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“You’re a special case.”
“What….?”
To Rosha, who knew nothing, the man slowly explained.
“Do you know an old myth? God sent his son to a fallen world to save the foolish humans and the world.”
“I know. By the sacrifice of a child of God, he carried the evil out of this world.”
In the long history, it was the state religion of this country, and it was a myth about the one god that many people still believe. It was an old story that a child of God, who was an angel, was born into the world, saved people, and died with the sins of this world.
“At that time, the God who mourned the death of his son made a pledge. When he sends another savior to this world, he will create knights to protect his son.”
“But God-sent knights need one condition to awaken. He has to be reborn from the death of the demon. Just like you.”
Rosha fiddled with her half-length hair coming down her shoulders, wondered if Noah changed his hair color too when he was attacked by such monsters?
Noah, with light blue hair and eyes of the same color, smiled and nodded.
“Rosha. I’m sorry, but as long as you awaken regardless of your origin, you’re a Rostelier from now on.”
“What is Rostelier?”
“Have you ever heard of the Golden Dawn Society?”
Rosha remembered walking around town with her brother when she happened to see an article on the wall. At that time, Dane said it was a crazy cult.
“Yes. I know.”
“That’s us.”
However, today, Rosha couldn’t call them a pseudo-group. It was because they were the ones who had saved her from her death.
“All the knights who belong to the Golden Dawning Society abandoned their origins and followed the last name known as Rostelier. It is my original surname, the founder, and everyone uses the same surname to symbolise us being in one family.”
“My name is Rosha Lewen.”
“But from now on, you’re Rosha Rostelier.”
“……”
“Don’t be sad. When you become a member of our family, I will find your sister for you.”
“Can’t I go find my sister by myself?”
Rosha felt uneasy to leave the matter on her sister’s whereabouts in the hands of others. So if she could, she wanted to find Lily herself. Noah laughed as if it was a little difficult, and shook his head firmly.
“That’s not allowed.”
“Why? Because I am young?”
“Because you are only ranked 777th.”
“So..?”
“Rosha, our Golden Dawn Knights were ranked according to their strength. Among them, missions that involve meeting or taking care of victims by demons could only be taken by knights starting from the 500th rank, missions that involve actual battles with demons are from the 300th rank, while secret and highly important missions are reserved for the 100th rank and above knights. The rest are only tasked in adding a little power to a big battle.”
To find Lily, she would have to find the victims who have run away from the demon, and she must be able to fight the demon if she met one. However, Rosha doesn’t even rank in the 700th, let alone the 500th. As Noah had said, Rosha’s rank was the 777th knight. She must be on the top 100 to be able to find Lily herself.
“What if I raise my ranking?”
“The innate mana cannot be changed.”
“I will work hard.”
“There are those who have made their efforts to rank 10th or so, but aren’t you too low to do that?”
“Give me a chance. I will try!”
Noah pondered for a moment, looking at the young girl who seemed very desperate. He didn’t like to waste time on things with obvious results. However, if he doesn’t give her any chance here, the girl will completely shut the door to her heart. Anyway, if she tried hard and it didn’t work out, she would resign by herself, so giving her some time to throw away her lingering doubts would not be a bad decision. This little child needs time for education in the future.
“Let’s do this, Rosha.”
“….”
“I’ll give you a year’s time.”
Noah with a benevolent smile, glanced down at Rosha, who was still holding the lollipop in her hand.
“If you do not improve your rank within a year, then you have to give up completely. What do you think?”
Rosha could also feel that Noah is giving her a great opportunity. There was no way to back out from here anyway.
“Good.”
As Rosha nodded, Noah reached out to her and said, “Then, let me introduce you to the Golden Dawn Society.”
Rosha grabbed his hand and got out of bed. She then moved forward slowly while holding his hand, suppressing the slight pain in her chest. As she left the open door, she saw a long corridor. On one side of the wall of the corridor was a railing, the top was open, allowing people to look down. Rosha peered over the railing and was astonished, speechless upon the sights ahead of her. There was a large door far away across them. There was a square inside the gate, which was erected like the entrance of a castle, and there were countless people gathering there. The scenery, which seemed to appear like a city to her, was a space that only the people of the Golden Dawn Society could enjoy.
“Well, it’s a bit late for me to say this, but….Rosha,” Noah gently wrapped his arms around her shoulders. “Welcome to the Rostelier of the Golden Dawn Society.”
Looking at the young girl who was full of vain hopes that she would be able to raise her rankings if she tried hard enough, Noah hoped that in the near future, the day would come when this child would be able to abandon those futile ambitions and be able to laugh freely.
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Noah had to admit that he was wrong exactly a year later. As a result of re-measurement, Rosha managed to rise up 700th places. Now, she is ranked 77th among the Rosteliers.
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