Only after Safrun had led Landen to a seat did he look at him with considerable amusement. "Then, Count Landen, can you tell me now why you specifically asked me to come?"
"Of course. First, let me introduce myself. I am the governor of Night-Kirin City, a Retainer of Fairy Queen Tania Magic Web. Our Night-Kirin City's Gallop Academy is also Queen Tania's throne." Landen's voice was not particularly loud, and Safrun already knew most of what he said, but he still introduced the situation of Gallop Academy very clearly. "We are currently cooperating with the Tower of Purity and have brought in two hundred students from the Imperial Capital."
"The Tower of Purity? Then the students you brought in must all be commoner children?" Safrun said with a smile. In truth, he had also studied at the Tower of Purity for more than ten years, and that was how he had come to know Ben Kaul. It was just that, as the scion of a noble family, he somewhat looked down on the commoner children at the school.
Seeing Landen nod, Safrun asked with a smile, "I'm afraid not many of those children can awaken their bloodlines, can they?"
"From September first until now, fewer than fifty, I suppose." Landen looked relaxed, paying no heed at all to the astonishment on the other man's face. "Queen Tania's authority involves the Magic Web, so naturally we have ways to screen out those who are more likely to awaken."
"Then... you..."
This time, Safrun truly did not understand why Landen had come to him. Since his cooperation with the Tower of Purity was going so smoothly, why seek out a wastrel scion of the Imperial Capital School like him?
Through the Magic Web, Landen sensed that the surrounding high-ranks could clearly