Chapter 36: Interview
"Alright," This time, it was the black-haired woman on the left who initiated the question. "Tell me, why do you want to join this Academy? Being a Royal, you can easily get away with just having the Palace sorcerers or warriors teach you about everything."
"Well, there’s your answer," Lucien replied, "Because the Academy doesn’t raise royalty. It raises Exalts.
"I am more interested in my getting stronger and slaying spirits, rather than being a puppet of someone."
Everyone nodded as the old gentleman at the far right raised his question, "Mr. Callastre, I noticed you said slaying spirits, rather than saying saving humans. What do you have to say about that?"
Lucien was taken aback, not expecting a question on something he didn’t give much thought to, "I reckon that both are interdependent. You cannot save humans if spirits are left alive, wreaking havoc in these lands.
"We neither have the time nor the liberty to be on the defensive anymore."
The old man nodded, scribbling something in his notebook.
The black-haired woman spoke once again, "What do you think is your greatest weakness?"
"My past," The answer came almost immediately. "My past has been holding me back for the longest time, and it still does."
"What do you mean by ’your past’?" She questioned back.
Lucien couldn’t just tell them his past as Remiel, and the failures he had, but he still had vague memories of the old Lucien.