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But just when she had given up hope and closed her eyes to wait for death, there was a commotion in the crowd nearby. Then, someone grabbed her hand and took her away from the beating, saving her life.

She opened her eyes curiously and looked at the person who was leading her forward. He was a boy a few years older than her, with a thin but handsome face, short red hair, and a bright smile that symbolized hope.

"Who are you? Why did you save me?"

"Me? My name is Arthur! I'm the leader of the local street kids, and I'm also a knight! As a knight, it's only natural for me to save the beautiful girl!"

Knight?

You're a street kid like me, but you want to become a knight?

Aren’t the so-called knights all of noble blood and need to be canonized by the king?

"What about you? Descendant of the northern barbarians, what's your name?"

me?

"My name is, Altria!"

"Altria? Very good, from today on, you are a member of our Knights!"

The knight named Altria will always remember that day.

Because it was on that day that she became a knight, a real knight!

……

In the snowy forest, a girl from Altria, wearing a tattered cloak, stood on a tree, looking intently into the distance.

A group of children in ragged clothes gathered at the cave, lighting a fire with the leaves they had collected, and fanning the smoke from the flames with their ragged clothes, pouring all of it into the cave opposite. Disturbed by the smoke, there was a sudden noise in the cave. Seeing this, Arthur, the leader of the children, shouted:

"Hurry up, it's coming out!"

A gray bear ran out of the cave with a roar. It was supposed to hibernate in winter, but it was awakened by the choking smoke. It rushed out of the cave in anger, wanting to see what fool had disturbed its sleep.

Seeing the bear rushing out of the cave, the children fled in all directions. Arthur, the leader of the children, waved his tattered clothes and shouted:

"Come and chase me, you idiot!"

The bear was furious because his hibernation was disturbed, and now seeing a child dare to provoke him, he wanted to run towards him angrily. However, after taking only two steps, he suddenly felt empty under his feet, and the whole bear seemed to float.

It turned out that before the children set fire to lure the bear out, they had prepared a number of traps in the snow around them. They would wait for the bear to run out of the cave and then lure it into the traps. The children also placed many wooden spikes in the traps. When the bear fell into the traps, the wooden spikes immediately pierced its stomach. After wailing for a while, it died silently in the cave.

"We won, we won!"

Looking at the bear's body in the trap, Arthur shouted!

Then, the surrounding children gathered around the trap and cheered. Only Artoria, who was high up, was still looking around vigilantly, carefully guarding against wild animals and hunters that might be attracted by the movement just now.

After seeing that the bear was dead and its body had been carried out by everyone, the girl named Altria carefully climbed down from the tree and looked at the bear's body and said:

"With such a big bear, we can survive this winter. Also, we have to carefully peel off the bear's skin, which is a good thing to keep warm."

Hearing Altria's suggestion, the children all agreed.

Then, Altria looked towards the cave again and said:

"Also, this cave was just smoked, and only a bear escaped. I don't think there are any ferocious beasts or poisonous insects in it. In this case, let's use this place as our base from now on! Although the cave is a bit cold, it's better than having no place to live."

The group of street children nodded when they heard Altria's suggestion, and the boy named Arthur gave a thumbs up and said:

"Altria, you are so amazing! You don't look like a knight at all, but more like a king!"

At this point, Arthur said:

"Oh, that's right. When I make great achievements on the battlefield and become a knight, you will become my king! As a knight, the one I want to be loyal to the most is a king like you who can lead us to have enough food!"

"But I still hope that I can become a knight like you, Arthur." Altria said shyly.

"Hahaha, Artoria, stop joking. How can a girl like you be a knight?" Arthur laughed heartily:

"Besides, what's wrong with being a king? There's endless bread, endless wine, and a large group of knights following you no matter what you do. It's both majestic and respectable! And, no matter how brave a knight is, he still needs the leadership of a king to achieve victory!"

"For example, I can only steal things. But you, Altria, can take us hunting and teach us how to dig traps so that we can eat meat in the winter. This is much better than simply rushing forward!"

Yes, we need a king, a king who can provide us with enough food!

This is the simplest pursuit of the lowest class of people in this era.

At that time, Artoria was acting as a military advisor among a group of street children. Relying on the hunting skills she learned in the barbarian tribe, everyone's life gradually became better.

At that time, Arthur wanted to join the army when he grew up, obtain the king's canonization through military merit, and become the Knight of the Ear praised by the bards.

At that time, Altria wanted to become a servant in a noble family. Through her own efforts, she became the head maid and became one of the few decent women in society at that time.

Under the cold winter night sky, the street children looked at the bright stars in the sky and imagined their future and dreams. Some children said they wanted to be priests, some said they would like to be hunters, and some said they wanted to be bakers because they would have endless bread to eat and there would be no sand or sawdust in the bread.

Then, everyone will know that dreams are like stars.

You can see it, but you can't touch it at all.

That day, on that mountain, in that snow, a group of uninvited guests suddenly broke in.

"Oh no! Oh no! The nobles and their knights are coming to kill us!"

Little John rushed into the cave and shouted to the children. He was calm when he saw the bear, but now his face was full of panic. It was because he saw a monster that was more terrifying than the bear. That monster was called a noble!

At certain seasons each year, the nobles in the castle would ride on tall horses, dressed in silk and satin, and go hunting in the surrounding woodlands with countless knights and guards.

They called this originally uninhabited forest their own territory, and any hunter who dared to hunt in it would be brutally executed by the nobles. If the nobles really saw the existence of the vagrants, they would definitely be very excited, because they would start the bloodiest hunting activity, hunting humans!

"Everyone, take the food and scatter in all directions!" said Arthur.

The children took their harvests from the forest and began to flee to the surrounding areas of the forest. Soon, the hunting nobles saw these vagrants fleeing in the mountains and forests. Compared with the wild beasts hiding in winter, hunting these vagrants was undoubtedly a more interesting game.

Thus, one by one, homeless children were killed in the hunting of the nobles, and the children's tender blood dyed the pure snow red, as if the tears of heaven were sprinkled on the earth.

The nobles showed their barbaric side wantonly in the forest, harvesting lives one after another with bows and arrows, and no one thought there was anything wrong with this, because the lives of nobles were nobler than those of commoners. Not to mention that the street children were not even commoners, their status was no different from that of livestock, even lower than that of slaves.

Among these fleeing children, naturally, was Artoria.

Among all the street children, she was the youngest and the weakest. Fortunately, she could climb trees, so she chose to hide in the trees to avoid the pursuit of the nobles. However, she could hide from wild beasts in the trees, but not from the clever nobles. Then a young noble boy raised his head, as if he had noticed something moving in the tree, which made Altria's heart rise to her throat.

At this critical moment, the voice of a young boy was heard from the side.

"You stupid nobles, come and chase me! Fools, idiots, idiots..."

In the distance, Arthur was seen waving his ragged clothes in the snow, wantonly provoking the nobles who were hunting, which naturally attracted everyone's attention. Seeing all the nobles chasing Arthur, Altria first breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to worry about Arthur.

After that, Altria stayed on the tree for a whole day before she carefully climbed down from the tree. Returning to the cave, Altria found that of the thirteen street children, including herself, only herself, Little John, and Arthur were left.

"Damn it!"

Although Arthur risked his life to attract the nobles' attention in the snow, and was seriously injured and had many cuts on his body, his efforts could not save the lives of his companions. Under the pursuit of the nobles, ten young street children died.

But in response, Altria remained calm, Little John also remained calm, and even Arthur quickly calmed down after his roar.

Because the homeless children have experienced such things more than once, they have long been used to it.

Then, winter was over.

After the spring, Arthur chose to join the local noble army for his dream. Yes, the noble army that had massacred his companions. It was not that he gave up his hatred, but in this era, the lowly vagrants had no intention of taking revenge on the nobles. In their view, being killed by a noble was just their bad luck, and had nothing to do with the nobles.

With Arthur was little John, who was also a teenager.

And Altria chose to go to the noble lord's manor, wanting to become his maid.

Altria knew that as a descendant of a barbarian, it was very unlikely for her to become a maid. And even if she became a maid, she would probably only do the most menial jobs, such as washing clothes, tidying stables, and cleaning toilets. And it was very likely that she would be defiled by the nobles when she grew up.

But Altria was mentally prepared for this. After all, being a lowly maid was the only stable and well-fed job she could get in this era.

With a tiny hope, Altria walked into the noble's manor. Then, she succeeded.

"Oh, a girl from the barbarian tribe? Looking at the golden hair, her bloodline is very pure! Very good! From today on, you will be my son's swordsmanship sparring partner. Even if a barbarian servant is beaten to death, it will not damage the reputation of our family."

Seeing Altria's hair, the noble master seemed to have discovered a treasure. Altria never expected that her blonde hair, which had always been hated by others, would become an advantage. So under the arrangement of the master, she became his son's swordsmanship sparring partner. In addition to washing clothes and sweeping the floor, her daily tasks were to practice swordsmanship with the noble young master.

Obviously, this was a dangerous job. When the noble young master saw his hair color, the hatred that the Celts had for the Anglo-Saxons surged out uncontrollably. Facing the young Altria, the young master seemed to see an irreconcilable enemy. On the first day of sword training, Altria was beaten to the point of vomiting.

Chapter 195: The Road to the Knight King - Part

In the following years, Altria did hard manual labor like other maids, and also practiced swordsmanship with the arrogant young master. She had various scars on her face from time to time, and almost all parts of her body were hit by the young master's sword.

Not only that, the young master's father, the old master, looked at the growing Altria with a desire to conquer her. Altria knew that the master wanted to sleep with her, just like many other beautiful maids in the castle.

If people in the future see Altria's life, they will definitely think Altria lives in hell, just like many people think Matou Sakura's life is hell. But what is unimaginable is that Altria thinks her life is good.

After all, here, she could still have enough food to eat, sleep in a warm stable, and have a place to stay. And all she had to pay was the young master's beatings from time to time and the old master's increasingly wanton coveting. Compared to most street children of this era, she was much luckier.

It was also during her work as a maid that Altria saw the true wealth of this world.

As his master, Duke of Gorrath is an important minister of King Uther of Britain. The duchy he governs is vast and his family has countless wealth.

Altria remembered that Duke Goroas spent thousands of gold pounds on a banquet.

The food for the banquet included a giant sugar sculpture carved into the shape of an angel, 200 chickens, 300 ducks, 1000 eggs, 3 fresh reindeers, 10 tender roast suckling pigs, 30 plates of lobsters and eels, and a peacock to show off wealth, etc. As for bread, fruits, vegetables, etc., there were countless. There were 30 chefs responsible for handling the food alone, and the number of dishes that needed to be cleaned after the banquet exceeded .

Of course, all of the above was just a small part of the banquet expenses. In order to show off his wealth and status to the guests, Duke Goroas even spent a lot of money to buy a mummy from Egypt, grind the mummy into powder and add it to the guests' red wine. The price of this mummy alone was more than 600 gold pounds.

Altria knew that an ordinary family could live on 10 gold pounds for a year. And an ordinary banquet of the nobles would cost the same as the annual expenses of 60 ordinary families. And Duke Goroas would hold such banquets almost every month.

Even though Britain was in turmoil at that time, even though the barbarians in the north were on guard for war, and even though the people under their rule were displaced, the lives of the British nobles were still so leisurely, elegant and wealthy, which surprised Altria at the time and made her hands almost numb from washing dishes.

It was then that she had a doubt.

These nobles are so rich, why don't they share some of their money with the poor?

At that time, Altria did not understand why the noble lord would rather spend 600 gold pounds to buy a disgusting mummy to enhance his sexual performance than to share a little money with the poor. She just instinctively felt that the world should not be like this.

Time passed slowly, and Altria had become a 14-year-old girl.

She has beautiful long golden hair and emerald green eyes as pure as gems. Her body has become healthy and upright due to long-term training, and she has a gentle and virtuous temperament due to her long life as a maid.

In the manor of Duke Goroas, she was recognized as a beauty, but she did not have as many followers as other girls of the same age. This was because everyone knew that the girl named Altria had been reserved by Duke Goroas.

As an important minister under King Uther, Duke Gorras is at the peak of his power in Britain. He is the god of all servants and tenants in the dukedom, and no one can compete with him for what he wants.

After learning about Duke Goroas's interest in Altria, no boy dared to stay around Altria. It was not because the boys did not have the courage to sacrifice themselves for love, but because they also had parents and families, and they would not put their families in danger for their personal love.

Therefore, under the covetousness of Duke Goroas, Altria spent a lonely childhood. According to the fate of normal girls in this era, Altria would become a toy for Duke Goroas to vent his desires, and only after Duke Goroas got tired of playing with her would she be eligible to be pursued by others. But it is conceivable that after losing the most important thing for a girl, Altria's marriage would never be happy, and her life would inevitably be bleak.

But Altria was mentally prepared for this kind of thing.

From a lowly vagrant to a well-fed maid, this was the gift that Duke Goroas had bestowed on me. In return, I should also give my most precious thing. Even if I was reluctant, for orphans of this era, this was already the best ending.

At least that's how Altria comforted herself at that time.

Until that day, Altria met someone in the manor.

He is Arthur.

After several years of fighting in the army, the young man who was once full of vigor and vitality has become somewhat decadent. His face no longer has the former spirited look, but only confusion and fatigue.

"Have you become a knight?" asked Altria.

Arthur shook his head somewhat ashamedly:

"no."

Now he is not a knight, but a knight's subordinate who is responsible for taking care of the horse. In addition to taking care of the knight's horse, his main job is to serve as a human horse stool for the knight when he mounts the horse, and use his back to help the knight sit on the horse. The reason why he met Artoria this time was because he led the knight's horse into the stable of Duke Goroas.

In fact, Arthur was very brave on the battlefield, but bravery was meaningless on the battlefield. As the lowest soldier, he only had a spear in his hand and did not even have basic leather armor. They were cannon fodder on the battlefield, and their biggest use was to hinder the impact of the enemy cavalry.

In order to win the lord's appreciation, Arthur desperately waved his spear in the army, but the barbarian knight opposite him was wearing thick armor, and the whole person was like a tin can. No matter how hard Arthur attacked, his spear could not hurt the knight's armor at all.

Finally, one day, Arthur, with his bravery and luck, knocked down a knight, stripped off his armor, killed him with his spear, and brought his armor and body to the Duke. He thought he could be appreciated by the Duke of Gorras, and even if he could not become a knight, he should get a bounty so that he could wear the simplest leather armor.

But the reality was that the Duke's servants didn't even look at him. These knight servants, who were also wearing armor, first snatched the knight's body that Arthur was carrying. As a result, the armor on the knight's body also became the spoils of another knight. As for Arthur, who had made great contributions, he received a gold coin as a reward.

Yes, that is, the Duke usually spends thousands of gold coins to entertain guests.

The Duke, who was very generous in entertaining guests, was extremely stingy when facing the humble soldiers. The knight's armor seized by Arthur was worth at least 100 gold coins, but Arthur only got one gold coin.

Arthur never expected that there would be such a huge gap between reality and ideal. He had fought hard and achieved a near-miraculous victory on the battlefield, but the reward he got was only a gold coin, a gold coin that could buy him a month's worth of bread.

After fighting several battles and surviving several near-death experiences, Arthur's passion cooled. There was great terror between life and death. In a few months, Arthur had changed from a passionate young man to a veteran soldier on the battlefield. When he encountered an enemy, he would just take out his spear and stab him twice, which would be enough to justify the Duke's salary. As for killing the enemy, winning battles, what did it have to do with a lowly person like him?

Because of his negative attitude on the battlefield, the nobles were worried that he would affect the enthusiasm of other soldiers, so they transferred him to the knights and made him a lowly horse breeder. For many soldiers, this was a good job because it was safe and paid. But for Arthur, this job was undoubtedly another death sentence.

Under the starry sky again, Arthur told his previous experiences to Altria, whom he had not seen for a long time.

He complained to her why his efforts were not rewarded and why he could only struggle at the bottom.

At the same time, Artoria also told Arthur about her experience. She also expressed her doubts, why the nobles lived so well? Why the nobles who were so generous at the banquet were so stingy when facing the soldiers.