Filina took up quarters with Enoch at the closest point to the test site.
After neatly changing into active clothes, she took out the bag from the Duke’s house before heading to the test site. She opened the lid of the orange potion bottle and immediately brought it to her mouth.
“Ah, it tastes weird.”
Unlike the gorgeous color, the taste was very bad. The fishy smell came up to her throat.
“Filina, are you ready?”
Enoch’s voice came from outside the inn.
“Yes, I’m coming.”
She put the empty bottle into her bag and hurried to her feet.
As she made her way to the testing center, people of all shapes and sizes took their seats. By far the most prominent among them was Filina.
Since there was a woman standing proudly in a place where there were only men, the stares that gathered on her were unavoidable.
“I have to go in alone from here.”
When Filina spoke while looking at Enoch, he quickly glanced through the test site and asked with a worried face.
“Are you sure you’re okay?”
“Don’t worry. There are instructors in the testing room. Unless they’re crazy, they won’t pick a fight.”
At her calm tone, Enoch let out a sigh. The purpose of the majority of people coming to the military academy was to show off their strength.
That was why it was so easy to find them ignoring and mocking those who looked weak. There were more than one or two people glaring at her right now behind her and giving her dirty looks.
Enoch exhaled slowly in a low voice.
“I’ll be waiting right out front. If there’s any danger, call me at once, Miss Filina.”
Filina smiled and nodded as he spoke with a pious expression.
“I told you not to worry. Go to a comfortable place and rest. It’ll be three hours before the fitness test is over.”
With that, Filina turned away. Enoch could only stare irritably at her back as she moved away from him.
The instructors began to close the door, as they were about to start the exam. Enoch had no choice but to slowly pull away the leg that wouldn’t move.
However, the instructor who was gently pushing the large door from behind called him with a strange look.
“Enoch?”
Enoch turned at the familiar voice. A man with beautiful blue hair spread neatly to his waist approached him.
“I didn’t see it wrong, did I? “What brings you here, Enoch?”
The man, whose face was even prettier than the woman’s, smiled happily at him. Enoch, who was staring at him, quietly called out the man’s name.
“Lawrence Winston.”
Lawrence was Enoch’s closest classmate when he attended the Swordsmanship Academy.
He was second to Enoch in ability and was the youngest remaining Deputy Knight Commander of the Swordsmanship Academy.
Nobles were the later ones to enter the Swordsmanship Academy since they started their knight training in the Imperial Palace when they were children.
On the other hand, those from commoner backgrounds like Enoch and Lawrence entered the swordsmanship academy early or joined and trained under the lords their father served.
