Jenny cheeks were reddish as she asked: "Did you study the law?"
"Of course." Dudian deliberately exposed his face proudly as he was an expert on law.
Jenny laughed: "Alright, I'll wait and see!"
"You look good!" Dudian confidently said.
Jenny checked the long line of the carriages that were parked in front and slowly moving. He was a bit sad as she spoke: "Way too many people. I'm afraid it will take a lot of time until we catch up."
Dudian also knew that it was going to be a problem to wait to pass. "You should get off then, I'll take you past the crowd!"
"You?" Jenny looked at him and shook her head, "No way."
"No, I'm strong!" Dudian raised his arm and deliberately squeezed the muscles. He winked and said: "Don't forget what I do."
Jenny's eyes brightened: "Well, you wait for me. I'm getting down."
"Young lady, no! No way!" The knight got in front of Dudian as he saw her intention to get off the carriage was real. He hurried to stop her.
However, the door was pushed open, and Jenny stepped down. She was wearing a green floral skirt which was very eye-catching and full of lively atmosphere.
"Do not stop me or I'll be late for the examination. I'll complain to my father!" Jenny looked at the young knight who was standing in front of her.
The knight hesitated: "Miss... Then I'll escort you past the crowd. I swear on my dignity as a knight that I have no ill thoughts..."
His words weren't finished as the knight was pushed down with massive force. The force sent him reeling.
When he looked back, he saw the previous kid who he had stopped had clutched lady's hand and was already squeezing through the crowd. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared.
"Miss! Miss!" Knight shouted as he was shocked. He wanted to push through the crowd, but in that case, he would inevitably injure many people. Moreover, it was contrary to the rules of knighthood to act so.
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"Let us pass, let us pass, let us pass!"
Dudian was grabbing Jenny's hand with one hand while pushing the crowd with the other. The people have pushed around as if they were weightless.
He was relieved when he saw the young knight was not chasing them. He came to the edge of the street and looked back at Jenny: "Are you okay?"
Jenny clapped her chest as she spoke: "Noting much. It's just a little hard to breathe!"
"Ok, we will rest a bit." Dudian was acting considerately.
Jenny nodded in agreement, but saw that Dudian was still holding her hand.: "You can release my hand."
Dudian's heart burst forth with inexplicable warmth and agitation as he was holding her soft hand.: "There are way too many people in here. We will be separated if I let go of you!"
Jenny looked around and saw the chaotic crowd. It caused her heart to shudder. For a time she felt that the palm of the other side was thick and warm. She felt secure holding Dudian's had. Her face turned crimson red, so she bowed her head and didn't retort back.
Dudian was worried that her silence would be a disadvantage to him so he added: "But you can rest assured. I will find you no matter where you are, even if we are separated!"
Jenny uttered 'oh' but didn't look up.
The next moment, they began to move forward.
He was pushing people around to create a gap for Jenny to pass quickly, but people were turning back in anger and mistake others as offenders. So most would vent their anger on entirely innocent people.
It didn't take long before they reached the street before the Boer square. There was a sea of people.
"Let me check out the place," Dudian said to Jenny and began to jump. In front of the square, there was an open space with a diameter of 20 meters or so. In the middle of open space, there was a normal rectangular table. Three people wearing white robes were sitting behind the table. Two men and one woman.
In front of them, there was a long queue.
Dudian bounced up a few times more.
"Where now?" Jenny didn't ask any more as she saw Dudian was not jumping anymore.
Dudian laughed: "Come with me." He began to squeeze from the side, and after a few moments, they were lined up in the queue.
A large group of teenage girls was lined in front of them. It was evident that they belong to aristocratic families or were heirs of wealth syndicates from their extraordinary clothing, speech, and temperament. It was also the proof of how important and attractive the post of judges and magistrates were.
"You stand in front," Dudian said to Jenny.
Jenny stared at him, but didn't say anything. She quietly lined in front of him.
Dudian stood behind her and smelled the fragrance floating off from Jenny's hair. (TL: The guy is a 100% stalker)
"The first test seems to be very strict." Jenny looked at teenagers who were coming back from the examination with depressed looks.
Dudian encouraged her: "Belief in yourself! I know you can pass the test easily."
It didn't take long for them to reach the table.
"This is the paper with a question. Please write the answer in a minute." A white-haired old man sitting by the desk indifferently said.
Standing by the desk handed a white paper and a quill to Jenny and let her write the answers directly over there.
"Do not peep," maid told to Dudian and the rest who were standing behind him.
In fact, even if Dudian wanted to peep he wouldn't be able to see as Jenny was facing the table and her body was blocking the paper.
A middle-aged woman who was sitting on the left checked her pocket watch and said: "Time is up."
Jenny immediately stopped writing.
An old man sitting in the center took up the white paper, looked and nodded: "Yes, you are qualified. Be on Pus Avenue for an interview before nine o'clock tomorrow morning. I wish you success."
A wide smile covered her face.
"Please, don't let others know about the content of the exam." Main reminded Jenny.
Jenny hesitantly looked back at Dudian.
Dudian laughed: "Wait for me, I'll take you away in a minute."
Jenny nodded.
Chapter 134: Kill! Kill! Kill!
Dudian stepped ahead and came to the long table.
"You will have a minute." The white-robed old man said coldly.
Dudian took the paper and pen. He quickly glanced at three questions.
Question one:
"What do you do when the nobles break the law?"
Dudian saw the problem, did not hesitate at all and quickly wrote his answer: "kill!"
Question two:
"What would you do when the Knight of Light sways from the law?"
"Kill!" Dudian continued to write.
Question three:
"What do you do when you meet the evil alchemist?
Dudian hesitated, but quickly wrote: "Kill!"
"Well," said Dudian and delivered the paper.
All three of them were a little surprised as it was the first time when someone had given the paper back before the time was up. The middle-aged woman checked her pocket watch and said: "You have another forty seconds to answer."
"No need," said Dudian and shook his head.
The old man in the middle took the paper and looked down the answers to all the questions. He had answered all of them in one word: "Kill!"
Dudian's killing intent reflected in his writing style.
The old man squinted his eyes, then opened a lot. He looked at the handsome little boy and went silent for a little. He nodded and said: "You are qualified. Come to Pus Avenue tomorrow for an interview. My name is Dmitry. Find me tomorrow at arrival."
The two examiners who were sitting on his right and left were surprised by old man Dmitry's attitude. They glanced at Dudian's answers and saw the simple answer to all three questions. They were startled. They had served for many years as examiners, but it was the first time they had seen such a concise and definite an
swers.
"Good boy!" The middle-aged man sitting on the right commented: "His mind is clear. "
Then he waved to a maid and said: "Finished with these, and take them for registration."
The maid led Dudian and the other few and left.
Dudian was relieved from the bottom of his heart as he passed the test. Although the answers were a bit extreme, he wrote the answers from his heart. Moreover the moment he read the question he knew the purpose of the first test.
"Magnificent!" Jenny, who was waiting close-by said in a surprised tone.
Dudian blinked: "I said it, I will certainly pass."
"Both of you come to register your identity." Maid interrupted their chat.
Dudian and Jenny laughed. The maid leads them to staff who would register their identities with household registration information.
The maid quickly copied their information from the household registration information and handed them two cards.: "This is proof of conformity. Please, keep them safe!"
Dudian and Jane put away the cards.
"You leave from here." The maid said in an intimate tone.
Dudian looked at the direction she was pointing toward. There were crowds of people, but two apprentice knights were present too.
Maid spoke to apprentice knights as both of them get close to the area.
Apprentice knights immediately dispersed the crowd and made a narrow aisle for Dudian and Jenny to pass.
Dudian took Jenny's hand as he leads her away and came out of the square to go through the less crowded streets.
"Your carriage is stuck on that street, so I'll hire a new carriage to get you back," Dudian said to her.
Jenny nodded: "I did not expect for so many people to come here as candidates. No wonder my father lets me take advantage of the opportunity. Fortunately, I met you otherwise I would still be sitting in the carriage waiting for my turn."
Dudian smiled: "The magistrate and judges have more glory than Knights of Light of Holy Church. Moreover, we pass the first test now. We still have to go through the interview tomorrow to become an apprentice. It's just we will be getting a step closer to our dream!"
"Yes," replied Jenny as she felt happy with the result. Suddenly she thought of Dudian and asked: "How come you answered so fast? What did you write?"
"What did you answer?" Dudian answered with a question.
"I answered that they have to respect the rule of law and the law which applies to civilians are for them to follow too. In front of the law, everyone is equal." Jenny replied solemnly.
Dudian looked at her beautiful face: "That's true. Everyone is equal!"
"Did you answer that?" Jenny turned towards him.
"Well, almost the same answer but not so well expressed as you have done. Relatively simple," Dudian didn't go too much into details.
Jenny laughed: "You are eloquent. Most probably you have used only one or two sentences to sum everything up concisely. But I was too long-winded."
"It's all round," Dudian joked.
Jenny's smile reached from one ear to the other: "But it's strange how so many people answered incorrectly to such a simple question."
"It is tough for a liar to tell the truth. Even more, it is impossible for an honest person to be involved in cheating and deceit." Dudian said.
Jenny realized the meaning behind his words, "Your opinion is different from an average person."
"Yours too," replied Dudian.
Jenny's face turned crimson red, but still tried the old method to bow her head to hide her face. However, her determination rose as she bit her lips and stared into Dudian's eyes: "Do you think so?"
Dudian's heart was beating fast as he was face-to-face with her. He subconsciously answered: "Of course."
Jenny stared at him, but didn't say anything. They began to walk side by side along the street, but didn't talk for a while.
Dudian coughed: "There is the carriage, should I hire it? "
"Well," Jenny nodded softly.
Dudian was sitting inside the carriage with her. The temperature inside the small compartment soon arose. To ease the embarrassment he said: "I'm a little unfamiliar with the law. Would you be willing to teach me?"
"Yeah," Jenny replied.
Dudian raised few issues which he was stuck with, and Jenny patiently answered one by one every question, explaining everything in details.
It didn't take long before the carriage came to a stop.
Dudian was in dismay and disappointed as they reached Jenny's house.
Jenny looked at him and whispered, "I'll go back first. See you tomorrow."
"Well, goodbye. See you tomorrow." Dudian watched her walk down the driveway.
He ordered the carriage to go to the Hunter headquarters only after she went into the castle.
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Chapter 135: Choice
After the lunch, Dudian had been in the training field practicing scattered arrow shooting already.
A bit later, the young instructor came to see Dudian. He was a little surprised but didn?t say anything. He watched his practice for a while and pointed out small flaws and later left.
Back in the castle's dorm, Dudian went over to the library to borrow some law books to review.
The next day.
Dudian the same as yesterday ate his breakfast on time and went to find the young instructor to get permission to leave.
"Permission? Again?" The young instructor's brows wrinkled and spoke in unhappy tone: "Although you are an official hunter, currently you have to be trained by us. You can't neglect your practice. Yesterday was an exception. What's the matter today?"
Dudian didn't, the reason he was going to work: "Yesterday I went to the first examination for passing the magistrate trial. I passed the first test, so today is the official examination."
The young instructor was surprised. The first examination for magistrate trials was a major event. He had heard the news regarding the examination too, so he naturally heard of it. But he didn't think that Dudian asked for permission to leave to attend it.
The young instructor looked at Dudian with suspicion: "You have studied and acquired knowledge of the law. But to pass the test you don't need knowledge of the law, but the mastery of the law. There aren't so many who could meet the requirements."
"I'll try." Dudian knew what was he talking about.
The young instructor thought for a moment: "Well, I wish you success."
Dudian's heart was delighted: "Thank you, instructor!"
"Go as early as you can but don't forget to get back early too." Young instructor waved his hand in dismissal.
Dudian immediately turned away and left the castle. He took the first carriage and went straight to the Pus Avenue.
Pus Avenue is located in the central part of the commercial district's downtown area. The prices for every meter square of the land in this area was so expensive that you could buy a small town in outside suburbs of the commercial district.
People living in this area belonged to a high status even within the nobility. There were elegant high-end shops all around the place. Women were passing by with their children or pets and accessing jewelry stores.
Carriage parked in front of the magistrate in the Pus avenue. This part of the street was a bit desolate as pedestrians didn't pass by rarely. In the middle of the street, a thirty-meter high tall building is located. The upper part of the building was looking like a sharp corner of a gourd. On top of it, there was a huge 'cross' sign.
According to Holy Church's doctrine, cross represented purification!
Along the way into the courtroom, Dudian saw some people dressed in white robes. Some of them were holding law books and reading them while the others seriously focused on discussions.
"I came to take the exam." Dudian entered the solemn and quiet court. He took out and showed the card to the guard.
The young guard looked coldly at the card and nodded, "Come in."
The first floor's lo
bby was extremely spacious. A large plume light was suspended onto the dome projecting down the entire lobby. His heart was surprised as he looked up. A mosaic of a dolphin assembled from white crystal-like objects.
A waiter wearing white silk gown came over and spoke in a gentle tone: "If you are coming over for examination, please walk with me."
She leads Dudian into a hall on the side. It was a cathedral-like place. There were rows of seats while an independent platform was in front. More than a dozen teenagers were sitting over the place. Most of the dressed in gorgeous, bright color, silk clothing. Only one or two had linen or wool clothes.
In front of the podium, there were few tables. Few white-robed waitress were standing by next to the empty tables.
Dudian found a remote seat and sat. A moment later he smelled Jenny's odor. His heart was full of joy. It didn't take long when Jenny wearing a green silk dress came over.
Dudian stood up and beckoned.
Jenny was picking a seat when she noticed Dudian. Her eyes lit up as she walked over and sat next to Dudian.
"You're so early," Jenny said, lowering her voice as she sat down.
Dudian laughed: "Early bird gets the worm."
"What about the previous worms?" Jenny asked in cunning tone.
Dudian almost choked: "The bird eats them."
Jenny giggled: "Are you ready?
"Well," said Dudian confidently, "as long as it's a written test I will full marks. That's guaranteed."
*Puchi*, Jenny laughed.
They continued with jokes one after another candidate came over until 9 am. Two waiters opened the nearly five-meter tall doors to the examination room behind the hall.
Four people dressed in white robes came out while they are followed by two men and two women who were wearing gold robes. The youngest was about 30 years old. All of them had intense expressions on their faces.
"Quiet!" One of them spoke out.
The meeting place was silent.
"The examination time is one hour." The person wearing gold robe waved to a maid and handed an hourglass.: "I hope you remember what we are doing over here. If I see someone trying to cheap, they will be immediately disposed of and imprisoned for a month!"
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