New Scarecrows
Apollo watched the carriage disappear around the corner before he began walking. Instead of heading toward the street where his beggar spot was, he turned left, heading in the direction of the training ground.
"I need a sword," the beggar muttered to himself. Now that he was here, he figured he should take advantage of the opportunity. The training ground was the closest, so he decided to go there.
Apollo hoped to find a spare wooden sword that he could 'borrow.' He could have asked the Headmaster for one, but in his excitement over the rewards and benefits, he had forgotten to request a weapon.
He didn't need a real weapon anyway. With his Simple Sword Technique, he could make anything as sharp as a real sword—sharper, even, if necessary. There was also something else he wanted to try, but he needed the wooden sword to make it work.