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Chapter 22
Chapter 22. Knight Patterns
“Great talent, it is time to train.” Alex’s voice sounded beside his ear.
Fick opened his eyes and saw that Alex had already dressed properly. He wore a dark gray short linen robe, a leather belt fastened around his waist, loose knee-length trousers below, and a pair of soft-soled leather boots on his feet. His sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, revealing forearms with smooth, well-defined lines.
“You…” Fick rubbed his eyes. “You are dressed quite professionally.”
“Great talent, use this set from one of my guards.” Alex tossed him a set of clothes. “Put it on. I will wait for you outside.”
W̊ ĕb n̂оv е ľ Е n̂u m̈а̀
Fick lowered his head and looked at the clothes in his arms. They were a similar long-sleeved short linen robe, paired with knee-length trousers and leg wraps.
He put them on in a few quick motions, tied up the soft-soled boots, and ducked out of the tent.
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Dawn had only just begun to break, and the forest was shrouded in a thin layer of mist. The air was cool and carried the damp scent of grass and trees. Several night-watch knights were adding firewood to the campfire. When they saw Fick come out, they nodded to him.
Alex was already waiting in the clearing. “First, we will jog slowly to warm up the muscles. We will run laps around the carriages together.”
After saying that, he took the lead and began running. His strides were not wide, but his rhythm was steady. Fick followed, and the two of them ran one after the other around the circle formed by the five carriages.
One lap, two laps, three laps…
E num а̂
Fick discovered that he actually did not feel tired.
Although this body looked thin, its cardiopulmonary function was unexpectedly good. It was probably because of the Azure Crystal’s strengthening.
When they reached the fifth lap, Alex slowed down and finally stopped.
“Your physical constitution is indeed not bad.” He sized up Fick, a hint of surprise in his tone. “You absorbed Magic Crystal to that extent, yet you still have this foundation.”
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Fick spread his hands. “I nearly died after eating Magic Crystal like food, so perhaps my resistance has grown stronger. Now I feel like vomiting whenever I smell Magic Crystal.”
“After becoming a knight, you will inevitably need to use Magic Crystal to restore your body. Perhaps you can be immune to that suffering, great talent.” Alex did not ask further. He turned around and took two wooden swords from the carriage.
Wӗ_ḃǹо v̌ е̃ l̊ Е̇n̊ ů m̈а̀
The wooden swords were crudely made, but their size and weight were close to those of real one-handed swords. Alex tossed one to Fick. Fick reached out to catch it, but nearly failed. The wooden sword slipped in his hand before he finally managed to grasp it.
Alex looked at this scene, covered his forehead, and sighed.
“Your physical constitution is very good, and your spiritual power is at a genius level. But your reaction speed and sense of balance—pardon my bluntness—are an absolute mess.”
Fick: “…”
“If you want to become a knight, you must first learn how to use a link. A knight who cannot cast magic is merely a target.” Alex sat upright on the grass. “I will first teach you meditation, so you can sense the flow of Magic Crystal energy within your body and prepare for the knight link.”
“What should I think about?”
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Alex did not speak. He merely crooked a finger at him.
“Come. Sit down facing me.”
Fick sat upright in front of Alex and looked at him. Alex opened one eye, plucked a blade of grass from the ground, and handed it to Fick. “Now close your eyes. Rely on your perception of the wind and imagine how the wind will flow, as well as in what direction and at what speed this blade of grass will sway.”
Fick did as Alex said. At first, his mind felt as though someone had tossed an entire beehive into it.
He smelled the faint fragrance on Alex and thought: Does this fellow even wear perfume? Or do men have a natural scent too?
But as soon as that thought surfaced, another one sprang up. Was Shulia secretly watching him? If she saw him and Alex sitting face-to-face like this, would she throw another tantrum? With her personality, even if she did not say anything, she would definitely be keeping score in her heart.
Е̊n.ūm а̌
The wind blew from the left and poured into his collar, cool enough to make him shiver. He subconsciously shrank his neck, but the blade of grass in his hand remained completely still.
No, that was not right. He should first sense the wind. But the moment he concentrated, the birdsong in the distant forest dragged his attention away again. What damned bird was chirping so cheerfully? It sounded like a sparrow, yet not quite like one, and its final note stretched unusually long.
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He irritably wanted to open his eyes, but he endured it.
After more than ten minutes, Fick’s shoulders suddenly relaxed, as though something that had been tense for a long time had quietly released its strength on its own.
The state was very strange. It made Fick feel that once he had become clear-headed to the utmost degree, even the very concept of “clarity” disappeared. He no longer thought about Saint-Denis, no longer thought about whether Alice would be bullied outside because of her foul mouth, and no longer thought about anything at all.
The small patch of force that had always been gathered between his brows dispersed, and even his tongue softened and rested against his lower jaw. He felt as though he was sinking downward, yet also as though he was floating upward.
Е̌n umӑ ._ї d
There was a hard sensation beneath his buttocks, but at the same time, he felt as though he had become a blade of grass held up by the wind, so light that he almost had no weight.
He began to see the wind. It rolled in from the edge of the distant forest, first striking several old pines, then sliding along the tips of the grass. The grass bent down and sprang back up again.
“That is enough. You have already grasped how to use Magic Crystal to activate a pattern.”
The moment Alex spoke, Fick abruptly woke up. Only then did he realize that a small piece of Azure Crystal had been stuffed into his mouth, a small scroll had been stuck to his hand, and the blade of grass in his hand was swaying left and right in a regular rhythm despite the lack of wind.
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Fick said, “This scroll is?”
Alex said, “A simple D-rank Pattern 【Wind】. It does not need to be carved onto a person’s body. Congratulations. Being able to use this pattern proves that you have reached D-rank, and that you are very talented. You learned how to use a link on your first try.”
Еn̂ u m_а
Fick said, “Then who stuffed the Azure Crystal into my mouth?”
A moment of silence followed.
Shulia poked her head out from another carriage. Seeing the awkward looks on the two men’s faces, she could not help teasing them. “Oh? Fick, you cannot truly be a gay man, can you?”
Fick said, “We are all brothers. Is it not normal to shove one’s hand into someone else’s mouth to feed him something?”
Alex sat beside him and slowly drank some water, his gaze falling on the distant forest. His face looked somewhat red beneath the sunlight.
The sun slowly rose to the top of the sky, then gradually began to drift west.
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…
Three days later, the carriage traveled along the official road. Fick leaned inside the carriage with his eyes closed, resting his mind. After spending four consecutive days sitting upright to practice knight patterns and basic combat techniques, his waist and back were still aching.
Shulia sat opposite him, flipping through some miscellaneous book she had found somewhere. From time to time, she raised her eyes and glanced at him, the corners of her mouth carrying a somewhat gloating smile.
“Are you still going to train?”
“Of course. Who can refuse becoming stronger?” Fick opened one eye and looked at her. “It is just that my waist is a little sore.”
“You deserve it. If I had taught you, it would not have gone so far.” Shulia lowered her head and continued reading. “I am not massaging you today.”
Ẽñ u ḿ а
Fick pretended not to hear and closed his eyes again.
Alex’s voice came from outside the carriage. He said something to the knight driving the carriage. A while later, the carriage stopped.
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Fick lifted the curtain and poked his head out, just in time to see Alex looking into the distance with a slight frown.
Following his gaze, Fick saw a few faint wisps of cooking smoke rising vaguely from a mountain hollow several miles ahead.
“There are people living over there.” Alex turned to look at two knights in the party. “You two ride over and take a look. Find out which lord’s village it is, how many people there are, and whether there is anything unusual.”
The two knights cupped their fists to accept the order, mounted their horses, and galloped toward the cooking smoke.
Е̃ ñu m̊а́
The carriage stopped by the roadside to wait. Several guards got down to stretch their muscles and water the horses. Shulia also jumped down from the carriage and stood by the roadside to stretch, while Fick washed his face.
“Are we staying at an inn?”
“It depends. If the village is large enough, we will not camp outside tonight. I am only afraid it may be a small village and unable to accommodate so many of us.”
“Even if it cannot accommodate us, we can still replenish some food. Dry rations are fine for a day or two, but eating too much of them gets tiresome.”
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About three quarters of an hour later, the two knights returned on horseback.
“Report.” One of the knights dismounted and cupped his fists. “Ahead is a village of around two hundred households. It is called Hearthstone Village and belongs to the territory of House Carey. There is a tavern in the village that can provide lodging and food.”
W e̊ b̌n о ṽ ĕ l Е̃ n ũ m̊а̌
Alex nodded.
“Good. We will go there and rest. Prepare some fresh food while we are at it. Great talent, remember not to drink alcohol under any circumstances. When you go mad from drinking, you are even more stubborn than a black-bearded goat.”
Fick: “…”
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