Gone

"Mmm hmm, we are extremely stringent in our student selection." That teacher replied with a straight face. After coughing out lightly, he continued on, "As for the other divisions, or of a thousand students, they would select one. For us, we select one out of ten thousand. Entering our Alchemy Division is no easy feat."

After he said that, he patted her shoulders and looked at her with a face filled with hope : "That is why, you have to work hard and you can be the hope of our Alchemy Division."

"Ah? Ho...hope?" 

She looked at them with a strange expression as a foreboding feeling started to well up in her heart. She could not help but ask: "That...teacher… How many students are there in the Alchemy Division?"

The moment that question came up, the two teachers could not help but exchange glances before they straightened out their expressions before they looked at her.