She Chooses To Destroy the World

Chapter 54: Tournament (4)…

“Miss Quint?”

Alice had never been called that before, and she was completely stunned for a while, and it took a while to realize that the other party was calling her.

The young lady standing at the door was not embarrassed to see Alice’s reaction:

“Ah… No, it should be called Quinter Knight.”

Kwant Knight is the name Alice uses in formal occasions, and it is not often used in daily life. Alice smiled at her:

“You can call me Alice… don’t stand at the door, please come in and sit down and talk.”

The lady standing at the door nodded, closed the door for Alice, and sat on the only chair in the room. It can be seen from her sitting posture that this is a true noble lady. Alice asked her:

What can you do with me? ”

The young lady did not speak, but her face blushed first, and it took a while before she spoke:

“My name is Miranda, and I watched your game today…you are really good.”

Alice nodded blankly, still not knowing what she was going to say. In fact, Alice has never been very good at interacting with girls of her own age-she has never met a few girls of her age until now in her life. When I was young, the girls nearby did not play with her. Later, the girls in the pub were all older than her. Later, when she became a mercenary, she didn’t even meet any girls.

Besides, these noble girls are very different from the girls Alice knew before. Alice couldn’t guess what the girl in front of her wanted to say.

She sat on the edge of the bed and waited for her to speak. The girl named Miranda lowered her gaze and pursed her lips. Finally she mustered up her courage and said loudly to Alice:

“I want to be a knight too!”

The timid girl in front of her had nothing to do with the “knight”. Alice was a little surprised to hear her say this, and she didn’t know how to respond for a while.

“You are the only female knight I have ever seen, so I want to ask you, how did you become a knight?”

The process of Alice becoming a knight is quite complicated. She omitted those parts that are not suitable for talking to outsiders, and briefly talked about the process:

“I was originally a special mercenary in the Mercenary Guild.” She said, “The Duchess has a fancy to my abilities, so she specially invited me to West Felix to serve as a knight under her.”

Miranda widened her eyes on the other side, unable to tell whether she was surprised or disappointed:

“But you…so you…are not a relative of Duchess Felix? I thought…”

Alice understood that it was her last name that caused the young lady to misunderstand a little. This deep-bowed girl probably didn’t have any channels for information. When she saw the same surname as the Duchess on the list, she misunderstood that she was also of aristocratic origin.

Alice shook her head:

“No, I am an orphan without a surname. When the duke made me a knight, she gave me her surname before marriage.”

After listening to Alice’s explanation, Miranda’s face turned red:

“Oh, that’s it… I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay, I never thought I could become a knight.”

If there is time, Alice doesn’t mind having a few more words with this girl. But at this moment she was about to go to Philo Knight, there was nothing to say to the girl in front of her. She comforted Miranda a few words, watched her cheer up a little, and said:

“I want to go out now, and you should almost go back. If someone sees a lady like you haunting places like barracks… not so good.”

Miranda opened her mouth, as if to say that she didn’t mind. But she stood up anyway and went out of the room with Alice.

From the side of the barracks to the main hall of the castle, it takes a long way to go around, so that such a lady walks back alone, which does not seem to conform to the general rules of etiquette. If there is nothing else, Alice doesn’t mind sending her back. However, if the lady is sent back to the Philo knight, it may be too late.

She hesitated for a moment, and saw Kent next door open the door.

Alice seems to have caught the savior:

“Kent, can you help me take this lady back to the room? While it’s not too late, I want to find Knight Philo.”

If a lady is accompanied by a knight, there is nothing wrong with it. Kent looked at the beautiful lady in front of him and nodded blankly. Miranda saluted him:

“Then trouble you.”

Alice said goodbye to the two and left the castle alone to Philo Knight’s house. The maid opened the door for her and invited her in. The poor old knight faced two difficult opponents in one day. He was so tired that he didn’t even eat dinner, so he lay in bed to rest. He was stabbed in the rib by the wandering knight Bennett. Although the sword with a small ball on the tip of the sword would not actually pierce the flesh, it caused a big bruise on him.

Alice originally thought that Philo Knight would appear depressed because of failure, but the old knight actually behaved very calmly:

“I’m really old. It’s okay not to admit it. The wandering knight Bennett played very well. If I were twenty years younger, I should have enough ability to fight him and decide the outcome. But a sixty-year-old knight should no longer cling to his past glory, and should give way to the next legend.”

What he said made Alice strangely uncomfortable:

“You should not belittle yourself. In the morning battle, you consumed too much energy…”

Philo Knight shook his head:

“This is something that only elderly people will encounter, even if I am ten years younger, I won’t be like that. Even if I fight ten people in a row, I will never lose my hand due to fatigue. When this game is over, I plan to Please resign to the Duchess and go back to the capital before she dies.”

Philo Knight said this, then lowered his head, as if thinking about something:

“Old people always want to go back to the place where they were born before they die, but this is actually unnecessary, don’t you think?”

Alice heard something very bad from Philo Knight’s words, and she did not dare to answer. Fortunately, the old knight quickly changed the subject and gave her a lot of advice for tomorrow’s game:

“You don’t need to worry about Arnold.” Knight Philo said, “His swordsmanship was learned from the Knights of Plane, which means… well, rather rigid-of course I didn’t mean to disrespect Plane. He was from Yunqi Castle. The chief knight is very loyal and respectable, but his swordsmanship is terrible, and this cannot be denied.”

The Philo knight made a strange look that didn’t match his temperament at all, making Alice amused.

“But you do need to worry about Bennett.” The old knight continued. “This young man is not like Arnold. He must have experienced many special dangers in his life.”

Philo Cavaliers called Bennett a “young man”, but from Alice’s point of view, Bennett is over thirty years old, but he is actually quite old. In his career as a wandering knight for more than ten years, he probably did not fight as frequently as Alice mercenaries, but his knighthood, wandering experience and more than ten years of experience will definitely bring him something that Alice does not have. thing.

Philo Knight thought for a while, then added:

“Even if I played against him this morning when I was full of energy, I’m afraid I won’t be able to win.”

This sentence alone was enough to make Alice wary. After months of rigorous training by Philo Knights, Alice’s swordsmanship has greatly improved. But in order for her to compete with the Philo Cavaliers himself, there is actually a bit of a falsehood, let alone a match with someone who has defeated the Philo Cavaliers.

But Alice has her advantage. Her physical strength is not only far better than Philo Knight, but also better than everyone in this world. Beltach, the heroic god, may be more powerful than Cecilia, but it is absolutely impossible for him to cast all his favor on one person like Cecilia.

Alice looked at Philo Knight:

“Do you think I can win?”

“It’s difficult.” The Philo knight said honestly, “If it takes another five years, no, maybe only three years, your swordsmanship will surpass all the people I have ever seen. But now, it’s probably hard for you to win him. .”

Alice got all the information she wanted from the Philo knight, so she stopped interrupting the old knight to rest, said goodbye to him, and turned back to the castle. She has been thinking about it all the way.

Now she has entered the top three, and the Philo Knights are also among the top six. They have already scored many points. Even if they fail to win the first place in the sword fight, they may not prevent their group from winning the final victory. But after hearing the words of the old knight, Alice felt a strong desire in her heart.

She wants to win.

Tomorrow will be the game, even if it is too late to start training hard now. Alice didn’t know how she wanted to achieve her wish. However, at this moment, Cecilian’s voice rang in her ears:

“Want me to help you?”

Circelian’s voice was quite brisk, but at this moment Alice heard that it was more like the temptation of the devil than the help provided by the gods.

The rules of the game do not say that players cannot rely on the power of the gods, even if Cecilian intervenes, it is actually not considered cheating. If luck is also a part of strength, then being able to gain the favor of the gods is probably also within the category of personal ability. But Alice vaguely felt that she would lose something very important if she asked Cecilia’s help here.

So she declined:

“No, I want to come by myself.”

“It’s okay.” Cecilian’s tone remained the same, and did not become frustrated by rejection. “Whenever you need me, call my name.”

“thanks.”

Early the next morning, Alice came to the field and, together with the other two knights, decided the order of the game by drawing lots. Alice won the second and third games, which means that she can watch the two opponents first and then play against them. This is a lucky draw, I don’t know if Cecilian did anything secretly in it.

The wandering knight Bennett drew the first and second games. This is the worst combination, which means that he will not only not be able to observe the opponent’s battle in advance, but will also not have enough time to rest. But he himself doesn’t seem to mind this:

“It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter to me whether it’s in or out.”

The wandering knight appeared to be very talkative, but obviously, what he actually meant was that no matter what the result of the draw, he had enough confidence to win.

Arnold was even more taciturn. He listened to the opponent’s words and just smiled, obviously not taking the opponent’s words to heart. Just look at his eyes to know that he didn’t believe that the wandering knight had the ability to beat him.

The draw is over, the audience has come, and the first game of the finals of the sword fighting competition has begun.