2: You are weak!
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It broke.
Kit was dumbfounded that the sword broke, his confidence were shattered into pieces just like the wooden sword now.
W-Why?!
He thought, he fell to the ground on his knees
Knight Captain Cromwell looked at him with despicable eyes, he was not pitying him, he was embarrassed to think that this weak boy was under his supervision
The other newbies lauged
"Look! He didn't even scratch the dummy! HAHAHAHA" A newbie said
And many comments were said on him
Kit stayed on his knees, looking at his sword
Then he realize, he looked at Cromwell and spoke
"C-Captain! This sword is broken! Its been damaged when I got my hands on it!" Kit said, he wanted to try again
"Is that so?" Cromwell said, "Give this boy another sword, a sword in a 100% condition." Cromwell said to a knight on his side
The knight nodded and fetched another sword
This time the wooden sword was in a 100%, a sword that is recently crafted that is.
"Here." The knight handed the wooden sword to Kit
Kit accepted it and walked where he was standing earlier
The confidence that shattered earlier came back to him.
This time! This time! I will become a Knight stronger than the Hero and protect this Kingdom!"
He repeated his stance and rushed to the dummy and slashed
"AAAHHHH!" He shouted on top of his lungs
'*s***h!*
A wind cutting sound was heard but this time it was a weaker sound compared to the previous ones.
Kit looked at his sword, he was delighted that the sword was not destroyed.
He looked at the dummy.
His face distorted, fear, humiliation, every negative emotions rushed out of him
The dummy didn't even drop one straw on the ground, there were no scratches on it. No effect.
"Boy, are you saying that even with a good sword you still didn't scratch the dummy?" Cromwell glared at him.
"I-I don't know what happened Sir!" Kit answered as he struggled getting up
"How did a boy like you got accepted?!" Cromwell asked
"I-I don't know too sir, I got a letter that I got accepted in this squad" Kit answered politely he stood up shaking but still stood as a soldier
Cromwell got angry because this kid is under his supervision and he doesn't like weak soldiers
"From now on!" Cromwell shouted at Kit
"YOU'RE THE WEAKEST KNIGHT IN HISTORY! YOUR TRAINING WILL BE DOUBLED TO TRAIN THAT WEAK BODY OF YOURS!" Cromwell shouted angrily, Kit's heart was pounding so hard, he shivered and cold sweat on his back began to slide down
Kit didn't try to look at the newbies who's pitying him and looked straight at Cromwell
"Y-Yes sir! I will accept the training!" Kit answered, his voice was shaking as his confidence that shattered were crushed even more.
The next day, Kit ran into the field without stopping, his body will also likely break, but this is essential for a knight, a trained body.
Knights would undergo hellish training to have drastic change on their own body, muscles bulging out, their endurance will increase as well as stamina. Their strength will show their ranking and having high ranking means you're a famous person within the Knights of Camelot.
Kit ran non-stop, his breath was very heavy to the point that it wasn't a normal breathing, his already drenched clothes were even more wet because of his sweat.
The other knights finished their set of laps but Kit has 2 more.
"I-I can't go on!" Kit thought, but he continued to sprint throughout the field.
He finished his laps and went to sword training.
He diligently trained with his grandfather when he was a kid.
"Why did grandfather trained me when he knew I was a frail kid?" Such thoughts were flowing inside his mind
"Hey move it!" A guy pushed Kit aside and Kit fell on the ground, the power of a newbie was great compared to Kit.
The guy who pushed him was a noble, a noble together with the handsome noble from yesterday.
Ernest Von Ravenwell.
"Move it commoner! You'll dirty His Highness Ernest with your hands!" He said, "Wait? His Highness? I thought he was only a Duke's son?!" Kit thought
"His Highness Ernest will soon become the king of this kingdom as soon as he marries the Princess!" The other noble said, then they left walking past Kit who was on the ground
Kit looked at Ernest,"Wait, does this mean his engaged with the very beautiful princess?! Go explode handsome main character!" Kit cursed inside his heart and he stood up continued to diligently train.
Time passed and It's already dusk, the sun is sinking and the moon is rising.
Training was over, Kit was so exhausted that he might collapse on his spot on the training ground.
He sat on the grass, he felt heaven when he sat down, he was catching his breath as he inhaled and exhaled, he was soaking wet, he closed his eyes and felt the air entering his nostrils.
"Hey!" Someone called Kit, Kit opened his eyes and met with another comrade inside the Knights squad.
"You are?" Kit asked, the guy that looks like a noble sat down on the grass too.
"It's Lance, Lance von Goldenheart." He introduced himself in front of Kit
Kit was surprised and arranged his posture.
"I didn't know you're a noble, please forgive my ignorance!" Well first of all, Nobles are powerful people inside the kingdom, this nobles are the ones who support the current as they have their own land and their wealth are like heaven compared to the commoners, well Kit is a commoner though.
"No need to be formal, my family only own a small piece of land, my father is a Viscount who were promoted recently." He said and smiled bitterly, Kit felt relieved that this noble doesn't discriminate against commoners like Kit.
"Even if you say that, for us, owning a small, no a tiny piece of land would mean a lot to us. I heard that your father was recently promoted to be the head of the treasury room inside the castle?" Kit said
"Yeah, father was very happy that he was promoted, well good for him though." Lance smiled bitterly as he recalled his father dancing happily inside their home saying that he was promoted.
"So, what did you come here for? I suspect that a high ranking noble son such as yourself would openly speak to a lowly commoner like me." Kit bluntly said, he didn't want to lie to his feelings to he spoke that if he was here to make fun of him or anything.
"Well, such a man who has a weak body, training to be strong is very admirable." Lance said as he looked at Kit very seriously.
"What?!" Kit was surprised as he saw a noble admire him for something.
"S-So..." Lance was reluctant to say something as he looked left to right
"W-Wait?! Lance your a real men right?! You're not someone like those big hairy men wearing a skirt and apron scaring their customers right?!" Kit thought
"Become my friend!!!" Lance said what he wanted to say as he sighed
"Eh?!" Kit was surprised of course.
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