It was an interesting combination.
Raimon Flower, who was 13 years old, was in the city of Anthos without attracting much attention. However, Rose as an important nobleman of the Kingdom of Austria and loyal friend of the Duchy Flower of course knew the face of the next heir.
In short, he was nothing less than a very popular person.
No apprentice had ever spoken to him because the family was not in the habit of demonstrating their power and family to everyone. He, who seemed to be at the top of the nobles, made the other trainees avoid him.
But the genius of the Roled family, who interacted with no one, who showed no interest in the second ranks, spoke with Raimon who on the first day was seen talking with William, arousing some of Rose's curiosity about William.
During the conversation, he realized that Raimon was very interested in William's talent. For Rose, this conversation was the first encounter with a person who would accompany her throughout her life.
"What, do the two of them know each other?"
"No, they can't. They can't know each other."
"What, how?"
A strange curiosity arose.
The children stopped what they were doing and watched their every move.
Sthephy and Thomas were no exception. Instead, they were the ones more interested than others. A lot of news about the next heir to the Duchy began to pass through their minds.
However, they could not understand what was going on.
It was because they conversed quietly.
"..."
"..."
There was a murmur, and it was barely audible unless there was someone beside them.
She spoke and Raimon nodded. Sometimes he opened his mouth to ask questions, but most of the words came out of Rose's mouth.
In the end, not a single person could hear what they talked about.
After a short time had passed, the white-haired girl returned to her seat with a calm face as if nothing had happened. Eclipse was interested in this young girl of whom she might have the blood of the mythical beast Arctic Bear. Raimon who learned of her origin spoke to her very quickly.
And the training continued. The hard training made other students feel deprived. While Raimon retreated to a corner watching the students.
"Mph!"
William Thorn also continued his training.
Compared to Rose, he was a lightweight.
But the face in his expression was more serious than anyone else. The boy, who was immersed in his exercise, was breathing noisily.
However, his concentration did not last long.
After Rose finished talking to Raimon, an apprentice came to visit.
"Hey."
"..."
"Ignoring me? If someone calls you, shouldn't you answer?"
Sthephy, a young woman with black hair and great feminine attributes who came second in the race test, despite being from a family of Counts from the Kingdom of Austria sought a talk with young William.
William responded with a belated tone.
"Right, sorry, but why? Talking to me."
"I have nothing to do with you."
Sthephy cut off William's words.
It was as if she wasn't interested in him.
The girl wore a dissatisfied expression as she stood beside William.
Then, coming close to his ear, she asked.
"Do you know the young man I'm talking to Rose?"
"..."
"What the hell were you talking so low about, did you two know each other before?"
"Don't lie, I saw how you watched him when he talked to Rose."
"..."
"Hurry up!"
Sthephy was reckless with a big temper. William was perplexed at the sight of her.
However, the feeling didn't last long.
He already knew that the girl in front of him had a bad personality, and he had experienced something similar before.
Besides, it wasn't a difficult request.
William nodded and opened his mouth.
"It was nothing. We just talked..."
"Shh, say it quietly, so only I can hear it."
"...It doesn't matter. He just talked to me about school stuff and about how to keep me from getting hurt training."
"You want me to believe that?"
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Stephy's tone became fierce. The emotion was intense that it felt like she was angry at his response. William's ears felt painful.
She looked like she didn't want to believe it at all.
But William had no choice but to repeat it all over and over again because that was the truth.
The boy spoke again with a calm expression.
"Ok... When I was in the infirmary, he told me that my posture was bad. It was a big help because it was the first time I was trying so hard..."
"Really? That's it?"
"Really. I'm not lying."
After she stopped whispering, Stephy stepped back and looked at William.
Face full of frost.
But his expression looked too scary like he was torturing people into confessing.
Of course, William still looked confident, and Rose had no choice but to return with a nasty look.
William sighed.
"Phew."
Stephy's behavior was understandable.
What William didn't know was that many of the new students were sent by their families to this academy because they were all looking to have some contact with the next family head and get to know something of their character.
First of all, according to rumors, he showed overwhelming results in the family ritual, he had no intention of interacting with the others and suddenly you can see that he approached and spoke to two students.
The position of a nobleman, who was burning with a competitive spirit, would make him curious.
However, William also did not know what Rose was thinking, so there was nothing he could tell the others.
"Why did she help me?"
William thought before shaking his head.
It wasn't a question with an answer. He didn't care.
It was much more vital for him to use his time wisely.
Having lost more time than others, he had to try much harder.
William, who regained his composure, tried to continue training.
But there were other uninvited guests.
The instructor, Yoggi, approached him.
"Hey."
"Yes sir."
"I have a question, so I'm going to ask you... can you tell me when you awakened your blood aura?"
"¿?..."
William had no idea what he was talking about, after a few seconds of analyzing the question he realized that instructor Yoggi might know something about his strange power.
This made young William very excited as he was looking for answers and no one had told him anything about this power.
"Oh, and also tell me what you talked about with Rose as well."
With his mouth close to William's ears, he asked, causing Yoggi to sigh looking at Raimon from afar, his entrance was discreet, and only when there were less than three people left in the room did he approach William.
The question at this point was a test Raimon imposed on William to know his character better.