Volume 8 Chapter 17: Mistakes Are The Mother Of Sess
<span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 8 Chapter 17: Mistakes Are The Mother Of Sess
<span style="font-weight:400">"Can you guys not look at me like this?" They were right; Keith was about to get chewed out by the two girls. Well, it didn''t start. The two were sitting at the table, sipping on some tea. He, on the other hand, was still tied up and kneeling on the ground.
<span style="font-weight:400">"..." Are they charging up? Wetting their lips so they could yell at him like madwomen. Just the thought was enough to make him shiver.
<span style="font-weight:400">TINK! The ss cups made such a loud sound. Keith closed his eyes and prepared for their lecture.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Would you tell us why you didn''t tell us anything?" Sakura questioned.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Eh?" Keith exined, "It was one of those things that can''t be said." It was impossible. This was the matter of the Solis Kingdom.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"But you could have told us you were leaving earlier." Angelica pouted even more, "I missed you so much."
<span style="font-weight:400">"..." Senior Ange, if you have said this to another person, they would cry.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I''m sorry." Keith quickly bowed down. But when he did this, Angelica and Sakura could only sigh, "Fine, but make sure not to do this again."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Indeed, we can''t have the representative leave like that," Sakura warned.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Don''t worry, this isn''t like an every-time thing." There was no n; there was no way he nned to jump around like a madman.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"But I''m d you returned. It was really different without you here." Angelica sighed. Keith tilted his head, "Is it because of the food?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"No, it''s because it''s more fun with you around." Angelica grinned. Food was a secondary matter.
<span style="font-weight:400">"It''s really nice to have someone to talk with."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Indeed." Sakura nodded to that as well. There was no way this wasn''t a fun day without him around. It was enjoyable since Keith was so calm and free. Others would flinch at whatever they said.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I see."
<span style="font-weight:400">"But will you be fine with your studies?" Sakura questioned.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I''ll be fine. I''m actually a good crammer. But-" Keith paused as his eyes shined! Idea!
<span style="font-weight:400">"Can I ask for a favor from the two of you?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hmm?" The two girls tilted their heads when they heard that.
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<span style="font-weight:400">What''s with the look?
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<span style="font-weight:400">Keith headed to his next ss after eating with the two girls. Krystal and Jack were waiting for him there. But he could only give the stink eye to one of them,
<span style="font-weight:400">"I tried to do something," Krystal muttered.
<span style="font-weight:400">"You raised your hand and watched me get taken away." Krystal had her arm up. But that was it; Angelica and Sakura dragged him away as they watched.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I feel so betrayed!"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Well, you survived. So it wasn''t anything bad." She was worried over nothing.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Pff." Jackughed, "To think you weressoed and dragged away by the president and captain." The thought of the two girls doing something like that was just surprising.
<span style="font-weight:400">"...Shut up. You didn''t help me at all!" He wasn''t dragged out of S-ss; he was dragged through the hallway for everyone to see! Jack and Sarah saw him and looked away!
<span style="font-weight:400">"I''m not touching that. And I couldn''t save you." Angelica and Sakura would have destroyed him!
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hmpf!" Keith pped his back! That sent shockwaves of utmost proportions!
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Good afternoon, ss; I will be frank, the midterm exam that I''m going to give you is going to be a course running within a certain area and abat-rted assessment." Tennol was straightforward as he added, "That''s why you guys will be practicing right now with your horses."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Understood!" The students shouted.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Then we''ll begin a course drill!"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Ngeh!" "Knight, you look energetic?" Keith asked Jack, "Did you not bring him out to run?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Of course! This guy ran circles around the training ground!" Who was he kidding! It was actually quite the opposite. The horse had been running circles as exercise.
<span style="font-weight:400">"And you should pay me! That horse dragged me all the time!" Jack was the one who suffered the most. Even when he tried to stop him, Knight dragged him around!
<span style="font-weight:400">"...Pff!" "Don''tugh!"
<span style="font-weight:400">Keith chuckled as he jumped on his horse. The other two did the same as they were ready to go. Tennol stated, "You guys will have to blow away the targets."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Let''s do this, Knight!" Keith shouted as he was prepared to go; so was Knight. The two of them dashed forth. Instantly, they destroyed six targets.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"They are really going at it," Jack muttered.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"I have to do my best."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…" Forget I said anything. There was another brawler in this ss. These two were monsters ready to take down anything in their path.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Good job, everyone. That will be the end of ss," Tennol stated as he walked. As Keith brought his horse away, "Can you not be so pouty?" Krystal was pouting as they walked.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I couldn''t beat you." Keith dominated the training course like it was any other day.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Keith,"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Ah, hey, Carolyn! Are you done with your general courses?" Carolyn had chosen general studies. It was on a different wing than the training field.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm, ss ended earlier than expected."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"I see. But make sure to study more."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Are you my mother?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Ugh, big brother would be the best. I don''t have a daughter like you."
<span style="font-weight:400">"…" Carolyn paused before sighing, "I don''t want a big brother like you either."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"But what''s there in general studies?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">Carolyn thought, "Hmm, there would be a discussion about thend formation and basic trade routes."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Speaking of which," Keith turned to Krystal, "Shouldn''t you be taking general studies instead of the knight course?" General studies were for those who would be the next head and such. Krystal was none other than the next Grand Duchess of the Rustchil estate. He never questioned it until now.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Don''t need it. I can learn from home."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"I see." Keith thought about it; real-world experience was more important than books. Some things couldn''t be taught by reading.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"And the amount of real-world experience you obtained also helped out,"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"I still can''t believe you used that as a teaching moment."
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<span style="font-weight:400">Carolyn paused, "Don''t tell me he did one of those rare you make your own mistakes and then hees and solves itter."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Yeah. That''s what Keith did." Krystal nodded. From how Carolyn said it, it seemed she had gone through something horrible.
<span style="font-weight:400">"This guy did it so many times." Carolyn red.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Mistakes are the mother of sess. You have to fail a bit before you grow." That was something that Keith understood a long time ago. He had made so many mistakes that he rose back and grew from it.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Am I right, Jack?!"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Don''t bring me into this!"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"But to do that in a national incident?" Krystal blinked. I think there were times when you couldn''t do so.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Say what?!"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"…" Carolyn red at Keith, "Are you serious?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Hey, it was alright." Keith patted Krystal''s head.
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<span style="font-weight:400">“…”
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<span style="font-weight:400">"We''re going to go to the ind. Do you want toe with us?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"No, there''s something I have to do."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Okay! Please be more careful."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Mmmhmm." Carolyn nodded. Keith entered the gate. Before Krystal could enter the gate, she gave a slight nce over at Carolyn. It was a subtle nce but she entered soon afterward.
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