However, domination had to take a step back in light of their inexplicable tardiness.
Duke Leander was crestfallen the moment he learned about the Mercenary Exam.
No one in the manor really cared about this popular qualifier after all the children had graduated. If anything, it just brought back memories for most of the staff who had taken it when they were students themselves.
It's just that they suddenly discovered that their Young Lord was taking the same exam in his freshman year!
It was a disaster, as everyone could rightfully imagine.
Their Lord wanted to join a guild?!
Now, most nobles would find this great, but Luca was the heir to the Dukedom of Kyros, and if he entered any of those guilds, he'd be giving them too much of a service.
The Duke felt extremely incompetent after he decided to dissolve the duchy's sponsored Academy guild.