Emperor of Britannia, September 2, 289, afternoon.

Pendragon, Jacob Churchill's residence.

"Mr. Cheng, I have kept you waiting for a long time. Please be sure to try the black tea that I have collected for a long time." Jacob said calmly to Su Cheng, who was sitting opposite him.

"Mr. Jacob, you are too polite," Su Cheng said with a smile, "It's troublesome to always call me 'Mr. Cheng'. From now on, Mr. Jacob, just call me Su Cheng or Cheng."

"No, no, no, I never like to call people I like and respect by their names. I will continue to call you Mr. Cheng from now on."

Just now, Jacob sent someone to Su Cheng's home to invite Su Cheng to his mansion for afternoon tea.

Previously, I was invited to dinner by Iser, the "strongest knight" in the Britannia Empire, and now I am invited to have afternoon tea by Jacob, the "one person below me and above ten thousand people" in the Britannia Empire.

Although Su Cheng was quite puzzled that he was always invited to dinner and tea by some big shots recently, Su Cheng did not dare to refuse Jacob's request.

Jacob seemed to be very difficult to deal with and difficult to get along with. Su Cheng didn't want to offend Jacob, so Su Cheng agreed to Jacob's invitation and came to Jacob's mansion to have afternoon tea.

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Su Cheng and Jacob were sitting around a small round table. On the small round table were two exquisite teacups and a teapot.

Jacob, who was sitting opposite Su Cheng, raised the teapot and poured black tea into the cup in front of Su Cheng.

As soon as the black tea flowed out of the spout of the teapot, the rich aroma penetrated Su Cheng's nose.

After Jacob poured black tea into both his and Su Cheng's cups, Jacob raised his tea cup and said:

"I am here to congratulate Mr. Cheng on your brilliant victory in defeating the 30,000-strong rebel army."

Su Cheng responded with a smile:

"Thanks."

After seeing Jacob start drinking, Su Cheng also brought the teacup in his hand to his mouth.

After taking a sip, Su Cheng, although he didn't know much about tea, could still feel that this tea must be good tea, so he praised: "It's really good tea. After drinking it, the fragrance of tea is still lingering in your teeth."

"Haha, Mr. Cheng, just like it," Jacob said.

After Jacob drank a few more sips of the black tea in the teacup, he put down the teacup in his hand and said, "Mr. Cheng, who do you think among the younger generation in the Britannia Empire has the hope of becoming a unified knight?"

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"Ah... I don't know much about the empire's military circles, so I don't know who among the younger generation has the hope of becoming a United Knight."

"It's okay. Just tell me whatever you want. Let's just chat."

Su Cheng pondered for a while and said: "Although I don't know much about the military circles of the empire, I still know that the 'Twin Generals' that our empire is proud of, Enli, the Twin Oak Knight of the Gabriel Knights,

There should be a chance to become a unified knight."

The corners of Jacob's mouth curled up slightly.

"I also know something about military affairs, and I think I can recognize people very well. I can always accurately tell whether a person has talent and his personality. I am still very confident in my ability. Enli

Hunter, his military ability is indeed good. Although his character is quite upright, he is narrow-minded and has no tolerance for others. He also has a good face and can never lose face. These few points alone are doomed for him.

It’s hard to become a unified knight.”

"Then...the other one of the twin generals, Alyssa Hill, should have a chance to become a unity knight."

"Alyssa's military talent is much higher than that of Enli. She is straightforward, frank, and dares to love and hate. She is a good girl, but she is a little too arrogant now. If we don't suppress her current arrogance,

Her shortcoming will harm her sooner or later. If her arrogant personality does not change, it will be extremely difficult for her to become a unified knight."

Su Cheng shrugged.

"Then I really don't know who can become a unified knight. After all, it is too difficult to become a unified knight. In the nearly 300 years of history of the Britannian Empire, there have only been 12 unified knights."

Jacob drank the black tea in the cup in one breath, then looked directly at Su Cheng with sharp eyes, and raised his right index finger to point at Su Cheng.

"Among the younger generation in the Britannia Empire, the one who has the most hope of becoming a unified knight is you, Su Cheng!"

Su Cheng's pupils suddenly dilated.

"Me? Unity Knight?"

"That's right." Jacob smiled and nodded, "I think you also discovered it during this counter-rebellion, right? It seems that my eyes that are good at recognizing people did not lie to me. You really have extremely high military talents.

! And your military talent far exceeds my expectations! Otherwise, you, a person who has never led an army, would not have been able to lead 5,000 people to defeat 30,000 people and achieve a feat that would go down in history!"

"Tomorrow, a meeting will be held to discuss merits and rewards for this counter-insurgency campaign. I won't beat around the bush anymore. I invite you to have afternoon tea this time because I just want to ask you a question: Mr. Cheng, are you willing to join the army?

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After hearing what Jacob said, Su Cheng put the tea cup to his lips and paused.

And Jacob continued:

"I asked your Majesty yesterday. Your Majesty also welcomes talents like you to join the army."

The sight from Jacob's eyes became sharper and sharper.

"Mr. Cheng, if you are willing to join the army, I can directly help you become a knight!"

"Help me...become a knight?"

Su Cheng looked at Jacob in astonishment.

"I'm surprised." Jacob chuckled, "He has only participated in one battle, so how can He De become a knight?"

"But," Jacob said seriously, "I'm not joking."

"Mr. Cheng, you should also know what position and identity I, Jacob, have in the Britannia Empire. I am fully capable of helping you successfully enter the army and become a knight!"

Jacob stood up, put his hands behind his back, and looked down at Su Cheng.

"So, what's your answer? Mr. Cheng."

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Su Cheng put the tea cup in his hand back on the small round table and said with a smile:

"I have no doubt about your ability, Mr. Jacob. You must be able to make me a knight. But I can ask, why are you so kind to me and help me become a knight?"

The corners of Jacob's mouth curled up slightly.

"I didn't expect you, Mr. Cheng, to be quite cautious, but that's right. How can a military genius like you be careless in doing things?"

Jacob sat back on the chair, picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, and said quietly:

"But don't worry, Mr. Cheng, I won't harm you. The reason why I want to help you become a knight is for only two reasons, one of which is out of curiosity."

"Curious?" Su Cheng asked doubtfully.

"I'm very curious about what kind of state you will reach if we train a genius like you with all our strength."

Jacob's eyes burst out with sharp light.

"Of course, this is just a secondary reason. The main reason is that I want to add another talented person to the Britannia Empire who has the potential to become a United Knight."

Jacob raised the corners of his mouth slightly and chuckled:

"Although it's strange for me to say this, when it comes to loyalty to the Britannia Empire, I don't think I will lose to anyone."

"The Britannian Empire's current national strength is not as good as before. With this decline in national strength, our relations with the three surrounding empires are not good."

"Let's not talk about the Frankish Empire in the east. We have been fighting a war with them for hundreds of years. We don't know how long this hundred-year war with the Frankish Empire will last."

"And we are also in a state of war with the Luolin Empire in the south. Although we have an armistice agreement with the Holy Hiran Empire in the north, our relationship with the Holy Hiran Empire is still very poor. Our relationship with the Holy Hiran Empire is

'It is possible at any time to tear up the armistice agreement and go south to attack our relationship'."

"Including our Britannia Empire, there are only four empires in the entire continent, and our Britannia Empire is either at war or about to go to war with the other three empires.

It’s really a terrible diplomatic situation.”

"In the past, our Britannia Empire's national strength and military strength were relatively good, so we could still hold on in this bad situation, but now our Britannia Empire's national strength has dropped a lot compared to before, and

The military strength also declined a lot."

"The situation was bad enough, but I didn't expect that in such a bad situation, the leader of our Michael Knights died in battle a year ago, and the Michael Knights were also crippled a year ago.

Now only the Knights of Gabriel and the Knights of Rachel are left in our empire to hold on to the situation."

"In short, the current situation has deteriorated to a very serious level... Our current military strength is no longer enough to deal with the three empires at the same time..."

Jacob continued in a deep voice:

"So in order to solve this bad situation, I decided to find a way to greatly improve our country's military strength. No matter where we are, talents are the most important. An excellent knight can withstand thousands of armies.

horse!"

"So, I have been looking for outstanding military talents."

Hearing this, Su Cheng was stunned for a moment, because he seemed to realize something.

"So," Su Cheng said, "Mr. Jacob, you came to me, right?"

"That's right." Jacob said loudly, "This is the main reason why I want to help you become a knight. Your strength is worth an entire order of knights! As long as you can join the army, it will be equivalent to one more person in our country.

There are hundreds of thousands of elite knights! So I really want you to join the army!"

"I'm getting older now, and I don't have any ambitions anymore. I don't have any other wishes! I just hope that I can see our Britannia Empire survive this crisis in my lifetime.
To be continued...