The man opened his mouth to speak when the city tower's clock produced a half-deafening bell sound, indicating that it was 10 AM.
"Hello, dear first-year students of the Lionhearts Adventurers' academy. My name is Rufus Rodriguez. I am one of the vice-principals of LA and head of everything that relates to first-year students.
First of all, let me extend a sincere welcome to each one of you. You've made it till here. Either due to your hard work or connections. It doesn't matter anymore.
There's nobody superior or inferior amongst you. You are all equal to each other.
This might sound perfunctory to you now. But you'll come to realize how true these words are when you start living on the academy grounds.
I'll come clean by saying this right off the bat. I'm rooting for those who've gotten inside the academy with their merits over who got inside with their reserved seats. There are two reasons why I feel like this.
