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?"

make a name for myself. But if I don't hone my martial arts skills,

bad luck push

seemed Rafael's faith in him wasn't without

entered and 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,

mentor scolded him for wasting money and gave him a good thrashing. The next day, all the senior apprentices of the guild

take the time to make themselves up. It's not a big deal for them to dress up once or

that it was easy to fall into

Travis left the mountain to return to the

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,

was deeply moved

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 sign of a lack of

almost got him kicked out of the

to listen, and to be a person of culture-someone who could control

Travis had been staring but

want to take a

to you. I'm not some rude