"Will you be my personal ward?"
The words rolled out of his mouth like an engine smoothened by oil.
It shocked the instructors. Even the Red Swords that ran to contain the Shade Stealer paused in shock.
And Instructor Ivory V. nearly chocked on her own saliva.
Why?
Because Instructor Vandabel was a Vandabel.
Most nobles were classiest by nature. And while the Vandabel's were different because they respected power and not class, that made them even more difficult to get along with.
A family that believed that humans don't need Soul mechas to fight Eldritch souls, ended up becoming extremists that saw every other person outside their bloodline as lesser.
Of course, respect was still given to a powerful person.
However, the person would still be seen as lesser to the family.
For this reason, they were one of the very few families that did not recruit from the Imperial Soulforge Academy.
