicates academic qualifications. Whether you can become a knight depends on whether the graduate can enter the formal knight team, that is, whether he can achieve successful employment.
Elena understood the meaning of the official knight title, but what she didn't understand was the Palenque Knight Academy?
Where is this college? Is it famous? What category is it?
Elena didn't have time to search the original owner's memory because it would take too much time, and she couldn't just sit there in a daze in front of everyone.
She looked at the old butler who was closest to her. The old butler was in charge of all her life affairs and was equivalent to a chamberlain. If she were the king, the old butler would be the Minister of the Interior and a close minister. Therefore, the old butler was qualified to appear in the stands, and in order to show closeness, Elena allowed him to sit in the seat closest to her.
The old housekeeper has become accustomed to the young lady's occasional questions, because the young lady has always focused on her studies and really doesn't care about or understand anything else.
The old butler lowered his voice and explained to Elena, "The Palenque Knight Academy is located in the Dukedom. It was funded and founded by the first Duke of Palenque. The admissions process is very strict, and the graduation process is even more rigorous. It is a famous knight academy in the empire, ranking among the top five."
The Duke of Palenque is the superior lord of Barnett and the superior lord of Elena. The Duchy is the territory directly governed by the Duke of Palenque.
"Oh, I see." Elena understood, which means that the young man graduated from a good school.
Elena looked at Andre again: "Since you are an official knight, why don't you come to participate in this selection competition instead of going deer hunting?"
Andre took a deep breath to calm himself. "My ID was a little worn, so I was denied entry. But I wasn't willing to give up, so I had no choice but to offend your majesty and go hunt a deer."
"Okay, I understand. I pardon you." Elena didn't care about his little offense. After all, he hunted a deer for her, so his merits and demerits could offset each other. "Since you want to participate in the selection, then I will grant you this opportunity. You can go and compete."
Andre clenched his fists excitedly, but quickly suppressed the excitement in his heart and said in a steady and clear tone: "Thank you for your kindness."
Victor, who was drinking water and taking a break on the sidelines, suddenly squeezed the water bag, and the water sprayed out of the bag and splashed all over him.
Damn it, he got in anyway.
No matter how unwilling Victor was, Andre still stood on the training ground and won round after round. Finally, he stood in front of Victor.
The two men stood face to face, each holding their sword tightly.
A flame burned between them.
"You can't stop me." Andre's eyes burned with fire.
"You can't beat me." There was a burning desire to fight in Victor's eyes.
The referee waved the flag in his hand.
The two men didn't say a word, and didn't even go through the routine pre-battle etiquette, but just swung their swords at each other.
Victor is good at skill, Andre is strong, the sword light is sharp, the sword energy is rampant, and hidden under the collision of the two swords is the murderous intent that flashes faintly between the two people.
One force can defeat ten skills.
Andre's blows were as powerful as a mountain and unstoppable.
Victor's thrusts and dodges were very clever, but he gradually lost the ability to keep up.
In the end, Andre defeated Victor with a steady rhythm and continuous heavy blows.
Andre was breathing heavily, looking at Victor who was knocked to the ground in a somewhat embarrassed state, and seeing the strong unwillingness in his eyes, Andre smiled, and the depression in his heart disappeared.
He won.
The selection competition that lasted for a whole day ended, and Lord Elena personally awarded swords to the four new knights.
In the main stand, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, four newly-crowned knights knelt on one knee and swore allegiance to their lord in front of everyone's witness.
"Humility, integrity, mercy, bravery, justice, sacrifice, honor, soul!"
"I swear never to betray my country, my lord."
"I vow to be kind to the weak, and I vow to stand up to injustice."
"I vow to help anyone who asks me for help."
"I swear to help my brother knights, and I swear to be true to my friends."
"I swear to never betray my faith in chivalry."
After listening to them finish their oath, Elena raised the Lord's Sword and touched their heads one by one.
"May you always be invincible and fearless, and may you never betray your oath."
Elena gave them the knight's sword, completing the sword-giving ceremony.
Both Andre and Victor became official knights. Although Victor was defeated by Andre, his martial arts skills were outstanding among the candidates and he was eventually included.
After this selection, the Knights Team not only absorbed four official knights, but also six reserve knights. Together with the original knights, they barely reached the standard of the Viscount Knights Team, and Elena's travel was finally decent.
The date of the conferment ceremony is getting closer.
Elena set off for Book Harbor with a large team.
In the beautifully decorated carriage, Elena was reading a book, sometimes nodding, sometimes shaking her head, and occasionally laughing.
She was not reading novels, although there were novels in this world, but she didn't have time to read them now. What she needed to catch up on was the history of this world. Otherwise, not only would she not understand what others said, but she would also easily make a fool of herself. As a person with an image concern, she didn't want to be laughed at at all.
But to be honest, there are quite a lot of weird people and weird stories in history books, no less than in her original world. As Elena read them, she wanted to find someone to complain about these weird people and weird things. Unfortunately, there is no internet here, so she has no place to complain and can only hold it in.
After finishing a section, Elena put down the book and turned her gaze to the window to look at the scenery and relax.
Although there is magic in this world, it has not been popularized for civilian use. There are very few teleportation arrays between cities, and there are only teleportation arrays in a few important cities. Moreover, there are many restrictions and high costs. Most of the transportation in secular society still relies on roads.
Fortunately, the nobles always have the right to pursue enjoyment. Here, they have specially researched and drawn several kinds of magic circles for shock absorption, reinforcement and sound insulation on carriages. The carriage that Elena rides has such a magic circle drawn on it, and she is quite comfortable sitting in the carriage.
Thanks again for traveling through time and space and becoming a noble lady, who will soon become a lord. This saves her a lot of trouble, and she can enjoy everything ready-made. Although she can draw magic circles, it is more convenient and more classy.
Otherwise, if she were to dress up as a commoner, even if she could earn money, she would still have to buy a carriage, find a coachman, and draw the magic circle herself. If she didn't have any of these, and could only rely on a teleportation scroll to get there, it would be low-class.
It’s better to be a lord.
The above is the inner monologue of a pretentious girl.
Elena leaned against the window, looking at the almost unchanged scenery outside.
Woods and distant mountains.
Woods and distant mountains.
Elena yawned. The ever-changing scenery was really drowsy.
Let’s go to sleep.
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