Uncle, I am not an ordinary office worker.

Wherever there is a Candle Knight, there will be the grandest stage. This statement made by the famous Casimir Knight competition critic at the guest commentary booth is undoubtedly the greatest compliment to the Candle Knight and the best statement of reality.

The Blood Knight is powerful, but he has the despicable identity of an infected person. The Left-Hand Knight is a veteran on the battlefield, but he is stuck in the top 16. There is hardly any knight who has the graceful figure, elegant swordsmanship, and gorgeous and romantic Originium skills like the Candle Knight. If it weren't for the emergence of the Meteor Knight, the Candle Knight would undoubtedly be the brightest star of this special tournament.

And she has never been proud of it. In contrast to the Red Wine Baths and the extravagant life of hundreds of male servants as slandered by the Red Wine News, Viviana anonymously donates 90% of her salary and bonuses to a charity account every month. As an illegitimate child of a Leitanian noble, she cares about homeless children more than anyone else. Although she has not appeared in any orphanage in person, the orphanages established and maintained with her funding are spread all over every corner of Casimir.

She didn't care about other people's slander, but she couldn't help but deny that her emotions were becoming increasingly numb.

She idolizes the heroic knights and aims to do good and save people, but she doesn't know what else to do except donating the prize money. Suffering, for her, is a real but abstract concept. Because as she said, whether in Leithania or Casimir, she lives in the upper middle class of society. She has never come down from the tower, and has never walked into the suffering of the earth.

In order to explore what suffering is, she did go out of the Great Knight Territory and observe the lives of people outside the city (for details, see the Air Explosion Secret Records). However, although this kind of "scholar investigation"-like observation allowed her to discover more specific sufferings, it only made her more confused. She could obviously give up the life she was enjoying now, but it was meaningless. The current competitive knight life could at least allow her to earn a lot of money to do good deeds, but once she gave it up, except for making her one of those people, it would not help improve their lives at all.

She is gradually becoming numb. She wants to teach people how to fish, but she is lost and can't find the direction. She can only give people fish, but can't change the broader situation. When poetry and novels shine into reality, she suddenly realizes that no matter how "realistic" the content is, it can't resist the "absurdity" of reality.

But in this confusion, she suddenly saw a ray of light.

That beam of light was originally the Radiant Knight, and now it is Roy.

The Brilliant Knight used his own light to tell all the knights in Casimir that there are still ideal knights in this country of knights. But her life was too short and fleeting. When she wanted to see the Brilliant Knight in person, she was still accused of evil and deception and was sentenced to exile.

Viviana thought she would be lost again, but as if God had finally blessed her, she soon met a man who was similar to the Knight of Glory, but completely different - Roy.

Viviana still remembers the scene when she first met Roy. It was a night when even the twin moons had gone dark. She stood alone in front of the French window of the hotel, looking down at the noisy land in front of her. It was at that moment that Roy appeared behind her.

At that time, she didn't even turn her head, but calmly asked the man who deliberately made some noise: "I heard from the spokesperson that the Commercial Federation has a clamping method for disobedient competitive knights. That method comes from an ancient legend. Are you here to kill me?"

"Why are you so nervous, ma'am?" Roy said politely. He skillfully took out two bottles of wine from a room with a similar layout and put them in his pocket. He said, "I'm your neighbor who lives next door. I saw you from the window, so I came over to say hello. I think you have a lot of questions you want to ask, and I think I can help you answer them."

"Answer?" Viviana expressed doubt about what the man behind her said, but the confusion at the moment urged her to speak, "I just simply want to witness the glory of knights in this era. The real glory."

"Then you must have seen it." Roy said, as if he had the magic power to see through people's hearts. His words were as sharp as they would be countless times in the future: "You became a tournament knight because of Knight Yao. Her brilliance must have influenced you."

"But how can someone who has witnessed the light endure darkness? Even the Brilliant Knight failed miserably when he wanted to destroy the tower that ruled Casimir, didn't he?"

"Because she didn't lose to the tower, but to the people," Roy replied. "People only see her as another winner of the game, but not as a revolutionary. This is not surprising, and there is no need to blame her. People born in the countryside may hesitate at the traffic lights when they suddenly come to a big city like Kavaleriyaki. Similarly, people living in big cities may not be able to tell the difference between wheat and rice when they go to the countryside. They just live in a different social environment, so they can't understand what the Knight of Glory did."

"And the actions of the Brilliant Knight to directly undermine the system cannot eliminate the hostility and discrimination in people's hearts. Moreover, this will destroy the lives of many people. What she really wants to do and should do is to arouse people's glory and virtue. Unfortunately, even she herself did not realize this at the time."

Viviana was slightly startled. For the first time, a thought called "enlightenment" came into her mind. The man's words sounded so easy to understand, but they were so profound when she thought about it deeply.

She was already somewhat tempted, but she still suppressed the desire to turn around. She was afraid that if she turned around, the mysterious "neighbor" would disappear like the fairy wise man who answered questions in the novel. She could only continue to ask, as if she wanted to pour out all the doubts in her mind:

"Then do you think that Casimir still has virtue and honor now?"

"Yes." Roy answered straightforwardly, with a faint aroma of alcohol lingering in his voice.

"Where?" she demanded.

"Isn't it right in front of me?" he replied.

Viviana was slightly startled, the beating heart-pounding feeling overwhelmed her barely-there willpower. For the first time, she turned around and, with the help of the flickering light of the candlelight in the room, cast her gaze towards the man's face in the room.

He is handsome, elegant, and his smiling face seems a bit cynical, which is very different from the image of a person who said what can be called "philosophical" words in the book. He is not a wise old man with white beard, but a young man who does not look much older than himself.

Viviana thought of the wizards or fools who knew the truth in the knight novels. She looked expectant and continued:

"But she feels that what she is doing is meaningless and may even hurt the people around her. Even so, is she going to do it?"

Roy reached out and picked up the oldest and most popular poetry collection of Casimir on the table. He turned to the last page and recited the poem that was well-known in Casimir:

"Ah, last knight, you rush towards the waves. Do you think you can defeat this land?"

This was his answer.

When the knight rushed into the endless waves, do you think he was thinking about conquering this earth?

Idealists do not do things just for the sake of achieving them. If you yearn for light, then chase after it. Maybe you will never be able to imprison the light in your hands for your entire life, but at least you will be surrounded by it all the time while chasing it.

Viviana might understand these truths in the future. Roy just told the confused girl in advance, which could be considered as doing a good deed.

But for Viviana, this was a great redemption.

If it was said that the Knight of Glory just passed by the Knight of Candle in a very handsome way, allowing her to see that there was still light on earth, then Roy was the one who truly pointed out the direction of the light for him.

At that time, she did not understand the throbbing in her heart, and only thought it was the excitement after finding the answer. But today, she can tell herself clearly that she just likes this young mentor.

The high heels made a rhythmic sound as they stepped on the ground. When the Candle Knight stepped onto the field, cheers and screams could be heard from then on.

"I'm glad that a tiny candle like me can emit such a blazing light."

She described herself in this way and also paid tribute to all the audience and opponents present.

Then she raised her head and looked towards the front row of the audience. Sitting there was a suspicious person who was fully armed, wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses, a mask, a scarf around his neck, and sportswear.

But Viviana could still recognize his identity at a glance.

"You're finally here, are you afraid of losing to me next time?"

"Then let me show you my progress over this period of time, Mr. Roy."

The candle sword flickered with brilliance, and Viviana sang softly. Her gentle voice was like a bard's chant, piercing through the howling blizzard of [Winter Knight] and striking everyone's heart.

Leitania's unique musical magic now showed the tip of her elegant and powerful iceberg.

PS: I took over a py, a Pokémon game written by hxd, and everyone is welcome to take a look.

He lost his memories and opened his eyes at the time when the Pokémon League was just established. Humans and Pokémon had not yet fully recognized each other, most of the past history was lost, and even the legendary gods no longer set their sights on the earth.

"Very good, this is a perfect time to start a great rebellion!"

Kamikawa Tsukasa, who inherited the power of the Shadow of the Creator, the Lord of the Reverse World, and one of the mythical Pokémon, and who can somehow open the channel to the reverse world, believes that the unification of the world is today!

Until he discovered that those legendary Pokémon all had wingspans of hundreds of meters, and a single step of their reverse claws on the ground could tear apart the continent and create giant whirlpools that swept across the entire ocean.

——Tsukasa Kamikawa believes that he is actually a pacifist at heart.

"I, Giratina, refuse to rebel!"

I, Giratina, refuse to rebel

Volume 1: Chapter 87 Roy: I will never lose

“??——!”

Although there was no musical instrument in his hands, a short melody sounded in the air. The candlelight outlined the notes in the air, and then transformed into thousands of forms and shot towards the Winter Knight.

The compatibility between the Candle Knight and the Winter Knight is extremely good. In actual combat applications, fire spells have a certain degree of suppression on ice spells, not to mention that the caster is one of the best warlocks in Casimir today: Viviana Droste.

As if influenced by this noble atmosphere, even the commentator who was always known for his wildness at the commentary desk temporarily abandoned his roaring commentary style. The tuxedo he had put on at some point gave him a sense of being an upper-class person. Compared to the big-mouthed Mob, he spoke more clearly as he described the Candle Knight's spells:

"What a beautiful spell! The Candle Knight is not a bloody warrior, but an elegant musician. Her attacks are not lethal blades, but heart-stirring notes and melodies!"

"The Winter Knight is infatuated. The Winter Knight is powerless to resist. The Winter Knight is about to be defeated!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

The knight standing opposite Viviana suddenly woke up, shook his head in embarrassment, and finally took off his helmet and threw it on the ground in front of everyone.

His snow-like silver short hair was just like his name, symbolizing the harshest winter, and his pair of Ursus ears made most of the passers-by frown. This race, combined with these characteristics, always made them think of something bad.

"What did we see? The mysterious Winter Knight took off his helmet! He is an Ursus!"

"The warriors from the distant Wuka border came here because they admired the prosperity and beauty of Casimir. The tolerant Casimir - our motherland also generously accepted his identity. Dear audience friends, I think this is a kind of self-confidence!"

The commentator's answer, with his head tilted back and a smile on his face, immediately made the Casimir people, who had just been a little dissatisfied, relax their frowns.

That's right, the Ursus people from the border of Uka came to the Great Knight Territory because they admired the glory of Casimir, and became a knight that everyone admired, abandoning the gray animal-like life of Ursus. Isn't this natural? Where does the sadness and dissatisfaction in their hearts come from? Shouldn't they raise their heads high and show a confident smile like the commentator said?

But at this moment, Mayenna, who had changed the place where he drank tea and read newspapers from Zofia's house to the office of the Grand Knight Commander, turned his head slightly, looked at the silent Russell beside him, and asked:

"Aren't you angry?"

"I just feel sad." Russell closed his eyes and sighed deeply. "I thought it was my illusion, but now I can be sure."

"Bill Winter, this is just a pseudonym given to him by the Business Federation. His real identity should be: Ivan Romanovich Ivanov. He is the elite centurion of the Hundred Battles Vanguard of the Third Army of Ursus. In the last Uka War, the team he led besieged and killed thirteen knights."

"Such a person only changed his name and identity, and he could appear in the Great Knight Territory with impunity, and even became a knight idol sought after by the people of Casimir."

Mauna sneered.

"If this is progress, I'd rather not have it."

"I will submit this matter to the National Council." Russell said slowly, but his tone was firm, "But this competition, with Viviana, will probably be difficult."

After all, she was once a serious soldier and a centurion-level elite vanguard who had fought in many battles. If she really took a serious approach against a competitive knight like Viviana who had never been on a battlefield, Russell didn't think she would have a chance of winning.

The two are definitely not on the same level.

"Although it's not a handy weapon, it's enough to deal with a little girl like you."

A cruel smile appeared on the face of the Winter Knight, and the three-edged sword in his hand stabbed towards Viviana's heart like a bayonet on a military heavy crossbow. Viviana frowned slightly, and the western sword lightly touched the candlelight. In the shadows, a blazing wall of fire had already stood in front of her. While maintaining the defense of the fire wall, Viviana also sang softly, and the singing resonated with the candlelight. The spell unit was activated, and the flames gathered on the candle sword like musical notes, coating the slender blade with a layer of blazing golden light.

"Go!"

With a delicate cry, Viviana took a fierce step forward, and raised her rapier from the lower left to the upper right. With movements like an elegant dance, five musical note fireballs penetrated the fire wall and flew towards the charging Winter Knight.

"Oh my god, Candle Knight used a set of spell combos, first defending with a fire wall, then strengthening the weapon with candlelight, and finally releasing a candlelight ball to intercept the attack of Winter Knight. Faced with such an impenetrable combo, how should Winter Knight deal with it? ... What? Without dodging or evading, Winter Knight directly crashed into it!"

With a wild smile on his face, the Winter Knight, or Ivan, rushed straight towards the direction where the fireball came from without any hesitation.

The spells of the Leitanians are treacherous and varied, and their country is even known as the country of art and magic. However, in the past era of the Great Conquest, even Leitania, where the Witch King was in power, was just another stepping stone for the late Emperor Ursus to establish immortal achievements. In order to deal with the Leitanians, Ursus had long developed spell counter units that could invalidate all Originium skills in a certain area. Even the most ordinary Ursus military and police can now possess those units (collection: Ursus baton). As a centurion, how could he not have them?

That unit is now stored in his triangular sword. Once it is activated, even the tower warlock will be captured, let alone a young girl who is just starting out.

"Your spells have no effect on me."

He said disdainfully, stabbing the fireball with the triangular sword.

"Zi!"

There was no expected loud explosion of fireballs, but instead a crackling sound like a short circuit. In front of all the spectators, the five huge fireballs were pierced by the Winter Knight so fast that they were almost invisible and all turned into black smoke and drifted away.

"The next step is to go through the wall of fire and kill this little girl."

While muttering to himself, the Winter Knight walked towards the blazing wall of fire in front of him. He could almost imagine the terrified and helpless expression of the Leitanian girl behind this impenetrable wall of fire.

It's a pity that we can't kill her. Knight competitions are so boring without bloodshed.

After spitting silently, he raised the triangular spike and stabbed at the wall of fire in front of him.

"Zi-"

With the three-edged sword blade touching the fire wall as the center, the fire wall was gradually destroyed. In the slowly expanding circle, Viviana's figure finally appeared in the pupils of the Winter Knight again.

However, that was not a panicked lamb to be slaughtered, but a powerful warlock who was holding a candlestick high, slightly floating in the air, with his eyes closed, and chanting.

"Touch of the Light, take away his light!"

Accompanied by a soft singing, the candle sword in Viviana's hand pointed directly at the ground under the feet of the Winter Knight. At the same time, the light of the candlestick also rose to the highest level!

"what!"

Suddenly, the Winter Knight felt the ground beneath his feet become extremely hot, but before he could react, the spell that had already been fully charged suddenly rose up and submerged him.

It was a brilliant flame and light centered on the arena beneath his feet, surging up like a cross of judgment!

Everyone's eyes were attracted by this spell that could only be described as gorgeous and splendid. During this spell, Viviana turned her head slightly and looked at the front row of the audience outside the stadium. From an angle hidden by the bright flames, she spoke softly but firmly to the "fully armed" man in the front row:

"Here I come, Mr. Roy."

"See? I've become stronger. If you want to be defeated by me now, you have to listen to me."

However, the cheers around were too loud and noisy, and Roy, who was wearing a hat, could not hear the whispers that Viviana was conveying to the audience across half the stadium. He could only squint his eyes and guess what Viviana meant by the determined face he saw through his 5.2 vision under his sunglasses.

You've become stronger, so you want to challenge me again?

"Okay, I will definitely not lose!" Roy said seriously.

PS: Someone suggested in a thread that oripathy can enhance physical fitness, because Kal'tsit commented that Big Daddy has the strongest body he has ever seen.

Is it possible that it is not the oripathy that is strong, but the patriots?

Most patients with Oreopathy have difficulty walking when it is serious, and the Rhodes Island operators are no exception. In the story collection of Cloud and Spark, Nightsmoke Cat suffered an attack of Oreopathy and almost fainted several times. She couldn't even run and in the end she planned to lie down and die. Only the Wendigo like Big Daddy is a little special, but it can't be used as an example.

Volume 1: Chapter 88 Skadi: I’m not very good at speaking (the truth)

"Platinum, are the preparations complete?"

The voice on the phone forced Bai Jin to perk up and answer:

"We have deployed surveillance around the CCTV Tower. The main power reactor and its auxiliary power reactors have been surrounded by our men. Spies have been deployed to monitor the Core City Command Tower and the Commercial Federation Building. Infiltration into Block 0 and the connection point between the four cities is proceeding in an orderly manner. Everything will be ready before the finals begin."

Four cities are in a meltdown. Xinteleya still doesn't know what this word means, and what it will bring to Casimir today, but she knows that the fact that Xuantie has paid so much personal attention to her so frequently and even specifically instructed her to keep it confidential must be related to the plan of "breaking free from the shackles" that Xuantie mentioned that day.

But even if the entire Great Knight Territory was without power for a few hours, what would happen? It would only be a loss for the merchants. According to her recent investigation, if it was impossible to cut off the backup power supply controlled by the Business Federation, the longest time the Great Knight Territory would be without power would only be a short hour. More likely, it would only take ten minutes for the backup power supply to start working.

Isn't it too stressful to complete the plan of getting rid of the Chamber of Commerce without anyone noticing in just ten minutes?