The Knight's Journey to the Empire

However, at this time, there was already a figure in the small training ground who had gotten up earlier than Soran and was doing knight training.

After Soran got closer, he found that this person was actually his personal valet, Thomas.

Thomas is still an ordinary person now, and has not cultivated the fighting energy to become a formal knight.

Therefore, his current training and practice, like Sauron before, is mainly focused on strengthening the body, increasing strength, and improving physique.

So at this moment, Thomas was lifting the huge stone lock up and down selflessly to exercise his strength.

He was so focused that he didn't even notice Soran approaching quietly from behind.

"Thomas, you got up so early to exercise!" Soran deliberately made trouble and suddenly exclaimed behind Thomas.

Thomas was so frightened that he almost jumped three feet high, and at the same time he smashed the stone lock in his hand backwards.

This stone lock weighs more than 100 kilograms. When Thomas wielded it, it was so powerful and forceful.

But unfortunately, Soran is an official knight of the Brave Knight profession. Not only can the strength of his hands reach thousands of pounds, but the reaction speed of his mental power is also beyond the reach of Thomas.

So in response to Thomas' sudden attack, Soran simply used one hand to casually catch it.

"What! Thomas! Do you want to murder the master?" Soran asked in an angry tone.

"Ah! It's the Viscount!" Thomas took a few deep breaths to calm himself down: "Master, you really scared me to death just now!"

"I'm not a ghost, how could I scare you?" Soran said in a teasing tone.

Thomas ignored Soran's teasing, but regained his serious look and asked carefully: "Master, why did you wake up so early? Are you hungry? I'll go call someone to prepare breakfast and wash your clothes for you!"

Having said that, Thomas prepared to call for help.

Because it was not yet time for the servants in the mansion to get up, Thomas had to go and wake them up himself.

Since Javier was not with Soran at the moment, Thomas, the personal butler, naturally took over his job, serving Soran's daily life and managing all the servants in the Viscount's mansion.

And to a certain extent, Thomas can be said to have inherited Javier's true skills.

Because when Thomas really became Baron Soren's personal butler, Javier really wanted to teach him something, and Thomas also really wanted to learn more.

"Hey! Come back first!" Soran urgently stopped Thomas who was about to leave.

"Does the master have any other instructions?" Thomas asked puzzledly.

"No!" Soran refused: "I just want you not to disturb the servants' sleep!"

"I got up so early this time just to practice knightly training, not because I'm hungry!"

After saying that, Soran rolled his eyes at Thomas.

This guy has excellent imagination skills!

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As a time traveler from the Celestial Empire, Sauron does not have the concept of hierarchy between masters and servants, and respect for the inferiors. Moreover, he has a relatively calm and gentle personality, and he does not act like a superior when treating people around him.

Therefore, servants in the mansion, such as Thomas, had no fear of Sauron.

On the contrary, it was because Soran usually took care of them or joked with them, so the servants all felt close to Soran.

However, compared to the gentle Soran, the servants in the mansion were more afraid of Javier, the butler of the White Bear Territory, who was known for his strictness.

Because Javier is a very traditional person, he attaches great importance to the concepts of distinction between master and servant, hierarchy, and order of rank.

So let’s not talk about the servants. Even Master Sauron was often scolded by Javier on weekdays.

Of course, Soran's attitude towards the servants in the mansion was gentle, but his requirements for them were also quite strict.

He required these servants to be able to perform and withstand pressure when needed, and he would never tolerate them being arrogant or even taking advantage of their power to oppress the people.

After all, no matter what, a servant is the face of a noble, and a truly cultured and well-educated noble attaches great importance to his own face.

Therefore, the servants of real noble families are all strictly trained or carefully cultivated.

For example, the Saladin family that Soran met in Saladin County...

The current Sauron certainly hasn’t thought so much about it, but he has read a lot of online novels in his previous life.

There are so many evil servants in the novel who, because of their masters' power, offend powerful enemies and eventually lead to the destruction of their masters.

Although this was a bit brainless, Soran remembered it clearly.

So Sauron definitely doesn't want this kind of rubbish to happen to him.

That’s why:

So whenever the butler Javier reported to him that the mansion was looking to recruit new servants, Soran would always instruct Javier to recruit some smart and intelligent servants.

And when the chief steward Javier wanted to dismiss some unqualified servants, Soran would agree without hesitation, without any opinion or attempt to retain them.

Because Soran knew that Javier was doing this for his own good, he had to support Javier and make him tough.

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On the other side, Thomas was stunned for a moment before he reacted when he heard that Soran had gotten up so early just to practice knighthood.

Because in his memory, his master Sauron had not conducted knight training in the early morning for a long time.

"Hey! What are you doing?" Soran chuckled and woke Thomas up.

"No! Nothing!" Thomas smiled innocently, hiding his true thoughts.

After all, he couldn't say: It's really strange to see you come out for morning exercises!

Soran did not delve into it, but continued to ask: "Thomas, have you been getting up early to exercise and build up your strength during this period of time?"

While speaking, Soran quietly used the Arcane Eye to observe his value: [20/20].

This is an increase of 1 point from the last observation, which means he is at the peak of the Apprentice Knight professional level and may break through at any time.

But Thomas's talent of only 20 points can be said to be relatively low, so when he can break through depends on his luck.

"Yes, sir!" Thomas nodded and said gratefully, "I was just a slave of low status and humble origin. I was so poor that I couldn't even get enough food to eat, let alone get the precious Knight's Breathing Method and practice knightly!"

"Now, because of the master's kindness, I can not only have enough food to eat, but also have the opportunity to practice knighthood and become a formal knight of noble status."

"So I must seize the time, study hard and practice diligently, and make up for the training I have fallen behind in time."

"This way I can cultivate my fighting spirit as quickly as possible and become a formally qualified knight, so as to live up to the expectations of the master and Butler Javier."

"And only in this way can I stand out, break the restrictions of my class, and have the opportunity to become a retainer of the master and become a distinguished noble!"

"Master, it's not that Thomas doesn't want to be your servant, or that being your servant is not good! But I also want to be a real general like Master Doug Johnson, Master Allen, Master Goboro, and others, leading a team of knights to charge into battle and cut through thorns for you, Master."

Hearing this, Soran walked up to Thomas and patted him on the shoulder with great satisfaction, saying earnestly: "Okay! Thomas, you must work hard to train your body and strive to condense the Dou Qi seeds and cultivate Dou Qi as soon as possible."

"Master, I promise you here that as long as you cultivate fighting spirit, I will recruit you into the White Bear Knights and let you lead a team of knights to charge and kill the enemy."

"If you can achieve enough military merits in the future, I will certainly not be stingy with rewards such as titles, territories, money, and wealth, etc."

Thomas was overjoyed. He knelt on his knees and cheered, "Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"

"Master, rest assured! I will practice diligently and will never disappoint you! I will serve you till my death!"

Soran nodded with satisfaction again and helped Thomas up: "Well! You go practice first! I want to start practicing too!"

"Yes! Master!" Then Thomas went to the other side of the training ground.

Now, with the promise from his master, he is full of confidence and high morale.

Even when he was practicing, he felt that his condition was much better, and the stone lock he lifted just now was also a little easier.

Because he knew very well that his master would never break a promise.

Soran, standing aside, couldn't help but feel envious when he saw Thomas' energetic and passionate appearance.

If in the past, when he had just started his knight training, there had been a "master" who made such a promise to him, perhaps he could have avoided many unnecessary mistakes and detours.

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