Chapter 198: The Knight Rides the Autumn Breeze (4)
The cadets were filled with mixed emotions.
“Can you believe the second semester is already coming to an end?”
“I’m still amazed we’re even surviving at the academy.”
“Same here.”
It had been almost a full year since the first-year cadets began attending the Pendragon Royal Academy.
During that time, many had failed to endure the grueling schedule and dropped out, while others had been expelled due to poor performance.
More than half of the commoner students had already left, and even about 30% of the nobles had withdrawn.
Out of the thousand who entered, only a hundred were likely to graduate—a testament to the academy’s role as a cradle for exceptional talent.
It wasn’t just about education. The academy served to filter out the best candidates through competition and trials, and it had been fulfilling that role admirably.
By now, the students who remained were the ones who had been sifted through the academy’s strainer, leaving only raw gemstones. All that was left was for the surviving first-years to advance to the second year.
And as the academy lost students, it also needed to replenish its ranks.
“Hey, who are they?”