"Is this really going to work? Sending a tarnished like me to the sky wings wouldn't be seen as disrespectful?" Ash asked doubtfully. "They are even more traditional than the elders of our clan and would hate to have someone like me.'
"Even if they hate the idea of welcoming someone like you, they will have no choice but to accept you, since you won the duel against the most promising young man in the clan in front of most of the clan's influential figures." The master replied while shaking his head to clear Ash's doubts.
"If they reject you as a failure, it would be the same as saying that all the other members we send who were unable to even participate in the tradition were useless and could return to the clan."
"I think I understand what you mean, father, but I don't understand why you would send me there. It doesn't make much difference to serve in the sky wing clan or join the army, so why should I do that?" Ash asked doubtfully.