After catching up with Rowan, I came to know that he had been doing well.
The sect actually did charge him a fee after the elders listened to his story. Of course, he didn't tell them everything.
Basically, he only told them how a rich young noble took pity on him and decided to fund his enrollment in one of the best military academies in the world.
He said he wanted to grow stronger and needed a place to live somewhere until then and the sect elders happily allotted him their robes.
Though, as it turns out, his talent in martial arts is barely average. It's fine, however. In the end, I don't intend to use him for fights.
The boy is a genius, and geniuses belong behind the scenes, not on the stage.
Oh, that reminds me, I wonder what happened to Spider and the underground auction. I hope Nero was able to secure the Petal of Ambrosia.