Chapter 92: – The Lord Is With Us (13)

༺ The Lord Is With Us (13) ༻

Senior Delphine was successfully persuaded.

She silently implored me with pitifully trembling eyes, but I firmly shook my head.

My heart passionately overflowed with the desire to help her improve her character by her side, but I fully respected her choice and wasn’t going to force her to accompany me on the practicum since it was potentially a life-threatening event.

Instead, I simply asked her repeatedly until she gave a clear affirmation. In the end, Senior Delphine finally agreed with tears streaming down her face.

“Hik… I’ll go… I… Hik… I just have to go, right……!”

To think she was so overcome with the desire to change herself that she even started crying… I felt her sincerity that matched my own. As such, it was within human nature to offer a helping hand to those who were genuinely trying to improve themselves.

Worried that her heart would falter, I asked her over and over again, but her answer remained firm. Once she swore upon the Yurdina name, I felt reassured that there was no chance of her reneging on her decision.

Once that was done, I left the room, leaving her to wallow in her emotions.

As I moved through the chilly halls of the marble temple, I also felt my head cooling down. At that moment, a sense of incongruity hit me.

‘Was Senior Delphine genuinely crying out of joy?’

However, it didn’t matter now. It was water under the bridge at this point, and it was only beneficial to me that I could recruit a strong force.

It was routine to form a group of 4 for practicums. If I could, I wanted to form the same group as from the Hunting Festival, but unfortunately, there was a problem that dissuaded me from doing so.

Both Celine and Seria were still in their second year.

As a rule, sophomores were prohibited from participating in practicum assignments. Although exceptions could be made with their advisors’ approval, I decided against taking them during their finals week since the practicum couldn’t replace their grades on the finals.

It was obvious that taking them along would only hurt their grades.

Celine had a duty to revive the fallen Haster, and Seria carried the responsibility of protecting her top spot in the second-year Knight Division.

I couldn’t stand in their way — They were my two favorite juniors at the Academy.