In White Wolf City's lord's room, only Landen and Dandelion remained. In the spacious room, Landen sat comfortably in his lord's chair, while Dandelion stood in the middle, feeling a little nervous.
Ever since she arrived at Gallop Academy, Dandelion had wanted to distinguish herself among the students. At first, she naively believed that Gallop Academy also had conflicts between the great families and the commoners. She hoped to use those tensions to become the leader of the commoner students.
In many similar academies, such leaders were courted by the administration. Some academies even stoked and exploited those conflicts, making the leaders' cooperation all the more necessary.
But her plans quickly fell through. For one thing, the commoner students already had a role model: Wufi.
Wufi was not only one of the best students among the children from the Iron Mine, but she had also gathered children from different social classes around her. And because she pursued nothing but knightly training, she had slain more Beastmen bandits and earned more academy points than any other knight cadet.
Naturally, she had won greater favor from Lord Landen.
But it wasn't only that her rival was formidable. Dandelion also realized that Landen hated the idea of stirring up conflict. The last time Neil invited students to join the northern expansion, only two girls, Wufi and Daqila, responded. They were commended and rewarded by Landen the very next day, which made his position abundantly clear.
So Dandelion changed her approach and began volunteering to step forward. For example, she had faced down a Gallop Family Archmage in order to draw more of Landen's attention.
After many attempts, she finally got her chance to prove herself: Landen gave her the task of sounding out the Sixth Prince of Girislav.
To prepare for the mission,