Today's princess is still cute

"No matter who was wrong, it's all in the past. The knights who died in the battle can't come back, right?" Old Pine waved his hand, "Let's go. I'm fine being an ordinary old man."

Xizel didn't expect his attitude to be so firm, and hurriedly said: "Don't you want to break through the Morning Star Knight again! Protecting the world and guarding all fairness and equality, that was your biggest dream in the past!"

Neil Pine looked into the distance, his eyes showing no expectation but only loneliness.

"Morning Star Knight, I was only one step away, but I lost everything for that step. Now, I feel that if I can't even protect the people around me, how can I protect everyone?"

Ps: I've been busy signing contracts these two days, so the book is a bit slow to warm up, and it's also a relatively old subject. I'm writing a traditional western fantasy. I don't know if anyone will read it. You can post more messages and comments to give me some encouragement. If you have extra tickets, you can also give some. There's no need to reward, it's a waste of money, and reading a book will become a waste of time.

Chapter 6 Thoughts of Home

Cardinson walked on the streets of Purple Leaf City, feeling somewhat confused.

Why did Old Pine suddenly feel like sending him out? In the past week, I haven't heard that he has any old lover who needs to meet up?

Even the place where the money is kept at home is not hidden from me, so what else needs to be hidden from me?

Jokes aside, Cardinson was still a little worried.

It's impossible for him not to know the nature of the Holy See. A Templar Knight is not like a player who can receive a job transfer quest to upgrade when he reaches a certain level. It is extremely difficult for every resident of the original world to become a Templar Knight. First, one must become a member of the knight team under the Templar Knights, and then go through layers of screening before becoming a glorious Templar Knight.

As one of the three major armed forces of the Holy See, every member of the Knights Templar is an indispensable combat unit. Every generation of Pope and commander has racked their brains and tried their best to increase the number of members to more than two hundred, but to no avail.

The fact that Neil Payne was able to retire from the Vatican without any worries and live out his days among the common people as a Templar Knight is enough to illustrate a point.

The Vatican is compensating him.

Although not as valuable as the Morning Star Knights, the Templar Knights are already the backbone of the Holy See.

In previous predictions, Cardinson inferred from information that Old Pine's level in twenty years would be around Lv.60, which was just at the threshold for the second job change, but not a breakthrough.

The past few days of getting along also allowed Cardinson to prove his guess. If nothing unexpected happens, Old Pine should be Lv.55 at the moment, with a fluctuation of no more than two levels.

Don't underestimate this level 55. In the past, people were often level 80 because they had already passed the first act of the main storyline and were waiting for the version update. Everyone was in a period of idleness and could not do anything except leveling up.

Moreover, when players fight against NPCs, the opponents will have various bonuses. The Fourth Calamity cannot be the overlord here. What's more, take the Pope of the Holy See for example. He has no level cap suppression. When the panel is revealed, he is directly Lv.95. The top ten groups in the ladder can be easily destroyed by him.

With such combat power, if you are from the Vatican, would you pay attention to it?

Don't always apply novels to reality. After the super soldier and supreme god of war returned to the city, he ignored everyone and only came out to support when something happened, and then continued to let you soar and fly.

That's not the case.

Cardinson didn't know that he had guessed 80% correctly, and he felt a little complicated. He knew that he couldn't change anything now. Old Pine was a good man who believed in the virtues of chivalry all his life, but how many people like him were there in the Church?

At the end of the day, the worst feeling is when you feel like something is about to happen but you can't do anything about it.

At best, Cardinson is now a Level 5 soldier.

No matter how magical the Merit Potion is, it is not golden dragon blood, and Old Pine’s training is not holy baptism. There is no way to create a Morning Star Knight in a week.

Cardinson, who was worried, hurriedly completed Old Pine's task, and left some time, returning home at dusk.

After knocking on the door and hearing "Come in", Cardinson pushed the door open carefully and walked in.

Old Pine was in a bad mood, but he laughed when he saw him like this: "What's wrong? Do you need to knock on the door when you return home?"

"Grandpa Pine." Cardinson scratched his head and smiled too, but didn't know what to say.

After spending a week with him, Neil Pine knew that the boy was very smart and that nothing could be hidden from him, nor did he need to hide anything.

“Have you finished writing?”

"I've finished writing, and theirs are finished too."

"Okay, put the copybook in my room later. I'll look at it after dinner. Go take a shower and change your clothes. I'll go cook."

"I see." Cardinson hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Grandpa Pine, was there a guest just now?"

He pointed to two chairs on the ground that had not yet been put away. It was obvious that a long conversation had taken place here.

Old Pine nodded: "Yes, a friend from the Holy See came and has left."

He had already told Cardinson about his identity as a Templar. After all, what he taught was the training method of the Templar, including swordsmanship and footwork. These things could not be hidden from anyone with a discerning eye in the future. Telling Cardinson in advance would save a lot of trouble. What made old Pine happy was that Cardinson did not dwell on his identity or ask about things he did not want to recall. Instead, their relationship became closer.

After all, the Templar Knights did not contribute when the Darkmoon Elves were exterminated. Perhaps this is fate - old Pine thought.

As a time traveler, there is really nothing surprising about Cardinson, except that Old Pine told him that he was actually a reclusive Pope.

The two, one big and one small, have a very harmonious relationship and their personalities are very compatible, so they are like a real grandfather and grandson.

Most importantly, Neil Pine's greatest wish is to have a grandson. Cardinson happened to have never seen his grandfather in his previous life.

Seeing that Cardinson pursed his lips and said nothing, Old Pine asked again: "Why, aren't you curious about who your friend is?"

Cardinson shook his head. "Grandpa Pine doesn't like to talk about his affairs in the Holy See, so I don't want to ask. That's something that makes people unhappy, and I don't want Grandpa Pine to be unhappy."

Old Pine waved his hand to show that he didn't care, ruffled his silver hair, and walked towards the kitchen.

There were two large rooms and one small room. One of them was originally a study, which was cleared out for Cardinson to live in. He walked back to his room and started picking up his clothes to change.

These were all bought for him by Old Pine. He had three sets of training suits alone.

The old man is frugal but very generous to Cardinson. He is really like a grandfather who dotes on his grandson. As long as he has money, he wants to buy whatever the child likes, regardless of whether the child needs it or not.

Cardinson sighed. He really didn't expect Old Pine to be such an NPC. He felt that this world was not real at all. The mentality of treating it as a game was slowly overwhelmed by the old man's care.

If I can't go back, it's good to live like this.

——Suddenly, this thought popped into his mind.

My parents are supported by my younger brothers and sisters. My bank card password is his birthday, which is not difficult for my family to guess. Alas, I guess they don’t care about the millions. They just hope that I am safe. It’s a pity that I can’t tell them that I can make money by playing games. I am not the unwelcome dependent on my parents. It’s also a pity that I didn’t see my nephew’s birth, and I didn’t see my sister have a boyfriend. With her temper, it’s hard for her to get married even if her family is rich.

There are thousands of regrets, but they have been buried by the passage of time.

Cardinson felt his thoughts drifting away, just like the smoke rising from the kitchen, faint, silent, and drifting far away.

Chapter 7 My Boy Grows Up

July of the 1180th year of the Blue Calendar was exactly one year after Cardinson traveled to this world.

The seventeen-year-old boy has grown up.

At the market in Ziye City, even wearing an ordinary cloth robe could not hide Cardinson's figure and handsomeness, which attracted the attention of many young girls.

After taking the merit potion, Cardinson's height has grown from 1.65 meters to 1.72 meters, and it will definitely grow in the future. Under the wide cloth robe, there are beautiful muscles, eight abdominal muscles with clear edges and corners, and the real clothes make him look thin. The proportion of his legs is very good, and he looks good in anything. Maybe it's because of his quarter of Dark Moon Elf blood, his appearance is really good, or maybe it's because he is still young and immature. Now the adjective that should be used more is beautiful, a kind of beauty of a boy and a girl, with a healthy white and rosy skin, anyway, he can't get tanned.

No one would associate him now with the wanderer he was before.

Every day, many girls from the neighborhood would make a detour to see Old Pine's house. They wore skirts of various colors, their laughter was always lively, and they would chase each other, running past the door while looking inside, hoping that the handsome boy inside would come out and take off the flowers on their heads.

In response, Cardinson always smiled politely, warm like a soft light.

The most critical hair problem has been solved by Old Pine. It is said that he wrote a letter to a wizard friend, and then the friend directly sent him a bottle of potion, or hair dye.

This hair dye made of special materials can turn Cardinson's hair black within three years, as long as it is not exposed to some strong reactive chemicals.

Many people identify Darkmoon Elves by their silver hair. Without such a conspicuous hair color, Cardinson would look like a natural from the northern Snow County with his gray-green eyes and black hair.

There were also quite a few people at the morning market, which was the largest market near the residential area where he lived.

The reason why we came to buy things so early was because Old Pine was going to entertain guests at noon today. Yes, a guest from the imperial capital.

Cardinson has excellent cooking skills from his previous life. As a Chinese with good traditions, he doesn't have a few special dishes, and he can't even hold his head up after traveling through time.

After letting Cardinson try to cook a few dishes, old Pine never entered the kitchen again.

After buying enough meat and vegetables, as well as some fruits for a platter, Cardinson left the market under the reluctant gazes of the little girls.

When I got back to the house, I saw Nell Pine standing at the door.

"Grandpa, I bought your favorite beef. It's not easy to buy. Luckily I went there early." Cardinson's smile was the most sincere only when he saw the old man. He happily raised the bag of meat in his hand.

Today, Cardinson's household registration is under the name of old Pine, and he also has a surname, Cardinson Pine.

This is a sign that the old man has completely accepted the child, and it is also a sign that Cardinson has officially integrated into this world. From now on, he is no longer a lonely stranger, and he has a home in this Purple Leaf City.

A smile also appeared on Old Pine's serious face. He patted Cardinson on the shoulder and said, "I'll give you a day off today. The guests will be here at noon. Go and get ready."

"Okay, does that guest have any dietary restrictions?" asked Cardinson.

"It's good enough that we give it to him, why is he avoiding it? Just do whatever you want! If he dares not to eat it, I'll beat him up." It's rare to see old Pine make a joke, like a lively old naughty boy. It seems that he has a really good relationship with the customer. Only good friends can say such things.

Cardinson naturally went to cook happily.

At noon, the guest from the imperial capital arrived on time.

When Cardinson was reading martial arts novels in his previous life, when describing a hero, he would basically "hear his voice before seeing him". So, just as he had set the dishes in the yard, he heard the other person's hearty laughter coming from outside the door.

"Nell! Open the door! You old man, why haven't you gone to the Kingdom of God yet?"

As Old Pine opened the door, a square, big-eared, 1.85-meter-tall, majestic old man as strong as a mountain hugged him warmly.

Old Pine also laughed and greeted him back, "You should have gone long ago. You should have gone long ago. But you, Rong Ke, are getting younger and younger!"

Strong and sturdy!

Cardinson was deeply moved by what he saw. Even among the martial artists and earth knights he had seen when playing games in his previous life, few had such a physique!

"Come, let me introduce you. This is Cardinson, Cardinson from the Pine family." After the two old men exchanged greetings, old Pine took Cardinson and solemnly introduced him to Rong Ke.

There was no surprise in Rong Ke's eyes. He had known about the existence of this young man from his correspondence with old Pine.

Birds of a feather flock together. Anyone who can be good friends with Old Pine certainly doesn't care about Cardinson's mixed-race identity.

"Rong Ke Hadley, the current captain of the Vatican's Knight Guard, is a contemporary of Nell and a comrade-in-arms who has been through thick and thin with him for most of his life." Rong Ke withdrew his gaze from the young man and spoke in a voice as loud as a bell.

Cardinson also withdrew his gaze and respectfully saluted as a junior.

However, there was no memory of the captain of the Holy See Knight Guard in his mind. Maybe he had seen him somewhere, but Cardinson was not a super memory and could not remember so many things. That could only mean one thing: the old man did not live to the time when players entered the world 20 years later, or in other words, he did not leave anything worth recording in the history of the Holy See.

However, this does not mean that we can underestimate the old man in front of us. The Vatican Knight Guard has about 30,000 people and can be understood as the reserve of the Templar Knights. They are generally responsible for guarding the churches in each region of the Holy See and handling daily affairs. Together with the Priests, they belong to the most basic and important combat force of the Holy See.

Anyone who can hold such an important position as captain would be a deputy minister of the military in the imperial system.

Rong Ke felt relieved when he saw old Pine and the young man standing together. He was most worried about this old friend. The Second Templar Crusade had left Nell, who was once hailed as the most likely to become a Knight of the Morning Star, with too much pain. Now seeing that he was getting better, gradually coming out of the shadows and willing to contact the Holy See, he was naturally delighted.

"Come on!" Rong Ke took out two bottles of good wine from his space ring with a smile, "Let's drink to our heart's content today! I'm really constipated in the Vatican. Those inspecting priests have even banned me from drinking malt juice!"

Chapter 8: Fifteen Years of Past Events and a Glass of Wine

The atmosphere at the dinner table was lively. Neighbors would come to visit on weekdays, but they rarely left any food for others. Old Pine still preferred quietness.

It was a rare occasion to have guests visiting, and they brought good wine, so even Cardinson was allowed to have a drink - the Empire stipulated that people could drink alcohol after they turned fifteen, but old Pine was strict with Cardinson and did not allow him to touch alcohol.

There is no need to mention Cardinson's cooking skills. The table is full of dishes that are delicious and tasty. The big pieces of shiny meat make people's appetites growl at the sight of them.

No one knew what the wine Rong Ke brought was made of. Cardinson smelled a strong aroma, but when he drank it, he felt a burning sensation from his mouth down his throat, and finally a small fireball exploded in his stomach, making him feel comfortable all over.

"Huh——" Cardinson's face was already a little flushed. This wine was indeed quite strong.

"Don't drink anymore after you finish this cup. This kind of thing is only suitable for old guys like us. Hahaha, you are still young and don't need any supplements." Rong Ke did not hide his happiness at all. He grinned and patted Cardinson's shoulder.

Old Pine paused for a moment, then explained, "Don't listen to his nonsense. This stuff is for strengthening your Qi and blood, and replenishing your deficiency. Your Qi and blood are strong right now, so it's better to drink a little bit."

Cardinson nodded a little confusedly.

It's a bit embarrassing, I thought it was for something else.

Most older people would start reminiscing about the past when they were drunk. Rong Ke talked a lot about how he scared the instructor in charge of the review when he first entered the Holy See.

Wow, a fifteen-year-old boy lifted a three-hundred-pound iron ball without any proper training. Rong Ke was the focus of their issue. If he didn't have no advantages except his natural supernatural powers, he would have been a member of the Morning Star Knights long ago.

But it's close.

"I estimate that in three years, I will be able to break through to the Morning Star Knight before I am sixty-five at the latest. By then, Xizel and I will be in the Knights Temperance, so you can come back. You are more talented than me, and I see that you have been living in seclusion here for fifteen years, and your strength has not declined. If you also break through to the Morning Star Knight, perhaps..." Rong Ke looked at old Pine expectantly, trying to persuade this old friend to return to the imperial capital with him.

It seemed that everyone who came to find Old Pine wanted him back.

Although Cardinson felt a little dizzy, he could hear clearly and think.

Neil Payne told him about what happened fifteen years ago - the late emperor, who was ambitious for success, launched an expedition to the northwest. After spending millions on military expenditures and failing to conquer the barbarian tribes, he had no choice but to ask for help from the Pope. He didn't know what method he used to impress the Pope, and he sent a group of knights led by a Morning Star Knight and fifty Templar Knights, with 8,000 men, to the northwest. This was the second time in nearly a hundred years that the Templar Knights intervened in a war.

This is a fighting force that is powerful enough to turn the tide.

The team was led by Neil Pine and Ronco Hadley, as well as César Mello's mentor, Marshall Curtis, then chief instructor of the Vatican's Knights, and the Knight of the Morning Star, who was hailed as "the benchmark of contemporary knights."

Rong Ke did not go with them because he had a mission, so only Old Pine and Cecil set out on the journey to the northwest.

and old Pine's only son, a fine young man of only twenty-five.

Everything went smoothly. With the help of the invincible Knights Templar, the barbarians were quickly defeated and returned to the Vatican with less than one-fiftieth of their casualties.