Chapter 156: (Self Edited) Conferring of Decorations Ceremony
The sports field of the Knight’s Academy had taken on an unusual appearance.
The lawn was carefully mowed for the day, with large areas of the lawn kept exactly at the same length. On top of that, a pillar was sung, an extravagant curtain was put up to make it look cool, and tables and stands in good condition from all over the academy were arranged to form a kind of award table.
There were two groups of people with 31 and 288 soldiers lined up in front of the improvised podium thus created. There were also about ten people standing a short distance away.
31 of them were students here, and 288 of those who came with me from Reform, which were also students of the organization that serves as the school of Knights there. A little farther back were those who left in the middle of the road.They hadn’t participated in any real battles since the Reform, so the medals they were awarded were naturally separate from the rest.
As for me, I was standing as a representative with Liao and Myaro.
In the surroundings, the current students of the school of Knights and the Witches of the school of Liberal Arts were standing and watching. The general public, who were not affiliated with the academy, were also mixed in the standing room.Since the hall of the school of Knights could not accommodate all these people, it was decided to hold the event outdoors.
On the uppermost tier, decorated with a curtain, sat Her Highness Telor, dressed to the nines. Next to her was Carol.
It was a slightly awkward sight, but it wasn’t good for politics to have Carol in a lower seat than Telor, so that was the situation.
“Now, before I present the medals, I would like to recognize the fourteen brave men who are not here. They fought and died to protect the innocent people who fled from Reform against an enemy that was twice our size. These fourteen include two who went to war from this academy a few months ago.” (Carol)