Demps's Reminder

The preliminary rounds will begin at 10:00 AM.

Unlike entering the Destiny Space or exploring outside the city, the Knight Selection often requires fighting against other people.

Therefore, during the month after the registration, because Mia often asked Han Dong to accompany her, Han Dong agreed. However, instead of accompanying her shopping or taking walks, he would ask Mia to have practical sparring sessions whenever he had nothing to do.

Over the course of a month.

Mia's state went from "confidence" to "doubt" and then to "social withdrawal".

Today is the important opening ceremony of the election, but Mia has suddenly disappeared and is not replying to messages.

Han Dong immediately set off for the Dead Water Swamp.

Finally, they found Mia still sleeping in her hammock in the Treehouse, with no intention of getting up.

The walls of the Treehouse were covered with the English word "Over".

"I don't want to go. I have no interest in any Knight Selection. A graduate of my caliber would only embarrass me... I don't want to be a knight anymore. I plan to stay at the university after graduation and do odd jobs under the witch."

He became completely withdrawn, even giving up the idea of participating in the Knight Selection, and his eyes were cloudy and devoid of luster.

Han Dong also looked helpless.

After all, all of this is directly related to him.

In addition, Mr. Black and White also instructed that Han Dong and Mia would be among the top ten outstanding students in the Mysticism Department, and that they should try their best to secure a place in the top ten so that the Mysticism Department as a whole could be given more attention.

If Mia, a master of mysticism, were to withdraw from the competition due to his own reasons, it would be difficult to explain to Mr. Black and White.

At the same time, he will incur the wrath of the witch, and even the Great Plague Lord will lower his favorability towards Han Dong because of this... This is very disadvantageous for Han Dong personally.

Considering this, Han Dong had no choice but to 'compromise'.

Her rather thin body slowly squeezed onto the hammock, which only allowed one person to sleep in at a time, and pressed completely against Mia's body.

This brief contact caused most of the Gray Fog covering Mia's pupils to dissipate.

"If you can get a top-ten pick in the Knight Selection... we'll give you one day of free time after you become Formal Knight."

"Um!?"

Upon hearing about the deal, Mia immediately turned around to face Han Dong, their noses touching... her lifeless eyes regained their luster.

"Are you serious? A whole day of unconditional free time?"

"Hmm... However, I won't do anything too outrageous."

"Is it too much to ask someone to bathe with me or sleep with me?"

"No."

In an instant, Mia's Mental State went from its lowest point to its highest point. She grabbed Han Dong's hand and jumped off the hammock.

Before even washing up, they rushed to the lawn area for the preliminary opening ceremony.

"Hurry up, we can't be late."

"It's still early... Mia, have you been drinking every day lately, and haven't showered for several days? You have a strange smell. Go take a shower."

Want to come together?

"We'll talk about it once you meet the requirements..."

From the front door to the bathroom floor, clothes that had been taken off Mia were scattered everywhere.

Mia's figure is absolutely impeccable, but Han Dong is not interested in her no matter how he looks at her... It is probably related to his own body (a cluster of cells), which has caused Han Dong's aesthetic sense to change to some extent.

Even Though Mia leaned slightly against the bathroom door, revealing a rather charming face, and beckoned to Han Dong with her finger, it had no effect.

Half an hour before the start of the qualifiers.

Han Dong led Mia to the open lawn area in the center of the academy to meet up with the main group.

"Vice Captain! Sister Mia!"

A familiar voice came from among the crowd.

Wenli the Blacksmith with fiery red hair tied in a ponytail, waved happily to the two of them.

Beside Winry stood Abel and Demps. The three of them seemed to have arrived early and met up to talk about the changes they had experienced during this time, as well as the Knight Order they planned to join.

The five people gathered together can be considered the most outstanding graduates of this year's Knight Academy.

Before and after breaking free, each of them undergoes more or less changes in appearance and physical characteristics.

However, the expressions in everyone's eyes remained unchanged.

"Vice Captain! Which Knight Order do you plan to join?"

This was what Winry was most curious about.

In her mind, the Vice Captain's face seemed to have the word "invincible" written on it.

Upon hearing about the Great Betrayer Incident, Wenli immediately concluded that it must have been a scheme set up by Han Dong, who successfully lured out the Great Betrayer hiding deep within the Holy City by using his identity as Knight-Errant.

"The specifics haven't been decided yet... I'll make a decision after the conference concludes."

"Vice Captain, many Knight Order must have been secretly trying to recruit you beforehand."

"Let's not talk about the current situation for now. What are your thoughts on ' Underground Students '?"

This was what Han Dong was most concerned about, since he would be directly encountering these students at the upcoming conference.

Abel and Winry were not quite sure.

Only Demps adjusted his glasses. "Hmm... Integrating the Underground Students into the Knight Tournament this year is indeed a troublesome matter. Nicholas, you seem to have some information?"

Han Dong shrugged. "Unlike you guys, I wasn't directly registered by your advisors."

A month ago, when I went to the Knight Headquarters to register, I unexpectedly encountered a special student trained by the Hell Knight Order, who possessed terrifying strength... In terms of power, perhaps even Winry would find it difficult to challenge him."

"Directly trained by the Hell Knight Order?"

For a moment, Demps also became curious.

Training directly by the Knight Order is completely different from attending school in an academy... In terms of training intensity, only Abel, who receives training in the Behemoth Knight Order every day, can compare.

"Yes, I can be sure of that."

When intelligence about such a powerful competitor is provided.

Abel Raine reacted in the same way Han Dong had done, smiling... The addition of such unknown powerhouses would make the tournament even more interesting.

"Demps, share your intelligence?"

"Actually, it's nothing. The information on the Underground Students is kept secret... Even Vice Curator Hera can't get it."

However, one thing is very important.

The students living underground are fundamentally different from us.

Their learning goals are different from ours; they are very likely to join the Night Watcher in the city in the future to eliminate hidden dangers and maintain the city's stability.

Therefore, in addition to fighting monsters, their daily training also includes training 'on people'.

They possess a skill in dealing with people that we lack.

If we encounter this group of people, we could lose consciousness instantly if we let our guard down. That's what I want to remind everyone.

If the intensity described by Nicholas is as high as it appears, this Knight Selection could be quite difficult.

Everyone needs to take this seriously. We can't let the Underground Students take the top three spots... otherwise, we'll completely lose face for the Knight Academy.