Chapter 20 (1/2)

The day before the lessons began, Fii had been drinking tea in the dorm lounge when suddenly, two boys walked in front of her.

The gaze they were giving her wasn’t one of somebody who wanted to become a friend. Instead, they were filled with hostility and arrogance.

(I guess it isn’t all good people after all.)

She was used to malice.

For her entire life, it was the type of treatment she was most used to, after indifference.

“Aren’t you getting a bit ahead of yourself, just because you made it into the 18th?”

“Despite losing in the first match for the entrance exams.”

Being the first apprentice to have ever entered the 18th, Fii was a bit famous.

Fii didn’t think it was anything that amazing.

It was just like Captain York said.

He needed her, which was why she entered. That was it. It wasn’t about being better or worse than anyone.

That’s why she so simply told everybody her results.

A loss in the first match.

n.o.body had particularly mocked her for it.

After all, the reason she had entered the 18th was because she was ‘tiny’.

Despite boys wanting to be taller in general, for a while there were a number of strange phenomenona such as boys being jealous of Fii’s lack of height, Geith squatting down and saying “So this is your world…”, and everybody seeing that and squatting as well, causing Fii to think to herself ‘It looks like Boys are kinda stupid…’. Still, it had more or less been peaceful, and Fii had fun as well.

But as the rumours about her spread, the number of unpleasant people began to increase.

“Not only that, you’re a Theonore, aren’t you. Whether you’re a hobo or an immigrant, you think you have what it takes to become a knight!”

Over the last week, Fii had learnt from everyone else what it meant to be a Theonore.

When she realised, Fii was thankful to Crow.

Since coming to this country, the one who had helped her the most was Crow. Even though he had no idea about her circ.u.mstances.