[Maplestone City Officer Academy]
Because he was punished by the pretty boy to clean the toilets, by the time Houdel arrived at the venue, the seats near the podium were already packed.
A glance revealed a crowd bustling under the oak tree in the corner of the playground, more cramped than infantry square formations surrounded by cavalry.
"If a cannonball were to come," Houdel mused, "wouldn't it take away twenty people?"
The esteemed Principal John Jeska attached great importance to the lecture by a certain "special teacher," ordering that all able-bodied staff and students must attend, and even requiring that bedridden patients, as long as they weren't deaf, be carried to listen.
His Grace the Principal even wanted to make this "special teacher's" lecture an open lesson for all new army officers.
For this, the old man personally went to headquarters to call out to all departments, asking anyone with available time to come and listen.
