In the Viscount's Mansion in Norma City, the young man was naked from the waist up and holding a long wooden sword in his hand. He was running around in the garden with a panic-stricken look on his face. He was hiding around the rockery and looking back from time to time.
"You brat, stop here. If you run away again, I will release my martial arts skills."
A middle-aged man shouted angrily from behind the young man, with an angry tone in his tone.
When the young man heard this, he didn't even look back. He ran out of breath and shouted: "If you don't stop, you will really beat me to death if you stop. I have agreed that as long as I can hit you, I will win. You will do it every time." Can’t afford to lose.”
Rant Alton was even more angry when he heard his son's reply. Fortunately, he stopped chasing him. He threw away the wooden sword in his hand, found a stool nearby and sat down, and stared at his son Cody who looked defensive in the distance. Alton, after taking a breath, could only helplessly shake his head and smile bitterly. Thinking that he, a dignified viscount who had fought countless battles for the empire and fought on the battlefield for many years, and a dignified sky knight, could have such a scoundrel son. How could it be that he had such a scoundrel son? Could it be that the true God killed too many people to punish himself?
Cody, who is already fourteen years old, has been practicing martial arts with him since he was a child, and his own talent is also extremely outstanding. It is difficult to find an opponent among his peers who can compete with him. In order to strengthen his training, Lant would often compete with him directly. However, this son, who was equally smart, did not proceed according to Lant's ideas at all. Every time he fought, he would either run away or find various reasons to avoid.
This time, under the condition that Lance would reward him with ten gold coins if he could survive the battle for thirty minutes, or if he could effectively hurt himself, Cody agreed after hesitating for a long time. Who would have expected that within a few rounds of fighting, Cody would be "careless" and not dodge his own attack. He was hit in the chest by a sword and immediately fell to the ground motionless.
Although Lant knew that he had restrained his strength, as a sky knight, no matter how careful he was, he could easily hurt a fourteen-year-old child, especially because he was afraid of Cody cheating. After watching him for a few minutes, he saw He still didn't move, so Lant couldn't help but panic and hurried over to check the situation. Who knew that just when he was about to squat down, Cody, who was lying on the ground, suddenly opened his eyes, turned over and got behind him from under his crotch, and before he could react, he received a violent kick in the crotch. Although Lant had already raised his fighting spirit to defend himself in the emergency, it was not as fast as the planned kick to the sky. Fortunately, Lant is very strong, otherwise this kick would not only be so painful that he would turn pale.
He held his breath for a moment and then the severe pain in his crotch subsided. He looked up to see Cody who had already fled far away. Lant picked up the wooden sword thrown on the ground and wanted to use martial arts to cut off his son's legs. interrupt. Fortunately, Lant still had sense and suppressed his anger. But in the yard, there was a rockery and various flowers and plants planted by his wife as cover, and there was nothing he could do against Cody for a while.
Cody didn't dare to run out of the yard. After all, what he did was really too much. After all, it was his father. If he really ran away, it would be useless no matter how much his grandfather protected him. He would never return to this home again in this life. But for ten gold coins, I really had no other choice. Who knew that his father was too strict with his money? A dignified viscount, the son of a Sky Knight, could not even take out a single silver coin when he went out. Just one silver coin. Not to mention a noble like myself, even a commoner can sometimes take out more than one silver coin when he has plenty of money.
"Dear Viscount, is our competition over?" Cody squatted for a long time, and his feet began to feel numb. Looking at his father who was gradually calming down, Cody asked loudly. Now he is not as scared as he was just now, and his strength has recovered after taking a rest. Even if his father chases him again, he can still run for a while, which is enough to last until his grandfather comes back. But it's not okay. He dares to deal with himself in front of his grandfather, or dares to destroy the flowers and plants planted by his mother in the garden.
Hearing his son's voice, Lant said angrily: "Why don't you get over here."
"Okay." Cody could tell that his father was not that angry. He stood up on the ground with his wooden sword and trotted toward Lant.
When Cody arrived in front of Lant, Lant used his foot to pick up the wooden sword on the ground and swiped it at Cody's butt. He cursed angrily: "Asshole, is this how I taught you? You are an Alton family member." The descendant of a proud noble and a knight, how could he use such despicable methods like a gangster? This is simply worse than those despicable businessmen. If others see it, the face of the Alton family will not matter. It’s all gone.”
Cody didn't hide. He took the sword, which was neither light nor heavy, and said with a smile: "Don't you and grandpa say that no matter what the situation, saving your own life is the most important thing? I'm not yours." My opponent, of course, can only use this method, otherwise with my strength as a low-level swordsman, how can I effectively hurt you, you must know that you are a noble sky knight."
Lant raised the sword in his hand high again, but was still reluctant to put it down. He said helplessly: "When your grandfather and I talked about protecting yourself, we meant when you were outside, not during sparring. If everyone is like you, where can you protect yourself?" And the spirit of chivalry.”
Cody rubbed his nose and said nonchalantly: "I'm not a knight, I'm just a kid who's one day shy of going to the War College. Besides, even if I become an adult, I won't be a knight, I'll be a swordsman , I’m going to have adventures all over the world.”
Rant was rendered speechless by Cody's words and could only smile bitterly and shake his head, waving his hand for him to leave. It was all his fault that he told him stories about swordsmen and adventurers. What was even more helpless was that when Cody was still young, he said that he wanted to be an adventurous swordsman when he grew up. Support him, who knew this kid has remembered it for so many years and never forgotten it.
Cody shrugged his shoulders and turned to leave. He immediately turned around and stretched out a hand flatteringly: "Honorable Sky Knight, I should win this competition."
Looking at the hand stretched out in front of him, Lant took it out of his pocket with a dark face and had already prepared it. The ten gold coins that he had planned to reward Cody slapped heavily on Cody's hand. When the joyful Cody was about to walk out of the garden, he suddenly remembered and shouted loudly: "You brat, don't forget that tomorrow is the day to report to the War College. If you dare to be late, I will really interrupt you. leg."
Cody heard a bitter look on his face and agreed casually. I thought that if I persisted, my father would give up on letting me enter the Zhan Zhan Academy for further study, or he would accidentally forget it, but I didn't expect that I still couldn't escape.
I really don’t know which lunatic founded this Zhan Zhan Academy. I heard that apart from holding military books and studying every day, they just practice martial arts and military formations day and night without any freedom or entertainment. When I think about the possibility that I will go inside to study, I really regret that I didn't let my father break my legs just now, or that I want to break my legs now. Anyway, the college has regulations, and people with serious injuries can do it. Postpone registration for one year. However, Cody pinched his thigh and gave up the idea of breaking his leg after feeling too much pain. Injuring himself is not what a swordsman does, let alone hurting him so seriously, and he is not a fool for the sake of chivalry.
I still want to think about how to use these ten gold coins today to spend the last night of my own with my friends. After all, my group will all go to the damn War College tomorrow. Although the recruitment of the Zhanzheng Academy is very strict, with the ability of his Viscount father, he will definitely not be able to escape. The same goes for several other people. I really don’t know what mistakes I made in my previous life. I was born into a family of knights. What a sin.
Cody, who had already changed his clothes, didn't even have time to eat dinner. Following his mother's instructions and being chased by his seven-year-old brother, Cody left the Viscount Mansion and ran all the way to the Ironland Tavern where he had made an appointment. He ducked into the busy pub, asked the waiter about the compartment where his three friends were, and walked alone. When they arrived at the booth, they saw half a glass of beer left in front of the three of them. Cody was not polite and sat down on the empty seat, took the empty glass and took a glass of beer for himself from the barrel, and then He took a deep sip and let out a belch.
When the three people at the table saw that the person coming was Cody, they all laughed. One of them, a thinner boy, said: "Hey, Cody, we were just discussing why you didn't come yet. We thought Uncle Lant wouldn't give it." You're out."
Cody rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Everything we said has been agreed upon. This is our last free time. How could I not come? We won't belong to ourselves after tomorrow. By the way, And this." After saying that, Cody took out the ten gold coins given by his father and put them on the table. "This kind of money is not easy to come by. Fortunately, I didn't use all my strength, otherwise you would never see each other again. It’s not me anymore.”
When the three of them saw the gold coins on the table, their eyes widened and they couldn't believe it. You must know that Viscount Alton was very strict with Cody's pocket money. Usually it was difficult for Cody to take out even a silver coin. After being together for so many years, Cody basically spoiled the three of us for eating, drinking and playing. Today, he generously brought ten gold coins, which is simply unbelievable.
The skinny boy Luo Rosser exclaimed: "Cody, did you steal Uncle Lant's money box? You must know that the three of us have been saving for so long, and including the sponsorship from our parents this time, the total is only eight It’s just a little more gold coins.”
Cody made a sound and said disdainfully: "What do you know? I am not a thief and I don't know how to steal. This is the trophy I won from my father's martial arts contest." Cody then told the three of them about the martial arts contest between him and his father. Of course, the one kick that decided the outcome and the embarrassing escape after being chased became another story of a battle of wits and courage. You can't tell them about this, don't use Rosser's big mouth, tomorrow everyone in the city will know, and then you really won't be able to survive.
After hearing this, the three of them gave Cody a thumbs up, with admiration in their eyes. Although the age difference between the three of them was not much different, Cody was always stronger than the three of them. The elders in the family often praised Cody in front of them. But I really didn't expect Cody to be so powerful and be able to defeat a Sky Knight in a competition. Although the Sky Knight didn't use all his power, it was still very strong.
Keda, the big man among them, said happily: "Great, we are going to stay here all night. Originally, our money was only enough to drink beer. Now that we have Cody's money, we can order some more rum." , apart from the last time I stole half a bottle from my dad, I haven’t had a drink in a long time.”
"Yes, I haven't tasted it for a long time. I almost forgot what it tasted like."
"Also, a bottle of rum is worth one gold coin. Each of us has a bottle. There are still six coins left. We can just ask a girl to accompany us. It's so cool."
The three of them looked at Rosser with disdain and raised their middle fingers, "What's the use? It's not a waste of gold coins. If we dare to do something, we are guaranteed to be hung at the door by the elders."
Rosser squinted his eyes and smiled, and whispered: "I didn't say what I was doing, it was just drinking. Besides, we are already fourteen years old, and Cody will be fourteen tomorrow, and he will be a young master from another noble family. , we already have maids accompanying us in bed. And it’s just the four of us guys doing this for one night, isn’t it boring? I heard it’s a different feeling to have a girl drinking with you.”
"I think what Rosser said makes sense. It's really boring for us four men."
"I'm not bored, I just like the crowds and the excitement."
"I just like to make friends. People say that swordsmen need to make more friends."
