"Here we go again—leaving home to grow stronger and better, isn't that right?"
Just after bidding farewell to the family and lingering on the fact that Theo still hadn't seen Bram, who had yet to get back home, they set out for the royal academy.
The week had already passed, and just as the baron had said, the emperor had called Theo for studies during the summer break.
Clara and Elias accompanied him, both having failed to break through within the given seven days. Their missions had been difficult and highly specific, and unlike Theo, neither possessed particularly exceptional beasts—except for the stubborn boar and an ape who wielded a sword.
After getting some training from Rhys, the poor thing had practiced so intensely that it could now thrash a training dummy from top to bottom with a single strike from the blunt edge of the sword.
The travel was as long as normal, with a considerable amount of waiting before they were allowed to enter the royal capital again.
