Youth Knight
I'm a Knight? II

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Xiris Kingdom

Sernia city

16 July 1300

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I was relaxing sitting in the main hall, looking at the beautiful view of the city from the window, the morning sun shining down and a peaceful tranquility enveloping this heart.

Stress and worry melted away as I looked at her.

I enjoyed it all, until I heard someone come and knock on my door.

"Reza, are you inside?", that's Adry's voice.

I stood up and opened the door for him. I allowed him to go inside but he refused, "No need, my father told me, would you take me?" Adry asked.

I stepped out the door, "Where are we going?"

"To a bakery working with my father's shop. They didn't send bread today, I just wanted to know what they were doing."

"Well come on, I'll go to the tavern later, after we visit the bakery"

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We walked towards the bakery, which was located outside the gate of Sernia.

The sound of the wind blowing in the wheat field sounded like a rhythmic chant, so that every single strand of wheat swung in perfect harmony. Each gust of wind brings a new rhythm, where each strand of wheat creates a unique rhythm and blends in a dazzling harmony.

The morning sun radiates its rays into the expanse of the wheat field, providing warmth. When I stepped foot, right and left were rows of wheat that made me feel as if I was floating on a sea of gold. Finally I arrived at an open place and saw a bakery from a distance located in the middle of a stretch of wheat.

We're going there. Then there was an old woman sitting in her yard, looking at us with a smile, gesturing for us to join her. He seemed to be calling Adry, so we approached him.

His face seemed happy to see Adry approaching him, "Son Adry, thank you for driving grandma at that time, I was very helped", the grandmother stood up slowly with the help of Adry, "Wait a minute ya", the grandmother said, and then she went into her house.

A few minutes later, the grandmother came out with a basket full of bread in it, "Take all this bread son, as a sign of my gratitude. Share it with your friend" too, the grandmother patted Adry on the shoulder affectionately.

Adry accepted it, "Thank you grandma, sorry for the trouble", Adry replied.

The grandmother said, "What are you talking about, it is I who should be thanking you".

While we were walking to the bakery, Adry, who was walking not too far from the grandmother's house, said, "I will eat all this bread. Thank you, see you soon!", waving his hand.

On the way we ate the bread that the grandmother had given us, then because I was curious about what Adry was doing when I wasn't with him, so as we walked I asked, "What happened to him?"

Adry thought and replied, "I don't know when exactly, but he went to a village to visit his deceased relative in northwest Sernia and hired someone to deliver him, but he did not have enough money to return home to Sernia, so he had to walk from there.

Although the distance from there to Sernia was not too far away, but he was too old to walk, luckily I and my subordinates were patrolling towards there and saw him walking slowly alone, he said, so I gave her a ride and drove her home, which is kind of the story" she was a good person.

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We reached a bakery, entered the store. The aroma of freshly baked bread every morning was enough to make everyone passing by enter and enjoy its warm aroma.

A variety of warm bread was plastered in the storefront, I watched the bread up close, while Adry looked for the owner of the bakery.

Then a woman wearing a knee-length dress, with an armless tunic and ribbons to tie her hair asked me with a sweet smile, "Is there anything I can help you with?", he was the owner of the bakery.

Her sweet face with a petite body seemed to be about the same age as ours, thus freezing me for her charm.

Adry saw it, then approached us, "Reza, why are you daydreaming?"

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Adry explains the purpose of his visit to the woman, "Do you know my father Dery?"

The woman was surprised, "Well, I didn't know that Mr. Dery had a handsome son" she told Adry.

Damn Adry you're making me jealous, right now my heart is screaming.

The woman replied, "Ah yes, in fact our horse-drawn carriage had been damaged, my father had tried to fix it but the result was getting worse, forgive us", the woman lowered her head.

"Eh, it's okay, I'm just making sure nothing bad happens here", I also want to talk to that woman!

I proposed something to them, "How about we hire a horse carriage?"

The woman replied, "Actually this morning I was thinking like that too, but there's no one around here to rent out the horse."

Adry handed me the empty basket she had given me, "Wait here, I'll go back to town to find a horse-drawn carriage", and then she just left me.

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The atmosphere turned awkward after Adry's departure, "Sorry, what's your name?", the woman asked me.

Suddenly I was surprised because he suddenly asked, "Ah, my name is Arezha."

"Arezha yeah, let's go in first while waiting for her to come back" the woman

let me into his kitchen, "Sit there Arezha", I put an empty basket beside me.

"Want bread?", he came up to me and gave me a piece of warm bread that had just been baked. The bread looks like the bread that Grandma gave Adry.

"Thank you" I said. I ate the bread slowly to avoid awkwardness, while he made bread dough, he asked, "What is the name of his son Mr. Dery?"

"His name is Adry, I'm a friend", I want to know the woman's name, but I'm too embarrassed to ask her.

Then a man who was the same age as Mr. Dery came and saw me, "Who is he?"

The woman replied, "He's Adry's friend. Mr. Dery seems to be asking about the bread that has not yet come".

I also stood up to introduce myself and the purpose of my arrival here.

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"Adry came here? Anika, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Because I'm busy!", replied the woman named Anika. So her name is Anika, I will propose to you someday!

"He's been here before, how could you not know him!?"

"Let's go, dad's too noisy I'm making dough!"

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"Uncle, do you know Adry?", I asked.

"I used to meet him a lot while delivering bread to the store, but now I'm telling others to take my place, while I'm helping out here" he took the sandwich and ate it, "Adry is a good boy, my mother told me that Adry had taken her, when she could have told me that she wanted to be delivered so as not to trouble Adry", she replied sighing.

Looks like she told you about the old grandma, she's her mother? why is the house separated?

"Is your mother a grandmother who lives around the wheat fields near the gates of Sernia?"

"You met him?"

"He gave us warm bread, the bread was delicious. The bread is like bread made here"

"Haha delicious isn't it? this is a recipe from him, originally we were just wheat landowners, but my mother was happy to cook something, and the recipe of the bread was created so that my daughter Anika who opened this shop", then the uncle stood up like he was looking for someone, "Anika, where's your mother?"

"He was washing clothes in the river" replied Anika who was making bread dough.

"Anika, I'm going to go see your grandmother, Reza say hello to Adry!"

"What's your name uncle?"

"My name is Aidan, see you!"

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