0.01 Second Sword Master

“Let’s start strong today.”

Alexander stretched out for a long time.

In the meantime, I couldn’t belong to any kingdom with my parents, and I was living a wandering life, and I finally found a place to settle down.

Of course, my parents are still not in the kingdom.

Can not help it.

It’s because you don’t know what to do if you set foot in the kingdom by mistake.

The two of them had done something forbidden on the continent, and Alexander himself was born of that lineage.

That’s why even if he made friends, he couldn’t confide in him, and he couldn’t even dream of a lover.

I just have to hide my identity and blend in.

But I didn’t despair either.

He also had a dream.

“It’s finally out.”

“under. I’ve been waiting for this day.”

“what. Did you dare to apply for this with only your skills?”

“no. why is this I’d rather be than the guys who can’t even punch me!”

Seeing the knights huddled together, Alexander moved closer out of curiosity.

‘What the hell is going on?’

As I approached, I saw a notice attached.

That too,

‘Ho, escort knight?!’

It was about selecting an escort knight for Aslan.

There was also a note written by Aslan in his own handwriting.

[If there is a knight who always wants to stand next to the continent’s strongest, challenge anyone.]

It was a short and powerful sentence.

“Hey. continent’s strongest. This is our lieutenant commander.”

“If I get picked here, will I become the right hand of the strongest man on the continent?”

Among the trainee knights, no. Among the knights here in the kingdom, no one doubted that Aslan was the strongest on the continent.

In particular, after the last ceremony, the knights’ trust in him had already pierced the sky.

‘I want to do it too.’

Alexander swallowed dryly.

The opportunity has come to stand next to the hero that I saw at the initiation ceremony that day, who proudly shouted out in front of everyone while waving a red cloak.

“But will we ever get a chance?”

“We are trainee knights. What can kids do?”

“I’m sure the riders above will eat all of them.”

“You can still apply, right?”

But even after applying, it was a problem.

It was nothing else, it was to select Aslan’s escort knights.

In other words, to become his bodyguard and to become a knight who always follows him.

Of course, they say that they take tests in various ways because they have to have skills.

“You have to have very good stamina and you have to be good at swordsmanship. In addition, they say that if you do not defeat all competitors by sparring, you will never be selected.”

“I heard that sparring is also done with a real sword? What if I die for nothing?”

“So, if you don’t want to be killed like a dog, you should get out of here. is this normal? What a job to become an escort knight for the Sword Master!?”

The training knights shook their heads.

there,

“what. Did the new chicks dare to challenge for such an honorable position?”

“These jockeys are cocky. How dare you dare to become the personal guard of Grand Commander Aslan with your imperfect skills.”

“Well, anyone can challenge. There must be people who lay the bottom. hahahaha.”

The ridicule of the senior knights further reduced their confidence.

Is that why?

None of the trainee knights were able to approach the Seogwan who received the application for support.

Except for one person.

“Me, I want to apply too.”

“!?”

When Alexander approached the Seogwan and wrote down his name on the application form, the senior knights laughed and said in wet voices.

“Are you the one who lost your coward head?”

“I remember your face. Do you know that Dalian is a real sword?”

“Hey. then i will cry You’re still a trainee knight. So let’s just cut off one limb.”

Despite such bloody ridicule, Alexander steadfastly submitted the application.

“Hey! Are you okay?”

“Aren’t you really going to die then?”

“Tell me you can’t do it right now. No matter how skilled you are among our trainee knights, this is…”

His colleagues were also worried and tried to dissuade Alexander, but he did not return his once decided mind. Rather, he spoke as if he had promised his senior knights.

“I will definitely become an escort knight for the commander of the Grand Order of Aslan!”

“How is a kid like you?”

“At least, I won’t be able to make it to the finals and I will fall.”

Despite continued ridicule, Alexander was undeterred.

“It doesn’t matter if you fall. Still, I will keep trying. I will definitely become a knight who can stand by his side!”

I was determined to do it no matter how impossible people around me said.

While doing so, he looked toward the royal palace where Aslan, who would be watching government affairs with a solemn attitude today, was there.

* * *

“ah. It’s my hometown’s no-nonsense jam.”

I let out a long yawn and scratched my stomach.

“Oh no. If it was a game, I would just look at it.”

It is internal affairs to look at the information window on the UI and entrust the work to a highly intelligent civil servant to run it on its own like a factory.

Since there is no reason for players to make this kind of dog no jam system long, the developers made it simple out of consideration…

“The problem with me is that this isn’t a game.”

Look at this stack of papers.

There was so much to do, it was dizzy.

But to leave all of this to Horeth…

“You don’t know what the old man is going to do again behind the scenes.”

You can manipulate the ledger of supplies entering the palace and steal them, or you can use them to create an army to attack the back of your head.

A grandiose delusion?

Absolutely not.

This game system is very brutal.

If there is even the slightest indifference, the harder the difficulty, the more it will dig into that weak spot and harass the player.

I had to work like a cow today because I didn’t know when they would do something else if I left my work to others.

And that wasn’t the only thing to worry about.

“I have to go to the auction house soon.”

If Charlene Auction was a dangerous place, he would have worried, but fortunately, there was nothing that would be dangerous here.

It is not a place where only ignorant knights who know how to wield a sword come, but it is a kind of secret social gathering where nobles gather.

Of course, the named characters would appear prominently, but it was a relatively safe place because it was not a place where people would punch each other and fight.

And,

[Charlene Auction]

– Attend the auction.

-Buy 1 or more auction items.

– You get 5 gold as a reward.

I can’t just look at this and pass it over.

I was looking at the items sold there, and if I saw something I liked, I was thinking of buying one.

“Standby division commander. This is Aaron. May I come in?”

I stopped scratching my stomach at Aaron’s voice.

I also lowered my feet that were on the desk.

The neck, which was slanted like a turtle, was also erected.

“Come in.”

I also forgot to make the voice thicker.

“Numerous applicants competed to become the personal guard of the Great Knight Commander.”

The competition to select talented people to become my bodyguard, that is to say escort knights, was very important.

Of course.

It’s nothing else, it’s to protect my life, isn’t it?

I’m the only one who gets in trouble if I take the awkward guys and don’t help.

That’s why I deliberately made Aaron the captain of my bodyguard and ordered a water change.

Since then, Aaron has been steadily recruiting new escort knights.

“This time, we want to appoint the final 10 knights as the new escort knights for the Grand Division Commander.”

Aaron said as he handed me the list.

“Unlike the other times, this competition was quite fun to watch. One of the trainee knights showed unexpected results and eventually made it to the final 10.”

······training knight?

Suddenly, a name popped into my head.

just as expected.

‘no. Is it real?’

The list contained Alexander’s name.

why are you doing this to me

Are you really trying to nail it here, this guy?

“Where are they now?”

“I am waiting outside.”

Rather than rushing inside, I thought it would be better to just look outside, so when I went out myself, I saw the knights standing stiffly at attention, like newly enlisted soldiers. I looked down at them one by one arrogantly.

Everyone had an average power stat of around 60.

Moderate stats that are neither too weak nor too strong.

The most notable of these is, of course,

[Alexander]

Power: 70

Intellect: 70

mana: 70

Yellow hair and blue eyes.

Truly artificial pearls.

Have you already grown up in that short period of time?

He has such deceitful traits that he will grow up even if he rolls in the field.

So, if I followed the original storyline, he would not be my escort knight,

‘I should have gone under Karman.’

Falling in love with Karman’s majestic appearance, Alexander applies for an imperial knight position, and eventually becomes the commander of the grand division and plays an active role.

That was Alexander’s biography.

But, whether it was a trick of fate or a conspiracy by the developer, Alexander came under me, not Karman.

It’s not by someone else’s will, but by one’s own will.

‘What should I do with this guy?’

It is no exaggeration to say that the future of the continent is in the hands of the main character.

Of course, if I had played as a different named character, I wouldn’t have cared much about what the main character did.

But now that it happened,

‘Should I help him follow the story as well as possible?’

If I want to live, if I want to see the happy ending of this game, it was the right thing to do.

In addition, I know one great secret of the main character.

The secret that only a few people in this world know!

‘That Alexander is not human.’

A harp born between an elf and a human, born out of love between different races banned by the continent.

That was Alexander’s hidden secret.

That’s why he can handle magic easily like other elves, and the speed of magic growth is also very fast.

Of course, I have no intention of divulging this.

If I reveal it now, nothing good will come of it for me.

You could even incur some kind of grudge against Alexander.

The harp is forbidden on the continent, so if this is revealed, Alexander and his parents will be executed unconditionally.

‘If I stay close, I’ll repay the favor later.’

The main character is unconditionally a good person, so if you treat him well from now on, he will not forget me even if he becomes a hero of the continent later.

But,

“It looks like you are looking at ragtag people.”

In front of these youngsters who have just been selected as members of the Royal Guard, Aslan’s bluff cannot say anything good.

The intense bravado that spread like a shudder along his back looked down at the knights arrogantly and sharply.

“Yes.”

Alexander also made eye contact with me and quickly lowered his head.

It somehow caught my eye.

“You are the bodyguards of Aslan. But who told you to keep your head down like a coward?”

this madman

It’s a start again.

“I’m sorry!”

“Is it over if I’m sorry?”

“…”

I came downstairs following the bravado that spread through my body.

You could clearly see the dry saliva running down his throat.

“You are my face and my limbs. You will have to speak and act appropriately, and if you do something that tarnishes the honor of a knight, you will slit his throat.”

I was looking down at Alexander, who was still unable to properly meet my eyes.

Obviously I was trying to be close, but somehow it seemed like the relationship was getting worse.

“But you smell like cowardice.”

Due to the manifestation of this mad bravado, the relationship with the main character was wrong from the beginning.

Alexander’s frightened face made Aslan’s bravado boil over and over again.

“The bodyguard led by the strongest man on the continent must also be the strongest. can you be like that?”

Alexander answered my question in a dying voice.

“······Yes.”

“You don’t even feel certain about the answer. What can a guy like that do? I don’t have a kid like you by my side.”

And then it pushed him even more.

“If you’re not confident right now, leave.”

Then Alexander lifted his lowered head and looked me straight in the eyes.

“Yes, it can be!”

Then he tightened his neck and said.

“I will become the kind of knight the commander of the Great Knight Division wants! I will be reborn as the best knight so as not to damage your honor! So please let me stay by your side.”

Looking at Alexander’s sparkling blue eyes, I smiled sadly.

“I like the spirit.”

Then he turned away from him and said.

“Welcome to the SS.”

of course,

Flutter~

I didn’t forget to leave the red cloak flapping exaggeratedly.