Chel walked through the castle halls.
Chel: Our training entered itsnthird year, I was 11 now. And would be assigned a squad in four years.
3: Hey, Chel, get over here.
Chel: Me and number 3 have become good friends, we hate the sound of being split up at graduation, so we are hoping to be put in the same squad.
3: What we've been waiting for.
Chel walked over to the wall.
3: Its the knight royal, and the top three entrants will be put in a squad with six others to form a super-power team.
Chel: Really?
3: Yup, three swordsman, one theif, three clerics, and two kings royal scouts. with one of the swordsman being a tamer.
Chel: What classes can enter the royal?
3: Only swordsman and the top tamer has the choice of entering.
Chel: But the top tamer-
3: Is Kai, I know. I checked around. And shes entered.
Chel: What about the theif?
3: The top graduate will be assigned to it.
Chel: Lonei...
3: Yup, you may not split up with your friends as much as you thought. Just win.
Chel: Or get top three.
3: Accept no less than victory, that is true passion!
Chel: Well, lets enter.
3: Of course.
Chel: Things were going great for everyone else.
Caw: Even though I applied after age ten, I'm being entered in the divine division, its the one below exalted, but I have a lot of scut work to deal with, sorry, I have to go.
She vaulted off of Lynns shoulders and walked away.
Lynn: Finally, I'm in the kings royal scouts.
Lonei: Nice, I have the highest grade, thief is newer, so there aren't any fancy divisions like clerics exalted, or rangers with their fancy kings royal scouts, and no event like the knight royal.
Chel: That sucks. I bet you could nail the highest one!
Lonei: Yup, anyway, isn't today one of the days the people get to meet some of the knights?
Chel: Yup.
Lonei: Awesome! You know what that means!
All: Famitsus cooking... Mmmm...
Chel: The reason we were so excited was because we had been held up in the castle for three weeks and hadn't even seen Famitsu OR Dengekiko. And every time one of the greeting events went on, Famistu would bring her latest culinary masterpiece, and we would all sit down, eat and talk.
They reached the main hall as a guard shouted for the knights to come there.
Chel: Alright.
A bunch of knights came in and the doors were opened, Chel and her friends were confused when they didn't see Famitsu run in excitedly with Dengekiko following behind, instead they saw Dengekiko walked in with a sad face carrying a picnic basket.
Chel: Huh?
Dengekiko: Hi everyone.
Lynn: Is something the matter?
Dengekiko: Uh... Yeah.
They sat down and Dengekiko handed them the basket.
Dengekiko: This was what she made for you for this event.
Lonei: Did... Something happen?
Dengekiko: Yeah, you see...
Dengekiko: It was last night...
Famitsu: Finally done!
Dengekiko: All ready for tomorrow?
Famitsu: Yup, and I made a big meal for us.
They sat at the table.
Dengekiko: I had come over for today, yesterday.
Dengekiko: Get some rest, it starts early.
Famitsu: Right.
They went upstairs and each went to a bedroom.
Dengekiko: Ah... I've grown accustomed to this room...
Famitsu: AH!
Dengekiko: Famitsu!
Dengekiko: I grabbed my weapon and ran to her room and saw her laying on the floor holding the large lobster she kept on her wall for decoration, she was in a pool of blood and the window was broken.
Dengekiko: Famitsu! Wake up!
Dengekiko: I rushed her to the hospital. But when I got there, the doctor said he would try, but she had a very small chance of living. But as a great man once said "When you need a miracle, you hate to pray extra hard."
Dengekiko: So, that's it.
Chel: So, shes...
Dengekiko: Not quite, I went to check on her before he event, shes in a coma and has a high chances of becoming brain-dead.
Lonei: You mean..?
Dengekiko: No, brain-dead and mind-dead mean entirely different things. You can only be mind-dead before age two.
Lonei: Oh thank god.
Dengekiko: On a lighter note, wheres Caw?
Lynn: She got in a high division of cleric, we won't be seeing her much anymore, let alone for an hour long event.
Dengekiko: That's good for her, but sucks for us. You know, I was confused about you five a few years ago, but you're charming. All of you.
Chel: Thanks.
Teacher: Um, Chel.
Chel: Yeah?
Teacher: Thank god I got your name right, there are 123 students here after all, but, you and 114 can head home at six today.
Lonei: Awesome!
Teacher: However, both of you have to leave now.
Chel: Oh, right, we have to do a simulated quest with rangers today...
Teacher: Yes, please come with me.
Lonei: Okay, bye.
Lynn: Bye.
Dengekiko: See you later! Anyway, where's Kai, she deserves food to...
Teacher: Here we are.
Lonei: Alright.
Teacher: As you know, we take twenty of the highest grades from rangers, theifs, and Swordsman and bring them in one at a time.
Lonei: Who's going now.
Teacher: Numbers... 3, 50, and 123.
Chel: I bet they aren't having any trouble.
Teacher: No, they're doing great in the chamber.
Chel: Whoa! You mean the high-tech simulation chamber from the old world is used to train knights!?
Teacher: Yes.
They walked inside the chamber with a ranger who was number 47.
47: Lets go!
They used a pure white bow and were wearing red and white shrine-maiden clothing, she had long brown hair.
Teacher: Let the simulation begin!
Lonei: lemme at 'em!
Chel: Yeah!
47: A desert, I wonder what we are up against...
Chel: There!
Lonei: Huh? ... Uh Chel, that's a rock.
Chel: No it isn't.
Chel picked up a rock and threw it at the red-rock spire and something sprung from the ground.
Lonei: A daimyo Hermitaur!?
Chel: Lets go!
Chel: All of our tests went great, anyway, we haven't seen Dengekiko since later that day, today's the last day of training, all the other classes, except clerics, finished already and were gonna watch the knight royal.
Chel: Salutations! Knight royal!
Kai: You excited!?
Chel: Absolutely!
Kai: Lets go.
They walked into the massive coliseum.
Chel: Look! There Lynn and Lonei! And they have Dengekiko with them!
Kai: Yup, you wanna torch this!?
Chel: Yeah! Lets go.
Chel: The royal was like a huge tournament, but every knight ended up fighting, Kai had two losses and had finished all her matches, I was in the last match of the day, the two people who hadn't lost, facing off. It was sunset, and I swear it looked like a western shoot-out.
3: Alright! Even if one of us loses we still will be on the same team!
Chel: Bring it on!
They ran at each other and their blades hit, making a loud dinging sound.
Chel: Heh, nice.
3: You too, but never drop your guard.
Chel: Huh!?
They poked the center of her chest and swept her legs, and elbowed her into the ground.
3: You were no more challenge than that stupid girl.
Chel: Who?
3: You'll find out, and it isn't Kai.
Chel: Later, the winner was crowned.
Teacher: I present! The highest ranking entrant in the knight royal! Zero losses! I give you your winner! Noble!
Number three raised their hand and clenched their fist as Chel watched.
Chel: Noble huh? I swear that name sounds familiar...
Later.
Chel: So, our squad has been mostly announced...
Noble: There's me, you, Kai, the clerics aren't named yet, Lonei, Yu, and Lynn, awesome Yu made it in!
Chel: Who's that?
Noble: She's a girl I grew up with, there were two others, but they moved someplace to the north.
Chel: Oh. Oh well. Me and my friends are gonna have a celebratory dinner, you wanna come?
Noble: Absolutely!