It was early in the morning. Juan came out of his room at the sound coming from the military training ground. Upon seeing Juan come out of his room, the soldier who had been guarding the door looked at Juan with perplexed eyes.

“Are the soldiers in the middle of their morning training?” Juan asked.

“Uh, um…Yes…Yes Sir.”

The soldier stuttered as if he was confused about how he should treat Juan, since Juan was both a sinner and a guest of the duke at the same time. However, the soldier soon showed a respectful attitude to Juan, almost as if he was overwhelmed by Juan’s aura.

“I’d like to take a look,” Juan said.

“Ah, yes. I will guide you to the military training ground.”

The soldier willingly guided Juan, but Juan figured that there seemed to be an order from the duke stating that it was okay to let Juan move freely within the area as long as he was under surveillance.

The military training ground was larger in size than Juan had expected, but it felt narrow due to the thick and high walls surrounding the entire training ground. The atmosphere created by the soldiers who were swinging their swords with simultaneous shouts of concentration was quite fierce.

Juan noticed that the soldiers training in the middle of the military training ground were swinging their swords in an unusual way, and he soon realized that the soldiers were practicing the basic positions of the Baltic Sword; however, they weren’t very skilled at it.

“They use swords when they’re only soldiers?” Juan asked.

“Ah, they are...