Chapter 18: (Self Edited) The Entrance Examination
As I was already ten years old, I was enrolled to the school of Knights. From this day, I would start living in the capital city.
I was depressed.
The most enjoyable things I’d ever had since I came to this world was between one and seven years old.
From that point, I was made to remember the history, memorize the national language. When I was done, I was made to learn the ancient Shan language. The last part didn’t end well, but there was no turning back. Syamu would surpass me.
Anyhow, when I was handed a family tradition short sword from Syamu, I was instinctively moved. As I thought about the days of three years of training, tears came out.
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There was a second residence of the Hou Household in capital city. When the whole family came here before the entrance ceremony, we stayed there without doing anything on that day. Today was the day of the entrance examination.
Even if people did bad during the entrance examination, it wasn’t a measurement to refuse them from enrolling in. It seemed to be some sort of classification test.
There was no elementary school in this country. Education was entrusted to respective family until the age of ten. For that reason, there would be a gap in academic ability.