Chapter 143
Chapter 143
As the moment of selection arrived, five trainees stood before Yan faster than anyone else. They were the top five in the training center’s rankings: Cruel, Lorena, Roman, Kasa, and Charl.
With Yan’s recent acquisition of a noble title and land, their ranks had risen by one. Yan looked at the trainees before him with a hint of surprise.
“Are you all okay?” he asked.
Cruel and Roman were the ones he had intended to take with him without question. However, now the others had clung to him as well. Lorena, Kasa, Charl—they had all headed straight for Yan during the time of choice, just like Cruel and Roman, without a moment’s hesitation.
“If you make us strong,” Roman said, nodding solemnly in response to Yan’s question.
He had felt himself grow stronger each day as he mastered the technique ‘Diamond’ that Yan had taught him. He believed that with Yan, who knew him better than he knew himself, he could become even stronger.
And after living with Yan for several years, the thought of serving under some other noble or a bureau chief wounded his pride.
“I can handle being a subordinate, but treat me like a slave, and I’ll bite off the leash,” Cruel said, echoing Roman’s sentiment.
Their first meeting had been disastrous, but Yan had saved his life multiple times since then. And Cruel could never forget how Yan had stood up for him at the palace banquet.
“Clean up quickly. I can’t stand the smell when I sleep,” Yan ordered.
“I apologize! Even though I knew it was rude, I couldn’t control my emotions when I saw my comrade being harmed,” one trainee replied.