Always Walk Forward by Wong Billy

Author:Wong, Billy [Wong, Billy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

"I hope you haven't killed anybody for my sake," Eli said in a small voice.

Leland scowled. "Unfortunately, it appears they have already eliminated the rest of our comrades." At that, Eli's jaw dropped.

"We didn't kill them!" Vincent clarified. "We only... gave them broken legs, and possible lingering head injuries..."

"The leg breaking was her idea." Sam pointed at Cordy.

The knight shot her an annoyed look. "So what? At least I tried to spare lives, you just looked like you were going to kill this bucket-wearing idiot!" She lightly kicked the helm of the Paladin Sam had been about to finish, who groaned in response.

"Well, I guess... I was lost in the moment."

"It's good you didn't kill people at least," Eli said with a far from pleased expression. "How many of them did you break the legs of, though?"

Sam averted her gaze. "Most of them. What have they been doing with you, if not harm you?"

"They, uh, they've been teaching me magic. Turns out I have a rare gift for it, as I was able to shield myself from the flames during that fire long ago. I didn't remember, but since the Paladins learned about it they've wanted to recruit me." Then that cloaked one who stood in eerie silence by the door Eli had exited must be a mage, who had training him.

Cordy walked up to him, glaring frightfully into his eyes. "Are you sure you're staying voluntarily? You haven't been brainwashed, have you?"

He shrank back. "N-no, I'm still the same old me." He looked to Sam and Vincent for help. "I sound normal to you, don't I?"

"Demeanor seems the same," Vincent said.

"I wasn't sure I wanted to be a Paladin either, but they told me I didn't have to if I didn't want after my training. With what I know now, I'm leaning towards becoming one."

Cordy strode over to Leland. She raised herself up on her tiptoes and leaned forward, digging her nose into his chin. Despite the height difference, the fresh sweat that glistened on his skin showed he was quite intimidated. "It's still your fault. If you had explained what you were doing in the first place instead of your secretive bullshit, none of this would have happened."

"If we allowed the loved ones of potential candidates to make a case against us, we would end up with scant new recruits as most would be easily swayed. By separating them from their friends and kin, we are merely giving them a chance to decide based on their own best judgment."

"A Paladin's loyalties must be to the order and the order alone," the one who had stood back added. "The reason taken recruits are never seen by their families again is because they are transferred to other cities after, for a Paladin must sever their old ties in order to give themselves to us completely. Our selection process is very successful, though. In our entire history, only two candidates have refused us, and one was a friendless outcast who desired nothing but death.

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