Chapter 18 - Reborn (1/2)

(mistake on last chapter now fixed Avrion Knight academy and Roland Mage academy)

Gary started crying as happiness began to overwhelm him. After all, it was his dream to become a knight. Seeing this I remembered, in the end, Gary was only five years old. Even though he often acted more mature for his age.

As Gary was walking off the stage our eyes met. He quickly rubbed his tears away and gave me a thumbs up. I had never seen him act this way before, and honestly, didn't know how to respond.

A couple more contestants took the test before me, ending in the same result as previous contenders. Gary was the only one who had passed so far.

It was my turn to step on the stage, as I walked up to take my position opposite the doll the villagers started talking.

”It's him, the cursed boy”

”Did you hear what happened to his father?”

”Does he think he can become a knight?”

Their words didn't matter to me cause right now, I only had one goal in mind. I took out my sword and held it in my hand ready.

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Wilfred and Barnado were sitting next to each other discussing the contestants of the village.

”It looks like there will only be one from this village”

Barnado said.

Just as Barnardo had said those words something seemed to catch Wilfrieds attention. It was the boy who was coming to the stage.

”The boy has red hair!” Wilfred said jumping out of his seat.

”Ah, yes and so this marks the fifth one,” Barnado said putting his hand on Wilfred's shoulder to calm him down.

Delbert was now in the rotation of assessing candidates. He didn't think much of the village or the common folk and never suspected much out of them.

When Ray had appeared on stage with his red hair, he could see Wilfred getting exited from the corner of his eye. This only infuriated Delbert more. He didn't believe in the so-called prophecy. He believed that all knights should come from a noble background, how could the hero come from a village like this.

With ray standing firm with the sword held in his hand, Delbert could see the confidence that Ray had. Upon activating the doll Delbert decided to do some tinkering. He went behind the doll and whispered.

”Level 3”

Unlike with the other contestants, the doll started to move towards Ray. As the doll quickly dashed with its wooden legs at full speed.

Wilfred stood up in his seat.

”Delbert how could he!”