Chapter 06: The Fifth Division (3)
As the saying goes, God will give a great responsibility to this person, you must first... Cough cough! Sorry, I got the wrong script.
In short, opportunities are for those who are prepared. However, occasionally, people who are not prepared or those who are not prepared are not so appropriate. For example, Alvin.
You have to admit that the skill points of the three professions are not exactly the same, and sometimes they are very different. The knight only needs to be able to fight, the captain of the Knights team needs to be able to arrange the team, and the captain of the Knights team needs to know logistics, strategy, and various internal management tasks. As an independent Knights team leader, Alvin is nominally the captain of the Knights team, but in fact he needs the skills of the Knights team leader.
"Well... let me recall carefully how the commander formed the Silver Moon Knights... Oh, I remembered that he was a lich, so he waved his hand and summoned a Knights of the Dead. Thank God, I have no place to refer to this way. Maybe I should suggest that Simon summon a Knights of the Dead, but what else do I have to do if that?"
Alvin's head is about to be broken.
All night, he lies on his bed and tossing and turning, listening to the occasional strange sounds from Simon's room. Of course, his father's intermittent screams.
Although the lich has now traveled around the world and the saying of haunted houses is no longer so popular, their family is really like a haunted house now.
Maybe it's all, after all, there's really a "ghost".
When it was dark, he came to Simon's door with his black eyes and knocked on the door.
The door slowly opened, with a harsh sound of "Yiyayiya", as if it was blown away by the wind. Then a ray of dim light came out from inside.
When Alvin saw Simon sitting at the desk, he slowly turned around.
Uh... it's just the kind of neck that doesn't move, and then the skull moves, turning back, 180 degrees. The skull fell down with a plop.
Yes, this picture is sure that the haunted house is undoubtedly.
Alvin walked in with a tough bullet.
"Sorry, I just maintained my bones and seemed to have a wrong spine." Simon said while picking up his head, "Is there anything wrong?"
"I... I've figured it out! I know what to do!" Alvin stood upright and said seriously: "The fifth team of the Silver Moon Knights should be based on faith. Faith is the core of everything, and it should not be used as the selection criteria like the general Knights. Otherwise, the fifth team of the Silver Moon Knights will be just a name and has no practical meaning."
Simon was rushing to put his skull on: "Well... keep talking."
Alvin took a deep breath and continued: "Miss Yilin is the priority in selecting knights. At the same time, she also organized a Knight Academy. It is said that now she will regularly screen some children with mage talent to send them to Giant Snake City for training. I... I suddenly mentioned this because I think the fifth team should not only have knights. We should be a team with sound combat functions. There should be knights responsible for attacking and charging, and there should also be archers, scouts, and mages. What I mean is that the kind of mage who uses magic equipment, after all, humans cannot become mages based on their own strength alone."
"I understand what you mean, continue." Simon touched his jaw.
"In addition to these, we should also have military doctors, responsible personnel, and responsible for raising funds. In short, we should be an independent legion with all the functions that a legion should have. Not just knights. What we need to do is not just fight. In more cases, we can take on some other roles. For example, garrison, maintain regional stability, help the lord train troops... and so on!"
After saying that, Alvin stared at Simon with a firm look on his face.
"Uh..." Simon touched the skull and said, "I agree very much. Although I don't understand it very much, it seems to make sense. Then, I'm just helping you, so my opinion doesn't seem to be very important. Then what? I mean, what are you going to do?"
Taking a deep breath, Alvin continued, "I plan to do two things first. First, to gather the first Knights' companions. I mean the earliest friends who charged together during the Battle of White City. Originally, I excluded them, but they did not always receive training like me. But now I think that the fifth team needs all kinds of people, and they can join."
"The second thing?"
"The second is that I must be familiar with the magic equipment as soon as possible, learn to use it, understand it myself first, and then I can recruit and teach others to use it."
“It sounds very planned.”
“Is this very planned?”
"Of course, at least it's much more planned than I do."
"So you agree with me?"
"Have I ever said I don't agree with you?"
Alvin was a little confused and held it in for a long time before saying, "Sorry, I thought you were a little disappointed with me after knowing that I had no specific plans."
"No, I'm not disappointed in you." Simon shook his head and said, "A person who truly believes in firm faith, or a lich, or something else. In short, those who believe in firm faith will not care about who thinks. You don't need to think too much, just roll up your sleeves and do it. I'm only responsible for assisting you."
"Thank you!" Alvin wanted to rush over and kiss Simon, and he gave up after he remembered that the other party was a lich.
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After having a "not detailed plan" and gaining Simon's approval, Alvin was immediately full of confidence.
Of course, ideals are always full, reality is still very skinny. There are always many difficulties.
First of all, Alvin needs to sleep first, after all, he has been staying up all night. Humans are different from lichs. Staying up late will not only cause sudden death, but also lack energy and will not do anything. Raising a good spirit is the first step.
After sleeping for five hours, it was already afternoon when Alvin woke up.
He washed up in a hurry, greeted his father, said hello to Simon, and then said half of the bread in his mouth, and then went out.
"First of all, preparation work. Since it is the fifth team, a headquarters stationed is the most basic, and you can't even have a base camp. I can ask Miss Yilin, and she will definitely be willing to give me a small piece of the military camp. After all, there is not full yet. Um... It seems a bit wrong?" Halfway through the way, Alvin turned his head again: "I haven't done anything yet and just wanted something. What will Miss Yilin look at me? And what will Simon look at me? They can't make them think that I am a person who only knows how to rely on others."
So Alvin went straight to the carpenter and asked for a wooden board. Yes, a wooden board. Then he asked the carpenter to engrave it on it: "Fifth Team of the Silver Moon Knights".
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Looking at the sign hanging at the door of his house, Alvin was extremely excited.
"Well, with such a brand, the Fifth Team of the Silver Moon Knights Order has been officially established! Long live the Fifth Team of the Silver Moon Knights Order!"
The neighbors around all poked their heads out and watched him standing alone in the alley cheering.
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"Then there is recruiting people. I should first gather the most basic people. Logistics is the most important, and there is a person to manage all the housework. The most suitable person should undoubtedly be..."
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"What? Do you want me to join the Fifth Team of the Silver Moon Knights?" Bad's father was stunned: "Do you think I look like a knight?"
"It's not like it at all, but father, you must have never met Miss Elene's deputy Baron Abby Robles. He doesn't look like a knight, but he does have the title of a knight." Alvin pressed his father onto the chair with deception: "And as long as he is a knight in the Principal of Beshill, no one can do without him. Because he is in charge of finance. Father, don't you dream of me becoming a knight? Now you have the opportunity to become a knight yourself. Do you want to refuse a real knight?"
Bud stared at his son expressionlessly.
Alvin's face was full of smiles.
"Cough cough." After coughing twice, Bard said meaningfully: "Son, there are only two of us in our family. Have you ever thought that if both of us become knights without salary, then who will make money to support us?"
"Uh..." Alvin said hesitantly: "If we save a little, maybe..."
Bud stared at his son expressionlessly.
After a while, Alvin could only change his words and said, "Okay, I'll find someone else, maybe Kadina will be willing. Although she must have no experience, I don't have it either. Who has not cultivated it bit by bit?"
After saying that, Alvin turned around and wanted to leave.
"Wait." Bad said, "I can help you until Kadina can get it. I will declare first that if the Silver Moon Knights will have a salary in the future, I will also want one."
"Okay! Thank you father!" Alvin turned around happily and hugged his father, promising: "I promise that the Silver Moon Knights will never have a salary, so you don't have to worry about this."
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Next is Kadina, well, it's this little girl's movie.
Don’t, why did Alvin think of her? Maybe it was intuition. Although she was still young, don’t you think she was very smart?
The key point is that Elvin thinks Kadina might need the job.
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"What are you talking about? Do you want our Kadina to serve in the Silver Moon Knights?"
"It's the Fifth Team of the Silver Moon Knights."
"Oh! But what does it have to do with me? I only care about how much you can give her. As long as you give enough money, you can do whatever you want. You can sell it to you."
Kadina's father is a bald middle-aged man with a mustache and obese figure. His profession is a fishmonger, so their family always has a strong fishy smell.
There are eight children in their family. Yes, you heard right, eight. So you can hear the crying of children almost all the time. Kadina is the oldest child in their family.
At this moment, Alvin was in their messy living room.
The crowded, sloppy living room was filled with miscellaneous items. Kadina's mother was beating and scolding one of the children, who cried loudly. The sound was so loud that it made people's ears tingle.
As for Kadina's father, he was holding a baby who was under one year old and chatting with Alvin while drying clothes on the balcony.
Kadina sat obediently beside Alvin.
"In fact, the Fifth Team of the Silver Moon Knights has just been established, so there is no salary." Alvin explained softly: "There may not be any future. We are for honor. If Kadina joins, she will likely receive the official knight title."
"Are you sure she will become a knight? She doesn't look like a knight at all, and I've never heard of a female knight."
"Camilla, the captain of our Silver Moon Knights' Third Team, is a female knight, so Kadina is indeed very likely to become a knight."
With a hard time hanging the last piece of clothing on the bamboo pole, Kadina's father returned to the living room and sat on the chair, panting, "Listen, Mr. Alvin, I am a fishmonger, so I will be very sensitive to language. I just emphasized that if you want money, you can do anything. You said you have no money. Then you said she might become a female knight. I think there might be some ambiguity in this set of words, so I will confirm it with you again. What you mean is that she will become a female knight, but it is just a title and will not have a salary. No matter what happens, there will be no money. Is this what it means? Or will you have to get rich after becoming a female knight? You have to answer my question clearly."
As he said that, Kadina's father gently tapped the table with his fingers, and then turned his face to coax the baby in his arms.
Alvin was stunned.
Obviously, not everyone buys the knight title, especially when it comes to titles.
After thinking about it, Alvin said to Kadina's father: "I have agreed with Kadina. She is looking forward to this job very much."
In response, Kadina's father sneered: "She can help me sell fish every day and take care of her younger brothers and sisters. It doesn't matter how she thinks it is, what is important is that she must fulfill her responsibilities as a child. If I raise her, she needs to help me work. Then, one day, marry someone and bring a considerable gift to the family. In this way, I only pay attention to these things. Of course, if you marry her now, I don't object. After you marry her, you can do whatever you want her to do, including letting her die."
Alvin looked surprised.
Looking slowly to the side, he found that the smile on Kadina's face, who was just smiling, slowly disappeared. There was a kind of loss that could not be hidden in her eyes, which was always full of energy.
As for Kadina's father, he was still focusing on coaxing the baby in his arms.
"I mean..." Alvin said with a slight hesitation, "I have money."
"Is money?" Kadina's father was stunned.
Kadina was also stunned and looked at Alvin in a little surprised.
"Yes, rich. But not a lot." Alvin said seriously: "There are three silver coins every month."
Looking at Alvin, for a while, Kadina's father said, "Three are too few, five, from today on, she will work for you."
"Okay, deal." Alvin stood up.
Through the table, he shook hands with Kadina's father.
Now there are three people in the fifth team of the Silver Moon Knights. Alvin, Alvin's father Bard, and Kadina.
However, the funding of the Fifth Team of the Silver Moon Knights - Alvin's monthly pocket money is also reduced.
Chapter completed!