Volume 3 Chapter 219
by Need_More_SleepVolume 3 + Chapter 219: Oath
What entered the Knight Princess’s eyes was a colossal golden statue of a knight.
The knightly statue carried the Holy Spear and, with both hands upon the Holy Sword, gazed into the distance.
Time had left obvious marks upon the knight’s statue. The gold had already dimmed, the radiance was gone, and much of it had been corroded.
Yet even so, beholding this knightly statue stirred the Knight Princess’s heart with surging emotion. The mark of the Holy Sword bloomed with light, and within her body she felt as if a resonance of bloodline had been awakened.
The once noble statue of the knight had now become like this…
She sensed the sorrow within the knight’s statue, as if she were feeling how humans had once reached its peak, only to forever lose that glorious age.
Before she realized it herself, tears slipped down the golden-haired girl’s face, falling to the ground.
“What you see is the statue of the Human King, Tia. You are the descendant of the Human King.”
The Knight King’s voice was grave.
“In a distant past—far more distant even than the Dragon War—that was the era called the Age of Myth. In the Age of Myth, our human race had a supreme leader, and that was the Human King! In the time of the Human King, our people reached unparalleled heights of glory, standing at the very summit of this land!”
“Grandfather, this history is not the same as what I have known. I have never even heard that there was an Age of Myth.”
“Tia, now you have gained the deep recognition of the Holy Spear. This shows that you already possess the resolve,” the Knight King said with heavy earnestness. “Only a descendant of the Human King, and one who has gained the deep recognition of the Holy Spear—meeting both conditions—has the qualification to behold the statue of the Human King, and to bear the weight of this truth.”
“I… am a descendant of the Human King?”
“Yes.”
The Knight King nodded.
“The Holy Spear and the Holy Sword are both weapons of the Human King, yet they are not the same. The qualifications for a Holy Sword wielder can be granted to anyone. Even an ordinary person without the slightest trace of bloodline, as long as their talent and will gain the recognition of the Holy Sword, they may become a wielder of the Holy Sword. But the Holy Spear is different. The Holy Spear has a precondition—it must be borne by one who possesses the bloodline of the Human King.”
“Are we of the Frost family the only descendants of the Human King’s bloodline?”
“No. With the passage of time, the descendants of the Human King’s bloodline seemed to vanish into the river of history. In truth, they blended into the human world. Only through the statue of the Human King and the Holy Spear as guidance can the bearers of that bloodline be found…”
The Knight King fell silent for a moment, then spoke a truth that shocked the Knight Princess beyond measure.
“Tia, you were once an orphan. It was only through the dual guidance of the statue of the Human King and the Holy Spear that I found you and adopted you into our Frost family. In order to protect you, we have always declared to the outside world that you are the direct bloodline of the Frost family.”
“…!”
The Knight Princess was shaken to the core, retreating several steps.
All along, she had believed herself to be a child of the Frost family, but now the Knight King told her that her true identity did not originate from this family.
“Grandfather… then my parents…”
“That was a lie fabricated to give you a normal childhood, and to inspire you. As for the heroic deeds and sacrifice, they never existed.” The Knight King revealed the truth.
“I…”
The Knight Princess lowered her head, clutching her chest, her body swaying as if she might collapse.
“Now that you know all this, do you hate me, Tia? I adopted you only because you bore the bloodline of the Human King. I raised you in the hope that you could one day restore the glory of our people.”
The Knight Princess closed her eyes. Scene after scene of the past flashed through her mind, while the mark of the Holy Spear seared within her.
At last, she slowly opened her eyes. A thousand words condensed into a single sentence—
“This is my bloodline, and also my mission.”
Such a response filled the Knight King with immeasurable satisfaction. Only with such steadfast will, with the resolve to keep moving forward even after knowing the truth, could one have the possibility to become a “King.”
In the human world, there was no one more suited than the Knight Princess to lead humanity’s future.
“Very good, Tia. Stand before the Human King, unlock the Holy Spear to its deepest level, and accept the truth of history.”
“I understand, Grandfather.”
The Knight Princess walked to the statue of the Human King, summoned her Holy Spear, and performed the deep release. The Holy Spear caused the remnants of gold upon the statue to flare once more with brief radiance.
From the knightly statue descended a pillar of light, enveloping the Knight Princess.
“This… this is…!”
The Knight Princess received memories from the distant past—memories belonging to the Human King!
The truth poured into her mind.
Divine authority and faith, the wars of higher races, the blood feud between dragons and humans…
Perhaps because the flood of information was so vast, she could not bear it all at once. Even after the pillar of light faded, she was half-kneeling on the ground, her pupils trembling.
“So that is it—the dragons actually used such means to seize for themselves the glory that should have belonged to humans!”
The Knight Princess unconsciously gripped the Holy Spear tightly.
“This is why the title of the Knight King carries the meaning of Glory,” said the Knight King. “Tia, as a descendant of the Human King, you have now learned everything. Now, before the ancestors, show your resolve.”
“In the name of the descendant of the Human King, I swear—I shall make the dragons pay their blood debt in blood, and restore the glory of humans!” The Knight Princess made her oath.
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“Ahhh~~”
Xia Yi let out a yawn.
After wrestling with her blankets for a while, she finally got up and left the room.
At this time, Yue Liu, in her pajamas, was in the washroom brushing her teeth. It looked like she had only just gotten up as well.
“Ah…!” Yue Liu cried out.
Foam dripped from her toothbrush and fell onto her chest.
This scene made Xia Yi thoroughly annoyed—it was practically flaunting how large her breasts were. Had all the fox radish’s nutrition been diverted there?
“Oh, it’s actually my nemesis? Good morning—eh?!”
The little fox, realizing it was Xia Yi, turned her head and froze completely.
“Fox Radish, why are you so startled?”
Xia Yi truly couldn’t understand. She planned to wash her face first, but when passing by the little fox, she caught sight of herself in the mirror—and froze as well.
Silver hair, silver eyes…
Wasn’t this the form of a dragon?!
“Why?!”
Xia Yi’s face was filled with disbelief. She confirmed again and again, but found that she was indeed no longer in her disguised human state—the transformation potion’s effect had worn off.
That couldn’t be right.
In the past, a single dose could last over a week without any problem.
She had clearly drunk the transformation potion just the day before yesterday. Why had it already failed by this morning?