The Knight's Journey to the Empire

"Sir, please, give me a chance! I am eighteen years old! Really eighteen years old!" A pleading voice suddenly sounded at the clerk's registration office.

"No! Judging from your figure, you don't look like you are eighteen years old! Don't fool me! I am not blind!" The clerk's stern rebuking voice rang out.

"Sir! I am really eighteen years old! I look so thin now because my family is poor and I have nothing to eat!" This time the pleading voice was filled with tears!

"Get out of here! Don't bother me with the registration here, or I'll have someone take you out and beat you up!" The clerk waved his hands impatiently.

"Yes! Yes! Young man, you'd better go away! You are not even eighteen years old, come back next year! Otherwise you will get beaten! It's not worth it!" The people around also started to make a noise.

Because for them, they finally have a chance to move up, so naturally the fewer competitors there are, the better. Without them, their chances will be greater, right?

The young man begging desperately was Allen who came running all the way here.

He looked at the people around him, all of whom were persuading him to leave!

And what the clerk said was right, he was indeed not yet eighteen years old!

Now, he has just turned seventeen.

But he knew that he could not leave just like that, otherwise his younger brothers and sisters would starve and freeze again!

Maybe they really won’t survive this winter!

So Allen knelt down, kowtowed to the clerk, and begged with tears: "Sir! Please! Please! I kowtow to you! Please give me a chance!"

As he said this, Allen was about to kneel down and crawl over, ready to kiss the clerk's feet.

"We only recruit adults over 18 years old. That's the rule. I can't give you a chance!" The clerk looked at Allen's actions, indifferent, with a resolute tone.

"Yes, you can! Just now I saw a kid who was also under 18 years old being let go by you. Oh, I saw him hand you a few copper coins, right..."

Before Allen could finish his words, he was kicked hard away by the clerk!

"Damn it, I said I can't give it to you, and you're still excited, right? You two, get him out of here!" The clerk said in a stern voice to the two members of the territory guard who were maintaining order around him.

But just as they were about to take action, a majestic voice sounded: "Wait, what's going on?"

It turned out that Ramos and Henry, who were sitting in the shed at the back, saw the emergency happening here, so they came over to see what was going on.

"Sir, it's him. He's not even 18 years old, but he still wants to apply for the job and register! I won't give him the job! He's making a fuss here!" The clerk spoke first and reported the matter to Ramos.

"Huh? Is that the case?" Ramos frowned, looking a little angry, and looked at Allen who was still kneeling on the ground crying.

The clerk was about to speak, but Allen spoke first: "No, sir, I didn't! I just want a chance! Please! Give me a chance! Otherwise my brothers and sisters will starve to death!"

Suddenly, Allen's extremely humble and timid appearance evoked Ramos's past memories and made him silent for a long time.

He had been a beggar in the past, and had experienced competing with wild dogs for food. He had also begged for charity from others in a servile and humble manner!

Even in the beggar's den, one of his best beggar brothers starved to death because he caught a cold and had no money to treat it!

If Master Sauron hadn't helped him later, maybe he would still be struggling to survive in a beggar's den? How could he be as prosperous as he is now!

When the clerk saw that the military officer suddenly stopped talking, he thought he was impatient.

So he quickly asked the two people next to him to drag Allen out.

The two men each held one side of Allen and dragged him outside.

The people around looked on, and although they had some expressions of pity or sympathy, no one said anything. Instead, they tacitly made way for them.

Allen's eyes were full of despair!

He wanted to struggle, but was held tightly by the two men and could not move.

The lord's mansion is recruiting servants, although he can still give it a try.

But he also knew that with his rough face, he was unlikely to have a chance.

Suddenly, he saw a sarcastic look on the clerk's face, so he made up his mind and decided to take a mad gamble.

Allen shouted loudly: "Mr. Military Officer, I want to report it! Someone is taking bribes and destroying the reputation of the lord... wooooooo!"

The two men who were holding him were startled when they heard this, and quickly reached out their hands to cover Allen's mouth to stop him from shouting.

But unfortunately, it's too late!

"Wait, bring him up first and let me ask him clearly!" Ramos suddenly shouted, interrupting the two men.

Ramos didn't want to care about it!

It’s not that he has no compassion, or that he has forgotten his poor days and lost his original intention!

To be honest, Ramos actually sympathizes with Allen!

But so what?

There are tens of thousands of poor people in the world, and he can't sympathize with them all.

Moreover, there is a stipulation in the recruitment rules of the Territory Guard: no one under the age of eighteen will be recruited.

As a military officer and the chief of the territory guard, I represent the young master's face.

So, what does it matter if you feel pity or sympathy? You can't be the first to open the back door!

How can this be so disgraceful? Isn't this just a slap in the face of the young master?

But now, we can't just ignore it!

Because he actually heard that someone was committing corruption and bribery right under his nose, ruining the young master's reputation!

Who can bear this?

Anyway, I, Ramos, can’t stand it anymore!

[Ramos: Hey, I have a bad temper. I want to see which bastard has the guts to ruin the young master's reputation. Are you really not afraid of death?]

"Mr. Military Officer, don't listen to his nonsense. I didn't embezzle or accept bribes!" The clerk next to him quickly spoke up to defend himself.

He is anxious!

[Clerk: Brothers, what should I do? I am exhausted from pressing! Is there any solution? Waiting online, it’s urgent! ]

But this... isn't this just a case of trying to cover up one's own guilt?

Ramos glared with his tiger eyes, exuding all the murderous aura he had acquired on the battlefield and the aura of a knight. He said in a dignified and emotionless voice: "Did I ask you? You admitted it so quickly!"

"No...no...no...no...I didn't admit it! It wasn't me! I didn't! Sir Military Officer, he slandered me!"

The clerk was intimidated by Ramos's aura. He took a few steps back in horror, but his voice of sophistry became smaller and smaller, and finally he could only shut his mouth obediently.

He is just the second son of a wealthy businessman!

Because his father donated a lot of money to the Lipton family at the ball, he was able to join the territory guard and seek a way out here!

Normally he only bullies ordinary people, he has never seen such momentum!

The two guards who were originally there to maintain order brought Allen up again.

Then he just stood there timidly, like a guilty thief!

They were sweating too!