"Good luck." Rui wished them with a gentle expression. "Do your best and look out for each other. Good luck."

"We'll make you proud, big brother."

"Yeah, we'll definitely get in, just you watch!"

Rui smiled with pride and affection, hoping he did a good job hiding his anxiety.

"Off you go, then." He sent them towards the long busy line of applicants, inspecting their competition. As predicted, they were all taller and bigger.

His senses swept through the area examining them carefully. ('Any Martial Apprentice applicants...?')

His eyes narrowed after a moment. ('Just one.')

When he applied, there were five.

Well.

Technically four, since Nel wasn't a Martial Apprentice, but he was as strong as one without a doubt. This made the difficulty of the entrance exam much lower, something Rui was relieved about. In his senses across the entire area, he had sensed several Martial Artists of various Realms, including a Martial Senior.

"So." Colonel Geringan's voice came from behind him. "You're seeing your siblings off, are you?"

Rui calmly replied. "You don't seem too

around with measured strides in his military garb. "I knew that there was a high chance that you would enroll those

Geringan had already divulged that he had friends in the Martial Union, from his faction presumably, who could get things done for him that would

a Martial Apprentice instructor, and why, through his sources within the

despite that," Rui

was about more than just Crea, anyway." He replied straightforwardly. "And

you think I

was always possible, I didn't know you very well, of course." He shook

Rui sighed as he watched Max and Mana

"I'm not a fool to reveal something that could affect her performance. I don't intend

replied

to get in, it was always a long shot and they were aware of that. They had five more attempts each with an additional year of training and growth. He was sure that under his training,

be good for tempering their

with them getting hurt, but that too

the worst outcome; death, was something that scared him a lot for

scared away by even a statistically low probability of

his head. "I've done everything I can, I need to trust

he was out

guided to the first phase of the entrance exam. It was in a large hall,

Martial Artists in the uniform of the Martial Union, with tables with boxes on them, filled with something they couldn't see. Time passed until the hall grew jam-packed with

eyebrows extended, curling down. He was escorted by two Martial

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