"That's bullshit, " Ash said, subconsciously giving Captain Kruger a very horrendous look. The news that just got to him wasn't making sense in any way.
He was being transferred to the second batch by order of the elven royal council which were the ones that were behind his imprisonment after his rights were transferred to them through an anonymous vote made by the high seats of kings, a parliament made up of all the rulers of all the kingdoms in the continent which he didn't know about until it was explained to him by Kruger who was surprised "its strange for you not know all the high kings .... Are you sure you are a prince?" Kruger asked, giving that same amused look she always had when she studied him, looking for something she didn't keep. "Sometimes I don't even know, " Ash answered with a calm sigh, knowing partially well the outcome of this so little action that they did.
The second batch were the ones who had gone through the first set of preliminary training and had gotten the chance to choose their divisions which are; the Marksman, melee, mage, engineering, healer and heavy artillery division each coinciding with all the trainee halls but hall six being the melee hall, first hall being the engineer hall, the second hall being Marksman, the third been mage, the fourth being healer, while the fifth being the heavy artillery.
From what he knows it wasn't arranged based on the strength of the division or the strength of the captain holding it but he felt it was something unforeseen, that couldn't be noticed by others. The members of the second division were going to be more experienced and, worse still, more brutal in their approach to training, which was something he was supposed to be scared of, but he had something else that scared him.
It was the fact that the second batch most times had to train in an open gate, sometimes in an artificial one, to mitigate the damage done, but all in all was going to be dangerous for him, knowing well what his family could do. He wasn't going to be shocked if his family had pulled some strings behind the scenes to put him in this sort of situation.
"Why the sudden shift? " Ash asked not knowing the answer to this new question that had popped up in his mind, he hadn't done anything that could be used against him unless they had come up with a new evidence that could make the sentence to shift in their favor " I can't say for sure but it has to do with your duel against Ken maybe they thought you were underestimated before and was now ready to go forward " her reply made Ash freeze, slowly turning his head to meet Kruger whose expression had shifted to pure nonchalance.
"I'm sorry to remind you, but that guy nearly killed me ... I lost count of how many times I got slammed into the ground. "Ash's reply showed he was utterly confused trying to make sense of the situation, " you didn't outright do it, but traces of poison were found on your fingers as well as Kens injuries .... The cherry on top being the fact that the bottle of pills we found in your room was just disguised poison materials. "Those words nearly made him faint since he had no idea that the pills he was sent to work for him, which he abandoned, had come to work against him; he didn't even know that they were poisonous since he never took them.
" I didn't do it ... " Ash said in a tone so that was very much be a whispers with an expression that showed how shocked up he was, " no one cares if you do if the higher ones says you did ... if you are too weak to defends yourself then suck it up like how you always do " her reply came more like a slap in the face but Ash knew that she was telling the truth, he didn't take the pill but it somehow found its way into his fingers
Ash rubbed his forehead trying to think his way through this situation, "I want to give you a piece of advice ..... whatever they using as a hold of you lose it before it becomes too late, I'm just passing an advice someone gave me to you " Kruger said this time her expression was different as if she had switched all of a sudden carrying the old pissed off face, this her was the one he never wanted to get used to.
" I really can't that is my life's work " Ash replied already tired with the way thing were turning out for him, it wasn't odd for them to just hunt him down just for something that would be a weapon that could break the balance in power if used right but it still didn't make sense for them to go that far for him. If they simply wanted it he could have offered it for an astronomical value, but with the way they thought, it would be better for them to just take the candy from the baby than to buy it and stash the money away.
"Why do you think there are after you? ..... don't think that it's because of that the little project that you're under heat " her ever changing expression turned into mockery, not even amusement this time " no.. no… no… There is something inside your head that is very important .... An information very vital that its too dangerous for someone to know and they need it while some don't want others to have it so would rather have you dead than you even know what you know " she said with a pause turning her eyes from him to the window looking at the only visible scenery which was the blue sky " you could say that your project is an added layer of protection that had been saving you but if I were you I would try my best to survive till I awaken or better get in a good squad " she said in a tired tone as her fatigued tone standing from the bed to leave.
"sleep tight you'll need all the energy you can get ..... oh before I forget you might want to stop holding yourself back, you survived my training for a few weeks " she paused as a tired smile grew on her pretty face un shaped by the scar " oh, try not to disappoint me ... you wont like it if you do "with that she stepped out leaving Ash to ponder for a while before falling asleep as a wave of tiredness crashed into him.