"Ohhh young dragon come forward, This old man has so much to discuss with you about your future" This time it was elder Haroon who acted swiftly, Inviting Khaled trying to recruit him early on, The clan leader looked at elder Haroon contemptuously, 'Trying to shake my family's position? You're finally bringing your trueself now that you think you have a chance, You will be disappointed'
The clan leader thought, but now isn't the time to start conflicts, The clan leader readily called out again another kid to perform the ceremony.
'Seems like this clan isn't so tight and close as it looks on the outside, That elder besides the clan leader wants to expand his influence, Especially after he lost the chance with the first kid called Yousif, and The leader doesn't seem so happy that that elder showed his inner desires openly but I guess the opportunity is too alluring to give up' Antara was paying attention to the interactions between the elders, He was a shrewd man in his past life, Having made it in life to the top and lived enough to die of old age, He naturally was able to decipher the undercurrents of the clan from the interactions between the elders, 'There would always be conflicts in places with benefits, Especially in moderately peaceful times'
Time passed by and the ceremony came to an end, Most of the kids were males and a few were females, It seems that women were allowed to rise in this world which was odd since it seemed this world was in antiquity era of Anatara's previous world.
"Kids now that you've grown You're no longer under the management of the talents raising center, You're now under the responsibility of elder Mohammad of the clan's Academy, He will take you now to start your first lesson, Here he comes"
Elder Mohammad was approaching the group with the other kids who were not raised in the talents raising center following behind him closely.
"Hello Madam Layla good to see you're still as healthy as ever, Goodmorning kids my name is Mohammad son of Mohammad, I am the elder responsible for the academy and from this day I will be your instructor on life experiences and the mystical arts, Today shall be our first lesson an introduction to the mystical arts and the town history and standing, Now follow me kids."
Elder Mohammad son of Mohammad seemed to be a man in his late forties, With gray sideburns and a still relatively black hair on top of his head, He was of average height and wore a wide robe that covered his figure so one wouldn't be able to tell if he had a robust or skinny body.
"Farewell kids, Goodluck in life"
Just like that Madam Layla left, and elder Mohammad started moving out of the Town Hall, The people outside left by now, All of them had their own lives and responsibilities they weren't going to stay by for hours waiting for the results as it was a relatively small town so they would hear of the results anyway.
After following the elder for about 30 minutes they finally reached a large building, It wasn't large in terms of height as just like the other buildings it looked to be a 2 story building but it covered a large area, The actual building only occupied a portion of it, The rest was a big yard, and several one story shacks, When the elder reached the front door several guards greeted him and attendants came forward, "Welcome elder Mohammad this humble servant greets you", "Mhmmm I will take the kids for their first lesson and after that introduce the academy grounds for them and show each their dormitory", "All shall be done elder Mohammad", The elder continued forward walking inside a spacious hall, He ordered the kids to take seat on the floor before walking in the middle and starting the lesson, Antara sat in the middle rows looking around, of the close to 100 kids only 30 remained this is excluding Yousif and Khaled that didn't attend these lessons, It seems getting enough aptitude to attend the lessons is quite rare.
"As the clan leader mentioned earlier this morning, Our Banu Amr clan existed for 1000 years, Our clan originator Ancestor Amr was a powerful figure in the continent and chose to settledown and establish a clan, Thus we came to be, Banu Amr clansmen, Our clan resides near the great forest of The Sacred Pines from the southern direction and surrounded by cliffs from the eastern, northern, and western sides, It can be said that we are cut-off from the world and have no escape roots besides the forest in times of danger but in actuality our town resides on an important trade route, The Forest of The Sacred Pines spans for hundreds of kilometers and thus when travelling through the forest trading caravans would need to rest and exchange goods in safe places and our town is such a place in The Sacred Pines Forest, A merchant caravan passes through the town every year or two, Bringing new ingredients and opportunities, This makes our town and the clan of an important political influence inside a portion of The Sacred Pines Forest, Now we will go to the main topic of today's event, Cultivation!