Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 1057 Mikhail Ghazar

Mikhail glanced back to make sure Penelope had no doubts and was just overjoyed before quickly regaining his composure.

He was the sixth in order.

Meanwhile, the awakening rituals for those on Earth and in the Dark have remained consistently successful, producing either knights or priests.

Penelope's blue light was only somewhat incredible to her family, but it was commonplace in this country of believers.

A child's devotion to God is ingrained from a young age, and coupled with their constant involvement in church activities, even a child with little talent would not be so poor as to not even become a trainee pastor.

In fact, most people can become full-fledged pastors by simply waiting out the required number of years.

Knights, needless to say, must have exceptional talent to skip the clergy category, and their attributes are basically fixed.

The knight emblems in the awakening array are all quite similar.

The awakening patterns of the members of the Church of the Night are basically a crescent moon on the outside and their family emblem inside... Ordinary people without inheritance have the simplest crescent to full moon pattern.

The same applies to the Church of the Earth; at most, the patterns on the outer edge of their emblems will be divided into two types: the nature faction's emblem is above the earth, while the mineral faction's emblem is below the earth.

For believers of the Earth who do not have a lineage, their badge areas are either forests or mountains.

The reason this has happened is because these children have developed a strong belief in each other from a young age.

Otherwise, if an ordinary person without a lineage awakens as a knight, the emblem would simply be a sword and shield.

Children who are not recognized by their families are unlikely to gain recognition from their own bloodline during the awakening ceremony.

Mikhail had heard Antirochus mention that when he awakened, the pattern was very common.

But both the sword and shield were exquisite, especially the shield, which had some intricate patterns on it... This proved that he was either not recognized by his family, or he had a lineage, but his bloodline was not close enough.

This is also why he can stay in Harvey Castle... After all, his mother is a descendant of a newly emerging powerhouse in the Chaotic Zone, and her own strength is also quite good.

However, a family that has only been prosperous for a few hundred years has not yet been able to develop its own family crest.

Antirochus and Euphemia both got away with it this way... So, the paternal family's disapproval wasn't pleasant for the mother, who had a guilty conscience, but it wasn't so bad for Duke Harvey.

The Grand Duke simply wanted to use his wife's family, whose background was clearly not normal, to break through the outside world's blockade against the Harvey family; he didn't really want to put himself in a bad light.

Mikhail glanced at his friend and slowly calmed himself down, stopping his wild thoughts... After Penelope became a mage, it probably wouldn't be surprising no matter what profession he eventually awakened.

As he sensed the person on his other side begin to move forward, Mikhail suddenly had an extremely interesting thought: if he also became a mage, would the Gezar bloodline receive a different kind of attention?
No, it's not just the Gezar bloodline, but the Gezar bloodline that is close to the Grand Mage of Qingfeng Territory.

Mikhail had heard from Ariges about how much good food she had eaten to give birth to the two of them... all of it came from Lori Montes.

And then there's the bronze bell that they had to ring every six months after they were born.

That thing definitely has the effect of purifying spiritual energy, and he and Penelope benefited greatly from it.
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Antirochus stared at the magic circle for a while... It was only after he arrived in Emilia City that he observed the signs of awakening magic talent up close.

Because knights inherit their lineage, their awakening magic circles always carry various characteristics.

The French system is quite subtle.

If you're not familiar with it, it's hard to tell the Awakener's class from those layers of spell symbols.

Of course, the clergy could still tell... after all, magical runes of the moon and earth were everywhere in this country.

You can recognize it at a glance.

As a sunwalker, Antirochus also received some of the inheritances that a priest should have.

Not to mention his own sun, there are also the storms that are closely related to him, and he even remembers the runic symbols of the Tower Lord!
When Penelope awoke, she didn't see any familiar symbols.

Although there is a possibility of extraterrestrial deities... the Awakening Array, as an existence built upon the world's will and based on the world's laws, is fundamentally incapable of being corrupted by external forces.

Those foreign gods can only influence the will of those they control, not their awakening.

The influence of the gods in this world is actually negligible; the world's will only left them an opening for clergy.

Moreover, talent varies from person to person, not by divine will. It's just that those at the bottom can generally live a little better than ordinary people... Apprentice priests are indeed nothing special, but they can use magical creations such as alchemical tools and scrolls.

Is he really a mage?

Antirochus felt that something was amiss.

But he was even less convinced that Penelope would be a scholar.

That girl possessed an extraordinary spirituality.

They are absolutely unlike scholars who are cut off from each other by an inner membrane and must create things with their minds to cast spells.

Mikhail has that feeling more.

But he……

Antirochus raised his head.

Mikhail was calmly walking towards the central square.

Steady and composed, without rushing or being impatient.

That's true, there's nothing to get excited about anymore.
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Mikhail watched his awakening ceremony with a subtle expression. Of course, this didn't mean that something went wrong during his awakening.

On the contrary, it was not surprising at all.

For some reason, after the Gale Wolf of Gezar was transferred from Gezar's roots to a distant relative, when Gezar's bloodline awakened as a knight, the family crest became the more ancient Wings of Wind.

Of course, it is still somewhat different from the original badge.

Dark gold, transparent wings with flowing feathers fluttered gently, and the outline of the emblem faintly shimmered with the shadow of a golden wolf.

He still has the family crest.

This is normal.

The Gezar family was not just a lineage from the Northern Kingdom.

The one who followed the first king of the North northward could only be considered a branch of the family.

That wolf form was a later transformation, and it almost completely severed ties with its original family.

But the near extinction of the northern Gezar did not mean that the Gezar could only unite the knights' shadows through popular symbols... The ancient family accepted the distant clansmen who had failed in their transformation without any hesitation.

Even the most ordinary Ghazar, when they awaken, will have a few feathers in the badge at their feet.

This proves that although they failed to awaken their ancestral bloodline, they were not without origins.

Otherwise, even with the deterrent power of the Azure Maple Territory, it would be difficult for members of the Gezar family scattered throughout the land to marry nobles in a proper manner.

Without a family or lineage... even if they coveted the uniqueness of the Gezar bloodline, the nobles would not arrange marriages between them and members of their own clansmen with him.

Only those branches that have even changed their surnames will be brought out, and even then, they cannot be direct descendants of the branch.

After all, the rumors about Gezar still need to be verified!

After discovering that Mikhail was interested in Gezar's past, Ariges simply handed him all the intelligence she had gathered.

Mikhail saw it clearly: although the nobles who had targeted the Gezar branch were not considered high-ranking, they were still qualified to enter the legitimate social circles of the northern nobility.

Other impoverished families... such as the descendants of the Earl of Montes' former in-laws, were even looked down upon by so-called gentry families.

No noble family with any standing would choose to accept them... even if they possessed resources and secret techniques.

There's a lot to learn here!
The fact that all the 'badge' nobles can be so in sync must mean they've learned a painful lesson.

Mikhail had always wanted to study this.

But he never expected that his awakening would be so...complete, and that his bloodline would be so...regressive.

How can it be?

His mother was from a distant branch of a collateral branch!

How could there be such pure Gezar blood?
With a heavy heart, Mikhail walked to Alexandra's side and couldn't help but rush into his mother's open arms... Knowing too much, he was also quite terrified by this outcome.

Even to outsiders, he was just a normal, exceptionally talented knight.

Penelope, clinging tightly to her mother's arm, cautiously peeked out from below, observing Mikhail's expression with a serious look.

"Alright~ They've both successfully awakened, let's go back and celebrate." Alexis reached out and picked up both children, looking tenderly at Antilokos and Euphemia beside her: "Come to our house for dinner later, I'll prepare lots of delicious food."

Antirochus immediately replied, "Yes, Mrs. Ariges."

We'll be there at eight o'clock.

Alexandra nodded at him and then left gracefully with the two children.

"Brother?" Euphemia asked softly, "Do we have to watch until the very end?"

Antirochus glanced at his sister, who had spoken very aptly, and shook his head with a smile: "Of course not."

Penelope has awakened into a magic-based class, and Mrs. Alexandra will certainly need some time to figure out which one she belongs to.

We shouldn't disturb them during the day.

Moreover, although Mrs. Alexis said she would prepare something, we should still bring some gifts... Our previous ideas were quite different from reality, so we need to revise them a bit.

After all, they're completely opposite!

Euphemia laughed: "I never imagined Penelope would become a mage!"

“The Gezar bloodline, perhaps, just loves surprises.” Antirochus held out a hand, and Euphemia smiled as she slipped her hand into his arm. “So, where shall we go? The gold coin exchange?”

"Hmm...that works too." Antirochus led his sister slowly out of the crowd. "I remember there was a set of Wonders cards over there?"

“That does suit Pepe very well,” Euphemia agreed.
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"What Wonders?" Queen Louise turned to ask her son.

Luciano replied with a strange expression: "A set of illusion cards specifically for children to learn about magical artifacts."

(End of this chapter)