Gold: Hi Nicholas I am Gold.

Nicholas: Hi Gold. (Now that he took of his hood I can see his face. He doesn't look scary infact he looks like a hero.)

Gold: What happened? Why are you looking at me like that?

Nicholas: Nothing!

Gold: Okay whatever. Listen Nicholas I need you to come with me.

Nicholas: Me? But why?

Gold: The Grandmaster has asked for me to come and meet her. But If I go alone I know I will do something offensive. So I need you to come with me because you look like a smart kid.

Nicholas: To meet the Grandmaster! No I cannot! Why do you think I am smart?

Gold: You are carrying a book in your hand and a bag pack on your back.

Nicholas: So?

Gold: It means you are a kid travelling alone and looking for something. Nothing to hard to figure out.

Nicholas: I mean you are not wrong, but i cannot go with you. What if you still somehow manage to offend the Grandmaster. We both will get in trouble.

Gold: Have some faith in me.

Nicholas: You don't even have faith in yourself! You are asking a child to look after you.

Gold: Please come with me! I am not good with people. I will do anything you ask me to do. I will help you find whatever it is you are looking for, I promise. Please just come with me.

Nicholas thinks for a bit.

Nicholas: Okay, but please don't get me in trouble.

Gold: Sure. Btw Nicholas is too long of a name for you. So I will just call you nico.

Nico: Hey! Who gave you the right to give me a nickname?

Gold just ignores Nico and starts walking. Nico keeps complaining but follows him.

They both reach the place.

Gold: Okay so this is where the Grandmaster is waiting for us.

Nico: For you.

Gold: All right Nico.

Nico: Don't call me that!

Gold: Let's go inside.

As they are going inside the guard stops them and asks Gold to give his sword to him.

Gold: You think the Grandmaster would feel threatened if I carry my sword inside?

Guard: Nope. Even if 100 like you attack her she will kill all 100 without getting a scratch. It's just my job to collect weapons. But don't worry I have her sword too. So don't feel nervous okay? Hahaha!

Gold looks at nico.

Gold: Should I beat this guy up?

Nico: No! No! No! Are you crazy? I see now why you called me with you. You really can't handle people.

Nico Apologizes to the guard and takes Gold inside.

Nico: You are not going to talk anymore. Let me handel everything.

Gold: Sure. But if I see that guy somewhere alone I am gonna beat him up.

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Nico: Do whatever you want when I am not around you!

As they walk inside they see the Grandmaster sitting there waiting for them.

Caroline: So you have arrived.

As Gold is about to speak nico stops him and starts talking.

Nico: Yes mam! Pleasure to meet the great Grandmaster.

Caroline: Who are you?

Gold: He is Nico my friend.

Nico: Yes I am his friend.( I can't even defend my name infront of her.)

Caroline: Oh, nice to meet you too Nico.

Gold: Why did you call me here?

Nico: You can't just ask that! You should greet her first.

Caroline: It's fine. It's faster this way and I don't like too much formalities myself.

Nico: ( Oh yeah! She wasn't born a nobel.)

Caroline: First of all What's your name?

Gold: It's Gold.

Caroline: So Gold, want to know the reason I called you here?

Gold: Yes.

Caroline: Do you remember attacking a carriage 2 years ago?

Nico: Attacking a carriage? ( Is this guy a criminal?)

Gold: Yes.

Caroline: You do! That's good. That day you saved a girl from bandits who had killed all the guards and kidnapped her.

Gold: They even assaulted and killed the woman with her.

Caroline: So that's what happens to her.

Caroline looks sad.

Caroline: The girl you saved that day was the youngest princess Lucia.

Gold: I know.

Caroline: You do?

Gold: The animals of the forest told me. They heard the bandits talking.

Caroline: Animals? So you can talk to animals! Interesting! Well Gold we have been looking for you since then. But we couldn't find you even though you were in the kindom.

Gold: How did you know I was in the Kindom.

Caroline: Princess Lucia has a vardaan. She can know where something dear to her is. Though that makes me want to kill you.

Nico: (We are dead.)

Gold: So how did you know I will be fighting in the tornament?

Caroline: Because we set it up. We a asked multiple girls across the kindom to go and ask Adventurers for help and tell them that Luka is blackmailing them to sleep with him. We knew you had helped a girl before and you would do it again.

Gold: What if someone else other than me came to fight Luka?

Caroline: No one other than you would dare to fight Luka. We didn't expect you to be stronger than him but we knew that you are someone who would risk their life to protect someone.

Gold: Those are very high expectations.

Nico: ( He is such a good person! I am so moved! Grandpa I have found my idol! I will follow him for the rest of my life! But don't worry I haven't forgotten my promise.)

Caroline: Tell me one thing Gold. Were it not for the rules would you have killed Luka today?

Gold looks at her without saying a word.

Caroline: I have my answer.

Nico's eyes get wide open.

Nico: (He was going to kill someone today! Forget everything I said before I am never going to see him again!)

Gold: Why were you looking for me?

Caroline: At first we just wanted to honour you. But now after seeing how strong you are I have decided that you will be joining the knights and be by my side at all times. I will train you to be the next Grandmaster.

Nico: Next Grandmaster? Him?

Gold: I thought i would be offered to marry the princess or something.

Nico: You could marry the princess if you become the Grandmaster. In fact the oldest prince of the kindom proposed to lady Caroline but she declined.

Gold: So royals will marry non royals if they are strong?

Nico: Basically.

Caroline gets up and puts her sword on Gold's neck.

Caroline: Don't get your hopes so high you fool! You will become the Grandmaster so that I can be free! And live normal life.

Gold: You don't want to be the Grandmaster?

Caroline: Forget about me! Tell me, will you join the knights?

Gold: No.

Caroline: Why is that?

Gold thinks for a excuse.

Gold: Because I have promised nico over here that I will help him find what he's looking for.

Caroline: And what is that?

Gold: Something very important to him.

Nico looks at Gold with tears in his eyes.

Nico:( He wasn't lying! He is actually going to help me.)

Caroline: Are you sure? Becoming a knight is one of the biggest honour one can hope to achieve in this Kindom.

Gold: And yet you want to get away from it. It may be a great honour but it's not something every one desires.

Caroline smiles.

Caroline: Okay! I won't force you. But if you ever change your mind I am always ready to take you in.

Caroline brings Gold something.

Caroline: This is a Gold coin marked with the symbol of the Knights of Wolfgang. With this you have a proof to show that you are someone I admire. Don't you dare misuse it! With this you could even command the knights if I am not present.

Gold: Why give something so important to me?

Caroline: To honour you and to give you a taste of what it feels like to be a high ranking knight. Haha.

Nico: So he is a knight now?

Caroline: Unofficially. You are free Gold. I am jealous.

Gold: I will take my leave now.

Caroline: Sure. Keep doing good for people. But if i found out you killed someone in the kindom! Even if they are the worst of the criminal i would come after you.

Gold: ( This lady is scary!)

Nico: What about the tornament?

Caroline: It's over.

Nico: I feel sad for the people who wanted to watch the finals but I am happy that I didn't miss anything.

Gold: Let's go Nico.

Nico: You are really gonna help me?

Gold: Ofcourse. I promised you.

Nico: Thanks Gold. You really are a good person and i promise I won't change my mind again.

Gold: ( What is he talking about?)

Caroline: Both of you might want to hurry up before the princess shows up here looking for Gold!

Gold picks Nico up and runs away from there.

Nico: Hey wait don't run so fast! Look over there are they knights? They are escorting someone!

Gold: That princess actually came! We have to run!

Nico: Not so fast!