Urban Sims

Chapter 17

A day in August in midsummer.

A handsome young knight with blond hair, carrying a banner with a golden face and a red background with a black eagle painted on it, proudly came to Glenland Castle.

Edward, the eldest son of Baron Connor, graduated from the Knight Academy of the Royal Capital as a first-class honorary knight. The flag he brought was the Royal Eagle Banner bestowed by the king himself. Among the hundreds of knights who graduated, only the top ten can get this banner.

Baron Connor was very happy and held a grand celebration banquet with guests and friends. He even invited Baron Garcia, his nemesis from the west of the territory, to enjoy the royal eagle flag brought by his son from the Royal Knights Academy. , Praising his son's greatness with a red face.

Baron Garcia had a displeased face. After his son went to the King’s Knight Academy the year before last, he spent all his time looking for flowers and flowers, lingering in various gold-selling dens in the King’s City. He hasn’t even gotten the medal for an apprentice knight yet. Unconvinced, a unicorn appeared in the rival's family, so he asked his guard knight Sean to stand up and compete with Edward in swordsmanship.

As a result, the middle-aged knight Sean, who is famous for his superb swordsmanship, lost to the young and vigorous Edward in his early twenties by half a stroke in the competition. The angry Baron Garcia finished his cup of wine The ale left, and Baron Connor laughed triumphantly.

Regarding the eldest son of Baron Connor, Edward, the future heir of Granland, the people of the land discussed the most in private, besides the character and preferences of the heir to the territory, there was also the candidate for Knight Edward's knight squire.

A knight attendant is a kind of servant who specializes in providing knights with services such as taking care of horses, helping to wear armor, and carrying weapons to accompany them in combat. They perform some jobs similar to servants for knights.

Even so, knight servants are also a popular occupation that countless commoners and second sons of low-ranking nobles flock to.

Because every knight attendant, while providing services to the knight, has the opportunity to learn some cultural knowledge, combat skills, or court etiquette from the knight. , but in fact it is similar to a master-student relationship.

Second, the knight attendants who provided auxiliary services to the knights during their participation in the battle and replaced them when no one was available, often constituted the bulk of the knight class.

Therefore, every knight attendant has the possibility to become a knight.

This is also the reason why countless second sons of the common people and even lower nobles (second sons of nobles in this world do not enjoy the right of inheritance, and after the eldest son inherits the title, the way out of the second sons becomes a big problem) are flocking to it.

Knowing that Edward still lacked a knight attendant, Zhou Ming, who had been silently paying attention, was a little moved.

The knight squire is generally selected from among teenagers in the age group of 12-16. He is just in his early 12s this year, so he can try his luck.

Zhou Ming entered the castle and met Madame Madeleine on the pretext of sending a basket of cream cakes to the lord's wife.

Over the past few years, Zhou Ming, who has left a good impression on Mrs. Madeleine's heart, such as being smart, well-behaved, and sensible, will bring some unique gifts (such as the cream cake, cheese, and cookies he invented) every year and festival. , moon cakes, etc.) to show filial piety to herself, for Zhou Ming, Mrs. Madeleine almost regarded him as her half son.

Even Donnie, Madeleine's youngest son, who had never been very interested in Zhou Ming before, gradually regarded him as his best friend and playmate after eating a birthday cake Zhou Ming gave him.

"Lian, you sent me another delicious cream cake, I want to pick a big one!"

Seeing the basket of cakes on the table, Downey Jr. quickly stretched his hand in, opened his mouth wide and took a big bite, amazed in his heart, the chef could also make this kind of cake, but for some reason, no Ryan brought it over The cakes are delicious.

"My little baby, eat slowly." Madame Madeleine patted the back of her little son dotingly, lest he accidentally choke on him because he ate too fast.

However, seeing Zhou Ming who was standing aside with an uncomfortable expression on his face, Mrs. Madeleine's gentle face still flashed a bit of embarrassment.

"Madame Madeleine, please help me, I want to become a knight servant, and I want to serve the lord better!"

Pfft!
Zhou Ming suddenly knelt in front of Madame Madeleine's dress, pleading eagerly.

"Lian, what do you need my mother to help with? Tell me, maybe I can help you." Donnie, who has few friends, thinks that Ryan is not bad, but now he seems to have encountered a little difficulty. For the sake of delicious cakes, maybe he can help a little.

Mrs. Madeleine pulled Donnie to her side, shook her head and said, "Honey, you can't help me with this matter." Then she said to Zhou Ming, "Well, Ryan, I'll take you to meet my husband Kang Accept it, only he can decide this kind of thing."

"Thank you ma'am, thank you ma'am!"

Zhou Ming said gratefully.

……

The castle, the knight training ground.

Zhou Ming, who was shirtless and showed his upper body muscles, stood among a group of children aged 12-16.

There are a few red marks on Zhou Ming's arms, which are already slightly purple. This is what Edward left on him just now——Facing Edward's sharp attack, he reluctantly resisted, and forcibly endured six or seven times of wooden sticks. The blow of the sword.

Zhou Ming's performance was not bad. Among the peers who participated in the "interview" with him, only he persisted in the circle for the longest time. The others were kicked out of bounds by Edward in less than three or four rounds.

"The little guy is not bad, he can persist for such a long time, and has the potential and qualifications to be my attendant, little guy, whose family are you from?"

After receiving the wool cloth from the servant, Edward wiped the sweat off his hands gracefully, and looked at Zhou Ming with admiration.

"Master Edward, don't choose this person as your squire! This boy is a lowly farmer's son, and he is not worthy to be your knight squire at all! If this is spread and the nobles outside know about it, I don't know what to do behind the scenes Laughing at you, your nobility and glory cannot be defiled by this humble farmer's son!"

The butler Bunode, who was standing aside, suddenly stepped forward with short legs, pointed at Zhou Ming viciously and complained to Edward.

"What? You are a farmer's son? You mean farmer's son, you want to be my knight squire?"

Edward, who has always regarded the decency and glory of nobles as his life, seemed to have been greatly humiliated and ridiculed, blushing, pointing at Zhou Ming and furious: "Who? Put this lowly thing in, who is it? Humiliate me in this way? Who the hell? Stand up for me?!"

Originally, Edward thought that the teenagers who came to participate in the selection of his knight servants today were basically the second sons of nobles from other territories without inheritance rights, and their status was similar to his. Farmer's Son!

But it was this farmer's son who defeated all his competitors and became the only good seed that caught his eye...

Who the hell is playing such a mischievous joke on me, I must screw his head off!
"My dear son Edward, I asked this child to come and try it. I didn't know you would be so angry. For my mother's sake, please forgive this child for his recklessness."

Mrs. Madeleine came up and begged, hoping that the grumpy eldest son would not embarrass little Ryan too much.

Baron Connor, who was silent on the side, also said: "Let this self-motivated kid go back, he is not suitable to be a knight squire."

Baron Connor actually doesn't like Zhou Ming very much. A nobleman has the dignity of a nobleman. How can a son of a farmer fit into the affairs of the nobleman?

If his wife, Madeleine, hadn't pleaded for mercy just now, he would never have given this little clever child the slightest chance.

"Get out, I don't want to see you, a despicable, dirty pariah again!" Shouting at Zhou Ming, Edward left the training ground without looking back with his helmet on.

……

Castle gate.

Zhou Ming stood there dumbly.

His face was ashen, and his heart was as cold as ice.

He still hasn't recovered from the huge blow just now.

"Damn untouchable, do you dare to dream of becoming the servant of the noble Edward? Noble master Edward, is a lowly like you qualified to serve? Let me tell you, even if you work hard for 100 years, 1000 years, you will always be a servant." Damn pariah! You still want to be a noble knight, so give up on it!" Bunode, the chubby butler, was chattering on the sidelines.

"shut up!"

Zhou Ming suddenly turned his head and growled, and gave him a fierce look!Then he left here without looking back.

The butler Bunode took half a step back, a little terrified by the fierce light in his eyes, and turned into a rage: "Damn untouchables, just wait and see!"

(End of this chapter)