The same held true even for old, established families like the Ye Family, Bai Family, and Jun Family. As Eldest Miss Ye, Ye Chuqi needed her own core team—having companions of her own mattered, too.
"From the sound of it, you want to help Akes?" Bai Fenghua naturally knew about the entanglement between Akes and Herman. But it was the young people's own business, with their families standing in the way, so even as their teacher, he could not intervene. Now that Ye Chuqi had taken an interest in Akes, he did not mind getting a little more involved.
"I wouldn't call it helping. That still depends on Akes herself." Ye Chuqi had a very good first impression of the dark-skinned young woman. Her bold, spirited bearing should not be worn down by the shackles of her family. If someone like her were allowed to soar freely, she could forge a truly distinctive legend on the continent. "I'm actually very interested in Cyril."
"Cyril?" Bai Fenghua taught at the Combat Academy and did not know much about the Comprehensive Academy's students, but he had looked into every member of Ye Chuqi's team beforehand. A moment's thought was enough to place Cyril. "What about him?"
"He's very interesting." Ye Chuqi smiled at Bai Fenghua. "I really didn't expect studying Alchemy to burn through so much money." Enough to leave even a young nobleman strapped for cash.
Bai Fenghua thought, That's it?
"Xiao Qi, have you forgotten that impoverished nobles exist?"
Despite bearing noble titles, they lived worse than ordinary people. All they had left was the hollow shell of noble pride, while everything within had long since fallen into ruin. There were many such minor nobles in the Imperial Capital, something of a local specialty.
"Even if Cyril comes from an