"I haven't sparred with Teacher Bill in days."
Lian said with a smile, his pace quickening unconsciously, like a student eager to show his teacher his progress.
He and Anna arrived at Bill's classroom.
Lian's only student, Riel, the youngest daughter of Romayada—the wealthiest man in Green Shade Territory—was currently learning Swordsmanship from Bill.
Bill was a serious, bald old man. He was a dignified Three-star Knight who had walked the Knight's Path his entire life. His chest bore several deep scars, but his back had none—a testament to the fact that he never fled from battle.
Unfortunately, he was already over fifty by the time he became a Three-star Knight, leaving him no time to advance further.
On his 51st birthday, he made the difficult decision to retire from the Knight Team tasked with protecting the Lord. He returned to his family and began teaching courses to train the next generation of Knights, hoping to fulfill the dream he himself could not achieve.
