Collecting Fools

'Maybe I can strike a deal and work four times harder to make up for the lack of students?'

Michael felt that asking strangers to join Silverian Schild's lesson wouldn't help. They may sign up, but it was highly likely that they would give up after a few days and never return. 

He was in need of some people, who were as stubborn as he was, otherwise, the lesson would be canceled later.

As Michael approached Silverian Schild, he noticed someone staring coldly at him from further away. 

It was Kaleb Zenovia.

Kaleb Zenovia was still 17, and not yet an Awakened, but it looked like he was also a freshman at the Saphirelake Military Academy. Michael figured that the Zenovia family used their connections to pull some strings to make sure that Kaleb could stay with his sister and enroll as a freshman in the academy once he awoke his War Rune.