Blue Sword

"To your mother!" adult Mia yelled.

"Who taught you to use bad words!" Ask was furious.

"You!" adult Mia shouted.

Ask:………………

"I told you it wasn't me!" Aske became furious, "I don't care who taught you the dirty words, and I don't care whether they deceived your heart or your body. In short, you can find whoever did it yourself!"

"Do you think I don't want to?" Mia was so angry that she burst into tears, "Run away! You just ran away! Mi'er and I have been waiting for you for so many years..."

Such a big and beautiful girl, but like a little girl who has not grown up, cried so hard that the Banshee King felt helpless and intolerable, so he floated over to wipe her tears.

As a result, the others rolled their eyes - you didn't come to the rescue when we were beaten by her just now, but now you come out to comfort her when she bursts into tears? Which side are you on?

"Are you, Mi'er?" The adult Mia was slightly startled and sobbed, "No, you are Minerva..."

"It's me." The Banshee King said softly. She actually didn't know Mia, but she knew that Mi'er knew her.

"Minerva, let me tell you." Then the adult Mia stopped crying, wiped away her tears vigorously, and said seriously, "Please tell Mi'er. And Mia..."

She waved to little Mia, who looked at Asike hesitantly, and only walked over cautiously after seeing that he didn't stop her.

"Asker can't be trusted." The adult Mia whispered, as if to explain the aftermath, "He is just a scumbag, don't put any thoughts on him."

"Except for Mia, no one else in the team can be trusted. They all have their own thoughts and calculations, and they are not on the same page as Asik... and us."

"In short, Mia, the only one you can trust is Mi'er, Mi'er... the only one you can trust is Mia. You two must cooperate sincerely, and..."

She hesitated for a moment (the tangled expression of hesitating to speak seemed to be carved from the same mold as little Mia), and said in her heart:

"Minerva, tell Honey."

"We must prevent Ask from going back."

After saying that, she suddenly activated her spirituality, cut off the connection with the ability of the ectoplasm tree, and disappeared from the spot.

Everyone:………………

To be honest, this "Mia from the parallel world" is not very difficult to fight. On the one hand, she had no intention of killing Aske himself, and on the other hand, although she did want to kill other people, no one was more seriously injured except Sheila who was stabbed.

However, the few words she has said since her debut have created a deep crack in the unreserved mutual trust within the Blue Sword Mercenary Group.

"Asker..." After a long silence, Nora spoke first.

"Oh, you don't need to explain." Ask said with a smile, "I won't take her words seriously."

"You have to know that in ten thousand parallel worlds, there are ten thousand Blue Sword mercenary groups. Maybe in that parallel world, Ask is a shameful scumbag, and Eleanor, Nora and Sheila are evil The betrayer, and Mia is the innocent victim, who can be sure that such a world does not exist?"

"But even so, that's not the reason why we doubt each other or even be wary of each other now. You know we didn't know each other from the beginning, why can we trust each other now? It was during battle after battle. The deep friendship cultivated by each other cannot be easily shaken or even hurt by someone casually saying a few words."

"But..." Eleanor came over and said, her voice trembling, "Asker, there is no need to comfort us now. I just want to know, do you really have no doubts about us at all about what she accused?"

"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?" Ask asked haha.

"Of course it's the truth," Eleanor said seriously.

"Nothing is 100% perfect in this world. Of course I can't make a conclusion. I trust you 100%." ​​Asik said frankly, "Just based on my current past memories and my understanding of you, I don’t believe you would betray me.”

"Really?" Eleanor stared at him silently, as if she was making a difficult decision.

Then she knelt down on one knee in front of Ask, and the light stream of will in her hand turned into a long sword and was inserted into the soil under her feet:

"Your Excellency Aske Lepios Achilles." Eleanor lowered her head, gazed at his toes, and said solemnly, "You accepted me in Constantinople and taught me the skills of war. Guide me in the direction of my life. I owe you this kindness and have nothing to repay. I can only devote the rest of my life to you."

"I am Eleanor Maria von Weisbach. I swear in the name of God and my family to dedicate my body and soul without reservation. I will serve as your knight and your sword. , your shield; to do my best to guard your safety, your glory, your will; from this moment of my oath until the end of my life and soul."

"If I violate this oath, regardless of my motives, I will be shattered into pieces, thrown into purgatory, and suffer eternal pain."

She said it extremely solemnly and seriously, while Ask looked at her swearing in confusion, his expression gradually becoming confused:

ha?

"At this time, you should draw out your sword, tap her shoulder three times, and complete the knight canonization ceremony." Seeing him stunned, Sheila reminded him carefully.

"Wait a minute." Asik finally came to his senses, "Why are you doing this?"

"If I become your knight," Eleanor explained in a low voice, "my relationship with you will be witnessed by God, and I will never be able to betray you again."

Ask:………………

I won’t talk about God’s testimony. If you, Eleanor, are an upright character who will abide by your oath, then even if you don't take this oath, of course I am still willing to leave my back to you.

If you are a despicable and shameless person, then even if you swear by God and your name, I dare not give you any trust!

So does this knight's oath really have any substantive meaning?

Asker was struggling here, but Eleanor still kept kneeling on one knee, standing with her sword, waiting for the canonization, so the atmosphere gradually became awkward.

Nora, who was stunned next to her, also reacted. She had read Asker's memories and knew that the traditional culture of the Kingdom of Dragon was very different from that of Shinra:

For the Frankish knights with religious complexes, swearing by God, their family, and their own souls is the most severe and extreme oath that can never be broken—even far better than a soul contract bound by extraordinary power.

However, in the Kingdom of Dragon, the oath is closer to the meaning of a curse. They do not believe in the existence of an omnipotent subjective consciousness that oversees such oaths and punishes those who break them, and therefore do not value the oath itself so much.

In short, these two people did not communicate on the same channel at all. Out of consideration for her best friend, Nora quietly reminded Asker in the spiritual communication:

"Don't worry about whether it's useful or not. Ellie just wants to feel at ease. Please cooperate quickly!"

These words reminded Asik, so he pulled out the sword from the void, patted Eleanor's shoulder three times, and said:

"Ahem, I declare your oath valid."

"You should announce, 'Accept me as your knight.'" Eleanor felt helpless and couldn't help but remind her in a low voice.

"Oh." Ask quickly corrected his posture and patted her shoulder a few times again, "I declare that I accept you as my knight, Eleanor."

The corners of Eleanor's mouth drooped, revealing a depressed smile, and her mood was extremely depressed. It was like a proposal ceremony that I had prepared for a long time, only to get a casual "Okay" from the other party.

Although the ceremony was concluded successfully, and the two of them could be considered to have become closer through the conclusion of the ceremony, what was this subtle frustration of not being taken seriously?

I want to cry……

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