Chapter 354: My name is Wood Hessing, and I am willing to be her knight!
Chapter 354: Simulation of All Realms Begins from Pirates My name is Wood Hessing, and I am willing to be her knight!
Anastasia Hessing and Wood Hessing, just by hearing these two names, you can basically identify the problem.
Yes, Anastasia Hessing is Wood's sister, but she is not a physical sister.
Anastasia Hessing was born in the lowest class of Kalalaki, or rather she was once a slum dweller there, which is where Wood met her.
At that time, young Anastasia and Wood were both residents of the slums and had suffered a lot since childhood. Anastasia was unable to use magic due to a congenital defect and almost became a slave.
But Wood, who was still a teenager at that time, rescued her from the nobles with his sword, and the two began to wander around.
It was not until she was wandering that Anastasia showed her amazing business talents and gradually began to make a fortune.
After returning to Karakaki, Anastasia bought the Ruhika Merchant of Karalaki and changed its name. Because she admired the hero "Wasteland Heshin" who was praised in the past, she adopted the name of Heshin for the chamber of commerce and her own surname.
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Because she was used to living a hard life, Anastasia had a strong greed and wanted to plunder everything.
The only things he sees and cares about the most are profit, wealth and his younger brother.
The former is due to greed, and the latter is due to the mutual affection in childhood, which made Anastasia feel that her younger brother is the most precious wealth in the world.
Because of her greed and possessiveness, Anastasia regarded Wood as her own wealth. Although she loved him more than enough, she always had an overly strong desire to protect Wood.
After Wood became an adult, he was always disgusted with Anastasia's overprotectiveness and excessive greed, so he secretly left the city-state of Kalalaki.
Today, Anastasia is the president of the largest chamber of commerce in the Kalalaki city-state, but her wish is not just that, she also wants to become the president of the largest chamber of commerce in the world.
It is also for this reason that Anastasia came to compete for the throne of the Lugnika Kingdom.
There are limits to the career of a businessman. If you want to make your business bigger and stronger, you must have a certain status.
However, unlike Anastasia's ambition, Wood wanted to be an excellent knight since he was a child, and then protect the weak.
This is also the reason why his body is protected by the name of Knight's Glory.
It also explains why when Wood first met Emilia and the others, he could easily take out the largest currency unit - the Golden Dragon Coin.
As the eldest son of the largest chamber of commerce in Kalalaki, isn't it quite common sense to keep a few gold dragon coins with you?
The appearance of an unexpected character made Wood a little panicked, so at this moment he was secretly squeezing his body behind Inharut and the others, trying not to expose himself to the sight of certain people.
Five "Dragon Priestesses" arrived one after another, and the next ceremony required them to go on stage to give speeches, and then see if the Dragon Calendar recognized their identities.
First of all, the first person to take the stage is Curtius Karsten, who is also the candidate for the throne with the highest voice and the most supporters.
The Duke family is originally the top noble family in the kingdom, not to mention the Karlsten family has been loyal to the Lugnica royal family for generations, and Curio himself is indeed extremely outstanding.
However, what surprised the princes and ministers present was that after a routine self-introduction.
Curio actually had doubts about the Lugnika Kingdom's outlook on life, which was protected by the dragon, and advocated breaking away from the dragon after ascending to the throne.
What's even more outrageous is that despite such arrogant remarks, Long Lishi actually admitted her identity as the "Dragon Miko".
After Curio was recognized by the Dragon Calendar Stone, Marcus, who was maintaining order on the side, also shouted loudly: "Next, please invite the knights who have sworn allegiance to come forward."
The "Dragon Witch" is one of the candidates for the throne, and the sworn knights are standard. If there are no knights willing to be loyal, it means that the Dragon Witch herself has no competitiveness.
Curio's knight is Phoenix. The two of them almost grew up together and have a strong relationship of trust.
After Curxiu, it was the petite Felt who came to the Dragon Calendar Stone.
The princes and nobles present originally planned to support the most popular Curtius, but what he just said was too shocking.
Obviously they are a "pro-dragon kingdom", but now they are saying that they want to sever ties with dragons. In their opinion, this is too treasonous.
The head of the Karsten family is unreliable, so the princes and nobles can only decide to put their treasure on other dragon witches.
If we just talk about inheritance qualifications, Felute is the real royal family among the people present because she is the daughter of the late king's brother.
However, just when the princes and nobles in the main hall planned to change their strategy and support Felut, who had pure royal blood, what the other party said almost made them furious!
It's true that Felt is of royal blood, but she grew up in a slum, so she doesn't have a good impression of the so-called nobles.
Felut had no interest in the so-called "throne" at first, but Lainharut told her that as long as she ascended the throne, she could change the fate of those in the slums, so Felut was moved.
When Felt said in front of the Dragon Calendar Stone that after he ascended the throne, he would directly get rid of all the greedy nobles, and after receiving the recognition of the Dragon Calendar Stone, many of the nobles present glared at the girl on the stage.
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Many nobles even shouted angrily at Lainharut: "Is this how your Astraea family teaches the remaining royal bloodline?"
"No, I now seriously suspect that this stinky girl from the slums is not a descendant of the royal family at all, but a fake."
Among nobles, how many of them have clean butts?
Felt made such an oath and was even recognized by the Dragon Calendar Stone. If she ascended the throne, wouldn't it be the end of the kingdom's nobles?
"Are you questioning my Astraea family training, or are you questioning the look in my eyes when I came to Inhalut?
There is no doubt that Felt is of the royal bloodline who is living abroad, and the Dragon Calendar Stone recognizes Felt-sama, which is the best proof.
When I come to Inharut Van Astrea, I will follow my family’s motto and become Lord Felt’s guardian knight. Anyone who wants to harm Lord Felt must first step through my path.
Harut’s body.”
As Lainharut walked out and knelt down on one knee to swear allegiance to Felt, there was still a nobleman present who dared to speak out.
This is the strongest swordsman in history. Not to mention the helpless princes and nobles, there is no one in the entire kingdom who can defeat Inharut.
"When you come to Inhalut, don't forget that your Astraea family is also a noble family, and you are also a noble yourself."
Some nobles pointed out Inhalut's identity issue and hinted that he was also one of the targets, hoping that the Sword Saint family would not be foolish and loyal.
In response to this, Lainharut smiled heartily and replied: "Master Felt's will is my will, Lainharut.
If the Astraea family does anything nefarious or wrong, then they will naturally be judged."
The Astraea family has never been prosperous, and the family is obsessed with swords and has little interest in other things, so when they come to Inhalut, they are not afraid of investigating.
Even if the Astraea family really has problems, Inharut will never show mercy to the clan members due to his rigorous, honest, and upright character.
The most powerful contenders for the throne, the Karsten family of the Kingdom's ducal family, and Felt of the royal blood are both unreliable.
The princes and nobles present could only hope that the other "Dragon Witches" were relatively normal people.
However, you don't know this, and you realize that the remaining three dragon witches are more outrageous than the last...
Needless to say, Priscilla's nickname, "The Red Bride," is notorious.
And when she first appeared, her tone was extremely arrogant. She bluntly stated that even if no one supported her, the throne still belonged to her, because the whole world revolved around her.
After Priscilla, the other dragon witch who appears is Anastasia.
The princes and nobles present actually looked down upon this young girl with business talents.
Because in their view, Anastasia is just a lowly commoner from the slums, and how can such a philistine become the new king of Lugnika.
Anastasia's guardian knight is Yurius. Unlike most of the nobles in the kingdom, Yurius, who is rich in cultural relics, is also very good and keen on internal affairs.
Because there is no king, and the nobles are indeed impoverished, the economic problems of the Dragon-Friendly Kingdom are now very difficult.
Whether a kingdom can prosper or not, the kingdom's economic issues are very important, so this is why Yurius supports Anastasia.
He believes that Anastasia's excellent business talents can save Lugnica's distressed kingdom economy.
And as Julius came out of the queue to swear allegiance to Anastasia, all the people blocking Wood in front were gone, and Wood's figure was inevitably exposed to everyone's sight.
"Wood, you are actually in a place like this!"
The relationship between Yurius and Anastasia is more like a cooperative relationship than other relationships between miko and knight.
Anastasia's interest in the so-called throne was mainly to help her grow the Chamber of Commerce, so Anastasia didn't care too much about Yurius' allegiance.
However, when she saw Wood, whom she had not seen for a long time, in the main hall, Anastasia could no longer sit still, ran directly from the high platform, and hugged Wood as if there was no one else.
"Sister Anna, haven't I told you before? Don't just hug me. I'm no longer a child."
Anastasia, Wood called her "Sister Anna" since she was a child, and when facing Anastasia who hugged him tightly and never let go, Wood also showed a look of helplessness on his face.
As if to protect the most precious treasure, Anastasia's protectiveness towards Wood has even reached a somewhat pathological level.
This is one of the reasons why Wood secretly sneaked out of the Hessing Chamber of Commerce.
Wood's address to Anastasia also caused everyone present to fall into a state of shock. Especially Yurius, who had just sworn allegiance to Anastasia, was even more stunned at this moment.
Because he really didn't expect that Wood would actually be Anastasia's younger brother.
But he is the best knight after all." After a brief shock, he quickly returned to his previous elegant behavior, and a smile appeared on his face.
Wood is Anastasia's younger brother, which is a good thing for their Anastasia camp.
After all, Wood's combat power is there, Yurius can even assert that if there is anyone in the entire kingdom who can rival Leinhard, it is Wood, who is also a monster.
With Wood's assistance, Anastasia will be more likely to win the King's Selection Ceremony, and her wish will come true faster.
After a farce, the king selection ceremony was carried out again. Emilia, the last dragon witch, also appeared on the stage with an uneasy mood, and also expressed her ideals.
However, because of her status as a half-elf, Emilia's appearance on stage was undoubtedly met with boos and doubts.
And just after the girl withstood the pressure with a strong heart and finished telling her ideals, when it came time for the guardian knight to swear allegiance, the scene suddenly became awkward again.
The reason is also very simple. Compared with other dragon witches who have outstanding knights swearing allegiance, Emilia has no knights swearing allegiance.
A girl with a mind of only 14 years old was standing on the stage at this moment, enduring the doubts and insults from around her, her body trembling slightly, and her eyes filled with tears.
Natsuki Subaru, who thought he was the protagonist, stood up, but was accused of not being a knight at all, and was even beaten by Yurius, who was mistaken for a knight.
Looking at the girl on the stage who was trembling but holding back her tears, and then looking at the nobles in the audience who questioned and even insulted her, Wood finally sighed silently, and then slowly walked out of the array.
"My name is Wood Hessing, and I am willing to become His Excellency Emilia's knight and help her participate in the competition for the King's Selection Ceremony."
Wood's rather dull voice echoed in the hall, and the noisy nobles were collectively stunned.
Parker next to Emilia and Subaru Natsuki who was pinned to the ground laughed, while Emilia on the stage widened her eyes and looked at Wood with an expression of disbelief.
Priscilla opened the folding fan in her hand and showed a meaningful smile.
Anastasia's seemingly childish face showed a look of surprise at this moment, and then stared at Emilia on the stage full of jealousy and fierceness.
"Are you kidding? Even if there are knights who are willing to surrender to the evil half-elf, it would be unreasonable for the half-elf to participate in the king selection ceremony!"
After a brief silence in the main hall, someone soon questioned Emilia's identity and suggested that she be kicked out of the king's selection ceremony.