Chapter 5: Julies Evans [3]
I thought I was alone for this job.
But apparently I wasn’t.
As soon as I left my temporary assigned room with heart full of determination, I met a maid just outside of my room and I was taken here.
A traning ground that knight of Northern Duke uses.
...And I wasn’t alone.
Around me 25 to 30 people, similar to my age, maybe, one or two years older were gathered here.
...And the moment I saw them, I knew I wasn’t the only one who’d been sent here.
The realization hit me like a punch to the gut.
Each person in the training ground wore a variation of a uniform similar to mine—dark, sturdy, cold-weather gear stamped with subtle insignias of minor noble houses or military banners. Some had swords at their hips, others carried spell pouches or wore gloves thick with enchantment threads.
And all of them?
They looked... wary.