Chapter 57 The Secret of Exchange, the Gamble of Humanity

Man! With prestige, everything goes smoothly.

Today, I easily asked the one-handed sword trainer to clean up his own area.

Unfortunately, the two-handed sword... still goes its own way.

Jiang Yi took a broom and cleaned up the wood chips with Noel, and teased Noel from time to time who kept his mouth shut for fear of leaking the secret.

"Don't tease me!" Noelle looked at the rose on her hand nail. She hadn't heard any rumors in the past few days. Jiang Yi had kept his promise.

"Captain Qin has recognized your swordsmanship. You will soon become a Knight of Favonius!" She sighed slightly, watching trainees after trainees become official knights, but she was the only one who failed every time.

To whom can I tell about my depressed mood?

She had failed seven times before she received the Eye of God.

After obtaining the Eye of God, he participated every year, and every year he was the loser that no one cared about.

Is it because of her lack of strength? But many official knights are not stronger than her.

Is it because my etiquette is not perfect enough, my words are not gentle enough, or my efforts... are inferior to others.

She is never the one who attracts everyone's attention.

But it belongs to someone like Jiang Yi.

"Knight of Favonius?" Jiang Yi's eyes could see through people's hearts. After thinking for three seconds, he deliberately provoked Noelle with words, "A useless title?"

"What did you say?" Noel was a little agitated. The goal he had been working hard for was belittled by others. The power of the rock element was rioting between heaven and earth.

"Noel, among the more than 200 trainees of one-handed sword and two-handed sword, how many do you think can become official knights?" Jiang Yi spoke to Noel without realizing it, now that he had the chance.

"I don't think knighthood is a title. If you become a knight who leaves chores to girls, then what is the point of the title of knight?"

Jiang Yi's eyes were full of sincerity, which made the aggrieved and angry Noelle calm down little by little, and restore her manners: "Sorry! I...I lost my composure!"

"But, I have seen many trainees, and I can guarantee that more than half of them have a chance to pass the knight selection."

"They have their own strengths, enough to contribute to Mond in the future!"

"Then, Noel..." Jiang Yi said sympathetically, "You will definitely not be among those who pass the knight selection this time?"

"Do you know why?"

Noelle had expected this, but was still confused.

Can it be seen that Jiang Yi is destined to fail the knight selection after being here for a few days?

"Why?" Noelle asked, eager for an answer.

Jiang Yi did not answer immediately, but said: "This time's official knight selection is different from the previous ones!"

"You think that half of them can pass, but in my opinion... more than 200 trainees may all become trainee knights and follow the official knights to fight monsters, but to become a formal knight, there is still a long way to go."

"You know, the selection of official knights is not just based on combat ability. This time, the already strict selection is even stricter."

"Based on the current performance, there are less than ten people who can pass?"

Noelle was silent for a moment: "Did Amber-senpai, or someone else... tell you the inside story of the selection?"

She rejected this cheating information, but she wanted to hear it very much.

Jiang Yi smiled and said nothing.

"Noelle, you remember the trainer's strengths, but do you remember the trainer's weaknesses?"

"You told me a secret a few days ago, so today I will tell you a secret too."

Noelle became curious!

“Remember to keep your mouth shut!” Jiang Yi pointed at the roses, causing Noelle to blush and mutter.

I have to be a qualified maid and knight so as not to leak secrets!

“The secret is…” Jiang Yi lowered his head and leaned close to Noelle’s ear, his breath blowing on her silver-gray hair.

"No one you help will pass the official knight selection."

Noelle's eyes widened in disbelief.

"How could this be?"

"Why because of me? Did I do something wrong?"

Jiang Yi felt a little distressed when he saw Noel's eyes moistened as his faith was shaken.

“You said your knighthood is to help others and serve others!

"That's not wrong! But you should look at the person you are helping and see if the help is something that the other person can do!"

"Your excessive help is like a parent's overindulgence in their children, which undermines others' ability to take care of themselves."

"Can a trainer who has been ruined by you really be called a knight in the future? Will a knight who is too lazy to do his own things and needs help from others help other people in Mondstadt?"

"The people of Mondstadt remember you, the ubiquitous and versatile maid Noelle, but how many other knights of the Knights of Favonius do they remember?"

"In terms of character, you are more like a knight than every other official knight?"

"But you still...can't pass the selection!"

Jiang Yi repeated this cruel fact again, "Besides being too helpful, you have many other problems? I won't talk about that today!"

"I just want to make a bet with you!"

"Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or even in the next few days, you will come to the one-handed sword training ground and train with me honestly for a day. Don't pay attention to anyone else's instructions!"

"Look at those two-handed sword trainers who have been nurtured by you to have a sense of superiority and laziness. How many times will they call out to you? If they see that you don't help, will they get angry and bear a grudge against you?"

"See how much of their ugly and pretentious chivalry etiquette they can maintain?"

“Will they realize their mistakes and do their own things?”

"Since you can do it, why bother others? Is this the quality of a knight?"

"They are no match for the three-year-old children in my world."

Once again, the childish taunting.

"If my parents and teachers didn't teach me, I would cross the line once and teach them a lesson!" Jiang Yi's last words were accompanied by his eager hands that had been itching for a long time.

The sword hums softly.

After listening to Jiang Yi's series of words, Noelle felt complicated and took a long time to digest them.

She went from finding it hard to accept Jiang Yi's denial of her helpful behavior, to being happy when he praised her character as a true knight, to being dissatisfied when he pointed out that she still had many shortcomings, and finally to being unwilling to accept it.

Are those trainers really that bad?

Will my voluntary help really cause others to lose the ability to take care of themselves?

I just simply want to help!

"I'm not good at arguing. Logically speaking, I can't win against you!" Noelle tried to refute several times but couldn't form any words.

I was very angry at my own clumsiness.

“If you can’t win the argument, then listen to me!” Jiang Yi threw away the broom and walked through the pile of sawdust. The sawdust that fell from his body and was kicked away scattered all over the ground!

“Huh——?” Noelle exclaimed.

Jiang Yi turned back once and kicked away a pile of wood chips like a naughty child.

"I accidentally took the wrong road!"

"That's all for today's cleaning!"

"Noelle, come with me to Eula's house for a big meal!"

Jiang Yi grabbed Noelle's hand and started running.

"No! No! Even if I listen to you, I should finish today's cleaning!"

Noelle has already leaned towards Jiang Yi in her heart, otherwise Jiang Yi might not be able to pull her away.

"Who cares?"

Jiang Yi discovered that Noelle was still holding the broom, so he snatched it away and threw it to the ground.

The training ground was left in a half-cleaned mess.