Chapter 355 My Name Is Woodhexin, and I Am Willing to Be Her Knight!
Chapter 355 My name is Wood Hesin, and I am willing to be her knight!
Anastasia Hesin and Wood Hesin, just hearing these two names, you can basically find out the problem.
That's right, Anastasia Hesin is Wood's sister, but not her biological sister.
Anastasia Hesin was born in the lowest class of Karalaki, or she used to be a slum resident there, and Wood met her there.
At that time, young Anastasia and Wood were both slum residents, and suffered from hardships since childhood. Anastasia was unable to use magic due to congenital defects and almost became a slave.
At that time, Wood, who was still a teenager, saved her from the nobles with a sword, and the two began to wander around.
Until during the wandering, Anastasia showed amazing business talent and gradually began to make a fortune.
After returning to Karalaki, Anastasia bought the Lushika merchant in Karalaki and changed its name. Because she admired the hero "Hexin of the Wasteland" who was praised in the past, the name Hexin was adopted for the Chamber of Commerce and her surname.
Because she was used to a hard life, Anastasia had a strong greed and wanted to plunder everything.
The only things she saw and cared about most were interests, wealth and her younger brother.
The former was due to greed, and the latter was because of the mutual support in childhood, which made Anastasia feel that her younger brother was the most precious wealth in the world.
Because of greed and possessiveness, Anastasia regarded Wood as her own wealth. She loved him more than enough, but she always had an overly strong desire to protect Wood.
After Wood became an adult, he always disliked Anastasia's overly strong desire to protect him and excessive greed, so he secretly left the city-state of Karalaki.
Today, Anastasia is the president of the largest chamber of commerce in the city-state of Karalaki, but her wish is not only that, she also wants to become the president of the largest chamber of commerce in the world.
It is also for this reason that Anastasia will compete for the throne of the Kingdom of Lugnica.
There are limits to the profession of a businessman. If you want to make your business bigger and stronger, you must have a certain status.
However, unlike Anastasia's ambition, Wood wanted to be an excellent knight since he was a child, and then protect the weak.
This is why his body has the protection called "Knight's Glory".
It also explains why when Wood first met Emilia and the others, he could easily touch the largest currency unit-Golden Dragon Coin.
As the eldest son of the largest chamber of commerce in Karalagi, it is quite reasonable to carry a few Golden Dragon coins with him, isn't it?
The unexpected appearance of the characters made Wood a little panicked, so he was secretly squeezing his body behind Reinhard and the others at this moment, trying to avoid being exposed to certain people's sight.
Five "Dragon Priestesses" arrived one after another, and the next ceremony required them to go on stage to give their speeches, and then see if the Dragon Calendar Stone recognized their identities.
The first person to come on stage was Crusch Karsten, who was also the candidate for the throne with the highest voice and the most supporters.
The Duke family was originally the most noble family in the kingdom, and the Karsten family had been loyal to the Lugnica royal family for generations. Crusch himself was indeed extremely outstanding.
However, what the princes and ministers present did not expect was that after a routine self-introduction.
Crusch actually questioned the Lugnica Kingdom's outlook on life under the protection of the dragon, and advocated breaking with the dragon after ascending the throne.
What's even more outrageous is that despite such an arrogant statement, the Dragon Calendar Stone actually recognized her identity as the "Dragon Priestess".
After Crusch was recognized by the Dragon Calendar Stone, Marcus, who was maintaining order on the side, also shouted loudly: "Next, please ask the knight who swore allegiance to come forward."
"Dragon Priestess" is one of the candidates for the throne, and the sworn knight is standard. If there is no knight willing to be loyal, it means that the Dragon Priestess herself has no competitiveness.
Crusch's knight is Phoenix. The two grew up together and have a strong trust relationship.
After Kurush, the petite Firut came to the Dragon Calendar Stone.
The princes and nobles present originally intended to support the most popular Kurush, but the other party's words just now were too shocking.
They were obviously a "pro-dragon kingdom", but now they said they wanted to cut off contact with dragons. In their opinion, such words were too treasonous.
The head of the Karsten family was unreliable, so the princes and nobles could only decide to place their bets on other dragon priestesses.
If we only talk about the qualification of inheritance, Firut is the real royal family among the people present, because she is the daughter of the late king's younger brother.
However, just when the princes and nobles in the hall were about to change their strategy and support Firut, who had pure royal blood, the words said by the other party almost made them furious!
Firut was of royal blood, but she grew up in a slum, so she didn't have a little bit of good feelings for the so-called nobles.
Firut had no interest in the so-called "throne", but Reinhard told her that as long as she ascended the throne, she could change the fate of those people in the slums, so Firut was tempted.
When Felt said in front of the Dragon Calendar Stone that after he ascended the throne, he would directly get rid of all the greedy nobles, and after receiving the recognition of the Dragon Calendar Stone, many of the nobles present glared at the girl on the stage. .
Many nobles even shouted angrily at Reinhardt: "Is this how your Astraea family teaches the remaining royal bloodline?"
"No, I now seriously suspect that this stinky girl from the slums is not a bloodline left by the royal family at all, but a fake."
Among nobles, how many of them have clean butts?
Felt made such an oath and even received the approval of the Dragon Calendar Stone. If she were allowed to ascend the throne, wouldn't it be the end of the kingdom's nobles?
“Are you questioning my Astraea family training, or are you questioning my Reinhardt’s eyes?
There is no doubt that Felt is the blood of the royal family living outside, and the Dragon Calendar Stone recognizes Felt-sama, which is the best proof.
I, Reinhard Van Astrea, will also follow my family’s motto and become Lord Felt’s guardian knight. Anyone who wants to do harm to Lord Felt must first step on my behalf. Root's body. "
As Reinhardt walked out and knelt down on one knee to swear allegiance to Felt, there was still a nobleman present who dared to speak out.
This is the strongest swordsman in history. Not to mention the helpless princes and nobles, there is no one in the entire kingdom who can defeat Reinhardt.
"Reinhardt, don't forget that your Astraea family is also a noble family, and you are also a noble yourself."
Some nobles pointed out Reinhardt's identity issue and hinted that he was also one of the targets, hoping that the Sword Saint family would not be foolishly loyal.
But Reinhardt smiled heartily and replied: "Master Felt's will is my Reinhardt's will.
If there is any corruption or wrongdoing in the Astraea family, they will naturally be judged. "
The Astraea family has never been prosperous, and the family is obsessed with swords and has little interest in other things, so Reinhardt is not afraid of investigating.
Even if there were real problems with the Astraea family, Reinhardt would never show mercy to the clan members due to his rigorous, honest, and upright character.
The most powerful contenders for the throne, the Karsten family of the Kingdom's ducal family, and Felt of the royal blood are both unreliable.
The princes and nobles present could only hope that the other "Dragon Witches" were relatively normal people.
However, you don’t know it by looking at it. Only after looking at it did you realize that the remaining three dragon witches were also more outrageous than the last...
Needless to say, Priscilla's nickname of "The Bloody Bride" is notorious.
And when she first appeared, her tone was extremely arrogant. She bluntly stated that even if no one supported her, the throne still belonged to her, because the whole world revolved around her.
After Priscilla, the other dragon witch who appears is Anastasia.
The princes and nobles present actually looked down upon this young girl with business talents.
Because in their view, Anastasia is just a lowly commoner from the slums, and how can such a philistine become the new king of Lugnica.
Anastasia's guardian knight is Yurius. Unlike most of the nobles in the kingdom, Yurius, who has both cultural relics and cultural relics, is also very good and keen on internal affairs.
Because there is no king and the nobles are indeed corrupt, the economic problems of the Dragon-prone Kingdom are now very embarrassing.
Whether a kingdom can prosper or not, the kingdom's economic issues are very important, so this is why Yurius supports Anastasia.
He believes that Anastasia's excellent business talents can save Lugnica's distressed kingdom economy.
And as Yurius came out to swear allegiance to Anastasia, all the people blocking Wood in front were gone, and Wood's figure was inevitably exposed to everyone's sight.
"Wood, you are actually in a place like this!"
The relationship between Yurius and Anastasia is more like a cooperative relationship than other relationships between miko and knight.
Anastasia's interest in the so-called throne was mainly to help her grow the Chamber of Commerce, so Anastasia didn't care too much about Yurius' allegiance.
However, when she saw Wood, whom she had not seen for a long time, in the main hall, Anastasia could no longer sit still, ran directly from the high platform, and hugged Wood as if he were no one else.
"Sister Anna, haven't I told you before? Don't just hug me. I'm no longer a child."
Anastasia, Wood called her "Sister Anna" since she was a child, and when facing Anastasia who hugged him tightly and never let go, Wood also showed a look of helplessness.
As if to protect the most precious treasure, Anastasia's protectiveness towards Wood has even reached a somewhat pathological level.
This is one of the reasons why Wood sneaked out of the Hessing Chamber of Commerce.
Wood's name for Anastasia also caused everyone present to fall into a state of shock. Especially Yurius, who had just sworn allegiance to Anastasia, was even more stunned at this moment.
Because he really didn't expect that Wood would be Anastasia's younger brother.
However, after all, he was the "best knight". After a brief shock, he quickly recovered his usual elegant manners and put on a smile on his face.
Wood is Anastasia's younger brother, which is a good thing for their Anastasia camp.
After all, Wood's fighting power is there. Yurius can even assert that if there is anyone in the kingdom who can match Reinhard, it is only Wood, who is also a monster.
With Wood's assistance, Anastasia will have a higher chance of winning the King's Selection Ceremony, and her wish will be realized faster.
After a farce, the King's Selection Ceremony was held again. The last dragon priestess Emilia also went on stage with trepidation and expressed her ideals.
However, because of her half-elf identity, Emilia's appearance on stage was undoubtedly greeted with boos and doubts.
And just as the girl withstood the pressure with a strong heart and expressed her ideals, when it came to the part where the guardian knight swore allegiance, the scene suddenly fell into embarrassment.
The reason is very simple. Compared with other dragon priestesses who have excellent knights swearing allegiance, Emilia has no knight swearing allegiance.
The girl with a mind of only 14 years old stood on the stage at this moment, enduring the doubts and insults from all around, her body trembling slightly, and her eyes full of tears.
Natsuki Subaru, who thought he was the protagonist, stood up, but was accused of not being a knight at all, and was even beaten up by Yurius who mistook him for a knight.
Looking at the girl who was shaking on the stage but holding back tears, and then looking at the nobles who questioned and even insulted him in the audience, Wood finally sighed silently, and then slowly walked out of the formation.
"My name is Wood Hexin, and I am willing to be the knight of Her Excellency Emilia and help her participate in the competition of the King's Selection Ceremony."
Wood's rather calm voice echoed in the hall, and the nobles who were noisy and noisy before were collectively stunned.
Parker beside Emilia and Natsuki Subaru who was pressed to the ground laughed, while Emilia on the stage widened her eyes and looked at Wood with an expression of disbelief.
Priscilla opened the folding fan in her hand and showed a meaningful smile.
Anastasia's seemingly young face at this moment showed a look of surprise, and then stared at Emilia on the stage with jealousy and cruelty.
"What a joke, even if there are knights who are willing to degenerate and be loyal to the evil half-elves, it is unreasonable to let the half-elves participate in the king's selection ceremony!"
After a brief silence in the hall, someone soon questioned Emilia's identity and suggested kicking her out of the king's selection ceremony.