Continuation 3 (Chapter III – "First Knight")

Day 2 – Prontera Knights Guild Infirmary

"Sir don't stress yourself, you're severely injured. You don't have wounds or something but your muscles are battered. Any heal skill can't go further. You must rest for at least 2 days." Said Jennifer.

"WHAT! 2 DAYS! NO! I'm completely fine! See I can get up and jump like a kid! And I can waa" Richard contradicted.

Richard fainted and dropped like a log, literally.

After an hour, Albert was also warped to the infirmary. After another hour, Jiryu was also there knocked out.

Jennifer was happy that she's got something to do now.

"That will kill the boredom! I wish there were more people coming here!" Jennifer said.

It is late afternoon now. A nurse will be serving food to the injured. When the nurse went to the ward to serve the food, she noticed that there was one person missing. It was no other than Richard. The nurse reported the incident to the head. An action was immediately set.

"He can't go that far in that condition! Hurry search the whole Prontera and look for him!" said the head nurse.

"He can barely walk… Hmm… Where can he be?" Jennifer said to herself.

The search went for hours. Night fell, but still no sign of Richard.

"AAAAARGH! HE'S SUCH A PAIN! I'll leave the work to the others! I've got more work in the infirmary."

Jennifer went to the church for a quick visit. She entered the church but no one was there. She exited the church and went to the backyard. It is a graveyard of the war veterans. When she got there, she was not expecting what to find there.

She saw Richard leaning on a tombstone. He was crying. Instead of feeling anger, Jennifer felt pity instead. He approached Richard and started a conversation.

"Why are you here? Why are you crying? I know boys don't cry. May I know why?" Jennifer asked like there was no anger in her anymore.

"This… this is my father's grave. He died in the one year war." Richard said.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked." Jennifer apologized.

"It's ok. I have failed him. I guess I went a bit cocky and did not take the test that serious. Maybe that's the reason why I failed. Darn! I know my Magnum Break is at its max, but why aren't the Desert Wolves damaged? WHY!" Richard said without hesitation.

Jennifer giggled. Richard looked at her with tears in his eyes and seemed a bit pissed off.

"What! What's so funny! I bet you can't beat even one of them!" Richard shouted

"H-hey! No! You know why your Magnum Break did not work? It's not because you're weak or something! It's just Desert Wolves are fire1 property and Magnum Break is also fire property! You can only do 25 of your damage to them!" Jennifer said

Richard was still pissed off. Not because he thought that Jennifer was saying that he's weak, it's because that he did not know things about elemental properties.

"Hmph! Geek!" Richard said and he avoids facing Jennifer.

"It's ok! You still have 2 more chances! And 2 days isn't that bad! C'mon let's go back to the infirmary." Jennifer said.

Jennifer offers a hand to Richard to help him get up. Richard faces away.

"Hey! I don't need help! Especially from a girl! It makes me look really weak you know!" Richard said.

"Fine 'Mr. Prideful,' head straight towards the infirmary by yourself." Jennifer remarked.

In the middle of the walk on the way back to the infirmary, Richard fainted. Jennifer had to carry him on her shoulders.

"Jeez! What a bother this guy is! Why can't I just leave him here and watch him die?" Jennifer said as she was carrying Richard.