“You have earned your placement in this academy, and so too have you earned your rest. They ate foods sweetened with honey and syrup or hashed with exotic spices, and amused themselves with small novelties and trinkets. The central building, already resembling a castle, had experienced several expansions to accommodate the growing number of cadets. All I want to think about right now is this moment right here.”
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Noah and the other cadets gathered in the mess hall for dinner. Here, wealth and names did not carry the same weight as in the outside world, though they managed to hold onto some influence. Pulling him back down, he unleashed several elbow strikes to the side of the neck until the man finally gave in. Noah took the third option and disappeared into the crowd. Noah interrupted with a sharp jab to the Adam’s apple, and robbed of his breath, he couldn’t block the knee to the gut that came afterwards, making him buckle.
