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She toiled for a year and became an Earth Knight.
Emily's talent was undeniable; even the Smoke Mission was amazed by her. As for her training, Liszt had already made his considerations. He planned to cultivate Emily as a future Sky Knight, for she had such talent and was at the right age to be promoted to Sky Knight.
In this world, there were no female Dragon Knights, but there were quite a few female Sky Knights, just not yet in the Duchy of Sapphire.
Within the cultivation system, women were inherently at a disadvantage, and most noblewomen were expected to bear children, which hindered their training. As tools for political marriage, they also received less support from their families. Even the two daughters of the Sapphire Duke were no exception—they received scant resources for cultivation, if they ever thought about training at all.
