Beside Knight Square, in the Squire dormitory area.
"Haha, I finally managed to bluff my way through!"
A boy with a soft voice and delicate features laughed heartily. He looked about fourteen or fifteen, the age when most trainees finished their three years of training at a Child Hall.
Still, passing the Squire assessment was proof of his talent.
But the moment he opened the door-
"Someone moved in here?"
"All these bags... is there food in them?"
"Seriously, is eating all you ever think about?"
He looked at Yang Tian's unpacked bags of daily necessities, muttering to himself.
Then he rummaged through them anyway.
"Is this guy an idiot? The Branch Temple hands all this stuff out!"
Looking through the bags of toiletries and other daily necessities, the boy grumbled.
Of course, some fool might not have heard that announcement.
But suddenly having another person in his room was hardly a good sign. He would have to be more careful now.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
A voice rang out.
The boy jumped in fright.
He turned to look at the person who had shouted. It was Yang Tian, back from becoming the disciple of a "renowned master."
"What a beautiful guy!" Yang Tian murmured as he looked at the fourteen- or fifteen-year-old boy before him.
The boy wore loose white clothes. His slender, graceful figure, fair face, and pale skin could only be described as whiter than snow.
But his short, jet-black hair, cut to his ears in a boyish style, kept anyone from suspecting much. He simply looked like an extraordinarily handsome young man.
The boy looked at Yang Tian, who had appeared so suddenly.
Although Yang Tian was a head shorter, his body had a resilient strength to it, and his features were refined.
Yang Tian was dressed simply, his clothes washed almost white.
"Rummaging through someone else's things is rude, even if you are beautiful!"
The two exchanged a look.
Yang Tian looked at the beautiful boy and gave him a reprimand.
"Hmph! Your things were taking up the shared space and getting in my way!"
The other boy found himself a perfectly good justification and spoke with righteous indignation.
"That was my fault. I'm sorry!"
"But you still shouldn't rummage through my things!"
Yang Tian apologized sincerely, then continued to press the issue.
The boy might look good, but what if he had some peculiar fetish, like going through other people's underwear?
"Uh, this guy's got something wrong..." Looking at Yang Tian, the boy felt there was something wrong with his head. There had to be.
He had apologized, yet he still refused to let that one issue go.
But thinking about it, he really was in the wrong.
Wait, how can you think that? How can you let this guy think you're in the wrong?
The beautiful boy argued with himself inwardly.
"Forget it. There's no point saying more to someone who hasn't grasped the ten knightly commandments!"
"With that insincere attitude, becoming a Knight would be the most you could ever hope for!"
Yang Tian spoke flatly, then walked into the room.
He did not have a good impression of people who casually went through someone else's belongings.
Bad character! That was the label Yang Tian gave the boy.
The boy stamped his foot at the insults. Just as he was about to retort, Yang Tian's sharp tongue delivered another vicious stab.
"Even if you awaken a high level of innate internal spiritual power, having you become a Knight would still be a misfortune for the Holy Temple!"
Yang Tian delivered his final remark in an indifferent tone.
As he walked past the boy, he suddenly caught a peculiar scent. It was fragrant!
It was nothing like the sweaty odor he was used to from training.
Yang Tian gave the boy a slightly puzzled glance, then went about unpacking.
"I'll get everything put away as soon as possible. Sorry!"
Yang Tian apologized again.
The boy watched him, feeling like crying but unable to shed a tear. He wanted to curse, yet somehow could not. In short, he felt utterly stifled.
Yang Tian had torn him to shreds, yet somehow managed to come across as morally upright!
"Fine, you're the one with the brightest future, you blockhead!"
Looking at Yang Tian's sturdy back, the boy sat down carelessly, then muttered that little bit of "praise."
Soon, Yang Tian finished unpacking.
He placed a pair of Iron Swords beside him, crossed his legs, and began to meditate.
"Two swords? Does he want to train as a Retribution Knight too?"
The beautiful boy noticed Yang Tian's weapons. They were nothing more than the most ordinary weapons.
"Damn you. I thought I was overbearing enough, but this is the first time anyone has left me speechless!"
Then he propped up his chin and quietly watched Yang Tian meditate.
After just one encounter, Yang Tian's blockheaded attitude had left him both fond of and infuriated by him. He wanted to reclaim his dignity.
"Basic introductory meditation?"
The beautiful boy murmured to himself.
Yang Tian had already entered an exceptionally warm environment.
A magic array gathered light element here, making it far better than his usual meditation.
However, he had yet to awaken his internal spiritual power. Once he did, spending long periods within a magic array like this would bring his cultivation nothing but benefits.
He cultivated like that for an entire day.
Night fell!
Yang Tian opened his eyes. Meditating at night did not work for him.
He had tried it before. Only during the day, when light element was most abundant, could he enter a meditative state anytime, anywhere.
At night, he only grew sleepy. Trying to meditate was no different from simply staying up late.
He stretched, then got off the bed!
A fragrance drifted out of the bathroom.
"Achoo!"
Catching the scent, Yang Tian sneezed.
He rubbed his nose. Clearly, the smell was rather pungent.
That also confirmed his suspicions.
In fact, Yang Tian had begun to suspect something the very first time he saw the boy.
Then, when they had come close to each other, he had caught a faint fragrance that had lingered all day, making him even more certain.
Now, that person was in the bathroom.
What rough-and-tumble guy would wash himself until he smelled that fragrant?
So it was settled. His roommate was a girl!
While my roommate's bathing, maybe I could find out for sure. If it's a guy, I won't lose anything!
But if it's a girl... Yang Tian, what are you thinking?
Yang Tian thought it over, then shook his head and restrained himself.
Without his faith and the ten knightly commandments, he might well have gone over and taken a curious peek.
"The male hare's feet twitch and kick; the female hare's eyes are hazy. When two hares run side by side, how can you tell whether I am male or female?"
That classic verse came to Yang Tian's mind.
Still, did it make any difference to him whether his roommate was male or female? No.
Before long-perhaps in a year-
Yang Tian was confident he would become a true Knight.
Then he might move out.
A little while later!
"This binding is so uncomfortable. In a few years, it probably won't hold them down anymore. I need to become a Knight soon. Then I won't have to worry about being exposed!"
"Hmph! Then Father and Uncle Nalan won't be able to boss me around anymore..."
The soft voice drifted out of the bathroom.
Yang Tian's heart raced as he listened, and his imagination ran wild.
Then the beautiful boy emerged!
The scene instantly froze...
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