As they walked across the vast hall, Filina spoke.
“Laura, please check how many days are left for the Swordsmanship Academy. I’m going to practice right away from tomorrow, so prepare a casual outfit and find out what the test subjects and acceptance criteria are.”
Nodding as she spoke, Laura, who had been following Filina, asked with a worried look on her face.
“Young lady, what on earth are you planning to do entering the military academy? If you go there, you will have to live in a camp, and since most of the students are men, I’m sure there are many inconveniences for a woman.”
“Of course it is. But it can’t be helped. Because the only way to formally learn swordsmanship is to enroll in a military academy.”
“Why would you want to learn swordsmanship? You have Lord Arnold. Is it because you don’t have enough guards?”
Enoch Arnold was an escort knight who had graduated from the Swordsmanship Academy and had officially received his knighthood and was escorting Filina in the Debussy family.
“Yes. I have Enoch.”
Filina paused in her walk to her room, turned to Laura and said.
“Could you tell Enoch to come to my room for a moment?”
“What? What’s going on all of a sudden?”
Laura stared at Filina with a look of incomprehension on her face, then Filina answered.
“Because he graduated from the military academy, so he knows a lot about the entrance exam. And he’s more reliable than anyone else because of his outstanding skills, even though he’s very young.”
Laura, who had been listening intently to Filina, asked with a frown.
“Are you serious, Young Lady?”
“Of course I am. Do you think I’m joking now?”
Laura shook her head at her indifferent reply.
“No, I’m afraid because I think you’re too serious. Young Lady doesn’t talk much usually.”
Filina said with a faint smile.
“You know me very well, don’t you?”
Unlike Filina’s relaxed face, Laura’s expression was dark.
“Young Lady, the military Academy is a very dangerous place for a woman to go. Please change your mind.”
“Don’t get ahead of yourself. I haven’t even taken the entrance exam yet.”
“But you are going to. Just the fact that you are taking the exam for the military academy will cause a lot of rumors. That will affect the reputation of the Duke’s residence.”
At Laura’s words, Filina spat out.
“The Debussy family’s image is not that good anyway. It’s not like you don’t know.”
Laura opened her eyes with a bewildered look on her face, as if she didn’t expect to hear the words disparaging her own family directly from the Young Lady’s mouth.
“Ha, but we’re one of the big families in the Alvar Empire! There are far more people who want to be close to our house, no matter how bad the reputation is!”
Laura tried somehow to say the good things about the Debussy family, but she couldn’t deny the bad reputation.
Filina, who had a small smile on her face at the sight of Laura, took her steps again.
