In this way - how did I pass the written test?

Although the entire test paper is written randomly, the last question is really impressive, because no matter how you look at it, it is different from the difficult questions above. I remember the question is like this:

Suppose one day, your master and mother are being attacked by the disease at the same time, and you only have an antidote in your hand. Who will you use it to save? Please write out the answers and reasons.

"Zier, what do you write the answer?"

"How did you ask me? I personally think that this question is a test of our loyalty in critical moments. Generally speaking, we will choose the 'master', but there may be a trap. Think about it, if you answer the 'master', it is equivalent to being unfilial, which does not meet the conditions that a person with noble character has."

Zier raised his right index finger and continued to explain incisively.

"Although I don't think there is a so-called correct answer, my answer is 'mother', because without a country I may not disappear. However, without a mother I will definitely not be born in this world and will not be able to contribute my life to the country. This is my answer - Hello! Yak, are you listening!?"

Zier's scolding diverted my attention to the boutique.

"Are you finally finished speaking? You talk a lot every time you speak."

"It's so noisy, you haven't answered me yet."

Zi Erqian leaned over and glared at me, looking like he would never give up until he got the answer.

"Ahem, is this important?"

I was suppressed by the high violet air and my body was unconsciously leaning back.

"It's very important! You probably won't write the first twenty questions, no, you definitely won't write them? There is no allocation standard for this question, and it is probably the key to your passing the written test. Of course, I'm curious about what you wrote."

Since he decided to break the casserole and ask the questions to the end, I had no choice but to follow my memory to explain the answers written on the test paper.

"My mother died when I was a child, so she could only hand over the antidote to her master. However, if he was a tragic person, I would simply throw away the antidote and finally commit suicide to death."

Zi Er opened his eyes wide, showed an incredible expression, took a deep breath and scolded loudly:

"──Who would write such an answer!?"

He held his forehead with blue veins and kept shaking his head.

"Hey, I'm just repaying the truth."

At this moment, a burly man about forty years old, with a tiger-backed and bear-backed waist came out of the hotel in front of the team. The thick armor and scabbard on his body were all printed with red lion patterns that symbolize the royal family.

It is said that the founding king of Didevia was always surrounded by a mighty red lion, so the "red lion" became an important symbol of our country.

The burly man looked around everyone, raised Kong Wu's powerful right arm and hammered it towards the wall. The sound made aroused everyone present's eyes. He grinned and shouted:

"You guys! Don't think that you can enter the royal city if you pass the written test. Get all over it. The second level of interview is here!"

After speaking, a group of light-dressed soldiers walked out of the house, lined up in front of the hotel, raising the red lion flag flying in their hands.

Is he the interview examiner? He looks arrogant and the people at the forefront of the team must be under great pressure.

“I didn’t expect it to be reviewed by Matadra…”

"What, it turns out to be the legendary Lord of the Mountain!?"

"Damn it, the interview is indeed not that easy!"

The people in the team were talking, and everyone showed a terrified expression.

I leaned over to Zier, who was also worried, and asked quietly:

"Who is that Matadra?"

"...If you don't have knowledge, you need common sense. Have you never heard of his deeds when you arrived in the city in the past two months?"

It seemed that he was desperate about my ignorance, Zier sighed and didn't know what time to breathe today.

He looked at Matadra, who was standing in front of the hotel, and explained for me again:

"Don't we live on the mountain north of the royal city? It is said that a few months ago, a giant bear was raging everywhere in the mountains in the east of the city. The degree of violence was simply a monster. For this reason, hunters and woodcutters dared not approach there, and the merchants also changed their course."

"One day there was a woodcutter, Matadra, who thought that cutting trees from other places was too far away, so he forced himself into the Eastern Forest. He also said to others easily: 'If I encounter that beast, I will help you to clean it up'. Although everyone kept dissuading him, he didn't care at all, so he went there alone with an axe. Unexpectedly, when Matadra came back that evening, he was wearing bear skin peeled from the giant bear. He also complained that the axe was too bad and broke in half."

"The giant bear who could knock down a big tree with one blow, but Matadra only got hurt. Because he knocked down the overlord of Panju Mountain, the villagers gave him a nickname called 'Lord of the Mountain'."

"Because Matadra is usually very popular, after this incident, the reputation of becoming even more famous, was finally hired to serve as the captain of the Princess Guard last month."

Zier nodded frequently after saying that, as if he was very satisfied with his complete explanation.

"Is that guy really that powerful? Speaking of the overlord in the mountains, I also confronted Juelang when I was a child."

At that time, I rolled down the cliff and didn't die, and it was really a miracle.

"You know that in order to treat the boy who fell from the sky, I had not left a penny for two years. I originally wanted to use that money to ask someone to renovate the house. Every time the rainy season comes, the roof will leak..."

I stared at Zier who was complaining, recalling what happened back then.

Ten years ago, Zier picked me up with bruises at the foot of the mountain. In order to treat my injuries, he did not hesitate to use all his savings to buy medicine and took care of me meticulously for several days.

At that time, I didn't understand why I had to do so much to a stranger of unknown origin, especially a half-dead guy. Just a dozen special trauma medicines, I could buy a brand new carriage.

One day I asked him the reason, and Zi Er just lowered his eyebrows sadly and replied in a depressed tone:

"…I just don't want to see anyone die again."

I don't know what Zier said this in his mood. His back seemed dull and sad, as if he had lost the direction of his life.

After more than half a year of recuperation, my injuries finally healed. During this period, we became friends who could talk about everything. We also learned that his father was a declining nobleman. He ran around to revitalize his family and eventually died in a foreign land.

After that, as long as the weather is clear, I will go to Zier's house to practice sword skills with him, and perhaps assist in farming skills.

One day I visited his uncle and learned that on the evening when he picked me up, it was the day when he buried his mother and was about to return home after being buried.

No wonder he lives alone in the mountains like me, and our parents are no longer there.

We, who are brothers and sisters, have spent many seasons together and grew up on this mountain. I once asked him why he didn't go to join his uncle or other relatives, but he answered me with a proud look:

"Even if only one piece of land is left, the nobles must protect their territory."

I couldn't help laughing and sincerely admired this close friend's persistence.

"By the way, did you find out the identity of that mysterious person?"

Zi Er, who pulled me out of my memories, cast a new question.

The mysterious person he mentioned was a guy who would send money to his home every six months after my father passed away. There was no contact information on the letter, only the abbreviation of ‘s?t’ similar name.
Chapter completed!