G2 Branch [4/5, Please Subscribe When It Launches!]

About five days later.

The warship, carrying the entire class of recruits, arrived at the first stop of their voyage: G8 Branch.

The warship temporarily anchored outside the harbor.

Holding the roster Vivian had handed him, Zephyr stood at the bow and swept his gaze over the students assembled before him.

"Maynard, Jamina, Yaksixili, Mia..."

He called out the names of roughly eight or nine people, then said gravely, "You have been assigned to G8 Branch. You may disembark shortly. For the next three months of the assessment period, you will serve under Vice Admiral Buggy, the branch commander."

"Yes, Instructor!"

The recruits whose names had been called immediately stepped forward together and saluted Zephyr solemnly.

"And the accompanying instructor will be Vivian."

Behind Zephyr, Vivian, the mature black-haired instructor with glasses, looked somewhat surprised. Still, she nodded and stepped forward.

"Seems like it's not just us. Even the instructors didn't know which branch they'd be assigned to before we arrived."

Seeing this, Rosinante quietly turned his head and spoke to Noah.

"Yeah." Noah had noticed it too. "Instructor Zephyr must have kept it secret all along. But assigning people at the last minute really is the fairest way."

And judging from the names that had been called, it seemed they had also taken the overall strength of the recruits assigned to each branch into consideration.

There were several from the top class, middle class, and bottom class alike. They would not end up clustering all the strong recruits together.

In that case...

It seemed he probably would not be assigned with Shiryu, Rosinante, and the others.

Shiya, who was also in the top ten, definitely would not have the chance either.

Noah turned and looked toward the rear of the group. The intelligent blue-haired girl seemed to have realized