After thinking for a couple of moments, Villin decided to ask, "How do you know about Athena's Forge? We only just arrived at the fourth grade and the year hasn't even started yet."
The brown-haired boy frowned before a look of realization flashed across his face, "Oh right, you guys don't know. From the fourth grade on we are allowed to have proper contact with the outside world. Some of the higher-ups of nearly all of the guilds here have contacted the students letting us know about your existence.
Apparently, it's looking a lot like you guys will be replacing 'The Runic Army' once your upper echelons graduate or quit The Academy. Hence, we have been told to treat you all kindly now that you are still small and make connections!" Once he said this much, he realized that revealing his intention was somewhat counterintuitive but now it was too late to take back his words.