Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 917

By the time Kevin turned 13, he still wasn't formally apprenticed to a mentor. Every time he tried, something went wrong. Either he fell ill, or the mentor he found had bad luck.

In the end, Ernest gave up.

*Just keep learning what you can," he said. "Whatever you manage to learn is enough."

Violet listened to Kevin's story with mixed emotions. Was this guy some kind of bad luck magnet? His life was one misfortune after another, and it seemed like he even brought bad luck to his mentors.

She couldn't help but wonder-would that affect her too?

Based on his past experiences, it always seemed like something would go wrong before he could formally apprentice. Now that he had finally managed to find a mentor and things were going smoothly, maybe it was a sign that his luck had finally turned. Since he managed to apprentice without issues, perhaps it meant his bad streak had come to an end and everything would start going well.

Kevin had officially met his senior apprentices. Seeing his sincere and respectful attitude, none of them made things difficult for him.

However, Carissa asked him, "You're from the Nightsteel Guard. Aren't you worried that apprenticing directly to a mentor like this might make it hard for you to rise in the ranks there?"

to the top right now," Kevin answered respectfully. "As long as I have the ability, I'll eventually make a name for myself. But if I don't hone my martial arts skills, even if the king values me, I won't have

rare-he hadn't let his bad luck push him off course, and despite everything, he hadn't gone down the wrong

faith in him

eyed the gifts. Unlike before, he didn't rush over to inspect them. Earlier in the year, he had returned to his guild. Every last bit of the money he earned had gone to his mentor, and in return,

gave him a good thrashing. The next day, all the senior apprentices of the guild had painted their lips and applied rouge, protesting in their own way by using

few who had traveled and seen more of the world. They told their mentor, 'All girls today take the time to make themselves up. It's not a big deal for them to dress up once or

After muttering that it was easy to fall into luxury but hard to return to frugality, she gave up on

before Travis left the mountain to return to

been poor for so long that it's become part of us. Poverty should come with dignity. If someone offers you a gift, you must thank them. If they don't offer one, don't take it by force, or you'll lose your manners, and more importantly, your dignity. This year, my hope for you is that you

deeply moved

And when I lost, did you go to them to ask for reduced

got him

to be good, to listen, and to be a person of

Travis had been staring but hadn't

take a look?" she

belongs to you. I'm not some rude person," Travis said