As the soldiers on guard duty were doing thorough inspections, it took quite a bit of ti for Alex and Ethan’s turn.
Alex didn’t know anything about the place, so he didn’t want to stand out and didn’t want to cause a ruckus.
He asked Ethan if they could cut the line and go straight in with their privilege of being mbers of the church, but it turned out that they didn’t have such a privilege.
"Err... as I said your holiness, the church is not really in good condition nowadays; we can’t create a commotion here or we might get into trouble..."
Alex was not the type to fuss over such small details, so he didn’t mind standing in line.
He sat on horseback comfortably as he watched everything around him with curiosity.
’It seems that the city of Ilma has a lot of traders and caravans coming in and out regularly; otherwise there won’t be this much crowd here...’
Thankfully the weather was good.
It was neither too warm nor too cold; it was just perfect, and thus Alex didn’t need to worry about standing in the line under intense sunlight.
’Ah~ this reminds of my school days when we used to stand in the ground for prayer under intense sunlight...’
’I rember I even fainted once due to dehydration...’ (Friendly advice: No particular schools were targeted in the making of this Chapter.)
By the ti Alex and Ethan’s turn ca, the sun was already starting to set, and it was already evening.
Throughout the day, Alex kept asking questions, but Ethan never grew impatient and answered his questions with his calm and gentle tone.
Alex was truly impressed by Ethan’s amazing patience and calm attitude.
The soldier guards seed to know Ethan, and they imdiately saluted him the mont they saw him.
"Oh! Sir Ethan! You are back from your mission? Welco back!"
Ethan nodded his head at the guards and introduced Alex to them.
"This is His Holiness Alexander, the chosen saint of the Church of the god of wisdom!"
Ethan didn’t ntion Alex’s full na or his identity as a prince, as he didn’t want to create a commotion in the area by saying that out loud in public.
The royal family is admired by many, and it will create chaos in the city if everyone finds out about Alex.
It would be better to reveal the information after Alex is safe and secure inside the church so no harm cos his way.
’Hoh, although he’s an airhead, he’s still quite good at tis when he needs to be... if he wasn’t a paladin, I would have taken him as my direct subordinate and my personal knight...’
Alex shook his head at the thought.
Paladins are bound to the church with an oath, and their loyalty is to their god, and no one else can order them around.
Even Ethan only went on the mission to bring Alex to the church because it was an oracle of their god!
’Talking about the oracle of god... is the god of wisdom the one who’s responsible for transmigrating into this world?’
’I have read my fair share of novels and most of the ti this kind of situation turns out to be a work of so powerful entity...’
Alex smiled at the guard as a greeting while thinking in his head,
’If it is true that the god of wisdom brought here, then what could be his motive?’
’Don’t tell he wants to spread his faith and help him out as a real saint because his faith is collapsing?’
Ethan chatted with the guardsn for a while before leading the horse inside.
’Sigh... I just don’t want to be a pawn used by soone... I would rather be the player of this chessboard...’
’I need to investigate things further in details in the future...’
Alex was not the type of person who would be controlled by soone; he even died defying the major companies in his previous world. There’s no way his rebellious spirit will be broken so easily!
After they easily passed through the city gates, Alex asked Ethan in a doubtful tone,
"You already knew them, so why not go straight in and cut the line?"
Hearing that question, Ethan replied,
"I do know them... in fact, quite a few of those soldiers were trained by personally..."
"I taught them the aning of discipline and the honour of a warrior; if I myself break it and try to demand higher treatnt than others, I will leave a bad impression on my students..."
"Forgive for my selfishness your holiness, but I want to show that the paladins of the church of wisdom are wise and knowledgeable warriors who treat everyone equally..."
Alex nodded his head at those words.
"Hoh, you are surprisingly thoughtful... I took you for a complete airhead before; my bad..."
’Hoh, little Ethan, you are quite bold... you told your biggest weakness without hesitating... you are really quite naïve...’
In Alex’s opinion, manipulating a person using their ideologies and emotions is the easiest way to defeat them.
By revealing his deeper thoughts to Alex, Ethan has exposed his major weakness to him.
’He’s very concerned about his image, concerned about his students and follows the moral code of a warrior strictly...’
’Little Ethan, you better not betray in the future... or hehehe...’
Alex smiled at Ethan and spoke.
"Well, your thoughts are quite comndable; I wonder what the place like where soone like you grew up..."
Ethan was happy hearing Alex’s words of praise.
"Yes! The church of wisdom is really a wonderful place; I am sure you will like it a lot, your holiness!"
Ethan led the horse with a happy smile on his face, and Alex looked at the surroundings with curiosity.
Right after passing the main city gates, there was a massive open area and training ground where hundreds of young n were training continuously.
So were training with swords, so were practicing archery, and so were sparring with each other with solemn looks on their faces.
Most of them were young n around the age of 20; the rest were older n who seed like instructors, and they were training the young soldiers.
Alex’s eyes shined watching so many good-looking swords and various kinds of weapons.
Every man around the world has at least once dread of having a sword and going to battle like a hero.
Seeing such fine swords made Alex feel excited, but he kept his facial expressions calm and didn’t let his excitent show on his face.
’If have a chance, I will try to learn swordsmanship or so other weapon in the future!’
’But I prefer guns more though... well, until I find a gun, I will have to make do with a sword...’
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