“Nope. Didn’t see any sorta notice, on my way.”, I replied back.

“That’s strange! I guess the elder maid again removed the signboard off the floor! That old hag! I had told her to restore the sign in its place, once she was done cleaning the floor.”, she leaned on the desk as she held her forehead. It seemed she had a pretty rough day. I would never want to be in her shoes.

She then lifted her head,

“Oi! Jordan! Show this man to the meeting room of the new guards' duty.”

A boy short in height and scrawny looking came from behind.

“Are you talking about the meeting room where the new soldiers were just taken, a while ago?”, the boy asked confusingly.

He seems a bit younger than me, around 12-13 years at most.

“Yeah, yeah! That's the one”, the nerd girl replied without even looking as she was busy scribbling in the register.

“Come along!”, said the boy as he leads me.

We went upstairs to the third floor. The area was pretty spacious and tidy. The upper floors were more and more empty as we go higher. It seemed that the ground floor was the only crowded place in this building.

After we walked in the hallway for a bit, we stopped in front of a door.

“There, this is the place where the meeting is being held.”, the boy said, “Everyone is already inside.”

Everyone? Was I late? But I should have a little more time to the appointed time.

I grabbed the door handle, hesitantly. I hope that I am not assigned with those proud bunch from before.

I opened the door and entered the room.

To my horror, my worst nightmare became true. There were the proud cocky young soldiers from the headquarters. I hesitated to enter for a second, but I still went inside anyway.

The meeting room was actually a lecture hall. The young boys and girls had already taken their seats. There were a lot of empty seats. The young brats didn’t sit all together which tells that they didn’t get along. As out of three, two girls along with a boy, who were seated separately from the rest of the bunch. They were seated in the last corner of the room, whereas the other five took the seats in the middle.

The third girl was sitting right in between the other four boys in the middle. She had this red crimson hair and a beautiful figure. She had also unbuttoned her top two shirt buttons so she could show off her cleavage. I guess the rest of the four boys sitting beside her was attracted to her sexuality.

She had this slut type vibes. I definitely not wanna associate with her and I should stay away from such girls. They were the harbinger of misfortunes. I don’t even know why she enrolled in the military, to begin with.

I go to the front row corner of the room away from the cocky brats and took my seat. I could hear the soldiers who started gossip. I could feel their gaze. I shall just ignore them. That's what I thought, when-

“Hey! You there! What are you doing here?”, asked a feminine voice.

I turned around just to find that the voice belonged to the slutty girl who was surrounded by the four boys. That was the last person I ever wanted to talk but it seems inevitable.

“I am a new recruit to the garrison. I was told to come here by the receptionist.”, I answered.

I shall be honest and keep my answer simple and short.

One of the boys from her group stood up,

“Oi! Oi! Oi! This isn’t a meeting for lowly peasants with guard duties! Only elites soldiers are gathered here. So why don’t you get your ass and move out of this room in this instant.”

Said the guy with a blonde hair and pretty boy face. I guess he belonged to some rich house for sure. His appearance and attitude just proved my point.

I wished I could step on his pretty face, for all I care! But I don’t wanna pick any fights and put myself in a spotlight.

I turned my face in front and ignored him.

“Huh? You dare to ignore me! What’s your name, you insolent rookie?!”, said the angry pretty boy.

I guess he just wanna impress, that slut girl by acting all bossy. I just hate such trash of person who gets off by ordering people around and ridiculing them.

“He is arrogant little twerp”, one of the four boys said from the slut's group.

“Such a lowly guard is given the same treatment as us, Elites! This is just insulting to us, the Elite soldiers.”, another boy added.

They just started to scream at this point. They just revolted and made commotion because I, a lowly new recruit who didn’t even received a uniform yet was being seated with self-proclaimed elite soldiers.