1: The Weakest Knight
"Have you heard of the certain weak knight who overcame many struggles and became the strongest in the kingdom?" A man said to his children
"No~ Father who is that?" A girl asked
"Is he the hero?" a boy asked
"Well here it is..." The man opened the book
"One day, there was a kid who aspired to be a knight, he wanted to follow the First Hero's steps, he aspired to be the strongest..."
The children were listening to him
"His grandfather who was also a knight died from an illness and soon his grandson took his armor and sword and began training...
"He trained his frail and fragile body to the extend, he showered his efforts on making his dream come true and making grandfather proud..."
"As the Knight's enlistment came to close he was excited..."
The man checked his children who was closely hearing the story
"The man was accepted in the Knight squad, but fate did not follow him, as the man was not meant for this job, he was weak..."
"But father! He was a hero? Why is he weak?" The boy asked
The man chuckled and patted his head, "Listen son, not everyone started to be strong, some started to be weak..." The man added, as he continued to tell them the story
"As the man began training with the knights his guts showed to be more and his body? Well..."
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"Newbie! Get on it! Double time!" The Knight Captain shouted as he watched the new faces train with their heart out, but one man was on his eyes, the newbie, with a frail body he was obviously weak.
The squad of knights began to run circles around the training ground, the training ground was at least as big that you'll probably become limp from running 2 laps
But the newbie was running and he's exhausted just running half of the training ground
"Hoo Haa Hoo Haa Hoo" as the newbie runs his chest was going up and down, his sweat was falling down the ground as if there was a small rain
He was far behind of them, the knight captain was unhappy to see this and he shouted again
"NEWBIE! DOUBLE TIME! USE YOUR STRENGTH AS A MAN!" He was angry as why is this kid here
An hour has passed and the running stopped the other knights were exhausted, but the newbie was dying
He fell to the ground, he was lying on the grass, if his frail body take even one punch then his bones might break.
Blinking rapidly and inhaling and exhaling the grass smelling air around him, his clothes were drenched in sweat.
The Knight Captain called each them all
"Attention! For the second exercise, we will test your aptitude for handling swords!" He shouted and the knights under his command delivered wooden swords.
Each of them got their own wooden sword, but the man got a worn wooden sword, it looks like it was used to kill an armor bear or something
"Alright! Go to the Dummy Area!" He shouted and all the newbies marched to the Dummy Area, there are rows of dummy made from straws and hemp rope, it was impaled in a wooden stick and there was a target painted on the head and body.
"There are 6 dummy's, so 6 of you will try to attack the dummy, if you lot scratched the dummy then I will determine you to be a novice, when you at least cut deep into the dummy I will determine you to be quite skilled in handling swords, but when you cut it in half, I'll determine you to be an adept in using swords. Oh one last thing, if you are unable to scratch it or in worst case scenario the wooden sword breaks, you will determined to be the weakest of all of the knights that are here." He said in a serious tone, and he added, "that wooden sword is made with little sharpness so It's your job to use that little advantage to try to scratch the dummy."
The newbie got shivers as he was still trying to catch his breath
So one by one they used their respective wooden sword to try hitting the dummy.
Most of them scratched the dummy, some of them even scratched deep that the knights has to replace the dummies.
And a handsome man came forward, he's the first son of the Duke of House Ravenwell.
Ernest Von Ravenwell.
The man who will inherit the House of Ravenwell, the closest noble to the royalty, the Ravenwell bloodline has been a Knight of the Royalty for the past decades and up until now.
It is said that Ernest has been seeing the Princess of this Kingdom.
This Kingdom is called Camelot.
Ernest walked in front and readied his sword, he took a stance of a warrior, balancing offense and defense, Its a technique secret only to the Ravenwell family, The Golden Sword Technique.
He dashed and slashed his wooden sword and hit the dummy.
*s***h!*
The wind cutting sound was heard and the dummy was cut in half.
Everyone was surprised, even the Knight Captain Cromwell was surprised, he showed a satisfying face and smiled.
"Now this is what I'm talking about, talent!" He shouted and laughed.
Everyone was shocked, some of the newbies was concentrated of slicing the dummy but the others became pressured.
After that, several newbies has only scratched and had deep cuts on the dummy,
Then a man from a Baron Family stepped up, he was not as handsome as Ernest but the ladies will probably fall in love with his looks.
Then he slashed the dummy and the dummy received a deep cut on its body.
No reaction at all but I can see it in his eyes that he tried his best.
And for the last one, the Newbie, the one with a frail body.
"Your name is?" The knight who's inspecting the newbies asked
"Kit." The newbie asked
"Alright, what's your social class?" The knight asked
Kit was reluctant on answering but he answered instead, but in a low voice.
"A-a commoner." The knight was surprised and then he led him where he will conduct his test.
"Alright this is where you will have your test." The Knight said
Kit stood up and faced the dummy five meters away.
Kit exhaled a mouthful of breath and glared at the dummy.
This time! I will become a Knight that will protect this Kingdom!
He though, he held his worn wooden sword and rushed, everyone looked at the frail body of his.
And
*s***h!!!*
A wind cutting s***h was heard and everyone was surprised.
Kit looked and his face distorted from his expectation he would scratch the dummy, but the dummy was unscathed and he looked at his sword...
It broke.