Author's Note

As a writer I wanted to write out of my comfort zone so since I had never read or written erotica i googled some for research purposes and found that I don't like it so i gave up on that

We have a small cameo appearance By Argos who also composed the bard song so a thanks to him you can read his superior writing Here

Also sorry about not posting earlier since a certain someone might've forgotten to pay the internet bill Tehee

As always reviews,ratings,Recommendations,Corrections,Questions and comments are greatly appreciated

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Chapter 18: My First

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People evolve and it's important to not stop evolving just because you've reached 'adulthood.'

―J. K. Simmons

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He was now dressed in his finest clothes and on his right knee with Sir Myles standing over him

“Here do I swear by Mouth, Heart, Hand, and Blade

To shine as a beacon of chivalry unto all the populace

That I may not bring dishonor to the institution of knighthood

To defend the Kingdom of Ganeleon, and the populace

From all threats, whether arising from within or without;

And to keep and defend the faith of all

This entire do I swear, Sir Edin Drake Dragkagua Freestone,”

“Then rise as Sir Edin of House Freestone,” said Sir Myles as he lightly tapped his great sword on Edin’s shoulders

Unlike most knighting ceremonies, the one given to the winner of the squire’s tourney is less formal. Afterwards, a big party is thrown which even the lowest of people may partake. It certainly had a different vibe than the parties hosted by nobles after being knighted.

A group of burly men lifted up Edin onto their shoulders and started shouting,

“The bathing!”

“The cleansing!”

“Har!” screamed one of the men with a beard that would put Santa claus’s beard to shame

They chanted while carrying him towards a large tub as big as a modern above-ground pool. The tub was filled to the brim with wine

“Ah wait a sec guys.” he said with panic in his voice

The men laughed

They threw him in.

He managed to stick his head out of the wine while taking in some big gulps of wine.

Parties were not fun for him but going with the vibe of the environment, he started drinking the wine. He grabbed a piece of roasted chicken leg from a servant who passed by.

It was a giant festival with food and alcohol being served by servants accompanied by music, dancing and games.

After eating his roasted chicken leg and drinking more than enough wine he managed to get out of the tub of wine that was nearly as tall as him.

He was completely soaked in wine when William approached him.

“Congrats! Now I can be your squire,” said William.

“Maybe,”

“Congratulations My lord,” said Stacy.

“Ehe that sounds weird,”

“Having fun then?” asked Mr. Gibbs.

“A bit,”

“I’m glad you didn't take any injuries,” said Courtney the women who Mr. Gibb's son had raped and impregnated thrice giving birth to William,Stacy and Logan respectively

“I am too Ms.Courtney,"

“My lord have a dance with us,” said an unknown plump girl

“Yes M’lord has fun with us.” Said another skinny and frail girl pulling on his arm.

“Um,”

“Go ahead me and the children will go get something to eat,” said Old man Gibbs

Edin was glad he had befriended the old man and managed to unite him with his new family.

“Alright then let’s go dance,”

He let himself be pulled along by girls he never even knew.

A bard walked up to the wooden stage

“I am Argos the wandering bard!”

“More like Argos the shameless bastard bard of wonders,” said someone in the crowd

Argos the bard began to strum his fiddle

“Listen folks, to this tale

For I, a young bard, so want to not fail

The test I was set, and so fortunately given

By my old master, the venerable sir Liven.

A song about adventures, and their appropriate heroes

Not damsels in distress, or overpowered zeroes

A knight so famous, and so fortunately strong

A man of large stature, and very famous gongs

The story of, his painfully hard journey

Through tasks so vast, and big rich tourneys

His wins over men, and his unfortunate losses

And his victory over, the renowned bad bosses.

This good knight's, start of renown

Was not done in a ball, with a gown.

But done through battles, fierce and true

A story well fought, a win through and through.

He journeys across, the huge sea of pirates

On a ship filled only, with rangy small meerkats.

His job was to send, these angry animals to their masters

And finish the task, assigned by assignmenters

Halfway through, he hit a reef

A mighty fine bump, that caused him no little grief

The knight hacked, and hacked again in futile effort

He dreamed of sailing away, and dreamed of that full port.

Soon the sky, turned dark and scary

A sight to behold, and sight to make worry

He braced himself, for a dangerous event

And locked his arms to, the boat’s only block of cement.

The waves crashed hard, on top of the poor knight

And then lightnings rained down, and caused him a fright.

He prayed and prayed, for a miracle to happen

But knew his fate, was bound for high heaven.

Here is where, the story finally starts

A time when the knight, is running out of remarks

The skies cleared, and the waves subsided

The only sound, the knights sobs as, in joy he cried.

Looking down, upon his boat

Only the block of cement remained, so he wrote

His meerkats lost, to the savage ocean

A last hit and punishment, to the poor Knight Horation

Crying once more, Horation did think

What point is there to life, a thing that only jinx

Then a silver light, pierced from the skies

And the Knight Horation, was drawn with the smell of pies.

"What is this," the battered Knight bawled

"A last torture, for a man so storm mauled.

Or do you gods wish me, to dream myself to sleep.

An eternal one, where I count to my death with sheep?"

No answer was given, a joke last played

Only the light shown down, a pillar solidly made

Perplexed the Knight was, his hand reached to the bright thing

Then pain racked his arm, and the man started cursing

“Damn deities, forever so foul

To torture a man, his time so short, his face in a scowl

Why don't you give me a chance? Was this so very hard?

A task you should give me, a task not told by a bard.”

"Haha, sir knight. You think you are tough.

Then take this hard task, I wanna see you get rough

You thought this storm was a nightmare, think again

I shall send on a task, that will make you less than a man.”

The light grew in strength, and the Knight closed his eyes

He wondered what happened, and what sort of lies

The damned being was saying, he was trapped in the sea

A place so vast and boundless, impossible to be free.”

Edin stopped listening to the words of the bard as the alcohol started to numb his brain

He didn’t really know how to dance but with the alcohol clouding his mind he really did not care.

He danced, sang, played and ate until the sun started going down and someone pulled his arm.

“Edin me and the kids are going to go now,” said Mr.Gibbs.

“No stay a bit longer,”

“um this party is starting to be for adults only,”

Edin looked around and noticed that all families were leaving as tents were being set up and women wearing revealing clothes had started to join in the celebration.

He wasn't stupid those tents were used for the nightly game known as baby making.

Awkward

“Oh right um thanks for being here for me,”

“Don’t worry about just have fun ok,”

“Ye yeah,”

He looked at the dance area and noticed Cassandra dancing with some boy.

As her gaze met his she quickly turned her head.

Oh she’s mad.

He walked towards her and pulled her away from the dumbfounded boy

“Let go of me,” she said as he pulled her away from prying eyes.

He led her to a secluded area with a small wooden bench and sat her down.

“Why aren’t you dancing with those other,” before she could finish her sentence he leaned in and pressed his lips unto hers.

“Mmm,”

He sat down on the bench as she came close to him, put her arms around his waist, and leaned in to press her lips on his. He responded in kind by placing his arms around Cassandra and pulling her into his embrace. Their lips sought to caress each other’s as they opened their mouths and without as much as a thought, their tongues twirled between their open mouths.

Their tongues continued the dance as he started to reach for her left breast but before he could touch the apple sized breast she grabbed his reaching hand and stopped kissing him leaving his mouth agape and begging for more.

She grabbed his hand and led him towards a tent with an open flap.

He closed the tent as she layed down on the simple bed

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“Edin wake up,”

It was morning

He was shaken awake by Cassandra

Grunting due to the minor headache he had after last night

“Hey cass,” he smiled

Although his memory of last night was foggy he remembered every detail of his night with Cassandra.

Nibbling on her pointish elven ear

“Ehehehehehe,” he giggled

“What are you thinking about you idiot,” she punched him on the arm

“Oh man it’s late ,we need to go back to the castle,”

He reached for his clothes but they were all sticky from different fluids mainly wine.

It was uncomfortable wearing his clothes but It’s not like he could show up to the castle wearing a bedsheet like a toga

On their walk back to the castle neither of them spoke and every time they noticed each other’s glanced they’de blush and look away.After an awkward walk to the castle they reached the castle’s gate.

“Um Malcolm Open the gates!” he screamed at one of the castle guards

“Oh I wonder where you guys were?” asked The guard Malcolm

“I bet they were all lovey dovey,” said another guard

“Just open the gates,”

“Maybe after you tell us the details,”

“maybe later,”

They laughed while opening the gates and as soon as the gates were opened Cassandra ran inside

“Cass,” he said as she ran

He sighed and made his way to the training yard with a big grin on his face

“Such a big grin only after being knighted,”

“We’ll there's that and other things,sorry for being late by the way,” he said to Sir Myles

“Huh kid your not my squire anymore,”

“Oh yeah right,”

He stood there not knowing what to do while he yawned

“Just go take a nap and a shower,You won’t be talking to the king like that,”

“Right,”

He walked away towards his room and when he finally arrived he took of his stained clothes and sat in the large empty tub.Luckily the castle staff had refilled the bucket because using his little squirtle magic made him lethargic.

He cleaned himself thoroughly scrubbing his skin to get rid of the stickiness

When he was finished he dressed himself in clean clothes and laid down on the bead with his hands behind his head.

Several thoughts running through his head

He was a knight now and In less than a year he’d be a legal adult.He wasn't a squire to Myles anymore so the king’s protection of Hawk’s nest was probably now non-existent.Maybe he could take over as lord of hawk’s nest and govern all that land under the Ganeleon Kingdom.

No I can’t do that Thomas is the eldest it’s his by birthright,That’s right it’s not my responsibility to save hawk nest it’s his

He laughed with the loss of this responsibility

Honestly the only thing he didn't like was his newfound aggressiveness coming from his freestone blood.Everytime he became a little excited he’d turned really aggressive very different than the him who is passive.He’d also lose his mind if someone hurt his precious ones.

I have the blood of a long line of berserkers huh and even a bloodline descended from dragons or something from mom’s side of the family

He had even lost the title of cherry boy

“Ehehehehehe,” he laughed

“What’s so funny?

“Yo your majesty,” he said as he quickly stood up

King Adequin smiled

“So you’ve gone off and got knighted,”

“ye yeah,”

“What are you gonna do now?”

“Erm I don’t know,”

“Ah but I do,”

“huh?”

“You’re going to have to find someone to manage your little business because you’re going to be busy 24/7,”

“Doing what?”

“Protecting my daughter as a member of the Royal Guard,”

“What!?”

“well the ceremony will take place a few days from now,You’ll join the order along with Myles,Theodore, and Daniel,”

“Eh Daniel?”

“Yeah Daniel the court wizard but his appointment to the royal guard is more honorary,”

“But I've been here for years,”

“Oh him you’ll meet eventually,Well he is rather eccentric,”

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