"You're… Roland?"
In the training grounds of the Knight Academy.
Master Reggie, the instructor in charge of Combat Skills, slowly raised his eyes from the card in his hand to carefully scrutinize the young man before him.
"Yes, Master Reggie."
Sensing the peculiar look in the other man's eyes, Roland couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.
"You've… heard of me?"
"Of course."
Reggie said in a low voice as he handed the card back to him.
"At the start of this term, Mr. Colin recommended a total of fifty-six people to Mr. Nelson, but only you… received Dean Graham's approval."
Fifty-six people?
Hearing that number, the corner of Roland's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
As far as he knew, while the Knight Academies of the River Domain didn't have any status requirements, the entrance exams were made much more difficult as a result.
Only a few hundred people managed to pass the exams and enroll each year.
Fifty-six people…
