Chapter 37 - A Mystery (2/2)

When I entered the stage I expected Bernardo to step forward as he had been handing out the red sashes to students so far. Instead, the knight master dressed in black had stepped forward and presented me with a black sash. I took the sash and quickly left the stage.

The sashes had finished being handed out and the celebratory meal had begun. The feast was grand, with high-quality ingredients and top dishes on the table. I had never eaten such great food before.

We sat at our table and began eating, most of us were enjoying joyous conversation apart from Gary who had seemed a bit down, until he muttered a few words out.

”Why did we receive black shashes? what does this mean?”

The table went silent as we could tell Gary was upset by this, after all, black was a strange sash colour. Nobody knew what it meant and it was hard to gauge if it was good or bad.

Gary was considered to have done the best in the test results, Myself and monk were considered some of the worst, yet we had all received a black sash.

Slyvia was the one to finally break the silence.

”I tried speaking to one of the second-year students who also wore a black sash, but he wouldn't say anything about it. He was happy to talk about other things apart from anything concerning his black sash.”

”Maybe we're special.”

Monk said. It seemed like Monk's shy nature had changed ever since he received a black sash instead of a red one. He was starting to speak more often to the group.

”There have been cases of Knights changing there ranks later on, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.” Slyvia in her own way seemed to be trying to cheer up Gary.

Gary then looked towards me seeing that we both had the same coloured sash and started to smile.

”Looks like we will be training together after all.”

I smiled back but didn't say much. I was just as concerned as Gary about what had happened. Originally I had wanted to get a low ranking sash colour. This way I would be given more free time and was away from the eyes of the Knights. In the end, I received black, a colour no one seemed to have knowledge about it.

A total of four students had received a black sash. Thirty received green. Ten received white and the rest were mixes of various colours. It was clear that black was the rarest of the colours. Out of 300 students to only allow four to receive a black sash. This was a complete mystery.