The Great Sage Who Did not Remain in Legend - 35.3

Knights gathered in the square in front of the royal castle and had to stand at attention while waiting for the king to appear on a balcony overlooking the square.

Whooooosh

The cold wind assaulted the knights. This cold wind mercilessly chilled the metal armor and drained the knights’ body heat.

Clatter clatter clatter

No matter how much they trained, cold was still cold. The knights wished the king would appear quickly. However, the king did not come out right away, and the knights continued to shiver.

Faster! Faster!

Just as their wish began to turn into anger, the king appeared.

“Draw your swords! Raise them high!”

At the command of the battalion commander, the knights drew their swords and held them up in front of their faces.

“Knight’s oath, one…”

Following the battalion commander, the knights shouted their oaths one by one.

“Sheathe your swords!”

After the knight’s oath ceremony, the king’s speech, which was difficult to hear, continued.

Whooooosh

Even during the king’s speech, the merciless cold wind continued to assault the knights.

Clatter clatter clatter

The knights could not stop shivering.

The battalion commander glared at the shivering knights with a grim expression. He could see the king’s expression growing increasingly severe.

The king also did not want to give a loud speech early in the morning on New Year’s Day. Furthermore, he had to listen to greetings from the nobles until the 3rd. The king’s displeasure grew as he saw the knights shaking in the cold and not listening to his speech.

“That’s all.”

Huh?

The king stopped his New Year’s speech midway and went inside.

The knights were relieved that the speech ended earlier than they had imagined. However, the battalion commander’s anger was rising.

The knights realized that the battalion commander was not issuing a dismissal command. The battalion commander remained standing firmly, and the knights began to shake in a different sense.

“Draw your swords! Raise them high!”

The knights understood that they had to redo the oath ceremony. However, their frozen bodies could not stop shaking.

While issuing commands, the battalion commander gave each knight a sharp glare and made them redo the ceremony multiple times. Among them, one person stood firm and recited the oath without shaking.

“Sheathe your swords.”

“You are from the Baum family, the younger sister of Battalion Commander Ortenen, correct?”

“Yes, I am Rose.”

“Mm, you seem to have potential. And you are done with the night watch?”

“Yes.”

“Then you may go home.”

Murmur

Rose was the only one allowed to leave early, having passed.

“Battalion Commander, I am honored, but I cannot leave alone. Knights share their fate together.”

“I see. That is a good attitude. Then participate until everyone passes.”