Chapter 274: Second Knight Oath

The two immersed themselves in the joy of feeding cats, with various little cats rubbing against them all around, while a figure quietly crept up.

Jierte only felt his buttocks being rubbed a little, he didn't pay attention, just thought it was a cat rubbing him.

But when he turned around to get the cat treats they had bought, he unexpectedly found nothing behind him.

???

"Where are my cat treats?"

Jierte, dazed, scratched his head with a silly grin, and not knowing if it was an auditory hallucination, he actually heard a pleasant light laugh.

Although pleasant, Jierte's hairs instantly stood on end, and he suddenly thought of something bad.

"Feili... Feili, stop feeding, there's a ghost!"

"Huh?"

Feili looked bewildered, only seeing Jierte trembling as he looked around, as if he had indeed discovered something extraordinary.

"You didn't notice? Our cat treats are gone!"

"And! The money in my pocket is also gone!"

Only then did Feili realize something was wrong; she knew there were beings like ghosts in this world.

And such beings are notorious calamities! They possess extremely high aggressiveness!

Thinking of this, the two had no time to think further and bolted.

"Jierte! Wait for me!"

"You're not a Knight, are you!"

Due to his physique, Jierte was obviously far stronger than Feili, by who knows how many times.

Jierte stared for a moment, then reacted, turned back, hoisted Feili onto his shoulder and sprinted, fearing that a delay of even a second would let the female ghost entangle him.

Not long after the two ran off, a tiny figure slowly emerged from the corner, still holding a large bag of cat treats.

If a cat stood up, it would reach her chest; she was seen all dirty, wearing a pajama she'd had on for who knows how long, and eagerly counting the money Jierte had left after buying cat food.

Most importantly, this girl had a cat ear on her head!

"Really stupid."

She muttered, slowly squatted down, and squeezed each cat treat out to mix in the plastic bag, hesitating a bit when she got to the last one.

Her dirty little hand tore open the package, stuck out her tongue and licked it; the rich aroma spread in her mouth and lingered for a long time.

"So delicious..."

"Just a bit bland."

"After this incident, you have a psychological shadow of the female ghost, becoming very timid, even a slightly bigger disturbance will bother you."

"This also makes your aunt very helpless; she has a fine nephew, yet you come back all timid."

"To address your courage issue, your aunt decided she needs to hire a powerful teacher for you!"

"A powerful Minotaur!"

"Jierte, this is your martial arts teacher."

"He will be responsible for training you until you can fulfill the Second Knight Oath."

Looking at the Minotaur before him, who was four times his height, Jierte trembled, yet he heard a familiar term.

Knight's Oath.

Since knowing the first 【clause】, no matter how he inquired, no one was willing to tell him.

Jierte only remembered what his aunt had said to him.

"Words have power, and so does the Knight's Oath of our Gordon Family; observing the oath makes us ever stronger."

"But knowing it in advance is not good for you."

And now, do I finally have the qualification to know the Second Knight Oath?

Seeing the anticipation in Jierte's eyes, his aunt smiled at him and lightly nodded.

"I think you need to, and you are qualified to know the Second Knight Oath."

"That is: fear no mighty authority."

"Strong means great strength; power means authority."

"Put together, it means not fearing enemies who are strong in strength nor enemies who hold great power."

"No one can shake a Knight's will! Not even the king of this Empire!"

"These are what Jierte's Minotaur teacher told him, and after getting along, Jierte gradually stopped fearing this teacher with dark fur."

"Actually, it is very gentle, even more patient than your aunt, with propriety, and does not match your impression of the Minotaur race as wholly barbaric."

"And his teaching is not violent; he began training your courage and will, although they are merely small exercises suited to your body, but it must be said, they are indeed useful."

"You constantly keep the Second Oath in mind, and at the same time you find that when you observe the oath, your physique and thinking speed become stronger; you begin to trust more and more the influence of the Knight's Oath on you, and it truly has power!"

"Seven years old: your body begins to enter the growth period, with nutrition keeping up, your physique is also quite good, causing you to be taller than peers by more than a head."

"But this applies only to the body; you still look somewhat foolish, so you are sometimes called a big idiot, though you don't mind, and the reason you don't mind is that you fundamentally don't understand the worth of the term 'big idiot'....."

"You occasionally see your two sisters, wearing silver-white armor, wielding heavy blades, already qualified Knights; you admire them greatly and have doubled your efforts."

"Besides, Feili often pulls you out to play; after that previous incident, that place became her forbidden zone, and only when you are there does she dare to go back and take a look."

"But strangely, the group of fat cats they raised have all vanished; you and Feili have gone there several times, yet you can only see a few cat hairs."

"Even more horrifying is that each time, some money ends up in your pockets, and at the same time some small snacks appear there; although you can sense no malice from the other party, this creepy phenomenon still drives you away from that place."

"As a descendant of the Gordon Family, you have also reached the age to attend some public gatherings; although you have tried your best to observe the etiquette taught by your aunt, your appearance still gives away many clues to people."

"Although others never said it outright, you still sensed some mockery and sarcasm."

""This child is indeed suited to be a Knight." This was said by a finely dressed old lady, both openly and implicitly mocking Knights, which made you feel very upset, but there's nothing to be done."

"The Knightly families have always been objects of exclusion by other nobles in the Empire, especially the Gordon Family, which upholds integrity and justice as its ancestral teaching; there is such a time bomb placed at one's buttocks, and whoever gets it thinks of discarding it."

Your aunt is neither humble nor arrogant, praised your stubbornness, and hinted to the other party that you will be the next most just person of the Gordon Family.

Only those hit by a thrown stone will cry out; a single sentence made the other's face turn deathly pale, the other party hastily left after saying there was something at home, looking flustered, likely went to check the accounts or something like that.

You greatly admire your aunt, but you don't understand why the other party left in a hurry, only thinking that your aunt's domineering aura intimidated them!

"My aunt is really awesome!"