The World We Do Not Know - 96 The 33rd Captain!

*”I wonder if I can wield it.”* Faust thinks to himself, looking at the insanely long blade.

All of them enters a huge hall on the floor. There are all types of people in the room. Only one thing common among them is the royalty and elegance they are carrying with them, as they are seated in their seats. Along with them, seven ordinary-looking people are also present in the same room.

*”It’s that same person.”* Faust thinks to himself after seeing the same person he saw in the training grounds the first day, sitting between Tsumugi and James.

“Queen Uzume! Everyone’s gathered! Please do the needful of these new soldiers.” A woman wearing a long white gown with a white cape strapped on both of her shoulders gets up from her royal throne, walks to the edge of the small podium that the nobles and other are seated on.

Tsumugi too sits with other nobles and Fab stands behind her. Faust and the other two are sent to stand with the seven others in the middle of the room.

Uzume stands beside a table with a man with books, busy in writing. And as everyone is feeling enthusiastic about the queen and majestic appearance. A person came up to Uzume with lots of badges in his hand.

Uzume comes forth, offering her left hand. The first candidate, go on to kneel in front of her on one knee and plants a kiss on Uzume’s hand covered in gloves.

“Syed!” A person from his respective family branch screams from behind.

Uzume takes an official badge which has the name Syed printed on it and hands it over to him with a smile. “Do a good job and never let us down ” she says while handing over the badge to him.

Similarly, every seven of them gets done and now it’s time for Faust, Jonathan and Rachel.

Faust goes closer, kneels down on his one knee and takes Uzume’s hand to kiss.

“FAUST!” Fab yells loud and clear with a happy tone. Via announcement of name is louder than the past four. He wanted to say how proud he is to see kids from his family are getting official badges.

Uzume suddenly stops Faust from kissing her hand. She does not go on to grab the badge as well, she turns towards her little sister Tsumugi. She asks the person on a table to stop writing Faust’s name.

“Tsumugi!” She just orders, but Tsumugi quickly gets up from her seat in response.

Faust doesn’t understand what was happening and continues to stay on the ground with his head lowered. Same with Jonathan, Rachel and Fab. They are all scared if their house doesn’t meet the criteria to recruit soldiers.

Because once the soldiers are selected, they need to go through many phases of tests to be worthy enough to hold the official badge.

“Is he going to be the 33rd captain from your house?” Uzume asks Tsumugi.

“Huh?” Everyone including the nobles is left in shock. Mixed expressions can be seen on Fab’s face. He has been a soldier under this house for five years and he couldn’t raise his rank up, but Faust is a captain within a month?

“Lady Uzume!” An old member from the seat of the noble stands up hastily to talk to her.

“May I remind you that the captain position is given only to the people with excellent talent! Also, who have served this house for at least three years. We don’t give it to a new soldier who showed up out of nowhere.”

“We all can sense your level of concern for your sister and her family branch, but we cannot, under any circumstances name a newly joined into a captain.” He seriously takes offend in what Uzume has spoken and talks back to her.

Even though Uzume has the status of a Queen! None of the nobles has respect for her or consider her a Queen. They just respect her husband and her father in law but not her, because she is the daughter of Asura, founder of this house

“Thanks for your generous words and your concerns. Please go back and be seated in the costly chair we have provided for you. I’m not done speaking.” Uzume says with a humble tone. She does not look intimidated at all by what the old minister said.

A small black cape is brought to where Uzume is standing. “When the head of a branch family is willing to climb down from the throne, merging its soldiers to a wealthy family. The head of that branch is given a wish to be granted.” Uzume announces to the while room.

Fab instantly losing his composure posture, he looks at Tsumugi with an inconceivable look on his face. Faust and the other two were also not able to grasp what was happening in the room.

“And the last wish of Tsumugi is for one of her children to be a captain.” She declares.

“But which another branch is taking her soldiers?” The old minister asks for solid proof.

“Why! It’s me sitting right here.” A soft male voice resonated within the room. A man in his forties is talks while covering his mouth with a red hand fan.

The whole room has become noisy with every noble talking to each other in a low voice.

It is the nutter, Carlos, the one who gives captain to peasants. No wonder he took these servants in.

Everyone in the room murmurs in a low voice but loud enough to reach the ears of Carlos and Uzume.

“He is a lucky bastard!” A familiar voice comes from beside Carlos.

“Is he? Can you sense energy from him?” Carlos asks Thorik who is accompanying his branch head.

Thorik doesn’t reply anything to Carlos. He keeps watching Faust with a strange smile.

Meanwhile, Uzume takes out one of her bangles, holds with her palm and slams her hand hard on to the writing-table beside her causing a loud noise.

“I want everyone in this room to be quiet.” She utters as she goes on to take the black small cape that is like a cloak. She places her hands on both if Faust’s shoulder, pulling him up, she puts on the cloak around him. Connecting the magnets at his collar. The small black cape up to on his waist on a hoodie suited Faust more than she expected.

She started at Faust, the Asura symbol on the left side of his cloak. “Be good and do justice, follow your own judgements, but do not hurt people.” She mutters while rubbing his hair gently.

Uzume has never done this to the people before, she barely smiled at them. But she took utmost care of Faust arranging his cape and by rubbing his hair. Everyone can see that Uzume favours Faust for being the branch family if her sister Tsumugi.