Volume 8 Chapter 3: How Are You Not Tired?!

After they had their breakfast, "I will go out and practice." Since he had eaten such a heavy meal, it was time to work it out of his system. Krystal nodded, "I will join you." Even she felt she should move her body.

"Be careful out there." Violet reminded.

Cedric sat there and sipped his coffee, "Don't kill anyone out there. Especially you, Kid!"

Keith couldn't help but scoff at Cedric's warning, "How could I possibly kill someone?"

"Are you really asking that?" Did he forget about what occurred yesterday? He one-punched the commander of the knights, and then he massacred the others. Monster; that was the only way to describe him.

Keith returned to his room and changed into his battle outwear. The two headed to the barracks. Before the two entered,

"Come on! Did all of you become soft these last few months?! You guys can't even do such a simple task?!" A thunderous voice resounded the entire barracks! Keith looked at Krystal, who shook her head. The two headed in.

"Young Miss!" Sterling's stern expression quickly turned bright as he greeted them.

"Good morning, Sterling."

"Hello. Are we disturbing your training?" A blood bath. Behind Sterling was a group of people who were in a push-up position. On top of their body was a giant boulder.

"Isn't this a little too much?" Krystal muttered. They looked like they were about to die.

"Miss, you have to do something like this. These fools don't have strong wills. We need to retrain all of them." The coup Rodrick pulled yesterday had been on everyone's mind.

Assassins were sent to end Violet's life late at night. However, Keith, Sterling, and Leland put a stop to this. As a last-ditch effort, the count tried to pin it on them. That didn't work at all since Violet knew what had occurred!

"How dare they follow after Dolus! At least they showed some loyalty at the end." Before the final battle between the two groups, some knights didn't take Dolus's side and stepped away. They didn't want to go against the Grand Duchess.

However, Sterling wasn't going to give them any leeway. Retrain and make them understand who they should follow. That was something he needed to do.

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"Don't worry, Miss. I will train them to become loyal knights that will fight to the end."

"..." You do that.

Sterling was the commander of the knights. Well, he was fired months ago for punching Rodrick's son. He was immediately reinstated as the commander today.

"Now go down!" Sterling shouted.

"Yes!" The knights shouted as their bodies went down. But they were agonizing screams coming out when they did.

"That Dolus, how could he make our knights this weak?!" Sterling frowned.

"Ahh, what were you guys doing before?" Krystal whispered to a certain knight.

"Um, Dolus really didn't do anything. He was basically telling us to rest and do their own thing. It was bare minimum training." Leland was the vice-commander of the knights. With Sterling missing, he was the one who watched over the knights.

"Leland, you didn't do a good job! How could you succeed me when they're like this!" Sterling roared. Originally, Leland was supposed to succeed Sterling if he retired.

However, with Dolus following the interim head, Rodrick, Leland was left as the vice-commander.

"..." Leland scratched his head.

"I need to retrain you as well!"

"Eh?"

"I want 50 laps around the estate!"

"..." Leland's expression dropped.

"That goes for everyone as well!"

"Eh?!" Do you know how big the estate is?! And we just finished holding that boulder! The knights couldn't believe it. That devilish look Sterling had said otherwise. Without any hesitation, the knights quickly dashed out.

"I guess I should go as well." Keith made his move. Krystal also followed after him. The primary purpose of their coming here was to move around.

On the 20th lap, all the knights were out of breath. The only ones who weren't were Keith, Krystal, and Leland. The three were going strong.

"So weak! How could you guys run out of stamina?" Sterling scoffed at them.

"..." The knights wanted to cry; how were they supposed to compete with that?

"The princess has such amazing stamina!" After the 45th lap, Leland had to stop. But as he took deep breaths, he and the rest watched Krystal and Keith work.

"Of course. The young miss has been working all day at the academy. Unlike you people."

"..." Damn, I need to get back in shape. Dolus had really caused all of them to lose stamina.

"The one you guys should be more surprised about is the young man," Sterling muttered.

"Hmm?"

"The young man's stamina is better than our miss." Keith wasn't out of breath as he ran compared to Krystal. He kept a consistent pace as well. Actually,

He's increasing it. It was slightly, but the man had been slowly increasing his speed.

After the 50th lap, Keith was still breathing from his nose while Krystal took deep breaths. Sterling nodded. The young miss seems to notice it.

"Sir Sterling," Keith turned to the commander.

"Hmm?"

"Could you hand me a boulder?"

"You want to do that? Can you handle the weight?" Those knights were buckling from them

"Mmhmm, I should do some strength training."

"Understood." Sterling turned to some knights, "Go get him a boulder."

"Y-yes!"

Keith got down in a push-up position. The knights returned with the giant boulder, "Are you sure we can put it on your back?"

"Go for it." Keith grinned. The knights did just that as they dropped the boulders.

Thud! There was a loud sound coming from putting on his back.

"Are you okay, Keith?" Krystal questioned. Even she thought it was quite heavy. However,

"I'm doing good!" Keith exclaimed. It was heavy. However,

"It's quite easy to move." Keith started to move his body up and down. Even with the boulder, he was able to do so.

"..." The knights were speechless. How are you not tired?

Monster. Sterling couldn't help but chuckle.