CHAPTER XVII EMPLOYING ATTENDANTS
A day in midsummer in August.
A young and handsome blonde knight, wearing a golden red face painted with a black eagle flag, came to Glenling Castle with a proud look on his face.
Edward, the eldest son of Baron Connor, graduated from the Knights of the King of the King with the first-class Knights of Honor. The flag he brought was the Royal Eagle Flag personally awarded by the King. This flag, among the hundreds of knights who graduated from the Knights of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the King of the Flags, only the best ten can get this flag.
Baron Conner was very happy and held a grand celebration banquet, a big banquet for guests and even Baron Garcia, the mortal enemy to the west of the territory, was invited by him to admire the royal eagle flag brought by his son from the Knights Academy of the Royal Capital, and praised his son's power with red face.
Baron Garcia looked unhappy. After his son went to the Knights Academy of the Royal Capital two years ago, he had been looking for flowers and asking for help all day long. He lingered in various gold-selling nests in the Royal Capital. He has not even received the medal of the Knight. Seeing that a Kirin son appeared in the family of this mortal enemy, he was dissatisfied and asked his guard Knight Sean to stand up and compete with Edward for swordsmanship.
As a result, Sean, a middle-aged knight who is famous for his superb swordsmanship, lost to Edward, who was in his early twenties by half a move in the competition. Baron Garcia was so angry that he left after drinking the ale in the glass, and Baron Conner laughed even more proudly.
Regarding Baron Connor's eldest son, Edward, the future heir of Glen, the leaders discussed the most in private, in addition to the character and preferences of the territory heir, the candidate for the knight Edward's knight attendant.
Knight attendant is a servant who specializes in providing services for knights to take care of horses, helping wear armor, carry weapons and entourage combat services, and engages in some jobs similar to servants for knights.
Even so, the knight attendant is a popular profession that countless civilians and the second sons of lower nobles flock to.
Because, while providing services to the knights, every knight attendant has the opportunity to learn some cultural knowledge, combat skills or court etiquette from the knights, and other knight attendants. Although the knight and the knight attendant are nominally master and servant, they are actually similar to a master-apprentice relationship.
Secondly, during the battle, the Knight attendants who provide auxiliary services to the Knights and take the bench when no one is available are often the majority of the sources that make up the Knight class.
Therefore, every knight attendant has the possibility of becoming a knight.
This is also the reason why countless civilian classes and even lower nobles are flocking to them (the second sons of the 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 son becomes a big problem).
After learning that Edward was missing a knight attendant, Zhou Ming, who had been paying attention to him silently, became a little moved.
The knight attendants are usually selected from teenagers aged 12-16. He is just in his early 12 years old this year and can try his luck.
By giving a basket of cream cakes to the lord's wife, Zhou Ming entered the castle and met Mrs. Madeline.
Over the past few years, Zhou Ming, who has left a good impression of being smart, well-behaved, sensible, etc. in Madlyn's heart, will bring some ingenious gifts (such as the cream cakes, cheeses, cookies, mooncakes, etc. he invented) to be filial to himself. For Zhou Ming, Madlyn almost regarded him as half of his son.
Even Madeline's youngest son Donnie, who had never caught a cold about Zhou Ming, had eaten a birthday cake given to him by Zhou Ming, and gradually regarded him as his best friend and playmate.
"Lian, you've sent me a delicious butter cake again. I'm going to pick a big one!"
At first glance, Donnie quickly reached into the basket of cake on the table, and opened his mouth and took a bite. He was amazed that the chef could make such cakes, but for some reason, it was not as delicious as Ryan brought over to the cake.
"My little baby, eat slowly." Mrs. Madeline patted her youngest son's back with a doting look on her face, afraid that he would accidentally choke because she ate too fast.
However, seeing Zhou Ming standing aside with a nervous look on his face, a hint of embarrassment flashed across Mrs. Madeline's gentle face.
"Madame Madeleine, please help me. I want to be a knight attendant, and I want to serve better for Lord Lord!"
Plop!
Zhou Ming suddenly knelt in front of Mrs. Madeline's long skirt and begged with a long look on his face.
"Ryan, do you have something to do to ask my mother for help? Tell me, maybe I can help you." Donnie, who had few friends, thought Ryan was not bad. Now he seemed to have encountered some difficulties. For the sake of delicious cakes, maybe he could help.
Mrs. Madeline pulled Donnie to her side, shook her head and said, "Baby, you can't help with this." She said to Zhou Ming again, "Lyn, I'll take you to see my husband Connor. Only he can decide on this kind of thing."
"Thank you, Madam, Madam!"
Zhou Ming said with gratitude.
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Castle, in the Knights training ground.
Zhou Ming, shirtless and exposed his upper body muscles, stood among a group of children aged 12-16.
There were several red marks on Zhou Ming's arm, which were slightly purple. This was left by Edward on him just now. Facing Edward's sharp attack, he barely resisted him and endured six or seven heavy blows from the wooden sword.
Zhou Ming's performance was pretty good. Among the peers who participated in the "interview" with him, he only persisted in the circle for the longest time. The others were beaten out of bounds by Edward in less than three or four rounds.
"The little guy is pretty good. I can last for so long and have the potential and qualifications to be my servant. Little guy, whose child are you?"
After taking the fur cloth handed over by the servant, Edward wiped the sweat from his hands gracefully and looked at Zhou Ming with appreciation.
"Master Edward, don't choose this person as your attendant! This kid is a lowly farmer's son and is not worthy of being your knight attendant! If this is revealed by the nobles outside, I don't know how to laugh at you behind your back. Your nobility and glory cannot be defiled by this lowly farmer's son!"
The butler Bunode, who was originally standing by, suddenly walked forward with his short legs, pointed at Zhou Ming and complained to Edward.
"What? Are you the son of a farmer? You, the son of a lowly farmer, want to be my knight attendant?"
Edward, who has always regarded the dignity and glory of the nobles as his life, seemed to be greatly humiliated and ridiculed. He pointed at Zhou Ming with a red face and was furious: "Who is it? He put this lowly thing in. Who is it? He is humiliating me in this way? Who is it? Come forward to me quickly?!"
Originally, Edward thought that the young men who came to participate in his knight steward selection today were basically second sons who had no inheritance rights from other territories, and their identities were similar to his. However, unexpectedly, a lowly farmer son was involved in it!
But it was this farmer's son who defeated all his competitors and became the only good seedling that caught his eye...
Who is playing such a prank joke with me? I must twist 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, please forgive this child's recklessness."
Mrs. Madeline came up and begged, hoping that this irritable eldest son would not make things difficult for Little Ryan.
Baron Connor, who was silent on the side, also spoke: "Let this somewhat motivated child go back, he is not suitable to be a knight attendant."
Baron Conner actually didn't like Zhou Ming very much. The nobles had the dignity of the nobles. How could a son of a farmer be suitable for being involved in the affairs of the nobles?
If it weren't for the pleading of his wife Madeline just now, he wouldn't have given this little clever child any chance.
"Get out of here, I don't want to see you, a despicable and dirty pariah again!" He roared at Zhou Ming, and Edward left the training ground without looking back with his helmet head in his arms.
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Castle gate.
Zhou Ming stood there in a wooden manner.
My face is ashes, my heart is as cold as ice.
He still has not come out of the huge blow just now.
"Damnormal pariah, do you dare to be the servant of the noble Master Edward? Is the noble Master Edward qualified to serve the noble Master? Tell you, even if you work hard for a hundred years or a thousand years, you will always be a damnormal pariah! You want to be a noble knight, let's die!" The short and fat butler Boonold chattered aside.
"Shut up!"
Zhou Ming turned his head and roared, glaring at him fiercely! Then he left here without looking back.
Chapter completed!