"Ah! I forgot to introduce myself, my apologies. My name is Lain de Likenhalt. I am the third son of the Likenhalt Barony, its nice to meet you, Ryan Hadrens."

The young boy, Lain, introduces himself as the third son of a Baron. Ooooh, so this young boy

was a noble? Although he's quite low down the rankings.

"Oh, and I'm 12 years old."

(15 years old huh... Wait... Wait what?! 15 years old??? This kid? He looks like he's 12?? And wait also...

How is he a Vice-Commander at 15 years old? The knights here train people at such a young age?)

"Ahahaha, surprised, surprised? Everytime i tell people that they always get faces of shock when i tell

them my real age... I may look like I am a young boy, but I'm actually an adult!"

"Adult?"

(Wait... An adult? Aren't adults supposed to be 18 or 19??)

As i was confused by the legal age in this kingdom, i heard some footsteps approaching us.

"Oooh, whats up Jano? Done with your shifts in the Karken Plains already?"

"Ze. ...Dain, va ko stomo der?"

"Ah, yes. His name is Ryan. There was just a slight misunderstanding about him, so I released him."

"Dain, ...Ska to re dera to name? Sti da ko ven ste'ra..."

"Aaaah cmon, its not a big deal right? He had special circumstances anyways so yep!"

"Haaaa... Dain... to vera ko ta Kathen'ria sto no Unosi Kan..."

"No problem, no problem at all... Its not like the commander would report every transgression of the

Sacred Area's to the Faith, especially with the Eye of Truth's ever-increasing activity."

"..."

The adult male who was conversing with Lain looked at me. He had a large body, and was wearing

silver armor. His face made him look like someone who has gone through many battles, wearing a face

made of steel.

"Kave na, tare da?"

"He said if it was really true that you are level 1."

Jain smiled as he said that, i think he knows what im going to say. I have a bad feeling about this...

"Uhh... I don't know how to see whatever you guys are talking about..."

When i said that, it looked like there was a glint of light in Jain's turquoise eyes.

"Haaaah?! You don't know how to check your status? Pfftwhhahaahahahahah-!"

Jain burst with laughter again. While he was laughing like a madman, the adult male looked at me in

disbelief. Its as if he's looking at an idiot who couldn't do multiplication.

"Kaa... Teme va res?"

"Hahahaaahah! Ahahahaahah, ha ha... Ahem. Yep! As you can see there are some special 'circumstances'

with him... And that's why im recruiting him to the knights!"

"Va?"

"Huh?"

"What!?" it seems like Arci was listening to our conversation.

"Uh? I thought you said i was going to be released?"

"Oh my, you didn't know? You were already free by the time you walked out of that gate, you could've just left the fort by asking one of the knights here for direction." Jain said with a grin.

I knew it, even though he looked like a bright and cheery kid, he was a devious schemer inside.

"You! You must be plotting something nefarious against Ryan! Ryan, you must not listen to anything

this little demon says!"

"Aww, cmon... Its not like I'll do anything bad to him... And anyways, how are you two going to live in this

world? You two don't know the language, geography, religions, magic, and even the system. You two will

be dead the moment you leave the fort's vicinity and enter the Tenda Plains... There are many plain

dwellers there such as plain goblins, mandragoras, and even green wolves. If you want to leave, you two will need to know how this world works, okay?"

Dain was right, me and Arci were literally clueless about how this new world worked. But this guy, why

does he make it seem like i dont know about anything in this world? I think he must be suspicious about me...

"Dont worry, its not like you will permanently have to stay with the knights forever. 6 months. You will only

be in the knights for 6 months. I will personally teach you the necessary information you need to live.

And also, i will personally hire a teacher for you so you can learn magic. For these 6 months, i will give

you every basic necessity, shelter, clothing, and even food! Although you will have to learn how to

make money by yourself. So, do you accept to be a temporary squire of the Third Knight Corps?"

"..."

I was attracted by this proposal of his... Yes that's right, i do not know a single thing about this world, Arci

was just as clueless as I'am. Living in this world would be hard without the necessary knowledge,

and i just had to stay with him for half a year... But something's not right... The way he talks about it

makes it sound like he knows i came from that underground base and was completely clueless about

the outside world... After a couple of seconds of deep thinking, i responded with a yes.

"Yes, i accept."

"What, but Rya-"

"Good! Good! It's wondeful to see how smart you are. Alright then! I, Dain de Likenhalt, Vice-Commander of

The Third Knight Corps of the Kingdom of Loenhart, with my authority and permission allow the person before me, Ryan Hadrens to skip the Knightly Training Examanation, and become a Knight with the ranking

of Squire, effective immediately."

I joined the Third Knight Corps, The Iron-Crossed Gryphons.

"Good! Good! It's wondeful to see how smart you are. Alright then! I, Dain de Likenhalt, Vice-Commander of

The Third Knight Corps of the Kingdom of Loenhart, with my authority and permission allow the person before me, Ryan Hadrens to skip the Knightly Training Examanation, and become a Knight with the ranking

of Squire, effective immediately."

I said, as the man, Ryan Hadrens, looked at me with calm eyes... It seems like he has his guard up on me...

Good, good.. Smart one are you? Now time to see whether your a survivor from the Unknown Empire, or...

An otherworlder.

"Dain... You do know the Commander will be in trouble if the Enosi Faith found out you knighted someone

that violated the sanctity of a Sacred Area... Right?"

"It'll be fine... I think anyways... Seems like I'll have to try to call her.. "

"Who?"

"Harbinger of Falling Stars, Witch of Calamity Star." I said with a slight grin on my face.

"!!! You! Your going to try to call her to teach a greenhorn like him? How are you even going to try to

get her attention?"

"I'll try some... Interesting things... Its going to be a low chance but... If we bring her in, then we might just

get an interesting mage... Starlight Affinity and Spatial Affinity huh... Heh, this is going to be fun."

"Haaa..." Jano let out a sigh, as if he was tired of my actions

I looked behind me, and i saw Ryan staring at me curiously... I think he heard some of our words. Besides him was Arci, who was observing me the whole time... That thing, heard everything i said didn't it?

Alright! Now, show me if your going to be mere gold, or diamond.

"I hope the Commander's mental sanity will be fine..." Jano muttered.