Seven Knights: His Personal Knight of Light

His Personal Knight of Light

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"Sir Knox, would you mind coming here for a second?"

Knox heard his name being addressed directly by his lord. He had just come back from patrolling the border of Terra Kingdom, the part which became responsibility of the noble family he was serving, in late afternoon.

The head of the family at the time was a beautiful pure-bred elf with dark sapphire colored eyes and long, straight, dark bluish hair, accentuated with some silver strands on each side of his head. His given name was Lord Ashura. But unlike human nobility, he didn't possess common family name. The family names of elf race were never in human language, so they preferred not to use them.

"My Lord, what service do you need of me?" Knox bowed politely with his helmet nestled in one of his arms. Some strands of his short, silver bang fell on his forehead, and his electric blue eyes only dared to look upward at his lord's face directly after he heard a light chuckle from him.

"You do not have to act so formal with me all the time, Sir Knox. You have been serving us for quite a long time. I dare say you have become a precious part of our family," Lord Ashura said, his smile mirth and his dark eyes glittering kindly.

For an elf which had lived over a hundred years, Lord Ashura still looked like a young man in his prime time. Unearthly beautiful, extra-ordinarily graceful, and quite slender, giving an impression of almost feminine even, but they were all just his outer appearance. Inside was brimming with wisdom and cleverness, bravery and loyalty that could rival all knights in Terra Kingdom combined.

Lord Ashura had been a noble even in his elf race, but he chose to serve under a human king as one of his councils to help Terra Kingdom prosper and protect lands that housed humans, elves, and other races and beings who desired to live in peace after the last dreadful war with the God of Destruction.

Lord Ashura had been noble in his lineage and aptitude. Knox felt very blessed that he served as a knight under his family.

"But Sire, I am just a knight that serves under your care. I wouldn't dare speak so informally to you." Knox sent back a teasing smile despite his words. He knew he could jest freely and his lord would just laugh with him. Their comfortable relationship had gone way back, almost over three decades since the first time they met.

At the time, Knox was still an inexperienced young knight, participating in the long war against the God of Destruction as one of Goddess Elena's loyal Knights of Light. There were several, more experienced knights that fought before him, beside him, and mostly did not return alive. Knox was almost perished himself, but Lord Ashura found him and then saved him at his death door. He bestowed Knox with a piece of his life that helped Knox heal his mortal wounds and support his flickering life-force to shine once again, even materializing as blue blaze engulfing his entire body and armor when activated, giving Knox the advantage of eternal youth despite being human.

In the war, they fought side-by-side, conquering differences between races in a sole purpose of helping Goddess Elena subdue the God of Destruction. After winning the war, Knox decided that he would serve under Lord Ashura family while Lord Ashura settled in human realm and served Terra Kingdom as one of the councils. Therefore, in extension, Knox also became a knight of Terra Kingdom.

Lord Ashura, as predicted, chuckled again in good humor. "Well then, walk with me, Sir Knox," he asked.

"With pleasure," Knox bowed once again and waited for Lord Ashura to walk first before he followed a foot behind him.

"I want to share a happy occasion with you, Sir Knox, because you are a close friend as much as you are my knight," Lord Ashura began and Knox tilted his head slightly aside, wondering what kind of occasion that his lord was talking about. "My son was born this morning," he dropped the news suddenly, and Knox couldn't help widening his eyes in surprise, for he did not know that Lord Ashura's wife had been pregnant at all before, since she was rarely out of the castle and so he barely saw her, and the last time he did a couple months ago, she did not look like she was bearing a new life inside her womb.