Chapter 97: No more scholarships
Distant Wind City. 3 days later.
"Do you think they will accept me?" Aric asked as he and Gopher were heading to the city square to see if he had been selected or not. Today was the last day, and it would be announced who would be accepted to the schools and who wouldn’t.
The background check was quite important for the schools, as some spies might enter and then gain recommendations to official positions in the empire.
"If you think they wouldn’t, why would you not speak of your background and let it be verified by them?" Gopher couldn’t understand why Aric was being so secretive about his past now.
"I told you, I am an orphan from a nearby village," Aric protested.
"And you want people to believe that an orphan from a village was able to get rich so fast with his own ideas and has such an amazing talent?" Gopher rolled his eyes as he asked that.
"Why is it that hard to believe? My village was attacked by bandits, and I had to run away. This city gave me shelter. I had my own ideas, and I implemented them," Aric said.
"You using fancy words like ’implemented’ is enough to show that you are a learned person. Sigh! Whatever your past is, I hope Ravenguard won’t hold it against you. They are an unconventional school, and they might just overlook your past," Gopher said. This made Aric do a double take, as he didn’t expect that his use of modern words would throw him into a pit. He really underestimated this world when it came to intelligence.
Soon, they reached the Ravenguard tent where Sylva was sitting, and on the side, there were two more teenagers. They didn’t look very well-nourished and seemed like they came from villages. One looked a bit proud, while the other was shy and scared. He could easily tell that these two were accepted by the school.