"I went yesterday, lost." Erwin replied quietly.
"Well, you can go again today! Didn’t the doctor already examine you yesterday? You’re not hurt, you can totally challenge them again! There’s no rule that says a person can only challenge once! Huoersi is too strong, it’s okay, there are weaker knights than him. And I don’t get it, why did you choose to challenge Huoersi? If you’d picked someone else, maybe you would have passed the test by now!"
Erwin glanced back at his father then turned his face away again, replying softly: "I told you, I only go once. Lost means lost, I don’t have the face to go again."
"What are you doing?" His father stared: "You’ve trained all these years, and now you’re saying you won’t go? Are you even going to be a knight?"
"The knight title is useless. A real knight needs to be recognized by everyone, not just by being given a title from the lord. Besides, I already have a knight title."
"Where did you get a knight title?" ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novelꜰire.net
"The captain promised to give it to me."
The captain... refers to Gray. Yes, he was one of the children who charged alongside Gray as part of the Silver Moon Knight Order. Now he’s grown up.
His father got angry upon hearing this: "The captain promised you, then go get it! He’s nowhere to be found now, how can you rely on him? Without a knight title, you’re not nobility. Not a noble, no land. No land... then what’s the point of being a knight? I’ve spent so much money, hired people specially to train you, all for nothing?"
Erwin said nothing, continuing to rest his head on his arms, facing away from his father.
His father couldn’t contain himself, reaching out to tug at him.
"Get up! Get up! Do you hear me? Go beat any knight for me, quick! You can do it! If once doesn’t work, then twice, if twice doesn’t work, then three times! If three times don’t work... If three times don’t work then get lost! What use is a useless son like you?"
"If you don’t go, get lost now!"
Lying on the ground, Erwin suddenly sprang up, causing his father to fall back onto the ground.
"I’m going to wander now, be a wandering knight. Protect the weak, save the innocent. I definitely can’t beat dragons, but maybe I’ll meet a princess willing to marry me?" With hands in his pockets, Erwin walked step by step across the lawn towards home.
His father quickly got up from the ground and chased after him.
"No! You can’t leave, even if you want to leave, you have to attend the test first, leave after the test!"
"I’m just not going!"
"You unfilial son, are you trying to anger me to death? I am your father!"
"And I’m still your son, can’t you stop making things difficult for me?"
Grumbling and muttering, the father and son walked on. As they neared home, the father’s mouth was dry, unable to speak, while the son was quite at ease, clearly long accustomed to his father.
Finally, the two walked into the alley where their home was, seeing the cavalry guarding the entrance from afar.
Yes, two cavalry were stationed at the alley entrance, one of them seemed like a cavalry captain.
The two sides exchanged glances silently for a few seconds, neither spoke.
Lowering his head slightly, Erwin walked past the two cavalry.
The two cavalry continued to silently watch the father and son.
As the father and son reached their house and took out the key to open the door, the cavalry captain spoke: "Hey! Are you Mr. Alvin Schmidt?"
The father and son turned back simultaneously.
"Uh... yes, that’s me." Erwin hesitated to reply: "What’s up? Is there something wrong?"
"Duke Beisher wishes to see you, please come with me to the castle now." The cavalry captain responded.