Montrael, Action Street, Martial Redemption Dojo.
"…You failed him?"
Aoi said in surprise.
She and Kiernan were sitting inside while looking at the yard, where their students were training.
After returning from the mountain, Lumian, Cleo, and Jock went back to training, and there was a different kind of vibe in the dojo now.
With the yellow headband, Lumian and Cleo were now the senior students of the dojo, and thus they were higher rank than any other.
With Jock's failure of a test, there seemed to be an invisible bridge now between him and the two others.
The relationship seemed to have cracked slightly.
Shiro had started training some of the Iron Style techniques, and he was already eager to receive yellow rank himself.
"Jock is still lacking in several things. His martial soul agrees. He is still in the Low Stage Martial Recruit. I expected him to advance quickly."
Kiernan said.
