Chapter 53
Now clean under my robes, I shut the shower off and hand Hui’Jin a towel. She just stares at it and shrugs her robes back on with a shimmer of black energy.
"It’s warm and soft, you use it to dry yourself off before getting dressed."
"Oh, we never had these at the orphanage, and the training centre focuses on toughening us up for our duties to come, so they just spray us with a hose and let us dry as we work."
Oh, feth no. This planet’s getting some updated standards for priestess training. I’m just not cruel enough to treat young girls that way. Speaking of which:
"How old are the usual trainees at the temple? You said they took you early, at age 8 if my math is right?"
"Most Priests and Priestesses enter a seminary training temple at age 14 when they finish their mandatory schooling. That’s also the age that the orphanage expects us to start working, though they let the kids who aren’t joining the army stay 2 more years to do their apprenticeship."
They recruit soldiers at 14?
"How long does military training take?" I ask for my own peace of mind.
"2 years, same as a trade apprenticeship. Nobody enters the battlefield before their 16th birthday. That’s also the marriage age on my world, in case you were wondering"