Chapter 360: Chapter 0357: Female Follower (First Update)
 

Having obtained “Breath Decay”, Liszt immediately decided to practice it.

Now that he had completely mastered “Flaming Wave” and “Fire Dragon Drill”, and had basically mastered “Multi-Arrow”, and his “The Eye of Magic” had become even more transcendent, pondering over these Dou Qi manuscripts and Dou Qi secret techniques would not significantly improve his strength. It was better to practice “Breath Decay” to conserve his resources.

At the same time.

Thomas had returned with the organized documents to report, “My lord, this is the dossier on the serf girl Emily from the commissioner’s office.”

Emily, from the Eagle Kingdom, was an orphan with both parents deceased, and her brother had also died. She was eleven years old this year and was the first girl in the girls’ group to cultivate Dou Qi, even quicker than most of the boys in the qualifying group. She performed excellently in knight training, but she still needed to attend embroidery classes.

Moreover, she performed poorly in her embroidery classes—she couldn’t even thread a needle properly.

“Emily isn’t getting along well with her foster family, mainly because she does not do household chores and thinks all day about becoming a female knight, which leads to frequent scolding. After knight training classes, she’d rather stay in the Knight’s Square than go home early,” said Thomas.

After reviewing the dossier.

Liszt basically understood that this girl named Emily yearned for the life of a knight, “Call Rom over, and have Emily brought along as well.”

“Yes, my lord.”

Before long, Rom and Emily both rushed over, with Rom standing to the side after paying his respects. Liszt’s gaze was entirely on Emily, the eleven-year-old girl who was around one and a half meters tall, and although her face was immature and her body frail, her eyes were bright and full of life.

Her deep eye sockets and high nose bridge gave her a somewhat exotic appeal—relative to the people of the Duchy of Sapphire and the Eagle Kingdom.

Perhaps she would be quite beautiful when she grew up.

However, her large bone structure contrasted with her skinny frame, making her appear somewhat disproportionate, likely due to the lack of flesh on her body.

“Your name is Emily, I heard you don’t like being an embroiderer?”

Emily wasn’t meeting Liszt for the first time, but it was her first time speaking so closely with Lord Landlord, which made her a bit nervous. Still, she mustered her courage and replied in a tender yet firm voice, “Yes, Lord Landlord, Emily does not like to be an embroiderer. Emily hopes to become a knight!”

“Ambitious, but do you know that for a woman, becoming a knight requires far more effort than it does for all others?”

“Emily knows, but Emily is not afraid!”

Seeing Emily’s determination, Liszt couldn’t help but smile, “Then do you know that the resources spent to train a female knight exceed those required to train a male knight? If I spend a lot of resources to train you as a knight, do you know what you should do?”

“I…” Emily was somewhat at a loss, being just an eleven-year-old child, but she quickly regained her resolve, “If Lord Landlord trains Emily, Emily is willing to serve Lord Landlord for life, and will not retreat a step even if it costs her life!”

“Hmm.”

This precocious response somewhat astonished Liszt.

Indeed, she was a child capable of attracting the Smoke Mission and pulling on the Threads of Destiny, a bit extraordinary; he nodded in approval, “I am satisfied with your answer, Emily. Since you have chosen a difficult path, as your Landlord, I will give you a chance to change your fate, hoping you will keep your promise.”

“Yes, Lord Landlord, Emily is willing to follow the lord and charge forth for the lord!” Emily, with her young frame, mimicked the adult knights and performed the grand salute of a follower—kneeling on one knee, right hand on her chest, leaning forward ninety degrees while bowing, head lowered, gazing at the ground.

Liszt walked over and lifted her up, “I accept your allegiance, Emily.”

By the time Emily climbed up, she excitedly stood straight, and he smiled, saying, “You are my youngest follower and also my first female follower. I wish that in the future, you may become a glorious knight, chasing honor shoulder to shoulder with me… For now, you will train with Maggie.”

Maggie, the object of envy among all the serf children because her sister was the personal guard of Lord Landlord.

She received specialized knight training every day and was making rapid progress.

Emily nodded excitedly, “Yes, sir!”

Liszt then turned to Rom, “Rom, please arrange for Emily’s training personally. Also, tell her foster parents to treat Emily better. From now on, she does not need to attend any more embroidery classes; she should focus entirely on knight training.”

“Yes, sir!”

“All right, you may go now,” Liszt indicated for everyone to leave, then he said to his personal servant, “Go and call Paris over.”

Calling over Paris was simply to inform her that her sister Maggie was going to have a companion for her training. It was somewhat wasteful for Maggie to enjoy the knight training alone, and training with a companion was often better than alone, if nothing else, for having a good point of reference.

Paris replied, “I have no objections. In fact, I am happy to see that Maggie will have a companion. She has been getting increasingly lazy with her knightly drills… But I am surprised, Baron, that you would accept an eleven-year-old girl as a follower.”

“It was her longing look filled with desire for knighthood that moved me. I believe that someone with such a gaze will not lead an ordinary life in the future. Perhaps, among my followers, there will emerge a female Sky Knight,” Liszt said with a smile. In actuality, it was the Smoke Mission he believed in, not Emily herself.

Paris smiled, “I wish her luck.”

“How is your Dou Qi cultivation progressing?”

“I have not found a clue yet. The power of the Black Dragon Childe always manages to assimilate the little Dou Qi that I have painstakingly refined.”

“Perhaps you are taking the wrong approach. Dou Qi originates within a knight, but you already have the power of the Black Dragon Childe within you, which is a conflict in itself… You could consult with Chris, learn magic, use the Black Dragon Childe’s power to harness Light System Magic. Maybe that’s more reasonable.”

Invisibility Technique is one of the Light System Magic disciplines; many Grand Magicians study Invisibility Technique. And Paris, after acquiring the power of the Black Dragon Childe, soon developed her own Invisibility Technique.

“Hmm, when my cultivation of Dou Qi is declared a failure, I’ll turn to magic,” she said.

…

After Paris left,

Liszt concentrated for a moment, and smoke slowly emerged.

“Mission completed, reward Douson with new magic – Rock Wall.”

“Rock Wall?” He stood in front of the window, just in time to see Douson playing with the Eight Tiny Ones in the sunset. Suddenly, Douson opened his mouth, and a rock wall burst forth frantically from the apple tree grove of the estate, obstructing the path of the Eight Tiny Ones.

Facing a rock wall that was three meters high, ten meters wide, and twenty centimeters thick, irregular and twisted.

The Eight Tiny Ones barked excitedly, nonstop.

And Douson, as if he had found a new toy, continued raising rock walls, turning the originally beautiful apple garden into chaos with walls everywhere.

“Quiet, Douson!” Liszt couldn’t help but shout out loud.