Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 199 The Undefeated Hero

“Hero, he is completely illiterate.”

After presenting this shocking fact, the old knight glanced at the princess watching the fight before continuing.

"Unlike the perfect knight in the propaganda, who is both literate and skilled in martial arts, and gentle and refined, Lord Hero Rex is actually not very bright. He is not only illiterate, but also doesn't read books. In fact, he knows nothing about anything except swords."

Kahn was an old knight who watched the princess grow up, and he never actually said these things to her. The queen deliberately concealed all records about the hero from him.

The others also cooperated by idealizing the hero. Everyone could understand the queen's actions; after all, giving a child a perfect father figure is good for her development.
"Like the heroine Lena, he came from an ordinary village, but unlike the diligent, learned, and refined Lena, he even looked down on and disliked scholars and etiquette. He often entered and left the palace wearing a tattered vest and wooden clogs."

The old knight tried to be tactful, but the image of an uneducated street urchin was already vividly portrayed.

He was actually a little hesitant, but considering the delicate relationship between Rean and the princess, perhaps he should speak up.

After all, the hero was cursed, and news of him was destined to disappear with the passage of time.

When he and his fellow old folks die, no one will know what kind of person he really was.

Was he really the perfect hero in those stories and classics? No, he was completely different.

"He has a very impatient personality, does whatever comes to mind, and is very proactive, but he can't concentrate on reading; he falls asleep as soon as he starts reading."

People always slander her, saying she's not the hero's child, but isn't her irritable and impatient nature, which makes her completely unable to concentrate on studying, exactly the same?!
Yes, although Dania is a spellcaster, her academic performance has always been rather poor; she simply uses her high intelligence to force herself to memorize things.

Royal knights like the old knight had seen many tutors driven away by the princess, and even Her Majesty the Queen herself, who would come and hit people with a scepter (stick).

His mischievous nature, especially as a child, was exactly like that of a hero.

Upon hearing the old knight's words, Rean fell silent. This heroic spirit was extraordinary, truly extraordinary.

Li Ensu has always been a top student; otherwise, he wouldn't have passed the civil service exam so easily. Kuku isn't stupid either, and Suer, despite his seemingly rough appearance, is well-versed in legal statutes. As for the snake, well, these heroic spirits all understand and respect knowledge, and in a sense, they can be described as "inner beauty."

Knowledge itself is nothing special, but having a knowledge base enables one to make rational and correct decisions.

If the hero is completely ignorant and incompetent, how can he make a choice? Is he a prodigy who is naturally gifted in understanding human affairs, or is he simply acting recklessly based on intuition?
"I'm not saying the hero is bad; quite the opposite, in fact. He's extremely skilled with the sword and on the battlefield. He always seems to know where the key lies, and his courage puts him at the forefront. He never knows fear."

In the old knight's hopeful gaze, he recalled that the hero seemed to have exceptional intuition.

He always has the ability to see the crux of a problem at a glance and instinctively sense whether a person is good or bad; his talent is quite extraordinary.

"Hey, you guys, working so hard, you probably don't make much money in a year, right?"

"Hey, hey, hey, why are you glaring at me? I'm just telling the truth."

"Why don't you come work for me?"

"Money, honor, beauties, you'll have everything you could want. Follow me, and I'll give you it all! Not to mention anything else, there's plenty of money and plenty of spoils, so you can be wealthy landlords when you retire!"

In a kingdom and palace of knights who revered honor and etiquette, the sudden appearance of a bandit naturally brought many storms.

But when he recalled the past, the old knight was filled with nostalgia and sighs.

"The hero's sword flies forward without hesitation. He may not be a good person, but he is a true hero."

That was about it for the conversation. Mentioning specifics—like taking knights to the red-light district, running a casino within the knightly order, beating up the duke's son while drunk, demolishing half the duke's mansion, and suddenly disappearing from the military camp to pick up girls in a nearby village—seemed rather inappropriate. The more the old knight recalled, the more sweaty he became. The hero he remembered hadn't really done anything good, which explained the queen's consistently negative attitude towards him.

However, when he recalled him, the old knight felt warmth and peace in his heart.

"Whenever I see his back, I feel inexplicably at ease, and I can't imagine how I could lose."

"In short, he was a perfect hero and a peerless sword. But if he lived in the present, he would most likely be a bastard father who would always suddenly disappear to go off and have fun."

The next moment, he shook his head. If Lex could wait until Dania was born and watch his lovely little daughter settle down and become a doting, silly dad, it wouldn't seem out of place at all.

But it's pointless to talk about these things now. The country is almost finished. The Queen and the Princess have had a very hard time these past few years, especially the Princess. She hasn't asked about the Hero's story much these past few years, probably because she learned about some of the bastard things he did back then from other places.

"I heard that he and the Queen's sister... uh, I shouldn't say that." Some things are better left unsaid, but the Knight Commander felt it was better to take them to the grave.

When Dania looked over inexplicably, Knight Kahn knew that things were about to get to the point. He was worried that the young man would ask the hero what he had done, since he himself had done a lot of bastard things with the hero back then.

"But everyone did it back then."

In fact, at a certain stage, the Royal Knights were more obedient to the hero's orders than the royal family, who hid behind the scenes.

At first, everyone disliked this "uneducated country bumpkin," and many even mocked him.

In the end, everyone gathered around the sword and happily joined in the madness with that man.

Back then, no one would have believed that the kingdom led by this hero would suffer defeat.

It seems that as long as he's around, victory is destined to follow victory after victory.

Standing behind that person's back, there is an irresistible sense of security.

He is the embodiment of invincibility, the strongest and most persistent embodiment of victory.

If it weren't for the dragon disaster, the kingdom would probably already be an empire, and Princess Dania would be a true princess, with nothing to worry about.
"The princess is a person with a hard life. The queen doesn't spend much time with her. She played with knights when she was young. She has a rather quick temper. If possible, please be more accommodating to her."

The old knight from the palace, seeing the princess approaching, hurriedly ended the conversation.

"Oh, so this is how they see Lex. Their fan filter is too thick." Snake became even more gloating at this moment.

Rean ignored him and prepared to attend to his own business, but the snake uttered a vicious word.

"He's a complete scumbag. Ha, if you don't believe me, why don't you ask this guy if Dania is Lex's only child with the royal family?"

Rean was stunned. Lex had other descendants? Or were they from other members of the royal family?

He asked the question instinctively, and the old knight's expression immediately changed.

"Where did you hear that! It's all rumors! There is no second princess, no illegitimate daughter! This is pure fabrication slandering the royal family and the hero!"

Okay, but your performance has already proven that this is true.

(End of this chapter)