11. Isn't it nice to be a knight? Isn't it popular?\nâ\nI have unintentionally become the sister-in-law of a rival attacker.\n \nI've been mulling over what to do about it for a while, but I stopped thinking about it when my brother fell head over heels for Christopher.\nâ\nHe is indeed adorable. He has a sheltering appearance.\nI'll admit that. It's not a sore loser.\nâ\nIn the game, Christopher was a mischievous junior character.\n \nHe would play all sorts of pranks on the protagonist and annoy him. \n \nHowever, he is cute and friendly, making him somewhat hard to hate.\nâ\nWhen you enter his route, the reason why he started playing pranks is revealed.\n \nHe was abandoned by his own parents and taken in by a distant relative, but he couldn't get used to the house and felt lonely.\n \nThat distant relative was our family.\nâ\nHis mother and father seemed to have left him alone.\n \nIt was understandable. He had been abandoned by his parents when he was still very young. There was no way he could suddenly fit in with his new parents.\n \nBut the older brother loved Christopher just as much as my younger sister....., if not more than I did.\n \nHe took him out when he tended to stay in his room and showed him around the garden and the library.\n \nI also took him to sword practice. I bought him delicious sweets and shared them with him.\nâ\nChristopher was puzzled, but he didn't seem to really dislike it.\n \nMy brother has been complaining that he wants to get to know him better, but it's only a matter of time.\nâ\nI twist my head at the inconsistency with the circumstances he describes in the game.\n \nWe're both still a bit confused at the moment, but if things continue like this, we'll eventually become a close family.\nâ\nAfter all, your father is a popular duke and your brother is the next popular duke.\n \nThe parents would not have taken the child in reluctantly, and there was no way that the child they raised would not grow up to be a decent person.\nâ\n"One!"\n \n"Ah!"\nâ\nThe shinai struck her forehead with a thud.\nâ\n"You're careless, Miss Elizabeth.\nâ\nI chuckled at the instructor's words. You're right.\nâ\n"I'm sorry. I was just thinking."\nâ\n"You're thinking about something else during the game? That's not very nice."\nâ\n"You're right. You can't win with this."\n \n"Well, that's part of it. It's against the spirit of chivalry."\n \n"Chivalry."\nâ\nChivalry is a word that doesn't ring a bell. It's not that I don't like the idea of being a knight, but it's that I don't like the idea of being a knight.\n \n"The game should always be played seriously. That's the way to be polite to your opponent. It is the duty of a knight to be a role model for the people to respect manners."\nâ\nIt seemed to have struck a chord with him, and the instructor began to speak cheerfully.\n \nAnd it's about etiquette. This is the type of sermon I hate the most.\n \nThe basics of etiquette were not a problem since I had already learned them physically, but I needed to work hard to learn new ones.\n \nI can't keep up with my original knowledge, so I have a lot to learn these days.\n \n"I'm constantly competing in serious games and improving my swordsmanship. To be strong and to win is also chivalry, no doubt. However, we must not use the power we gain for the wrong things. \n \nChivalry is indispensable for the proper use of power. To frustrate the strong and help the weak. No matter who you are dealing with, you must treat them with respect. That is what chivalry is all about."\n \n"Hmm."\n \n"Lizzie."\nâ\nI'm sure you'll be pleased to know that I'm not the only one.\n \nIt's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're doing.\n \n"Did you know about chivalry, brother?"\n \n"That's right, I do. It is a necessary part of being a nobleman."\nâ\nIt's a duty of those who have it, I guess.\n \nI can understand that. I know this because Elizabeth Barton's body knows it.\n \nAs the daughter of a well-liked duke and the sister of her brother, Elizabeth Barton is said to have been a very talented young lady.\n \nIt's a shame that she grew up to be so talented, only to be abandoned by her fiancĂŠ.\n \n"And every boy wants to be a knight."\nâ\n"Is that how it is?\n \n"That's how it is. And I think girls like it, too, don't they?ăI mean, don't you see it in the stories that Lizzie often reads?"\nâ\nI nodded my head in agreement with my brother's point.\n \nIn fairy tales and romance novels, "Knights" appear almost as often as princes.\nâ\nI think there were many stories about high status knights who fell in love with commoner's daughters or princesses who fell in love with low status knights, but they didn't end up together in the end.\nâ\nIt's understandable if you think of it as a boy's aspiration, like aspiring to be a baseball player or a policeman.\n \nI heard that knights of the Kingsguard are an elite group that only a handful of noblemen of high status can become, and even commoners can receive a knighthood if they have distinguished themselves in battle.\n \nI guess it's an occupation that people admire regardless of their status.\nâ\nHmm.\n \nIsn't being a knight a good idea?ăWouldn't you be popular?\nâ\nFortunately, I'm good at swordsmanship. I was more interested in kumite, but now I'll focus more on swordplay.\n \n"Instructor. One more fight, please."\n \n"What? But, Lady Elizabeth-"\nâ\n"Chivalry, that was a very interesting story. This time, I will challenge you seriously with the spirit of chivalry."\nâ\nWhen I smiled, I felt the instructor's cheeks twitch slightly.\nâ\nâ\n***\nâ\nâ\nâ\nâ\nâ