Today's princess is still cute

Cardinson simply gave up and said, "I was wrong!"

Damn it, this fat guy is so petty, he just flirted with his daughter when he came in!

Is there really such a good task, and it's my turn?!

No, I won’t go even if there is one! Am I that kind of person?

Chapter 13: You still say you have no background?!

Three days later in the morning, Cardinson packed up his things and went to the Vatican headquarters empty-handed.

In the end, he received a normal task from Roye, and his lips were almost worn out from talking.

In the three days that followed, Cardinson had successfully completed three one-star missions and one two-star mission, and his speed was so fast that even Roye was amazed.

Haha, it’s just an NPC quest. Cardinson is an old quest master.

These tasks were mostly trivial things that respectable gentlemen would not bother to do. In addition to gold coins, he also received an unexpected reward after completing the two-star task -

A pair of green quality (excellent) boots.

This was earned when he helped a wealthy businessman's youngest son find his lost pet dog. It was surprisingly comfortable and light, so much so that Cardinson felt he was running faster after putting it on.

There is also an additional small skill. When you sprint quickly, there is a 50% chance to increase your speed by 20%. It can be used three times a day.

Cardinson named it "Zu Li Jian", a name that sounds comfortable, doesn't it?

I hope the manufacturers who see this can give some advertising money.

The sunshine today is very good. It gives people a warm feeling just after the sunrise, and the sunshine shining on the face makes people feel comfortable.

Cardinson walked quickly on the way to the headquarters of the Holy See. He left Frostfire at the Evening Song Tavern where he stayed for three days. As for the big sister he had been thinking about, well, he saw her, but now she was just a little girl who would call him brother sweetly, and she was nothing like the charming girl she would be twenty years later.

The headquarters of the Holy See is located in the northeast corner of the imperial capital. It is easy to find the way. The imperial palace is just to the north. When you are ready to reach the palace, just turn right twice.

It is seven o'clock in the morning, but the imperial capital has already started to bustle.

Today is Friday, not Sunday, so there are not many devout believers along the way, and it didn’t take long for Cardinson to reach the door of the Vatican.

The white church stood in the glory. The nearly 500-acre area made it look particularly magnificent. Most of the buildings were domes and squares. Colorful glazed tiles were inlaid on the windows of the church. There were no statues in the square in front of the door, only a flower bed that bloomed all year round. The wind blew gently through the hair, and the melodious bells made people feel peaceful.

Just one glance, and countless memories came flooding back.

Cardinson smiled, found a bench in the square and sat down quietly.

The waiting time did not pass slowly.

On the square, young men of about the same age as Cardinson began to arrive one after another. Today was the day for the new knight selection of the Holy See, otherwise old Pine would not have written that letter and asked Rong Ke to bring Cardinson to the imperial capital.

Soon someone noticed Cardinson who had been sitting there for a long time. There was nothing they could do about it because his looks were too eye-catching. However, due to their youthful nature, most people just stood there by themselves or gathered together with people they knew.

Two well-dressed young noblemen looked at each other. The taller one whispered something, and the other nodded, and they walked towards Cardinson together.

"Hi, hello! Are you here to participate in the knight selection as well?" The taller boy smiled and stretched out his hand to Cardinson. "I'm Arthur from the Webster family, and this is my childhood friend, Leonard from the Bruno family. He's a little introverted, please forgive me."

Cardinson looked up at them and gave them a standard smile.

Just this simple expression made Arthur feel suffocated, and even Leonard, who had a cold face and remained silent, was moved - how come this guy looks better than a girl?

"Cardinson Pine, nice to meet you, hello to Earl Webster and Viscount Bruno."

The two hands shook, and Cardinson stood up and nodded in greeting, politely and meticulously.

Pine?

Hearing this surname, and looking at Cardinson's black hair and gray-green eyes, I wondered if he was a noble from the north. This shouldn't be the case. How could I not know the surnames of existing nobles? This is something that every noble family's children must learn. He could also call out his father's title. He couldn't be a commoner.

As they looked at Cardinson, Cardinson was also looking at them.

Arthur Webster is about 1.76 meters tall, with a square face, blond hair and blue eyes. He looks a bit like a low-profile version of Captain America, with a similar hairstyle, but his body is not that strong. Instead, he looks a bit bloated. At first glance, he is very enthusiastic and cheerful, and you can tell at first glance that he has the social skills cultivated by his family. However, he makes people feel very comfortable, and his smile is very contagious.

Leonard Bruno was the same height as Cardinson, 1.72 meters, with slightly curly brown hair, very thin, regular features, and a cold face, but the changes in his eyes proved that he was not dull, but rather a little uncommunicative.

The two sides withdrew their brief gazes, and Arthur's smile became more enthusiastic.

"Kasen, can I call you that? I felt very close to you the first time I saw you. I think we should be friends."

"Of course, Arthur, there are so many people here today." Cardinson did not remember that these two teenagers had any presence in the later plot, but the souls of the adults made him decisively choose to contact them.

In the imperial capital, more friends mean more options. Even if he enters the Holy See, he must quickly expand his network.

It is difficult to grow as a lone ranger. No matter how talented you are, you still live among the crowd. This principle applies not only to games.

Leonard also spoke appropriately: "Hello."

Cardinson smiled back, "Hello."

Arthur said: "Kaysen is right. There are indeed a lot of people participating in the knight selection this time. After all, it only happens once every five years. Look at the group of people standing at seven o'clock. Hey, there are so many nobles from the south. In comparison, the guys in our imperial capital are more aloof and not very sociable."

He raised the question appropriately, and Cardinson accurately captured the meaning of the other party's words.

"I'm sorry, my friend. I'm just a commoner without noble blood. I come from Ziye City, but I'm also a part of the central region." Cardinson said this neither humbly nor arrogantly, without any of the panic that commoners have when they see nobles.

Arthur raised his eyebrows. He didn't believe that a commoner's family could raise a child with such outstanding temperament as Cardinson. Moreover, having been in the aristocratic circle for a long time, he accurately discovered that Cardinson's sense of nobility seemed to be innate, even better than those dukes' sons he had seen.

This new friend I have met is definitely not as simple as he seems.

"Excuse me, but I guess you must have a very powerful elder or teacher!" Arthur's question did not seem abrupt, but instead had the straightforwardness of a young man.

Cardinson shook his head and was about to say something when a hearty laugh that gave him a headache came from the side.

"Hahahahaha! Kaisen, you're here early! It's not even nine o'clock yet!"

I heard his voice before I saw him. The person coming was none other than the captain of the Vatican's Knight Guard, Jonko Hadley.

Arthur's expression suddenly became interesting, and he looked at Cardinson with a smile - Are you still pretending?

Chapter 14: The Panda-like Female Knight

"Grandpa Rong Ke" Cardinson had a helpless look on his face. The eyes of the entire square were attracted by the burly old man who walked out of the Vatican, and then all the way to himself.

Rong Ke was very happy to see Cardinson and patted him on the shoulder. Arthur on the side greeted him quickly, and even Leonard saluted and greeted him immediately.

No matter what the attitude of the nobles towards the Holy See is, Rong Ke, as an elder, must be respected when they meet him.

"Dear Sir Hadley, I am Arthur Webster. I am sorry to have neglected to greet you. I am very glad to see you."

"Hello, Lord Hadley."

Rong Ke also noticed the two teenagers beside Cardinson, nodded, and encouraged: "Hello, are you all here to participate in the knight selection? Little Kaisen has only been in the imperial capital for three days and he has made friends. That's great. You should take care of each other! Work hard together, the selection later will be very strict."

Cardinson said: "Grandpa Rong Ke, can you tell me how many people are selected this time?"

Rong Ke thought for a moment and said directly: "About six or seven hundred! I didn't see the specific list, but in the end, only fifty were required."

Arthur was a little shocked: "Why do you need so few people this time?"

Then he thought of the recent rumors about the royal family and the Vatican, his face looked a little unhappy, and he added: "I made a mistake. No matter how many people we need, we have to work hard."

Rong Ke looked deeply at the noble boy and said nothing. Instead, he turned around and encouraged Cardinson in a gentle voice. Finally, he patted the shoulders of the three of them a few times before leaving with satisfaction.

In a place where the boys couldn't see, inside the church.

The current head of the Knights Templar, César Mello, stood beside a pillar with his arms folded, looking at Rong Ke who came in, and said unhappily, "Is it that serious?"

Rong Ke grinned and said, "The children of the Nell family will definitely not be mediocre. They will definitely live up to our expectations."

"I hope so. If this kid makes a mistake because of the pressure you put on him, huh." Xizel glanced at his old friend and turned away.

Rong Ke muttered, "You are so old-fashioned. Why are you so serious every day? Do you have to treat this child as your hope? The changes in the Church will not happen overnight. Besides, he is Nell's heir, not yours. If you want to compete with the people above, just go by yourself."

Outside the church, Cardinson sighed at the envious looks of his two friends.

Cardinson watched Rong Ke's figure disappear, and then looked at the unfriendly eyes of the teenagers around him, knowing that he was now the most watched person present.

Grandpa Rong Ke, if you want to put pressure on me, you don’t have to do this.

Even if he was finally selected, if he performed poorly, someone would stand up and blame him for his relationship with Rong Ke. Using backdoors is common everywhere.

Rather than saying that Rong Ke was taking care of him, it would be more accurate to say that he was making things more difficult for him.

"Kaysen, please help us when we go in. We really don't know anything. The content of each selection is different." Arthur said seriously.

Cardinson was equally serious: "I don't know the content either. Grandpa Rong Ke's fairness is obvious to all. He won't reveal it to me in advance, but I will try my best. I will definitely help you wherever I can."

Leonard pursed his lips and said nothing, but it could be seen that the boy was also a little nervous.

In order to ease the atmosphere, Arthur took the initiative to start talking about some interesting things that happened recently in the imperial capital, and they also agreed that no matter who passed and who did not, they would all go to his house for dinner together.

People like this can get along well no matter where they are.

While chatting, Cardinson was thinking about how he went through the knight selection when he was playing games in his previous life.

Anyway, the beginning will definitely be a test of physical data. In the previous life, there was a character panel and I just had to go through a process, but now I have to participate in it for real.

Strength, speed, and endurance, these are the three most important.

No matter how diverse the contents of the subsequent tests are, the first three are definitely unavoidable. If your physical fitness is not up to standard, it will be useless even if you can recite the doctrine by heart.

Cardinson's thinking was very clear - if he was afraid of people gossiping, then wouldn't it be better to just take first place?

Nine o'clock.

A man in a white robe and the standard armor of the Vatican Knights appeared in front of the church and spoke to the young men in the square.

"Children from all over the world, welcome to participate in the Vatican's knight selection. I am the vice-captain of the Vatican's Knight Guard, Burke Oston. In order not to waste the time God has given us, I will start reading the names now. Those who hear me should stand in the open space to my left. The rest of you should line up, with ten people in each row."

Then, under the expectant gazes of the teenagers, Burke opened the list in his hand.

The order of this list is actually very interesting. It doesn’t matter how the people at the end are ranked. The first ten are definitely the “seeds” favored by the Holy See in this list. There is a high probability that they will be selected, but failures are also common.

The Vatican's approach is to let all those participating in the selection know that these ten people are the "best" among you, so you can choose to join them or fight against them.

After all, the number of places is limited.

For example now——

"Cardinson Pine."

Burke's voice rang out, and not surprisingly, Cardinson was called.

First.

Amidst many complicated gazes, Cardinson gave his two friends a wry smile, ran up quickly and stood in the designated position.

They stood at attention in an instant, without a single flaw to be faulted.

This is the standard standing posture that Old Pine has been training for a year.

The effect of this standing at attention was quite good. Not only Burke, but even the teenagers were amazed or gnashed their teeth in admiration.

All the limelight was taken by Cardinson!

Not only is he handsome and has a good image, but his first performance is also so outstanding!

Hmm, is this the Cardinson that both Excellencies value? He looks pretty good.

Without pausing, Burke nodded silently and continued reading: "Harrington Barnett, Leonard Bruno"

The boys whose names were called quickly ran to their seats and stood straight, imitating Cardinson's example. However, Cardinson's first appearance left such a deep impression that the following boys failed to attract attention unless they stood too exaggeratedly.

The ten people in the first row quickly stood still. Burke even paused for a moment to let the others take a good look at them and remember their appearance before continuing to read.

Cardinson didn't dare to move or talk to the people next to him, and he kept his eyes fixed. But not long after, when Burke read out the 50th number, the series of names made the people behind him exclaim in surprise.

"Beth Clement, Valentina, Emily, Hetty Longbowen, Fiona"

Female knight!

Chapter 15 I Will Always Be the Focus

How should I put it? Well, it's like when you go to serve in the military, standing among a group of men and looking at those female soldiers who are as big as giant pandas.

The names of more than a dozen girls were called out in succession. Some with surnames and some without, all lined up neatly. There were definitely no delicate young ladies who could come here to participate in the knight selection. Each of them moved swiftly and looked very heroic.

Even Cardinson couldn't help but turn his head to take a look when he heard Fiona's name.

Unexpectedly, I happened to meet the eyes of the girl named Fiona.

She has long black hair tied into a high ponytail, fair skin, a small face, a pretty nose and mouth, but her eyebrows are a little thick. Her light blue eyes are bright, making her look very heroic.

Before Cardinson could recover from the familiar name, he noticed that the other party was looking at him with some hostility?

It's weird. In my previous life, when I wasn't playing Azure Realm, I played League of Legends, and I didn't like to play top lane with Sett. Why do you look at me like this?