However, it is different from yesterday. If you want to say why, it is because today is March 31st, the day to report to the Thors Military Academy.
"Today's breakfast was very rich. I feel so disgusted when I think about not being able to eat Sister Tova's breakfast in the future." The little boy with chestnut hair like me is Kai Heshel, my cousin. Mine
My mother and Kay's mother were biological sisters, so after my family died, I was raised by my aunt's family. Uncle Fred and Aunt Martha treated me like their own child.
"Kai has also started attending Sunday school. It's time to learn to make breakfast by himself."
"Hmm... let me think about it. By the way, sister Towa, why do you want to go to the Military Academy? Your grades are so good that you can get first place in the entire Imperial Capital school district. I think you will definitely enter the Imperial Academy."
"This, this..."
"Kay, Tova must have her own considerations." Kay's father, Fred, shook his head at his son, and the little boy did not pursue the topic.
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"Then Aunt Martha, Uncle Fred, and Kay, I'm going."
I put on the green uniform sent from the Military Academy. Although it is close-fitting, it is also very unfamiliar. From today on, I am a military academy student. I am half a soldier. This feeling is not bad, right?
The Herschel family is also a scholarly family. My grandfather is a famous astronomer in the Erebonian Empire. My father and mother are also scholars, and their fields of study are political science and economics respectively. Although my father and mother were born when I was four years old,
They passed away when they were young, but they left behind a lot of books on this subject, and I grew up reading these.
Seventeen.
is a prime number.
Indivisible numbers.
Even though I am seventeen years old, nothing will change immediately. I am still the same me.
At the age of seventeen, I understand the world and think about the future.
The reason why I chose Thorz is not entirely because of the scholarship. Of course, a generous scholarship is also important, but more importantly, it is the plan for the path I will take in the future.
Since you live in the empire, it is impossible to avoid "military". It can be regarded as the traditional national atmosphere. Erebonia has always attached great importance to "force", whether it is the subtle atmosphere between the domestic regular army and the neighboring army, or the relationship with Kalva
The centuries-old confrontation between Germany and Germany, I would instinctively think in this direction. I have been thinking about it since I was very young, whether it is "military" or "force", or even any administrative agency, its essence is probably
"Violence".
Frankly speaking, I can’t say I like war, nor can I say I hate it, because I was born in peace and have no real sense of what is happening in distant places. But that may be something that will happen to me and the people around me one day in the future, so I cannot escape the status quo.
, we need to face it more bravely.
Is this unfounded worry? It is obviously a peaceful era but my mind is full of what to do if there is a war, like a war maniac.
It's hard to tell these thoughts to my aunt and uncle, so I usually have to think about them alone. It's not an interesting topic, and Kai is not interested in it. But if it were at the Military Academy, there would probably be more people with whom I could share my thoughts.
Maybe they can get together. This is one of the reasons for choosing this most legendary military officer academy in the modern history of the empire.
Thorz Military Academy is a prestigious school with a long history established 220 years ago by Emperor Delekels, the founder of the Chinese Renaissance, in his later years. Because of its long history, it also has some traditional requirements. For example, according to the students'
Classes are divided by birth status.
In the past, when Thorz only recruited noble students, it was simply divided into two classes: the big nobles and the small nobles. But now there are five classes. In addition to the first class of the big nobles and the second class of the small and medium nobles, there are
In addition, even common people are divided into three classes according to birth. Children of landlords, capitalists, and celebrities are in the third class. General families and foreign exchange students are in the fourth class. Students with difficult family circumstances.
Class five.
Because in the admission information, my guardian listed the name of my uncle who ran a grocery store, so I was assigned to Class 4. If my grandfather, who was the director of the Imperial Capital Museum, was still alive, I might have been assigned to Class 3.
indefinite.
The train from Heimdall to Tolista is only half an hour's drive away. The distance is not too far, but because it is a military academy under militarized management, there may be very few opportunities to go home. I told my aunt and her family about this beforehand.
Although they are always worried about whether life in a military academy will be difficult, since it is the path I chose, I have long been aware of it.
Many of the new aristocratic students wearing white school uniforms are equipped with weapons. Thorz, who is extremely martial, encourages students to have weapons, but relatively speaking, there are not many civilian students like me who come to school empty-handed. Well-made weapons
It is very expensive, and it is a considerable expense for children from civilian families. According to the instructions on the admission brochure issued, the Military Academy will equip students without weapons with new weapons. So there is no need to worry about this.
After entering the auditorium of the Military Academy, I quietly waited for the opening ceremony to begin. I also secretly looked at the people who would become my classmates in the future. I instinctively learned a set of skills of observing words and emotions since I was a child helping in a grocery store. Roughly speaking,
You can roughly guess the personalities of most people at a glance. But the one who caught the most attention was the purple-haired girl who became the center of attention as soon as she entered the auditorium. Even the students in the noble class gathered around her. Come to think of it,
He must have been born into a great nobleman.
While she was dealing with the students around her with ease, the purple-haired girl also glanced over. I wonder if it was my imagination, but after seeing me, her eyes seemed to be shining? I should have thought.
More, probably...
Dean Van Dyck and the instructors from the Thors Military Academy came to the rostrum. Among the instructors there was a little man who was very concerning. There seemed to be no one shorter than me among the new students, but that little instructor seemed to
A little shorter than me? She has the same purple hair as that noble lady, and her eye color is amber, which is very common among people in the empire. Her face also looks quite young. It gives the impression that she should not be standing on the instructor team but on the instructor team.
Only in the student group. However, wearing trousers and a white coat looks very suitable for her, if there is no black bow on her head that reveals her age...
"...young people...become the cornerstone of the world!"
After the dean finished his speech, the audience burst into warm applause. I subconsciously followed the applause only to realize that the dean's speech had come to an end.
It's really embarrassing. I paid too much attention to the little instructor and didn't even listen carefully to the dean's speech. But I guess there are many people staring there like me.
"Next, please follow the admission introduction and go to the designated class. Someone will explain the training courses and regulations of the academy to you. Dismissal is complete!" After the aristocratic male instructor Henry finished speaking, the students dispersed in twos and threes.
When I came back to my senses and looked towards the stage, that little instructor... Huh?
"The number one new student is Towa from Class 4, Grade 1. Then you will be the last person in Class 6."
The voice that suddenly appeared beside him startled people. The little instructor appeared in front of him at some unknown moment, and the strange thing was that none of the students around him noticed her arrival.
"Not only do you have good academic performance, but you can also see through hidden things subconsciously. You have great potential. I am very optimistic about you."
After finishing speaking, the purple-haired figure gradually faded until it disappeared.
Looking towards the rostrum, he happened to see the little instructor talking to the dean of the college. It was as if what appeared in front of him just now was just an illusion.
But that sound just now was probably not my imagination, right?