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?"

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 the ability to

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

faith in

gifts. Unlike before, he didn't rush over to inspect them. Earlier in the year, he had returned to his

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

soft-hearted. After muttering that it was easy to fall into luxury but

night before Travis left the mountain to return to the capital, his mentor spoke with him for two

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 become a person of culture, someone who can manage their

moved

the sentiment passed, however, he couldn't help but ask, "When I was a kid, did you purposely send me to fight Cari? And when I lost, did you go to them to ask for reduced rent? Wasn't that a

almost got him kicked out of

to listen, and to be a person of culture-someone

noticed Travis had been staring

take a look?" she

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