Become a knight starting with synthesized entries.

Loan Yunina.

It sounds like a woman's name.

Luo An commemorates his foster mother, who, despite her poverty, was willing to share half of her rye bread with him.

Even with straw stuck in her hair, she continued to recount the glorious legends of true knights over and over again.

This inspired Roan to become a knight.

Roan wanted to become a knight, partly to prove that the woman's act of saving him was right.

Luo An shook his hand slightly.

"Mr. Jalley, do you need any help? I am now a knight's squire. Please tell me what's wrong."

Jiali's expression changed slightly. He didn't know if Luo An was deliberately trying to provoke him or if he said it unintentionally.

But Roan gave him a way out, in front of Levi and the militia.

"Thank you." Jalley took Roan's hand, his tone bitter.

Luo An exerted his strength and pulled him up.

"Jiali, you played well," Roan said, offering words of comfort.

"Roan...you're great too." Jally said, a little awkwardly.

Reeves nodded in satisfaction. He didn't want anything to go wrong with the militia, especially in these turbulent times.

"Alright, Roan, I'll allow you to leave first and pack your things. Everyone else, keep training, especially you, arrogant Jally."

Jiali watched Luo An's departing figure and nodded silently.

After bowing and taking his leave, Luo An returned to the stable.

Pushing open the feed room door, one could immediately hear dissatisfied groans.

A sense of apology flashed through Luo An's mind. He went straight to the straw mat where he had slept and reached into the haystack to find a silver cross ornament.

He had a premonition that he wouldn't stay in the stables forever, so he never left anything worth remembering, except for Yunina's belongings.

Even if he were poor, Luo An would never sell it, much less throw it away.

After tidying up, Luo An glanced at his still-sleeping "companions" and opened the door again.

"Luo An! You are no longer allowed to sleep in the stables!"

A rough voice sounded from behind.

Luo An closed the door and walked towards the castle.

Because of Levi's instructions, Roan's arrival did not surprise the maid.

They frowned slightly, deliberately took a few steps back, and bowed to Luo An, who had an unpleasant odor.

"Greetings, Lord Luo An. Lord Levi has instructed us to take you to take a bath and change into clean clothes. We have prepared hot bread and roast meat for you, as well as a clean and warm room and bed."

"Thanks."

Luo An thanked the maid.

The maid led Roan a few steps through the luxurious marble bathroom to the militia's bathhouse.

A rough and simple stone chamber.

"Mr. Luo An, this is the militia's bathhouse." The maid pointed expressionlessly to the large wooden bathtub placed in the middle of the bathhouse.

"As Sir Levi's orders, we have prepared a basin for you, but only this once. From now on, you will have to use the bathhouse with the soldiers."

Luo An nodded; as long as there was hot water, he didn't mind.

In the middle of the bathroom, there was a large basin filled with boiled water.

A gray-haired maid stood beside the bathtub, pouring in some pungent, unpleasant-smelling spices. Next to her was a small table with bananas, apples, and sandwiches filled with ham.

After just one glance, Luo An couldn't help but swallow several times.

Ham, apples, and bananas—the last time I ate them was in my past life.

Luo An was the first to pick up a slice of meat from the sandwich, smelled it, and then swallowed it in one gulp.

Next, take off your clothes, sit in the wooden tub, and enjoy the scalding hot water.

"Comfortable."

Luo An leaned his head against the edge of the wooden tub, looked up at the nude oil painting hanging on the ceiling, and casually picked up a banana and put it in his mouth.

...That was really awesome.

A golden panel opened in front of Roan.

In the achievements section, only two achievements are glowing.

One is the [166% survival rate after three years].

One is [Learning basic breathing techniques, 101%]

Luo An's spirits lifted. He had just learned the basic breathing technique and his efficiency had increased by another 1%, making him many times more efficient than before.

Could it be that the [Giant Slayer] skill, which increases all attributes, also increases attributes like [Intelligence] or [Comprehension]?

It seems that unlocking the system did have some effect.

It can also be used to view learning outcomes.

Before Luo An could think about it further, the system suddenly emitted a golden light, indicating that an achievement could be unlocked.

[White Achievement: Junior Swordsmanship Master]

Proficient in one Black Iron-level sword technique.

Roan certainly didn't believe that simply defeating a militiaman would unlock a whole host of achievements.

Even if you unlock it, you'll only get some useless keywords.

"The more powerful the affix, the harder it is to unlock; so don't expect to unlock gold affixes."

"Furthermore, I feel that the [Giant Slayer] attribute is not weak. With my current abilities, I am far from reaching the upper limit that the [Giant Slayer] can achieve."

When the [Giant Slayer] ability was triggered, Roan's strength did increase, but it felt like he was less than a tenth of Levi's strength.

Even if you activate the "Giant Slayer" ability, you'd probably get slapped into a pancake if you encountered a real giant.

"If we were to use a game analogy, it would be that the base stats are insufficient."

Luo An clenched his fist. His sixteen-year-old body was short and thin due to long-term malnutrition. He was barely 1.7 meters tall and underweight.

In a world where the average height is over 1.8 meters, Luo An, who is already thin, looks even more immature.

It seems that the most important thing right now is to improve my attributes as soon as possible. As long as I am strong enough to kill monsters or even dragons, I won't have to worry about unlocking any new attributes.

After all, the dragon slayer is an indispensable part of every Western legend.

That said, there must be dragons in this world...

"Luo An. Are you clean? Come out quickly."

Levi's knocking on the door startled Roan from his reverie.

Luo An responded. He quickly got out of the basin, saw an apple on the table, swallowed it in a few bites, wiped himself down, changed into clean linen clothes, and opened the door.

"Lord Levi."

Levi squinted as he sized up Roan.

"Hmm, I didn't realize you were so fair-skinned. Good thing you ran into me... haha, just kidding."

Roan was somewhat speechless. This knight seemed a bit unreliable in private.

Levi patted Roan on the shoulder.

"Alright, how was breakfast? Are you still hungry?"

"Thank you, Your Excellency Knight, I'm full." Roan rubbed his stomach, which was bloated and aching from not having eaten properly for so long.

"Okay, that's good. You're at the age where you're growing. Don't let yourself be too weak to even lift armor later. I've already spoken to the maid, and I'll share all my flesh with you from now on."

"Your room is ready. I've asked the castle guards to clear out a storage room for you; it's a bit simple. The maid is cleaning it for you now, so we won't go in."

"Now, let's go to the horse farm for training."

Luo An felt a warmth in his heart; Levi was truly training him to be a knight.

Looking at Levi's armor, which was somewhat worn but gleaming, Roan's breathing quickened.

When will I be able to own a complete set of armor?

Levi saw Roan's longing and smiled.

"You like armor? Even if I wanted to give it to you, you'd need to be an apprentice knight to wear it. By the way, do you even know what ranks knights are?"