Chapter 245 - To the academy (part 1)

The gold-encrusted carriage with the crest of the Victureo family entered duke Espine's estate and stopped before the stairs to the castle.

The coachman jumped down from his seat and opened the door for the passenger and a tense-looking red-haired youth wearing an elegant white uniform with black lining stepped out.

On his chest right above his heart shone a silver badge in the shape of a closed flower bud - a mark of a first-year student of the Aspakeony Academy.

The fifteen-years-old Grazio Mera Victureo.

"...keep it together..."

The boy muttered under his breath, straightening his back and clenching his fist in anticipation of what was about to come.

The coachman had already rushed to inform the people in the mansion about the young lord's arrival so waiting patiently was the only thing that the boy could do...

Still, one minute passed, then two... five... and then ten...