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On Monday’s Practical Combat Training lecture, Professor Kane entered the classroom and threw an unexpected question at the cadets. “What do you think a hero is?”
Caught off guard, the cadets blinked in confusion.
“Sorry?”
“A hero, sir?”
“Isn’t a hero someone who receives the blessing of the Seven Gods and can wield a soul stigmata?”
“If it’s just about using a soul stigmata, even a demon can do that,” Professor Kane replied.
“Well, that’s…”
“What I’m asking is why, in the first place, we started calling humans with soul stigmatas heroes,” Professor Kane elaborated on the question. He then turned to the chalkboard and scrawled the word “Hero” in big, bold letters, waiting for someone to answer.
An awkward silence settled over the classroom, and the ticking of the clock rang out like thunder in the stillness.
“No answers? Is it such a hard question?” he said.
Despite the professor’s prompt, not a single cadet volunteered. Everyone taking this class was already a third-year, an upperclassman by the academy’s standards. By now, they had learned through experience that catching the attention of the Bloodthirsty Hound never led to anything good.
“Well, no helping it then.” Professor...
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