The novel part involving the excuse he gave the king is actually different but it's more clever -- originally Kalian did plan to use [So, you’re saying that you gained a great enlightenment at Syspanian’s Empty Lair, and then awakened to the path of the sword while sparring with Sleiman? Is that what you’re going to tell him?”] Allan asked kalian which Kalian said yes - then Allan said [Go ahead and try saying that. I would love to see profanities come out of that mouth] / SO the explanation he gave the king is during the king's birthday ( early chapters) for unknown reasons, he had acquired the memories of a Swordsman who had died sometime in the past.( he's referring to himself BERN) and that knight was on the path of the sword so since he is a mage and with the memories of the knight he combined magic and Aura to create a weapon
[I have crossed swords with Duke Siegfried. According to the Duke, the swordsmanship I use is the same as that of a Secritia Knight.”]
[Kalian himself knew it was too far-fetched, so he appropriately mixed in Sleiman’s name to add credibility. After all, when would Kalian have ever met a Secritia Knight? If one said that Kalian knew of their swordsmanship, this was the most appropriate response he could think of.]
and by that he fixed the problem of his swordmanship style if anyone questioned why is he using the Secretia styl
[I have crossed swords with Duke Siegfried. According to the Duke, the swordsmanship I use is the same as that of a Secritia Knight.”]
[Kalian himself knew it was too far-fetched, so he appropriately mixed in Sleiman’s name to add credibility. After all, when would Kalian have ever met a Secritia Knight? If one said that Kalian knew of their swordsmanship, this was the most appropriate response he could think of.]
and by that he fixed the problem of his swordmanship style if anyone questioned why is he using the Secretia styl