Eastern Elven Territory, Central Province.
Early in the morning, as usual, the male students of the Magic Academy gathered in the cafeteria.
It wasn't that there was no food at home, but the academy kids had long been accustomed to the cafeteria's atmosphere of sharing what they had—you miss a breakfast in the cafeteria, and you might just miss out on an opportunity.
That opportunity might be that a certain instructor was looking for new apprentices, others don't match the discipline, but you're just the right specialty.
That opportunity might be a certain potion being discounted, useless to others, but just what you needed.
In any case, there were always many opportunities, you could skip breakfast in the cafeteria, but you couldn't afford to let an opportunity slip through your fingers.
