The Heiress Of The Legendary Family [S1]
Knight Exam: Stage 1

"All of you!! We have arrived!!" shouted Old Nahkoda from the end of the ship.

Casilda who was eating her provisions also turned to an island that became the location of their test this time.

'uh? That island? How come it's just a haze?' inner Casilda with wonder.

The island they came to looks like a giant cloud of fog when viewed from afar. Over time the fog began to fade and saw an island that could be said to look haunted.

'The aura is horrified, cuy.'

There were many ravens passing over the island. Even the clouds above him were dark black.

"He-hey!! A-there's sharks!!" point one of the participants towards the sea.

People looked towards him pointing. Sure enough, there's a big shark fin.

"HIYYI!! THERE IS ALSO ANA!!" HERE!!" yelled at the other participants from the opposite direction. "EVEN MORE SHARKS HERE!!"

Hearing this, some participants became afraid. In no case, the rumors about awesomeness and how dangerous this place is indeed true?

Some of them were scared, their guts were shriveled. Some even shouted hysterically to want to go home.

"Curtain, mentally weak" Charles sneered cynically. "I wonder, is he really a man? Hmph, what kind of coward, anyway?"

Casilda laughed blandly. "That's all right, Charles. He has never been directly faced with a lurking death" he said.

"Huh, Big Brother is always right" said the green-blossomed young man while staring sinisterly at the person who was screaming in fear earlier.

TAKKS

A loud voice diverted their attention. Now the participants are staring at Old Nahkoda who is also staring at them while sounding something similar to a fart.

"If you don't want to go to the island, go ahead. You don't have to go down if you're not mentally strong. I won't be back here again until the exam is over, so decide this right now!" tell that Old Nahkoda.

The participants discussed with many. They were afraid because the outside of the island was already terrible, let alone the inside. But on the other hand, they wanted to become a Knight.

While the others were noisy, Casilda and Charles simply stared at them with a flat gaze. Casilda leaned her back against her chest, and Charles also leaned her back while putting both of her hands in her pants pocket.

"Ck, so noisy, anyway. Shrimp-Brained Man Who Has No Guts!" the young man pouted once more.

"Well, you're the expert in sneering, well, Young Man" commented the Old Nahkoda who knew when he was near Casilda.

"Anj—Hey Old Grandpa! Why did you surprise me, I mean Old Man?!" it was Charles who almost uttered a harsh word in front of Casilda.

"Do I intend to surprise you, Young Man?" The old Nahkoda asked back with a very irritating smile for Charles.

"Yes, that's right, Grandpa Tua💢💢"

"What business are you doing here?" casilda asked, not wanting to hear Charles' grunts.

"What's wrong, I'm just curious" said the old man.

"Curious about?"

"Sister, don't go to the guy like him" Charles murmured.

"Why do you look so relaxed, miss?" ask Old Nahkoda without poking Charles' words.

"OLD GRANDFATHER SHALA—YOU WHY NOT WRITE MY WORDS, HA💢💢?! BASIC BRENG—I mean, You Old Grandpa!!"

"Charles, shut up" said Casilda scathingly.

Instantly Charles was on the floor of the ship because of the words of the brother who so pierced his heart. "....Okay, Brother...."

"You're asking why we seem so calm, right? What should we worry about? After all, we have often faced something dangerous. This is not something to be afraid of, after all, humans will still die someday, right?" reply Casilda.

Old Nahkoda smiled. "You're right, Miss." He looked the other way. "It's not wrong of me to choose you as one of the best participants in the Knight Trials this time.." he murmured.

TAKKS

Old Nahkoda again sounded like a kangongan. "Time is up! Make your decision!!"

"Since when was he there?!" The participants were surprised at the change in place of the Old Nahkoda.

"That doesn't matter" the old man said. "Who wants to continue the exam, please get off my ship right now! Those who don't want to continue the exam, stay here!"

"It's time, let's go, Charles" asked Casilda.

Charles nodded small and stood up from his squatting position. "Good, Brother."

"Hey, you two" called Old Nahkoda to the two children from the Tourmaline Clan.

The called one looks. "We?" ask Casilda.

".....Fight." After saying that, Old Nahkoda left them.

"Huh?" Casilda who was still cengo tilted her head did not understand.

"Sister, the ship will sail in a moment. We'd better get down" said Charles, who had gone down the stairs.

"Ah eh? Lah, wait, oruh!!" Casilda followed her sister who was almost on the mainland.

Old Nahkoda who saw the incident from the boat smiled knot. "Hopefully succeed, My Two Best Participants."

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...꧁ ༺ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇɪʀᴇꜱꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇɢᴇɴᴅᴀʀʏ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ༻ ꧂...

...『"ᴘᴏᴋᴏᴋɴʏᴀ, ꜱᴇʟᴜʀᴜʜ ᴋᴇʙᴜꜱᴜᴋᴀɴ ᴋᴀʟɪᴀɴ ᴀᴋᴀɴ ᴀᴋᴜ ᴜɴɢᴋᴀᴘ!"』...

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The footsteps of several people sounded in the dark forest. No sunlight entered through the crevices of the leaves, and the forest was inhabited by a thick fog.

The quiet and dark atmosphere they felt. So gripping, as if they were on an adventure in a horror movie.

There were only ⅓ participants who chose to continue the exam, including Casilda and Charles. Of course ⅞ of the participants who participated were male.

'Even the girls only have four of us. Cool' Inner Casilda while glancing towards the female participants. 'Hmm, their abilities are still a bit lacking, anyway. Not comparable to the guys here.'

Unlike the case with Casilda who was busy glancing at female participants, Charles looked around the forest they were passing through.

'It feels like we're just passing by here, but how come there's a lot of people on this island, huh?' thought. 'It's impossible that there are ghosts here, right?'

"Sister, is this just my feeling, or is there someone other than us on this island?" charles whispered to Casilda.

"Hm? There is someone else, though. The committee, as well as several participants from other regional branches" reply Casilda.

Charles mangosteen. Right, why did he forget? There are still ships from other Main Family areas, not just from their regions.

Not speaking anymore, they walked towards one destination, which was the central part of the island.

'For the time being, there are still no obstacles. If there aren't any, why are "them" here?' Casilda glanced to her right and left, where she found some subtle creatures lurking around them.

'Well, lupain aja.'

Without feeling it, they were now in front of an extremely majestic old building. The architecture is so charming, but unfortunately it has been covered with moss and tree roots.

"Congratulations to your success" said a thin man dressed as a butler at the door of a closed building. "You guys are the lucky ones who can get through the 2 bonus stages."

One of the participants asked, "Two bonus stages?"

"Yes" the butler replied. "The first stage, where you wade through the vast ocean and solidify the determination to come to a creepy place with many wild animals, and the second stage...."

"Do you feel like you've lost something?" ask the butler.

"Eh?" The participants saw his luggage. "Nothing's missing, huh."

"Well!" Casilda jerks. "There!!" His shout left the other participants shocked. "Where were the other participants who were walking with us?!"

Casilda's question made the participants realize that their current number is less than before.

"Yes, that's right the lady said. The second bonus stage is the ability to survive on one goal, because this forest can mislead anyone who does not focus on the goal."

The participants stared at the butler while sweating. As it turned out, this place was more dangerous than what they had expected.

"Well, now... It's time to start the first stage in this Knight Trial!!"

TBC.