34 New Instructor (1/2)
-One month later-
”It is decided then, both Jack from the Mist household and Natalia from the Sacred Fire household will be confined to the city for the next two years. They are able to go anywhere they wish within the city, but if they leave, their actions would be taken as them disobeying the alliance's orders.”
”Furthermore, it has been decided that Leo will officially be accepted into the alliance due to the approval of each household within the alliance. Leo will be confined to the city for the next year. Due to him not having any direct affiliation within the alliance until now, his punishment will be lighter. He will also be like a commoner who has joined our alliance and no household can accept him officially for the next five years due to the age restriction.”
”The council understands that Leo is already very formidable given his age, but it is up to us to keep the rules concerning commoners active regardless of talents. Leo will be placed under Noah's care and trained properly.” One of the councilmen told every representative of the alliance who showed themselves for the trial.
The trial started only two weeks after Leo's squad was escorted back to the city. The Moon household chose not to put up too much pressure because both the Mist household and Sacred Flames households used all their backing to support the squad during the trial and even had some warriors return to plead the council on their behalf as well.
If it were not for the threat of the orc factions close to the city openly declaring full out war onto the city, the council would have given a much harsher sentencing. Due to all three members of Leo's squad showing so much potential, the council wanted them to silently train within the safety of the city's walls. Both Jack and Natalia's household however, only wanted their members to be safe which is why Leo received less confinement.
”We can all agree that now more than ever, our alliance needs to help support those under our banner. After the orcs declared war on the city, we have lost two executive level experts which really hurt our overall foundation as our own faction within these city walls.” Another council member reported once those who reacted to the sentencing calmed down.
”Remember everyone, if we continue to lose even lower tier warriors, our foundation will be at risk of collapsing. The Moon household's Patriarch has been kind enough to request assistance from a foreign human power and they should be arriving soon. For the messengers they had sent out to the foreign human power, it should take them about one year to reach them and another year for their return. Let us wish them luck and in exchange, let us help support the Moon household.” Another member of the council requested every representative.
Soon after finalizing the paperwork associated with the city arrest of the squad, everyone made their way back to their respective households and factions within the city.
-The next day-
”And here I was starting to become relaxed from remaining inside all day and night!” Leo told the group of guards in front of him while a big grin was left on his face. Leo within this past month has become much calmer around the guards because they were made up of all commoners that the Crimson household recruited over the years.
Leo in his past life was in a very poor family and so he found himself joking around and connecting with these guards more than he had anyone else. Each guard had families of their own and were lucky enough to always have food on their tables. However, if anything were to happen to these guards, they knew that their families would be put in a not so good situation.
”I am glad that you are so optimistic, but you do know that the real training starts this afternoon, right Leo?” walking up to the group of guards who finally started to disband themselves, Noah was seen walking up.