The royal knight holding onto the kid, F, was the captain of a squad, meaning he was strong in both combat and authority. Alex ran out the bar and tried to follow them. When they reached a particularly empty area, F said, "Should be far enough now. "

The captain put F in front of himself, face to face and asked what he meant. F grabbed the captain's wrist, normally, nothing could be done since the captain was wearing armor. However, somehow, F crushed the captain's hand completely. He screamed in pain while the other two drew their weapons. They both landed successful hits on F, but his injuries healed immediately and their weapons were gone. F punched them, knocking them out instantly with one punch.

It took several seconds for Alex to process the scene in front of him. It took him another few seconds to realize the kid was the one he met the day before. F went to the captain and told him, "Can you all stop trying to catch me just because I'm a... "

That was when he saw Alex. F started, "You want to be a knight, right? "

"Y-Yes. " Alex stammered.

"One of your jobs is to hunt down dangerous people like me, are you sure you want to do it? " F asked Alex.

"I will hunt you down and bring you to jail if I must! " Alex found a boost in confidence.

"That's the spirit! " F laughed. "If you become top knight, I'll attend your promotion party. That day, you can challenge me to a fight, or any other day you see me. Hope you do well. Call me F. "

With a final bow, the strange kid disappeared. Alex took awhile to process what F said. Then another thought struck him, he had to become top knight to even think about competing with F. He had to become stronger.

Alex went back to the bar and reported what he saw to Zank. Zank had a grim look on his face, he had a bad feeling about what was going to happen. Zank gave Alex his daily pay of three gold coins, and walked off muttering. Alex's eyes widened, he could finally do it.

He ran all the way back to his shack. After saving up for years, he could finally do it. He grabbed his pouch and walked towards the capital.

END