Prince Chris does indeed look like a rather handsome man from the empire. His heroic appearance also carries the sense of nobility unique to the empire's superiors. His short golden hair, which belongs to the aristocratic lineage, and his sword-shaped eyebrows are raised in the garden.
In the breeze, the confident smile he showed at this time was shining around the garden pavilion. It seemed that he was a little sluggish because of the appearance of this handsome blond guy. Duan Qing and Xue Ling were standing at the entrance of the garden.
Huan Bing and the other two didn't take a step forward for a long time. It wasn't until the face of the Imperial Royal Guard soldier who brought the two of them here began to show a bit of anger that they lowered their heads respectfully again:
"Meet Your Highness."
"No need to be polite."
The majestic momentum flowed down the steps along with the appearance of a majestic voice, and the pressure that suddenly appeared on the blond figure swept over the entire garden. The young prince then looked at
The two players, who were still standing there with their heads bowed and respectfully, had a trace of imperceptible surprise in their eyes: "Are you two also adventurers who have come to accept a commission?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
A few thoughts flashed through his mind, but Duan Qing's respectful salute did not change at all: "My companions and I received news from an adventurer, so we came to try our luck."
"Try your luck...hehe."
The midday sun refracted into the light and shadow of the small pavilion, and the blond young man raised his head slightly: "That's an interesting statement... Could it be that you adventurers are just here to try your luck when you come in front of me?
?"
"No, we definitely have no such intention." Duan Qing replied in a moderate tone: "It's just that we heard Captain Lott say before that the city lord is responsible for recruiting adventurers to assist in the escort..."
"The Lord of Romlia is the Lord of the Empire, and his will is the will of the Empire."
Duan Qing's words were interrupted with a deliberately low and majestic voice. He understood that the blond young man he was referring to still waved his hand: "Even if it is Mr. Bamos who appears this time, you should have enough respect for him.
respect."
"...I will obey your teachings, Your Highness."
"But it doesn't matter. This time things happened unexpectedly."
The coercive and majestic voice disappeared instantly, and was replaced by a young voice unique to ordinary young men: "Since the person you want to select is my guard, I naturally have to see it with my own eyes."
"Tell me, what is your origin?" He put away his upright posture and asked slowly in an easy-going voice: "Are you the people of our Fleur Empire?"
"...We are all born in the village of Carlo."
Looking at Xue Ling Huan Bing beside him, Duan Qing raised his head little by little: "Although we are always called foreigners by the people here, we are also subjects of the empire."
"Kaluo Village?" The blond young man's eyes revealed a look of thought for a moment: "Is it... the village located south of Thebilis Castle?"
"Your Highness really knows the territory of the empire well." Duan Qing patted the other party's back calmly: "We said goodbye to that village not long ago and wanted to go to other parts of the empire for a while...
"
"Not long ago?" A bit of surprise flashed in the eyes of the blond young man: "You just became adventurers not long ago?"
"Oh, our adventure group has just been established." Duan Qing, who stood up and stroked his chest, gestured to Xue Ling Huan Bing next to him: "The name is Qing Ling Adventure Group."
"Qing Ling - a good name."
Nodding his head, the blond prince, who was surrounded by royal guards, said in a low voice: "I have learned about the more famous adventure groups in the Santerius province area before, but your name doesn't seem to be among them.
."
"Is Your Highness worried about our strength?" Duan Qing looked up at the man at the top of the steps: "I wonder how we should prove ourselves?"
"...You have a much better consciousness than the few people before you."
Nodding gently, the prince named Chris had an inexplicable smile on his face: "That's right, I will personally preside over the recruitment for this mission in order to select those who are most suitable for the identity and symbol of the imperial prince.
Adventurers, if you want to become such an adventurer, you must pass my test."
"I won't give you any preferential treatment because you are new adventurers. That would be unfair to others." After saying this, he looked down at Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing: "And...since you
If you are determined to come to me, it means that you have a similar awakening, right?"
"That's right." Duan Qing lowered his head deeply: "Your Highness, please take action, we will be with you at any time."
"very good."
The feeling of coercion suddenly appeared above the pavilion as the voice was raised. Chris Frey Kadraft raised one of his hands high: "Gomez
."
"exist."
"Where to start this time?"
"According to the previous order, this time we should start from the noble side."
The prince nodded his head and stood there without speaking, then looked around the other side of the pavilion. Some nobles who heard this conversation also twisted their bodies uneasily, and finally
An old aristocratic man in a formal dress came out: "Ahem! That... you listen carefully."
"I will test you next." He cleared his throat and closed his eyes tightly as if he was thinking hard: "Please be prepared."
"Old magician... come on." Holding his right hand on the hilt of his sword, Xue Ling Huan Bing replied in a low voice: "We are ready."
"No, no, no, this is not a competition." The old man hurriedly waved his arms: "It is a test."
"Please answer my question: What is the name of the imperial noble known as Durandal, which represents the flower of the temple?"
"……ah?"
As the surroundings gradually became silent, Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was pressing the hilt of his sword, blinked his eyes. After a while, he let out the somewhat bewildered look flowing through his eyes, together with a subconscious voice of doubt.
Come out. Amidst the faint snickers coming from all around, Duan Qing, who heard the sound of surprise, reached out to cover his face. After a while, he turned around and turned to Xue Ling beside him while waving the sleeves of his tiger gray magic robe.
Huan Bing pulled back: "Sorry, I want to confirm a little bit - is this your test?"
"This is our test this round."
After biting a few syllables hard, the aristocratic old man replied with a smile: "As long as you can answer this question, we can count you as passing."
"……It's that simple?"
"Simple?"
Pointing to the embarrassed Xue Ling Huan Bing's face across from him, the noble old man stroked his beard: "Look at what you are like now, can you answer this question? This is my Euro and several other empires
One of the final results of the research conducted by the elders of the mansion after studying the history of the empire for nearly a thousand years!"
"If you really can't answer the answer, I can give you some hints." He laughed loudly: "Although its reputation is not as prominent as before, it is an imperial family that can be ranked alongside many ancient families..."
"What is this, an intelligence test?"
Looking at the old man standing in front of the pavilion who started to talk incessantly and with a triumphant expression, Xue Ling Huanbing, who didn't want to pay attention to him anymore, pouted his lips: "Why do adventurer's missions have history?"
Did the question suddenly pop up?"
"Whether you understand it as a plot change or a system setting, in short it did appear." Duan Qing, who was leaning against the other party and whispering, also let out a low laugh: "Just now he also specifically emphasized that 'this round'
'Three words, so this literary battle is just one of the tests we are about to face."
"It's just about selecting escort players. Is it necessary to make it so complicated?" Then Xue Ling Huan Bing's expression hidden under the hood became even more complicated: "What should we do?"
"What else can I do? Of course, answer the question."
A strange smile slowly bloomed at the corner of his mouth, and Duan Qing gestured in the direction behind the old noble man: "Do you know why those nobles are laughing? Because the answer to this question is actually very simple."
"It's the Roland family."
He raised his head and whispered in the direction of the old noble man. The smile on the latter's face then seemed to have frozen in time, and was covered up together with the low laughter from the noble group: "You
,how do you know?"
"The first head of the Roland family had made great achievements in the founding of the Frey Empire. His name and his statue were later engraved in front of the main hall of Redcar Palace. At that time, Emperor Frey
, and also gave him the title of Knight Templar." Duan Qing bowed politely: "I happened to know that crazy girl - ah no, she happened to have some research on the history of the empire, and I also heard about some empires.
Secret, so... I wonder if you are satisfied with this answer?"
“Wonderful, very wonderful.”
Before the old man with trembling lips could say his response, the imperial prince sitting between the pavilions smiled and clapped his hands: "It seems that these two are indeed adventurers who know the Fleur Empire deeply.
The previous candidates were all stronger."
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness." Duan Qing took a step back and looked up at the other party: "Then this level -"
"I'll consider you to have passed this level." His Royal Highness the Prince tilted his head with satisfaction: "Gomez."
"exist."
"The next level is up to you."
He pointed forward, and at the same time said to a certain royal guard beside him who had been answering him. The sound of the collision of armors, together with the howl of the wind that suddenly disappeared from the place, instantly appeared in front of Duan Qing: "...
…yes."
"After the literary fight, let's switch to the martial arts fight...Humph, there really isn't much creativity."
Looking up at the figure of the imperial soldier wearing gold-encrusted armor standing in front of him like a mountain, Duan Qing sighed and said in his own voice: "Fortunately, we have a clear division of labor."
"Ling Bing." He smiled at the woman next to him, and then took a step back when the latter nodded: "This time it's really your turn."
A silent confrontation appeared in the center of the garden as the positions of a man and a woman changed. Accompanied by this was a woman in a cloak standing quietly, the soldier named Gomez.
In the scene ahead, the crowd of nobles who had gathered around suddenly dispersed with the emergence of this confrontation, as if they had foreseen what was about to happen there next moment. They gradually lowered their bodies and put on their clothes.
The cloaked Xue Ling Huan Bing's right hand slowly fell on the white sword hilt beside his waist again. The pair of eyes exposed between the white hair tips gradually solidified as the atmosphere gradually solidified, and fell on the royal man in front of him.
Between the guard's iron helmets: "Please enlighten me."
"I can't talk about teaching you. It won't take too long anyway." Two rays of light slowly shot out from the helmet, which was also covered with gold rims. Accompanying it was the sound of Gomez being enveloped by the iron helmet.
: "You just need to take one of my moves."
"One move...hum."
The light in his eyes flashed away, and a disdainful smile gradually appeared on the corner of Xue Ling Huan Bing's mouth: "Okay, it's faster this way."
"You look very confident."
The arms covered in heavy armor slowly rose up, and Gomez raised a heavy long sword high above his head: "I hope that in ten seconds..."
"You still have the life to continue saying this."
Invisible pressure appeared around the royal guard as he said these words, gathering around the long sword held high in the air like an overwhelming force. In the eyes of Xue Ling Huan Bing, they gradually transformed into one.
Long swords with the same handle, accompanied by figures of imperial soldiers who also held long swords, were lined up above the head of the royal guard named Gomez. Knowing that this was a sign of peak momentum, Xue Ling Huan Bing was very
He simply closed his eyes, and then curled up his body to the extreme according to the sword technique he had trained since his rebirth: "..."
"What you are facing now is the glory of the empire."
As if he understood the mountain-like scene that Xueling Huanbing saw at this time and the unyielding will shown by the woman who was suppressed by this scene, Gomez said in a calm voice, and then under the attention of everyone around the garden and pavilion
, slashed the sword lightly: "Drink!"
Ding!
There was no heavy collision sound as expected, but a crisp metal clang appeared in the center of the two long swords that met instantly. Xue Ling Huan Bing, who had already pulled out the dragon tooth sword at some point, then pulled out the long sword.
The white sword edge with the same color as his own hair stabbed the top of the oncoming blade, and intertwined with the long sword edge like a mountain collapsing: "Give it to me..."
"Go away!"
Amidst the harsh friction sound, the mountain's slash and the peak of the dragon's tooth met in the air for a second, and then slashed down along the edge of the white sword blade, landing heavily at the feet of Xue Ling Huan Bing.
To be continued)
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