Mr. Wren’s second son, William, was only 15 years old.
He was still young, which was why he hadn’t become a knight yet and still an apprentice here. Besides, his strength was also not enough for him to become a proper knight yet.
Tak! Tak! Tak!
The wooden swords was hitting the target in front of him.
Aurora watched the young man training for a moment and she could see his seriousness and determination. It could be seen that he truly wanted to become a knight or perhaps wanted to become a noble.
The difference between a noble and commoner was really big.
Even though Aurora was a noble herself, she also knew what privilege she has over the commoner. Her starting point was already much higher than them and there were many things that she could easily do but they had to work ten or even a hundred times over in order to receive it.
It was also because of this that Aurora used her time well and even if the training from her parents were harsh, she still accepted it.
Because she knew that this privilege was not without price to pay.
As their daughter, she would be ’sold’ by her parents in political marriage. It was the duty of a noble daughter, a duty that they could not escape from.
*pant pant*
After a while, William stopped training and spotted his father standing beside a young woman dressed in exquisite and expensive dress. Just from this alone, William could guess who she is.
He quickly knelt down. "William Aster greets Miss Aurora."
"Stand up," Aurora said calmly. She looked at the young man in front of her, watching his movements carefully and saw that he knew how to give proper respect in front of the nobles. Whether it came from the heart or not, Aurora didn’t really care.
William Aster stood up and looked at Aurora carefully. The young girl was shorter than him by a head. After all, she was only 11 years old and compared to him who was already 15 years old, she was still far shorter.
His training and his growth was pretty good for a teenager.
"Apprentice Knight William, I heard from your father that you plan to become an independent knight?" Aurora asked slowly.
William was stunned and his eyes drifted to look at his father for a moment. He didn’t expect that his father would talk about him in front of Miss Aurora.
This...
Is it fine for him to say it out loud?
After all, he was in Duke White’s Residence and right now, he was originally raised to become the knight of Duke White. If he blatantly said that he was here to freeload the training resources, would he be beaten up?
William felt that this question is very difficult to answer.
Mr. Wren also felt rather helpless about this. Even though other people would open one eye and closed the other eye to him, but it was still not good to say this matter out loud. At least, it would be better to be behind the closed door.
Aurora saw his expression and chuckled. "Why do you want to become a noble?"
Seeing that Aurora didn’t pursue him to answer, William heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. The problem is that the next question was not that easy to answer.
William glanced at his father and saw him nodding his head, so William replied, "I want to be better than my father."
Mr. Wren: "..."
He silently shook his head in his heart. Even though his son blatantly said that he wanted to be better than him, he felt that it was really an annoying brat.
"Better than your father?" Aurora repeated and smiled faintly. "Do you also want to manage territory and have your own people?"
"No." William shook his head.
Not all nobles have their territory.
Many nobles only had the title and a mansion in the Capital City without proper territory. After all, it having a territory and not having one meant differently.
William didn’t have much interest to have a territory on his own.
He simply wanted to have the title to be respected by others. Because he knew very well that the difference between a noble and commoner was really big. After seeing how ordinary people were treated, William had strong obsession to become a noble.
And it was not an ordinary noble.
"Do you know how to manage a territory?" Aurora asked.
William was confused.
He clearly answered that he didn’t want to manage a territory. But hearing Aurora’s question, he still answered, "I have studied, but I’m not very good at it."
The difference in age between him and his brother was not big, so the two of them were taught together when they were young.
However, his older brother had better talent, so William didn’t persist in this study and switched to sword training.