Telashir's Knightly Path Was No Longer Incomplete

"I swear to treat the weak with kindness,

I swear to bravely oppose tyranny,

I swear to fight against all wrongdoing,

I swear to fight for the unarmed,

I swear to help anyone who asks for my aid,

I swear not to harm any woman,

I swear to help my brother knights,

I swear to treat my friends sincerely,

I swear to remain faithful to the one I love until death."

William calmly recited the knight's oath he had once written for his Imperial Guard Corps.

Back then, he had simply been suffering from a bout of adolescent delusions, thinking that the Knight Order following him should be perfect like this—or at the very least, look like proper knights.

Who hadn't read a few Western fantasy novels?

At the time, William had grandly called these eight knightly virtues the code of the Guardian Knights.

It was only later, when he discovered that his cousin truly believed in them and wholeheartedly wanted to become a genuine Guardian Knight, that he panicked and softened the rules by choosing the qualities he thought Naven already possessed.

If his cousin really lived by all eight virtues, he would probably become an ascetic! Even if he became the God of Knights one day, that would be far too painful.

William still preferred the proud and confident cousin who secretly caused trouble with him and told a few harmless lies.

But he had never dreamed that even by strictly adhering to only half the virtues, Naven would carve out such a peculiar path.

The difference between a Holy Knight and a Sacred Knight was far more than a single word.

William began to chuckle foolishly. He was nothing like that giant orb of light, so how had he ended up raising a healing knight?

What was