"Just look at the fifth paper," Lucas motioned his head towards the scrolls, "in mid-section you'll find the name of the Long Feather academy."
"And?" William asked while fiddling with the papers in his hand, until he found what Lucas was speaking about.
"Read the names there," Lucas said to William, as the latter started reading. And when he did, his eyes narrowed as a serious look appeared on his face.
"Did you find your name there? And you dare to claim you won't join, hmph!" Kong said in impatience and slight anger, "if you are going to take part in the contest, why join another academy other than ours? Huh?"
"It's not me," William paused for a long minute before raising his head towards the two old men, "I didn't join this team at all."
"Then how do you explain your name mentioned clearly in the official record? Huh? You do know that this contest is being held and arranged by the kingdom. And that means to join, one has to send an official letter with his name, spirit power, signature, and all this!"
"I said it's not me," William returned the scrolls back to Lucas, "someone is impersonating me this time."
"What a daring youth he is," Kong said in mockery, while Lucas cleared his throat.
"So you didn't promise anyone from this academy anything, right?"
"I didn't even meet anyone from them, never heard about such a name before," William said, while his mind kept recalling the names of the academies that came to recruit him in the past few months.
He met many academies' elders and masters, but there was no such a name like the Long Feather academy. However, and for a reason, William felt like this name did ring bells in his mind. Yet he couldn't tell why.
"Do you have any news about this academy?" William was bothered by this feeling. And so he turned to the two old men in front of him and asked.
"Well…" the two looked at each other in a loss, before Lucas added, "we hoped you will tell us everything about it."
"What does this mean?"
"We never heard about such an academy before," Kong said in an annoying tone, "and we thought…"
"You thought that as I joined them then I'm related to this somehow… I get it now!" These two men didn't come here just to speak about him joining this academy, but also to get information about it, "are you telling me that an academy appeared in our continent out of thin air? Come on! Don't tell me even the kingdom doesn't know!"
"Well…" from the look on their surfaces, William got the answer to his question already. And that made his weird feeling grow to a higher level of alertness.
Academies weren't like clans; they couldn't exist without anyone knowing it. Academies needed a large place of ground, lots of clans to join, and much more spirit masters to study there. Any academy would have strong ties with any force around. Be it merchants, mercenaries, and even dark masters and monsters… Not to mention academies had to affiliate themselves with one of the kingdoms or empires in the world.
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