Lothar was very happy for a while after getting the knife, and of course he was ecstatic when his grandson Parado became a formal Berserker apprentice. He felt that his family's bad luck had finally come to an end, and his father's prophecy was about to come true.
Even when he left the Berserker Tower, his mouth was still wide open, unable to stop the smile on his face.
Parado was completely different from when he first arrived. He walked with his head held high, and the vigor that had been lost due to repeated failures reappeared on his face. He was usually taciturn, but today he became talkative.
"Saint Mo Yu said that my physique and talent are very suitable for being a mad swordsman. She said that I am not suitable to be a secret swordsman because my mental power is not sustained enough, but when I am angry, I am particularly good at bursting out my mental power, which is the best for a mad swordsman."
"Of course, I told you you could, but you didn't believe it. Now you know!" Losa said proudly.
"Sword Saint Mo Yu is really a good person. She has also encouraged many other people. Even if they are not talented, she still tells them not to give up. It would have been great if the elders of the Secret Sword Tower had done the same." Parado couldn't help but say.
"It's good for you to know, don't say it out loud. Just remember the good things about Saint Mo Yu, the Secret Sword Tower has nothing to do with you now." Losa stopped him from talking about the people in the Secret Sword Tower. He touched the knife in his pocket and said, "But this saint is really a good person."
On the way home, when he met other people, naturally someone would ask him about the test results of Parado. Losa knew that many of them came to laugh at their grandson, but today he was eager for them to come and ask.
"Parado is now appreciated by the Saint." Losa would say proudly every time. He would also show off the gifts given by the Saint to others, "Even I have received gifts from the Saint."
"Everyone who goes there to deliver a child seems to receive a gift," some well-informed people would say.
Losa would always nod his head disdainfully and say, "Even so, I picked the best. You know, no one is more suitable for this kind of knife than a leatherworker, and I am the best leatherworker in the village."
When he met hunters in the village, Losa took out a silver coin and bought a pheasant and a rabbit. He also showed off his knife on a wild boar, which attracted many envious looks from hunters.
When he got home, he asked his wife and daughter-in-law to prepare a good meal to celebrate his good luck today.
At night, Losa called Parado to his room and said to him seriously, "Parado, do you know why I spent so much effort and risked my own skin to let you enter the Secret Sword Tower?"
Parado shook his head, then nodded quickly when he saw Losa's serious expression, and said quickly: "Because my great grandfather said that I should have such a talent?"
Losa chuckled and said, "Your great grandfather did say that, but he was drunk at the time and he was pointing at the chair next to you."
Parado was stunned. Although his grandfather always said this, in his heart he also regarded this sentence as the final support.
Losa glared at Parado and said, "Useless thing, why are you crying? Your great grandfather was just a great magician, but today a saint recognized your talent! I said that before because I didn't want you to give up. Because I don't want you to make me a cobbler."
Losa stroked the newly acquired knife and said, "Although leatherwork is also a craft, our family is not worried about food and clothing. However, you have not seen the kind of life when your great grandfather was alive. He didn't have to wait for a great opportunity to buy a rabbit like I do. Even now, without the foundation he had back then, we can't live in this big house with my leatherwork."
"Others are actually quite envious of our family. Although my great-grandfather passed away when I was very young and I don't have much impression of him, no one dared to bully me when I was a child, and many people envied our big house," said Parado.
Lothar sighed and said, "So it's not easy to maintain all this, you know? Your father and I can't maintain this family business. We really don't have any talent. But your grandfather Hein has seen you, and you do have some talent. But it's still a little short. It's not easy to become a secret swordsman. Even if I sold a lot of good things at home and bought you some alchemical potions, the effect is very limited."
"Alchemical potion?"
"You must have eaten a lot when you were a child. Otherwise, we should still have a lot of inheritance left by your great-grandfather." Lothar said calmly, "But these are not important now. The most important thing now is that you are already a member of the Wild Sword Tower. You must remember how important this identity is to you."
"I, of course I understand. When Saint Mo Yu personally helped me up today, I had already made up my mind that I must follow her closely and do whatever she says. No one else's words will matter. A saint personally helped me up. I never imagined that such a thing would happen."
Losa said: "So you have to remember that without Saint Mo Yu and the Wild Sword Tower, you are nothing. With this in mind, you will understand how to do things."
That evening, in the homes of other selected apprentices in the village, various different conversations expressed similar meanings.
Many people fell asleep happily, but more people had a sleepless night.
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The next day, Losa still sent Parado to the Mad Sword Tower. Although the village was not big and his home was not far from the Mad Sword Tower, he always felt a little bit unbelievable about it. He felt that he could only feel at ease when he saw Parado being put into the Mad Sword Tower again with his own eyes.
However, as they walked over, they saw many people also heading towards the Crazy Sword Tower. When they arrived at the foot of the Sword Tower, they found that there were several times more people waiting here today than yesterday.
Unlike yesterday, the age range of the people waiting in front of the Sword Tower today was wider. Losa even saw a few guys in their thirties queuing here. The village chief maintained order while answering the questions from these people. There were even several people who wanted the village chief to take out his knife for everyone to see.
Losa even saw a neighbor who had laughed at him, lining up here with his grandson. (To be continued)