The Knight's Journey to the Empire

Tallinn County is located in the south of the Kingdom of Midburg, and its county seat is called Niger City.

The county was named Tallinn because the Tallinn River, the second largest river in the Kingdom of Middelburg, originates here.

Niger City is a medium-sized city with a permanent population of about 60,000. It has a constant flow of business and travel, a developed economy, rich culture, and a prosperous society.

The commercial district of Niger City is in the west of the city. It is full of houses and high-rise buildings, where business and travel are concentrated and trade is prosperous, showing a bustling city life.

There is a bookstore on the corner of one of the commercial streets.

The bookstore is not big, only about 30 square meters, but there are quite a lot of customers coming in and out, no less than thirty to fifty people every day.

In this world where culture is still relatively poor, books are still considered a rare resource of some precious value. Only the upper class can easily obtain them, and they are generally not borrowed from each other.

After all, an aristocrat's collection of books is a manifestation of his or her own heritage, and the arrogant aristocrats would never do something as embarrassing as borrowing books.

This bookstore is actually Soran's business, and the funds come from the living expenses he saves on a daily basis.

The shop is of course rented, and the boss behind the scenes is Sauron himself.

But the person in charge on weekdays is Javier, Soran's personal valet, and three young servants taken in by Soran.

The nobles of this world, or the upper class people with certain economic conditions or status, all have a tradition.

That is, after their child is born, they will choose a personal servant for him or her to accompany him or her and take care of his or her growth.

These personal servants are usually family servants who have been loyal to the family for many generations and are deeply trusted by their masters.

The young master has a personal male servant, while the young lady has a personal female servant. Moreover, this kind of personal servant is usually more than ten years older than the young master and the young lady.

Due to some special reasons, Soran has been taken care of by his personal butler Javier since he was a child, and it has been seventeen years now.

The two are not relatives, but they are better than relatives.

Because the Donbass Knight Academy wants to train students to be able to take care of themselves, it stipulates that students must live in boarding school and cannot have servants to serve them.

So Soran arranged Javier to work in this bookstore outside the school.

The three young servants adopted by Solon in the bookstore were originally beggars in the city of Niger. They were Ramos, 19 years old, Gubellini, 18 years old, and Usman, 16 years old.

Of course, Sauron was not taking someone in randomly; he had the intention but not the money.

Under the gaze of Soran's Spiritual Eyes, the three young servants' physical limits all reached over 21 points, which meant that their cultivation aptitude had reached an excellent level.

As a beggar, despite congenital malnutrition, their physical limits can still reach excellent levels. Soran feels that they have great potential for the future.

Therefore, he took them in, intending to train them to become his trusted assistants in the future.

Javier's job as a personal servant was a fairly respectable one, and one of the requirements for this job was to be literate.

So Soran asked Javier to teach the three young servants how to read and write. After they learned, the three of them copied the books and sold their manuscripts.

Although this backward world invented paper, it had not yet invented printing.

All books are spread by copying them by hand.

The bookstore is Soran's business, and Javier is the daily manager. As the boss behind the scenes, he usually comes two or three times a month. His coming times are not fixed, but he mostly comes on weekends.

There is no concept of weeks in this world, but the tradition of regular occupations in this world is to work nine days and rest one day, that is, work nine days and rest one day.

Therefore, the tenth day of every month is a day off.

Of course, some special holidays are excluded.

This is the case with the Donbass Knight Academy, where classes are held nine days a week and there is one day off on the tenth day.

That evening, Soran went to the bookstore as usual.

The bookstore was about to close at dusk, and three young attendants were cleaning and organizing things in preparation for closing.

The night is the home of hotels, pubs, and brothels, but no one comes to bookstores.

Seeing Soren, Ramos and Gubellini came forward to greet him, while Usman ran to the back with a smile on his face and called out Javier who was settling accounts.

There are two rooms behind the bookstore, one large and one small: the small one is Javier's room, where he lives alone; the large one is the room and warehouse for three young servants.

The bookstore lobby in front is where the business is done daily, where the three young attendants copy books, and where they exercise.

Based on what he had learned, Soran had begun to teach the three young servants how to practice knighthood.

"Hello, young master!" Javier came out and greeted Soran respectfully.

He was holding a book in his hand. Soran knew without any guessing that it was an account book.

"Hello!" Soran responded politely. He was not the kind of person who liked to show off.

Sauron came here just to take a look, there was no special meaning, he just wanted to strengthen the relationship between them.

After all, these people can be considered his confidants.

The bookstore's income is still good. After paying the rent every month, there is still nearly one gold coin left.

Soran had never looked at the account book or the cash box, and had never taken a single gold coin from the store (because the living expenses given by his family were usually enough).

He has great faith in this "Big Brother" who has grown up with him and is like a family member to him.

As they chatted, the four of them talked about knight training.

There is another important reason why Soran comes two or three times a month, and that is to guide the three young servants in their practice.

These three young servants are all very hardworking and excellent, which can be seen from the changes in their physical limit values.

Ramos's physical limit value was originally 21 points. After being taken in by Sauron, his food and clothing problems were solved, his physical deficiencies were replenished, and his physical limit value increased to 23 points.

Gubellini's physical limit value also increased from 21 points to 23 points.

What surprised Soran the most was the youngest Usman, whose physical limit value suddenly increased from 20 points to 25 points, and his qualifications directly reached the top level.

The three young servants were indeed excellent. After all, they were the best selected by Soran from among hundreds of wanderers in Niger City.

The Arcane Eye was still activated secretly, and Soran immediately knew the digitized results of the physical fitness and physical limit values ​​of these four people.

拉莫斯是21/23，古贝利尼是20/23，乌斯曼是18/25，最后的哈维尔差许多，是15/19。

Compared to the data he looked at last time, there was actually no change. Sauron was just taking a look as usual.

It costs nothing to speak words of praise, but it can have unexpected effects.

So Soren praised them without hesitation: "Well, everyone has worked very hard and made rapid progress, especially Usman, you have made the fastest progress."

Hearing Soran's praise, the three of them smiled.

The three of them are indeed very hard-working and persevering.

They used to be wanderers, unable to afford three meals a day and knowing how to keep warm.

But since being taken in by Sauron, he has been able to have food and clothing, learn skills, and read and write!

Most importantly, you can be taught how to practice knighthood!

This is the life I always dreamed of.

Therefore, they work especially hard during training.

They get up at cockcrow every day to train, and they encourage and support each other. They double the training volume without any slacking off.

I usually copy books in my free time.

Although they were in the city, the three of them rarely went out to play. They were repaying Soran's kindness with their actions.

Javier saw the happy faces of the three people and smiled with relief.

Because he saw the efforts of these three children, just like he watched the young master along the way.

Soran was also smiling. He regarded these four people as his trusted confidants and his own family. Seeing them grow and improve, he was happy when they were happy.

"Okay, to commend your efforts and progress, I've decided to give everyone an extra chicken tonight. Javier, you're in charge of this!"

"Yes, Master!"