Unknown Knight

After the three of them covered the hole, they quietly returned to the inn.

James was confused by the contents of the notebook, especially the concepts of bearing and reincarnation, which were beyond his comprehension.

His strong curiosity and thirst for knowledge kept him awake all night long, and he finished reading this notebook, which was similar to a diary or an essay. He had never heard of much information in it before, and it left a deep impression on him:

'April 1227, 4 in the mainland calendar, cloudy.

Today marks my second year of experience in the mainland since I changed my carrier. I always feel it is very memorable, so I bought this notebook and plan to record the meaningful things in my experience.

It took two days to get from Sargos to Tihar, and today we finally arrived at this port city. The prosperity of this city is exactly the same as what is recorded in the book, and there is nothing new about it. Of course, except for the Nords in the city.

These people are generally a head taller than the locals, or even taller. They have fair skin, mostly yellow hair, thick beards, strong limbs, and are very powerful.

I heard that they are cheerful and warm-hearted, but I don't think so. At least the Nords I met were not like that. I felt that when they looked at us Calradians, they were not looking at humans, but more like looking at a pig, or even a monkey.

The contempt in their eyes was undisguised, and I had no doubt that if they caught us, the lone Calradians, in the deserted wilderness, they would wring our necks like lambs.

There has been a recent increase in the number of missing persons on the bulletin board in Tihar City. I suspect it may be related to these Nords. I heard that there were a large number of slaves who were specially used for rowing on the ships they crossed the sea. These people are obviously not from the Nord tribe, so where did they come from?

Are the local city lords and city defense forces not alert at all? Can't they send troops to raid these Nordic ships and see who is imprisoned in the cabins of those dragon-headed ships?

No, it was not that they did not dare, but that they were unwilling to do so. These Nords who came from afar brought them precious furs and a large amount of gold and silver precious metals. With such generous tax revenues, what did it matter if they lost a few lowly serfs?

Corrupt officials and military, I curse you to destruction!

……

'On May 1232, 5 in the mainland calendar, it was sunny and then rainy.

People in the city of Viruga brought inside information that just over 20 days ago, a Nord king named Heribrex led an army of 5,000 and landed on the coast of Tiha.

They were unstoppable and captured the city of Tihar in just one day. All the nobles and soldiers in the city were slaughtered. They looted the city for three days. It was said that the city was like purgatory and all the survivors became slaves of the Nords.

Damn those powerful officials and corrupt army. If they had been less greedy and more wary of the Nords, the city would not have been breached in one day, resulting in the loss of countless lives and the destruction of the great city of Tiha.

The Nords are currently besieging the royal city of Sargos. It is estimated that the corrupt army in the city will not be able to resist for long. I hope that when the city is broken, these Nords will kill more corrupt nobles and officials, and less poor people.'

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'April 1236, 9 in the mainland calendar, cloudy.

Today is a special day that needs to be remembered.

Under pressure from the situation and various parties, Harlaus, who had just ascended the throne, announced that the country's name would be changed from the Karad Empire to the Kingdom of Swadia. The empire that once ruled the entire continent finally collapsed in name.

He never expected that the huge foundation he and Drake had built with so much effort would eventually be destroyed by his own descendants.

From pointing a great sword and looking down on the entire continent in the past, to being forced by the situation today to bow its head and admit defeat, lower its national dignity, and acknowledge the kingdom established by other forces on the territory that originally belonged to it.

If Lao De knew his descendants were such cowards, he should not have fought so hard in the first place. He was wounded in 31 places and nearly lost his life several times before he established his foundation, but in the end, he handed it over to others for nothing. Why bother? Why bother?

Paraven, I don't want to come here again. This isolated city is gloomy and will eventually be conquered.'

……

'Continental calendar year 1238, February 2, light rain.

Based on the calculations based on the landing points of twenty-three pieces of debris scattered in the Rhodok Mountains collected over the years, the nano core machine is likely to have crashed at longitude 34.8 and latitude 32.1.

This is a valley, and in the valley there is a small village called Rudi. The villagers also spread the legend that the gods were angry and hit the back mountain with a flaming spear.'

……

'March 1238, 3 in the mainland calendar, sunny.

After more than a month of digging, today I finally dug out the nano core machine I had always dreamed of in this hidden mountain stream.

But whether this machine is useful or not, we have to take it to that place and try it out.'

……

'July 1241, 7 in the Continental Calendar, cloudy.

I met an interesting young man a few days ago. When he was treating a patient with a cold, he pointed out that there was a problem with my medication and cured the patient with medicine he prescribed himself.

It is true that every stick has its own strengths and weaknesses. It seems that I am really not suitable for practicing medicine and prescribing medicine. It is useless to read more medical classics. I still cannot reach the level of learning and applying them in practice. This is really a subject that requires talent and dedication.

This young man named James is obviously very talented in this area. Not only that, he also has an almost fanatical pursuit of any knowledge. After chatting with him, we became close friends regardless of age difference.

His pure eyes, almost like those of a child, seemed like a pair of bottomless abysses that needed to be filled with endless knowledge.

He looks very much like this carrier when he was young, except that he is already in his thirties. If he were a dozen years younger, I would let him be selected as the carrier even if all the elders objected.

The two of us became good friends who could talk about anything. Apart from medicine, which made us feel embarrassed, we talked about astronomy, geography, humanities and various scientific knowledge that was not beyond the times.

I even had a good chat with him after getting drunk. In order to show off my knowledge, I took out the nano core machine to show him off, and told him that this was the dark artifact recorded in the classics, which could cure any disease.

Unexpectedly, he was deeply skeptical of what I said. It's no wonder, as people usually find it difficult to understand things beyond their own cognition.

However, with his respect and admiration for me, he did not blindly believe me. I admire his persistence very much. This kind of persistence is the most important quality that a scholar should possess.

There were several times when I really wanted to reveal my identity to him and ask him to join the Church of God. If he refused, I would even force him to join the Church of God. But when the words came to my mouth, I hesitated.

I should not allow a person who is good at studying to be infected by the strange disease of politics and change his original intention and position of studying for politics. He is a native of this continent, and his studies should belong to this continent, not to a certain person or a certain force.'