Mount and Blade

"These two children are Hanks and Baziso. The future of the Flame Dragon Knights is guaranteed." General Kirstin said with satisfaction.

Grunberudo looked at the two children in front of him and thought: I thought they were two very strong children. Can such thin children really become qualified knights? But since it is Kirstin's order, let's give it a try.

"I see. From today on, I will train you." Grunberudo's voice was serious and firm, "If you don't want to suffer, you can leave now."

Green and Baziso looked at each other, gritted their teeth, and said in unison: "We are willing to accept training!"

"Very good." Grunberudo nodded, "Then let me see your determination. See you at the training ground tomorrow morning." After that, he turned and left, leaving Green and Baziso who had just mustered up their courage.

"Hahaha, my adopted son is a stubborn and old-fashioned guy."

"But he is very powerful. When he was 18 years old, he killed a tiger from Kusha alone with the help of Shicker and Edward."

"You will become excellent knights in the future if you train well with him." General Kirstin said proudly.

After hearing this, Green and Baziso couldn't help but admire Gurenberudo.

"We will definitely work hard!" Green said firmly.

"Well, I believe in you." General Kirstin patted their shoulders, "Go and rest, take care of your body, and there will be hard training waiting for you tomorrow."

Green and Baziso nodded, and then left the room. Baziso was still recalling Gurenberudo's amazing and terrifying tall body, with blazing flames in his eyes, as if he had secretly made some kind of determination.

Green was also searching for information about the Fire Dragon Knight in his mind. He only remembered that Jiang Yue mentioned it once. It was a member of the so-called New Eagle Corps a few years after Griffith's sacrifice.

Is he an apostle now? Green didn't understand. That terrifying height was beyond the range of normal people.

Hickel and Edward had gone to do other things. Green and Baziso returned to their rooms. They had lost a lot of weight due to what they had experienced in the past few months.

Baziso was fine. The fat-wrapped muscles left by obesity were all exposed. He had no fat at all and looked like a pretty strong guy.

Especially Green. Even his muscles had shrunk due to malnutrition and overwork. He looked skinny and small, just like a spirited guy who was as thin as a reed stick in his previous life - there was not a pound of meat on his body.

Since the children were basically skinny after being tortured, the children who were willing to stay and join the army now had three meals a day, with milk, eggs, fish and meat.

Since Grant's navy failed, even fishing boats and villages along the stream rarely caught fish. Meat really became more and more precious and rare.

At noon, Green had his meal. The adequate nutrition made his body recover little by little, but the child's body always felt hungry, even though the "Dragon's Nest" provided a meal of two kilograms of food.

The eyeballs on his neck were moving restlessly under the skin. Green knew that this was Kadi asking him to do something.

"I'll go out for a while, Baziso."

"Okay, boss." Baziso responded. Since Green changed his identity to Hanks, calling him boss became more and more popular.

Green walked out the door and came to a remote corner. The magic eye on his neck opened, and Kadi's voice sounded in his mind: "Green, I need you to investigate all the information about the Fire Dragon Knight."

"Yeah." Green whispered to himself. The sandworm would transmit the information back completely according to the vibration frequency of the vocal cords.

"How is it going?"

"We have entered the Fire Dragon's Nest. Everything is going smoothly as you expected." Green responded boredly. He was thinking about tomorrow's training and the problem that he didn't seem to have eaten enough.

"Very good, you try to find an opportunity to investigate the layout of the Fire Dragon's Nest. If Grant's matter succeeds this time, I can slightly satisfy one of your wishes." Kadi is very accustomed to using coercion and inducement to win people's hearts.

"Well, it's better to let your daughter warm my bed." Green took an oatmeal bread from the space and said incoherently. He was really starving to death after hiding it for the past few months.

After all, he still understood the principle that a man is innocent but guilty of possessing a treasure.

"...What did you say?" Kadi didn't hear what Green was talking about at all. He only heard the topic of a woman warming the bed.

It's not a good sign to be so precocious at such a young age.

"...It's okay." Green chose to fill his stomach first before thinking about the future. It's not like Kady had been telling him a lot of things. If he really heard it, it would be terrible.

"Eat more and think less about things that are not suitable for children. It's too early for you to do that kind of thing between adults. Just leave it like that. Report to me if there is any new situation." Kady didn't realize who Green was targeting. After a simple advice, he went to do other things.

"...Ahem." Green felt that he was choked by the bread. He just wanted a simple hug. Hey, this body is obviously just a little kid. What can he do? Really, who would be as dirty as you think...

Green couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Although some bastions are combined with towns, the walls of "Fire Dragon's Nest" are not places where ordinary people can enter and exit at will. Green only walked around the bastions and streets of "Fire Dragon's Nest" in a day.

The coins here are not circulated between the mainland and the mainland. There are always folk music of bagpipes and harps in the tavern, the sound of iron forging in the blacksmith shop, the sound of saws pulled by carpenters in the leather factory and sawing wood, and wild dogs and domestic pheasants barking on the roadside.

Unlike the mainland that once ravaged the Black Death, the simple Grant even has public baths open. I don't know if it is because of the proximity to the volcano, there are also many hot springs in the nearby mountain villages.

As the sun sets, the afterglow sprinkles on the streets of "Fire Dragon's Nest", adding a touch of warm color to this place full of life.

Green dragged his tired body and walked back slowly. A day of exploration gave him a preliminary understanding of "Fire Dragon's Nest", but it was far from enough.

Back in the room, Baziso was lying on the bed to rest.

"How is it, Boss, did you get anything today?" Baziso asked.

Green shook his head: "It will take time, this place is more complicated than expected."

"...Really." Baziso paused, "We are now quite free, Boss, do you really want to continue working for that guy?"

"......" Green remained silent.

He did not expect the current situation to develop into this situation. He thought that the netherworld thing that only appeared in the later period could be driven freely so early.

"I can't answer this question, but if there is a chance, I will let you escape from their control." Green only chose a compromise statement, after all, no one knows whether Kadi will suddenly use sandworms to monitor himself.

After listening to Green's words, the glimmer of hope that just flashed in Baziso's eyes quickly dimmed, "Of course I believe you, Boss, I just don't want you to be like this..."

...Being ordered around for life.

Green patted Baziso's shoulder and interrupted the conversation, because the wriggling of the magic eye on his neck made him a little alert.

"Don't think too much, go to sleep first, we don't know what tomorrow's training will be like.

.........

At night, Green and Baziso lay in their respective beds, tossing and turning.

"Tomorrow's training will start, will you feel scared? Baziso."

"A little, but I am more looking forward to becoming stronger." Baziso clenched his fists, and the tall figure and mighty image of Gurenbeluo lingered in his mind.

Even though he grew up listening to the story of Moonlight Knight as a child, he never worshipped from the bottom of his heart, but he had a deep yearning and admiration for Gurenbeluo.

"Me too, we can do it." Green said firmly.

The two were silent for a while, and then laughed at the same time.

"Come on!" They encouraged each other and fell asleep.