Cloud Thinking

This is Helia's third visit to the Knights.

The first time was to familiarize myself with the environment and get to know the people.

The second time was the awarding ceremony.

The third time is now.

She arrived quite early, at least for someone like her who liked to sleep in, it was considered early.

But when she arrived at the training ground, she found that others had already started their daily training.

Although most of the Knights Templar are young masters from noble families, it does not mean that they have no strength at all, nor are they all useless.

In the previous battle with Warcraft, the Royal Knights made a lot of efforts, which shows that these knights are more or less capable.

Moreover, since Carlisle took office, he has been strictly enforcing the daily training of his subordinates. Anyone who skips training will be subject to military punishment.

Under the strong pressure, no matter how unwilling these young masters were, they had to bow their heads.

Who made Carlisle so favored by Claude, backed by the royal family, and also their boss?

Either suffer or leave, there are only two choices before them.

Since joining the order, Helia has not participated in any daily training and is the one who enjoys the most special treatment in the entire knight order.

She was sent out on a capture mission right after taking office, so it was nothing if she didn't come for training.

But she has been back for several days, but she has not reported to the Knights to participate in daily training. This is a bit unreasonable.

So much so that when Helia just entered the training ground, the knights who were training nearby all cast dissatisfied glances at her.

They did not believe in Helia's achievements and thought that Helia had stolen other people's military achievements.

Look at her small body, which would fall down if the wind blew. How could she possibly fight against the legendary giant fire dragon and kill it?

It's a lie! It's fake!

Even if it was true, she must have taken all the credit for it, taking all the credit for everyone else's work. What a selfish person!

These people who got in through the backdoor actually look down on Helia who got in based on her merits. They are really going against the will of Heaven!

Helia was dressed lightly today, with her long hair tied up in a bud shape close to her head, looking refreshed and neat.

She strode towards the northeast corner of the training ground, followed by Ronnie, and Starley and her group who were holding Hector.

The group headed straight for the ring, leaving everyone else confused.

The arena was prepared long before the birthday party, but it had never been used.

At first they thought that Carlisle had come up with some trick to torture them, but they didn't expect it was Helia who did it.

Carlisle and two other deputy captains had received news that Helia was coming to "fight" long ago, and had been waiting at the edge of the ring for quite a while.

Crawford was getting a little impatient waiting, and couldn't help but complain: "Why hasn't Her Highness Helia come yet? It's almost lunch time."

"I've heard that this princess is as delicate as a flower. Is she still getting some beauty sleep? She hasn't come to training in recent days. Has she forgotten that she is also a member of the Knights?"

"Carlisle, as the leader, why don't you take care of it?"

Crawford had a clear understanding of the situation of the Knights. After completing his mission, Carlisle decided to stand on the side of Helia and Eric, intending to be a loyal dog of the royal family and compete with Chico.

As for Damian, his sister is Lady Iena, which means she is from Antonio's family, that is, Helia's.

Haha! In the end, he was the only one left isolated!

And he still remembered that when they first met, Helia deliberately ignored him!

Carlisle glanced at him sideways with an indifferent expression, then quickly retracted his gaze and looked forward, as if he had no intention of paying any attention to him.

Damian was an easygoing and honest person. Seeing that Carlisle ignored Crawford, he felt a little embarrassed and stood up to say a few words:

"Your Highness is not familiar with the affairs of the Knights, and you have been out on a mission for so long, and it is your first time. You must be exhausted. It is not wrong for you to take a good rest these days."

"Although the training of the Knights is rigorous, it is not inhumane."

"If I remember correctly, Crawford, the first time you were assigned to an overseas mission, you were sick and didn't come for a week after you came back."

"I was really sick! How can it be the same?" Crawford was choked by him and became angry.

These things happened a hundred or eighty years ago, why are you bringing them up again!

"Whether it's a real illness or a fake one, you know better than me." Damian put on a friendly face but said some unfriendly words.

It can be seen that he really stands on Helia's side unconditionally.

This protective look must have been learned from Antonio's family!

"Damian, what do you mean? It's a fact that Helia doesn't come to daily training. As the deputy leader, can't I say a few words?"

Crawford was so angry that he called Helia by her name without even using the honorific title.

"This is the Knights' Order. Even if she is a princess, she should abide by the rules here!"

"What rules?" Helia's voice suddenly sounded, frightening Claudeford so much that he froze.

As soon as she arrived, she heard the sharp-faced deputy leader muttering angrily, as if he was saying that she was not following the rules or something. She was a little confused.

"Meet Her Highness Starley, and meet His Highness Hector."

Carlisle and Damian saw the two people, one big and one small, following Helia, and bowed respectfully.

In the Knights Temperance, Carlisle and Damian are Helia's superiors, and this time Helia came as a member of the Knights Temperance, so there is no need to salute her.

Starley held Hector and nodded slightly to them, then explained: "I'm sorry, Xiaobao was too sleepy, and he kept crying when he got up in the morning, which delayed us and kept you waiting for a long time."

Crawford turned stiffly and met Helia's puzzled look, then looked at the two blond, blue-eyed people behind her and forced an ugly smile.

"Greetings, Your Highnesses." He also hurriedly bowed.

Starley also nodded to Crawford, motioning him to stand up.

"Sorry to bother you all, we are just here to see Aya, just do your own thing and don't worry about us."

Helia gave Ronnie a look, then pointed her chin at the ring not far away, signaling him to get ready.

Crawford was even more angry when he saw Helia treating him like air, and he couldn't help but ask:

"Your Highness Helia, even though you are a princess, as a member of the Knights Templar, you must abide by the rules of the Knights Templar."

"You haven't participated in any daily training since you joined the Knights. Others have long been dissatisfied with you. If you can't adapt to the life here..."

Then go back and be your spoiled princess as soon as possible!

Of course he didn't dare say the latter part. He was unhappy with Helia, but he wasn't stupid enough to seek death.

Faced with Crawford's inexplicable anger and hostility, Helia became even more confused. She looked at Carlisle, asking with her eyes what was going on.

"I gave Helia a week's leave to deal with the follow-up matters of the overseas mission. His Majesty agreed, but I didn't tell you." Carlisle explained.

He glanced at Crawford, as if to express the word "idiot" with his eyes, and continued: "Crawford, do you have any other complaints?"

"You can take this opportunity to tell me everything. The three princes are here and can judge for you."

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Crawford is pissed!

Carlisle obviously knew everything, but why didn't he say anything when he asked him just now!

He did it on purpose!

I just want to see him make a fool of himself, to see him confront Helia, to make Helia angry, so that I can target him in the future!

After a moment's thought, Helia knew what was going on and couldn't help but smile.

"In that case, why don't you ask the deputy leader to be the first to compete with me?"

"It's better to resolve this feud than to create one. If the deputy captain has any opinion on me, I'm afraid my life will be difficult in the future!"

"Why not take this opportunity to clear up all the misunderstandings?"

Crawford knew what Helia was here for today.

To put it nicely, it is to have friendly exchanges with the members of the Knights Templar and enhance friendship.

To put it bluntly, they came here to provoke us.

After all, she herself said that she was not here to join this big family, but to break it up.

Even though the relationship between their members could definitely not be called a "family."

But Crawford had no intention of getting involved.

He didn't want to come in the first place. If it weren't for Carlisle's pressure, he wouldn't be here today.

His eyes swept over Helia repeatedly, up and down, left and right, and he found that the princess who he called more beautiful than flowers was not petite at all.

She is about 1.7 meters tall, which is considered tall among the Knights.

And although she looks thin, she is not the kind of thin that is frail, but the kind of thin that is lean.

Not to mention, he knew that Helia was the thief who sneaked into the Dali Palace that night. She was the thief who injured Carlisle and escaped!

Carlisle was the most powerful one in the Knights, and Crawford knew this very well. Even Carlisle couldn't beat Helia, so what about him...

No, no, no! It must have been because it was too dark that night, and Helia had done something to win against Carlisle by chance.

How could she, a woman, fight better than a man?

Thinking of this, Crawford breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought that if he could teach Helia a severe lesson in the ring, it would not only dampen her spirit and let her know that she was not to be trifled with, but it would also help him to establish his own prestige and vent his anger.

How could he miss this great opportunity to kill two birds with one stone!

Besides, it was Helia who invited him. Even if his men seriously injured the other party, Helia couldn't say anything, right?

Crawford was happily making his own plans in his mind, but he didn't know that Helia also regarded him as a stepping stone, waiting to step on him to get to the top.

She couldn't pull Carlisle down for a while, but she didn't come here to be a soldier, she had to climb up.

There are only two deputy group leader positions, one of which belongs to her uncle, and she can't compete with him for it.

That leaves Crawford.

Judging from what Carlisle meant, it seemed that he also intended to bring about this result: Helia would replace Crawford.

"There is no misunderstanding, but if Your Highness wants to compete with me, I would be more than happy to do so." Crawford now put on a shrewd and smooth look again.

Seeing that he was still laughing happily, Helia thought to herself: Go ahead and laugh, and see if you can still laugh in a while.

"Go and call the others over, so that everyone can see how majestic our Highness is." Crawford said to Damian who was standing aside.

The tone didn't sound like he was talking to his colleagues, but rather like he was giving orders to his servants.

Damian didn't intend to argue with him over such a small matter. He just waved to a knight not far away, motioning him to come over. After explaining everything clearly, he asked him to pass on the message.

This allowed them to avoid daily training and at the same time provide some fun to watch. When everyone heard the order, they did not hesitate at all and gathered around noisily.

Just then, Ronnie returned and walked to Helia and reported, "Your Highness, everything is ready."

Helia nodded at him, then looked at Crawford and asked politely, "I wonder what the deputy captain wants to compete with me?"

"Huh?" Crawford was stunned by her question. The arena was right here, what else could he compete in?

Isn't it just a fight, whoever falls down first loses? Is there any other way to play?

Seeing that Crawford was a little confused, Helia rolled up the sleeve of her right hand, revealing a strong forearm.

"For example, how about we arm wrestle?"

In fact, at the beginning Helia did want to fight with these people in the ring, but she thought that Starley would come to watch. If she got hurt, she might be mad at her.

And when I told her about this yesterday, Starley's brows were furrowed and she looked a little embarrassed.

She didn't want to see Helia get hurt, but she also didn't want to force Helia not to do it, so she was conflicted.

Then let's just change the method and try arm wrestling to compete with these guys in strength.

You can compete with each other without getting hurt. It’s the best of both worlds!

Besides, these people just look down on Helia because she is a woman. So let them see how much power is hidden in her small body.

Helia didn't think that she, whose physique had been strengthened by eating the dragon's heart, would be unable to defeat them.

"Arm wrestling???" Crawford was even more confused.

If it's just an arm wrestling competition, why set up such a big arena there? Is it just for decoration?

As he thought so, his eyes fell on the ring, and he fully expressed his confusion with his slightly fat face.

"Well...if you're not convinced, how about we go up and compete again?" Helia said.

She conjured up a wand as if by magic, and the delicate and small wand twirled nimbly between her fingers, looking harmless.

"After all, I am a magician. If I really get on the stage to compete with you, I will definitely use magic."

"But many of you are just ordinary people, right? How can you possibly be better than me who has magic? This is unfair to you."

"And if it's a purely physical fight, I'm definitely not as good as you who have been training for many years. This is unfair to me."

"So it's better to arm wrestle. It won't hurt anyone or ruin the relationship, right?"

After saying this, as if to let these people understand exactly how different magicians are from them, she opened her thin lips, cast a spell, and swung her hand towards the empty space not far away -

There was a loud "bang" and the place where the magic landed was full of smoke and dust.

When the smoke and dust were blown away by the wind, the pit with a radius of about three meters appeared clearly in front of everyone.

In fact, this move is unnecessary. After all, many people here have been to the battlefield. How could they not have seen the power of magic?

But Helia...

Never mind. If she wants to show off, just let her be. It won’t bother anyone anyway.